>> mola lenghi in washington. thank you so much, mola. >>> on to health care. last night about two dozen secretaries met with john price and others to try to salvage the health care bill. after nearly three hours they got nowhere. president trump told them not to begin their august recess until they have an obamacare repeal bill. the latest effort to replace obamacare failed yesterday. the president took the senators to task. at one point he even used a veiled thread to dean heller, a moderate who was opposed to the legislation. >> look. he wants to remain a senator, doesn't he? and i think the people of your state, which i know very well, i think they're going to appreciate what you hopefully will do. >> majority leader misch mcconnell said the senate will vote next week on the debate. the congressional budget office said the deal to repeal it without replacing it would liev 17 million americans without health care by next year. >>> over 150 protesters were arrested last night as they demonstrated against the gop law on capitol hill. the protesters entered the

mola lenghi reports from washington. >> reporter: president trump is reversing the pentagon's policy regarding transgender people in the military. in a series of tweets this morning, the president said, the government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. he cited, quote, the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. ash carter lifted it last year saying it was the right thing to do. >> americans who can serve should be afforded the opportunity to do so. >> reporter: since october transgender people have gotten medical care but recently there was a delay on allowing people to enlist. >> the president's statement contravenes the doctrines of the military. we'll review it. >> reporter: the pentagon referred questions to the white house. the pentagon won't release numbers but there are between 2500 and 7,000 transgender service members in the active duty military and up to 4,000 in the reserves. navy lieutenant commander blake serving as a man for three years called the decision disaap

mola lenghi from the white house. >> reporter: donald trump, jr., is responding to a "new york times" article reporting received an i mail from the person setting -- email with the person setting up the meeting with a lawyer saying it was to aid his father. he released the email. rob goldstone said he had information from the russian crown prosecutor that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. he went on to say this is obviously very high level and sensitive information but it's part of russia and it's government support for mr. trump. natalia, a russian lawyer, reportedly with connections to the kremlin, met with trump campaign officials last year. trump junior said she had damaging information about hillary clinton. the woman told nbc news she has no connections with the government and she doesn't know why the trumps thought she had information on clinton. >> quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> reporter: trump, jr., says the woman did not have any relevant information a

cbs reporter mola lenghi has the details. >> reporter: president trump is defending his son's decision to meet with a russian lawyer who promised to deliver dirt on hillary clinton. >> most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. honestly, i think the president made a very big deal over something that really a lot of people would do. >> reporter: donald trump, jr., released an email exchange with a music publicist who set up the meeting. the supposed compromising material on clinton came from the russian government to help his father win the election. president trump insists russia wanted clinton, not him, to win. but cbs news has confirmed intelligence sources intercepted russian officials talking about how to influence the election as far back as 2015. then last spring, they began discussing how to help trump win. it's not just the president's son in the crosshairs. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, and senior white house adviser, is also being looked at for possibly coordinating with russia. special counsel

>> mola lenghi in washington. thank you. >>> kelly is expected to expert his authority from the get-go. cbs news chief correspondent john dickerson explains. >> one is limiting the number of people who have access to the president. you do that because the more people who have access, the more it upends the plans the executive branch have put in place. so you need to be a gate keeper. on the other hand is telling the presidenting no, or convincing the president to do things he doesn't want to do. if general kelly or secretary kelly can do those things, then the white house will be back on path in terms of helping the president's agenda. if not, there may be more chaos. >> what remains to be seen is how much authority kelly is granted to try to control the agenda. that often gets preempted by feuding staff members. general kelly will also have the deal with deteriorating relations with russia which retaliated over the new sanctions by congress. the state department called that move a regrettable and uncalled for act

mola lenghi reports, the disclosures are pitting some members of president trump's team against each other. >> reporter: the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci lashed out last night claiming someone leaked his financial information. he tweeted: >> reporter: he named white house chief of staff reince priebus. it appeared on politico's website showing his assets are worth as much as $85 million and leaking the form is not a felony. it's public information. scaramucci later deleted the tweet and spoke this morning on cnn. >> i understand the law. i know that there was a public disclosure mechanism in my financial forms. what i'm upset about is the process and the junk pool, the dirty pool, in terms of the way this stuff is being done. and the leaking won't stop. >> reporter: scaramucci says he and the president have a good idea of who is responsible for the leaks. >> when i put out a tweet, i put rhines's name in the tweet they are all making at sumtion that it's him because journalists know who the leakers are. so if reince priebus wants to explain he is not a l

mola lenghi reports from the pentag pentagon. >> reporter: rudy is a transgender. it said it was painful when trump tweeted he will not allow them to serve. >> we're here to serve like anybody else and we're mission-ready and capable. >> reporter: there are between 2,500 and 7,000 transgender on active duty, 7,000 more in reserves. the future remains unclear. the penalty gone has questions for them. >> this is about military readiness, cohesion and resources within the military. >> reporter: in his tweets president trump said it would burden the military with tremendous medical costs, but a 2016 study found that transgender would add of 1%. on the campaign trail he promised he would defend their rights but at a rally in san francisco wednesday, activists said they would never believe him. >> i'm appalled by what he said and what he's doing. >> mola lenghi, cbs news. >>> health care votes in the senate are expected to continue for the next few days, but a plan to repeal the affordable care act so far have come up empty. yesterday the latest measure, the plan was rej

mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >>> president trump meets with china's president tomorrow. relations between the two countries have suffered over how much support china is willing to give in order to stop north korea's missile program. >>> still ahead, chaos on board a delta plane when a passenger reportedly attacks a flight attendant. how other passengers stepped in to help. >> from the kpix weather center, good afternoon, everybody. the coast is not clear. the heat is on inland. and how all this is going to make a huge impact on your weekend forecast. the weather is coming up next. it happened shortly after takeoff... around 8 this morning. the pilot was not hurt. d there's no s >>> new at noon, a small plane crashed north of the nut tree airport in vacaville shortly after take-off around 8 a.m. the pilot was not hurt and there is no sign of any fuel leaks. >>> the fbi is investigating after witnesses say a passenger attacked a delta flight attendant in midair. delta flight 129 was going from seattle to beijing when a 23- year-old florida man in first class started acting

as mola lenghi reports, president donald trump took to twitter to inform of the decision. >> reporter: president donald trump is reversing the pentagon policy regarding transgender people in the military and in a series of tweets he said the government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. he cited quotes give the tremendous medical cost and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. last year, ash carter lift in the ban saying it was the right thing to do. >> americans who want to serve and can meet our strd opportunity to compete to do so. >> reporter: since october, transgender troops have received medical care but recently, there was a delay on allowing transgender people from enlisting. >> the statement from the president has the doctrine of the military and we have to review it in the armed services committee. >> reporter: the pentagon referred all questions about the statements to the white house and said it will provide revised guidance in the near future. the pentagon won't release numbers but the study

mola lenghi has the latest from the white house. >> donald trump junior is facing new questions about what he knew prior to a meeting with a russian attorney at trump tower last year. the new york times is reporting that he received an e-mail from the person setting up the meeting claiming it was part of a russian government effort to aid his father's candidacy. a russian lawyer reportedly with connections to the kremlin met with trump campaign officials last year. trump junior says she claimed to have damaging information about hillary clinton. in an interview with nbc, she says she does not know how they got that impression. >> it's quited possible they were looking for information. they wanted it so badly. >> donald trump junior's new attorney called it much ado about nothing. >> the department of justice and congress are investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to win >> it doesn't necessarily show that there was collusion, but it shows that don junior was collusion curious. >> don junior says he will cooperate with the investigation. >> rest assured. >> tuesd

mola lenghi is following the developments from the white house tonight. mola. >> reporter: well, liz, don trump, jr.,'s email and meeting with the russian attorney fall into the mandate of special counsel robert mueller and are now expected to be part of his investigation into possible russian collusion. >> reporter: in an attempt to clear his name, donald trump, jr., released an email chain that initiated his meeting with the female russian lawyer with possible ties to the kremlin an email exchange between him and rob goldstone saying the lawyer had information from the russian government that would be damaging to hillary clinton. don junior, replied, if it's what you say, i love it, especially later in summer. one of the emails also revealed the meeting was part of the russian government's support to aid his father's candidacy. >> it was in black and white that it was part of a russian government effort to help trump discredit clinton. >> reporter: the russian lawyerment with the son, son-in- law and campaign chairman paul manafort at trump tower last ye

>> mola lenghi. thank you. >> they'll meet at the white house. they're scrambling for ideas after the plan to repeal and replace obamacare failed for the second time. the senate's majority leader has another proposal, but it, too, looks doomed. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell appeared on the senate floor monday afternoon, announcing his chamber would hold a vote on a clean repeal of obamacare even if it failed. >> we'll have a motion to proceed to repeal the obama bill early next week. >> senator mcconnell reverted to the so-called plan c after the collapsed repeal and replace the law. >> in that proposal, there's a two-year delay, which would give us the opportunity to work out a complete replacement. >> but at least three moderate republicans including susan collin of maine have come out to reject it, including the insurance market. >> president trump who marks six months is throwing out another option, letting obamacare fail altogether. >> we'll let obamacare fail and then the democrats are going to come to us and ask how are we going t

mola lenghi cbs news, the white house. >> scaramucci now is doing some damage control. he says he sometimes uses colorful language but is promising to refrain from doing so. >>> all of this comes as a new california poll shows president trump's approval rating has hit a new low in california. the public policy institute of california says 25% of californians think the president is doing a good job. that is down from 30% in january. >>> meanwhile, senators are in for a busy evening tonight. votes are expected on the series of amendments on the healthcare bill. this is a live look at the senate floor right now. republicans are working on something called a "skinny plan." it repeals obamacare mandates and taxes on medical devices. but mostly it's designed to gather just enough votes to pass. that would set up negotiations with house republicans. but some senators want assurances the house won't pass the senate bill as is. >> i am convinced that we can move forward but we have to have an assurance that it will go to a normal conference. right now, that is not the case. >> o

mola lenghi, kpix 5, the white house. >>> recovery from the winter wet weather stretched into the summer for one of the season's biggest attractions in capitola, kpix 5's len ramirez reports the warf is off limits while crews make emergency repairs. >> reporter: the warf is one of the main etractions when people come to capitola, and the warf house restaurant on the water was on the lunch ajnda of jeff-- agenda of jeff's family. >> just had a party of 11 ready to go on the warf and we are the first to see that it is closed. >> reporter: closed to allow a big crane and construction crews to begin work fixing some storm damage, crews have to replace two pilings on the floating docked destroyed by big waves last april. >> it is not functioning as a safe port right now, you have to jump on to a ladder, not the safest thing. >> reporter: although the damage happened last spring, it wasn't until now that repairs could begin, unfortunately this is the height of tourist season, the beaches, restaurants, parking spots all full, includeing the vacation rentals next to where the construction is goi

mola lenghi reporting live from the white house. thank you, mola. >>> a prominent bay area politician is now linked to the russian story. ahead at 6:00, the former congressman with ties to the russian lawyer who met with donald trump, jr. >>> also in washington, senate republican leaders unveiled a retooled version of their healthcare bill today. our allen martin says this latest version seems unlikely to win over gop holdouts. allen. >> reporter: at this point, liz. democrats calling this version just as bad as the first. nevertheless, majority leader mitch mcconnell insists that the upper chamber will vote on the legislation next week. however, he still has a lot of work to do to swing the vote. >> madam president. >> reporter: senators are getting a look at his latest plan to repeal and replace obamacare. >> the revised draft improves on the previous version in a number of ways all while retaining the fundamental goals of providing stability and improving affordability. >> reporter: this draft has billions of dollars in opiod fund

mola lenghi reports from the pentagon. >> reporter: rudy is a los angeles army reservist and transgender. he said it was very painful when he learned of president trump's tweets announcing the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u.s. military. >> we are here to serve our country just like anybody else, and we're 100% mison and capable. >> reporter: a rand corporation study estimates there are between 2,500 and 7,000 transgender servicemembers on active duty, 7,000 more in the reserves. the future of those serving remains unclear. the pentagon has questions for them. >> this is about military readiness, cohesion and resources within the military. >> reporter: in his tweets president trump said it would burden the military with tremendous medical costs, but a 2016 study found that transgender would add one-tenth of 1% to overall military health care spending. on the campaign trail then candidate trump prompted he would defend the lgbt and their rights, but at a rally in san francisco wednesday, activists said they would

reporter mola lenghi has that story. >> reporter: so much anticipation surrounded the first sit-down between president trump and russian president vladimir putin, it was hard to hear the two leaders over the cameras. >> we look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for russia, for the united states. >> reporter: reporters asked mr. trump if he would confront putin about alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. [ yelling ] >> reporter: that's how he started the meeting according to secretary of state rex tillerson. >> they had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. the president pressed president putin on more than one occasion regarding russian involvement. president putin denied such involvement. >> reporter: tillerson's russian counterpart said mr. trump accepted putin's assurances that russia did know meddle. senior trump officials say the two leaders did not want to debate the past but, instead, figure out how to work together going forward. much of the more than 2-hour meeting focused on syria and ended with the announcement of a cease-fire to

mola lenghi, kpix 5. the white house. >>> hearings got under way on capitol hill today for the man president trump has picked to run the fbi. christopher wray told senators that he plans to lead an independent agency if confirmed. 50-year-old says that he supports special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russia's possible meddling in the election. wray has extensive legal experience. he led the justice department's criminal division during the george w. bush administration. >> i will never allow the fbi's work to be driven by anything other than the facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice. period. >> well, if confirmed, wray will replace james comey, who was fired by president trump two months ago. president trump says wray is impeccably qualified for the job and called him a fierce guardian of the law. >>> coming up, one of the world's most famous selfies has its day in court. >> this could be a landmark decision. it's all about this monkey's selfie and the battle over whether an a

if he did not accept it then he should come out and say that. >> mola lenghi live at the white house for us, tonight, thank you, mola. >>> meanwhile, protestors at the g20 summit in hamburg lit fires in the streets this evening and some people were spotted through a broken window looting a supermarket. clashes with police continue, and authorities have called in reinforcements from around germany. nearly 200 officers have been injured. earlier in the day, demonstrators prevented first lady melania trump from leaving her hotel and attending scheduled events. >>> a nagging problem awaits the president when he returns. his plan to repeal and replace obamacare has stalled and now, senator dianne feinstein says it may not be revived. melissa caen has details. >> reporter: it's been three weeks since the republicans senate healthcare bill was released to the public. and today, at ucsf benioff children's hospital, senator feinstein said she didn't think it will pass. and if obamacare does remain the law, she told us the first time she has an idea for how to make it better. there is no democr

>> mola lenghi in washington. thank you, mola. >>> the white house says the president has confidence in attorney general jeff sessions. that follows mr. trump telling the "new york times" he never would have hired sessions if he had known he was going to recuse himself from the russian investigation. sessions said yesterday he is staying on the job. >> we love this job. we love this department, and i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> sessions said it is an honor to serve as attorney general. >>> a push by the president senate republican leaders plan a vote this tuesday as they try to breathe life back into the health care bill, but it's not clear the republicans have the vote to clear the debate. if two republicans vote against it, the bill will fail. >>> a nevada parole board deliberated for just half an hour before granting former football stall o.j. simpson. he'll be able to live on his nfl pension of $300,000 a year. chris martinez has more. >> reporter: the four members of simpson's

mola lenghi has the latest on the damage. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows people dining out the moment the earthquake hit the coast of turkey and shook the greek islands overnight. the magnitude 6.7 quake hit the aegean sea about 7 miles north of the island of cos, a popular tourist destination. >> it's pretty surreal. like a movie. >> reporter: more than 120 people were injured. some caught under collapsed buildings. historic parts of the town were crumbled and the main port was damaged. the quake hit at about 2 a.m. when tourists and resident on the island were sleeping. they were forced out into the street and on to beaches. >> i had to hold the walls. then it stopped. everybody started, like, gravitating outside and there was people screaming. >> reporter: more than 20 aftershocks have been recorded. mola lenghi, cbs news, washington. >>> greek authorities say the two victims are from turkey and sweden. this is the second massive earthquake to hit the region this year. >>> investigators looking into alleged russian interference in the 2016 election are now focused on pre

sfloo mola lenghi at the white house for us tonight. we appreciate it, thank jow. >>> a developing story out of hawaii, active duty army soldier under ares on suspicion of terrorism charges. the fbi accuses 34-year-old kang of providing material support to isis, u.s. officials say he swore his allegiance to the terror group and offered to provide military documents and military training. the soldier was in the 25th infantry division in honolulu. authorities say that kang was a subject of a year-long investigation. >>> members of congress back in session after the july 4th recess and have a full agenda. here is a libe look at the u.s. capital right now, for the rest of july republicans in majority will try to tackle some pretty big items, including repealing and replacing obamacare, coming up with a budget resolution, reaching a consensus of tax reform, and deciding on sanctions against russia and iran. on health care, gop senate leaders hope to have a revised bill ready fwhie end-- ready by the end of the week. cornen of texas says they

>> mola lenghi, thank you. >>> just days after being diagnosed with brain cancer, senator john mccainlew to washington to add his "yes" vote and lecture his colleagues. >> we have been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we keep trying to find a way to win without help from across the aisle. we are getting nothing done, my friends, we're getting nothing done. why don't we try the old way of legislating in the senate? the way our rules and customs encourage us to act. if this process ends in failure, which seems likely, then let's return to regular order. i voted for the motion to proceed to allow the debate to continue and amendments to be offered. i will not vote for this bill as it is. >> mccain was berated on social media for flying to dc to vote for what some feel is a bill that will take away healthcare from the poor while he is receiving the best treatment available. >>> president trump is launching attacks on his own attorney general. he is frustrated that attorney general jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. this morning the preside

mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >>> republicans added billions of dollars in funding to fight opiod addictions to the republican healthcare plan. it helps low income americans pay for coverage and leaves in place some of the obamacare taxes on the wealthy. at least one conservative says this version is worse than the toys. >> we were elected on message of repeal and this doesn't repeal obamacare. >> the revised draft improves on the previous version in a number of ways all while retaining the fundamental goals of providing stability and improving affordability. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will need to win the support of almost every republican senator to get the bill passed next week. >>> san francisco police confirmed they are investigating this wipeout. some witnesses say that an officer bumped a skateboarder sending him flying over a patrol car. kpix 5's da lin spoke to a man who captured that incident on video. >> reporter: this skateboarder shot the video with his cell phone and has watched it countless times. he believes the sergeant leaned in to bump the s

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mola lenghi has the latest. >> reporter: ajority leader mitch mcconnell urged his colleagues to vote yes to begin debate on the gop plan to get rid of obamacare. >> inaction will do nothing to solve obamacare's problems or bring relief to those who need it. >> reporter: the leader picked up a huge "yes" vote this morning from kentucky senator rand paul. >> i have offered the leadership that i would vote to proceed to the bill if we were guaranteed that we proceed to a clean repeal. >> reporter: three no votes from republicans will kill the bill and moderate republican susan collins of maine is expected to be one of those. two other females are concerned about deep cuts to medicaid. >> we look forward to having at least 50 votes in the senate and the vice president will be there obviously tomorrow in order to break a tie if there is a tie. >> reporter: vice president pence is personally pitching senators here on the hill while president trump is publicly shaming fellow republicans into voting yes. >> any senator who votes against starting debate is telling america that you are fine wi

mola lenghi, kpix 5, the white house. >>> senate confirmation hearings are under way for the pick forew fbi director. christopher wray told officers he plans to leave politics out of the agency if confirmed. >> i will never allow the fbi's work to be driven by anything other than the facts, the law and the impartial pursuit of justice, period. >> wray to replace james comey who was fired by president trump two months ago. the 50-year-old says he supports special counsel robert mueller's investigation into the alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. wray has extensive legal experience leading the justice department's criminal division during the george w. bush administration. >>> take your selfie to the next level we test out the new hands-free drone that follows you wherever you go. but is it pushing the legal limit? >> monkey business in court. the strange battle over whether a primate owns his photo. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ where all the walls echo with laughter ♪ ♪ and every room has its own chapter ♪ you've carried on your family's tradition. let us help you prepare for your family'

. >> mola lenghi in washington. thank you. >>> today jared kushner, mr. trump's son-in-law and key adviser will testify before the senate intelligence committee. he's expected to answer questions. the session will be held behind closed doors. he did not initially disclose any meetings. he has revised those forms several times. >>> israel says it will not remove the metal detectors it has installed outside a major jerusalem mosque. it was installed after two police officer were shot two weeks ago. there were some of the bloodiest violence in years. three palesti today they take up the issue. >>> recovery efforts are under way in northern kentucky after severe weekend flooding. a state of emergency has been declared in mason county near the ohio border. the high water was even too much for a bus. more than a dozen people had to be rescued from cars and mobile homes early sunday morning. >> you've seen there's evidence of, you know, more cars piled up like lincoln logs, you know, like toys. and as you can see here, i mean this is -- we've never -- this is ep

mola lenghi cbs news, the white house. >>> the leaders talked about ukraine, the threat from north korea and cyber security as well. they do not have another meeting scheduled but they are planning to continue to work on these issues. >>> demonstrators continue violent protest outside of the g20 summit. hooded protesters lit fires on the streets while a massive police presence cap to demonstrators at bay at a concert hall their spouses gathered. protesters blame the leaders for problems ranging from climate change to the migration crisis. they successfully block melania trump from leaving her hotel this morning. the summit will wrap up tomorrow and that is when president trump will meet with the chinese president about stopping north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile program. follow the latest on our website, wusa9.com. >>> breaking news from olga murray county where there was outrage as defense lawyers blamed a stunning today killing spree on two bad days in the life of eulalio tordil. tordil killed his wife two others and wounded three more in that may 2016 rampage that went from p

mola lenghi has the investigation. >> reporter: president trump took off for paris still dogged by questions on cam pane ties and its leader vladimir putin. many an interview with cnn's pat robertson. >> he's going to be exploiting energy. he wouldn't like that. he wands windmills. >> reporter: donald trump jr. met with a russian lawyer. he said, i think many people would circulate held ha meeting. president trump maintains he only learned of meeting a couple of days ago and nows he son-in-law jared kushner is facing scrutiny. they're now investigating whether the campaign run by kushner was assisted by fake news stories. >> if he's some coordinationing we need to along into. >> reporter: republican congressman trey gowdy. a defiant president trump took to twitter earlier writing that the white house is functioning perfectly, adding he's writing on health care and many other things. >>> the president said he'll be, quote, very angry if senate republicans fail to pass a revamped health care bill. majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to write a revised version during a closed door session ear

our team coverage starts with mola lenghi on capitol hill. >> good morning, senators. >> hi. >> reporter: republican senator john mccain was back at work friday morning after casting the deciding ballot overnight. his thumbs down vote doomed the gop's latest attempt to repeal obamacare. >> the ayes are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: fellow republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski along with every democrat voted against the "skinny bill" to repeat parts of the affordable care act. >> this is clearly a disappointing moment. i imagine many of our colleagues on the other side are celebrating. >> we are not celebrating. we are relieved. >> reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell now says it's time to move on. but did not rule out working with democrats to fix obamacare's problems. >> so now i think it's appropriate to ask what are their ideas? >> at the very beginning we should stabilize the system. we should make permanent keeping premiums down. >> reporter: president trump was disappointed with the outcome writing, three republicans and 48 democr

. >> mola lenghi in washington. thank you. >>> today jared kushner, mr. trump's son-in-law and key adviser, testifies before the senate intelligence committee. mr. kushner is expected to face extensive questions over russia and the trump campaign. the session will be held behind closed doors. kushner did not disclose any meetings to or get government clearance. he has revised those forms several times. >>> israel says it will not remove the metal detectors it has installed outside a major jerusalem mosque. the metal detectors were installed after two israeli police officers were shot two weeks ago. they triggered some of the bloodiest violence between itz raleys and palestinians in years. the violence has spread to the west bank where three israelis and four palestinians were killed over the weekend. today the u.n. security council takes up the issue. >>> recovery efforts are under way in northern kentky after severe weekend flooding. a state of emergency has been declared in mason county near the ohio border. the high water was even too much for a bus. m

mola lenghi is in washington with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. the news is hitting everyone pretty hard. it's hard to imagine anyone in public l mccain has. this one might be his toughest battle yet. >> i do know this. this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> an outpouring of support. president trump offered his family's prayers saying senator john mccain has always been a fighter. former president barack obama tweeted in part cancer doesn't know what it's up against. give it hell, john. senator graham often referred to as mccain's closest friend in the senate spoke by phone insisting he's been back. >> he said i've been through worse. >> mccain had surgery last week to have a blood clot removed >> he's in for a battle. it's the cancer that's killed ted kennedy, and despite all the research that's going on, we haven't made adequate progress. >> here in washington lawmakers were busy behind closed doors when news of mccain's diagnosis stunned the room. >> he has been diagnosed before. it's unlikely that diagnosis is related to the cur

. >> all right, mola lenghi with the latest from the white house, thanks. >>> as for what the president is doing today, he and fufrps lady, melania, hosted a picnic for military families at the white house, to celebrate the 4th of july. they also made a visit to the trump national golf club in sterling, virginia. tomorrow the president will embark on his second foreign trip since taking office, a four-day tour to poland and g20 summit in germany. >>> a live look at san francisco for you right now, fog is in the forecast for the bay area's biggest fireworks show and you see it there starting to creep in through the golden gate. kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez at the pier, the threat of fog isn't stopping hundreds of thousands of people for coming out for this. >> reporter: it won't stop them, we got a little sunshine but it is rolling in. but already you got a big crowd gathering here, 4 and a half hours before the actual show begins. right now pier 39 this is one of the biggest in the bay area, expecting hundreds of thousands. folk folks decked out in red, white, and blue. 9:30 is when this

mola lenghi has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: president trump took off for paris wednesday night, still dogged by questions about his campaign ties to russian leader vladimir putin. in an interview with cnn's pat robertson, he said he thought putin supported hillary clinton. >> we're going to be exploiting energy. he wouldn't like that. he would want hillary who wants windmills. >> reporter: donald trump jr. meet with a russian lawyer last june claiming she had dirt on clinton. he said, i think many people would circulate held that meeting. president trump maintains he only learned of meeting a couple of days ago and nows he son-in-law jared kushner is facing fresh scrutiny. federal justice investigators are examining whether the digital campaign run by kushner helped target u.s. voters with fake news stories. >>> if there was a data analytical component with this coordination in which there was a level of coordination that we need to look into. >>> republican congressman trey gowdy. >> we may be missing this window defiantly. >> reporter: a defiant president trump took to

mola lenghi cbs news the white house. >> the white house saying mr. trump will talk about whatever mr. putin wants to discuss. no word on whether their talks will include russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. >>> you've had a lot to say about what's going on. joe tweets it's only a matter of time as someone takes trump's tweet as an encouragement to try to shoot up cnn officers. >> and chris tweets i'd be willing to regard president trump as the best president of all time if he resigned tomorrow and let an adult take control of the country. >>> people across the nation rallied in calling impeachment rallies. some protestors say the possibility of collusion with russia is the reason president trump should leave office, while others discussed how they can make america great again. >>> now wusa9's first alert weather rated d. c.'s most accurate forecast. >> it is pretty warm out there. yesterday was just hot, especially by 2, 3:00 in the afternoon. today is pretty warm. we had about two showers and thunderstorms yesterday. a nice little

mola lenghi has more details from the white house. >> reporter: donald trump jr. admits he met with the russian attorney during the u.s. presidential campaign because she claimed to have damaging information on hillary clinton. >> and he was told there would be information that might be helpful to the campaign. there wasn't any information. >> reporter: trump jr. campaign chairman paul manafort and the son-in-law jared kushner met with a russian lawyer who has possible ties to the kremlin. he offered individuals connected to russia who she said were democratic national committee and supporting mrs. clinton. but it came clear she had no meaningful information. she then changed the subject to adoptions. robert mueller is looking into whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to win the election. >> there is no collusion that happened in this meeting. but the fact they were willing to do the meeting suggest to me that a willingness to collude and that's what bob mueller is going to have to dig into. >> the white house insists the president did not know about th

mola lenghi is at the white house for us tonight. >> reporter: after focusing much of his attention in the form of those twitter attacks on the media, the president shifted his focus to the world stage and how he is preparing for meetings with other world leaders in the g20. >> reporter: president trump spent the holiday weekend taking shots at the news media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we will not let them. >> reporter: mr. trump drew criticism after he tweeted this doctored video showing him punching someone with a cnn logo posted orphhis head. cnn called it a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters, he is involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his off. thomas bosser, the homeland security adviser, defended the tweet. >> there is a lot of cable news shows that reach directly into hundreds of thousands of viewers and really not always fair to the president. >> reporter: monday morning the president took to twitter again complaining the media is over looking his administration's accomplishments. >> people