officials but current u.s. officials. the post says this. president trump revealed highly classified information to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in a white house meeting. the information had been provided by a u.s. partner through intelligence sharing arrangement considered so sensitive that details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted. quote, this is code word information said a u.s. official familiar with the matter using terminology. trump, quote, revealed more information to the russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies. the partner had not given the united states permission. that country had not given the united states permission to share the material with russia. officials say trump's decision to do so endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to inner workings of the islamic state. senior white house officials took steps to contain the damage. senior white house officials appeared to recognize quickly that trump overstepped and moved to contain the potential fallout. thomas bus

let me finish, please. >> the notion that state officials wouldn't know that local election officials clearly haven't been notified, i appreciate the chairman's offer. the chairman and i are going to write a letter to all the states, if you view yourself as victims, i think there is a public obligation to disclose. again not to relitigate 2016 but to make sure we're prepared for 2017 where i have state elections in my state this years and 2018. and it's -- to do otherwise because there are some, there are some still in the political process that believe this whole russian incursion into our elections is a witch hunt and fake news. i could easily understand some local elected official saying this is not a problem, this is not a bother. i don't need to tighten up my security procedures at all and that would do a huge, huge disservice to secretary lawson that you say you want to try to prevent and provide to our voters. i hope when you receive the letter from our -- and we'll write this on a confidential basis, that you would urge your colleagues to come forward. again, not to embarrass

be an fbi field agent, sometimes an apartment official. >> -- department official. with who provide us notified each stage, and healing that state was notified, the vendor or state elections official, and also what specifically they were notified of. with07, california worked leading security researchers, bolland.tary debra they instituted some of the best practices we believe for election security. my understanding is that it is considered a cold standard. standard. a gold my question is does dhs have that authority to coordinate that for all states? the technicale capability and authority to conduct those. >> have you pursued that as a the stateson to help do everything they can to secure their systems? >> that is one of the areas we are considering. at that in looked california in 2007? if not, i would encourage that. >> i have not. >> the federal government does not have all of the information it needs where there has been a breach. is there any requirement the state notify the federal government when there has been a breach? >> no, ma'am. >> in terms of the ame

officials that he had some connection to canada.clear if he lived there or he was traveling. they're working with officials to aid in the investigation. but there appears to be some connection to canada. >> andrew mccade, the acting fbi director, was testifying up on capitol hill today, and he said this could be terrorism. he didn't say definitively it was terrorism, but egsd it could be terrorism. >> possibly they don't have all the connections yet. they haven't connected all the dots here to -- >> let's listen in. >> thank you again for your patience c patience. we want to make sure we have the most accurate and up to date information for you and we appreciate your reporting. we want to cover the entire state of michigan, special agent in charge, david gillian. >> thank you, all. i want to refer to a few notes here because i want to give you as accurate information as i can. we have had a very busy day and i know i kept you waiting and we wanted to wait until we had a point that we could come out here and provide you a little more

officials, senior officials in the past few days coming out saying they want to see this crisis resolvedn with qatar and then president trump with those tweets we saw yesterday pretty much taking credit for regional countries here, isolating qatar and also pretty much in his tweets describing qatar as a afinanci of terror. so a lot of confusion here about where the u.s. stands when it comes to this crisis. >> thank you. >>> amazon launches its latest move in the ecommerce battle with walmart. the two titans go at it and could mean lower prices for millions of shoppers. [vo] what made secretariat the greatest racehorse who ever lived? of course he was strong... ...intelligent. ...explosive. but the true secret to his perfection... was a heart, twice the size of an average horse. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in near real time and automatically deploying countermeasures. ke

he needed to say that because these aren't just official, these are beyond official statements from the white house. official statements press releases are filtered go through lawyers, go through the press office. these to the president's own point on twitter are unfiltered, his truest thoughts on policy, on all things. >> they are not throw away. when the president says something he's the president of the united states. it's news worthy. it goes into the historical record book. >> look, decades from now, without a doubt be the president's tweets being studied by historians. may be the title of a book. >> eight minutes past the hour. a lot of political observers if the president gave jared kushner the kiss of death on live tv. this is touching off a surge of speculation. the president made this mark about his son-in-law. listen carefully. >> jared, jared has become much more famous than me. >> here's the last time the president complained about somebody becoming more famous than him. >> he's become more famous than me. >> that tall guy there, the former fbi director james comey. in that

officials in the final hours. so there's value, obviously, as journalists in knowing this, and the american public in knowing this. >> two reasons why it wouldn't fit as whistleblower. first, the news contained in this document is very interesting. but whistle blowing refers to disclosing u.s. government misconduct. this does not disclose u.s. government misconduct. the other reason it wouldn't qualify as whistle blowing. whistle blowers are not allowed to release classified information to outsiders under any circumstances. they have to go through channels if they want to whistle blow using classified information. but the larger point of your question is more morally complicated, which is investigative reporters, including many that have been doing great work for "the new york times," for "the washington post," for cnn do rely on leaks of classified information. >> we do gain a lot and have gained a lot from investigative reporters from these leaks. the complexity here is that the leakers take a tremendous chance.

that they had with russian officials or any russian nationals? >> i don't recall that. >> and are you aware -- >> at this moment. >> are you aware of any communications with any trump officials or did you have any communications with any officials about russia or russian interests in the united states before january 20th? >> no. i may have had some conversations and i think i did, with the general strategic concept of the possibility of whether or not russia and the united states could get on a more harmonious relationship and move off the hostility. the soviet union did in fact collapse. it's really a tragic strategic event that we're not able to get along better than we are today. >> before being sworn in as attorney general, how did you communicate with then candidate or president-elect trump? >> would you repeat that? >> before you were sworn in as attorney general, how did you typically communicate with then candidate or president-elect trump? >> i did not submit memorandum. i did not make formal presentations. >> did you ever kbhun him in w

additionally, a law enforcement official, a second official tells cnn investigators were told by at leastthat the suspect shouted ali akbar. >> that is a key component of this investigation, that is a key factor. but again, sometimes witnesses mishear things or think someone said something -- obviously important, those words, we know what that means, and obviously an important part of this investigation now. >> we're continuing to monitor this and we're standing by for that news conference that's supposed to take place very soon in flint, michigan. >>> in the meantime, an american returns from north korea detention and dies. and tensions clearly escalating right now between north korea, the united states and it's allies. let's go to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and our cnn correspondent paula hancock who's in seoul, south korea. tell us what you know about north korea's under ground nuclear test site. >> reporter: spy satellites certainly picked up some activity at one of the tunnel accesses so that site. and one of those tunnels would hold the nuclear device that will be test

according to the post tonight, officials say that changed shortly after comey was fired. and now the "washington post" reports the remarkable news the president of the united states is the subject of a criminal investigation by the fbi into potential obstruction of justice. joining us now is adam, national security reporter and analyst at the "washington post." thanks for being here. >> thank you. glad to be here. this is a big story you've broken tonight obviously breaking alongside other big important news. for people who haven't had a chance to digest what you have reported, i want to go through a couple basic questions about it if you don't mind. >> sure. >> with what you are describing and reporting tonight, would it be accurate to say this means the fbi has an active open criminal investigation into the president personally, he's the subject of an fbi criminal investigation? >> he's the subject -- the way it was described to us, a file that's been opened on the president for the first time that is looking at him for potentially obstruction of justice. that doesn't m

also his contacts with russian officials.s with russian officials. earliertoday, ispoke that. also his contacts with russian officials. earlier today, i spoke to a democratic congressmen, a member of the house intelligence committee, i asked him what he hopes to hear from mr sessions. what do you want to hear from jeff sessions when he testifies in the senate? i think senate? ithink we're senate? i think we're going to have a chance to hear from jeff sessions. most importantly about whether or not the reserve third meeting with the russian ambassador in washington, thatis russian ambassador in washington, that is going to be very important. also, get an update about his working relationship with the white house. there had been some discussion about the possibility that he offered his resignation, which is very troubling. we don't understand why that would be, whether it wasjust understand why that would be, whether it was just friction between he and the president, or some more substantive issue that committee should know abo

and russian officials? >> i think i will give you the same answer, senator. >> thank you. as former attorney general, i have a series of questions about your connection with the attorney general during the course of your tenure as director. what is your understanding of the parameters of general sessions recusal from the russian investigation? >> i think it's described in a written release or statement from d.o.j. which i don't remember sitting here, but the gist was he would be recused from all matters relating to russia and the campaign or activities of russia and the '16 election, something like that. >> so is your knowledge of the extent of his recusal based on the public statements he's made? >> correct. okay. so ther is there any kind of memorandum issued from the attorney general or the department of justice from the f.b.i. outlining the parameters of his recalls? >> not that i'm aware of. do you know if h he recruit f.b.i. or d.o.j. documents pertaining to the investigation before he was recused? >>

about the official pardons? not the president.ithout >> mr. chairman i'm not in any way suggesting that i've had any conversations. totally apart from that therehe are communications within the department of justice that wedo. share, all of us do. we have a right to have full and robust debates within thert department of justice and we encourage people to speak up and argue cases on different sides and those arguments historically we have seen that they shouldn't be revealed. >> i would hope that you would agree to recuse yourself from this investigation and the president or others would pardon someone during the midst of the investigation or our investigation or director mueller's investigation. that would be problematic. in your testimony you reached this conclusion about the performance of van director comey's ability to lead the fbi and you agreed with deputy attorney rosenstein's memo. you worked with director comey for some time. failyou ever have a conversation with director comey about his failure to per

the role of the high officials at the metropolitan detention center. certainly we argue that officials at such disparate levels of the federal government, which is vast, could be held to have conspired with each other, but i don't think it's an argument that was fully developed before the district court, and that was what the circuit held, and that is why it should be remanded to the circuit. i want to make sure to address the arguments by the mdc petitioners. because really, their argument about not extending bivens for the claims against those officials is very different from the argument by the doj petitioners. every judge who has considered the issue has agreed that the claims that hasty and sherman were deliberately indifferent to months of physical and verbal abuse arise in a familiar bivens context and should be allowed to go forward. justice kennedy: carlson versus green? justice ginsburg: i thought the second circuit majority said yes to hasty, deliberative indifference, but not to sherman. >> that is correct, i must have misspoke. the deliber

are you aware of any meetings between the trump administration officials and russian officials during the campaign that have not been acknowledged by those officials in the white house? >> that's not even if i remember clearly, that's not what i can answer in open setting. >> are you aware by associates of the campaign to hide their communications with russian officials through encrypted communications or other means? >> i have to give you the same answer. >> in the course of the fbi's investigation did you ever come across anything that suggested that communications, records, documents or other evidence had been destroyed? >> i think i got to give you the same answer. it would touch on investigative matters. >> are you aware of potential efforts to conceal communications between russian officials? >> same answer. >> thank you. as a former attorney general i have a series of questions about your connection with the attorney general during the course of your tenure as director. what is your understanding of the parameters of general sessions recusal from the russian investigation? >> i

and russian officials during the 2016 campaign. there are several trump campaign associates and even confidantes who are under scrutiny by the f.b.i., including the former campaign chairman, paul manafort, jared kushner, a senior adviser, roger stone, a confidante of the president, michael flynn, the former national security adviser, carter page, a former foreign policy adviser, and, of course, there are questions about the attorney general, jeff sessions, and his contacts, scott, as you know, with the russian ambassador. >> pelley: and the attorney general has just taken his seat at the witness table. 70-year-old jefferson bougard sessions iii of alabama will be questioned by the senators in just a moment. jan there are a number of things that the attorney general may not be able to answer or may decline to answer. >> rights. his conversations with the president. he may feel that's inappropriate for him to testify stopping short of advocating executive privilege. that's an important concept, because the person is the president sho

and russian officials? >> i think i will give you the same answer, senator. >> thank you. as former attorney general, i have a series of questions about your connection with the attorney general during the course of your tenure as director. what is your understanding of the parameters of general sessions recusal from the russian investigation? >> i think it's described in a written release or statement from d.o.j. which i don't remember sitting here, but the gist was he would be recused from all matters relating to russia and the campaign or activities of russia and the '16 election, something like that. >> so is your knowledge of the extent of his recusal based on the public statements he's made? >> correct. okay. so ther memorandum issued from the attorney general or the department of justice from the f.b.i. outlining the parameters of his recalls? >> not that i'm aware of. do you know if h he recruit f.b.i. or d.o.j. documents pertaining to the investigation before he was recused? >> i don't. i don't kno

russian officials during the campaign. during your confirmation hearing in january you said, quote, you did not have communications with russians. senator leahy later asked you in writing whether you had been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the russian government about the 2016 election. you answered i believe with the definitive no. despite that fact -- despite that, the fact is as we discovered later, you did have interactions with russian government officials during the course of the campaign. in march, you acknowledged two meetings with the russian ambassador. yet, there's also been some public reports of a possible third meeting at the may flower hotel on april 27th. i hope that today you will help clear up those discrepancies and we also expect and this is very important, that you'll be able to provide the committee with any documents we need to shed light on thissish w issue, such e-mails or calendars. then there's a topic of the firing of former fbi director comey. last thursday we received testimon

as far as local officials, states and cities honoring this agreement, more power to them.k it's in the best interest of constituents, they should do it. that's what america is about. local rule. not coming from the federal government. if the state of california and others and cities want to honor this agreement, then they should. kelly: brad and adrienne, i wish we could get you to final word. we have to go. i appreciate both of you sharing the comments and insights on this explosive issue that's going to likely continue for some time to come. thank you. >> thank you. julie: legal battle over president trump's travel ban is now reaching the nation's highest court. the latest on the show boost. it's about moving forward, not back. down. for when you need a little extra. boost® the number one high protein complete nutritional drink. be up for it julie: asking the supreme court to revise president trump's travel ban, lower courts have so far ruled the administration cannot legal i will keep people from six muslim majority countries from entering the u.s. so what gives, will c

the very next day, as i had i met with career department officials including senior at the officials, to discuss some things publicly reported in the press that might have some bearing on whether or not i might recuse myself in this case. i announced my formal recuse on march 2. i was never briefed on any investigative details, did not access any and commission about the investigation. i received only the limited -- determine it would be necessary for me to make a recusal decision. i have no knowledge about this investigation as ongoing today. beyond what was publicly reported. i don't even read that carefully. taken no action whatsoever with regard to any such investigation. on the date of my formal recusal, my chief of staff senate email to the heads of relatives departments -- relevant departments including them on thisstruct recusal and advised him not to brief me in any way in any such matters. in fact, they have not. importantly, i recuse myself not because of any certain iongdoing or any believe that may be involved in any wrongdoing in the campaign, but because a department of

state officials say, people can turn in up to three guns, and receive up to $200 per gun official says there will be no questions asked. >>> drug maker merck is working to get its computer system back on line. it is one of 80 companies affected by a massive sign's tack. merck has a big presence in our area. hackers encrypted files on the computer system. they are demanding money to de crypt their information. the sign's tack started in ukraine, this morning, and has spread around the world. >>> well, we are following a developing store right now, human remains found by a construction crew in nicetown eye tioga chopper three over the scene in the 1700 block of west atlantic street. a construction crew doing demolition discover the partial remains while digging at the site. authorities are now investigating. >>> south jersey beach where three people died in 2012, will remain opened, the sand, gave way beneath those beach goers, as they were walk ago long waters edge on hereford inlet beach in north wildwood. new jersey judge refused to close the beach, dismissing the request made by the

great way to start off a summer day here and start off the season officially. solstice did happen at 12:24 early this morning. so, that is beyond us right now but this is basically the longest day that we will have all year which is over, 16 hours of daylight, and so nice , to have sunshine but here's those thunderstorms from earlier in the show. you might start to fire up as early as, say three or 4:00 in the afternoon and then toward the city more so toward early evening rush, 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. but things will be swift. by seven or 8:00 or down toward the shore points. it could come on you quickly if you are out later then most keep an eye to the western sky taking a look at the seven day it will stay hot, guys. it is, no if, and's, but's about this as we cool down, we are still in the 80's at least for every single day of the seven day i have an outdoor wedding on friday, at the shore, and all and all. >> we had a camera here, gone, 95 at girard. can't do anything about that, we don't own those cameras but this is ben franklin bridge, there are in delays

are there any other meetings between officials and any other trump campaign officials that have not been disclosed? >> i don't recall any. >> did any of the following individuals meet with russian officials at any time during the campaign? go yes or no as i go through the list. paul manafort. >> repeat that, now. start over. >> to the best of your knowledge, sir, did any of these following individuals meet with russian officials at any point during the campaign? you can just say yes or no on this. paul manafort. >> i don't have any information that he had done so. he served as campaign chairman for a few months. >> steve bannon. >> i have no information that he did. >> general michael flynn. >> i don't recall it. >> reince priebus. >> i don't recall. >> steve miller. >> i don't recall him ever having such a conversation. >> corey lewandowski. >> i do not recall any of those individuals having any meeting with russian officials. >> carter page. >> i don't know. >> and i would finally ask this question because i always think we try to get -- you have innate knowledge -- >> there was -- the

officials.nth when asked during the senate hearing if they would be comfortable using the products, the chiefs of the nsa, cia, and fbi and three other intelligence agencies simply said no. now, in an effort to tighten airline security worldwide, the department of homeland security has announced enhanced security and screening measures for all commercial flights into the united states. officials backed away from a total ban on laptops and other electronics larger than cell phones, but say travellers flying to the u.s. from overseas will face additional scrutiny. homeland security secretary john kelly said the requirements will raise the baseline on aviation security around the world and are meant to prevent potential new terror plots. the tougher standards will apply to more than 100 domestic and foreign airlines that fly directly into the united states and will affect about 2,000 flights daily. >>> turning overseas now, china has released three activists on bail who are being held after going u

that's a shocking statement from one of our nation's top law enforcement officials. we heard that director comey took as a direction from the president that he was to drop the f.b.i.'s direction investigation into mike flynn. he believes he was fired over his handling over the russian investigation. the president himself confirmed this in statements to the media. his is deeply troubling. we have a lot of work in order to follow up on these alarming disclosures. mr. attorney general, your testimony today is an opportunity to begin the process of asking those questions. for instance, again and i know others will ask, you recused yourself from the russian investigation but you participated in the firing of mr. comey over the handling of that same investigation. we want to ask you about how you view your recuesal and whether you complied fully. we heard from mr. comey that the president asked you to leave the oval office to speak one-on-one with mr. comey. we will need to hear from you how you viewed the presidential request and whether you thought it was appropriate. we

officials. not including his security clearance. question. what is the status of mr. kushner's clearance? what level has he been cleared to receive? >> did president trump or any other official in the white house intervene in or overrule any decision concerning, and he indicated that he was ready for a clearance or anything that goes with the security process. they have submitted their lawyer to george lawyer. they say they want their answer by july 6. demanding that the white house hand over information on kushner's security clearance, including whether or not trump or a white house official intervened with the decision to grant it to him. again, we will post this on line tonight. as the news continues to unspool this friday evening, ellen nagashima from the "washington post" joins us next. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. grazie, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. take 5,

officials say about 4000 tons of rock came down on that road yesterday afternoon. opposite office no one was hurt. the entrances on highways 120 from the bay area, and highway 41 from the south remain open. >>> as and giants were big losers tonight in baseball match ups. how some fans reacted to all of that. >>> more live pictures, we want to show you from west london on the breaking news we've been following. a 24 story apartment building still burning after six hours. the extent of the casualties not known, but the bbc reports that dozens of people are being treated for a range of injuries, and significant number of people are unaccounted for. we'll be right back. l be >>> mark's here with an update, baseball news, and not as exciting as the warriors news. >> it was a distraction for a while, from the baseball season, right? i'll give you a clue, the giants lost for the 40th time tonight. >> yikes. >> and they didn't lose the 40 40th game last year until july 26, so that gives awe hint. kansas city and the giants little over two years ago, fighting it out in game

but the notion that state election officials wouldn't know, that local election officials clearly have not been notified, i appreciate the chairman's offer and we will write a letter to all the states if you view yourself as victims i think there is a public obligation to disclose, not to relitigate 2016 but to make sure that were prepared for 2017 and 2018. there are some in the political system that believes this is a witchhunt. i could very easily say some local officials say this is not a problem, i don't need to tighten it by security procedures at all. i hope when we received the letter from -- that you would urge your colleagues to come forward, not to embarrass any state but i find it totally unacceptable that the public doesn't know local election officials don't know that you as the leaders of the state election officials don't even know whether your states part of the 21 that has been testified by the dhs the lease they were if not looked at or were actual information were actual border. i hope you'll work with us on a cooperative basis and that you get the classified briefi

the only similarity you have are highly placed intelligence officials leaking to the press.on't have a crime yet. it is far past time for the intelligence officials who've been playing this game and putting out innuendos to give us substance. put up or shut up. >> bret: when you read this half way through, we don't get a sense of collusion. we have not had any leaks of specific collusion. as of yet. but we are starting to get that the focus is on possible obstruction. >> well, i don't know if jim clapper spoke before or after this comey thing came out. whether his view would've been different if you'd read it but i do think he's just going off half-cocked. too early to draw the comparison. i find it ironic that, considering jim clapper was in the middle of the last big scandal that was supposed to be worse than watergate, the thing about the nsa were a lot of people don't think he was forthright with congress but he's doing some stuff there. it looks to me like what we know is that the president, in my judgment, had a conversation with jim comey he shouldn't have had. trying

the russia probe is adding to tension among top justice department officials.ral rod rosenstein could end up recusing himself from the russia investigation... this comes two months after taking over the role of "overseeing" the investigation from attorney general jeff sessions. elise labott reports, it may have something to do with rosenstein's role in the firing of f-b-i director james comey. the deputy attorney general could be the next department of justice official to recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel's russia investigation... which rod rosenstein himself set the possible move in motion by hiring robert mueller to lead the probe.rod rosenstein/deput y attorney general:"director mueller is going to have the full degree of independence that he needs to conduct that investigation appropriately." rosenstein's role is under scrutiny now that it appears mueller's probe could broadened to investigate obstruction of justice - which could include the president's firing of f-b-i director james comey.rosenstein played a role in that decision - his mem

they did so under the theory of traveling under official cover, what's called official cover.that is the most common usage of cover. that is to say, cover legends that intelligence services around the world use. now, not always do intelligence officers travel under official cover. sometimes they go under what's called nonofficial cover. and the russians are pretty adept at this. you may recall in 2010 the fbi rounded up ten so-called russian illegals. that is to say russians who had illegally assumed american identities and had been living here in some cases for decades collecting intelligence in an effort to send it back to moscow. in this case it sounds like the individuals came here under official cover requesting diplomatic visas. of course they're not going to say i'm a russian intelligence officer. they may say, for example, i did with the ministry of defense or ministry of foreign affairs, but in doing so it made it much easier for the fbi to spot this uptick and deny the visas, at least until the election was over. >> and this is reported as something that is concernin

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officials say the holcomb fire has burned 1200 acres.tainment remains just 10 percent with more than 1000 firefighters on the scene battling the flames. crews are dealing with heavy smoke. investigators are asking anyone who is in the area of the pacific crest trail from last saturday night to monday afternoon to give them a call. >>> let's bring in chief meteorologist bill martin right now, this is it going to heat up. maybe even up to 108. >> i think 107 is the official forecast tie. when we forecast for areas, we forecast 5 feet off the ground out of the sun and over grass or dirt or something be nine. in your backyard on your concrete. it's easily going to be if you are in antioch. it's usually 110 degrees at 5 feet above the surface. you'll find 110 in your backyard. i was just reading some stuff about the phoenix heat down there. palm springs did three days of 115 degrees heat and that was the all-time record for number of 115 plus days, but they were talking about the concrete in phoenix. i was saying our concrete tomorrow and liv

. >> what we try to do, i think most cabinet officials, others that you questioned recent ly officials before the committee, protect the president's right to do so. if it comes to a point where the issue is clear and there's dispute about it, at some point, the president will either assert the privilege or not. or some other privilege can be -- would be asserted. but, at this point, i believe t it's premature for -- >> you're asserting the privilege of the president -- >> it would be premature for me to deny the president a full and intelligent choice about >> you testified a few minutes ago that, quote, we were asked for our opinion. who asked for your opinion? >> you mean -- >> you testified, we were asked for our opinion. >> my understanding is, i believe i'm correct in saying that the president has said so. >> he didn't ask you directly? >> i thought you were asking about the privilege. >> no, no, i'm sorry. i'm saying, you said, quote, we were asked for our opinion, you and mr. rosenstein. >> i believe that was appropriate for me to say that because i think the president -- >> no,

senior pentagon officials say the u.s. has begun arming kurdish elements within the syrian defense forces. it's a move that has outraged u.s. ally turkey, which considers the kurds terrace. u.s. officials say the kurds are the best fighting force against isis insights area. the kurds are preparing for was expected to be a long, bloodied battle to try to recapture raqq raqqa. >> bret: pentagon officials say they're not concerned about the russian firing of four cruise missiles at an isa space inside syria. military commanders say they were warned in advance and that the attack is not regarded as a significant event. missiles launched from a russian warship and submarine in the mediterranean. complete obliteration, that is what pentagon officials are calling the destruction of a mock icbm warhead by u.s. interceptor missile. video shows the moment the interceptor knocked the missile out of the sky. tuesday's test comes amid growing concern over north korea's ability to deliver a nuclear bomb to american allied territory. one

officials have not released any further information on the deaths. cooling centers have been made available at the santa clara valley medical center and at public libraries and community centers in san jose, santa clara, milpitas and gilroy.we spoke with seniors here about the heat. < "what happens with this heat it gets to you before you even know what happened. and you know the other thing they stress is to drink water, you know make sure you drink enough water. last night there was no wind. up until last night it wasn't too bad but last night and today there is no breeze so it makes for a more difficult day. >officials do recommend keeping a close eye on an elderly relatives, friends and neighbors to make sure they're ok.reporting live in santa clara lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( mark ) thanks lydia. we'll check back in with throughout ( james ) and the heat is causing problems all across the bay area including a brush fire in the south bay the fire burned in east san jose near quimby road and mount hamilton road. nobody was injured and no evacuati

officials.icials we spoke to thought that that did not take into account the complexities that the top officials who had access to all the intelligence had to make these very tough decisions. these are not black and white issues. when you weigh the pros and cons, you know, you end up potentially deciding to do less rather than more. so, you know, these are very complex issues that obama was dealing with at the end. and so, you know, we were trying in this piece in this article to explain those and lay them out so people could understand what was going on behind the scenes. >> i know you talked to current and former officials, all these experts who knew the investigation well, what could the trump administration do now moving forward to combat the threat? >> i've not seen anything that the trump administration is doing. maybe my investigation is faulty there. but i've not seen that they are addressing this issue and congress is so divided that, you know, i'm personally skeptical that there would

here you have a former official. it's somebody who wants to talk. the president, as we've said, has already spoken about those conversations publicly and even if the white house wanted to try to go through federal court to stop comey which it hasn't indicated it would be willing to do, this source doesn't think that that would work. wolf. >> it's interesting. the white house not flatly ruling out that possibility. michelle kosinski, thanks so much for that report. the white house is facing a barrage of questions about whether the president feels climate change is real in the wake of the decision to withdraw the united states from the paris climate accord. our cnn white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us with the latest. jim, you pressed the white house for answers. >> that's right, wolf. more than 24 hours after the president announced he is pulling the u.s. out of the paris climate accord the white house cannot answer a critical question and that's whether president trump believes climate change is real. of course, there's other pressing

you had any other interactions with government officials in a campaign capacity? in the campaign capacity. atty. gen. sessions: no, mr. chairman. i have wracked my brain to make sure i could answer any of those questions correctly, and i did not. thatld just offer for you when asked about whether i had had any meetings with russians by the reporter in march, we immediately recall the conversation, the encounter i had at the convention and the meeting in my office and make that public. i never intended not to include that. theuld have gladly reported meeting, the encounter that may have occurred, that some say occurred in the mayflower, if i had remembered it or it actually occurred, which i don't remember that it did. >> on march 2, 2017, you formally recused yourself from any investigation in the russian investigation being conducted by the fbi and the department of justice. what are the specific reasons that you chose to recuse yourself? the. gen. sessions: specific reason, mr. chairman, cfr, code of federal regulations put out by the department of justice, part

officials noticed that complicity will be met with strict punishment. and those a lead to the investigation of 500 trafficking cases within 80% increase given the scale of the problem of these countries and more have much to do and it is important to encourage the commitment. much of those activities are going underground in those at the other u.s. agents as well as a car partners abroad a new approach to trade law-enforcement and then to prosecute the crimes i am pleased of the initiative to end modern slavery to increase funding for prosecution efforts that wherever it is most prevalent. and for those that are committed against crime of human rights. so of those programs in one of those other governments and with those civil society to end modern slavery. in with that human trafficking in in pursuit to end modern slavery there is is the first phase of pope that they see weeks or years after the 2017 report will be recognized formally in a few minutes but i want to thank them for their courage and leadership in sacrifice for those ending human traffick

the first official in the books day of summer. at 4:47. back in a moment. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ . >>> today on fox 5 news morning, family and friends of a slain muslim teenager prepare for a funeral. they're looking at a possible hate crime. >>> a dc landmark is planning to reveal a new version of its wall. >>> a live look outside on this first official day of summer. good morning

those officials made a mockery of the oversight process.e have a legal obligation to do vigorous oversight. what they basically said is, so what. i can tell you we are not going to sit back and say this is acceptable. you ran the chip about my question to director coats. one of those answer is false and i'm going to get to the bottom of it. >> the important thing in that question you raised there is this is not just competing news reports or different people shading the same story differential depending on their audience, what you asked the dni today was about his previous testimony. he testified to the senate armed services committee, another oversight committee in the senate saying he wasn't aware of any white house personnel contacting anybody in the intelligence committee to drop that flynn investigation. the "washington post" report does directly contradict that today yet he wouldn't answer either way. the thing i didn't understand today, maybe you did, was he saying that he would answer those questions, he would clear that up in a cla

officials say none of the fire has been contained just yet. one building has been destroyed, but thankfully no injuries have been reported just yet. >>> firefighters near sacramento are currently fighting a grass fire less than an hour after the fire was first reported. the fire had stopped growing ask and broke out around 5:00 this evening in rancho cordova off of douglas boulevard. no injuries or damage have been reported yet. >>> in the north bay hundreds of nascar fans gathered at sonoma raceway for the toyota save mart 350. today with dale earnhardt jr.'s last ride in the bay area after announcing his retirement at the end of the season. but as ktvu leigh martinez reports, he wasn't the only driver nascar fans were rooting for. >> reporter: the fastest people at the sonoma raceway are arguably the fans who came three days early just to get best of the seats. we talk today a couple of fans today. everyone has a different favorite. coming in with a trailer three days ago with seth severson at the barbecue pit. team sonoma has a full view of

but there was no official claim.as an unverified message on one of the messaging apps talking about lone wolf soldiers operating in manila. this is all coming at a time when isis militants are trying to gain ground in southern philippines and they're locked in a very bitter fight with the country's military. >> very dangerous situation to watch in that country. >> thank you for clarifying stuff for us there. much appreciate it. >>> still ahead, we'll dig into the top business stories driving the day as the markets look ahead to today's jobs report. >>> do you know how to spell marocain? >> like that? >> don't ask us to use it in a sentence. we'll introduce to you the 12-year-old girl who knew how to do just that to take home the title of the country's top speller. >>> bill karins has a look at the wet weather in store for part of the country this weekend. coming up next. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful

officials or foreign officials. we don't have any idea what he's referring to with that.he sources that we're dealing with are american officials. we're not getting information from foreign officials so educate our stories, inform our stories about the f.b.i.'s investigation. so we're really not clear what the intention was there with that statement. clearly, he's -- you know, rod is in an incredibly difficult position right now. maybe he is kind of doing -- making these -- some people would call them mistakes, under that pressure, because he's feeling the pressure. >> seems to be scoop after scoop, then anger and more anger from the administration. and that's reflected in a lot of the response around the president, in the west wing. stay with us, adam, because the week began with a close friend of president trump, chris ruddy, the c.e.o. of news maximum, telling judy woodruff that the president was considering perhaps terminating special counsel robert costa. the white house -- robert mueller. but they didn't rule out firing him. among republicans, there was overwhelming

that's the word from a senior administration official.'re also getting specific on who will be allowed into the u.s. from the six muslim-majority nations and who will be kept out. >> the supreme court laid out a general guideline that those with a "credible claim of a bona fide relationship" can come. new administration guidance sent to overseas postsed says visa at -- posted says visa applicants must prove they have a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daunl, son-in-l dau daughter-in-law or sibling. >> not on the list, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, cousins, brother or sister-in-law, fiances. those accepted to u.s. universities or workers who have taken a job at a u.s. company will be allowed in. >> the news comes after homeland security secretary jon kelly announced new global aviation security measures which do not include an all-out laptop ban, as some expected. that was a major development. we have more from washington. >> reporter: homeland security secretary jon kelly announced new global aviation se