you got the feeling from phillip that he saw you.t was something a lot of people talked about, a sense of being recognized. there were no long monologues and i speak as someone who has -- he was born in 1933 and i speak as someone who has a lot of weariness with men born before 1980, apologies to mr. cabot. i sometimes think all of you guys should be locked in a hotel room one at a time and be deprogrammed. but he was never a monologuist, he was endlessly curious about other people's experience and about psychology. and, of course, i was wildly flattered. i first met him staring off of books in my mother's bookshelf. when i was 7, 8, 9, 10. re i remember reading "port noise complaint" when i was in junior high. it was so transgressive and racy. >> it was transgressive and racy. i want to quote from the tweet you made. writing about # roth gives me the power of resurrection. then i stop and he's still dead and it's as devastating as the first second. is it a huge loss in your life? your personal life, not just america's literary life?

phillips. that would be protected under speech.elled the message being conveyed in that expression. >> youe saying race is different? i don't want to put words in your mouth. answer.o know the >> i think race is different for two reasons. objection willat be based on who the person is rather than what the message is. second, even if that were not case, the court could find compelling interest in the race did in thet as it pena-rodriguez case. not going to serve cakes to two disabled people because god makes perfect creation. there are some religions who that.e how about there? that, that would the person isn who and not the message of the final product. a sameiding a cake to sex couple was against his free rights because and his free exercise rights because he cannot celebrate that kind of marriage. >> mr. phillips is looking at but what.o what the message is. for 25 years. >> that seem to be point of contention. the state seem to concede if it the message, your client would have a right to ref

phillips' religious beliefs. mr. yarger: and, your honor, i -- justice kennedy: and -- because accommodation is, quite possible, we assume there were other shops that -- other good bakery shops that were available. mr. yarger: your honor, i don't -- i don't agree that colorado hasn't taken very seriously the rights of those who wish to practice their faith. i urge you to read the legislative history that culminated in literally ten years of debate about how to deal with this question. and what the legislature decided after hearing from the faith community, after making an exception for places of worship and doing -- making other exceptions decided we can't make exceptions here for same-sex people who deserve the same protections if we wouldn't make those same exceptions for discrimination based on race and sex and religion. >> i serve the people he does not like. i serve the people he does not. does that violate the law? >> i would say there is a possibility he does not violate the law. that is always a question in t

phillips. as well as a violation of the free exercise clause. what is deeply concerning is that is not the theory respondents are submitting to the court today. they believe they can compel speech. designers.s, graphic if there are no further questions i would like to reserve the balance of my time. >> we will afford you the full rebuttal time. >> thank you. >> this case raises an important question. whether or not someone can be compelled to express something to that which they are opposed. we believe we speech provides breathing space -- >> how narrow is it? thatwe gotten the answer the florist is in the same places a cake maker, so is the person who makes the invitations and menus? i don't see the alignment can be drawn through the makeup artist or the hairstylist? the court a question has to answer at the threshold of every free speech case. think the problem for my friends on the other side is that they think the question does not even matter. they would compare -- they would ask an africa

that garnered seven votes in favor of jack phillips. i heard you question where you ask him what if you lose? so glad we don't have to answer that question. jack phillips won and he won in a way that re-affirms the idea that government has no business targeting people because of their religious beliefs. >> ny still did ou of the way, the justices, especially anthony kennedy's ruling, to not interpret this more broadly than was the case. this was isolated and not a precedent setter. what did you make of that? >> you can't say that justice kennedy say it only applies to jack phillips. there's other cases that will have the free speech issue. that will reserve for another day. make no mistake, this is an important ruling. it re-affirms the principle that government hostility has no place in our society. it also talked about unequal application of the law, where the government favors some views over others. that happened in this case, too. three colorado bakeries were asked to create cakes opposing same sex marriage. they said they didn't w

phillip could only hope his story would have such a happy ending.was combing through news reports he saw on social media. >> i remember one specifically where they said somebody had just seen them bring a child's body out in the shopping cart and they said it was a 5 or 6-year-old little boy and i thought to myself, well, i don't think anybody would confuse our boys for being 5 or 6. but could they confuse one of our girls for being a little boy? and that was a -- that piece of news was very traumatic to me. >> in agony and alone, he prayed and started playing one song over and over in his mind. >> i think we do have a measure of grace that comes to us in very difficult times. for me there was a u2 song that went off in the back of my head called 40, from the 40th psalm. i just started reading that psalm over and over again and it was exactly what i needed to hear. and, so, i took a lot of comfort from that. >> it's got that great -- i know the song. >> it is an awesome song. >>. ♪ how long to sing a psalm". >> yeah, exactly. it gave me the inspirat

phillip, back to you. >> eye opening report. jacob, thank you. >> president trump is expected to meet with house republicans on immigration. meanwhile there are growing calls f homeland security secretary to resign over the family separations. nbc's tracie potts has more to r for us. >> reporter: four so far including kamala harris, tweeted that nielsen should step down, resign over this situation, saying that this account amounts to human rights abuses and adding that breaking up these families at the border has failed to hold her accountable and transparent with the american people. we are hearing that from a number of democrats. meantime, nielsen is dding the policy saying the children are being treated well. >> here is the bottom line. d.h.s. is no longer ignoring the law. we are enforcing the laws as they exist on the books. as long as illegal entry remains a criminal offense, d.h.s. will not look the other way. the children are not being used as a pawn. we are trying to protect the children which is why i'm asking congress

>> reporter: good morning, phillip. this is the third visit to phillip by kim jong-un. this is the first time that state media has announced it in advance. now, presumably kim is here to update china's presideg xi jinpn the summit with president trump in singapore. and it comes as the trade war is intensifying between the u.s. and china. hours after the trump administration threatened china with another $200 billion in tariffs, and this tension is something that all sides are going to try to play to their advantage. the u.s. said it wants china's help to have leverage over north korea to have it give up its nuclear weapons, but from china's perspective, that is not going to comeor free. kim jong-un finds himself in this unusually strongiplomatic position where he's becoming a key player in asian diplomacy. he's had two meetings with great rivals just a week apart. and at a time when south korea is confirming thatnthose j military drills scheduled for august are now off. f that ilowing through on the concession that president trump made to north korea at the summit which

phillips is celebrating today after a 7-2 supreme court opinion holding phillips never got a fair shaken he was sued by a gay couple of declining to create a custom taken summation of their same-sex wedding. ready for the majority justice kennedy noted at least one of the colorado commissioners who heard the original complaint likened philip's explanation and religious police to those who supported slavery and the holocaust, quote, this sentiment is inappropriate for commission charged with the responsibility of fair and neutral enforcement of colorado's antidiscrimination law but kennedy himself noted the broader legal issues in this dispute are far from settled and must be done so with tolerance for both sides leading lgbt advocates with mixed feelings. >> what is important here is the supreme court in no way undermines our nation's of all rights laws. >> the couple at the center of the case, charlie craig and dave mullins say the decision means our fight against discrimination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does. justice ginsburg's dissent

the phillips building was constructed in 1930 to have the new printing business at the phillips company which occupied the building until 1947. the five-story building is significant as a distinctive and highly intact example of art deco style and is a considerabl rare style in san francisco. it is also the largest art deco style loft building in the city. the phillips building is also significant for it's association with master architect henry h. myers. prominent local architect to design buildings throughout the bay area including memorial buildings. the phillips building is a rare example of their work, commercial work. character defining interior features include the elevator lobby and former display show room. these places are eligible for designation because they were historically publicly accessible. there is no known public art or neighborhood opposition to designation as a landmark and the owners are supportive of landmark designation. the department believes the building me see established eligibility requirements and landmark status. the h.p.c. recommends landmark designatio

jack phillips says he's not just a baker, he's an artist. >> part of it icing and piping. part of it is paintbrush. part of it is airbrush, create the leaves and the flowers. >> reporter: his canvas, takes like these. >> we paint on cakes. we sculpt cakes. we sketch cakes. design what we're going to do. >> reporter: deeply religious, phillips says his christian faith guides everything in his life. >> this one is a first out of first corinthians. stand firm, be strong and immovable. always work enthusiastically for the lord. >> reporter: including his refusal to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. >> that cake is that strong of a message in our culture. and marriage in general between a man and i woman across all cultures, religions, is an inherently religions event. >> reporter: that faith part of an epic legal clash between religious liberty and gay rights. all of which began when charlie craig and dave mullins walked into masterpiece cake shop in 2012. >> like any couple charlie and i were really excited to be getting married. >> reporter: same-sex marriage was still n

dede mealor phillips:"and i strangled it to death."ssoth, reporting:"dede's home is in the middle of soybean fields so she never expected to encounter a bobcat."nats authorities found out it was rabid and burned the blood left in her front yard - - now dede must get a painful and expensive series of shots to keep her from contracting the disease.she believes if she hadn't killed the rabid animal - - it would have killed her. dede mealor phillips:"if i had ever let it go it would have been me so i made sure i never i never let it go." ( marty ) that was kim passoth reporting. ( marty )coming up after the break... mad-bum's on the mound as the giants take on the dodgers... and the a's y to break a losing streak. j-r stone it all... next in sports. sports. woman: it felt great not having hepatitis c. it's like a load off my shoulders. i was just excited for it to be over. harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. it's been prescribed to more than a quarter million people and is proven to cure up

phillip, frances? >> kelly, thank you. >> of course, this historic summit is drawing attention from leaders all across the globe. but perhaps especially so in south korea, which has maintained a tense relationship with its northern borders for decades. janis mackey frayer is live. good morning there. >> good morning, phillip. south korean president moon jae-in has been watching this very closely, parsing by now the document signed by president trump and kim jong-un. the four points being that the u.s. and north korea commit to relations, very imporntly, that they will join their efforts to create a stable peace regime. the third point being that they will affirm the april 27th agreement that was signed between moon and kim in their summit. and then lastly, that the u.s. and north korea will commit to repatriating the remains of prisoners of war. it's that third point on reaffirming the agreement of april 27th. this was not a separate declaration between the u.s. and north korea toward complete denuclea

came in the middle of the cabinet, the phillip lee resignation. 0ne cabinet, the phillip lee resignationepish. some of them had been tweeting this morning praising philip lee's courage. many of the remainders have talked a good game. but when it has come to the hour, they have shied away from actually rebelling against the government. doctor lee, whatever you think of his motives and judgment, has shown a good deal of nerve by being willing to sacrifice his political career for what he believes is an important principle, namely, as he sees it, protecting people in the country from the consequences are brexit. a motion last night from dominic grieve two adapted, to make it more palatable to sarah wollaston, who will back this amendment. there was an irony that they want to take back control. yes, just to be clear, the meaningful vote was beefed up in the house of lords to essentially give mps the power if they vote no to say to mrs may, you got to go to the negotiating table and this is what we wa nt negotiating table and this is what we want you to negotiate. even some remainders were qu

but the supreme court took issue with commissioners describing phillips' beliefs as "irrational" and "offensive." in a 7-2 decision, justice anthony kennedy describing the commission as having a "clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs" of phillips. today, gay rights activists taking comfort in a limited decision. >> it was a very narrow decision, that only applies to the unique facts of this particular case. in no way did the supreme court undermine our nation's civil rights laws. >> reporter: the nation's views on same-sex marriage evolving. the most recent abc news poll found that 81% of americans said companies should not be allowed to refuse service to gays and lesbians. >> so, let's get to pierre thomas, he's live at the supreme court tonight. and pierre, many legal scholars now saying the court didn't full little resolve the fundamental question here, of whether businesses can refuse service to same-sex couples, based on religious objections. >> reporter: that's right, david. the issue is left unresolved. and there's a case involving a florist re

civil rights commission colorado. >> the legal team for colorado baker jack phillips is celebrat ing today, after a 7-2 supreme court opinion holding that phillips never got a fair shake, when he was sued by a gay couple after declining to create a custom cake in celebration of eiame sex wedding. for the majority, justice kennedy noted that at least one of the colorado commissioners who heard the original complaint likened phillips explanation and religious beliefs to those who supported slavery and the holocaust. this sentiment is inappropriate for commission charged with the sol employee responsibility of fair and neutral enforcement of colodo's anti-discrimination law. kennedy pointed out that a number of the commissioner's statements implied "that religious beliefs and persons are less than fully welcome in colorado's business community." but kennedy himself noted that the broader legal issues in this dispute are far from settled, and must be done so with tolerance for both sides, leaving lgbt advocates with mixed feelings. we're certainly disappointed that the supreme court foun

. >> the restoration wizard, callan "cal" phillips, born 1925.e spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in south-central idaho. cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns home to work on the family farm, gets married and raises six children, then gets divorced in the late 1960s. he remarries to marilyn hanshew, who has three children of her own, including sherri. it's like a blended brady bunch. >> it is. the blessing was, i got a great dad, and i got some really great stepsiblings, too. >> and, says sherri, her stepdad knows how to fix just about anything. >> you had to figure out how to fix that car or fix that engine or make it work because, obviously, time was money when it came to farming. >> in 1994, after half a century working the fields, 69-year-old cal phillips decides it's time to hang up his farmer's hat and begin sellling off his acre. >> he was tired. he knew that his health was not going to let him do the farming as he would have liked to have done. >> but rather than quietly slipping into retiremen

phillip? >> hans, thanks for the update. >> a just released new poll show us where americans stand when it comes to a divisive issue, abortion rights. the kaiser family foundation found that two-thirds of people supreme court overturn roe v. wade. 53% of republicans would like to see it overturned while large majorities of democrats, independents and women want it to stay in place. this comes as justice anthony kennedy gets ready to retire from the supreme court, setting the stage forre pick a more conservative judge who would vote to strike down roe v. wade. now a "the new york times" report says the white house may have orchestrated his exit with the president forming a personal relationship with kennedy and assuring him his legacy was in good hands. >> president trump's replacement for justice kennedy could shift the ideological balance for the court for generations. nbc's peter alexander tells us who is on trump's short list. >> reporter: president trump making his surge for a supreme cour

i'm phillip mena. >> good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning with a continued fight over those separated migrant families that has ignited a firestorm across the country. the front of magazines littered with imagery of the president in a country against the entry of innocent migrant children. an administration official tells the associated press some 500 of those 2,300 separated children have now been reunited with their families and that federal agencies continue to work with a reunification process. >> still the administration continues to offer few details amid reports wit reuniting thes president's executive order wednesday. and yet again the commander in chief is blaming the democrats foron't care about the children. they don't care about the injury. they don't care about the problems. they don't care about anything. >> and it was those democrats who banded together with several republican lawmakers to ultimately kill a gop bill on immigration in the house of representatives yesterday. sending the house leadership bac

phillip? >> an eye-opening look at the realities there. busy trying to convince japanese and south korean officials in seoul to back president trump in the day pompeo saying major disarmament is expected in north korea within the president's first term but caution's against unsubstantiated north korean reports, vowing to keep sanctions against pyongyang in place until kim jong un's regime has completely denuclearized. however, pompeo refused to answer a reporter's question on just how the u.s. would verify those nukes are gone, berating that reporter for the inquiry instead. >>> we begin this morning with the man referred to as donald trump's fixer michael cohen and swirling speculation he is cooperating with the feds to save his family with one i afted he's expected to drop his legal team amid building pressure as he remains the subject of a criminal investigation into his business dealings. meanwhile, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, said he isn't worried about cohen cooperating with t

phillips' religious beliefs. and on that basis, based on those facts, those circumstances, the court felt that it had to reverse thef rulinghe lower court in favor of the same-sex couple that brought the discrimination claim. >> nawazit was a 7-2 decion, just as ginsburg drafted the dissent. and in that, she made clear she felt it was a discrimination case. and she wrote, the fact that phillips, the cakemaker, might sell other cakes and cookies to d lesbian customers was irrelevant to the issue craig e,d mullins, the gay cou case presented. what matters is that phillips would not provide a gooder rvice to a se-sex couple that he would provide to a heterosexual couple. but to your earlier point,st e kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion here, basically said, we're going to have to take these on a case-by-case basis. he wrote, the outcome of ca like this in other sirbles must adark circumstances must await further -- must resolved with tolerance, without undue respect ga sincere religious beliefs without subjecti

phillip?> pete, thank you. >>> president trump of course is celebrating the court's decision hailing it as a tremendous victory at the white house. he also seized the moment to press for his proposed border wall.nbc's peter alexander has . >> the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for this countrynd for the constitution. >> reporter: prentru claiming vindiohe ruling shows the attacks from the media and the democrat politicians are wrong. >> reporter: mr. trump reveling in a rare judicial win. but on capitol hill, disio as disappointing. >> i say who's going to be next? is the president going to issue an executive order against mexicans? >> reporter: keith ellison, the first muslim in congress, warning the ruling should make all americans nervous. >> what they've said is as long as the president invokes national security, he has carte blanche to do whatever he wants to anybody. >> reporter: republicans rallying behind the president to initially dismiss this third version of his ban a

. >> reporter: it's a clear win for jack phillips of denver, who said baking a cake for a same-sex couple would violate his christian beliefs to artistry. >> my life is tied to my believes. this is an extension of it. >> reporter: when he turned down david and charlie who wanted a cake for their wedding celebration, they sued. >> we hoped that people now know that in every kind of business every day. >> reporter: colorado said phillips violated a state law that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation but a 7-2 vote the supreme court says phillips wins because colorado didn't take his religious claims seriously enough. >> the court said religious freedom is an important value that needs to be weighed in deciding these cases. it doesn't tip the scale one way or another but puts it back on the scale. >> reporter: the win was a for phillips and doesn't say whether florists, photographers and more havehe religious freedom to refuse service to same-sex couples. >> a ruling that says businesses like this bakery have a right to discnaom this court. not even close. >> reporter: just

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i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un are now in singapore. less than 24 hours away from their historic summit, it will be the first time a sitting u.s. president will meet with a north korean leader. the focus of the high stakes meeting denuclearization of north korea. president trump suggesting the summit could be the only opportunity to work out a deal. >>e-me shot and i think it's going to work out very well. >>> i think very quickly i'll know whether or not something good is going to happen. >>> and if i think it won't happen, i'm not going to waste my time. i don't want to waste his time. >> mr. trump's first official meeting with of the trip not with kim but singapore's minister, a day after kim jong-un's own meeting with the prime minister. and work hasegun elsewhere with u.s. and north korean officials sitting down ahead of the summit. secretary of state mike pompeo tweeting these photos calling the meeting substantive and detailed. >> nbc's janice mackie frayer

colorado baker jack phillips is celebrating stay. after a 7-2 supreme court opinion holding that phillips never got a fair shake when he was sued by a gay couple after declining to create a custom cake in celebration of their same-sex wedding. writing for the majority, justice kennedy noted that at least one of the colorado commissioners who heard the original complaint likened phillips' explanation and religious beliefs to those who supported slavery and the holocaust. "this sentiment is inappropriate for commission charged with the solemn response will be a fair and neutral enforcement of colorado's antidiscrimination law." kennedy pointed out that a number of the commissioners statements implied "their religious beliefs persons are less than fully welcome in colorado's business community." kennedy himself noted that the broader legal issues in this dispute are far from settled. i must be done so with tolerance for both sides become a living lgbt advocates with mixed feelings. >> we are certainly disappointed that the supreme court

. >> the legal team for colorado baker jack phillips is celebrating today.fter a seven i could do supreme court opinion, holding that phillips never got a fair shake when he was sued by the gay couple after declining to create a cake. writing for the majority, justice kennedy noted that at least one of the colorado commissioners who are the original complaint like into phillips' explanation and religious belief to those who supported slavery and the holocaust. "this sentiment is inappropriate for commission charge with a solemn responsibility of a fair and neutral enforcement of colorado's antidiscrimination law." kennedy pointed out that a number of the statements imply that "religious beliefs and persons are less than fully welcomed and colorado's business community." kennedy noted that the broader legal issues are far from settled, and must be done so with tolerance for both sides. leaving lgbt advocates with mixed feelings. >> we are certainly disappointe that the supreme court found in this narrow set of circumstances in favor of the baker. but what is

. >> moments after the court's ruling, the masterpiece cake shop, baker jack phillips celebrated whatsaw as victory for religious freedom. in a 7-2 ruling written by justice anthony kennedy. the court said colorado officials who compared, phillip's religious objections to defenses of the slavery and holocaust, a clear and impermissible hostility toward thatedection to efs baking the cake. phillips told us when the court was considering the case he would serve same-sex couples other baked good in his shop but would not create a wedding cake. >> because? >> because the biblical teaching on marriage is pretty clear. and this is promoting a ceremony that goes against those core teachings. >> the court's ruling was narrow and may well apply only to phillips. the justices made a plea for civility in future cases writing. these disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without un do disrespect to sincere religious beliefs and without subjecting gay gay persons to indignities. the language gave the couple. charlie craig and david mullins some comfort. >> i think the decision in our case is so

would find that curve wasthe phillips not so what. that's not so flat -- the phillips curve was not so flat. it became steeper. the wages and prices started to rise and the inflation accelerates, so on. you can use steeper filter to contain inflation. lowe, did governor you want to respond? mr. lowe: on trade, i think what is happening is incredibly disturbing. can we think of a country that has made itself wealthier and boosted productivity growth by building walls? i think not. i think the countries that made themselves wealthier made themselves prospers by reducing walls, and my country would be the poster child there. i view what is happening as incredibly worrying. the terrorists themselves -- tariffs themselves are not going to derail global expansion, but there are two mechanisms where could be derailed. financial markets -- so far the financial markets have taken a benign interpretation, but that could change quickly. we could see a lot of turbulence . people bring the future events forward to today. the other mechanism is tha

it was voted 7-2 that the civil rights commission violated phillips' rights on the first amendment. they're not deciding the big issue, whether a business can refuse to serve gay or lesbian presidentrump is insisting he has absolute power to pardon himself in the russia probe. an's>>te pnt trump doubled down on his interpretation of executive powers tweeting this morning "i have the absolute right why would i do that when i have done nothing wrong "? kellyanne conway dismissed reporters' questions. >> it's a hypothetical exercise. that's what you do. >> reporter: the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani agrees a pardon is possible but not likely. >> pardoning himself would be unthinkable and would lead to probably immediate impeachment. >> reporter: the legal team is trying to avoid a subpoena from special counsel robert mueller forcing mr. trump to testify before a grand jury in the russia probe. the notion of a self pardon was raised in january in a letter from trump's attorneys. it argued the president could terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon. the p

>> reporter: chris phillips?? put the baggie in the bathroom? >> no, i'm saying he have access to my house. >> reporter: by the way, chris phillips was never a suspect in the case. in fact, he was a witness for the state. but daniel was adamant that he, at least, was innocent. >> i not the o whoilled that girl. i'm not the one who killed shelley. i have two younger sisters, sir. what if that happened to my sisters? what if that happened to my mom? i would kill myself before i hurt anybody else. i couldn't kill her because she reminds me of my younger sister, amanda. what if that happens to amanda or kati? i would kill myself. >> reporter: but it happened to shelley. >> that's what happened to shelley. but i'm not the one who kill her. even if i have to go through this, i'm still telling you, i'm not the one who kill her because i can't. that would be like me killing my younger sisters and i love them. >> reporter: would the jury have believed him, had he testified? we'll never know. but without it, the verdict cam

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phillip? >> janice, thank you. >> and while the historic meeting is yet to begin back on capitol hill lawmakers are already demanding any negotiated deal be vetted by congress. nbc's tracie potts brings us more. tracie, good morning. >> francis, phillip, good morning. congress may get a say. secretary of state mike pompeo telling washington whatever comes out of the summit they are going to run through congress, that lawmakers here will have a chance to approve that, that they have been preparing for that for months, and the idea here is to give north korea some confidence that whatever they come up with, the united states will honor. if it's a formal treaty, that takes a two-thirds vote from the senate which means they'll have to get some democrats on board. but we are months away from that. for now, lawmakers are wondering what will come out of this summit and what their role will be. >> there are three outcomes here. peace where we have a win/win solution. military force where we devastate

phillip? >> gabe gutierrez. gabe, thank you. >> this morning president trump wakes up in the white house after spending the night firing up his base in south carolina, campaigning for the state's governor ahead of today's primary. and using the occasion to bash democrats all the while doubling down on his immigration rhetoric. >> democrats, they want open borders and they don't mind crime. think of it. the democrats want to protect illegals coming into this country, some of whom are not good. they want to protect illegals coming into the country much more so than they want to protect you. >> among the topics, the commander in chief brought up news reports on the first lady's health. late night comics, his hair, the north korea ,summit and as democrats come under fire for urging the public to bring protests straight to administration's officials front doors. let's go to tracy polie potts. tracie, a lot going on this morning. >> reporter: gigi, let's start with people being held in detention. customs and border pa

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. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with some major developments in the russia investigation. president trump's personal lawyer now says he'sst having the president testify unless special counsel robert mueller produces more documents about the probe. rudy giuliani delivering those remarks while also making headlines and facing a backlash when commenting on the president's pardon power. admitting the commander in chief could use it for himself. nbc's jennifer johnson has more from washington. >> reporter: president trump's le team against stressing it will fight any effort to force the president to t robt mueller investigation of russia's election meddling but would consider a short one-on-one interview. >> look, if they can cone that it would be brief, it would be to the point, there are five or six points they have to clarify and with that we can get this long nightmare for the american public over -- >> reporter: warning of a possible legal showdown came in a now leaked confidential memorandum o

phillip, thanks for joining us. a tweet that the president put out.seemed to be up this hour and said the fact that i'm having a meeting is a major meeting. we have our hostages testing and all missile launches have stopped. and they have nothing else with we can say. how prepared is the president do you think he is? >> he says he can assess kim jong un in minutes. i'm doubtful. but i'm confident about the people who are supporting him. i think the folks at the state department and those who have been supporting the c.i.a. are well prepared. i hope they have done an incredible amount -- i know they are working around the clock. i'm feeling there is going to come something out of this that will make us hopeful. whether it amounts to anything. it's about in the follow-up and what happens moving forward and that's unclear. >> we learned they are going to kick this off with a one-on-one along side their interpretors. what is the risk reward and who stands to gain with with such an intimate setting? >> the buck stops here but it stops with kim jong un. whe

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. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with breaking news overnight on the intensifying van hollen kay volcanic disaster. a 5.6 earthquake striking the island already jolted by 5,000 tremors in the last month. that triggered ash flumz as high as 10,000 feet into the air. ongoing lava flows from the volcano has wiped out hundreds of homes and the bay. the once picturesque vacation land now a field of black completely inundated with molten rock. the volcanic eruptions and tremors could continue for months. >> the powerful tornado whipped across albany county, wyoming laremy leaving a path of destruction. just before 6:00 p.m. shy even issued a warning for residents to take cover. within the hour social media was exploding with images of the massive funnel cloud forming in the atmosphere. now tornadoes swirled around for about 30 minutes. damaging structures, electrical poles, power lines and fencing. so far no reports of anyone injured. >> previously convicted drug offender alice marie johnson is waking up outside t

phillip?peter, thank you. >>> it's not nbat superstar players that are weighing in on the west virginia controversy. warriors coachsay. >> the presio try to ga we all look forward to the day when we can go back to just having a celebration of athletic achievement and celebrate americans for their achievement, their good deeds. >>> now to medicare and social security that may run out of money sooner than predicted. that's according to a new federal report. government trustees for medicare the program may deplooete its funds by 2026. that's three years earlier than predicted last year. it is putting tens of millions of older americans who rely on it at risk. the trustees also warn that social security will dip into its trust fund for the first time since 1982. and by 2034, its reserves will be depleted as well. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. to explain. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frances, good morning. it's long been feared here in washington that this would h