. >> and i'm phillip mena. all eyes were on california in tuesday's primaries with the state's gop breathing a sh of relief. the trump-ba candidate for govr john cox is projected to win a spot in atl.eneral election ts faced nt under california's jungle primary system, the two candidates with the most votes from either party advance to november. cox is expected to face democrat [ gavel ] in the general election with cox sending this message to his rival. >> look for a job in the private sector.

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'mis rivera. president trump and kim jong un are now both in singapore. it will be the first time a sitle u.s. president will meet with a north korean leader. the main focus is the denuclearization of north korea. the summit could be the only opportunity to work out a deal. >> this morning president trump's first official meeting is a singapore's prime minister. he and other u.s. officials have been meeting with a delegation from north korea. pompeo calling them substantive and detailed. secretary pompeo said the summit tomorrow is a mission of peace. >> president trump i going in can confidence and an attitude of looking for real progress. he realizes if he denuclearizes. >> good morning, president trump and kim jong un will meet one on one to begin tomorrow's summit. that information from multiple white house officials here in singapore. no word on how long that face to face will go. it is likely they will be joined with other officials. mike pompeo joining with kim jong un on two separate occas

i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm milissa rehberger in for frances. a shocking upset for a longtime democrat in new york and a win for a familiar republican presidential candidate in last night's primaries. representative joe crowley, who has spent two decades in congress, lost to 28-year-old progressive newcomer alexandria ocasio-cortez. >> 28-year-old ocasio-cortez is a community organizer who has never held public office. crowley took the defeat in stride, though. he grabbed a guitar and dedicated a performance of "born to run" to his opponent. ♪ former massachusetts governor mitt romney also enjoyed anasy win in the utah senate race while both speaking out againpr his endorsement. here's nbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. >> all right. here he is a result nobody and i mean nobody saw coming tonight. joe crowley, this is one of the top democrats in the house of representatives, somebody who is seen as a future speaker possibly as early as next year. he has been upset, defeated, knocked out in the democratic primary in his home dis

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

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. thanks for watching.tinues here on ad ln >>> welcome to tuesday morning. taking a live look outside overlooking dublin. looks like a lot of folks up and at them early on this tuesday morning. we'll check the morning commute in just moments with mike. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. ka kari, another good one today. >> it will be slightly warmer than yesterday as we go into the afternoon but w withow clos and fog as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge which you can barely see at this point. we'll see that quickly clearing. let's head to martinez where temperatures will be in the upper 50s through 6:00 and then seeing mostly sunny skies, quickly warming temperatures at noon, already at 81 degrees. we'll take a look at all of the highs today as we reach

i'm phillip mena. morning with a country at a boiling point, outrage over the separation of migrant families. this was the scene overnight as hundreds of demonstrators gathered at new york's laguardia airport to protest the expected arrival of planes carrying children taken from their migrant parents. that is a stunning reversal from the president. the commander in chief walked back the administration's policy of separating migrant families after protests burst onto the streets and on tv screens nationwide. ultimately forcing his hand. he signed an executive order aimed at ensuring migrant children and their fraemz together while keeping the white house's zero tolerance policy intact. >> ivanka feels very strongly, my wife feels very strongly about it. i feel very strongly about it. i think anybody with a heart would feel very strongly about it. we don't like to see families separated. at the same time, we don't want people coming into our country illegally. this takes care of the problem. >> this morn

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm gigi stone woods. this morning we're getting our first look at non-government footage from a facility housing some migrant children separated from their parents at the border. these are images from iide the cayuga center in new york city as first seen on the rachel maddow show on msnbc. the footage was secretly recorded by a woman who worked at cayuga until she quit last night. the cayuga center is a day facility and at night the children go to foster homes to sleep. >> in one clip a girl is seen crying for her mother and sister. the former employee spoke on the she's critical of the family id separations. she also says she doesn't know which children were in fact separated from parents and which arrived adds unaccompanied minors. we are also learning about the conditions inside a tent city housing children in texas and just how grueling that process is for reunification. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: a first look inside a tent citeaas along the u.s./mexico border housing hundreds of migran

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm melissa rehberger. a bombshell from the supreme court justice anthony kennedy announcing he is retiring effective at the end of july. president trump now poise today appoint hisur farther to the ri. the news reverberated through the country with advocates for civil, lgbt and abortion rights among others, warning the vacancy puts progress at risk. the new york daily news perhaps capturing their sentiment with this front page. >>> many democrats are already demanding any confirmation hearing be delayed until after the midterm elections, setting the stage for a heated political battle. nbc's blayne alexander brings us more. >> reporter: for years he was the critical swing vote on the supreme court. justice anthony kennedy announcing he is retiring.or pr fundamentally change the makeup of the highest land. >> a man who is displaying great vision. he displayed tremendous vision and tremendous heart, and he will be missed. >> reporter: president trump praising kennedy while already making plans to choose his

. >> 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

. >> 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

. >> and i'm phillip mena. all eyes were on california in tuesday's primaries with the state's gop breathing a sh of relief. the trump-ba candidate for govr john cox is projected to win a spot in atl.eneral election ts faced nt under california's jungle primary system, the two candidates with the most votes from either party advance to november. cox is expected to face democrat [ gavel ] in the general election with cox sending this message to his rival. >> look for a job in the private sector. i think it would be nice to have you back in the private sector. >> in other race, long-time senator de primary in her quesr a fifth term. her opponent has not yet been determined be, the liberal former state senator kevin de leon has a slight lead forhe second spot. >>> and californians also voted to recall judge aaron persky. he was the judge who famously gave a light sentence to former stanford student brock turner after his conviction for sexual assault. >>> new reaction after the dead of fashion designer kate spade

rn phillip mena. breaking overnight, a fiery volcanic eruption in guatemala has left at least 25 people dead and nearly 300 injured. the volcan de february fuego, or volcano of fire, exploded in a hail of ash and molten lava that reached temperatures of about 1300 degrees. rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were blanketed with ash and worked to help any survivors and recover any bodies. >> local media shows mud and ash covered residents walking barefoot as nearly 3400 people are forced to evacuate but the explosion stands to impact 1.7 million pele. officials say rescue efforts have been suspended due to the dangerous conditions. >>> violence broke out on the clashed. what began as peaceful protests escalated when left-wing anti-fa activists squared off with a right-wing patriot prayer group. pepper spray, fireworks and rocks were hurled at members of the opposing side. police showed up in riot gear to break up the bloody fights, urging people to stay out of the immediate area fo

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

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. it was a very good morning here. we start off with that celebration heard around the country. >> the capitals have won it! the capital of the country is the capital of the hockey playoffs! >> it finally happened. the caps clinched their first stanley cup in franchise history. as the clock struck midnight for the cinderella las vegas golden knights, the washington capitals skated off with a 4-3 win in game five of the final. ♪ >> that is the capitals' captain and playoffs mvp alex ovechkin accepting the stanley cup and hoisting i victory lap in front of thousands of red-clad fans. nation's capital, look at that. even more fans blanketing the sts arena. they're celebrating their team bringing home the title, the first major championship for the district of columbia in 26 years. you can bet a ticker tape parade is probably going to happen next week. >>> this morning, a former senate staffer who worked for the senate committee investigating russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election is expected to appear in

phillip mena in new york with that. >> reporter: good morning, brian. major primary upset in new york representative joseph crowley lost to ocasio-cortez. community organizer ocasio-cortez has never held an elected office meanwhile, south carolina, governor henry mcmaster won after getting a final push from the president and vice president on monday. >>> overnight, the wildfire in lake county, california, grew even larger driven by heat and strong winds the pawnee fire has reportedly spread to more than 12,000 acres. an entire community in spring valley is under an evacuation order. >>> and talk about daring darwinism, this guy spot on camera hanging on the hood of the car, if that wasn't dangerous enough this guy was talking on his cell phone as the car was going about 70 miles per hour this video has now go viral. more than a million views already, brian, ck to you. >> remember, don't do that it's not smart phillip mena, thank you very much >>> coming up, dow futures down -- the markets look like that guy hanging on the roof of that car theye hanging

. >> and good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm francis rivera. nearly 25 people dead and 300 left injured after one of the most violent valolcanic eruptio in more than a decade. it forced over 3,000 people to evacuate, some barefoot covered in mud and ash. >> the disaster agency says it stands to impact nearly two million people. the ash spread far enough they had to close their airport nearly 25 miles away. rescue operations have been suspended due to dangerous conditions. >>> over a month a kilauea first erupted, they say there have been more vigorous eruptions on hawaii's big island. nearly dozen people are stranded with no cell reception or water. the ongoing lava flows devoured more than 87 homes. the last moving lava evaporated all of the water in the largest fresh water lake in the hawaiiihawaiian island. >>> now to developments in the russia probe, this weekend president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is against having the president testify in the russia investigation unless robert mueller produces more documents about the probe. h

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> greato with you. i'm frances rivera. the backlash against familyt separationse southern border continues to grow as new images emerge from photona josts and the u.s. government. customs and border protection releasing this video from aes prng center in mcallen, texas. from here children who arefr separate their parents are sent to health and human services facilities. and now for the first time, we are hearing from some of those children. the ns outlet pro publica publishing audio they say is from inside the facility. it has not been verified by nbc news, butn it children heard desperately crying for their parents. >> the trump administration has blamed democrats and loopholes in fmmigration law their separations claiming their hands are tied by the way the laws are written. but last night jeff sessions seemingly undermined that defense telling fox news's laura ingraham the separations are meant to be a deterrent. >> , yes, hopefully people will get the message and come through theth border a port of entry and not break

. >> and i'm phillip mena. people around the nation are reeling this morning after a lone gunman opened fire into a md newsroom. killing five people and injuring numerous others, as police continue their investigation they are now releasing the names of those five victims. sales assistant rebecca smith. deputy editor rob hiason. mayor. gerald and wendy. all crossir targeted attack after learning ramos had allegedly threatened the capital gazette newspaper on social media. as authorities continue to dig in for a motive and s.w.a.t. teams comb his home, we learned ramos has had a long-standing grudge against the paper over a 2011 column that reported his guilty plea to criminal harassment according to court records. nbc's jennifer johnson has more from annapolis. >> reporter: nbc news is reporting police are at the suspect's maryland home. 38-year-old gerald ramos hours after he allegedly opened fire inside a local annapolis newspaper. >> this person was prepared to shoot people. his intent was to cause harm. >>

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera.ues right here, but we leave you first with brand-new video of baby lemurs born at the zoo.halfway through ad lib live picture - oracle >>> welcome to wednesday ing. halfway throu the workweek. a live look outside oracle arena, even the arena going to get a little rest after all of the excitement from the warriors and lights still glistening there. good morning, thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. >> today going to be a cooldown, right? >> not so much. only for the coast because they'll feel a little bit of a difference tod b for the inland areas, it's still going to be just as hot, reaching back in the '90s. as we get a live look outside in san jose, all clear as you get ready to start out. it already feels quite warm and we're going to see those low 60s at

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> good being with you. the fallout from samantha bee's comments about trump continues. two sponsors cutting ties with her late night show, "full frontal" over her slur against the president's eldest daughter. the controversy as the comedienne was to receive an award for advancing social change. it led the organization to bar the press from attending the ceremony. these comments are drawing parallels to comedienne roseanne barr's racist tweet which led to cancellation of her show. some question if bee's comments warrant the same. nbc's anne thompson has more. >> reporter: comedienne samantha bee under fire. she still has the a show. while roseanne barr does not. is there a double standard in the media when it comes to slurs? on her tbs program full front tam, bee used the vulgar word to describe presidential adviser and daughter ivanka trump >> do something about your dad's immigration practices you [ bleep ]. he listens to you. >> in the wake of barr's racist tweet which got her fired, conservative critics

i'm phillip mena. >> gigi stone woods. overnight a tornado struck parts of pennsylvania. overturned vehicles and multiple building collapses with people trapped inside. the luzerne county area of northeastern pennsylvania was under tornado warning late last night. the storm rolled through a large shopping plaza. strong winds knocked down trees and power lines, injuring multiple people in the area. several businesses sustained damage. residents have been warned to stay out of the storm's path. >>> as the uproar continues over the trump administration's separation of immigrant families at the border, we are now getting our firstoo largest detention facilities for migrant children. nbc's jacob soboroff was mega s for these children. cameras were not allowed inside the facility, butob told msnbc's chris hayes that while the facility is licensed and run by trained staff the children are still essentially in prison. >> i have been inside a federal prison before. i've been inside several county jails. this place is called a shelter, but effectively these kids are incarcerated. t

>>>d mornin phillip mena. >> great being with you. i'm frances rivera. we begin with breaking news out of singapore. president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un are both in the country. less than 24 hours away from their historic summit, it marks the first time the sitting u.s. president will meet with the north korean leader. the main focus of that high stakes meeting, the denuclearization of the korn peninsula. president trump suggesting over the weekend that the summit could be the only opportunity to work out a deal. >> it's a one-time shot, and i think it's going tok 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. >> but this morning president trump's first official meeting of the trip is not with kim, but with singapore's prime minister, li, a day after kim's meeting with the prime minister. elsewhere u.s. and north korean officials sitting down ahead of talks at the summit. secretary of state mike p

. >> and i'm phillip mena. the backlash is growing against the trump administration's zero tolerance policy on immigration. particularly the separation of children from their parents. thousands march in rallies across the country in poe test of the policy. demonstrators calling the practice cruel and inhumane. some saying it's unamerican. and now the administration is getting push back from its own party. house speaker paul ryan telling reporters he's not comfortable with the separation of parents and children. oklahoma senator mark langford tweeting video of him telling constiff white house to do everything to keep the families together. >> the white house is defending the policy. attorney general jeff sessions said it doesn't grant migrants from immunity quoting the bible as justification. >> i would cite the apostle paul in his clear and wise command in romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because god has ordained the government for his purposes. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders later dou

. >> and i'll phillip mena. a historic summit and a historic signing. after meeting for the first time season, president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un signing documents just hours ago, each promising that the world will see a major change. >> thank you very much. it's fantastic. >> most details vague, but did tell reporters the process of denuclearization would start very quickly. he also told kim it was an honor the meet with him, and suggested future meetings could be possible, perhaps in the united states. >> mr. president, will you invite chairman kim to the white house? >> absolutely i will. >> the president said details of those documents will come in a press conference later this morning. >> trump and came came face-to-face elier tod singapore, shaking hands as they began their historic meeting. i u.s. president has met with a north korean leader. the two leaders appearing cordial in front of the cameras after months of heated rhetoric and insult trading. but it was a very different tune today with president trump expressing optimism

i'm phillip mena. >> good to be with you on a tuesday. i'm frances rivera. we begin with overnight developments in the russia probe. president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort now being accused of witness tampering and could spend the next several months behind bars. court documents filed by robert mueller allege manafort attempt itted to dahl and tex using encrypted messaging happens two people na worked for the hapsburg group. >> manafort continues to face charges of money laundering, bank fraud, and failing to register as a foreign agent. he's been under house arrest since his arraignment last fall. now federal prosecutors are looking to revoke or modify paul manafort's bail following those allegations of witness tampering. if a judge agrees to have a hearing on the issue, she could revoke manafort's bail. that would put former trump campaign chairman in jail at least until his trial this fall in washington. manafort's team had no immediate comment for nbc when reached. >>> meanwhile, the wife of a former trump campaign aide who pleaded guil

phillip mena has more. >> it's a race against time in thailand as fresh flooding has temporarily haltedhe search for 12 missing boys and their soccer coach they've been trapped in an extensive cave complex for six days now divers have been working their way through the six miles of pitch black underground caverns, and now the u.s. and british are joining in the rescue efforts. >>> new charges in the deadly attack in charlotteville, virginia james alex fields jr. has been charged with dozens of federal hate crimes. >>> and police in nebraska almost got their man this guy was suspected of stealing a car, he appears to be complying with the deputies commands, but watch closely. he's looking around, all of a sudden a car pulls up next to him and he dives right through the passenger window right place at the right time for this guy as soon as his friends come by, they are still searching for the suspects has the guy came yet eventually a car comes there's the signal he hops through this car you have to wait for it. >> there we go he jumps through >> he is signaling with his right hand or mak

the event but did not reference the $72 billion figure >>> let's check the other headlines with phillip menan new york >>> good morning a maryland newsroom is the scene of another deadly shooting five people were killed when a suspected gunman, 38-year-old jarrod ramos, opened fire in the capitol gazette newsroom his bail hearing is scheduled for later this morning. >>> police are now releasingth names of those victims authorities are still investigating a motive. >>> nearly 600 people were arrested in washington, d.c., mostly women as they staged a sit-in at a senate office building in protest of president trump's immigration pollities a -- policies and family separations. >>> and tsa warns that today may be one of the busiest travel days ever as we head into the fourth of july holiday aaa is estimating nearly 47 million americans will be traveling. officials say if you are going to fly, you should really get to the airport early. now a group stage finally over at the world cup colombia needed a win to keep their party going. lucky for them, this skied over everyone to get into the back of

phillip mena is in new york. >> the guatemalan children air lifted to the united states are being treatedthe hospital for severe burns search and rescue efforts are suspended. officials say conditions are too dangerous. there's little chance of finding any more survivors >>> lawyers for colin kaepernick are reported to speen ya president trump and vice president pence. kaepernick's legal team is trying to determine if the trump administration had any political involvement of the nfl's handling of kaepernick and player protests. >>> we're one day away from the 2018 belmont stakes. the excitement is growing. as justify looks to win the triple crown you can catch the race live tomorrow on nbc. brian, back to you >> phillip, thank you very much. have great weekend >> you, too, sir >>> ahead, we're going to canada kale la is live with a look at what is coming up. >> hey, brine. the g7 is normally friendly turf it will be a battleground when the president arrives today. we'll tell you what allies are preparing. and why president trump is cutting his trip short coming up. but for cyber criminals

phillip mena has that. >>> good morning thousands marched in rallies across the countly to p lly courotest the trump policy on immigration. demonstrators calling separating families cruel and humane but the white house is defending its policy jeff sessions says having children does not grant migrants immunity from prosecution. >>> a harrowing ride in florida after a roller coaster derailed. ten passengers were rescued from the ride two people on the ride fell about 30 feet to the ground and two others were left dangling. six riders were transported to the hospital. >>> kellogg's is voluntarily recalling a popular cereal because of possible salmonella contamination. kellogg was alerted by the cdc and the fda, they say the bacteria has not been found in other products >> scary stuff in daytona. thank you very much. >>> trump expected to impose new tariffs on china are we one step closer to a trade war? >>> and some top investment opportunities for you as we continue our find opportunity friday our guest says you have to bet big on computers, coffee and spam the food, not e-mail stick a

with us let's check the top stories outside the world of money and business, for that we go to phillip menayork. >>> could we see a new white house press secretary? cbs news is reporting that sarah sanders is eyeing an exit. sanders responded by saying does cbs know something i don't i love my job and am honored to work for potus >>> overnight severe tornado weather struck parts of pennsylvania emergency crews reported overturned vehicles and several building collapses with people trapped inside strong winds knocked down trees and power lines injuring several people. >>> and it was a rough day for a couple of dogs in texas who are now recovering after getting into a fight with a porcupine. we don't know what this porcupine looked like after the brawl, but the pups ended up with hundreds of quills all over them it took the veterinary staff over an hour and a half to get them out the dogs are now at home recovering >> listen, porcupines, they're fat, they're slow for a reason they know they don't have to move for anybody they do their own thing. you stay away. >> free acupuncture. >> if you s