. >> >> i'm phillip mena. john brennan now says he's considering legal action after the president revoked his security clearance. >> meanwhile, mr. trump launching a new attack on the media via twitter this weekend. lashing out over a new york times report that revealed white house lawyer, don mcgahn, is cooperating with the special counsel investigation into russia meddling. >> reporter: john brennan firing back after president trump revoked his security clearance last week. the president is threatening to do the same to nine other high profile critics. >> i'm going to do whatever i can personally to try to prevent these abuses in the future. >> reporter: over 75 intelligence officials denounced the president's position. even members of the party said they've gone too far. >> just don't give them access to the classified material. >> reporter: president trump went on a twitter attack after "new york times" report that don mcgahn isoorating with special counsel's robert mueller russia election meddling investi

. >> i'm phillip mena. president trump is ramping up his attacks on special counsel robert mueller comparing his team's investigation to an ominous period of american history. the president lashing out of a "new york times" report that don mcgahn had spoken to the special counsel for 30 hours. >> it comes as rudy giuliani tells nbc news that he won't let the president rush into an interview with robert mueller and get trapped in, quote, a perjury. >> reporter: in the trump universe cooperation stirred confrontation. >> truth is truth. >> no, it isn't truth. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, argued that truthful testimony from mr. trump might not set him free. >> look, i'm not going to be rushed into having him testify so that he gets trapped in the russia investigation contradicted him, leaving the special counsel to decide the outcome. >> donald trump said i didn't talk about flynn with comey. comey says you did talk about it. tell me what the truth is. >> reporter: the president battled

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. an election night nail-biter still too close to call in ohio. the special election in the state's 12th congressional district is neck and neck with democrat danny o'connor trailing republican troy balderson. separated by about 9/10 of a percentage. the winner will replace republican representative pat tiberi who resigned to work for a business group. >> both sides watching this race closely as a barometer for the midterms. the district hasn't elected a democrat since the 1980, but balderson got president trump came to town to campaign. nbc's garrett haake has a closer look atg nights in tias last night. we knew this race would be close. we knew it would go late. we did not know it would end up too close to00 votes separating republican candidate troy balderson and democratic candidate danny o'connor here in ohio's 12th district. this has been a reliably republican district for more than 30 years. it's elected john kasich, who is now the governor of ohio. republicans just don't lose he

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking overnight, hundreds of people have been injured after a pier collapsed at a popular music festival in the spanish city of vigo. officials say 316 people were injured. nine have been rushed to the hospital, two serious condition. no fatalities have been reported at this hour, according to a local paper. the wooden platform packed with concert goers, many teenagers, gave way during the first song of the concert after a rapper told them to jump. the platform, nearly 100 feet long, collapsed within a matter of seconds, sending people tumbling on top of each other into the sea like dominos. it remains unclear why the platform collapsed. the city's mayor has announced an investigation. >>> exactly one year after demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, a planned protest in the nation's capital, but they were outnumbered by throngs of counterprotesters. >> there were tense moments, but security was tight. similar scenes played out in the city of charlottesville, a

good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm marlie hall. a dark cloud hanging over the white house this morning. now implicated in campaign finance violations, president trump is looking to distance h lawyer and former fixer michael cohen. in an interview, he down played his relationship with cohen while praising former campaign manager paul manafort who was convicted this week on tax and bank fraud charges. >> democrats are seizing the opportunity by bringing the corruption scandals front and center in the midterm elections. but party leaders have stopped short of calls for impeachment. nbc's susan mcennis joining us live from capital hill. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, phillip and nar lmarlie. it is full denial mode. sarah sanders spokesman for the president said it is question after question, the president did nothing wrong. he hasn't been charged with any. the president is responding to this by distancing himself from cohen and by disparaging cohen. >> he was a lawyer for me for one of many, you know, they always say t

. >> and i'm phillip mena. an interview with the special counsel in the russia investigation seems further out of the question for president trump this morning. in a new interview with reuters, the president said he is worried any statements he makes under oath to robert mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him. the interview just his latest attack on the mueller probe following a report that a key staffer is cooperating with investigators. nbc's susan mcennis is joining us now from capitol hill with the very latest. susan, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, phillip and marlie. this is a hastily arranged interview soon after the administration learned white house counsel don mcgahn spent 30 hours talking with special prosecutors involved in the russia investigation and also amid increasing attacks by the president agaves mueller in the probe. president trump said he could get involved in the investigation instead choosing not to. he told roit ers i could go in and run it if i want.

what's going on with phillip mena today >>> you can see the dow implied open is down 6 points right nowa lot of time left let's bring in michael purves. the futures this time of day, this time of year, this time of month won't move much generally. let's go macro picture a lot of questions yesterday were my gosh, michael cohen rolled over. we had manafort getting found guilty on these charges. this could become a political, constitutional crisis, the market didn't seem to care why not? >> the vix is here at 12 >> the fear gauge is showing no fear >> right look, i think the -- when you step back for a second, you try to figure out why is the vix at 12, the spx pushing up against another fresh high against this vortex of tremendous political news out of d.c., what does it mean from a corporate earnings point of view and economic point of view? if you scroll forwards what does this do in the midterms? it reinforces the case that the democrats get the house, probably not the senate, but you never know so what happens in that scenario you have gridlock. so for a year and a half of trump you h

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament until jacksonville, florida, killing three people including himself. one witness barricaded inside a bathroom, along with dozens of others, trying to escape the shooter. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> the adrenaline at the time, i think a couple people mentioned their kids. a couple people were just like -- i don't know exactly. i just know a couple people panicked and i told them god's got our back. >> the sheriff has identified the shooter as david katz, 24 of baltimore. they did confirm he was in town for the nfl ma den 19 competition. the first shots appeared to ring out from the video tournament. nbc's dan shanman has the latest. we want to warn you somehe vide >> competitors flock to jacksonville to compete in the video game tournament. >> the first shot everyone look, and after the second, third and fourth shot everyone ran for the exit. >> authorities converged on the scene, witnesses ran for co

. >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. an online gaming tournament in florida took a deadly turn when a gunman opened fire killing two people before fatly shooting himself according to authorities. the rampage left several wounded and send dozens of others scrambling forrever. >> everybody was freaking out. >> what were people saying? >> i think apl couple p mentioned their kids. a couple people were st like -- i don't remember exactly. i know a couple people were panicked and that's when i told them god's got our back. >>> the jacksonville county eriff has identified the suspected shooter as 24-year-old david katz of baltimore. they did not discuss a possible ve, they did confirm he was in town for the 2019 nfl madden competition. they listed a david katz as a 2017 championship winner.he her crawford tells us more. >> reporter: good morning. it was just after 1:30 sunday afternoon when witness described hearing what they initially thought were balons popping. there were dozens of people here at the jacksonvilleanding for

. >>> good friday morning, everyone, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. breaking overnight, at least seven people are now dead after a gruesome crash between a greyhound bus and a semi truck in new mexico. the toll up from just four earlier in the day. state police say preliminary information finds theemintersta crossing the median and slamming into the oncoming bus. the impact seemingly ripping the front of the greyhound right off. 49 people were onboard headed to ephnirgency six people were transported to the hospital, so we've got six people that were injured or received minor injuries. everybody else has been transported to an area hospital throughout the county and into albuquerque. >> the driver of the truck was also injured but is expected to survive. the extent of the remaining injuries was not immediately known. greyhound issued a statement saying our first priority is taking care of passengers and their families, as this impact has deeply impacted all involved. the national transportation safety board is sending a team to investigate. >>> washin

. >> i'm phillip mena. >> president trump. reeling from a potent one-two punch. >> first, the federal c jury convicted paul manafort on eight tourmaline counts. then michael cohen pleads guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations including hush money payments he claims were directed by the president himself. "the new york times" editorial board alluding to watergate with the headline "all the president's crooks." it could get worse for trump. cohen's own attorney tellingal maddow his client is more than happy to tell robert mueller all he knows. >> mr. mueller is dedicated to telling the truth. now he has no shadow hanging over him. the uncertainty is gone. he stepped up to the line and he has admitted what he did wrong. is he now liberated to tell the truth everythinging about donald trump that he knows. there's a cover-up here by our now president of the united states that is undeniable. >> nbc's chief white house correspondent halle jackson has more on cohen's plea deal. >> reporter: t

. >> and i'm phillip mena. breaking news overnight, c black, police swarming a california hospital amid reports of an active shooter, but thankfully it turned out to be a false alarm. >> this incident involving an active shooter inside the mercy southwest here has been unfounded. want to report that there e re no injuries to any located inside. there was no evidence of any shots fired of any kind. >> over 100 emergency officials arrived within minutes after a code black was calledut for mercy southwest hospital in bakersfield. police say there is no threat to the 78-bed facility and roads around the area are being reopened at hhisr. >>> now to president trump who is takling the mueller inveigation head on and raising new questions about obstruction of justice. he slammed the rinsian med probe in a tweet calling attorney general jeff sessions to stop the quote, rigged witch hunt right now. the president although saying mueller is totally nflicted. nbc's peter alexander has the reaction on capitol hill. >> report

. >> i'm phillip mena. we learned the husband of the pregnant mom and two daughters is in custody. the 3 and 4-ye-old vanished from their home in denver. the brother shared ts post on facebook stating, he killed my pregnant sister and my two nieces. her husband, chris watts. before his arrest, chris watts expressing concern as their disappearance prompted a statewide emergency alert. >> i was trying to get home as nafta as i can. i was going through stop lights. was going through everything trying to gets home fast as i can because none of this made sense. >> police are trying to get swers to the questions everyone now wants to know. authorities have not released any new evidence to the public after searching in and around the family home with dogs. but police have scheduled a news conference or t 10:s morning to provide updates on this pregnant mother and her children. >> in an unprecedented move, president trump has yanked thea security cce for former cia chief john brennan, vocal trump critic. secretary sanders making the announcement aanusing bref erratic behavior and abusing h

i'ml.marlie h >> and i'm phillip mena.he catholic church is reeling following a scathing new report including 300, quote, predator priests of abusing more than a thousand boys and girls for detdes. the replleges church leaders in six roman catholice diocn pennsylvania executed a massive cover up of sexual abuse claims to avoid scandal. >> at 1,356 pages, the report is being described as the largest and most comprehensive investigation into child sex abuse within the catholic church in the u.s. nbc's ann thompson has the details. >> reporter: in searing damning language, the grand jury report revealed the dark secrets of the catholic church in pennsylvania. priests were raping little boys andirls and the men of g who were responsible for them did nothing: they hid it all. >> it was child sexual abuse, incling rape, committed by grown men, priests against children. >> reporter: the report found over a thousand child victims identified in the church's own records. the alleged crimes often described as inappropriate co bact or

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with breaking new overnight.t police are calling an act of senseless violence in philadelphia. a gunman killed two people and injured four others in a drive-by. shooti the suspect here is still at large. police say the suspect inside a light colored mini van fired at six people standing on a street corner, firing at lst 11 shots using what appeared to be a hig calibeapon, possibly a rifle. >> the victims were rushed to the hospital. one is in critical condition. police are continuing their arch for the gunman as an investigation is underway. a motive remains unknown at this time. >> also breaking just a fs ho ago, another powerful earthquake in i indonesia threatening more homes and lives in an area that is already devastated by a massive quakeea ier this week. early this morning a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rumbled t island of lombok causing several buildings to collapse. the area is still recovering fr last sunday's 6.9 mag ktude quake tilled at least 227 people according to the associated press. >> shocking new

from bolder creek for years, but he's kept the shoes, all g up with us.chill version wak o i'm phillip menathursday morning to you. as we get started. this morning on this thursday, friday eve for a lot of people. oh, wow. that sounds good, right? thank you so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. i think i heard you say we have another air quality issue. >> another spare the a day. let's get a look outside as you get ready to head out right now in san jose.ecently looking at of smoke and the air quality will still be unhealthy for the inland east bay and santara valley as our

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. xactly one year afte demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly, a small group of white nationalists swed up for eye buanned protest in the nation's capital. they were outnumbered by throngs and counter protesters. >> there were some tense moments, but security was tight and the protests were largely peaceful. coming as a relief to law enforcement who had bearing up for this day for months. nbc's nikki carvajal has thela st. >> reporter: lots of people in dc, it was a tense weekend leading up to the protest with permits for about 400 people filed for the unite the right rally. ultimately, only about 20 showed up and by some accou s it was even fewer than that. they were far outnumbered by counter esprters. thousands of people took to the streets.e there was s shouting between the two groups, but never any physical interaction. they k wereept very far b separated police. some counter protesters towards the end of the night were sort of antagonizing police throwing bottle

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with breaking news out of london. car has crashed into the barriers outside of parliament and hd promp a large police response. at least one person has been arrested there, and there are reports offoinjuries. more on this, let's go right to vincent mcveinny who is there on the scene. vincent, what can you tell us there? >> hi. good morning. i was on the greenutside of parliament when there was a loud bang from around the corner. people started herunning. and i ran towards it, a car had smashed into the anti-terrorism barriers just outside of the house of commons. people were running away from it. a pedestrian i spoke to that the car was driving fast and drove purposely into those e ba. within about 60 seconds, there were armed police response units all around t car. about three to four big suv vehicles, each of those carrying about three officers with machine guns all jumping out. there were about 10 to 15 police officers were guns pointed. others were rushing out of parliament as well. at the car, smoke was coming fr

. >> and i'm phillip mena. a celebrity tabloid could spell more trouble for the white house. nbc news has confirmed federal prosecutors are granting david pecker immunity in the investigation intoel cohen. pecker is the publisher of the "national enquirer" and a long-time friend of president trump. >> investigators want to know what he has to say about claims the paper paid for the rights to an ex-playmate's alleged affair with mr. trump. hertory was never published. which kept it a secret ahead of the election. nbc's susan mcguinness joins us live from capitol hill with the very latest. good ing, flip and frances. it seems like several in the inner circle ofresident trump are stepping out. this is the latest. as you said, david pecker, -time friend of the tiesident, ceo of this tabloid, publisher, g immunity, agreeing to cooperate. he's alreadyg. talk the focus, "national enquirer's" efforts to kill stories damaging to the president t before election and hour money paid to that model karen mcdougal.re one turning from the president, who seems to value loyalty. >> this whole

. >> i'm phillip mena.cebook, twitter, and >>> when you tell me that, you know, he should testify because he's going to tell the truth and he shouldn't worry, that's silly because it's somebody's version of the truth. not the truth. >> truth is truth. i don't mean to go -- >> no, it isn't truth. truth isn't trh. >> president trump's attorney offers a new explanation why he shouldn't to special counsel robert mueller in the russia probe. >>> a woman who fell from a cruise ship rescued after 10 hours in the water. >>> nashville on edge after three people are gunned down in less than a week. could the similarities between these crimes and others help police track down the killers. >>> how one of the most

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin this morning with breaking news. the former texas police officer convicted of killing an lrnedis fate. roy oliver was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $10,000 for the shooting death of 15-year-old jordan edwards. oliver was convicted of murder in the 2017 shooting on tuesday after responding to a house party, oliver opened fire on a car leaving the home, fatally shooting edwards who was in the passenger seat. >> at trial, edwards said he fired because he thought the car was trying to hit his partner. but the partner testify head nefa the edwards' family stern said while that i would have liked a longer sentence that. >> respect the jury's position. oliver's attorney says he will file an appeal. >>> new concerns this morning about dangerous drugs getting behind bars at america's prisons. in ohio, police confirmed with our nbc affiliate overnight that a combination of heroin and fentanyl caused an inmate overdose at ross correctional institution. more than required medical attention. a similar scenario forcing

i'm phillip mena. >> great being with you. i'm frances rivera. dpalktly one year after demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia turned deadly, a small group of nationalists showed up for a planned protest in the nation's capital. the presence was over shadowed by tlongz of protesters. >> security was tight and protests were largely peaceful and there was only one arrest. coming as a relief to law enforcement who had been gearing up for this day for months. >> our plan and law enforcement's plan today was to ensure separation. and i think that's why we were able to come out of this thing today with no injuries and nobody being killed. >> nbc's jeff bennett wraps up the day. >> reporter: two separate demonstrations, both in the shadow of the white house. >> back up. back up. >> reporter: some of the same groups, white supremacists and counter protesters gathered for a sequel. >> we're in 2018. we're not in the jim crow era. white people are becoming a minority in the united states and europe, and we face real discrimination. >> reporter: organiz

phillip mena is in new york with that >>> good morning the stage is set for another explosive day inhe trial of president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort. prosecutors will bring their star witness back to the stand, rick gates during his first day of testimony, gates admitted to committing crimes with manafort and embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from his former boss. >>> the chairman of nascar is taking a leave of absence after being charged with dui and possessing oxycodone he was pulled over after running a stop sign in new york. he has issued an apology to his family and nascar fans. >>> spacex has done it again for the first time the company relaunched its powerful falcon 9 rocket the block five booster blasted off from cape canaveral earlier this morning, successfully deploying an indonesian telecommunications satellite into orbit minutes later it landed on a spacex drone ship. >> space which doing all right thank you very much. >>> still ahead, this country's stock market hitting all-time highs. a couple of you already getting this right on twitter. w

. >> phillip mena now with the headlines. >>> the nation is celebrating the legacy of john mccain this would have been his 82nd birthday. he will lie in state at the arizona state capitol today. the week of tributes continues with a memorial service at north phoenix baptist church tomorrow, then he will lie in state at u.s. capitol rotunda on friday on sunday he will be buried at the u.s. naval cemetery. >>> watch this this driver of the tractor trailer unable to pass the slowing suv, rams into the median, flipping the trailer on its side both driver's accused the other of reckless behavior >>> and in new york's times square, a swarm of over 20,000 honeybees taking up residents on the umbrella of a hot dog cart officials had to shut down the intersection while an officer known as nypd's bee guy had to be brought in to remove those bees just another day down in times square >> another day on a new jersey highway by the way don't do that in any kind of a car. terrifying video thank you. >>> here's how the money and investments look now the markets have no indication they'll fall over tod

>>> welcome back let's check your other top headlines outside the world of money and business phillip menaas those >> good morning. another powerful earthquake in indonesia is threatening an area already devastated by a massive quake from earlier this week early this morning a 6.2 magnitude quake rattled the area collapsing several buildings that area is still recovering from last sunday's tremor that killed 227 people. >>> and a man is in custody for sparking a wide fire in california forest gordon clark is charged with arson police believe he started the massive holy fire that is raging through the cleveland national forest >>> an incredible sight in switzerland. local media reporting that strong rain storms triggered that mudslide. the river of mud flowed from the swiss alps before striking villages the mud is seen overtaking streets. it hit some homes and vehicles, too. thankfully no injuries to tell you about. >> yeah. incredible video the woman just standing there. i guess a stoic swiss, calm as the mud went by. >> impressive. >>> all right. still to come, risks to the rally. wall st

phillip mena has more from new york >>> good morning authorities in california may now investigate claimsn actress sexually assaulted a young actor while he was under age, this after a report that she gleed ed agreed to make a payment to the actor after he threat threatened to sigh she was a leading voice of the me too movement. >>> the death toll in italy has reached ten after a flash flood swamped a gorge of hikers. heavy rains caused a white water stream to swell catapulting them out of the gorge 23 people were rescued six were transported to hospital including a 10-year-old boy. >>> some in this world play it safe, others are born to be wild the motorcycle wheelie world championship was held in the uk. and bubba meyers beat out the competition, flying down the track on one wheel for more than a half mile. he topped out at 207 miles per hour how about that >> wow 207 miles per hour on a motorcycle is one thing. 207miles per hour on a unicycle is another thing >>> the one sport on the track that has seen huge growth. we're talking about indy car we sat down yesterday with the chief mark

phillip mena has more on that. >> that's right. good morning she may be gone, but her soul is as bright as ever. at the age of 76, aretha franklin passed away at her home in detroit following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. tributes are touring in from across the country >>> jurors this morning will continue weighing the fate of paul manafort. the jury did not reach a verdict in the first day of deliberations, but they did ask the court a set of questions including a request for the definition of reasonable doubt manafort is facing a slew of tax and branch fraud charges. >>> and now the story we were talking about earlier. australian police are searching for that guy he ran into trouble and a gate in a parking garage. he got clotheslined. he also managed to do damage to the barrier. he still got up and staggered away police released this video on facebook on the hopes of identifying him. they would also like to charge him with criminal damage >> i'm trying to understand -- first off, i think a couple of vbs, some australian l

phillip mena has more. >>> good morning we start off with the california congressman and his wife whoave been indicted on charges they stole campaign funds for personal use representative duncan hunter and his wife margaret allegedly used more than $250,000 to pay for lavish vacations, school tuition and dental work. the alleged theft happened over the course of eights ye years hunter tried to hide the use by falsifying records >>> as you mentioned, hawaii is preparing for a category 5 storm as hurricane lane moves towards the islands. many residents have begun stocking up on food, supplies and water. the governor issuing an emergency proclamation. >>> a flight scare for rapper post malone. his jet made an emergency landing in upstate new york after it blew two tires after taking off from a new jersey airport. the plane circled the tri-state area for hours to burn off the fuel before finally landing safely when it landed post malone said he needed a beer i don't blame him. >> if you're flying the g5 to london, that's not an expensive flight >>> on deck, much more on the political dram

phillip mena has more on that. >>> good morning a new twist in the case against paul manafort.to the "wall street journal" the former campaign chairman sought a plea deal ahead of a second trial which is set to begin next month. the "journal's" sources say the talks with robert mueller's team ultimately fell apart this happened during deliberations in manafort's fraud trial >>> odell beckham jr. is officially the nfl's highest paid wide receiver he agreed to a five-year extension worth $95 million, including $65 million guaranteed despite that massive deal he doesn't rank in the top 45 of highest paid nba players. >>> a young man was injured by a giant sphere in spain's running of the ball festival the town west of madrid replaced its running of the bulls with the running of the ball, hoping to prevent injuries. but after this most recent running, organizer there's are rethinking their decision. that giant ball weighed 550 pounds >> it doesn't have the same interactiveness that a running of the bulls has thank you very much. >>> still to come on the show, trade turmoil and your

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