he was a masseuse and had a relationship. >> although i may have said that richard simmons chest looked like someone on hormones, i never stated he was a woman or had breast implants or sex change surgery. they file add motion saying it's not deflammtory to call someone transgender but his lawyer disagrees. >>> a middle school assignment led to something that an eighth grader will treasure forever. tee brown's teacher said send a christmas card to anyone they wanted. she chose to write to first lady, michelle obama. we are going to a special report now. >> the chief strategist for president trump has resigned. he was a controversial figure from the get go and was with president trump for a year. he joined him on the campaign for a chief executive and then a media pro -- but they said he populated america first and nationalism and no doubt controversial from the moment he entered the campaign partly because of his work with breitbart. the far right conservative news brand that people call racist in the past and he was quoted address saying breitbart was a platform for the alt-righ

' chest looks like the chest of someone who might be on hormones i never stated that richard simmonsast implants or had sex-change surgery. >> they have hyped this into a whole other story with all these other details that are simply wrong and false. >> reporter: simmons' lawyers filed a defamation suit against "the enquirer," radar and ami back in may. they then filed a motion to kill the case, calling someone transgender not defamatory. simmons' lawyer disagrees. >> look what happened to the president of the united states with respect to joining the armed services, discrimination, ostracism and the problems with getting jobs are rampant. >> reporter: american media telling us in part overnight it's the height of sophistry to claim to be a supporter of lgbtq rights yet also claim to be defamed by being identified as transgender. ami stands by its reporting which was not only supported by a lengthy on the record taped interview with mr. olivera but also supported by photographs and videotape. >> reporter: now, a hearing is scheduled for august 30 when a judge will decide whether to t

>> richard simmons. >> where is richard simmons, by the way? do we know?he's in the bayou somewhere. i don't know. i would like to do more stephen miller. i read recently in a tweet from donald trump that he's possibly going to be the next spokesperson in the -- you know, in the room there with all the press people. so hopefully if he keeps going there, then they want me to come back, i'll do it again. >> i think there is the whole scaramucci job opening. sarah huckabee sanders, i think, has that podium unlocked. there is the opening at the head of the com shop. you never know. we may see more, pauly shore, as stephen miller. what are you up to? standup? >> standup. i also have a new show on crackle. i have a special on there called polytics where i interview politicians. and a documentary of my life, i've been putting that together. i'm really excited about this clip that just came out called funny or die. >> thank you for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. the president is definitely not taking a vacation from twitter. "the lead" s

♪ >>> back now this morning with that explosive lawsuit involving richard simmons.the national enquirer" and radaronline saying he was transitioning to a woman and his lawyer speaking exclusively and sitting down with nick watt. >> reporter: he sweated to the oldies and disappeared more than three years ago and "the national enquirer" ran stories claiming he was undergoing, quote, shocking sex swap surgery based in large part on photographs and an interview provided by this man, marrow oliverio. >> what was he to him. >> he was a masseuse and had a relationship. >> still friends? >> i wouldn't bank on that. >> reporter: in a declaration he richard simmons' chest looks like the chest of someone who might be on hormones i never stated that richard simmons is now a woman, had breast implants or had sex-change surgery. >> they have hyped this into a whole other story with all these other details that are simply wrong and false. >> reporter: simmons' lawyers filed a defamation suit against the "enquirer" and filed a case to kill the case calling someone transgender not d

joining me now, richard engel in barcelona, and kier simmons in cambrils. you were there for that emotional gathering today. the royalty from spain, government leaders, what are the police telling you today about the search for the driver or the possibility that the driver was actually one of the people killed overnight? >> so first the mood in the city. yes, there was a moment of silence that was held here. but it was also a rally. as you can see, i am now on las r ramblas. this is where that van killed many terrified victims. this street is incredibly crowded. there are tens of thousands of people here. they stretch for as far as the eye can see and it's been like this all day. they've been coming, laying down flowers and they have been going to the restaurants and the coffee shops. just coming out to say they refuse to be intimidated. there were dignitaries here. there's a heavy police presence. there were members of the royal family, including the king of this country, all coming out to express solidarity. what the investigators are now working on the p

richard engel is here. but first keir simmons. good morning to you. >>reporter: matt good morning. one witness saw exactly what happened described a car speeding up targeting directly a police car, hit the car, overturned men clam orred out and were immediately shot but one was able to run and stab a woman before he he has shot. in this morning news that one woman here as died. bodies strewn around in video tap toured on a cell phone appearing to show the scene of a dramatic shoot-out with a group of suspected terrorists overnight. the video not independently verified by nbc news. the shots heard streets away as officers opened fire killing the suspects. he heard the fun fire around midnight as he fled he saw three people shot. one in ht head. they were wearing suicide belts, he says, police now say the explosives on the belts were fake. police say it began when a vehicle drove at a crowd. a car could be seen overturned, its inwindows smashed. six people and a police officer were injured. this morning news, that one of those, a woman has died. this happened hours after a van mowed