to find out just how bizarre and compelling a story those ingredients can make ross baker and why i've been looking into the connection between trump and organized crime for many months now and what they've discovered could maybe possibly be behind some of the more strange twists and turns we've seen taking place on capitol hill today let's take a listen press thanks so much for coming on today and talking with me i want to get into this much bigger story than what's been called so far this you know the russia gate in the russian hacking story which is actually trumps relationship to russian mafia figures and i think this could also really be the real reason behind companies firing so i want to start by asking as far as your research and what you've been studying what are the key links that we're looking at here to to indicate that trump actually has had a relationship with the russian mob problem at about the early ninety's that's right as you know it who what why were we spent months on this topic published a number of articles on it we're still trying to come to grips with that we'r

former bishop all-star joe ross pitching for the nats, dusty baker with his 1800th victory yesterday. jed lowjed lowrie -- give up seven runs. healy four for four. two rbi. first ever home run game. a's hit four today and win, 10-4 your final. >>> giants hosted by the phillies. 1-0, dwiengiants in the six man. cueto ties the game and one. rookie gave up four hits in one run and seven ingles. austin grounds into one of two double plays. bases loaded. herrera stays in the park still a three-run double to ice the game phillies win it 5-3 and giants fall short and fall to the last in the national west. >>> miami edinson volquez zero the d backs, 98 pitches, 10 strikeouts including the side and the ninth and dedicated to one time teammate who died in the off season and would have turned 26 today. >>> byu and ncaa tournament. that's gone over the left field wall. cardinal goes up 3-1. stanford puts it away in the seventh. his eleven manying of the year his eleventh of the year, it's 5-1. it's back-to-back jack. stanford wins it 5-1. will force a game on sunday. >>> jason did you hawith a fi

former bishop all-star joe ross pitching for the nats, dusty baker with his 1800th victory yesterday. jed lowjed lowrie -- give up seven runs. healy four for four. two rbi. first ever home run game. a's hit four today and win, 10-4 your final. >>> giants hosted by the phillies. 1-0, dwiengiants in the six man. cueto ties the game and onononon rookie gave up four hits in one run and seven ingles. austin grounds into one of two double plays. bases loaded. herrera stays in the park still a three-run double to ice the game phillies win it 5-3 and giants fall short and fall to the last in the national >>> miami edinson volquez zero the d backs, 98 pitches, 10 strikeouts including the side and the ninth and dedicated to one time teammate who died in the off season and would have turned 26 today. >>> byu and ncaa tournament. that's gone over the left field wall. cardinal goes up 3-1. stanford puts it away in the seventh. his eleven manying of the year his eleventh of the year, it's 5-1. it's back-to-back jack. stanford wins it 5-1. will force a game on sunday. >>> jason did you hawith a five

baker joins democratic candidates. ben jealous, richard mataleno, alec ross, and ralph jaffe. they'll be challenging republican governor larry hogan. baker has served as county executive since 2010. >>> the first major poll since last week's primary in virginia's race for governor has democrat ralph northham in the lead, leading republican ed gillespie 47-39% in the quinnipiac university survey. the margin of error is plus or minus four points. this poll also asks about president trump. almost half of virginia voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supports the president. about a quarter said they would be more likely. and 28% said their vote wouldn't change either way. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone. a congressional women's softball game, one week after a gunman opened fire at the congressional men's basketball game. i'll have the story,in >>> also ahead tonight, after the big concert last night, bono pays a visit up to capitol hill today, showing his support for steve scalise as we get good news about the congressman's recovery. >>> and stay tuned f

ross pitching for nats. trying to hand the athletics their third straight loss. the a's handed dusty baker his major league victory. a rough start for ross in front of the home crowd. jed lowrie and ryan. three innings and gives up seven runs. he only had two doubles and two home runs. bottom seven, yonder alonzo and healy go back to back. 10-4 a's. first ever two holder game. to giving up five home runs yesterday, the a's hit four today. they'll win it 10-4, the final. the giants hosted by the phillies. 1-0 in the sixth. to they joseph. just inside the foul pole of johnny cueto. that will tie the game at 1-1. the rookie made his major league debut and they could not solve him. four hits and one run. he grounds in one of the two double plays. bottom seven, the bases full for herrera. he stays in the park. still a 3-run double. the phillies went 5-3. he falls short and they fall to last place in the national league west. all right. stanford eliminated byu today and need a win against cal state fullerton. scott hurst puts the hurt on that pitch. sped it una little here. duke steals second. t

baker joins former naacp president ben jealous and technology entrepreur alec ross as the democrats hopingunseat current governor republican larry hogan.toss to weather - happy first day of summer - longest amount of daylight - hottest day of the next 10 tomorrow (90+) - impacts from t.s. cindy this weekend - nice early next week (lower humidity! hot, but relatively comfortable humidity. stray pm shower possible. highs: 86-90 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. warm. lows: 64-71 winds: w 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 90-94 winds: wsw 5-10 mph breaking news -- out of belguim... a very busy metro reopened following terrorist attack there yesterday. this morning -- police have identified the attacker as a 36 year old moroccan... but haven't released his name. (picture) -- police say he was carrying two explosive devices... the bag did not fully detonate, but it did set him on fire. police then shot and killed him. no one else was injured. police have also said he lived in the same district in brussels as the te

baker joins former naacp and alec ross in announcing a run on the democratic side to challenge republican larry hogan next year. >>> days after uber ceoannounced he's taking a leave of answer, we've now learning he's resigned. it comes on the heels of a major overhaul. it faced claims of sexual assault, bullying and unprofessional behavior. "new york times" report said five of uber's major investors design he resign immediately. he will remain though on uber's board of directors. >>> republicans are rejoicing following a congressional race in georgia. karen handel will become the next congress woman. filling the see the of tom price. handel beat out john osoff in what was the most expensive house race in u.s. history. president trump took to twitter to congratulate her >>> funeral services for a 17-year-old muslim girl will be held today. . >> comes as her family says they're confident in the police investigation despite growing backlash that her death is not being investigated as a hate crime. >> melanie alnwick is sterling with the new details. mel? >> reporter: a somber day here in wha

baker to call dr. maxwell the until the investigation is complete. robert ross says dr. the confidence of the community parents or students and adds that the problem would be made worse by continued tolerance in their words of dr. maxwell's conduct. now, dr. maxwell did speak to fox5 for the first time since four board members brought their complaint to the governor. he said basically bring on the investigation. they will not find anything and again, strongly denying the allegations. want to let you know that dr. maxwell's contract is up for renewal so the -- basically the documents, right, those are up for renewal july 1st and they would continue for another five years until june 30th of 2021. fox5 did reach out to county executive baker's office for comment on the naacp's letter but we have not received a response yet. live in prince george's county i'm melanie alnwick, fox5 local news. >> 10 minutes before the hour. anti-semitic flyers are popping up in neighborhoods in this isn't the first time pamphlets like this have appeared in the area. the fliers appear to be fr

. >>> baker now joins a pool of candidates. ben jealous, alec ross and ralph jaffy will be challenging larry hogan. sean quinn with is the libertarian party candidate. >>> and republican leaders appearbe health care bill next week. but the contents of the bill are still a mystery to almost everyone. and concern is growing about a bill that could affect the health and financial security of million of us. blayne alexander is on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: so leaders have promised at least a draft of the bill by tomorrow, but now it's a question of timing with many people asking if there are enough time to have a thorough discussion before going for an expected vote next week. democrats and even some republicans are saying no. at the u.s. capitol, a protest outside over the health care bill being secretly crafted inside. >> house care is a right, into the privilege. >> reporter: the gop leaders latest plan reveal a first draft tomorrow. a cbo score, how much the bill will cost early next week and a vote next thursday. >> they are trying to do t

formerclude baker and naacp president, state senator richard metal little and alec ross.arry: president obama will be back on the campaign trail, agreeing to stump for virginia democrat. aideashington post says an confirmed obama has agreed to campaign during a call. so far, no events have been plan. autria: questions are swirling around actor johnny depp, in particular a comment he made a peering to threaten president donald trump. >> when was the last time an actor assassinated a president? [cheering] now, i want to clarify. i'm not an actor. i lie for a living. been a while. and maybe it is time. autria: so far no comment from the white house or the president this mayor has vowed to confront the city's confederate monuments. the mayor says he intends to evenfor a new signage and additional monuments to correct what he called a false narrative conveyed by the statues along monument avenue. his approach may set richmond apart from other southern states. several cities across the country chose the other path, removing my humans in places like st. louis and new orleans. of

this weekend baker's flag will fly over the million people expected to turn out for the san francisco pride organization. he will turn out for the betsy ross. >> his flag has always been there for the flags over the route. >> this is where he did a lot of work. he spent a lot of time here selling. >> reporter: baker created his flag in the 1970s. though he later moved to new york, his second shop was his taylor work shop. >> this was the symbol. we have to keep this going strong. >> reporter: taylor and his husband jerry goldstein were friends and supporters of baker even before his needle sewed its first rainbow seam. >> all the colors in the rainbow flag and those he proposed were all of inclusivity. a f >> reporter: a few weeks ago, the pair threw baker a celebration. >> i hope everyone who is carrying that flag and really using it as a symbol of pride thinks of gilbert and remembers his contribution. >> reporter: that contribution, the flag that now flies over a community. >> there are six colors, and the six colors are going to endure forever. >> reporter: joe rosato jr. and nbc bay area news. >> i can't imagine not having the flag. i

baker is running for maryland governor in 2018. expected to make that announcement today. joins a race that includes many familiar names. naacp leader, alex rossate senator richard matalino junior, representative john gelaney. we will bring you more as the morning continues. once again, prince georges county executive throwing his name into the race for governor in 2018. >> we'll follow that through the day here on news4 and on nbcwashington.com. >>> look at the beautiful scene. summer is under way. seems like it has been under way for awhile. summer solstice took place at 12:24 this morning. we're off to a relatively nice start. good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i am chris lawrence.

ross. >> his spirit is there and has always been there with those flags. >> this is where he did a lot of work. >> reporter: bakerned his first flag in san francisco in the late '70s. though he later moved to new york, his second home was tom taylor's san francisco workshop. >> some of the themes gilbert wanted perfect. whatever. this is our symbol. we have to keep this thing strong. >> reporter: taylor and his husband were friends and supporters of baker even before his needle sewed its first rainbow seam. >> all of the colors in the rainbow flag and those that he proposed were all of inclusivity. >> reporter: a few weeks ago the pair threw bake aer a sendoff it the castro theater. >> we didn't have a joyous symbol representing us. >> reporter: a rainbow colored backdrop for the movement he helped unify. >> think of gilbert and his contribution. >> reporter: that contribution, the flag that now flies over a community. >> there are six colors and the six colors are going to endure forever. nbc bay area news. >>> it is just shy of 7:27. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up mark zuckerberg setting his s

baker joins former naacp president ben jealous and alec ross in announcing a run on the democratic sidearry hogan next year. >>> the state of georgia remains red this morning after a nail biting special congressional race. republican karen handle beat out john ossoff. it was the most expensive house race in up again in year and a half during the 2018 mid term elections. president trump taking to twitter to congratulate her. >>> get to developing story from the district. police investigate a deadly shooting. >> it happened just after midnight in northeast and our annie yu is there live on the scene of the shooting with all the developing details. annie washington can you tell us? >> reporter: well, holly and steve, still at this hour dc police still have no information as far as the gunman goes. i can tell you they got that 911 call just after midnight since then they've been processing the scene. they remain out here you have detective as forensic unit and we saw the officer bring out two bags of evidence. we don't see any evidence markers, however, and witness told us that the shooting

baker to call dr. maxwell the interim ceo until the state investigation is completed. in the letter naacp president robert rosscommunity parents or students and that the problem would be made worse by in their words continued tolerance of dr. maxwell's unbridled conduct. now, speaking to fox5 for the first time since four board members brought their complaint to the governor dr. maxwell strongly denied the allegations and said he welcomes an independent investigation. >> and i don't disagree with investigating 'cause again i want to resolve this matter. there is no systemic corruption, nothing from me or anyone who is on my direct that they should do anything illegal. >> reporter: now even though dr. maxwell has been reappointed he does have to sign a new contract. that new contract is due on july 1st and the terms all have to be worked out and it would be for another five years at the helm of the prince george's county county school board. we did reach out to county executive rushern baker's office to see if they had any response to the naacp letter but none to us so far. live in prince george's county, i'm m

baker to call dr. maxwell the interim ceo until the state investigation is completed. in the remember naacp president robert ross says dr. maxwell doesn't have the confidence of the community and also says the problem would be made worse by continued tolerance of what he calls dr. maxwell's unbridled conduct. now speaking to fox5 for the first time since four board members brought their complaint to the governor, dr. maxwell strongly denied the allegations and said he welcomes an independent investigation. >> they're not going to find, you know -- it's a question that -- that, you know, is not, you know, really accurate. they're not going to find systemic corruption and that's what the allegation is, systemic corruption from the highest levels of this district and it's utterly and completely false. >> reporter: now, dr. maxwell's new contract takes effect july 1st, which is why they believe there's some urgency in this matter. it would be for five years ending in june of 2021. we did reach out to county executive baker's office to see if they had any kind of comment on this. the news did come to us late last nig

i'll have to look at my cheatsheet, but alec ross and richard, the two already announced for the primary in maryland, and t expect rushern baker also has name recognition and political machine. and then doug gansler who tried and failed before and really thinks that he could have beaten larry hogan had he been the democratic nominee back then. >> all right. three weeks from today, we'll see some big changes at metro beginning on the 25th, fare hikes and service cuts will be the new order of the day. the changes will have the biggest impact on riders who use the system late at night and on the weekends. so adam, how will this change the trips for metro riders? >> first thing everyone should know is that the hours are changing. on the weekends, you will have service go until 1:00 in the morning on friday and saturday nights. this is actually an increase of an hour as compared to what is out there right now. since safetrack started, the system has been shutting down at midnight every night. so the weekends, you will get an ho that used to be in place for the much more late night service. so it's a scaled back late night service.