schneider, i want you on the wall, please.ut your hands on the wall. >> okay. >> pat you down real quick, make sure you don't have anything on you. >> schneider was convicted on a collection of charges, including securities fraud. authorities say she ran a ponzi scheme that netted $60 million from hundreds of investors, including close friends and family. >> what i did was not a ponzi scheme. bernie madoff was a ponzi scheme. he took people's money, and he spent it on himself. i invested all of it in real estate. >> lead the way. >> yes. >> schneider's real estate plan involved developing a retail and entertainment center in a cleveland suburb. the center was never built, and only $10.5 million of the $60 million schneider raised was ever recovered. >> they, in my eyes, we not victims. but ey were lenders to me. i borrowed money from them. they may call themselves victims but i made them a lot of money. and they know that. i lived a very good lifestyle, and i'm not ashamed to say it. i went on to create 15 corporations. i had

before that, i want to introduce a special guest, iconic tv legend of new york area, mike schneider, we have a special story we'll talk about with you later. but it would be great to have you here to weigh in on the stories, ashley you were chasing a story in pennsylvania, 4 missing young men. there have been developments. >> well, a major breakthrough in case of 4 missing men. district attorney attorney, said that 20-year-old cosmo dinardo is a person of interest. he wants to clear they are not calling him a suspect, he was arrested late monday at his home in bensalem, pennsylvania for an unrelated charge, and recharged with a firearm possession offense from february, he is not allowed to have a firearm. they said bail was say the at $1 million. >> that is our urging, he is a person of interest. i think that if somebody is charged with something, and is a person of interest, it is fair to say, you are a greater flight risk. >> the district attorney would not comment on if his parents are cooperating, he confirmed that main search site on lower york road debloj longs to the family, f

>> schneider: what we thought of everything that they did: shady. why is this guy trying to get in here so much? the clothes and the gifts and the other things. you kind of knew what was going on. >> whitaker: what was going on? >> schneider: jonnie williams was trying to get his medicine approved, and bob mcdonnell and maureen mcdonnell were getting their bills paid. >> whitaker: there is bad blood between schneider and mcdonnell. after the governor fired him in an unrelated payment dispute that ended up in court, todd schneider turned over key evidence to the f.b.i.: a $15,000 check for catering mcdonnell's daughter's wedding. it came from jonnie williams' account, starwood trust. that triggered the investigation of bob mcdonnell and the federal case under former deputy attorney general jim cole. >> cole: these were not gifts. these were payoffs. >> whitaker: people are giving money all the time. people make contributions. >> cole: the key difference here is that the contributions didn't go to a campaign. the money that came in went into his pocke

cheryl schneider, also from my hometown, notes that he and mr. bush come from different political parties and have different perspectives on many political issues. mr. snyder says that he's a member of the american civil liberties union and not the federalist society. nevertheless, he has every confidence that as a court of appeals judge, john will scrupulously follow the law and apply precedent. he notes that mr. bush is well known as an experienced, capable, ethical litigator and that his knowledge of the law is unquestioned. praise for mr. bush is not confined to those from the commonwealth of kentucky, however. ted butross, jr., practices law in los angeles. among other matters, he remembers the plaintiffs in their challenge to california's proposition 8. he has known john bush for a quarter century. he writes, while we come from different political parties, i'm certain john will make an absolutely superb circuit judge. he is an extraordinary lawyer and an exceptionally fair, decent, and honest person. i have every confidence that as a judge,

. >> mike schneider, you have seen crazy video in your career. how does this request mark have you done anything like that? >> i think the hero is the guy on the jetski. he one-handed this thing. >> i imagine he's using the proper way to use all the shark. i think this is awesome because most sharks and human account you see people killing sharks or sharks killing people. it's nice to see that sharks need our help. >> you serve, aren't you worried about sharks? >> i was in the water on sunday chasing these giant race around. they were right under people's feet. they had no idea they were there. the people knew what was out there under their feet when they were swimming all of the time -- >> many family suffered personal loss on september 11. three weeks ago the tree that was dedicated to andy o'grady was cut down. >> high-speed chase. >> the black. [applause] 's from seattle that is a local celebrity because she loves to ride the bus by herself. her owner used to take her to the dog park by using the bus. one day, she left without him. >> she kno

schneider received treatment at walter reed medical center which involved music therapy. the drum kit was custom made for the celebration by ludwig. according to people.com when john stamos learned that most of the audience would be made up of military personnel, he insisted on gifting the drum set to a family who sacrificed to protect america's liberty. if you were like me, you probably spent most your weekend refreshing your instagram feed just waiting for taylor swift to post a 4th of july party picture with a bunch of celebrities having fun at here rhode island mansion and you probably were disappointed to find out there was never a photo posted, in fact e news says there wasn't even a big bash, the first time in 3 years. a new mid year report from buzzangle says more american's are wednesday.. but tomorrow is the day to watch out for. stormwatch seven is monitoring the chance for severe storms - in three minutes. z2cpsz zi0z y2cpsy yi0y >> now, "good morning washington" on your side. we begin with a breaking news alert. larry: a tragic update after an officer is ambu

for more on this story, let's bring in jodi schneider. give us your insight.hy is this is significant, the expansion of this probe? jodi: it is significant, because things closer to president trump, broadening the investigation. it puts it on a different level than just looking at potential russian meddling in the election. you might recall that yesterday, in an interview president trump said that he gave essentially a warning to robert mueller, saying he is drawing a redline, that he should step over that line, and that he shouldn't investigate things that are not specifically about russia and the election. it now appears that investigation is going in that direction. thank you very much, jodi schneider, with the very latest developing story in the united states of america. guest is with us. it is another step in the trump story. we wait to see how it unfolds. ultimately trump the rate differential story? the dollar should in theory be stronger. year-to-date, this is every major currency. the dollar is plummeting. politics is trumping rate differentials. >> i

>> jessica schneider at the white house. shimon prokupecz, thanks very much. >>> immediate reaction to the breaks news. republican congressman adam kinslinger, welcome. you've had a hard time keeping track of this, supposedly transparency but details held tight until revealed by various media outlets. what does this say to you about this lack of clarity coming from the president's son on this meeting? >> it's hard to say exactly what it means, because i'm not in the mind of how they're doing it. what i will tell you is if i was advising the white house i would say, look, august of this information, juthis -- all this information, get it out there. any contacts. it will come out. the longer the story changes, the more the story changes, the more people begin to wonder. so get all of this information out there. i would advise the white house to talk about some of the anti-russian things you're doing. syria. let's get the sanctions bill done et cetera and i would say all of this information,ut it out there on the table, because

much.thank you very manus: let's get back to jodi schneider. good to see you. we were talking about john mccain, and it was making the point that he is able to talk about global politics amid all the health scares. what are the chances of getting this legislation passed in the united states? having senator mccain come back is symbolically important. he is a major figure in washington and it is significant, it would be emotionally significant, it will be an emotional moment to have them there after last week area we found out that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer and had surgery last week as well. having him come to washington is symbolic. it would help in terms of the procedural vote that will occur to move on to the legislation. after that, they have to take a real vote on the legislation, we are not exactly sure which health ill they are voting on and that will be hard to get through. they have a majority of 52-48 in the senate. to lose a fewd votes. one of them, susan collins of maine is an assured loss, she said she has homes with the legislation. if

jodi schneider with the latest on capitol hill.id they were not going to comment on the ongoing investigations but daimler said systematically investigating those diesel allegations. beforehis is a crisis this crisis for the auto sector. the ceo of time are saying daimleruture is -- of saying the diesel future is worth fighting for. in terms of legislation we hear is pending. in onewe had an article of the broadsheets talking about the end of the death of diesel. it is a hot topic and hot for debate. we will talk a little bit more about president trump and he has said he could reappoint gelatin yellen -- janet yellen as the fed chair. anna: he says he wants rates to stay low and added the white house aide gary cohen is also a top contender for the job. joining us to discuss strategy, managing 26.9 billion swiss francs. great to see you this morning. let's start with the big picture , an interesting sector story later. on the big picture with the fed and the -- we wait for their decision and little change expected. on the subject of

bonnie schneider, thank you for that. >>> after capturing the city of mosul from isis control. >> upafter the bloody battle for the country's second largest city. keep it here, everybody. across the country, we walk. carrying flowers that signify why we want to end alzheimer's disease. but what if, one day, there was a white flower for alzheimer's first survivor? what if there were millions of them? join us for the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's. register today at alz.org/walk. register today at alz.org/walk. binders, done. super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. but who takes care of mom? office depot/office max. this week, get this ream of paper for just one cent after rewards. ♪ taking care of business. what's the story behind green mountain coffee and fair trade? let's take a flight to colombia. this is boris calvo. boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. all for a smoother tasting cup. green mountain coffee. or a little internet mach

. >>> let's go to bonnie schneider.ooks like rain coming to the northeast. >> that's right, lewis. we have rain right now on its way into boston. hartford, connecticut. the stormsz that will be most intense near minneapolis. once again, we had that yesterday. we're going to see it again today. that's where we have severe weather threat. six million people at risk. not only for storms, but watch out for damaging winds. now, looking at the forecast as we go through the afternoon, this front somewhat stationery will work its way through the east, and we'll see a round of storms around the parts of the great lakes. especially in western pennsylvania where we can see some rain. heavy at times. look at the heat. high humidity. temperatures in the triple digits. it's going to feel even hotter than the actual temperature. for example, in st. louis it will feel like it's 104 degrees. it will probably get up to about 98. look at the warmth that's building in. this is where we have excessive heat as we continue throughout the day

schneider is armed. he is a general, and he fights back against the kidnappers, and they shoot him dead. so the obstacle is removed and over a three-your period of time, the cia starts bribing truckers not to deliver food and creating all kinds of chaos llende's socialist policies, which also work causing chaos and crisis, much like in venezuela today, so all this leads to a coup with the national security establishment is attacking the president with infantry surrounding his isision, and allende fighting back with small arms fire, but he ends up dead. apparently committed suicide. general pinochet takes power, proceeds to round up tens of thousands of people, kidnapping them, putting them into military dungeons, raping them -- his forces were -- committing the most gruesome sexual acts against the women that you can even imagine, disappearing them or executing them, including two americans with the complicity of u.s. intelligence agents, and the idea was -- and the u.s. was 's regime atochet this point.

o our jessica schneider explains. >> reporter: another player erupts from the meeting with donald trump jr. and the russian lawyer. he disclosed everything there was to know with the several e-mails tuesday. >> as far as you know, this is all of it? >> this is everything. this is everything. >> reporter: now news that the russian-american lobbyist was in attendance. he told the associated press he was in the room for the 20-to-30 minute meeting with the openlde son and the lawyer and jared kushner and paul manafort. cnn has learned at least two others were in the room. a translator and representative for the agalarov family. he is focused on overturns the sanctions in russia. he mentions lobbying caught the attention of chuck grassley who describes him as a russian immigrant. apparently with ties to russian intelligence. that was in a letter to homeland security secretary john kelly requesting his immigration history. he denied to the washington post he served as an intelligence agent. he said he served as a soldier for two-years, not the russian government. i was not an intelligence of

jessi jessica schneider is here with details. >> reporter: donald trump jr. making statements defending his meeting with the ties to the kremlin. after "the new york times" unearthed the meeting on saturday, the president's eldest son released this saying it was a short introductory meeting, i asked jared and paul to stop by. we talked about a program about the adoption of russian children that was popular years ago. it was not a cam paper issue at the time and no follow up. i was asked to attend. that was the statement on saturday. fast forward to a day later, sunday, when "the new york times" reported additional detail that donald trump jr. was promised damaging information on hillary clinton before he agreed to meet with that russian lawyer. after that story was released, donald trump jr. put out this, i was asked to have a meeting with an acquaintance from the miss universe pageant who might have information helpful to the campaign. the woman stated she had information that individuals connected to russia were funding the democratic national committee and

let's turn to meteorologist bonnie schneider who has a look of the day ahead and the all-important weekend. >> we are looking at warmer weather in the west as we approach the weekend. i don't think that's the best news. in boise climbing to 101. we'll be looking for temperatures in the triple digits for salt lake as well. and by the time we get to sunday, um to 10097 today. fresno warming up to 103. 24 million americans at risk for severe weather today. that's in the mid-atlantic region including washington, d.c. we could see some strong storms p storms this afternoon. >> bonnie, thank you very much. the unt net is going to need some fixing. overnight beyonce and with the caps fund to p in the trash, they up and i.d. system coming to an airport like you. and from. >> you're watching "early today." both indoors... and out. they seamlessly adapt. so you can live the good light™. find an eyecare professional at transitions.com. now, finance your glasses with no interest if paid in full within six months, and get up to $30 back when you combine select essilor® brand lenses. visit transitions.c

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. >>> and let's go to bonnie schneider with a dangerous sapphire situation in the west. >> that's rightpowerful storms north of chicago, on into wisconsin and even northern ohio. and we're watching for 33 million people to be at risk for severe weather today. another huge story, the central heat. it's building. heat index is all the way up to 100 degrees if the temperature doesn't get that hot. that includes kansas city and st. louis. and for tomorrow, that hit spreads farther east, we'll see it in philadelphia. excessive heat watch in effect for thursday. that means it's going to feel like 100 degrees or even hotter than that in philadelphia. we're looking at muggy air across much of the country particularly in the mid-south, the gulf coast and areas of the carolinas. all of this oppressive air will persist where it will feel like 100 degrees or hotter in some places. we're looking at it spreading all the way to new york city. and for friday, not much of a change with the heat with triple digit heat indexes. we do have a tropical remnantses for impacting florida and much of the southea

>> jessica schneider live for us from the white house. thanks, jessica. >>> it is too easy to get lost in the headlines of the day. but tonight we want to highlight the changing stories coming from the white house in just the past five days. five days, four contradictory stories. as of friday, consistent trump world story line for nearly a year had been no evidence of collusion or cooperation with the russian government whatsoever. donald trump jr. himself had gone farther, saying all along that he had set up no meetings at all with russians, even dismissing accusations of russian interference in the election at all. >> we hear experts. at home once said this is what is happening with the russians. it's disgusting. it's so phony. i don't mind a fair fight. but these lies and the perpetuating of that kind of nonsense to try to gain some political capital is just outrageous. >> that we're going to call story number one. but on saturday, that story changed. confronted by "the new york times" with news of a previously undisclosed meeting with

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. >> let's go live to cnn's jessica schneider at the white house. jessica, what more are you learning about this meeting. >> reporter: we've learned that that russian-american lobbyist, rinat akhmetshin, he has confirmed that he was at this june 2016 meeting that involved a multitude of people. we know that it was led, perhaps, by donald trump jr. it also involved campaign chair paul manafort as well as the president's son -in-law and now top adviser jared kushner. this is a story that began last saturday with the "new york times" and we've continued to get drips of details throughout the week. now, this particular person, rinat akhmetshin, he's of concern because senator chuck grassley actually raised some concerns about him in a letter dating back just a few months ago when he wrote to homeland security secretary john kelly, requesting the immigration information about him. and in that letter, senator grassley actually called rinat akhmetshin, he said he was acting as an unregistered agent for russian interests apparently with, quote, ties to russ

our just it correspondent jessica schneider is with us now. jessica what more are we learning?er: the hill reporting the fired fbi director wrote seven memos detailing his nine conversations with president trump. the hill sources say that four of those memos had markings to make clear they contained information classified at the secret or the confident's level, but here's the key. there is no indication that there was any classified information in the one memo that the fired fbi director james comey gave to his law professor friend to leak to the press. james comey testified june 8th he believed it to be a personal document that contained his own recollection. how james comey distinguished it when questioned by senator roy blount back on june 8th. >> you didn't consider your memo or your sense of that conversation to be a government document? you considered it to be somehow your own personal document that you could share with the media as you wanted to? >> correct. >> through a friend? >> i understood this to be my recollection recorded of my conversation with the president as

schneider. mr. schneider: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. schneider: i rise today in strong support and as a proud co-sponsor othis -- to this amendment. i do so in defense of one of our most mag nive sent natural resources, the tpwhrakes. they contain a fifth of the world's and 95% of our nation's surface water. the lakes are an important asset to our economy and quality of life of our nation and my district in particular. the national ocean policy also help prospect the vitality of our great lakes ecosystem. however, section 505 of this bill will undermine our national ocean policy and the ability of agencies to coordinate with states lock call governments and other agencies to protect these beautiful waters. that's why i support striking section 505. we have a profound obligation to be responsible stewards of the environment and to pass on a clean, healthy, and dynamic environment for future generations. i support the pingree amendment and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from minute. ms.

. >> all right, bonnie schneider, thanks for that update. >>> big news. a pair of wimbledon heavyweights fall, and an nfl quarterback tries his comedic chops. sports is next. but what if, one day, there was a white flower for alzheimer's first survivor? what if there were millions of them? join us for the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's. register today at alz.org/walk. it's my decision to make it's nbeauty last.ix. roc® retinol started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc methods, not miracles.™ i needed something more to help control my type 2 diabetes. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's suppose to do, release its own insulin. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulici

. >>> now to bonnie schneider with your holiday forecast. what have we got?> it looks great for july 4th celebrations, i'm happy to report. there are thunderstorms in the mid-south and it continues as well. generally speaking for bigger fireworks displays like in new york city, i think we're looking at nice conditions with temperatures comfortable in the 70s and mainly clear conditions. across the country a nice tiger's treatment and new details on his health, next. noo text "blades" to gillette on demand text to reorder blades... ...and get $3 off your first order with gillette on demand. how dixie ultra plates?roved with two pounds of steak. in each hand. dixie ultra. stress tested so you can stress less at dinner. your strips are slippy... whiter than mine? ...mine are grippy. crest whitestrips stay in place. crest whitestrips professional effects... ...lock in the whitening for a whiter smile. these aren't going anywhere. these are. crest... ...healthy, beautiful smiles for life. transitions® lenses help protect from uv rays and harmful blue light. both i

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and bonnie schneider is here with predictions of clear skies for tonight's firework shows. >> exceptbe d.c. that is where we can see a storm. most of the country is going to see a nice fourth of july. we'll keep those fingers crossed that showers won't interfere with any fireworks. let's look where we do have some storms. lightning in oklahoma city and pushed to the south and impacted dallas but luckily the intensity dissipated as it worked its way to the south. as we look towards the rest of the day today. a stationary front along the mid-south. memphis you may see a storm pop up and a little bit of rain right along that boundary. as we look to tomorrow and many people may be traveling and the storms will push east impacting areas in ohio and north korea and something to keep watch on as we go into the fifth of july. how about for infourth. looking great for the macy's fourth of july spectacular. nice weather here in new york. warm for sure with temperatures in the 70s, but mainly clear skies. so, that is good news for the fireworks along the east river. very nice. here is our high

reporting for us tonight, cnn's jessica schneider. ryan nobel is on capitol hill. pamela brown with some new exclusive video. we begin at the white house and jessica schneider. so the president addressing donald trump jr.'s meeting with w reuters. what is he saying? >> the president saying he knew nothing about that june 26th meeting between his eldest son and that russian lawyer. the president really, this is the first time he's spoken out about this, saying he didn't know anything about it. of course, his lawyer and the deputy press secretary, this is the same message that they've been pushing for the past 24 to 48 hours. the president telling reuters this, saying, i didn't know until a couple of days ago, when i heard about this, i think many people would have had that meeting. of course, i think that's the exact same sentiment that his son, donald trump jr. issued in an interview last night. donald trump jr. saying that he was a political novice, a businessman, and as a businessman, he believed taking this meeting was okay. his father tonight, the president, is

overall, a nice-looking holiday. >> bonnie schneider, thank you so much.emperatures in new jersey will be in the 80s and just in time, beaches across the state have opened once again after that statewide government shutdown ended last night. but what's not entding are questions for governor chris christie on his decision to hit a closed beach with his family. the governor was let's say less than apologetic during a press conference to announce the end of the shutdown. >> listen, i think i of prove en in the last eight years i don't care about political optics. i care about right and wrong. if i have a chance to make, i think i've proven over the last eight years i have a chance to make between my family and political optics i'm going to choose my family. >> ron allen, karine jean-pierre and joe watt kipps. okay, ron, he says that this is about right and wrong, but from what i'm gathering reading the new jersey newspapers, most of the citizens there think he's fot this one wrong. >> his approval rate were 15% before this and now they may go down even furthe

. >>> now to bonnie schneider with your holiday forecast. what have we got?> it looks great for july 4th celebrations, i'm happy to report. there are thunderstorms in the mi well. generally looking at nice conditions with temperatures comfortable in the 70s and mainly clear conditions. across the country a nice looking fourth of july. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now, here's a closer look at the day ahead. very hot in the deep south, shreveport, jackson, montgomery all in the mid 90s. watch out for the heat and humidity. a hot one in d.c. as well and high of 90 and sunshine in albany with 80 degrees. richard, the fourth of july does look nice for most of the country. watch out for storms in the mid-south and heat building in the midwest. >> warm on both sides. thank you. >>> there's nothing like a pie eating contest most say. kids chow down in the national cherry festival in michigan. two rules only here. contestants to eat the they all went home winners. >>> venus emotional breakdown after the traffic accident and tiger's treatment and

right now let's go to cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. white house claims mr. trump has confidence in jeff sessions but the interview tells a different story. >> that's right, the white house put it this way at the briefing today. they said the president was disappointed in sessions' decisions to recuse himself from the russia investigation but the president still has confidence in the attorney general. it was quite a different tone than president trump took inside the oval office for that "new york times" article where he slammed sessions and put his anger on the record. tonight attorney general jeff sessions seem to rebuke rumors he plans to resign as head of the justice department. >> i have the honor of serving as attorney general. it's something that goes beyond any thought i would have ever had for myself. we love this job. we love this department, and i plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate. >> reporter: this after being publicly rebuked by president trump in a "new york times" interview. the president expressing his ongoing ire that s

here's bonnie schneider. >> we also have very low humtdty if and that makes matters worse out there. the midwest we're also tracking some heavy, heavy rain. of course, flooding occurring in wisconsin, these are strong storms with a big dome of high pressure. the heat is building across the u.s. we're talking about triple-digit numbers across the midwest, parts of kansas and missouri, this is the first day of a heat wave. o and in fresno. frances, that heat is building across the midwest. we'll see temperatures in the upper 90s in st. louis >>> now to one of the worst crashes during the tour de france. he slid along the road before hitting another rider. potter was taken away on a stretcher. he fractured both his pelvis and collarbone and will not be finishing the race. >>> just ahead -- kids snorting chocolate. how could that be a good idea? >>> and flooding hits a critical mass as the ground gives way. details ahead. noo introducing the easiest way to get gillette blades text "blades" to gillette on demand text to reorder blades with gillette on demand... ...and get $3 off your firs

let's turn to meteorologist bonnie schneider with what's ahead for us. >> all of that rain that hit chicago is pushing to the east. it's impacting michigan at this house. lansing getting powerful thunderstorms. temperatures will climb into the mid-90s, but it's going to feel even hotter than that. expect temperatures to feel like 100 degrees. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. it's hot as well into the plains. 92 in rapid city. highs in wyoming in the 90s. storms for cleveland with highs in the upper 80s and 90 to new york city with a hotter heat index. storms are impacting michigan right now. >>> now to footage from china. a mud slide swept across a busy road. the wave of mud suddenly washes over several cars pushing them right off the road. eight vehicles were buried trapping 16 people. three of them were hurt. one person had to be rescued by firefighters, but otherwise everyone managed to escape. >>> it may have been the most awkward moment of the espy awards. and an iceberg break was causing a titanic shift on a planet's landscape. you're watching "early today." t. plus, the sna

. >>> now let's head over to meteorologist bonnie schneider with your holiday forecast. is it looking? >> we are really looking at nice weather with a couple of exceptions. we do have some rain in the mid-south for today and even for tomorrow as the storms push further to the east. we'll see them into ohio and the carolinas. but for the fireworks display tonight, in new york city, really looks nice. 79 degrees. we have much clear skies really so it will be mainly clear and i think we'll see comfortable temperatures. elsewhere across the country the heat will begin to build out to the west. we'll also watch for those strong storms i mentioned. in the southern plains and parts of the mid-south. but fireworks displays in chicago, boston, new york city, are all looking great and i think we're going to see a nice fourth of july. >> thanks so much. >>> up next, venus williams' emotional breakdown over her tragic traffic accident, plus tiger woods fresh out of treatment, new details on his health. and tesla's mass market mod 38 electric car is about to hit the streets in your n

let's turn to bonnie schneider who joins us with a look ahead. >> on this friday, we are looking a at a threat for severe weather pushing eastward across the mid-atlantic. washington and richmond facing that threat for severe weather. how about the heat. there are some big changes on the way. we're going to get midwest. we'll feel more comfortable in milwaukee and chicago but still stormy and steamy. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. >>> temperatures are still warm in columbus, ohio. look at the 90s in richmond. it's hot across the krrls and charlotte and wilmington and we'll see stormy conditions towards florida as well as louisiana. so as we have a a little bit of good news. temperatures will stay cool for the weekend. a little bit of a warm-up as we approach next week. >> we got it. thank you. >>> also consider the internet broken because of this that happened overnight. beyonce and jay-z revealed the first image of their twins. she's in a flowing robe holding the twins with the caption, sir carter and rumi one it racked u

bruce schneider said it best. saying that if you think that technology is the solution to your security issues, then you don't understand technology and you don't understand security. as peter drucker said, culture eats strategy for breakfast. it's all about developing a culture of privacy and security, sticking with it, and making sure that anything and putsthing that we do security and privacy at the forefront. it's part of the core of any organization and not a old -- bullseye. had ai wonder if you have chance to look at the good cyber hygiene act from orrin hatch, released last week. among the things included would be the establishment of a baseline set of voluntary best track this is, ensuring that those practices are updated annually. making those established best practices clear and concise and construct -- instructing the department of homeland security to study cyber security threats related to the internet of things. seen ai have legislation. all the legislation i have seen in the past year relative to s

i'm hear with karen schneider from visit philadelphia.'ll have beer with me and maybe tell me where i'm coming short. >> here you're recognized as virginians and philadelphia was the chosen home of ben franklin. >> sure. >> but i don't want to make you feel bad. results were pretty consistent across the country visit philadelphia poll was conducted by google. in places like georgia where thor people were from. dinner and drinks with me or ben franklin. who do you pick. >> you. [ laughter ] take that franklin. let's face it they're both great figures of american history and visit philly says there are scores more to debate and argue over maybe over a locally brewed beer. >> it's okay. please go a have beer with bennie. inn greats. you pick yours i got gw burt this time you're dressing up. the hot out there. happy fourth of july. i'm hank and that's my take. ♪ >> poor gang/george washington. ben franklin one of his great quotes in wine there is wisdom there is freedom and in water there is bacteria. >> i like that. [ laughter ] >> speaking

marianne schneider—petsinger is geo—economics fellow with the us and americas programme at chatham housee to the programme. ben running through some of the issues there. ifs, buts and maybes and preliminary deals, can't strike a deal until we leave the european union. i suppose the first question is, how likely is it that this will get done? i think at some point it will be, but for these talks, the focus is very much laying the ground work, scoping an exercise of where the trade deals might be done. also providing continuity and certainty to us and uk businesses. there are a number of regulatory and technical agreements that could be pa rt technical agreements that could be part of the discussions, whether it's with regards to data flows and also air transport for example. we talk there about what needs to be done, certainly business wants some certainty. what is likely to be the sticking blocks? if you take a look at the trade negotiations that have been going on since 2013, lots of sticking points will likely emerge, so concerns about sticking points will likely emerge, so concerns ab

on thursday we will be at the historical society of boston massachusetts where mark schneider will recount the life of former massachusetts representative gary stein, the first openly gay member of congress. that's a look at some of the events book td will be covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the near future on tv on c-span2. >>. >> author alan all the is our guest on book td, his latest book year it is, if i understood you, what i have this look on my face? my adventures in the art and science of relating and communicating , mister alda, i read your book. >> and i hope you can help me understand this, the couple of themes that run through your book. number one, it's the. why is that theme of your book. >> i found as i study this subject which i've been doing for decades now that really seriously, it's a couple years while i was writing the book i found empathy coming up more and more and i began to realize the things i have learned that came to the essential were good communication often boiled down to empathy.but i first i wasn't cra

with more on the attorney general's response and damage control a t the white house, cnn's jessica schneider. >> reporter: attorney general sessions seems to be rebuffing the suggestion that he might resign. the president criticized his recusal. the president saying the decision was unfair to the president. and that president trump wouldn't have asked him to become attorney general if he knew sessions would remove himself from overseeing the investigation. of course, those comments drew a lot of speculation. white house deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders has clarified, in part, saying the president does have confidence in sessions. but really was just disappointed in the decision sessions made to recu recuse. >> clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general. i think you know this president enough to know that if he wanted somebody to take an action, he would make that quite clear. >> christine and miguel? >> thank you, jessica. with that in mind, the president is resufling the legal team helping with the probe. marc kasowitz will see his role as lead law

rachel schneider and robert morduch report on how low income families manage partly sunnyy. and utah senator mark lee studies the men who fought against the government in america's founding. naomi cline offers her thoughts on the trump president. and a report on how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion. and mother board senior editor, brain merchant, traces the creation and development of the i-phone. >> some of the first reported technology developed was a stone throw away from touch and web technology. you can touch maps online and move pictures on the i-phone. but ben stump contains he developed the earliest technology and since he didn't patent this stuff, it went into the slip stream of technology that would wind up later in the i-phone. but the guy who really put it on the table so apple could see it was wane westerman who had this incredible story. he is this brilliant engineer from the midwest who comes from a family that is plagued by disability and he had severe hand disabilities. when he was a ph.d student -- >> he was trying to write his ph.d disser

through the resource center for safe cyber security and i've been privileged to cochair with governor schneider. the staff will continue to assist your state and implement best practices and be a lasting resource for you and your staff. before we go on to our speakers and our discussion, and want to give a special shout out to jeff and tim. if all the folks who worked on cyber security would stand up, please give them a great round of applause for the work they have done. [applause] before we get to the speakers, i see our host governor has arrived. she was busy doing interviews outside but i would like to turn it over to you if you would like to give an opening statement. i like to think the governor for hosting this beautiful state, this great nga summer meeting. i'm proud to say a record number, 33 governors and 1800 folks have signed up to come to this which is three times more than we've ever had. i know it's because of our great governors in the great state of rhode island. i know the time and work you put into this. on behalf of all of governors, thank you. it's great to be in rhode isla

so let's begin with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. 11 pages, he spoke with staffers today on the hill. what new details came out? >> i say 11 pages worth of details. we really got an in-depth glimpse and it was the first time we heard from jared kushner, saying in a statement he wanted to set the record straight. he did detail the four meetings he had between april and december 2016. the first one was previously undisclosed. it was a short meet-and-green. but it really was that june 2016 meeting with donald trump jr. and that russian lawyer among others that's been among the most talked about. and curb any did address it head-on, saying he attended at the request of don junior, and he didn't read the chain of e-mails that promised to hand over dirt on hillary clinton. he reiterated he believed it was about russian adoptions. that's actually what was discussed, but he quickly realized it was a waste of time. kushner writing in a statement, saying i actually e-mailed my assistant from the meeting after i had been there for ten or so minutes and said call me on my cell, need

but first as we head to break, here is today's national weather forecast from boone a bn bonnie schneider> reporter: we are looking at storms in the northeast. lightning in central pennsylvania and in west virginia this is an area where we could see severe weather we have 24 million americans at risk for severe weather in this region, so be careful for those of you that are traveling. and speaking of travel, look for wet weather with along the gulfle coast also temperatures are still warm across much of the mid-atlantic, but if you are traveling to chicago, milwaukee, cooler temperatures for today and the good news is eventually this cooler air will work its way east for the weekend so more comfortable in the northeast by saturday and sunday nap is yo that is your business travelers' forecast your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in