back to you, guys. >> all susan mcginnis on capitol hill. thank you, susan. >>> just in to the newsroom. an emotional reunion for a mother and child separated at the border. and he sher and 7-year-old ton were reunited in baltimore. the pair was separated when they crossed into arizona last month after a long journey from guatemala to seek asylum. 14e6s released from custody, and four days later she did not have her son back. she sued to fd out where he was. their asylum is still being decided. >>> it will bewn k as an ashante alert. a bill will be signed into law related to critically missing adults. the measure is named for ashanti where she was abducted and murdered. it creates a notification system for adults who are thought to have bn abducted and their isappearance poses a health to their safety. a man has been charnlged in her death. >> a natural progression from the amber alert. >>> a man who killed his 2-year-old daughter and her mother will spend the rirs of hisife in prison. he was stenned to life in prison without parole. he confe

. >> newss susan mcginnis has more on what's next here. susan what does thi order actually do? >> well, good morning, aaron, and yan eun. and now congress has to turn t emigration reform. >> susan, a lot of people want to know what happened to thedy families alr separated. will those children be reunited with their parents soon? >> well, what we're hearing iss ther actual mex fichanism to reunite the families. one former i.c.e. executive said it's psible that the kids may never see their kids and become a ward of the united states. but right now families that need to get to the family detentions centround the country, once those reach capacities they'll be in what are called immigration jails with parents. >> susan mcginnis for us this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >>> d.c. voters may have approved initiate 77 but the fight is not over. on tuesday's primary, 55% approved the measure that means by 2025 all workers in d.c. will earn $15 an hour even if they earn tips.th d.c. council still has the power to reject or modify initiative 77. they've done it befor voters approved t

susan mcginnis has re. >> the protests go on against the immig policy keeping families apart. while the president reversed his policy and won separate migrant children from parents crossing illegally into the u.s. he didn't addressds the thous of children already separated. on capitol hill, republican lawmakers fail to pass immigration legislation. >> on this votes the yeas are 3 and the nays are 231. the bill is not passed. >> oneill overwhelmingly voted down, another moved to next week. >> the president is going to even like t new bill better than this bill. >> but the president is alreadyr blaming des. >> loopholes in our immigration laws all supported by extremist open border democrats. it's a whole big con job. in the meantime, people are suffering because of the democrats. >> democrats say they want tighter borders, but not this way. >> we don't think that we have to put children in cages to do it. there is a better way. and the president is either not knowing, not caring, delusional, in denial about his own policies. >> as lawmakers debate and families wait, a new "time

formore, let's go to nbc's susan mcginnis in washington. >> reporter: good morning, frances and phillip. the first lady went to one of these sheasers in t to thank workers. this is where some children are being held, and to show her support there. but all of the attention ended up being on her wardrobe. as the first lady boarded the aplane to texas, eyes were on the jacket she wore. the jacket was by zara, inexpensive jacket in her circles. about $40. it said on theack"i really don't care. do u? lots of reaction onocial media including from some congressmen. one congresswoman put a sign on her own back. another was a picture of the l statue oerty holding the hand of that 2-year-old child. ho says, wed all care. now a former republican lawmaker called that jacket choice unforgivable. >> she was going to the where her husband has ripped families apart wearing a jacket that said "i don't care." it isn unforgivable moment for melania has the first lady, but ndso for the president of the united states,he does not deserve latitude on this. >> reporter: meanwhile the president tweeted t first

. >> susan mcginnis has the latest on th t. >> reporte judge deemed paul manafor untrustworthy and ordere him locked up. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort walked into court today hoping to continue his arrest. instead he ended up behind bars for contacting potential witnesses in his upcoming conspiracy trial. judge jackson said he abuseus te placed in him acting this isn't middle school, i can't take your phone. the question now, will time behind bars change man ford's mind about cooperating with special counsel robert mueller. >> manafort has clearly bee in the mindset that either through fighting this at tri and/or through a pardon he's going to get of it. >> reporter: president tru tweeted sympathy for manafort this afternoon but only hours before disavowed him. at an impromptu press conference, the president also weighed in by the inspector general's office which blasted the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton investigation. >> cey looid a tremendous amount. >> reporter: the president trump dismissed the conclusion that former fbi directorom james was not politically moti

susan mcginnis to break it down for us. >> much praise here on capitol hill for the president as criticism. now his top diplomat out trying to clarify one of the biggest concessions the president made. one of president trump's biggest concessions in the summit with north korea's leader took many by surprise. >> we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous ount of money. >> reporter: critics worry the announcement to stop long standing joint militaryci exs with south korea is giving away too much too soon. >> the jury is still out on the kings that we want but the northoreans have gotten some of the things they wanted. today secretary of state mike pompeo offered ass e assurances that if north korea stopped negotiating the exercises will rezsume made onl big commitments on denuclearizing. todang the white house is sel results to america. >> resulted in a bold f where north korea's leader committed to the comple -nuclearization of the korean peninsula. for republicans it is a good start. the president had disrupted the status quo. and indicated a deal is far from done. >

. >> news4's susan mcginnis has more on what's next. ersan, what does this o actually do? >> good morning aaron and eun. the big deal this morni is that painful and emotional issue of parents separated from their children. that's seemingly taken care of from the executive order from the president that came after outcry all the way from the vatican of children separated from their two things ahead. one, immigration reform. there are a couple of bills, they could get a vote today. although a lot of experts are calling them doomed as of last night there's still a scramble with congress. but it is itpossible. the remainder is there's 2300 children separated from their parents. it's going to try to reunite milies.th their we're understanding there's not a true mechanism to reconnect these kids. it's possible one former i.c.e. executive told us he believes hundreds o kids are going to end up permanently, permanently away from their parents for life. some of them have been deported, sent back home. their children are still here. they actually may become wards of the u.s. governme

susan mcginnis is on capitol hill where a growing number of lawmakers are calling on the president to reverse this policy. susan. >> that's right, lawmakers here on capitol hill from both sides want the president to turn back that zero tolerance policy for the good of the children. the images are heart wrencng and tation is gripped by stories of migrant families separated byde.s. b agents. >> it hurts to have my son inside and i don't know a about him. >> reporter: today president trump remained defiant. >> the united states will not be aignt camp. and it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. >> reporter: the preside defended his zero tolerance policy and put the blame squarely on democts saying they can stop it. >> we can do this very quickly if the democrats come t the table. >> democrats are blaming the president. >> he could stop it. all he needs to do is say i give the order that this be stopped. >> reporter: the hopse isg to vote on two immigration bills. one has billions of dollars for the border wall the want wants as well as a pass to citizenship for dreamers b

. >>> news 4 susan mcginnis is following the latest on capitol hill. susan, why is this vote getting pushback? >> good morning. it's gting pushed back because lawmakers here, house republicans, cannot agree on what should be in it. that's what sank the bill yesterday. second bill was scheduled for are yesterny. it's now b postponed to next week. they can take the weekend and try to work out their differences and com with the bill that has the best chance of passing. many here are telling me they think the next bill is doomed as well. noboas wants to immigration reform in an election year. prident trump continues t blame the democrats for the lack immigrationreform saying they don't care about the children. ut says they don't care a anything that they are obstructionist says. he is going to give some more remarks later today about immigration. we're waiting to hear what he says there. he is going to be joined by those ang families, the ones that have had loved ones killed by undocumented immigrants. >>> the measure is named for ashanti billy. shefts abdu

"today in the bay" susan mcginnis live on capitol hill. this is something that could go terribly wrong, susan. >> reporter: well, yes, it certainly could, chris. good morning. a lot of relief here on the hill and everywhere around the country that the president did backtrack on that with the executive order, no longer separating families at the border. it doesn't address families already separated. so the government still needs to answer for that. now congress is set for a couple of votes this afternoon on an immigration bill hoping to pass broader reform. >> the cries of the children were heard. >> i think anybody with a heart will feel strongly about it. we don't like to see families separated. >> the president's executive order allows families illegally crossing families to stay together crossing the board. >> this is wrong. >> it's a response to worldwide outcry over separation of migrant parents and children. while showing compassion, the president made his position on immigration clear at a rally in minnesota. >> they are not sending

susan mcginnis is on capitol hill whee the report is already providing some fresh fuel for critics on all sides. susan? >> reporter: yeah, it sure is, pat. his report was widel anticipated, and everyone from the white house to here on capitol hill to james comey to say has something about it. in a scathing 500-page report, the justice depars internal watchdog finds former fbi director james comey was insubordinate, deviated from fbi norms, a damaged the agency's image in its handling of the hillary clinton e-ma investigation. the 18-month investigation did not finds any political moat -- did not find any political motivation from comey or others in the fbi before the2016 election. the president's supporters and detractors are seizing on different findings in the report. >> the president's sycophants and cronies areoingo distort and spin this report. >> reporter: secretary trump said was right fire comey. >> it reaffirmed the president's decisions about comey's conduct and the political bias amongst some members of the fbi. >> reporter: comey calls the report reasonable but says he dis

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >> after thousands of students left stranded by the closing of corinthiansian colleges, some debts are being forgiven. corinthiansian was a for-profit school. attorney general xavier becerra announced the settlement. that includes debt forgiveness and other relief. the problem is balboa financed just a fraction of those loans. >> clearly to unwind what they did has been -- it's a soap opera. unfortunately there are a lot of victims in this soap opera. >> the relief includes correcting student credit reports. becerra calls on the trump administration and the department of education to provide relief on federal loans to those corinthians students. >>> one day after claiming victory as san francisco's first african-american mayor, london breed spoke about her accomplishments today in front of a familiar crowd. it was a packed house inside the auditorium at rosa parks elementary where breed attended as a child. she talked what it was like growing up a block from the school. breed said she never thought the opportunity to become mayor was possible.

susan mcginnis is here to break it down for us. >> reporter: this report's 500 pages,

susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> traffic is moving again this morning on the wilson bridge. you can see there are no backups right now. totally different scene than we brought you at midday c a deadlysh on the bridge shut down the bridge for hours. >> the shutdown cated horrible backups all over the areas. >> transportation reporterss ad as stuck in the nightmare and explains why itnded up being so chaotic. >> what a traffic mes that turned out to be. it was the perfect storm of events. take a look. the wilson bridge today is running normally. that's great news. because in this areaesterday was a much different situation. take a look at all theat reacti as coming in on social media. people who said it took a half hour to go around a trafficci le. it took multiple hours to go on a commute that would normally take 20 minutes tnd all ofs really happened, guys, because of the perfect storm of events. we h the wilson bridge episode which shut down some people cut through 392 and 295 in the district. we had an orioles baseball game putting extra strain on the southwest freay and t

susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >> reporter: they're calling on the president to reverse that zeroeparating families for the good of their person. the images are heart wrenching. family lea families separated by u.s. border agents, but today president trump rem defiant. >> the united states will not be a m arant camp it will not be a refugee holding facility. it won't be. >> reporter: the president defended his zero tolerance policy and put the blame squarely on democrats saying theyp can sto. >> we can do this quickly if the democrats come to the table. >> democrats are t blami president. >> he could stop it. all he needs to do is say i give the order that this >> the house is hoping to vote on two immigration bills. one has bilons of dollars for the border wall the president wants as well as a path to cizenship for eamers brought here as children. >> the short solution would be emrats and republicans would work together, we could fix this in 24 hours. >> reporter: in the meantime thi administ is not backing down. >> we will not apologize for doing ourjob. we have sworn to do this

susan mcginnis is here to break it down for us. >> reporter: this report's 500 pages, 18 months in the making, ly anticipated here on capitol hill. and now up people from here, to the whihouse, to james comey himself and now hillary clinton herself have something to say about it. in scathing 500-page report, the justice department's internal inwatchdog former fbi director james comey was in bordinate, deviated from fbi norms, and damaged the agency's image in its handling of the hillary clinton e-mail es invgation. the 18-month investigation did notind anyolitical motivation from comey or others in the fbi before the 2016 election. >> nothing in this report impugns theintegrity of our work force as a whole or the fbi as an institution. >> reporter: the president's supporters and detractors are deach seizing onferent findings in the report. >> the end of the day, the actions reviewed in this report helped donald election, not the other way around. >> president trump sees proof he was right to fire comey. >> it reafrms the president's space station -- reaffirms the about ent's opinion co

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