susan mcginnis is there with the latest on all th. susan, what do we know about this plea deal in terms of how it impacts the president? >> that's a big question. cohen pleading guilty to the campaign fance violations and it has to do with hush money payments to two women, stormy daniels and karen mcdowell using. the walls are i closing for the president and possiy he could ccused of wrongdoing. there are concerns among some close to the wte house we're hearing that they are worried about impeachment, especially if, aaron, the democrats win back the house in november. they say this is going to be their t priority. >> let's turn to the paul manafort conction in alexandria. he faced 18 counts there. the jury only found h guilty on eight of those. what does that mean for robert mueller at this point. nd his bs his case standing. when you start to hear about the presidenet trying to g ride of th mueller investigation, this gives it moresteel. it's seen as a victory. even though it's not related to collusion, there's interest on eller's pa

susan mcginnis.hank you. >>> president trump is catchinh for stripping the security clearance of former cia directo brennan. he was in the situation during a s.e.a.l. rai that killed osaman den. he urged president obama to approve the rate when others thought it was too ritzy. now the ad world who saw that raid is coming to brennan's defense. >> retiredro admiral in his words, few americans have de more to get his security clearance as well. >>> new details from the vatican. a spokesman for pope says these are morallye. reprehensi since this was prior to 2002, the reforms a working. the grand jury revealed hundreds of acts of sexual abuse. it reveals an alleged coverup. >>> colorado investigators believe they found the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters. chris watts and the father of the gir are in police custody. they came forward pleading for their return. he was arrested wednesday night. the woman's body was found on the property. police will only say that the girls were found close by.

susan mcginnis will break this down in ten minutes. >>> metro is ahead of schedule for a 40-day shutdown. they have closed the stations for major repairs. riders have to wait until september for the station to open. >>> preseason game three f the redskins starts at 7:30 tonightr theskins take on the broncos at fedex field. and stay tuned for the news report at 11:00. >> we talk about the male d.c. sports teams. but this morning, the washington mystics just earned a spot in the semifina. six players scored double-digits last night. elena deladon had 14 points. game one, 3: in atlanta. >>> airport screenings are going high-tech. ehe local airport where your face will soon b scanned before you can board. >>> how young is too young to >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> we've all seen tourists walking through d.c. with their luggage in tow. now, a company is trying to help those people out. the company is called bounce. it'sti l people pay $6 per day perag to have their stuff temporarily stored. bounce cusmers are given a lock with a numbered security tag. d.c. is the third city in the u.

. >> susan mcginnis joins us with more on this. we know that omarosa is claiming that they had information on wikileaks reasing information. >> that's right. this is a new point, aaron and eun entering this fray. escalating a war of words between these two just keeps on growing. now accusations of a racial slur, possible legal battles ani now the r investigation. >> susan mcginnis live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >>> 11 before the hour. twitter temporarily suspended controversial radio host alex jones' account. twitter says jones violad its policy but not deleting a tweet in which he told listeners to get battle rifles ready. he suspension will last seven days. earlier this month, facebook, youte and apple took steps to remove jones from their service. ings known for falsely cla that the mass killing at sandy hook elementary school was staged >>> it's now 4:49. reputation stadium tour in d.c. last month last night's performance in tampa, florida, making hdlines this morning. angie goff is in the newsroom with details. angie,

paul manafort is the most likely looking for a presidential pardon. >> susan mcginnis on t for us. n, thank you. >>> 5:48 now. west virginia's republican house speaker is now running for a seat on the state supreme court of appeals. himrmstead announced his resignation and plan. he did this on twitter. they recently impeached fourth of the court's justic. they're accused of wasting tax money on things. democrats called the impeachment power grab by gop lawmaks. >>> thismorning, calls for areld wuerl to resign growing. survivor hot lines here in d.c. are swamped with calls from new victims of priest sexabuse. this follows a grand jury report out of pennsylvania last week naming more than 300 so-call predator priests. the report implicated the archbishop of washington saying up their offenses during his service in pittsburgh the cardinal denies the allegations. here's a look at the aegs for his resignation. it's on change.org. there are close to 47,000 signatures there now. >>> new images of the most wanted riders who ripped throug. c. and virginia streets on those at vs over the week

>> susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> saying goodbye to an american hero. thousands lining up well into the night at the arizona state capitol to pay their final respects to senator john mccain. the line stretchfo with mourners undeterred by the day's blazing heat. several of mccain's children returning to the building late last night, shaking hands with the last of the visitors. as the week of tributes leads up to mccain's funeral, we're nowe. sarah palin was mccain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election, but sources for both families tell nbc news the former alaska governor is not invited. a source close to the palin family telling kelly o'donnell out of respect to senator mccain and his family, we have nothing to add at this point. in the wake of mccain's death, some lawmakers have suggested renaming the russell senate office building after the senator. google maps apparently getting ahead of itself, briefly displaying the building's name as the mccain senate office building. it has since been corrected. nbc's peter an >> reporter: at the arizo

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >> right now. no reports of damage after a small earthquake was reported early this morning. u.s. geological survey reported 1.7 just after midnight. tweeted about it and said residents reported feeling a slight shake and rumble. >>> switching gears now. let's talk a little more weather. pleasant weather today. storm team 4 meteorologist joining us now to talk more about the slight rumblelkor that may have felt it and talk about what's going to happen in the weekend. >> hey, are erica,y reainy earthquake happened around midnig midnight. today it's all about heat and the humidity this afternoon. it's going to feel like 100 to 105 degrees when you tack ffact mugginess. that's going to lea to thunderstorms among other variables. some storms not looking widespread, someould be on the strong to severe side. latest on storm team 4mp radar tely dry across the area. again, we're dry during the day. as we hit the evening hours, start to see scattered showers and thunderstorms moving through from west to you

. >> susan mcginnis joins us with more susan, we know from the president's tweets over the weekend thatbsolutely livid that the reports in "the new york times" came out talking about that meeting but some people are questioning whether or not he's taking a gamble by allowing the counsel to cooperate what can you tell us >> hi. good morning that is right. a lot of people say he shouldn't have allowed that. in his own strategy, he thought he was doing the right thing in transparency in retrospect he may not have. the president's attorney, giuliani, says he believes mueller leaked all this to "the new york times." the president accusing "the new york times" of printing fake news and calling the two reporters on the story fake rorpers, lashing out at "the new york times." cooperating with mueller, over 30 hours of testimony over nine months detailing the president's anger at the special counsel and his interest in firing the special counsel. also, we have the president threatening to take away more security clearances from top formersecurity and national security and intelligence officials

. >> susan mcginnis for us. >>elania trump saying social media can be a productive tool and also a harmful force if used incorrectly. the first lady spoke on cyber bullying in rockville, er yey. stopping bullying is one of her major initiatives in her be best campaign. the firstady traveled by herself to toronto a year ago. in january, it was reported that esident trump used a negative term when talking about immigrants from lviti and el or. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing five people "the capital gazette" newspaper will begin on july 9t 19th. ramos is accused of using shotgun to blast his way into the paper's newsroom in june. ramos pleaded not guilty last month. >>> after a sergery, animal crackers areusting o of the cages. the packaging no longer shows the animals in cages. animal rights organizations wanted the packaging changed, saying it depicted tdated sur cuss pr circus practices. >>> the mural outside of ben's chili bowl is almost as iasnic he accomplishment. the latest design was unveiled

susan mcginnis has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: this morning the president is accusing miss fo- r attorney of lying. saying he did not direct michael cohen tos make hush payme the women. he is saying that you directed him to make these payments. >> he made the deals. >> reporter: also the money for the deals the president says db come from his campaign. >> those two aren't a crime. >> repter: the president sai cohen lied to prosecutors to reduce his sentence 12k3w4r7 . >> if you go down to two or three years wech is the deal made, in all fairness to him, most people whereoing to do that. and i've seen it many times. i've had many friends i solved in thiff. it is called flipping and it almost out to be illegal. >> repor: on lil reactio . >> reporter: on hill, reaction fell along party lines. it none of it has to do collusion. >> we are on the threshold of a crisis. >> reporter: as for talk the impeach? >> i don't know if y can impeach somebody who has done a great job. >> reporter: if itch peached im president says the stock market would cras susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>

. >> susan mcginnis on the hill for us, susan,hank you. >>> 4:44 now, developing this morning, just steps away from yale university. officials are trying to figure out whether someone intentionally deliberated a laced batch of k2. first respondersavbeen called to 60 overdoses since tuesday. here in d.c., more than 260 people were taken to hospitals over a ten-day period in july for synthetic drug overdoses. k2 is often called sthetic marijuana but the chemical composition is different. researchers at virginia quilt university say people in their 20s are dying largely to the opioid epidemic. >>> new overnight, alit made an emergency landing because of an odor in the cabin. the plane was traveling from whendo to philadelphia suddenly crews noticed a strong smell. the flight was quicklyiverted to robert thurman international aieort. a few w taken to the hospital. the cause of the odor is still unclear at this time. >>> a former tes employee now claims he has evidence the company has been putting drivers at risk. whistle-blower martin tripp tweeted internal e-mails and photos that he says are

later in the hour, susan mcginnis will join us from capitol hill to break down the latest in this case. >>> this morning, tension between president trump and jeff sessions has been growing. whether peculation session will keep his job after the midterm elections. and it comes from this comment by the president on fox news. >> i put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department. he took the job and said, i'm going to recuse myself. what kind of man is this? >> sessions is fighting back aw. he said i statement, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. while i am attorney general, the actions of the justicel department w not be influenced by political courses. >>> duncan hunter and his wife f werend not guilty in court. they allegedly used more than $250,000 to finan family trips to italy and, hawaii golfing outings, tuition, and fast food purchases. they are also accused of trying to conceal the spending in records. hunter has stepped down from three committee assignments in the house. >>> zen a m facing charges for indecent exposure

. >> susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >>at are lawmakers saying about this? t is varied. republicans are ignoring cohen and sticking with russia. this provides no evidence of russia meddling, collusion or any evidence aboutia ru democrats, a little more dramatic, calling it a constitutional crisis and saying thepresident'sctions are indictable. they're calling for a ordelay confirmation hearings bisause of all the president's reaction in addition to the 1:00 a.m. tweetn sayicollusion, no witch hunt. usually we get his tweets anro hour now. he is distancing himself cohen and disparaging cohen saying he's not a very good lawyer. >>> we have a robbery at a busy shoe store. d.c. police need your help finding these people. police sayht they stole e pairs of shoes at the dsw store. they took shoes and toward the exit. when the employee approached them, one of thes suspe pulled out a taser. call police if you recognize >>> i-95 can be a headache, no matter where you get on road. but some relief can be comin to one of the worst spots in our area. ree new lanes are being added to

. >> nbc's susan mcginnis is on capil hill. what exactly can he do legally? >> reporter: gd morning, aaron and angie.th president is threatening to take away more security clearances. brennanth talking about w he can file a formal complaint or perhaps an injunction to stop the president from taking away more security clearances. the trump administration is not backdown. the president being accused of using this tool to punish his critics and punis involved with the russia investigation. this follows dozens of intelligence officials a national security officials sindemning this move. meanwhile, the pnt lashing out at "the new york times" article outlining thathite house counsel don mcgahn cooperating with special counsel roberter mue in about 30 hours of interviews over nine months detailing the president's feelings, his anger toward mueller, attempts at trying tfi him. the president tweeting at length about this on sunday calling it fake news, calling the authors orterss reporter fake r saying he allowed mcgahn to cooperate. giulia saying he believes mueller

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> charles county public schools will be back in session nextweek and there are a number of security upgrades going into effect. new school employees will now have to get a background check based on their social security umber. these changes were made because of the carlos bell case. the former coach andac tng assistant was convicted earlier this year of sexually abusing dozens o boys from 2014 to 2016. by the time school starts, all staff will have gone thaugh new ive shooter training. that includes learning how to stop blood loss during an emergency. un> there's a contraception controversy surng montgomery county schools. a councilmember is pushing a proposal to maondoms available to high school udents. news4's chris gordon has those details. county high schools would make condoms available to students anonymously and for free. concty cmember george leventhal is a co-spowaor. >> we to keep our kids safe, we don't want them to tak. >> reporter: they are also suggesting that middle schools study the posbility of providing contraception to their

in washington, susan mcginnis, news 4. >> president trump will be actually out of town next week. currently a he's his golf resort in new jersey in what the white house is calling a working vacation. >> he's a monk on a bike and he grew up in virginia and he's been biking across the country to raise money. he recently had a ccer scare and wanted too something for others. he said biking across the country hasn't been's, but hes regrets. >> cannot ride the bicycle on the road up there and cannot ridenhe bicycle the road back there. the only place to ride the bicycle is the road under the res, so this kind of thought was really important for me. >> his ride started in san francisco and ended at u.s. capitol. he sayse didn't raise as much money for the hospital as he had hoped, so if you would like to donate we've posted a like in the nbc washington app. just search monk, veryeasy. >> these guys aren't using bikes, the little lea e team fromhe t district but the tea from ward 7 won the d.c. championship here a liver a week or so ago, and they are now on their way to connecticut a to p

nbc's susan mcginnis will join us live from capitol hill. >>> today jurors will continue to decide the fate of paul manafort. yesterday they failed to reach a verdict. it included a request to redefine reasonable doubt. president trump's former 18 aign chairman is facing counts of tax and bank fraud. deliberations are set to resume at 9:30 this morning. downlo the nbc washington app for the latest. >>> a 15 year investigation ints allegatif systematic sexual, mental and physical abuse at a sterling church has led to indictment. 62-year-old kevin o'connor was arrested on several sexual assault related charges. the alleged incident happened back in 2003. o'connor is a deacon at the controversial church. for years several former church members said they were abused in some waste by the church. they've been investigating the church for more than a decade. >>> 4:10. a manost his life while trying to cross a busy street in rock vail. a jeep hit the 34-year-old man. he later died at the hospital. his identity has not been released at this point. e driver was not injured. >>> there was a celeb

susan mcginnis thank you. >>> let's get a check on the other top headlines.e it has literally been endless rain on the east coast, out west, can't catch a break. another major fire erupting in california philip mena has more in new york >>> california fire crews taking on a new blaze officials say the front fire exploded to 300 acres with zero percent containment. it burns through a national park in santa barbara county. high temperatures and low humidity are fueling the flames. as that fire burns out of control, firefighters contained the ferguson fire that scorched more than 96,000 acres near yosemite national park. >>> a british woman survived a ten-hour ordeal at sea after falling off norwegian cruise. >> she went overboard and was found about 60 miles offshore. authorities are crediting warm waters for her survival. >>> puppies on the table at a restaurant in taiwan they're specialize cream treats too realistic to eat they come in several flavors they're made to look like shar pei puppies. one takes five hours to make but it only costs five bucks how are

susan mcginnis joining us with more on the president's reaction to all of this. >> many here in washington are viewing this double bombshell surprising the walls are closing in around president trump. the president did not mention either man at that rally but he did slam the russia investigation with some familiar words. >> fake news and the russian witch hunt. we got a whole big. where is the collusion? >> ahead of the rally he did mention paul manafort saying he was a great man but also saying it has nothing to do with me. most significant words by cohen, that his principal purpose was to affect the election. rudy guiliani says there's no allegation of wrong doing that would lead to any charges in mr. cohen's words. white house is concerned about impeachment. some experts say if democrats retake the house, they'll have that at the top of their agenda. some are worried this could give more fuel to the mueller probe. >> things already heating up now. >>> an update in the serlg for student mollie tibbets. after she went for an evening jog. according to authorities, undocumented immigrant cr

nbc's susan mcginnis joins us ve. >> today jurors will continue to decide the fate of paul manafort. the panel recessed after submitting a series of questions tohe judge including a request to redefine reanable doubt. there are 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. deliberations are set to resume. >>> ten minutes after right now. there was a celebration at if he had x shirt. >> sherry burries has the highlights. >>> impressive first outing from quarterbacklex smith. on his first playedskins plans holding their breath. it leads h to one in five years. nice to be a football player again. derive haynes and the first quarter he signs up his ltas. we feelre kpe techbtd. >> he's been something i'm working with. i'm going to give them a hug. i hope it'sow tore cross. 16-13. from fed ex field, news 4, sherry burress. >>> just about 6:12. months of this kind of cleanup seem to be paying off in this flood ravaged town. now the harin work is teit into a big party. >>> i'm at the humane rescue lines. travis is here tomorrow looking for his smalllocations. we're looking at a good forecast to it, chuck

. >> susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. ave this little context.s interview was hastily arranged after the white house learned that don mcgahn spent 30 hours talking to the special counse the president said he could run it if he wants. in. i can do whatever but i wanted to stay out. we have a former prosecutor saying this istr. a president cannot be in charge of his own investigation. the president is get involved on twitter. m day calling robert mueller a disgrace and uncredited. he was asked if he would sit a down finterview. he is agreeing with rudy giuliani over the weekend, his statements could be used to bring perjury chargenst him. >> thank you. s socialnia trump s media can be a positive tool. and also a harmful forec if used incoy. the first lady spoke on cyber bullying in rockville, yesterday. stopping bullying is one of her majoinitiatives in her be be campaign. she will travel to africa in octor. in nuary, it was reported that president trump used a negative term when talking to lawmake haiti andgrants from ael salvador. >>> the trial f

susan mcginnis is livepi on l hill for us. what is he talking to authorities about?good morning. this is quite the turn of events with several men once in the president's inner circle, stepping out of it. david pecker isla the st. he is the ceo of the publisher of "the national enquirer," getting immunity, with authorities. "the national enquirer's" efforts to kill stories damning to the president. and hush money payments to a "playboy" playmate, karen mcdougal who allegedly had an affair with the president. f well as the involvement president trump in that hush monend payment a michael cohen in that payment. we have cohen plea, pleading guilty to eight federal crimes. jeff sessions fighting back. lots of moving parts this week. only praise for paul manafort, the former chairman who was convicted on eight counts of bank and tax fraunt the presias been talking to his lawyers about the possibility of pardoning manafort. >> susan,hank you. >>> lyft wants you to get out and vote on election day. yesterday, it announced it will offer discounted and free rides to polls on

nbc's susan mcginnis joins us live with reaction to all of this. susan? >> in recent weeks we've watched as the president's att ks on the mueller investigation have leincreased, but today a car call to end it. >> reporter: president trump eapeared with faithrs at the white house today after ramping up his attacks on special counsel robert mueller. for the first himee publicly called on his attorney general to end the russia probe, tweetinghis morning, attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now. sessions recused himself last year from all cases involving russian election meddling,le ing him unable to stop the investigation, even if he wanted ou. the white claims the president's tweet was not a demand. >>he president's stating his opinion. it's not an order. but i think he's been crystal clear about how he feels about this investigation. >> reporter: lawmakers on both sides immediately spoke out in support of the probe. >> the threats bndlying from president of the united states against a lof enforcement cer constitute evide

susan mcginnis has more. >> good morning.the most important words that cohen spoke at his plea hearing yesterday where he pleaded guilty to the eight charges were about campaign finance violations, this has to do with the hush money payments to the two women for paying them off to keep silent regarding affairs they allegedly had with president trump. cohen admitted that president trump directed him to take these actions and he said his principle purpose in taking these actions, committing these crimes was to impact the election now the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, says none of these allegations of wrong doing have anything to do with the president. people worry that the president could face accusations of wrong doing, some are talking about impeachment, that there are concerns about impeachment, especially if the democrats win back the house in the november elections. >> susan, thank you for that i'll bring back in christopher smart from bearings, he has been waiting on the line. can i ask you your take on yesterday's

susan mcginnis on the hill.hank you. >>> metro used to transit white nationalists to the rally. >> news4 is live with the rally that union organizers arepu ing together. megan. >> reporter: well, good morning, guys. that rally is going toteappen lar on today. here at the metro center station downtown. it's at the corner of 12th and g. now, metro's largest union continuing to call forhe firing of general manager paul wiedefeld, over the handling of asite supremacists t asy took metro l weekend's rally. take a look at the video here unite the right weres sco s esc on to the cars marked specl.ia ty. hethe union sayst represents a special treatment that the white nationalists were treated differently and tt metro had said there would be no designated trains for the . grou leaders also say that african-american rail w nkers t told they would be transporting the group. but paul wiedefe d hasended it saying the police was necessary to make sure there were no confrontations as the group made their work through. and all

susan mcginnis joins us now from russia with details on this story. susan? going on here in washington. while the president is out of town, today the white house began the d taking credit for some positive job umbers. the nation's employers continue adding jobs to the econom h the whise cheered today's numbers showing another drop in the joble rate. these are good numbers. it's another strong jobs report in a series of strong employment reports. >> reporter: but an economic threat lies on the horizon. china warned today i president trump continues to escalate the trade war, it will retaliat hiking tariffs on u.s. beef, seafood and thousands of oth goods totaling $60 billion. china hitting back after tpresident trump's threa more than double his proposed tariff on $200 billion worth of chiness go if china doesn't back down. >> there's a tariff problem, lack of res boss try and they are lotech-stealing, they better take the president serious. >> reporter: meanwhile more eviden the president doesn't take the threat from russia seriously, soon after his top offi

. >> susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> breaking news out of iraq where a military helicopter has crashedris lawrence at the live desk. >> we just gotrm conion that one coalition service member has been killed, several more have en injured. we're being told u.s. special operations forceser working on ane com joint counterterrorism mission. no indication it was brought down by enemy fire. it could have been a mechanical malfunction. we'll keep you updated on this story. >> chris, thank you. >>> it is 5: now. popping wheelies and weaving in and out of traffic. yesterday atv and dirt bikes swarmed parts of d.c. and northern virginia. >> this was a traptic disn to say the least. news 4's nicole jacobs is in georgetown where dozens of riders were spotted there. >> angie and aaron, this was certainly not your typical joy ride for a weekend, not something you see every day. definite not in the district. but take a look at this video. it absolutely speaks for itself. u can see dozens and dozens of atvs and dirt bikes invading city streets from georgetown to logan circle all the way into arlington

. >> susan mcginnis joins us live with more on this. di now omarosa is claiming that then cte trump had inside information releasinghe hillary clinton e-mails in the campaign. >> right. we had omarosa talking to nbc news being asked, did you speak to the special counsel. after her answer was yes, she's willing t participagain if he calls again. mais could center around this hillary clinton s. you remember in 2016, these were released by wikileaks. this questioning could cter around what president trump knew d when. because omarosas claiming he absolutely knew about these leaked e-mails by before they were leaked. omarosa says the president should be very asked why. she said it's because they have hidden a lot from the american people. the trump administration evidently trying to silence here through anti arbit complaint saying she's violating her nondisclosure agreement. omarosa says i don't think so but she's leaving that to her lawyers to sort out. aaron and eun. >> sus mcginnis. thank you. >>> twitter has traerld suspended alex jones

facebook with a 350% gain since it went public in 2012 >> susan mcginnis, thank you very much. >>> let'set more to the president's comments and everything happening now, joining us now is art hogan. unconventional president, art, doing something rather unconventional, going after the fed. the market reacting a bit to the news, particularly on the dollar side what do you make of this there's not thrilled and then there's "i'm not thrilled. >> yeah. i don't know why we get surprised when something unusual comes out of the president's mouth. we should be well practiced in all of this. at the end of the day the fed and the president are leaning against a stronger economy and one is trying to normalize policy rates, one is trying to get a more equal playing field on trade unfortunately those things are not necessarily working in conjunction. so the president looks at this as saying the fed is working against what i'm trying to do. i'm ftrying to reduce taxes and regulation here is the fed raising rates, when actually the fed is trying to get to a neutral rate so that if we roll over in the ec

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> at today's "new york times" editorial page, the headlinefree press needs you." you may see a similar headline in almost any paper you pick up today. "the boston globe" invited newspaperscross the country to stand up on president trump's attacks on fake newsg by push editorials on press freedom today. the president has repeatedly referred to t journalists as enemy of the people. more than 300 papers are expected to participate with #freepress. >>> new at midday, wre hearing om the parents of jordan mcnair, the university of maryland football player who fed after sufferom heat stroke. what they say should happen to the school's head coach. >>> and reaction to our breaking news at this hour, the death o singing legend aretha franklin. essence saying frklin's iconic voice touched all our souls. >>> new this rning, we are hearing from the parents of a university of maryland footballa player who dieer suffering a heat roke. we've also learned the pourboar regents will hold a special eting tomorrow that could consult in major changes to the univer

s nbc'san mcginnis is live now on capitol hill to sort through all of it for us. susan?ll, pat, the president's intel chiefs tried to provide a united front today gathering at the white house and talking about russianlection interference and what they plan to do about it. president trump's intelligence team presented a united front at the white house today a rirming thatussian election meddling is real and the u.s. is fighting back. >> we acknowledge the itthreat. s real. it is continuing, and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have tst in. >> free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries w seek as the dni just said to sow discord. >> there's no one in the administration obviously who is working on how we can that candidates who are running this year have their campaigns protected. >> reporte and it follows facebook's revelation of a foreign influence campaign designed to designmerica ahead of the mid-term elections. the president has