the vfw is a nonpartisan organization. when the president is charged to speak to an audience like that it may not always be the warmest reception. as far as the picture he replayed -- portrayed of the veterans at scandal from last year, we thought the president at least acknowledged that there is more that the v.a. needs to do. we are not quite there. i think everyone can agree that veteran care is not right needs to be. especially veterans like myself who use it. however, even our own polling shows that veterans perception of the v.a. is improving and care delivery may be improving. what is critical to that is to make sure that this gets pushed through before congress goes on recess next week so that the ba can continue to deliver that care. host: 42016, what is your organization planning on doing as far as at least talking to the candidates about the issues? do you get involved? guest: as a matter of fact, the vfw always talks to the candidates. we hosted a convention last go around. barack obama and mitt romney joined u

vfw, as i look around this auditorium, i see that the love of country and the devotion to duty spans the generations. that spirit endures in those who wear the uniform today. we saw that, once again, last week in chattanooga. back in massachusetts, tom sullivan cheered for his boston teams. in battle, said a comrade, sully "was just everything that a marine should be." in two tours in iraq, he earned a combat action ribbon; for his wounds, two purple hearts. when he was warned that a gunman was there in chattanooga, he ran in -- so that others could live. today we echo the words of his community: gunnery sergeant thomas j. sullivan "was our hero and he will never be forgotten." "thank you for protecting us." [applause] growing up in georgia, skip wells was a true servant leader -- devoted to god and to his friends, quick to lend a hand or put you on his prayer list. during his hometown's fourth of july parade, he was so proud to be a marine that he went in his dress uniform. just 21 years old, a year out of boot camp, easy going, always smiling, even during the hardest drills. a frie

that is why the vfw wants answers. back to you. jenna: sounds like a lot of folks want answers on this one. william, we'll see what we find out. thank you very much. quite a story. jon: you're normally excited about a first date right? this one takes a violent and twisted turn after a woman kills and shoot as man she met online. why authorities are not charging her. >>> plus defense secretary ash carter meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. how he is trying to calm israel's concerns over the iran's nuclear deal. >>> we are just minutes away from major announcement from ohio governor john kasich. he is expected to become the 16th candidate in the very crowded 2016 republican race for the white house. >> politicians in the house and senate talk about what they want. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers carpenters and piano tuners were just as simple? thanks to angie's list now it is. we're making hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. you don'

thank you, vfw. we're proud of what you do. [ applause ] >> you just heard president obama speaking to veterans in pittsburgh at the veterans of foreign wars and it ended on an emotional note as we heard president obama speak about the five service members killed in that shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, last week. he honored those four marines and the sailor who ultimately died from his wounds in that shooting. president obama saying "we will not give into fear, you cannot change what makes us americans." he also said the white house flag has been lowered to honor the victims. thank you so much for being here with us, i'm pamela brown in for ashleigh banfield on "legal view." i want to bring in my colleague gloria borger to talk about more from what we heard from president obama today. gloria, very emotional there at the end. >> yeah, i think so. very emotional, heart felt speech calling for the release, i might add, of four americans held in iran as well. talking about the iranian nuclear deal, h

during his vfw address he also spoke about the nuclear deal with iran. moon while, ash carter is in -- that the agreement with iran will not threaten israel's security. jaime mcintyre is live with us and jaime, do we know yet what the secretary has been able to accomplish on this? >> if this nuclear deal in fact results in iran that is stronger militarily because of the lifting of economic seances and the eventual of a conventional arms embargo. he didn't expect to change any minds there and based on what we have heard you could say mission accomplishes. he didn't change any minds we did meet for two hours with the prime minister, he left without any sort of formal joint statement. he spoke with the u.s. troops that are part of the coalition. conducting air strikes against isil in iraq, and there he told the troops that despite the way the meetings had gone, that u.s. israeli relations remain rock solid. we don't agree on everything, and the prime minister made it clear that he disagreed with us, with respect to the nuclear deal. but friends can disagree

knows exactly which states and which vfws and so on. he's organized it.all over the place in his van filled with paints. i think you saw the back of it. he sleeps in that van often when he can't find someplace else to sleep. and he's eventually going to wind up at arlington national cemetery, on or about veterans day. that's his last stop. >> great. colonel, thanks so much for that report. and for your service to our country. appreciate it. >> and yours, too. >> thanks, sir. >>> up next, why more employers are answering the call to help veterans get a job. ♪ to steady betty. to steady betty. fire it up! ♪ am i the only one with a meeting? i've got two. yeah we've gotta go. i gotta say it man, this is a nice set-up. too soon. just kidding. nissan sentra. j.d. power's "highest ranked compact car in initial quality." now get 0% financing or a great lease on the nissan sentra. ♪ to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hea

thank you, vfw. we're proud of what you do. >> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the president of the united states protecting vets. president obama just spoke to the vfw convention in pittsburgh after that deadly attack in chattanooga. >> we are going to keep doing everything in our power to protect the american people including our men and women in uniform. >> sweet 16 governor john kasich just speaking from ohio jumping into the republican field. >> there are a lot of people in america today who are not sure that that american dream is possible, that that american dream is alive, and i can understand their concerns. >>> and no regrets, donald trump speaking this hour in south carolina today. ignoring calls for him to drop out of the race. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president obama just wrapping up in pittsburgh. let's bring in our panel. welcome to both of you. paul first to you. we heard the president speaking about cuba, iran, what happened in chattanooga and the defen

. >>> and flames rip through a virginia vfw. the situation so intense, a firefighter was knocked unconscious. >>> a couple in fairfax county came home last night after an evening at a casino and suddenly found themselves victims of a violent crime. the 66-year-old woman's purse was stolen as she stood at her front door. then she was shot as she chased after the suspects. news4's darcy spencer is live in fairfax and how the woman is doing right now. darcy? >> reporter: jim, first, i want to tell you, this is a very quiet neighborhood just off the street here it is a dead end, a cul-de-sac, not the place where you would expect something like this to happen. the family here believes very strongly that these victims in their 60s were followed from the maryland live casino last night. this all happened just before midnight. the woman, like you said, drove home with her husband from the casino, had walked to her front door and that's when one of the suspects grabbed her purse. we are going to go to some video of the neighborhood. we a

because for me they can become old men and drive by this vfw and say, i saw this flag painted. i saw this flag put on this wall by an amazing artist. >> reporter: lobaido's latest art project is his gift to all those who serve in the armed forces. >> i'm just a messenger. god gave me a gift. my parents molded the talent. and the men and women in the armed forces give me the right to use it. i'm just going around and spreading it. ♪ >> reporter: his art is indeed a masterpiece. but he says what really inspires him is the american flag and the dedicated people who defend it. colonel jack jacobs, nbc news, denver, colorado. >> that's 39 states down. 11 to go. and that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. ==peggy/vo== a beloved teacher, lost in the wlilderness for over a week now. the major search and rescue mission that's underway right now, to try to find him....and bring him home el snamt beloved teacher lost in the wilderness for over a week. the search and rescue effort that is underway to

because for me they can become old men and drive by this vfw and say, i saw this flag painted.put on the wall by an amazing artist. >> his latest art project is his gift to all those who serve in the armed forces. >> i'm just a messenger. god gave me a gift. my parents molded the talent. and the men and women in the armed forces give me the right to use it. i'm just going around and spreading it. ♪ >> his art is indeed a masterpiece. he said what really inspires him is the american flag and the dedicated people who defend it. colonel jack jacobs, nbc news, denver, colorado. >>> that's 39 states down. 11 to go. and that is "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm kate snow reporting from new york. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >> was cheating involved in the blake miranda split? well it depend on who you ask. welcom

in denver it took hours just to paint this one. >> to me they can become old men and drive by this vfw and say i saw this flag painted. i saw this flag be put on this wall by an amazing artist. >> reporter: his latest art project is his gift to all those who serve in the armed forces. >> i'm just the messenger. god give me a gift. my parents molded the talent. and the men and women of the armed forces are giving me the right to use it. ♪ were so galantly streaming ♪ >> reporter: he says what really inspires him is the american flag and the dedicated people who defend it. colonel jack jacobs, nbc news denver colorado. >>> great day to be outdoors. it will be on the hot side. humidity returns from overnight. nice for late july. still seeing dry skies for the most part. we are tracking a few isolated showers. humidity is back. you will feel that as you step out this morning. a few isolated showers maybe some thunderstorms. better chance north and west. we are heating up today. 90 degrees. we will be into the mid 90s by the middle of the work week. friday, 86 degrees. picture perfect end t

still in defending the iran deal before the vfw audience in pittsburgh the president south to sought to convey his concern. >> journalist jason should be released. pastor siad should be released a former sergeant in the marine corps should be released. these americans need for be back home with their families. >> reporter: what was interesting is that the president portrayed that the u.s. government still at this late date does not know where former fbi agent robert levinson is. >> and the president also today belatedly to many ordered the american flag at the white house lowered to half-staff in honor of the shooting victims in clath chattanooga. >> reporter: the white house promptly ordered flags flown at half-staff to honor the victims of a number of other shooting massacres in this country, some involving service personnel and some not, from ft. hood to virginia tech to sandy hook. but for some reason the decision to lower flags above the white house and above u.s. embassies and military installations abroad in honor of the four marines and one navy sailor killed in the apparent

. >> john is the commander of vfw post 2445 where the monument was stole on main street. he's upset not only about 117-year-old piece of history is gone, but because of the work recently done to the area where it stood. >> vfw helped support it. us and the township donateed x amount of dollars for it to get done. >> reporter: brady says eagle scout andrew and his troop recently put in parch benches paved walkway leading up to the monument that was hidden in overgrown grass. >> this is the plaque that will be sent to him neck week for doing a great job. redoing the monument everybody forgot about and refurbish everything him and his troop. >> reporter: police believe someone took the plaque from the monument sometime over the weekend. likely for scrap metal. >> it's a shame for the sake of the couple dollars it will bring somebody that now something of historical significance is gone. it's lost. >> reporter: brady hopes anyone involved the thief or the person who might buy it will have a conscious and return the black to its rightful place. >> i hope whoever bought it off

the president is in pittsburgh to speak at the vfw's annual convention.st time he did so since the last visit in 2012. the president is expected to highlight reforms in the wake of last year's scandal for delayed health care for our nation's veterans. president obama's report comes amid reports that veterans' wait times for doctor appointments have increased in the past year and with the va struggling to cover its backlog of benefits claims. the white house says the president will also unveil a new rule to help military members who are victims of predatory loans. and he's also expected to lobby for support of the nuclear deal with iran. joining me now in our studio nbc news analyst, retired army colonel jack jacobs. we're also expecting the president, perhaps, to make a comment regarding john mccain and being an american hero as the president has referred to. let me get your take what's happened here with john mccain. >> we also use the term hero all the time and there's a great deal of truth in that but john mccain worked very very hard to resist the mos

. >>> president obama is set to speak to the vfw national convention in pittsburgh next hour.he white house says he plans to highlight new rules to prevent predator lending to service members. the administration says it is closing loopholes. >>> congress is working on a new bill that could mean an end for so-called sanctuary cities. it would block federal funds to any city that does not turn over immigrants to federal authorities. it follows the shooting death of a woman by a illegal migrant. >> the man who killed kate is a classic case of multiple felonies and prior deportations and a simple phone call would have been enough but that did not happen. >> the man accused of killing the woman had a history of felly convictions. he had been deported five times. he said he went to san francisco because of its sanctuary policy. >>> ohio governor john kasich is expected to announce he is running for president. he has the highest approval rating of any governor in the country. as for the current republican front runner donald trump he is being asked to drop out of the race. he said se

someone swiped three of the flag which belong to the coatesville vfw post 287. >>> police in northfield atlantic county are missing a device men to the slow down drivers. they believe a thief made a speedy getaway. check out this tweet. someone stole one of their electronic radar signs that show you their speed. it was posted on cedar bridge road. we checked online and fon those devices sell for about $3,000. >>> the time is 5:05 in new information about hazing allegations at st. joseph university. an investigator fon nod violations by the university or the women's softball coaching staff. two players -- former players filed lawsuits against st. joe's and the head coach. the students claimed they were harassed forced to drink alcohol and engage in sexually demeaning acts. the lawsuits are still pending. the school canceled the team's last three games of the season after the allegations surfaced. >> 5:05 now. 78 degrees. happening today, tom wolf will be in chester conte to discuss education. he'll also get questions about the current budget standoff. this is all part of the schools that

service members at a vfw convention in pittsburgh pennsylvania slammed trump's comments today. >> donaldrump makes a lot of statements, no substance. no substance whatsoever. >> if mr. trump had served in the military, he would know that everyone that volunteers to serve our country protect our flag are heroes. >> trump who's leading recent republican op poll never served in vietnam. he had student dee ferment and ultimately suffered from a pope spur in his foot. >>> for the first time in more than 50 years there will be a cuban embassy in washington d.c. tomorrow cuban officials will raise their country's flag above the building and it will be open for business. u is s meanwhile will open an embassy in havana part of the recent thaw in diplomatic ties that that been ice cease since 1961. >>> stay with us. straight ahead on "eyewitness news" tonight a woman is pulled from flaming car by two teenaged brothers all of it is captured on camera. fine out what was racing through their mind as they leaped into action. plus a hero's welcome. world cup hero carli lloyd returns to south jersey see

. >>> a firefighter passed out after this fire at a vfw outpost in front royal. this was saturday afternoon. the firefighter spent the night in the hospital after passing out. the colonel samuel miller building on north royal avenue was destroyed in the fire and the damage is worth over half a million dollars. the atf is investigating. >>> today, d.c. police are holding a community meeting to talk about synthetic drugs. the use is on the rise and police believe it's contributing to the crime. seven district police officers will be at campbell ame church to talk about that tonight. >>> it's 4:31. time for another check of the forecast. more summer weather. >> yeah. coming our way for sure. 72 degrees. yeah. 72 degrees right now. let's check in with tom kierein. >> i know, a little blurry this morning. 72. it is quite humid too. we have the showers pulling out of the mountains and into the shenandoah valley. between luray and up stephen city and east of there a few light sprinkles in southern loudoun county, southern prince williams. haymarket and along 66 and then

mccain again as he put it not doing enough to help vets during his time in the senate service members at vfw convention in pit burying slammed trump's comments. >> donald trump makes a lot of statement, no substance. no substance whatsoever. >> if mr. trump had served in the military, woe know that everyone that volunteers, to serve our country protect our flag, our hero. >> trump, who is leading recent republican presidential polls, never served in viet nam. he said he had student deferments, and ultimately, suffered from a bone spur in his foot. >> record setting rain taking et cetera toll on section of southern california. collapse is rained on rain and flooding in the area. we all know california needs the rain, not all that much, all at ones. >> absolutely, all at once, never a good thing you end up within mudslides, landslides all of that. >> back here though, my gosh katie, a miserable yesterday and more today you think? >> more today. we will see couple of very scattered showers thunderstorms fire up. enough to help cool you down at least briefly. almost like this is one of the times

. >>> a massive fire at a vfw post in front royal is under investigation tonight. the colonel samuel millar building is destroyed. the fire started around 1:00 saturday afternoon. it went to three alarms. a firefighter was knocked unconscious after falling to the pavement. they kept him in the hospital overnight for observation. officials tell us the damage is set at more than $500,000. the atf has now joined the investigation. >>> so storm team 4 track and higher humidity today. we caught a break this weekend, but what about chances for rain? amelia? >> reporter: tomorrow is one of those days to have the umbrella happy, but you could end up not meeting it. tomorrow morning isolated shower chances in the forecast. as we move into the afternoon hours tomorrow afternoon a bit of a better chance that you're dealing with rain. scattered showers and maybe a thunder shower at that point. a high tomorrow of 85. here's your morning planner. temperatures in the low 70s at 6:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m., we're at 78 degrees. it's a cloudy and humid start. again, some isolated showe

and at today's vfw convention in pittsburgh, veterans weighed in. >> it offends every veteran. >> he was wrong, totally wrong. you got senator mccain, you know, any veteran that served in the service, especially a p.o.w., really is a great hero. >> reporter: republicans say their trump problem will now take care of itself, but that doesn't mean he's going away anytime soon. at least not before the first debate next month. >> i'm real comfortable being on the stage with him and confronting him on a host of issues that he's just wrong on. >> reporter: republican strategists tell us they think this is the beginning of the end for trump's candidacy, but they don't expect him to go quietly. still, it will take a few days to see how these latest comments are affecting him in the polls. jeff? >> glor: julianna, thank you. cuba is opening an embassy for the first time in over 50 years just blocks from the white house. and cuba's flag will be raised at the u.s. state department. cuba hopes the restored relations helps end the u.s. embargo. a 60-today review with the nuclear deal with iran. th

we'll hear more about that today, aaron when president obama addresses the vfw convention, where a lot of vets say they're upset with what donald trump had to say about john mccain not being a war hero. then saying he was a war hero. only because he was captured. mccain last night in new york did not defend himself, but another republican, lindsey graham, he defended john mccain saying he is in fact an american hero. and those poll numbers you were talking about, the latest is "the washington post"/abc poll that shows trump with 24% support, almost twice as much as governor walker of wisconsin. the next republican behind him. however, this is telling. most of that poll was conducted before the mccain comments. if you take a look at the small portion that was conducted afterwards, donald trump loses quite a bit of support. so we'll have to wait for the next big poll to come out to see just w standing right now as a front-runner in many national polls in the republican race. >> all right, we'll be watching. tracie potts, thank you. >>> 4:48 your time right now. we learned about a second

the vfw called trump's remarks despicable. mccain weighed in on msnbc this morning. >> i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> reporter: some republican analysts predict that this will be the flap that does trump in but each new controversy seems to drive his poll numbers up and three national polls charlie, within the last week have showed him pretty comfortably leading his g.o.p. rivals. >> rose: thanks, nancy. donald trump joins us now on the telephone. mr. trump, thank you for doing this. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so what do you get out of this, this fight you're having with the republican party with its candidates about heroism, about john mccain and about what is a hero and what is not? >> well, you know, it's very interesting, but it all started when i had 15,000 people in phoenix a week ago, and he said they're a bunch of crazies. that was very insulting to those people. they were great p

i'm glad that the president is going to speak to the vfw today. i'm a member of the vfw. working very hard to turn the ship around in so many ways. and i hope that the president has his back on this. i think republicans and democrats alike would really like to have the president out there saying the buck stops with me, and we're going to turn things around and get this system up and running the way it should be to take care of our veterans. >> how do you do that? how do you make the system that is so bureaucratically bloated turn around? how do you do that? >> well you have to i think, model it more towards like private industry but let's be realistic. in a private practice and i practiced privately for 27 years, your increase in productivity is what keeps your doors open. you have to be productive to keep your doors open. for the v.a. it's been the opposite. when you're productive you have dollars going out. we need to talk to and reward the care givers that are actually taking care of patients and find ways to increase their productivity to be on more of a scale as that

will the president address that later today at the vfw?sm and fact our military is being hit at home would all be great. we'll see. >>> after the tennessee attack one gun owner taking precautions. >> i will not arm and train those that wish to do harm to my fellow patriot. we're in battle for our homeland security way of life. >> is he going too far? a live report straight ahead. i tried tylenol but it was 6 pills a day. with aleve it's just two pills, all day. now i'm back! aleve. all day strong. hey america, still not sure whether to stay or go to your people? ♪ well this summer, stay with choice hotels twice and get a $50 gift card you can use for just about anything. go you always have a choice. book now at choicehotels.com now? can i at least put my shoes on? if your bladder is calling the shots ... you may have a medical condition called overactive bladder ... ...or oab you've got to be kidding me. i've had enough! it's time to talk to the doctor. ask your doctor how myrbetriq may help treat... ...oab symptoms of urgency frequency, a

greater mockery because he was uttering those words to the veterans combat veterans most of them at the vfwntion? >> yes. >> john hannah, what are we to make of a president who sends an emissary defense secretary ash carter to israel to meet with the prime minister and has -- there is no message, there is no voice of support from this administration or the united states what are we to make of that and what should be the israeli response? >> listen i think secretary carter is the best thing in this administration at the moment. the problem is he's got an absolutely lousy policy to try and defend. and defending this kind of policy to israel or any of our allies in the middle east who have been opposed to this deal from the start who view it as empowering an existential threat to their survival you can't defend that to these countries. >> how about saudi arabia? >> the prince there, our arab allies led by saudi arabia and egypt are prepared to take military action following this deal because they acknowledge that they have no american support and they're up to their own devices, resources and

today we join the people of ohio including vfw post 187. >> law enforcement officials are pouring over evidence trying to determine if abdulazeez had any impact with the terror group here to talk about the latest investigation, i want to get to the tennessee shooting in a minute. can you tell us about the latest plot in the u.k. to attack american military service members overseas. >> remember the season of ramadan, there are a lot of directives going out to attack kill military -- there's a u.k. plot that busted armed forces day, we had our july 4th plot in new york the same type of threat. now, this is similar to that in terms of an attack on military in the u.k. and these two individuals were getting ready to go to syria as well. it's just a -- every week we're hearing about one of these plots. we saw one successfully pulled off in charting into ga. >> the media has been focusing a lot on isis we're told today that abdulazeez was following al alaki, the radical cleric. does that surprise you that he was inspired by al qaeda, and not isis? >> not at all. he's probably one of the most

this is one of the many messages the president said today in a speech at the vfw convention

>> that is what the vfw study told us.ad choice. remember 81% of veterans have multiple ways of getting health care whether it's medicare, tri-care, v.a. what we're seeing as we improve care is more and more veterans are deciding to xlcome to v.a. the thing we have to be more vigilant about is as we continue to improve care, how many more of those veterans are going to be coming to v.a. for their care? >> all right. thank you, mr. chairman, for this hearing. thank you for the time, and i yield back. >> did i hear you just say that in june you were at the point that you were going to have to tell veterans you were out of money and there was no longer the ability for them to have care provided for them in the local community? >> to the purchase care program we started pulling money about 290-something million from vera to supplement that pool of money in probably early, middle of june. >> is that an accurate statement to say that veterans would not be able to have care provided for them outside of the v.a.? >> except through

. >>> a firefighter passed out after fighting a fire at vfw post in front royal, virginia.was saturday afternoon. the firefighter spent the night in hospital. the colonel sam millar building was destroyed in the fire. officials say the damage is estimated at half a million dollars. the atf is now investigating. >>> angie goff at the live desk where we have this developing story out of vienna. a nuclear deal between the u.s. six world powers and iran could be announced. now, this would limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for a lighter sanctions. secretary of state john kerry sounding pretty optimistic saying negotiations so far have been fruitful. even if a deal is reached in vienna there could be an uphill battle in washington. senate majority leader mcconnell already suggesting that congress will likely not support it. we just updated this story at nbc washington.com. eun? >> thank you, angie. >>> 6:19 now. a developing story, crews are searching for a small private plane that never reached its destination in washington state. take a look. this is a plane they're look

celebrate the fourth of july and someone swiped three of those flags which belonged to the coatesville vfwpost 287. >>> a new accuser has come forward against convicted child molester jerry sandusky and it could mean new charges. that new accuser will get his day in court in october. he claims sandusky abused him at a penn state football camp nearly 30 years ago. a judge will hear arguments on the statute of limiting as in the case. sandusky is serving 30 to 60 years in prison for molesting young boys. >>> subway is suspending its relationship with spokesman jared fogel after authorities raided his home as part of a child pornography investigation. gabe this is troubling in so many areas. >> yes, vai, good morning. very disturbing allegations and this neighborhood is stunned. we should point out that jared fogel has not been arrested and he's not been charged with any crime. as you mentioned subway suspended its relationship with one of tv's most recognizable pitchmen after fbi agent and indiana state police raided his home here in an indianapolis suburb yesterday. law enforcement official

he will make remarks at the vfw. and so we'll wait to hear when he suppose the veterans what he says. what we are being told is there will be some remarks. we can't get into all of them but he will address them among other things predatory allegeding. we hope he addresses predatory jihadists. but in the meantime the white house stands on this. president obama came out and made clear, we take, this is a quote, we take all shootings very seriously. >> first of all, fell to the family of kate steinle. they still haven't heard from president obama and he still hasn't condemned that attack. a criminal alien killed a woman in broad daylight in san francisco. so i don't think they take all shootings seriously. secondly this isn't just a shooting. this was a terrorist attack on our country. isis published a hit list of american service members. they called on the members to attack at home and all of a sudden, it happens. this is an attack on the country. and he has to respond to it. he can't simply ignore it. he's got no cho

. >>> a firefighter passed out after this fire at a vfw outpost in front royal. take a look, this is the scene on saturday afternoon. the firefighter spent the night in the hospital after passing out. the colonel samuel miller building on north royal building was destroyed in the fire and officials say the damage is worth over half a million dollars. the atf is investigating. >>> a community meeting in d.c. to talk about synthetic drugs. d.c. police want to discuss the dangers that you need to be aware of. the police department and the mayor say that synthetic drugs are contributing to crime. that's at 6:30 tonight at the campbell ame church. >>> today in wisconsin republican governor scott walker is expected to enter the race for the white house. just last night, walker instagrammed a photo of his nieces on stage where he will speak today. he's the 15th candidate to join the republican primary. right now, walker is polling at just about 6%. that's according to a reuters poll. jeb bush and donald trump are tied for first. >>> today, montgomery county council will

president obama is headed up to philly to talk to the vfw convention and many of them have been criticalf these comments from donald trump. john mccain didn't defend himself in new york last night, but lindsey graham did. a south carolina politician by the way who's running for president against donald trump. he said that john mccain is in fact an american hero for serving -- for being taken as a p.o.w. for 5 1/2 years. so we'll get some new perspectives on that today. there's one person at least who hopes at least for one day all this goes away and that's ohio governor john kasich. he's expected to announce his own run for presidency today. if you're keeping track, i believe that's number 16 on the republican side. aaron? >> we will keep counting. >>> today, the president will speak at the veterans of foreign wars 116th convention in pittsburgh. he signed a bill that will allow all honorably discharged veterans to get an i.d. card to prove their status. the president will head to new york for his seventh appearance on the "daily show with jon stewart." >>> then later this week, the pres

. >> upper providence police are looking for a woman who they say stole $3,000 from vfw post that disappeared on july 20th. that's in royersford. newspaper deliveryperson said they thought something was suspicious when they saw car in the parking lot at 3:00 in the morning and they alerted police. >> drivers watch in horror as this guy darts under a passing train. rolling back and forth on the tracks. what he did when witnesses tried to get him to stop. a thief targets a little boy just waiting for his mom at work. >> who would take a -- i-pad from a four years old? >> that's a good question. what witnesses saw out the front window right before this guy struck. >>> plus a disturbing find on the front lawn of a famous church. what the pastor is calling an act of terrorism. >>> and worms in the water pouring out of faucets in the sinks and bathtubs. >> you're thinking, i drank these things. i showered with these things. >> you sit in the tub, you got worms in your tub. where are they going? are they crawling up you? >> the mystery tonight no one can figure out. >>> who done it mystery in media

. >>> today, thousands of american veterans headed to pittsburgh for the annual vfw convention.any are there right now. the convention runs through wednesday. started this past weekend. it provides lots of resources and workshops for veterans around the country. the u.s. secretary of veterans affairs will be speaking there. >>> right now, jill biden is in vietnam. she's visiting four countries in asia this week. she sat down with vietnam's vice president yesterday and they spoke about the role of women there. >>> former president george h.w. bush is waking up back at home this morning. he was released from the hospital yesterday. doctors treated him for a broken bone in his neck. which he suffered after taking a spill at his home in maine. his neurologist said that this type of fracture is actually common with seniors and falls. president bush is 91 years old. >>> a northern virginia native vying to become miss america. alyssa howell graduated in loudoun county in 2013. she's competing in the pageant as miss nebraska this fall. >>> well, we want to take a live look outside the n

the president speaking to the vfw today did not mention the flag but clearly part of the plan as he addressed the shooting. listen. >> we honor the five service members killed so senseliless in had chattanooga. we're grateful for the police who stopped the rampage and saved lives. and we draw strength with another american community what has come together as an unmistakable message to those who try to do us harm. >> reporter: obviously, those in chattanooga appreciate the fact that the flag was lowered in half-staff. saying the president can light up the white house in spectacular colors to show supreme court decision he can show support for the troops by lighting it up in red, white and blue. >>> hackers prove they can take over cars from anywhere. the hackers can disable your brakes can punch your accelerator and potentially even swerve you into a wall. it's coming up and coming from the fox news desk. >>> plus -- oh nellie it's bleepin' golden. we have breaking news coming in from the associated press. our blago has just gotten great news from an appeals court. some of his convictions -- w