would not allow me to interview willie in person so i schedule a phone call with willie at marshlands house. shawn. as i go on. and you were with him those few hours right before i was that live. you know those final hours did you think it was going to go through the execution or did you. excuse me can go through the house lincoln. got three of them and all crimes and not talking to. the line and i'll do that he's a look at me on his face in the mirror you need to listen to me he was in no man's even when we don't do that. it's joe berlinger the director on a how are you and shell out and sean was a big row no. when you heard about you know the f.b.i. sending out letters that there was bad testimony about the forensics in your case and a whole bunch of other cases how did you react to that ah that was that with the hughes and the release next week i mean it. i don't know i mean you know the case with if it happened you know but leave that to fate. you know if they have an innocent person incarcerated willie manning still sits on death row and d.n.a. testing of the hair sample used to

would not allow me to interview willie in person so i schedule a phone call with willie at marshlands house. shawn. as i go on. and you were with him those few hours right before i was that like. you know those final hours did you think it was going to go through the execution or did you. excuse and go through house lincoln. got three hours you know and i'll cry and not talking to. the line and onto that he said look at me with his face in the mirror to blaze an enemy who using the known dead man's human we don't do that. it's job or a loser the director on a how are you and shot and sean was a member oh no. when you heard about you know the f.b.i. sending out letters that there was bad testimony about the friends six in your case and a whole bunch of other cases how did you react to that that was that was the hughes sent to release the next rightly so i mean if. i don't know i mean how the case was if it happened you know believe that the fate. you know they have an innocent person a car right willy manning still sits on death row and d.n.a. testing of the hair sample used to convict

. >>> all right, who do we have on now, willie? >> joining us now at the table, former deputy national security adviser under president obama, now an nbc news and msnbc political contributor ben rhodes, the author of the new book "the world as it is, a memoir of the obama white house." >> and willie, he's got to be thrilled. how smooth we operate here. >> he dives right into the nbc family, we've taught him the secret hand shake. ben, just broadly, to ask about your reaction to the decision by president trump to pull out of the iran deal, something you helped orchestrate. in your view what are the implications of that? >> well, first of all, this is something that took seven years to put th. years of sanctions with our allies, years of negotiating these painstaking restrictions on the iranian nuclear program. now you'll see a gradual unraveling of the deal. it's likely iran may restart elements of its nuclear program and that will leave us between a choice of taking military action or acceding to a nuclear capable iran and that' th

please welcome willie geist, ladies and gentlemen!know because -- so this is a a very weird story. because we've -- i've been on your show with you. >> thank you, yes. >> jimmy: which i love, by the way. you're fantastic. i love the show, it's so good. >> thank you, man. >> jimmy: but running into each other in the hallway, has only happened twice, i would say. and both times i was dressed as kenny rogers. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and it's a very odd thing for me, but i know you don't believe me. because i don't dress up like kenny rogers. >> no. so the last two times i've seen you, at least two, maybe three, you'ven which is the beard, the hair. like 1981 kenny rogers with a a vest. >> jimmy: yes, yes. >> like the country music awards. >> jimmy: dolly, kenny and dolly -- yes. but i'm in like a tuxedo and a a vest as kenny rogers. and i saw you and i go, "hey, what's up, buddy?" and we were talking, and i just go "take care and see you later." and then hoda and kathie lee were celebrating their anniversary. and so i wanted to d

there's no question here. >> willie -- hey, willie? -- a weird thing just happened. i had the feed from our show and suddenly kate mckinnon from "snl" came up. how did alex do that? getner her in a split box. the whole thing. it's not that donald trump is ignoran ignorant. he's lying -- >> no, bill clinton lied. donald trump is ignorant. >> there is a third theory. >> it's a compliment. >> there's a third theory and that is that he's delusional. >> well, he has his own world. >> he's living in his own world and i think that that is -- that has to be put up there as another explanation. >> joe, willie and i did the math. willie has the math. he's much better at math than i am but we started with a point of reference that if you are part of a family who lost a son with the fifth marines in 1951, the winter of 1951, willie, do the math on that. >> so cho sin was november and december of 1950, let's say you're a 25-year-old kid, right? let's say 20-year-old. you're a young kid. born in 1930. generously your parents were born in 1905 if the

here is willie geist. >> good morning. i'm willie geist in new york.n nbc news special report. president trump is arriving in singapore as they we speak ahead of the high stakes summit with north korea's kim jong-un. air force one has landed at a military base in singapore. kim jong-un met ahead of trump and met with that that country's leader. let's go to hallie jackson. >> reporter: we will see the stairs pulling up tolt do the df air force one. president trump will be stepped out and greeted by the singapore minister here and the question is how history will judge these talks between president trump and kim jong-un who is already on the ground, as you mentioned. he has already met with the singaporean delegation. president trump is expected to do that here tomorrow. then we expect much of the day he will be in prep and he will be holding briefings with his top staffers including his national security adviser john bolton who traveled here with him to singapore ahead fed discussions and the big morning is tuesday morning when the two leaders come face

former san francisco mayor willie brown hosted his annual free election day lunch at john's grill...willieippe) what's the most important issue for san francisco? (willie) electing london breed as its mayor. that's the most important issue." and, london breed, who currently serves as president of the city's board of supervisors... was one of a few candidates to join the party. london breed/mayoral candidate- "i think it is time for someone who is bold, someone who is fearless, someone whose willing to make the hard decisions to get our city back on track." angela alioto is also running for mayor and has served as president of the board of supervisors in the past says homelessness and housing are the city's most pressing issues.angela aliota/mayoral candidate- "we'll get through it. if i win, i win, if i don't win, i've got a great life, but i hope i win. i feel like i'm going to win." 111-year-old lucy mirigan was the guest of honor. she's the oldest voter in san francisco.lucy mirigan/111- years-old- "everybody go out to vote." sound advice from a woman who has excercised her right to vot

mayor willie brown tells kron 4 news, breed's win kron 4 news, brown tells mayor willie francisco formern person"service driven dedicated honest talented qualified brown "she is a sot willie brown "she is a talented qualified dedicated honest service driven person" former san francisco mayor willie brown tells kron 4 news, breed's win starts a new chapter for the city.sot willie brown "she will be embraced and she will earn it." the significance of breed as mayor, is not lost on her supporters. like chantilique jackson who grew up in the city.jackson sot "it is life changing you know, and it is going down right here in san francisco." breed sot "the reason why i feel so incredible about this because i think the message this sends to the next generation of young people in this city is that no matter where you come no matter what you decide to do in life you can do anything you want to do. never let your circumstance determine your outcome in life." (justine) the results are not final. according to elections officials, about 6-thousand ballots still needed to be reviewed. breed will serve

we spoke to willie and jenny and their two children. for too long they too had been struggling to find the most basic needs of their family. their children couldn't get the education they need. they often had to choose between continuing to go to school or have medicine and food. recently willie's salary started to drop and his hours reached the point that he couldn't support his family any more and he came here and has found opportunity and hope in brazil. we met hector and his beautiful family. he told us of the choice they had to make, continuing to provide education for their children or a roof over their head. hector fled first to brazil in december, his wife and the two children including a newborn followed a few months later. but each and every one of these families do want to go home to venezuela. they have our thanks and our continued partnership in this cause. let me also commend colombia and ecuador and all the nations providing shelter for venezuela, for standing with you. we truly believe this is a hemisphere of freedom. th

i'm willie geist. a major new twist in the standoff between president trump and special counsel robert mueller. "the new york times" has obtained the 20-page memo sent from the president's lawyers to the special counsel in january. arguing that the president cannot be forced to testify. that he could not have obstructed justice by firing former fbi director james comey, and that he has the right to terminate the investigation. we'll get into all of it with chuck todd in just a moment. plus, is a serial killer on the loose in arizona? four people have been shot to death in just three days including a psychiatrist who's worked on some of the nation's most notorious criminal cases. police say at least three of those murders are connected. and later, a sunday sit-down with oscar nominee andrew garfield. the actor, known in the movies as spider-man but on broadway as the tony nominated star of the iconic play "angels in america." >> now there are people who have never been to the theater coming to see a 7 1

willie brown, the young people who go to that school are precious, and we cannot give that space to a corporation and assume that they will take care of our children. san francisco unified school district needs to stand strong and control malcolm x and make sure that malcolm x is given everything that it needs to succeed in that school district. we cannot give that school up to a corporation and expect them to do the service that it needs for a school. so please stand strong and give these schools everything that they need for the school district. to all parents who are here mobilizing, whatever side you are on, i appreciate you standing up four your kids, and we need to go home and do a little more research on what the charter schools are really do, what they are really like, and what we can do to improve the schools in the mission and places that we are. >> thank you. can i get please a time? thank you. you have eight minutes left. >> president, mr. superintendent, members of the board of education, i'm amos brown, president of the san francisco branch of the national association fo

willie manning's execution was stayed after the f.b.i. emitted that the hair and ballistics testimony used to convict him for the double murder of tiffany miller and john stack was scientifically invalid. manning still sits on death row is one of thousands of cases reopened since former f.b.i. agent fred whitehurst blew the whistle on the f.b.i. crime lab procedures they should be honest and they're trying to tell you look at this without any bias in all that they tell you what they think you can find you had better make sure that this thing came out a particular way the f.b.i. has human enterprise what do you mean by that human enterprise and human enterprise fails. the problem that the bureau has got is if they fail. and you find out about it. world finds out about it it's a big big deal because they hold themselves out above that we're not human we're almost god like. because the system is a human enterprise and everyone involved has their own claim to the truth we have somebody who has for two decades claimed his innocence and to be b

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joining me now, willie brown. i want to get to the recent op-ed you wrote in "the san francisco chronicle" in this wh you say it's time for democrats to stop bashing the president. you also want to say a significant number of americans are happy these days. they're making money. they're feeling safe. and on and on. corey lewandowski's statement right there, do you agree with him and the president's message? is it powerful? >> well, let's be very clear. democrats need seriously to be focused on what do they offer as the alternative. that's exactly what i would be doing were i a candidate for public office. i would start, by the way, with a study of hillary clinton's book "what happened." can tell you exactly how she lost michigan, how she lost pennsylvania, how she lost ohio. she could tell you how she lost that election. we need to know that. and one of the issues in there was stop thinking that the weakness of trump can elect you. >> but how do the democrats fairly criticize the president? because at the very lea

willie geist, it bears repeating about rudy giuliani.in the mueller investigation saying things that are constitutionally inaccurate and hurt the president's cause, but he's interfered with the work ott president and the national security adviser and the secretary of state by saying stupid comments that, again, they had to disassociate themselves with and inserting himself with his stupid comments, the president's marriage and the first lady clearly it could not have been more explicit in saying he doesn't speak for her. he hasn't talked to him about, quote, anything. it bears -- it bears reminding viewers and i know for those of us who have spent a lot of time in new york, it bears reminding viewers that this is a guy who not only guided new york through 9/11 in an admirable, i thought, remarkable way, but also, as i wrote in one of my columns, a column that rudy giuliani attacked, called me stupid and reminded me i had never been knighted by the queen of england. one of the great achievements of the 20th century was the turn around of

willie, tell them what you have this sunday. >> good morning, guys, good to see you as always.ost is daily show host trevor noah. we talk about his astounding journey from apartheid south africa where his biracial background literally was a crime. now to sitting in the chair previously occupied by john stewart. our sunday sit-down with trevor noah plus the latest in news and politics this weekend on "sunday today." remember, you can catch us in the morning live or set the dvr and watch us any time. for now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip and i'll see you on sunday morning. >> looking forward to it, willie. thank you. >> now to the top stories, the president's long-time fixer and personal attorney michael cohen is looking to gag the lawyer for lawyer for actress stormy daniels. he is filing an order asking the judge to ask him to stop speaking with reporters and giving information about the legal case about cohen and the president. avenatti has been tainting the case with a, quote, publicity tour that has included more than 100 tv interviews since march. avenatti c

happy to have willie along, hoda takes time off.this was an earthquake the retirement of justice anthony kennedy. >> it sure is. if yesterday is any indication, we are in for a bare knuckle fight. >> let's go right to justice kennedy and this vodown of his successor. >> this will be president trump's second pick and it could lead to a historic right to the supreme court. the president says he will work off a list of 25 potential nominees he used to select justice gorsuch last year. >> democrats are demanding a vote be delayedal after november mid-term election, citing president obama's nominee of merritt garlands because the 2016 nomination was about to be held. >> senator majority leader says this time it's different. >> regardless of when it happens, the impact will be felt across this country for decades to come. we've got complete coverage for you this morning. let us start with nbc news' justice correspondent pete williams at the court for us. hi, pete, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, it's impossible to overstate this. thi

willis. but he would neverjoin with his team—mates at the gameslj willis.m of bowel cancer. november 2015, i was diagnosed, quite a late diagnosis, we were deselected, luke and i, obviously a tough thing but surprisingly not that big of a deal when what becomes important is effectively survival. it deteriorated so quickly, the biggest thing was the ongoing tiredness, from being in pain the whole time. started my treatment with chemotherapy, several rounds of that, not respond particularly well—suited. i did basically a week and a half of condensed radiotherapy to reduce the size of the gym and reduce the pain. you feel bombproof in what we do, you fly around the world, you compete, half of that is bravado. you do not expect it to happen to you. did you watch the olympics? i cannot express it another, i had zero interest for anything, could barely be bothered to press the button for netflix on some days, into the end of 2016, i began to feel a bit better, then i was starting to live and get out and about and fitness came back. he decided to swap competing fo

like willie, he starts stumbling on "land that i love."-- at belmont this weekend it's not that he fails in the stretch, the gate opens and the horse just lies down. "god bless america" he's stumbling in "land that i love." as far as the candidate thing goes, donald trump is a "south park" character come to life. the famous "south park" song "blame canada." he's, and there are actually some conservatives saying well you know that canada was actually a part of the british empire at the time and they bragged about burning down -- the british, the british burned down. but that shows you just how stupid some of trumpists defenders are. that they're actually striking out for anybody bringing up the fact that great britain, yes, great britain burned down the white house. and you can't defend donald trump. one guy quoted a smithsonian article that had in the body of it, that great britain burned down the white house. >> well canada wasn't a nation until 50 years later. i think it's important to point out, it was a british colony as you rightly sa

and she's a big fan of bruce willis or the film? the film in particular, yes. -john mcclane. right?s. okay. the character. all right, let's get back into this. john -- not john mcclane -- john, you have command of the board. go ahead. select. this category will blow you away for $200. don't try it at home, but it's the art form being practiced here. -mirza. -what is glassblowing? -that's it. -blow away for $400. mirza. what is "a midsummer's night dream"? no. david. what is "a midsummer night's dream"? yes. no s on the end of "midsummer." back to you, david. pop culture squirrels for $800, please. mirza. -who is rocky? -yes. the flying squirrel. squirrel for $1,000. david. -what is the "animaniacs"? -that's it. blow for $600. usually made from a ram's horn, it's traditionally blown during the jewish high holiday of rosh hashanah. -john. -what's a shofar? -yeah. -tongue-twister for $200. -david. -what is a woodchuck? woodchuck could chuck wood. yeah. blow for $800, please. mirza. -who is guy fawkes? -yes. blow for $1,000. mirza. who is neil simon? neil simon. yeah. had a lot of succe

willie, look at this water. if this water spills, we're all going to get wet. >> uh-huh. >> but i can't drink that water. >> why? >> i just can't, i can't drink that water, the last, the last host put that water there, i can't drink it. >> what? >> i can't drink the water. >> okay. >> willie, can i drink the water? >> i think you can drink the water. >> no, i cannot. barack obama put that water there, i cannot drink it. i can't drink the water. i cannot drink it it is impossible. are you catching on yet. i can't drink the water. >> is the water a parallel -- >> it's barack obama's fault. he put the water there, i can't drink it. >> okay. >> what's in the ns today. >> president trump said -- his executive order -- i saved the water by drinking that water. >> thousands of children still detained by the u.s. government might disagree. where are the girls? it's not the only issue the president feels that he has fixed. >> we're doing well at solving problems. you know what when i became president, we had north korea,

i ran as willie brown, the best candidate. believe me, i only wanted somebody who was lesser. >> i think that parties will adapt to this over time. they're just trying to do this i think while parties hate it, we know that a lot of folks in california, biggest fastest growing group, that means these are a lot of people who don't like the parties even if they identify with one or the other. the more the parties say we hate this, the more people in california are saying this is great. >> do you think it's a good system? >> i think it's a terrible system. i believe we ought to go back to the partisan ship and allow however people who decline the state to participate in whichever party they want to participate with for vote purposes period. i do not think it is productive to say there shouldn't be a republican and a an independent just think about it. american independent party and all the other parties, they are nonexistent when it comes to the final count because they've been eliminated in the primary. i don't think that's healt

now on 5c, willie woo woo playground, award of contract.we could have staff please come up. >> president buell: a presentation and then we'll ask commissioner if his comments -- >> hello, commissioners. commissioner i am reuben schwartz, the newest project manager with the capital division, pleasure to meet you all and project manager on willie woo woo wong. a san francisco resident, parent and resident of bernel heights. two-fold agenda item, discussion and possible action to, one, award a contract for the construction of willie woo woo wong playground to c.l.w., to not go over $800,883,600, and increase it by 64,700,000, not to exceed $1,300,000. inspire public space, specifically 1.2, to strengthen the quality of parks and facilities. strategy number two, inspire play, objective 2.2, strengthen and promote healthy, safety and well-being of youth and seniors. and this is a very heavily used park. the site is being completely renovated. scope of work for the project includes the renovation of all existing park features, including athletic

gerri: and gerri willis. gerri willis. just as he thought no one cared about the trade issue in a trade issue and i've written it off, they really cared. cheryl: negotiating tactic may be a trade war. how would this affect the future is that the president turning up the heat against china as a trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies continue to grow into potential trade war. the president to stop a 10% tariff on $200 billion in chinese imports and tears on another $200 billion of goods to china if beijing decides to retaliate. china: the trump administration blackmail, adding that will respond with what it calls strong countermeasures. gerri: that's right. the trade standoff between the u.s. and china. japan and china together. "the wall street journal" reports that beijing wants more investment from japan is chinese economy slows down. president trump reportedly telling apple did it's imported from china would not face the u.s. tariffs. china accounts for about a quarter, 25% of apple's annual revenue. che

willie, we were just talking about this. people quoted that verse in the past, justify. >> romans 13, been used during the american revolution to stay loyal to the crown because it's the law and during the time of slavery. slavery is the law. follow the law. >> he's using a verse that was used to justify slavery by slave holders. >> we'll talk about that next on "morning joe." woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. avo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nerv

willie? savannah? >> pete williams, thank you. >>> president trump had plenty toay about the future of the supreme court during an overnight rally in north dakota. while bac in washington, a contentious fight over the fure nominee alrea underway. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker hasf that part the story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. all of washington i poised for a bruising battle with democrats arguing the process should be delayed beyond the mid-terms. republicans, who don't technically need any democratic vote, wt quick action. overnight, president trump saying he's ready for the senate battle ahead. j >>tice kennedy's retirement makes the issue of senate control one of the vital issues of our time. democrats want judges who will rewrite the constitution any way they want to do it and take away your second amendment. >> reporter: butemocrats are already gearing up for a fierce fight, with roe v. wade, gay rights, and voting rights at stake. p >> if thesident nom

i'm willie geist the debate and public outcry remain eat heated. the end of the week and ening the administration of separating children from parents and detaining them at the border. more children were reunited with families as protests grew across the country. president trump speaking at a campaign event in las vegas, again blamed democrats ee roenzly for the separations and argued that his hard line immigration policy will be good politically for republicans come fall. we are live at the border and will talk to chuck todd and jacob who spent week reporting from the front lines of this issue. >>> and later a sunday sit-down with blake shelton. blake invited us to his new bar in nashville to talk about the long road to success. and how his life changed when he sat in the big red chair on the voice where he met coach and girlfriend gwen steph i guardian after their divorces. >> i think in the back of our mind we both thought, this is a rebound deal. i mean, because, we were both coming out of a pretty low spot in our lives. and we were kind of clin

>> reporter: good morning, willie. this was supposed to be a celebration of the arts here in the city of trenton. it's called art all night. a festival with paintings and music that goes into the early morning hours. police tell us there were actually hundreds of people gathered near this warehouse, but mercer county prosecutors say at about 2:45 this morning two men armed with guns walked into the festival, began to open fire. witnesses actually tell us they heard an argument, some fighting in the moments before the shooting. what you're seeing right now is video shot by one of those witnesses. a chaotic scene as hundreds of people fled that scene. prosecutors say in total 16 people were shot. one of them includes a 13-year-old boy who is in critical condition right now. authorities say they are investigating this as an officer-involved shooting because the one person who is dead according to police they believe is one of those shooters, the 33-year-old man. authorities also say a second suspect is in custody, but the

willie? to point out one thing. the u.s. catholic bishop conference has condemned this. the pope was asked about it a moment ago. he said simply i am on the side of the bishop's conference, agreeing with their view that it is immoral. >>> amid the growing outrage of the trump administration's policy of separating migrant children from parents a group of democratic state attorneys general sent two letters to attorney general jeff sessions yesterday calling on him to reverse the policy. joining the conversation, the attorney general of new mexico, hector balderas who led that letter, and a former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquaid who added her name to the prosecutor's letter. general balderas, let me start with you, what do you believe is the quickest and best course of action to stop this policy right now? is it convincing the president of the united states to make the phone call that could end it, or is it pushing congress to move quicker than the president could? >> i belie

in new york on thursday, good morning i'm gerri willis and for lauren simonetti.erri: lots of news. let's get to it. president trump holds a big rally cutting process on immigration and trade after the president signed an executive order to allow parents across the u.s. border illegally to remain with their cn. tracee: connell mcshane is in duluth with the details. >> the president rallying supporters in duluth, minnesota in doing so in a day when immigration was all around the country. spoke briefly about the executive order signed earlier in the day allowing parents and children after crossing the southern border but quickly pivoted to the tough stance he intends on keeping when it comes to the topic of immigration. >> so we are going to make it great for americans and we are going to take care of people and those who are ports of entry. we want people to come in through merit, not just her luck or happenstance. >> the campaign style rally is taking a lot of time to gripe about when it comes to the economy. here in minnesota he talks about international trade. i

in person so i schedule a phone call with willie at marshlands house. and then as i go on. and you were with him those few hours right before i was that low. our days in the you know those final hours to do you think it was going to go through the execution or did you receive all the. excuse and go through how snake and. got through you know and all crimes and not talking to. the line and on to that he's a look at me on his face in the mirror you know to listen to me he was into you know and it means you know men we don't do that. it's joe berlinger the director on a how are you and shell out and shawn was up and grow you know. when you heard about you know the f.b.i. sending out letters that there was bad testimony about the friends ics your case and a whole bunch of other cases how did you react to that are that with that with the hughes and the release next week i mean it. i don't know i mean you know the case with it happened you know but these that the state. you know if they have an innocent person incarcerated willie manning still sits on death r

willie and savannah? >> quite a kickoff. thank you. >>> also this morning, we are learning more about a mysterious illness striking american diplomats in china. nbc's andrea mitchell joins us. >> reporter: the state department has evacuated some americans from china. today issuing an expanded health alert for all of china. u.s. officials fear they're the victims of targeted sound wave attacks. in an e-mail, an american diplomat tells nbc news he first noticed the unexplained symptoms last year. working at this u.s. consulate in china. he started hearing strange noises and getting headaches. now, he is one of several american staff and families the state department has evacuated. a health alert cites vague and abnormal sensations of sound and pressure. american diplomats now targeted in two countries. officials say the incidents in china appear to be the same syndrome that first struck 24 americans at the u.s. embassy in havana last year. where some suffered systems that were similar to brain injury. u.s. officials speculated

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with our friend willie geist. good morning. >> good morning, good to see you as always. ahead of the 4th of july. bobby invited me to his summer home in the hamptons to talk about his rise from high school drop out to a food empire. i hit the grill with bobby to get tips from the master that we'll share for your barbecues this summer. our sunday sit down wit bews an or set your back to you, phillip and melissa, and i'll see you on sunday. >> sounds good, willie. thank you, sir. m'll leave you the sounds of the back slive pictures from thi valley - our dublin camera - >>> and it is finally friday morning to you. look at the people on the road ready to go. i guess this is the early fourth of july weekend. >> you've got to get in to get out. >> these are live pictures from tri-valley. get ready, everyone. things are about to heat up. kari has been telling us about that and will fill us in more in just a moment. thank you so much for starting your morning with us, i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez, laura is off today. the traffic situation is going to build and heat

savannah and willie? >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> also this morning, this high-stakes letter expected to be delivered from kim jong-un direct tly to president trump tt could pave the way to a meeting. chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more on what we could expect. good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. remember last week when president trump called off the singapore summit originally and told kim jong-un, do not hesitate to call me or write. apparently the north korea dictator is taking the president up on that sending a secret message to the white house and saying publicly overnight according to north korean staid med media, he's recommitting to duh denuclarzation. we've heard that before. will that be part of the note kim is sending to president trump today? signed, sealed and soon to be delivered to the white house, kim jong-un's personal message to president trump handed off later today by kim yong chol, the right-hand man to kim jong-un. what will the letter say? not

i will say this, willie geist. some elections last night that happened.ction in new york state that we're going to talk about. but first, mitt romney, a guy who when he moved to utah, i'm sure a lot of people didn't think that mitt romney was going to get back involved in politics. he did. he won by a massive landslide last night and willie, he won saying, i'm going to washington, but i'm not going to be like mitch mcconnell or paul ryan, i'm not going to be trump's puppet. if he does something i disagree, i'm going to speak out. >> imagine that. somebody who's consistent that way. >> loves the country. >> when he is appalled by something the president does, will say so. and it was actually just a couple of day before utah republicans chose mitt romney as their senate nominee last night, he published an op-ed, this is two days before the election, declaring his independence from president trump. he wrote this. i have and will continue to speak out when the president says or does something which is divisive, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, dishonest or des

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willie, good morning. >> good morning, guys. good to see you as always.s week on sunday today, my guest is country superstar and coach on the voice, blake shelton. i sat down at his nashville bar with the reigning sexiest man alive. we talked about how the voice changed his career and how his relationship with gwen stefani saved his life. plus all the latest news and politics this weekend on sunday today. you can catch us in the morning or set your dvr and watch us anytime. i'll send it back to you frances and phillip and i'll see you sunday morning. >>> the president is hailing it as a win but it is a legal decision that could have really big implications for your wallet. the supreme court says online retailers can be forced to collect sales tax. is a ruling that could have a major benefit for states all across the country. but at what cost? nbc's jo ling kent has more. >> reporter: your online shopping may get more expensive. the supreme court ruling that internet retailers can be required to collect state sales tax in online transactions. so what does

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. >> reporter: hey, willie. good morning to you. seems like nobody is happy with how the hearing turned ou republicans frustrated with the department of justice, democrats frustrated with what ty see as gop grandstanding, and in the middle of it all the deputy attorney general not afraid to fire back a congress' confrontation turning testy. >> your use of this to attack m personally. >> i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: rod rosenstein swatting away attacks fromic repus directing red-hot anger with the justice department at the man who oversees the investigation. >> whatever you've got, finish the hell up because this country is being torn apart. >> reporter: for hours lawmakers laid into the attorney general and fbiis director c wray. a political drama on camera and on fire. >> no way to subpoena phone calls. >> i'm just saying -- i'm reading what the press said. reading what the press said. >> i suggest you not rely on what the press says, sir. >> who are we supposed to believe. >> thank you for making clear it's not personal, mr.

way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for williebrown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being u

here's a preview with the aforementioned willie geist. >> good morning, guys. this week. on sunday today, my guest is homeland star claire danes. we talk about her growing up in show business, the role of cia agent carrie mathison thatchall while expecting a second child. our sunday sit-down with claire danes plus the latest news and politics as always this weekend on sunday today. you can catch us in the morning or set the dvr and watch us anytime you like. back to you, frances and phillip, and i will see you on sunday morning. >>> in just hours, president trump will head to quebec for the g7 summit days ahead of his face to face with kim jong-un in singapore. but it's trump's own war of words with some of america's closest allies that's worrying many after he accused canada, frantz, and the eu of harming american farmers and levying massive tariffs against the united states. it has prompted the leaders of france and canada to respond in kind, threatening the u.s. by joining forces with other members of the g7. the white house now says president trump will be

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willie brown -- norman said, i have an airport named after me and willie brown said, i have a bridge named after me. charlotte has topped them all. she has the stairs on the rotunda of san francisco city hall named after her. how cool is that? also, since i am giving out some thanks. we should give great thanks to mark chandler. the director of international trade. without him, our sister cities would not be able to function. mark, thank you. and then, again, as the mayor said, the right hand man the does all the hard work, matthew. thank you. [applause] you know, i am so honored to represent the 19 sister cities that san francisco has. excuse me. as the mayor said, i am the cochair of the san francisco city association. the cochair with me is kathleen. [applause] and the heart and soul of the sister city, the hardest working person, the most important person is our executive director. as the mayor said to, osaka is the oldest sister city relationship that we have. last year we celebrated our 60th anniversary. we hope to go for another 60 years. the mayor mentioned that in order to p

(willie) no, not at all. i'm not running anymore. so, i don't have to be nervous.nd and predict with no liability for wrong." he says president of the board of supervisors, london breed has his support for his old job. london breed/mayoral candidate- "these are really challenging times. we know with homelessness, and the need to build more housing and so we have to have someone whose willing to push through the bureauacracy, the red tape and the craziness that get in the way." breed says she's the best leader for the position. former board of supervisors president and current mayoral candidate angela alioto -- says vote for her.angela alioto/mayoral candidate- "i'm in this race for homelessness, i'm in this race for substance abuse. i'm in this race for people that have addictions that we can help and get off the streets of san francisco. our iconic city isn't the iconic city it's always been when you have such poverty."david chiu/assemblyman- "this mayoral race could set the stage for many years to come with the passage of mayor lee." george gascon/district attorn