Suspect has spent his last 24 hours. We still need to remain vigilant to ensure that no other packages or devices have been left in the community. Officials say the 24yearold suspect blew himself up as s. W. A. T. Officers approached his car. Police say he is responsible for all six incidents that result in five explosions and two deaths over the last three weeks. But officials have not conclusively determined whether this man was working alone. I will speak with the mayor of austin in just a moment. But first, our ed lavandera is live in round rock just north of austin with the very latest on what happened and whats going on right now. Ed. Reporter good morning, john. A surreal ending to this story that has essentially traumatized and paralyzed much of the city here over the last three weeks. You can look at the activity here along interstate 35, the southbound lanes of interstate 35 north of austin. Were in the town of round rock, still shut down. You can see the police and investiga
And now convicted attorney, Michael Cohen. In his first interview since being sentenced to three years in prison, Michael Cohen told abc news the president s claims are just not true. Nothing in the Trump Organization was ever done unless it was run through mr. Trump. He directed me, as i said in the plea, he directed me to make the payments. But thats not all. Nbc news has confirmed a wall street journal report that trump was in the room with National Enquirer publisher, david pecker, and Michael Cohen in august of 2015 during the actual hush money discussions. This is a direct contradiction to what trump said back in april. Remember this . Reporter did you know about the 130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels . Why did Michael Cohen make those . Didnt know where the money came from. Lets start with white house correspondent, Kelly Odonnell. Regarding the hush money payments, cohen said trump knew it was wrong and trumps intent was to, quote, help the campaign. Has there been a reaction fr
If washington. The Supreme Court hearing a landmark case right now, started maybe 40 seconds ago. This could be something that may transform politics. Seeing some of the wild maps here with Steve Kornacki. Justice isnt looking at that and pi all accounts theyre pretty split. New moves by facebook that can and will affect your privacy. Why that have the stock ticking up just a bit in the last half hour. Well break down what you should know later in the show. Lets start with hands nicole in seoul. Not only did this meeting happened but what was talked about in it. Give us a window into their thinking, what happens next . Well, what happens next, halle, delegation from china is coming here to seoul to brief the south korean government on what they learned about kim jongun and the meetings they had in beijing. The view here is this trip by kim jongun shrouded in secrecy is hes very serious about talks. Both with South Koreans in april and potentially with President Trump in may. There is s
To Robert Mueller . President s personal lawyers, theyll make that decision. Or make a recommendation to the president on that. I dont think anythings off the table. But now with cobb stepping aside, with the addition of flood, trumps legal team could take a more adversarial posture when it comes to Robert Mueller and that could set the stage for a more contentious fight going forward. The big question we are asking about this development, do the changes in trump a s legal tea suggest that he is going to war with mueller. Weve learned the special counsels legal team is trying to figure out a way to compel the president to testify. At a meeting back in march, reportedly the meeting turned tense when the special counsel to was told he had no other option but he claimed he does. A subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury. A president ial subpoena would be deeley significant. Only three president s have ever faced the prospect of being compelled to appear before a grand jur
Post that attorney general Jeff Sessions recently told the white house he might quit if President Trump fired his deputy, rod rosenstein, whos, of course, overseeing the russia investigation. The post reports that according to people familiar with the exchange, quote, sessions made his position known in a phone call to White House Counsel Don Mcgahn last weekend, as trumps fury at rosenstein peaked after the Deputy Attorney general approved that fbi raid april 9 on the president s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. In the phone call with mcgan, sessions wanted details of a meeting trump and rosenstein held at the white house on april 12, according to a person with knowledge of the call. Sessions expressed relief to learn that their meeting was largely cordial. Sessions said he would have to have had to consider leading as the attorney general had trump ousted rosenstein, this person said. Tonights story says the president has derisively nicknamed Jeff Sessions mr. Magoo and rosenstein m