New record and the bans past dramas, plus theyll perform right here in studio 57. But we begin with this mornings eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Lets get back to james comeys testimony. Would you be willing to speak under oath . 100 . President trump fights back. Im not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. Who would do that . This was an extraordinary News Conference where in just a matter of moments the president accused his former fbi director as a liar. Ill have to come up with something. Goat radio. Hanging by a thread. Mays facing calls to quit following the shocked election result and the loss of her conservative ma jourtd. Majority. And im soims. The bus crashing on the front lawn. The invenltder of the hawaiian pizza is dead. He said he did it for fun. And he throws it down. Cleveland is still alive and golden states perfection comes to an end tonight. One game. Its going to be even tougher for game five but we look forward to the challenge. All that take a look
Into Severe Weather. Earearly today starts right n. Good Tuesday Morning. Im frances rivera. Rumors swirling around the white house that President Trump is considering firing special Counsel Robert Mueller, just as the russia investigation turns to attorney general jeff sessions. The ag will be in the hot seat today testifying in front of the Senate Intelligence committee. Nbcs Peter Alexander has more about the testimony as well as details on President Trumps bizarre Cabinet Meeting. President trump facetoface with jeff sessions. Its great to be here. Reporter the attorney general preparing to break his silence on russia testifying in public before congressional investigators days after james comey addressed his role in the controversy. We were aware of facts i cant discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russiarelated investigation problematic. Reporter will the white house invoke executive privilege. It depends on the scope of the questions and to ge
And that stems from policies that have been adopted over the last several years that officers believe tie their hands, with respect to doing their job. Reporter she gave examples, as of january juveniles cant be cited for fare jumping. Bart recently passed a sank shoeary policy, and the police have shanktuary policy, and the police have another policy. They fear of being rep remanded for use of force, there is an awful lot of paperwork that occurs, these are the things i am hearing from the officers. Reporter the chief says he is hearing more optimistic news. What i have been getting is a lot of positive feedback in what the future holds. Reporter bart board member, allen, said the department should study why few are applying but the chief wants to focus elsewhere. Because somebody applies doesnt mean they are qualified. I want to spend time and effort on the back end and really compressing our processes for recruitment, testing, and hiring. Reporter if anyone out there is interested i
Right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination. Just a few moments ago, former london mayor and strong lead backer, boris johnson, spoke to the press, paying tribute to David Cameron and hailing last nights results. To those who may be anxiety, whether at home or abroad, this does not mean that the United Kingdom will be in any way less united. Nor indeed does it mean that it will be any less european. Nbc matt bradley is live in london with more on this. Matt, lets talk about the reaction to all of this, millions and millions of people. 1. 3 million votes separating the two camps. It was a pretty narrow decision, alex. No under estimating the importance of this. It is being called Independence Day by those who supported it, and a complete disaster who hoped to remain. It is unpresident departmentsed decision. No country has ever left before. Really there is just no going back for britain. Already here, heads are rolling. Im standing in front of t
Phipps exwife and two daughters hired an attorney. Today she called for a criminal and a civil investigation. Not only the outdoor picnic at the park here but also in the way that police handled the search, which went on for a few weeks. According to the family here, last month the whitmore House Assisted Living Center took phipps and a group of other elderly residents to a picnic at watkins regional park. The 80yearold disappeared while walking to an outdoor bathroom. Police found his body yesterday. According to families, phipps made a living as an executive chef. He played the tambourine at church, loves betting on horses. But dementia forced him to move closer to his family in maryland. We trusted whitmore house assisted living with our father. We hoped that they would keep him safe and provide his care. And its obvious that didnt happen. The family had no knowledge that mr. Phipps was going to be leaving what they had assumed was a very controlled environment where his whereabouts