their wagon to any leader either. there have been calls throughout the day on social media for more protests, but they don t seem to have materialized. but what we have seen today are marches in various cities across the country in support of the clerical regime. the situation is very puzzling here and what started as a provencal demonstration over the economy has turned into very, very political. right now we have more it questions than answers. the quigest question of all is what does this all mean for the future of iran. a major question, as ali brought up, the situation developing in iran. thank you. want to bring in michael o hanlon, from brookings institution and christopher hill, former ambassador to iraq. michael, i ll start with you. state up hire, how significant do you think the protests in iran are?
steve: jillian joins us on this monday morning for headlines. jiff jiff tough to listen to for sure. good morning. is today the day justice antonin kennedy calls it questions. the speculation is growing at this hour. he will renounce his retire on the last day before summer recess. if he does throw in the towel that would give president trump a second supreme court pick. the high court also expected to decide what action to take on president trump s travel ban. and the justices could weigh in on a separation of church and state case that deals with a missouri church playground excluded from a state grant program. this is really heart-breaking. nine people are dead. dozens of others missing after a party book packed with people suddenly sinks. take a look at this video. four story ship plunging under water in just a matter of minutes in colombia. time laps video shows rescuers racing to the scene pulling 100 people from the water. it s unclear what caused that
he has to face. so jane, nbc news learned before this came out about kushner coming under scrutiny for this information leading to sergei kislyak. there you can see the different people. it s like where s waldo. kislyak is waldo and then everybody around is around him. how is this all going to play out into the already existing probe or is this something most likely that robert mueller and other folks have already been sitting on, they knew this? they may have known this. but this is a big billow of smoke as the post called it themselves. here is the biggest headline, that there was a desire to talk? this, without american intelligence knowing it. if you re doing nothing wrong, why dow why do you worry about your allies, your own countrymen knowing what s going on? continually when you say over and over again as the campaign said we didn t have anything to do can russia, we don t care about russia, whatever happens happens, then we see this, it questions what were you saying you be
visit with a group of boyscouts in washington to participate in a near century old tradition looking ahead the president will be welcoming at least two foreign leaders and expect additional leaders later but first next week chancellor merkel of germany will visit the white house and welcome the prime minister of iraq. with it questions? shawn, it s been a full yhonathajonathan. thank you. it s been a full three days since the president said that president obama had his wires tapped his phones tapped at trump tower in those three days has the white house come up with any evidence whatsoever to prove that allegation? i addressed this multiple times the president put out a statement on sunday saying we
as the obama administration enters its last couple of weeks in office. victor? it s a starting point. barbara starr, thank you so much. this was one of the hottest gifts of the holiday season. amazon s echo. maybe you received one. it s this voice activated digital assistant, you can ask it questions, order things, even stream your favorite music. now police in bentonville, arkansas want to know if the must-have gadget in millions of homes can do something else, solve a deadly whodunit. martin savidge has more on the story. reporter: what did you hear? hi, there. reporter: is it possible the digital assistant in the echo device witnessed a murder inside this arkansas home? that s what police in bentonville are wondering. only they are not asking the device. they are asking echo s maker, amazon, and so far the tech giant is saying no to a police warrant seeking data and