A newscast reviewing and analyzing top stories of the day as they happen. So an engineer has stabilized the dam for now. You heard them state their plan. Claire stagers with us from the university of lynchburg. Good to take to you, claire. Good to talk to you. How are you doing today . Shepard good. Might have been frightening when they said 125 houses could be under 17 feet of water. Yes, sir. Im not part of that but im close to it. It would turn my tenminute commute to 30 minutes if i had to reroute. Shepard i guess three inches of rain in an hour, thats a lot for anybody, even your part of the world. Yes, sir, a lot of water. Came into our basement as well last night. Shepard thanks, claire. I know theyve been trying to shore it up. They have taken a 3 x 3 foot area, a spillway, to relieve the pressure. The problem is theres rain on the way. Lets get to Rick Reichmuth live
in the extreme weather center. How are they looking in lynchburg . We have one bad batch of storms but things g
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. That decision still has not been made. They have been delaying this time line here and stretching it out to some great length. Although Rudy Giulianis comments yesterday campaigning for house candidate of all things in New Hampshire were interesting. Essentially trying to call Robert Muellers bluff. Saying if youve got the goods, now is the time. Heres some of giuliani extending that Poker Metaphor a bit. We believe that the investigation should be brought to a close. We think were at the end of it. They should render their report. Put up i mean, i guess playing poker, we say put up or shut up, what do you got. We have every reason to believe they dont have anything. Chris, we play aed a lot of that sound yesterday. Let me make a small distinction here i think is notable. What i am starting to hear from Congressional Republicans on the hill,
A roundup of the days events. Hillary clinton. Did ivanka know about it . The president tonight responding to his own daughters words, and abcs Kyra Phillips leading us off. Reporter they were the pictures that stunned the nation. Migrant children in detention centers, thousands of them separated from their parents by the trump administration. Today, ivanka trump speaking out for the first time, describing it as low point for her. A low point in the white house for a number of your colleagues was the kids at the border issue. What is your view of that . Yes. That was a low point for me, as well. I feel very strongly about that, and i am very vehemently against family separation. I am a daughter of an immigrant. My mother grew up in communist czech republic, but we are a
phillips, shes with us live tonight from washington. And kyra, the president reacting to ivanka trumps words today . Reporter thats right. Ivanka trump said today she doesnt believe the media is the enemy of the people,
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Mueller outlining their defenses of the president on Obstruction Of Justice. The key element of their defense was that President Trump did not know that his National Security adviser Michael Flynn was being investigated by the fbi when the president talked to fbi director james comey about letting flynn go. James comey quotes the president as having told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let it go. The Trump Defense team has said that it is impossible for that conversation to constitute Obstruction Of Justice because the president did not know that the fbi was then investigating Michael Flynn. But murray waass reporting that the white house memo that he read is a timeline prepared by White House Counsel Don Mcgahn showing e
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. The boston globe was the first to expose a program called quiet skies. Involving marshals tracking american citizens to gather data on their travel behaviors. The goal is to thwart any aviation threats. Marshals are looking for abnormal awareness of surroundings, excessive fidgeting and rubbing or if you slept during your flight. Something i always do. Im a sweater who sleeps a lot on the plane. They are keeping their eye on dave briggs. The fast Spreading Carr Fire in Northern California has now claimed six lives. The Wildfire Doubling in size to over 95,000 acres this weekend. More than 1,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. A broken hearted ed bledsoe lost his wife and two great grandchildren in the fire. He was on the phone with them as
the flames closed in. I talked to junior on the phone until he died. He just kept saying grandpa, come and get me. The fire is coming in the back door. Come on, grandpa. I