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[ bleep ]. >> ashley garcia took that video from her seat on the plane. she spoke about the ordeal to cnn last night. >> honestly, it was something that i would have never imagined. it is always been such a big fear of mine and to have it actually happen is insane. when it was happening, i thought this cannot be true. >> not a scratch there. the crash investigation is just getting under way. more than 100 survivors trying to explain how they made it out alive. leyla santiago has more from mexico city. >> reporter: dave and kaylee, we are learning more about the plane accident as well as the survivors. we understand more than half of the 103 people on that aeromexico flight were from the united states. u.s. citizens. many of them are already heading home connecting here in mexico city. as we have spoken to them, they told us when they got on the flight, it was raining outside. there was wind and something, some wind gust is how they described it, brought the plane down. there was a dash to get off the plane and then they saw flames and smoke. many, all, we have spoken to say this was a miracle. now the investigation begins. the investigators have been able to recover the black boxes and say they are in good condition and they will be critical in getting a better understanding of the sequence of events and what led up to that plane coming down. even the ntsb has sent some investigators to look into it. in the meantime, many survivors are saying they are just lucky to be able to tell their stories. dave. kaylee. >> leyla, thank you. priceless royal artifacts stolen from the swedish cathedral in a daring plot. the thieves making off with the jewels belonging to former monarchs carl and katherine. they were taken from the cathedral west of stockholm. suspects escaping from across the sea in a small open top motor boat. the items stolen were part of the funeral regalia from the king and queen. the stolen artifacts pales in comparison to the swedish culture history. >> wild story. president trump ratcheting up the pressure on china with the trade war, but it continues to worry investors. stock futures and global markets dropping. friday's jobs report could provide relief, but for now the worry is on the proposal from the trump administration. u.s. trade rep will consider raising tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200 billion of chinese goods. the u.s. and china have imposed tariffs on goods worth tens of billio billions, but sarah sanders says the mission is clear. >> the bottom line is the president will continue to hold china responsible for their unfair trade practices. this has gone on for long enough and he will do something about it. >> there will be a public comment period of time running until september and the administration will make a final decision. health officials in ohio say more than 500 became ill after eating at chipotle in columbus. samples from a number of people will be tested. the first lawsuit has already been filed by a chipotle customer who says he ate three chicken tacos on sunday. the man is seeking $25,000 in damages. chipotle says it is working with local officials. >> a tough couple of years for that chain. ahead in sports. yankees pitcher sonny gray rocked twice. first on the mound and then on social media. coy wire has more in the bleacher report next. mi psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. 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>> i believe he does. >> did he ever directly talk to you about what was going on in your marriage or between you and zach? >> not the abuse. he never spoke to me about the physical abuse. he had, you know, made a couple comments to me and we had a couple of conversations briefly. how are you doing. everything okay. >> the full interview is available on watchstadium.com. meyer denies knowing anything recently. he said being on leave will fa sill tate -- facilitate its completion. meantime, ohio state says quote, we are focused on supporting our players and on getting to the truth as expeditiously as possible. once smith gets his chance to tell his side, it will be corroborated by police. the offensive coordinator ryan day will be named interim head coach. boos from the crowd at yankee stadium raining down on sonny gray during the third inning loss to the orioles. he allowed 7 runs and 8 hits. that is adding to his struggling season. afterwards, racially charged tweet emerged. he called the tweet quote an inside joke. he is now the fourth mlb player to have offensive tweets from the past emerge. kaylee, the mls all-star game set a record for the game. >> 72? 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president sits down with mueller. the president's lawyers offered to provide written answers to obstruction questions. trump legal team wanted the interview limited to things before he took office relating to collusion. >> "the new york times" reporting that the president is pushing his lawyers to do an interview. sources tell "the times" he believes he can convince them this is a witch hunt. but rudy giuliani is not on board yet. >> he always has been interested in testifying. it is us. the team of lawyers that have reservations about it. >> the source tells us the two sides are talking, but taking baby steps toward each other. >> it did not take long for the president to fire up his twitter feed. he is calling on jeff sessions to put an end to the rigged russia investigation now. he has criticized sessions' decision to recuse himself from the russia probe. >> this raises questions from the president with all of the allegations. was president trump just venting or was this an order from the top? we get more from cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: dave and kaylee, president trump has made no secret about the discord for the investigation. he called on the attorney general jeff sessions to bring an end to the russia probe. the white house quickly responded this was all about the president's opinion. not a directive to end the investigation to the attorney general. we asked press secretary sarah sanders. how does she know it is opinion or presidential directive. >> when he tells you as a member of his staff, how do you know it is a directive from the president or his opinion? >> the president makes it clear. the president is not obstructing. he is fighting back. the president is stating his opinion and clearly. he is expressing the frustration. >> reporter: no question the russia investigation continuing to consume at least some of the president's bandwidth here. the president is traveling for another campaign rally this week. he is campaigning for the midterms. after that he will end up in new jersey by late this evening. he will start summer recess vacation there. the russia investigation and all the fallout is sure to follow him. dave and kaylee. >> let's discuss this with political reporter tal kopan from washington, d.c. good to see you. any reaction from the hill on all this issue? >> dave, the reaction from the hill is not great that the president is openly asking jeff sessions to somehow stop what he calls this witch hunt and the probe. your moderate republicans and especially the ones involved on the judiciary committee are saying the attorney general recused himself. he doesn't have authority to do this. then you hear words like troubling or concerning. you still have republicans who say it will never happen. we don't actually have to discuss this seriously. at the same time, obviously democrats are up in arms about it. for republicans, this makes them uncomfortable and wade into territory that is not in their comfort zone they want to talk about heading into the midterms. if this were to become a specific presidential order, it would put them in a very, very position defending that move from the president. >> susan collins called it entirely inappropriate what the president is tweeting about jeff sessions. >> tal, i want to read a clip from "the wall street journal." quote, we can appreciate mr. trump's frustration which began as a probe in 2016 has stretched past two years. the damage from firing mr. mueller is predictable it is hard to believe even mr. trump would tempt such fate. your reaction to that? >> i'm not sure anyone should be in the business of predicting where trump will and won't go. several things people thought he would never do and here we are. you can't say for concern what he will do. certainly the justice department as an institution is set up to promote as much independence. it is an incredibly important foundation part of the democracy that the criminal justice system is immune from political whim. it simply cannot be used that way and shouldn't be used that way. you have to imagine if the president were try to unilateral do this, he would meet resistance. you can imagine as the famous story that james comey was involved in, you can imagine threats of resignation and various parts of the administration trying to pull him back. at the end of the day, this president, if he has shown us, he does what he wants to do and at a certain point, if he has the authority, he may very well use it. >> and the point that you are making is the democrats would love him to try and end this investigation. it would be a big win for democrats come midterms. let's turn toward immigration. the president wants to run on that. he reiterated alongside the italian prime minister. he tauklked about it with rush limbaugh yesterday. perhaps taking the focus off the separated children. what is the status of the hundreds of kids still separated from parents? >> dave, there are still hundreds of kids who remain separated. the government reunified 2/3 of children separated from parents at the border. the last several hundred are the most difficult of all. upwards of 500 children, their parents are no longer in the country. those deported parents, it is not clear how they will be tracked down. that court is looking at it this week as we move into the next phase. reunify the tricky cases. how do you go about finding these parents and trying to figure out if they actually meant to leave the country without their children as the government insists they did. the attorneys say many of them did not understand the papers and choices put in front of them and ended up back in central america or wherever they came without their kids. trying to figure out what they want and in the best interest of them and children will be a monumental task. there is really no clear timeline for when all of these hundreds of children or as many as possible will be reunited and put back in contact with families. >> the last update was 429 children remain in government custody. >> tal, we heard the officials compare the detention centers as summer camps. we heard from jeff denham on fox news last night. >> i read an account in the place you visited was clean and kids were taking field trips. most or all reunited with an dumt -- with adults they have come here with. that doesn't fit the narrative. >> we should not need any of the facilities at all. we should secure our borders and stopping the catch and release program. we should fix the broken immigration system. including an earned pathway. >> tal, what is your understanding of the truth? two versions happening inside the facilities. one from the government and the other from people released from them. >> i think in a way, kaylee, both are true. these facilities run up to a certain code. required to provide certain amenities and provide recreation time. the nuts and bolts on paper, not necessarily alarming in that regard. the question is, you know, the nature of these children's stay in the places. that is where you start to see the more troubling accounts. first of all, there are various accounts of lack of oversight and in case abuse of children or potentially the children harming the other children. there are hundreds of these reports dating back years and years. well before this administration that various people have looked into over time. there is that concern. the simple fact and this is the thing when one of the government attorneys invited the judge who ordered families reunified invited him. the judge says that is a nice offer, but that is not the point. it is not how well these kids are treat in the facility. the fact they are separated from parents when they got here and put into the facilities. i have spoken with families once they have been reunified. they say their kids are not the same. they are terrified of simple things. clearly it is not a good situation for these children. >> and for the president as a political issue, he has to get his own party lined up behind proposals first before taking aim at democrats. they have not found the votes in the house or senate for the plan. we shall see. tal, thanks for being here. beer sales are slumping, but one brewer thinks he found a new ingredient that may spark higher revenues. we'll explain next. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. save $200 on this dell laptop at office depot officemax. save $200 on this dell laptop does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. comcast business gives you gig-speed in more places. the others don't. we offer up to 6 hours of 4g wireless network backup. everyone else, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business 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operating theory is terrorists are not interested in the smaller airports and they are targeting larger airports. national security experts disagree. >> isis message is attack anybody big or small. anybody you can go after. so the opportunity to go after a 50-person passenger jet is very attractive. >> reporter: the concern is the lack of imagination for how bad actors could exploit security weaknesses at smaller airports. after our story broke, tsa sent talking points communicating how to respond at airports nationwide. a final decision has not been made. dave, kaylee. >> rene marsh reporting. let's get a check on cnn money. wall street looking at lower open. stock futures are down following mixed results yet. strong corporate earnings are still up in the air. tesla suffer the the biggest -- suffered the biggest quarterly loss this morning, but investors feared worse. the company burned through $400 million in cash reserves last quarter to ramp up production of the model 3. tesla 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