Good morning, everybody. It is friday, june 29th. em Yasmin Vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf. Were going to begin with that deadly shooting that happened at the Capital Gazette. Three senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news the suspect has been identified add jared ramos. He was charged with five counts of first degree murder. A bail hearing has been set for later this morning. Ramos sued the Capital Gazette for defamation. A court ruled in the Capital Gazettes favor and an Appeals Court upheld that ruling. Police were note fided about an active shooter yesterday. Phil davis who was inside of the building tweeted this. A gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire and on multiple employees. In a later interview davis said it was quote, like a war zone inside the newspapers offices. He said he and others were hiding under their desks when the gunman stopped firing. Authorities took a suspect into custody without exchange of fire. Editors at the Capital Gazette continued to report on the tragedy. This is the papers front page this morning. And the shooting victims shared a profession in bringing the public the news. Yesterday their friends and family told their stories. A reporter spent decades living his dream writing about sports he particularly enjoyed covering his alma mater where he met his wife andrea at a bar after he covered a Football Game and assistant editor celebrated his 33rd wedding anniversary. They are three kids. He remembered him for his humor. Many called him a mentor. He was 59 years old. And wendy winters chronicled her Community Writing around 250 articles each year. A mother of four. Journalism was a second career for her. Her life was a gift to everyone who knew her. And fishman was 61 years old and started at the gazette in 1992. The newsroom marvelled when he married a woman who he had met online. And a maryland nation and selfdescribed first class field hockey players, she was engaged to be married calling herself a bonus mom to the best kid ever. Smith was just 34 years old. In just a little bit well go to maryland for the latest on the shooting investigation. Lets switch gears. The Trump Administration is getting the ball rolling to fill Justice Kennedys seat. Last night the president met separately with republican senators along with red state democrats. Those democrats are considered pretty vulnerable in the upcoming midterm elections. The president s team talked with more than a dozen other senators. Earlier in the day though, white house officials told nbc news that white House Counsel reached out to senators in a signal that the white house recognizes how important the two are to confirming Justice Kennedys replacement. The two republicans helped stop the repeal of obamacare and are expected to feel pressure for their votes on this. Democratic senator framed the importance of the senators voetss saying the focus thaz to be on getting a handful of republicans. This is a legacy vote adding i dont know how you can say youre pro choice. Meanwhile mcconnell continues to delay a confirmation vote on President Trump justices pick. He also is disputing their criticism to block the former president s obamas pick. Take a listen to this. What i said in 2016 is that we shouldnt feel a Supreme Court vacancy in the middle of a president ial Election Year. The last time i looked there is no president ial election this year and in fact, three current members of the u. S. Supreme court were completed in Election Years, nonpresident ial Election Years and the president s nominee to the kennedy va can say will be confirmed in a nonpresident ial Election Year. Although it is an Election Year nonetheless. When it comes time to vote throw on confirming the pick, republican senator jeff flake says he wont with hold his sup sport. And the former Trump Campaign aide to pleaded guilty to lying toe investigators will be sentenced on september the 7th. George papadopoulus die about his interactions with the london based professor who told him that the london government has quote, dirt on hillary clinton. At the time it had not been publicly reported that russian intelligence was hacking the dnc and now, papadopoulus was arrested last july. He pleaded guilty three months later and agreed to cooperate. In case you missed it, it was a pretty contentious hearing on capitol hill yesterday. Chris wray and rosenstein facing sharp questions about the independence of the justice department. Hallie jackson has more on this. Reporter inside a house hearing room a political production. Im reading what the press said. I would suggest you do not rely on what the press says. Thank you for making it clear. T. It focused on fbi actions in 2016 and that seen your agent working on the russia investigation at the time exchanged anti trump Text Messages with a colleague when he was having an affair with. Peter strzok saying a Trump Presidency will stop it. The very same people to assign to investigate the man they hated. Buzz critics see all this as a cover for republicans real purpose they said to try and undermine the special counsel investigation, overseen by rod rosen tine. Theyre not holding responsible those who work with the russians. This is an effort to work as the president s fixers in congress. Theres no evidence of russian collusion. The special counsels russia investigation has lasted about 400 days but the investigation into i ran contralasted six times as long. Whatever you got, finish it the hell up because this country is being torn apart. Rosenstein and wray facing friendly fire. Are you a democrat . No, i am not. Im not a democrat and im not angry. And you can see and hear just how tense some of those conversations got with democrats, republicans and leadership in the doj and the fbi. Back to you. Thank you for that report. Attorneys in texas, california and washington, d. C. Are saying that Migrant Children as young as three years old are being ordered into court alone without their parents for their own deportation proceedings while uncompanies maynors have been going through this process by themselves for some time, the Trump Administration separation policy has led to more Young Children including toddlers being afked on this patrol si. Women marched singing and chanting quote, free our families and abolish ice. Elizabeth warren also spoke to the crowd there. As did senator Sammy Duckworth bringing along her two and a half month old infant as you see there. Joining us now, dave, good morning to you. Happy friday. Thank you so much for joining us early. Trump not wasting any time as we can see meeting with key senators after one day after Justice Kennedy announced his retirement. Who does the president need on his side here to confirm his the possible replacement . So everybody is looking at the two democrats. Theyre both or sorry republicans, theyre both pro choice republicans. Theyre the two votes that if he gets hes problem play across the line but he also met with three red state democrats who are under a lot of pressure under the midterms. These are all people who voted for gorsuch, so he got across the line relatively easily in the end. This seems to be a more contentious fight. Whats the likelihood that well see collins stick with the president here . They voted last time for gorsuch, but again, the pro choice issue has become so front and center here because were going to have abortion cases coming before the court and if you have a court that has five conservative justices you can see roll back ks on abortion rights and thats where democrats think they have some leverage. This becomes a conversation that comes into row v wade that can see the president losing the votes. Right. Lets talk about democrats sending an open letter to Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein urging them to not give into pressure. What does is at stake here if these men do not comply with these requests from the republicans . And theyre basically saying if you give into these political requests, then youll have to give over everything that you have to draw a line somewhere. If thaw dont comply weve had jim jordan who you played a clip f earlier, hes pledged to start impeachment against Rod Rosenstein. You guys are being political, were being straight and were not going to do anything that harms the credibility of the justice department. It doesnt seem like he buckles to pressure. Thank you. Im going to talk to you again in about 30 minutes or so. Were digging into reports about ties between donald trump, russia and some leaders of the Brexit Movement and is he eyeing the exit. What we know about john kelly possible plan to step down as trumps chief of staff and who the president is considering as a replacement. And plus, your weekend weather when we come back. Can you actually love wearing powerful sunscreen . Yes neutrogena® ultra sheer. No other sunscreen works better or feels so good. Clinically proven helioplex® provides unbeatable uva uvb protection to help prevent early skin aging and skin cancer all with a clean light feel. For unbeatable protection. Its the one. The best for your skin. Ultra sheer®. Neutrogena®. See whats possible. 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Banks had multiple meetings with russias uk ambassador including sometimes just days before or after meeting with the Trump Campaign. Banks rejected the notion he was a go between and insisted his contacts were business exchanges but he admitted interactions raised questions about whether the brexiteers were a back channel. Some told the paper that investigators asked about what kind of relationship. The leader of the Brexit Movement had with the Trump Campaign and interviews earlier this year. They disputed the idea that they had information but they had not been contacted yet by muellers investigators. And since the start of his campaign President Trump has routinely gone after International Institutions and there is growing worry about what trump may say or do during his july summit with Vladimir Putin who also shares similar views as trump on the topic. That will happen on the heels of the nato summit and during the contentious g7 summit in canada trump told the other leaders quote, nato is as bad as nafta. A trade deal trump views as a catastrop catastrophe. Saying quote, here angela, dont see i never give you anything. Meanwhile per the washington post, josh rogan during a private meeting with emmanuel macron, trump asked him quote, why dont you leave the eu with trump adding that he would offer a bilateral trade deal on better terms if that happened. Thats according to two european officials. The white house declined to comment on the report but did not dispute it and earlier this week the president asserted the only reason the eu was established to take advantage of the United States and attack our piggy bank. Lets get a check on your weather now with bill karins. Tell us about the heat wave. Its going to last significantly long in the northeast. Maybe into the northeast. So today were adding the numbers up. Were getting new forecasts coming up. Were now up to 76 Million People under heat warnings or heat watches. Chicago, st. Louis to indianapolis, thats where the worst of it is today and thats going to be for the upcoming weekend. So today, we look at just the numbers. The number of people that will experience 90 plus indices, its only 100 million of you that wont be feeling that hot. How hot will it be and how warm will it feel . Little rock 107. Chicago 107 this afternoon. Kansas city 106. Youre about 100 to 105 but for you youve been in and out of this all summer long. For areas to the north this is by far the hottest its been all summer. On saturday rochester feels like 100. Des moines still 104. Memphis 105 and we start bringing it to east. And then on sunday, this is a day not to be in the subways. 106 in new york city. Thats about as gross as it gets. Still hot in houston to little rock, so i dont want to see you this this the subway. 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