the comedian s account. access reports that white house staffers are freaking out how easily melendez made it through two screen calls before jared kushner returned the call from air force one. a person inside the white house tells politico it was kushner who routed the call to the president. meanwhile, the comedian says he has hired a prominent attorney to represent himself ahead of his meeting with the secret service. you may have heard of this attorney. his name is michael aftvenoti. he said, instead of wasting time on this mr. trump should focus on things of greater priority. he mentioned the other fight he waged against the president, the issue of separating children from their parents at the border. a check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, major flooding in iowa over the weekend and, of course, more heat to come. yeah, the des moines area was hit hard. up to eight inches of rain full