corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and group retirement products. that s why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the mass shooting in chattanooga, tennessee, has claimed the life of a fifth victim. randall smith, a 26-year-old navy petty officer, died this morning, two days after being shot at a fenced-in navy and marine reserve center. smith was married with three éu four unarmed marines died thursday at the reserve center when gunman muhammad youssef abdulazeez opened fire with multiple weapons. police killed the 24-year-old abdulazeez at the scene. abdulazeez was a naturalized american citizen from kuwait who grew up in tennessee. he spent sev
after allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the presidential election campaign. mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation into claims of russian interference in the election. president trump has said mr sessions could have been more accurate but hasn t done anything wrong. he accused the democrats of taking part in a witch hunt. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy s newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. reporter: mr president, do you still have confidence in the attorney general? total. reporter: when were you aware that he spoke to the russian ambassador? i wasn t a
president obama is in spain today, returning to washington dc one day earlier than scheduled. mr. obama will go to dallas, texas, a city that remains in urning. a busy week for lawmakers before their party conventions. republicans meeting in cleveland , democrats later this month in philadelphia. we begin with the president s comments on a racial biased in america s criminal justice system. do you agree or disagree? our phone lines are divided as follows. for democrats, (202) 748-8000. republican, (202) 748-8001. ts, (202)enden 748-8002. we have added a phone line for minorities, african-americans and latinos. (202) 748-8003. ord us a tweet at c-span wj join us on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. let s take a look at the front page of the washington post. a weekend editorial from the dallas morning news titled, this city, our city. it has been tested before and now we face a new test, writes the editorial board of the dallas morning news. cuttingn 50 years ago, down our nat
orlando massacre, but will it does but what exactly was agreed to? we will get the latest. then to the presidential race. i am donald trump. i wrote the art of the deal. i have made billions and billions of dollars dealing with people all over the world and i want to put whatever that talent is to work to this country. amy: today, we look at trump the businessman and a series of new investigative articles that expose trump s shady business dealings in atlantic city, his failure to pay hundreds of form employees and contractors, and new evidence from a pulitzer prize money journals that trump did not even pay his taxes. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president obama is slated to visit orlando, florida, today, following sunday s attack on an lgbt nightclub in orlando, florida, which killed 49 people and was the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. the massacre has reignited calls
amy: senate democrats led by chris murphy of connecticut have wrapped up a nearly 15-hour filibusterer calling for stricir gun controrol in the wake of the orlando massacre, but will it does but what exactly was agreed to? we will get t the latest. then to the presidential race. i am donald trump. i wrote the art of the deal. i have made billions and billions of dollars dealing with people all over the world and i want to put whatever that talent is to work to this country. amy: today, we look at trump the businessman and a series of new investigative articles that expose trump s shady business dealings in atlantic city, his failure to pay hundreds of former employees and contractors, and new evidence from a pulitzer prize money journals that trump did not even pay his taxes. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. president obama is slated to visit orlando, florida, today, following sunday s at