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Those who claim the traditionally nonpartisan event is being hijacked by team trump, the white house and the republican national committee are reportedly giving vip access to favored friends and colleagues. democrats say on this scorching week, they are largely being frozen out. the white house response? >> this is a public event. it is open to the public. >> reporter: that said, one part of the public they may not be so happy to see, the people who operate the baby trump balloon have secured a ...

Defending the plans as a simple display of patriotism. >> reporter: yeah, that is what theyre saying, jake. and truthfully, on any normal fourth of july this area would be absolutely filled with thousands of people out here to watch the fireworks, down the national mall as they went off. now the fireworks have been moved and all of the lights and all of the attention is directed to the stage up here where the center of attention will be donald trump. the iconic fireworks over the national mall w...

Allow me to thank you for your service. today kellyanne conway was asked how much the presidents july fourth festivities will cost american taxpayers. >> i dont know. you have to ask the d.o.d. i assume. but if you want a list of the things taxpayers pay for, that they find to be outrageous, i could give you that too. this is a public event. it is open to the public. the public is welcome to come and celebrate our great country. the constitution and all of the amendments not just the first ame...

Facilities and somebody said you were just in it. i missed that. i saw no curriculum. and saw sweet young children seated at long cafeteria-style tables. and there was a moment i have to tell you, jake, where john lewis, i asked him if he wanted to speak to the children and we brought over an interpreter and very movingly and i have a piece of the pa-- a piece of the tape movingly told the children of his experience meeting martin luther king and speaking about building a better america for peop...

Kind of attention hes accustomed to. with iowa and national polls showing him losing ground. the sanders campaign announcing today it raised $18 million over the last three months. hes been surpassed by pete buttigieg who revealed monday he raised more than $24 million. apparently appearing with jesse jackson, pete buttigieg announcing challenges of his own, introducing himself to african-american voters who are a critical slice of the primary electorate. >> when you are new on the scene and not...

So there was inhumanity there. let me contrast that and compare it to the children that we saw. very importantly, we went to clint yesterday. a facility that if you remember it is -- its bedded for 106 adult males. when we came in we were told there were 25 children in that facility. i asked didnt you have quite a few more two weeks ago? yes. two weeks ago they had 250. i said what was your top number at this facility meant for 106 males? they topped 700, two and a half months ago. so i was haun...

Earn one and because he has an obligation to at least meet with leaders. >> reporter: the president taking to twitter to call out how good the north korean leader looked. saying, he looked really well and very healthy. i look forward to seeing him again soon. a new cnn poll out this hour showing only 40% of americans approve of how trump is handling north korea. and 37% approve of his handling of iran which has now exceeded the uranium stockpile limit set in the 2015 obama administration nuclear...

The problem is it just seems to be a lab for terrorists. it seems like the harvard of terrorists. >> reporter: and meantime the battle over president trumps tax returns escalated today with the house ways and means committee suing the irs and treasury for the tax returns. now one of the presidents lawyers jay sekulow released a statement saying we will respond to this effort at presidential harassment in court. jake. >> pamela brown at the white house. thanks so much. the 2020 race is heatin u...

Buttigieg and they took a jab at bidens fundraisers and at buttigieg saying, quote, this money wasnt raised at a closed door fundraiser where people are eating parmesan encrusted salmon on toothpicks. >> it is hard to do that. it doesnt work well at fundraisers. >> messy. >> this is the struggle that bernie sanders is having in this race. hes falling in the polls. hes still raising money but other candidates are doing better. pete buttigieg is showing that he could do well and harnessing love wi...