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It is so critical, that weather out there, to contain the wild fires sweeping california right now. >> it has been bone dry and hot. when you think of seattle, you dont think of like hot and dry conditions. seattle will have their seventh 90-degree day this july. seattle of all places. today we have 6 million people still under heat advisories and heat watches. here is how it is going to feel today. pendleton, oregon 96. thats hot. they will be happy to get to august and it looks like today is t...

>> has the trump administration been in touch with you about either their plan to ask for the remains or maybe this logjam of silence has been broken somehow? >> no. not really. >> no. >> so you heard that the president had brought it up with kim jong-un in that interview? how did you find out? >> well, we knew he was going over there from the news on the television. we knew he was going to bring the subject matter up and it wasnt until he made that speech that we knew what the outcome was along...

Could find a lot of american families who would be willing to adopt them, legally adopt them. you know them, these are some of the kids and the villages that i have had the great privilege of getting to know over the years. some of these kids still have their families others are living with extended families, very little opportunities. there is a way to do it. your reaction to that? >> there is a way, laura, to do this. we have implemented the hague convention on enter-country adoption ten years...

Adopt them, legally adopt them. you know them, these are some od the kids and the villages that i have had the great privilege of getting to know over the years. some of these kids still have their families others are living with extended families, very little opportunities. there is a way to do it. your reaction to that? >> there is a way, laura, to dor this. we have implemented the hague l convention on intercountry adoption 10 years ago. it created a new process of checks andnd balances and o...

Opportunity to stay the 10 rounds law and justice kennedys opinion did not. so that is all we heard from the supreme court on that. they need to step up and clarify this for the nation. jillian: do you think they will? they turned away a lot of appeals that would answer these questions, justice thomas writing a dissent said they treat the second amendment like second-rate or second-tier constitutional right. it should be on par with all the rest of them. >> the supreme court has not taken up any...

At this late stage, if you stop issuin0 subpoenas, hes got nothing. >> laura: what have they been doing for the last year? >> where is the collision, where is the obstruction, except in their head.g. ifhey have to do 150 subpoenas point, and everybody knows this, they have no case because donald trump didnt do anything wrong. t >> laura: when you talked to cohen a year ago, i dont know if yard when he was going to try to get that trump tower in moscow done. if he had all these business interests...

At this late stage, if you stop issuing 150 subpoenas, hes got nothing. >> laura: what have they been doing for the last year? >> where is the collision, where is tbstruction, except in their head. if they have to do 150 subpoenas at this point, andverybody knows this, they have no case because donald trump didnt do anything wrong. >> laura: when you talked to cohen a year ago, i dont know if youve heard when he was going to try to get that trump tower in moscow done. he wanted to get that done ...

There are three deciding entities that decide where the ultimate location will be. national park service acting on behalf the department of interior. the national capital planning commission and the commission of fine arts. right now we actually have a logjam because we have two of the deciding bodies that agree with us on our preferred site. and the commission of fine arts does not agree with us. griff: where is the site? if you could get approval, where would you put this right now? >> yes, si...

But if we had held out for everything we would have probably gotten nothing. and unfortunately thats what happened throughout the obama years with the criminal justice people, myself included, put me in it, we said we want everything, we want sintsing, we want prison reform, we want everything or nothing. we got nothing. who suffered? i didnt suffer. im fine. i have a job. you have a job. who suffered were the people who prison who got nothing when it came time for congressional reform. and so i...

You have a job. who suffered were the people in prison who got nothing when it came time for congressional reform. and so i agree with eric holder. we need sentencing reform. sentencing reform is important. but i also agree with him when he says holding out for that could cost us everything. the house of representatives including nancy pelosi heard his counsel and other peoples counsel and said we cant let this opportunity for progress go and the entire democratic party leadership and 350-plus r...