Leventhal joins us live from the courthouse in pennsylvania. Rick, did the jury set a record there . Reporter yeah, its believed to be the longest jury deliberation in the history of the Montgomery County courthouse. It lasted longer than the trial itself, but those 53plus hours of questions and debate and consideration did not result in a verdict. They couldnt agree on the guilt or innocence of bill cosby on any of the three charges that were lodged against him. And bill cosby, were told, did not celebrate in the courtroom when the mistrial was announced, possibly because this is not over for the comedian who turns 80 next month. The da has announced he will retry this case and push it forward as quickly as possible, sometime in the next 120 days. Shes entitled to a verdict in this case, and the citizens of Montgomery County where this crime occurred are entitled to a verdict in this case, and we will push forward to try to get that done and get justice done. Reporter the three counts
Athena, any clarification from the white house on whom it is the president is talking about in this tweet . Reporter hi, poppy. No. We have asked here at the white house for any clarification on this. We have asked if the president has been explicitly informed that hes under investigation or if hes potentially referring to press reports. No answer from the white house. They are referring us to the president s outside counsel, marc kasowitz, as theyve been doing for the last several weeks whenever asked about this sort of thing. But whats curious about that tweet is what you already mentioned, his essentially confirming that he is under investigation. Its not entirely clear who hes referring to, but the most likely person would be the Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, because he mentions that its the man who told me to fire the fbi director. Whats curious about that is youll remember the assorted explanations we got from the preside president s team here at the white house around
Much a fight for the majority whip still in the hospital this morning in Critical Condition. Overnight we learned that he had received multiple blood transfusions and will still need additional surgery to recover from that single gunshot wound that went into his hip and then through his pelvis. The president returned about 10 00 p. M. Last night here to the white house from visiting scalise and his family at the hospital. There you can see the president walking out, shaking hands with doctors. The president tweeting just left hospital left Steve Scalise is in very tough shape but he is a real fighter. Pray for steve. Earlier the president said this. Congressman scalise is a very good friend. Sea patriot, and he is a fighter. He will recover from this assault. America is praying for you. And america is praying for all of the victims of this terrible shooting. And of the others injured, in addition to scalise, four others of the two Capital Police officers. One has been treated and relea
Arthel a historic Mountain Town had been threatened by wildfires but now theres a different kind of danger. Americas news headquarters starts right now. Eric we begin with the end of President Trumps second official trip overseas and the start of an eventful week here at home with the healthcare issue on the docket. As you know, the president is heading back home at this hour to arrive later at the white house. After a very busy few days at the g20 summit in germany. President trump and the first lady departing hamburg earlier today after the president held a series of meetings with World Leaders including that showdown with president putin and another highly anticipated sitdown with the chinese president. The president has become sharply critical of china in recent weeks, over beijings reluctance to increase pressure on north korea over its Nuclear Weapons program. Its a topic that leaders did discuss along with trade, but before we discuss and report on russia, the latest on the meet
Todd chad was there all night, what happened . Reporter they couldnt get the votes, they came up three short. Susan collins of maine, Lisa Murkowski of alaska and john mccain who flew back for the procedural vote the other day to start a debate with a no. One of the main criticisms from john mccain was he wanted this to go through the committee process, even before he got sick and took leave of absence for his cancer surgery he indicated he was not pleased with one of the earlier versions of the healthcare bill and said he would try to work with his governor to put something then and he did not think there were any needs nuts and butts to the bill. They go back to the drawing board, one wonders if this is the ultimate Campaign Issue like tax reform. Every year they campaign, reveal and replace obamacare but still cant. Under obamacare. Todd the first big test is early this morning in five hours, House Republicans conference, the house of representatives will have its last day on capito