democrats. members of congress here here from both sides of the aisle to talk about wa happened today. let s turn back to the breaking news, the washington post explosive report that the president of the united states is currently under a criminal investigation for the obstruction of justice. responding in a statement, a spokesman for the president s attorney did not dispute the post report, saying only the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal. joining me now, the washington post s sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke this tire. sari, this would seem to confirm what james comey appeared to indicate, what many have been sort of hinting at, but squarely you guys have nailed down that apparently robert mueller is looking at obstruction of justice. yes. you re right, chris, that the former fbi director in his testimony did seem to be laying out a case of possible obstruction. but what we found out that, indeed, the special
alex, the 2014 ferguson protester fresh in people s minds here. ferguson just a suburb of st. louis. that is why we have seen such a strong show of force from police so early they are determined not to let things get out of hand like they did in ferguson. point well taken on that, blake. the mayor, was he at home at the time the protesters gathered around the home and started throwing rocks and bottles? reporter: we do not believe she was. we held a press conference afterwards and she was fine, but the home was damaged. thank you so much from st. louis. now to politics, everyone. a republican congressman s reported steps to absolve julian assange for the role the website played in the u.s. presidential election. the office of congress dana rohrabacher is pushing back on the wall street journal report that he reached out to the white house to offer a possible deal
to get him out of jeopardy with the u.s. government. assange would offer alleged evidence that russia did not pro
Some residents want to start their own police force, give them the ability to do their job unlike what the mayor s letting them do, and obviously her own residents don t believe her. pete: it s true. let s move from atlanta to minnesota where the representative ilhan omar was tweeting yesterday, and this caught our attention. justifiably so. here s ilhan omar. republicans love to create outrage over things that aren t actually happening. people should be asking them what elementary, middle and high school is teaching critical race theory, and why are they spinning false narratives? this comes as a conservative group in minnesota called the center for the american experiment is doing a tour around the state exposing the curriculum in schools there. you can go from egan, which is a suburb of st. paul, to duluth, all the evidence is out there.
His own decision about this, and that s what his family and he is doing in detroit right now. cakasie hunt on capitol hill and waiting for president trump. see it on your full screen to give a speech on tax reform in saint charles, missouri. tensions are escalating over north korea s missile test the regime touts as the most powerful yet. neither issue were the focus of the president s tweets. instead rand r ranted about fake news and retweeted posts of inflammatory videos originally shared by far right nationalist group in the united kingdom. with more on the president, turn to nbc s ron mott in saint charles where the president is about to speak. ron? reporter: hey there, ali. g good afternoon to you. the president is on the way. an announcement over the loud speaker he is en route. a suburb of st. louis. a subject you mentioned top of the broadcast.
The streets of university city, a suburb of st. louis, popular for its restaurants, shops and bars. what started as a peaceful demonstration earlier in the day turned ugly as night fell with a handful of protesters clashing with police. nine of them left in handcuffs. protesters still angry over the decision to acquit white police officer jason stockley in the 2011 shooting death of anthony lamar smith after a high-speed chase. stockley defended his actions after the verdict. i did not murder anthony lamar smith. u2 and ed sheeran have both cancelled concerts in st. louis this weekend amid security concerns, while missouri s governor worried about a repeat of riots that happened in nearby ferguson in 2014 isn t taking any chances. we have those national guard teams on standby, geared up ready to role. do you foresee them taking a more active role? if they are needed, they will step in. reporter: despite the damage