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>> wait a minute. someone in the white house was calling one of the rioters? >> absolutely. >> and you know both ends of that call? >> one end. i dont know the white house end, which i believe is more important. >> so that call that denver writes about reportedly lasted just nine seconds. made at 4:24 p.m. after trump made a video message telling supporters to go home, youre very special. on "meet the press" yesterday, congressman raskin confirms that the committee knows about this cal...

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Widespread dense fog could finally lift this weekend... hundreds of pro-life Kansans rally in Topeka... a state lawmaker hopes to change the process for getting books banned... advocates make another push to legalize medical marijuana... and hundreds express their support for banning pear trees in Kansas. Those headlines and more, inside.

A new report revealed that particulate air pollution is much deadlier than alcohol and smoking and that it reduces global life expectancy by roughly two years. The situation comes as the threat is impossible to avoid unlike other global issues.

Dressing room? >> there are several new polls out this morning taking a look at american views on guns in america, new "washington post" "abc news" poll shows a majority of americans, 58%, are in favor of a ban on assault weapons. 39% oppose. >> that is quite a leap. >> yeah. that would be a change over time that perhaps some people, like the nra, might take a look at. an overwhelming 88% support background checks at gun shows. 65% support ban on high capacity ammunition clips. 85% of americans ...