The January confirmation hearing sessions it was a trump campaign surrogate told the committee he had no communications with Russians I didn't not have communications with the Russians the Washington Post story contradicts that claim a Justice Department statement confirms sessions spoke to Russia's ambassador to the us twice last year as a member of the Senate Greg Miller one of the Washington Post reporters who broke the story spoke to a.b.c. News his partner at the b.b.c. Comparing sessions case to former national security advisor Michael Flynn you can make an argument in both cases that it's not the fact that these 2 that these people were in touch with the Russian ambassador are not necessarily anything improper about that it's that they then sort of tried to conceal aspects of that communication. A statement late Wednesday night sessions says issues of the campaign were not discussed Well the Department of Homeland Security offering help and advice to Jewish community centers and synagogues across the nation that have received a death threats after 100 bomb threats at us Jewish centers across the nation homeland security secretary John Kelly telling those community outlets and synagogues his department is working with them to advise on keeping members safe and preventing anti-Semitic attacks that includes u.s. 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News who gets Fido when couples part ways a new state law addressing divorce custody for pets as A.B.C.'s Dave Packard divorce law in most cases requires judges to take into account the best interest of children when deciding custody now Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced a bill which would require judges to also take into account the best interest of pets pets are currently considered property under Rhode Island divorce law but Democratic State Representative Charlene Lima telling the Providence Journal that pets are a big part of people's families and that a judge should award custody based on what's best for the pet not the human owners Alaska became the 1st state this year to add a law considering the interest of pets in divorces they've Packer a.b.c. News Big Data Wall Street Wednesday the Dow finished above 21000 spot for the 1st time this is a.b.c. News here's a special message for those of you who owe the i.r.s. At least $10000.00 or more in back taxes the i.r.s. 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And a very good morning to you here are some of the stories we're working on today President laid out his priorities and one of the things people saw last night is that that the candidate Donald Trump is the president Donald Trump and he spoke about those priorities for a build a wall when asked if Mexico's paying for the border wall vice president Pence said well they are in my view it's very important for us to thank the path to fit offensive is for our dignity Nancy Pelosi says barring illegal immigrants from citizenship is just not respectful and not worthy of our country the understands business you can sit down make a deal and I've been saying this all along always say what Wish I was doing with the United States government what patsies they are have always said that and Senator Joe Manchin believes President Trump has the ability to correct the unfair trade deals with. Those stories and more for Thursday March 2nd on America's Morning News where the nation's news breaks Good morning it's 7 minutes after the hour members of the Obama White House reportedly left a trail for investigators about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election the New York Times says White House officials scrambled in the last days of the Obama administration to spread information across the government about Russian meddling the Officials say American allies including the British and the Dutch provided information describing meetings in European cities between Russian officials and associates of President elect. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reportedly had contact with Russia's ambassador to the u.s. Something he did not mention in his confirmation hearings the Washington Post cites Justice Department officials saying that one of the meetings took place in then Senator Sessions' office in September Sessions' was also reportedly spoke with the Russian ambassador in July at the time sessions was one of Trump's foreign policy advisers vice president Mike Pence says the positive reaction to President Trump address to Congress shows Americans support his vision by changing his tone in his speech Pence said the president showed a side of himself that he sees every day and explained that Trump wants to work with both sides of the aisle to rebuild America's infrastructure Illinois governor Bruce runners says residents and business owners hit by a tornado Tuesday will get help of a runner and a director James Joseph toured some of the damage in the South County after what's been determined to be a Category 3 tornado with winds of 155 miles an hour the twister left a 76 year old man dead from a fallen branch Well 300 miles away a 71 year old man was killed when a building collapsed. Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia said that he what he heard from President Trump's speech before Congress was that the president has the ability to correct the unfair trade deals that we have and the things I heard last night was this this man has the ability to correct the unfair trade deals that we have I truly believe that he understands business he can sit down make a deal and I've been saying this all along I always say what I wish I was doing with the United States government what Patsy's they are I've always said that Joe and I felt that now so they don't know how to make a deal he understands that can he right I think will help an awful lot so some of the things that we heard last night the family was great I think he wants immigration I think he wants a pathway forward everyone is reading into this but he continued He's moving farther and farther looking for a way that we can have people here that can be productive can enjoy a quality of life but also don't jump in line and jump ahead of anybody that's Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Miss N.B.C.'s Morning Joe Jewish donors are helping raise money to repair a Florida mosque that was burned in an act of arson the efforts came after Muslims started a fundraiser online to help repair a vandalized Jewish cemetery in Missouri your campaign to fix the mosque was started by a Muslim man but Jewish donors have turned out in force raising more than $60000.00 in a matter of days many Jews have been donating in multiples of 18 it's a way of wishing someone long life in Hebrew. Texas Senator John Cornyn was on Tucker Carlson tonight urging Democrats to quit stalling on the president's cabinet appointments Democrats have been dragging their feet on nominations and burning up time for example Ryan Zinke he was approved by a substantial supermajority today Wilbur Ross by I think a 72 votes last night there's no reason to to deny the president his Cabinet other right it's I dare say it's not taking time off and Senator John Cornyn on the Tucker Carlson Tonight Show on the Fox News Channel folks in one Lorain County Ohio community are being told their water is safe despite high levels of a cancer causing contaminant the city of Oberlin issued a notice yesterday that levels of a dangerous contaminant known as t.t. a Gym are over federal standards people exposed to him over several years have increased risk of cancer and problems with liver and kidneys and Oprah Winfrey says a run for the White House could be a reality thanks to President Trump the media mogul told see him b.c. 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At the National Association of Attorney Generals Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed a group of state attorneys on Tuesday promising to pull back on the investigations of municipal police departments that were all hallmarks of the Obama administration one of the big things out there that I think causing trouble. And where you see the greatest increase in violence and murders in cities is somehow some way we. Undermine the respect for our police and may often times their job more difficult and it's not been well received by them and we're not seeing that kind of affective community by street face policing that we found to be so effective in reducing crime I think. 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