Nbc White House Correspondent jeff bennett. After months of criticizing each other, former Vice President joe biden and President Trump are bound for iowa today where they will both be campaigning according to the New York Times. President trump has been calling former advisers who have not heard from him in years in order to discuss his standing in the polls against Top Democrats in the field, specifically biden whom he describes in those conversations as quote too old and quote not as popular as people think. After being briefed on a devastating 17 state poll conducted by his Campaign Pollster trump told aides to deny that his internal polling showed him trailing by many of the states he needs to win. Even though hes also trailing in public polls from key states like texas, michigan and pennsylvania. When top line details of the polling did leak out, including numbers showing the president lagging in several critical rust belt states, trump instructed aides to say publicly that other data showed him doing quite well. In conversations with donors and allies the president has cosmopolitaned to ref ed continued to refer to biden as feeble. And noted that he was part of the washington establishment. Trump has tried workshopping versions of those critiques as twitter attacks referring to bide engineer as sleepy and swamp man. President trump was consistently distracted and wanted to talk about other thing during a reason state of the race briefing with his campaign manager. According to people familiar with the meeting when it came to the campaign trumps main focus was on his own approval numbers. The times reports trump rarely if ever speaks to his aides about what he hopes to actually accomplish with what would be a hard won. Second term. His interest is entirely in the present and mostly on the crisis of the moment. Trump has shown no interest in formulating a new message for his campaign instead continuing with his make America Great again slogan from his last real estate and wants to keep America Great. Trump insists on having final approval on his campaigns song list as well as merchandise. But according to times hes never asked to see a budget for 2019. Lets talk trade. Mexicos foreign minister is disputing President Trumps claim of a secret deal between the two countries as a part of the agreement to keep new u. S. Tariffs from taking effect. Speaking yesterday the foreign minister who was one of the chief negotiators of the deal agreed to on friday suggested that he was not aware of another version. That directly contradicts President Trump who yesterday morning tweeted about an additional piece of the migrant tariff agreement saying it was fully sign and would be revealed in the not too distant future. The president double downed on teasing the deal while remaining light on the details of it. We have an agreement on something that they will announce very soon. Its all done. They have to get approval and they will get approval. They dont get approval have to think in terms of tariffs. Another aspect of what weve done. It was all done because of the tariffs and because of the relationship that we have with mexico. Relationship that we have with mexico and secretary of state mike pompeo was also asked about the existence of another agreement with mexico yesterday, but remained ambiguous. Transportation secretary reportedly helped secure millions of dollars in federal funds requested by her husband Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell for i had home state of kentucky. According to emails, she appointed a close liaison who worked on mcconnells 2014 reelection campaign. The approved initiatives are said to have included a highway Improvement Plan which had been rejected for previous grant applications. In all the kentucky projects funded by the Transportation Department totalled 78 million. Now ethical questions are being raised regarding the married couples political power. The secretarys office declined to respond to the report but mcconnell doubled down on the legitimaty of the grant request saying in part, kentucky. Continues to punch above its weight in washington, and i am proud to be a strong voice for my constituents in the senate. Transportation Department Spokesman said in part no state receives special treatment from the d. O. T. , noting kentucky was the 26th in population and 25th in d. O. T. Money under the Trump Administration. Lets turn to some breaking news overseas in the middle east. Iran has agreed to release u. S. Permanent resident and lebanese citizen who has been imprisoned by tehran for years on charges he was spying for the u. S. It comes as the foreign minister said yesterday the u. S. Cannot expect to stay safe after launching what he described as an economic war against tehran one he blames trump for launching. The only way to stop tension is stopping that economic war. And added this whoever starts a war with us will not be the one to punishes it. Trump has repeatedly said his administrations iran policy is mainly the reinstatement of past sanctions and new ones have devastated that countrys economy. A u. S. State Department Spokesperson responded saying this were unimpressed. Iran faces a simple choice. It can either behave like a normal nation or watch its economy crumble. Lets talk about some of. Joining us is scott wong. Lets talk about this hardline stance on iran from the state department. It seems as into a certain extent that its working in the leaders of irans favor as they are ratcheting up more rhetoric. It certainly has gotten irans attention. The Iranian Foreign minister, as you mentioned, saying that if the u. S. Wants to start a war with iran, that they will not be able to finish that war with iran. Of course, this comes against the backdrop of what we experienceed a f experienced a few weeks ago. You have the sanctions that are getting the most attention from iran. You have this coming against the backdrop of Trump Administration shifting military resources to the persian gulf and the middle east in the form of carriers and other personnel. So far, you know, lawmakers are extremely concerned. They dont seem alarmed. This new ratcheting of the rhetoric is significant and i would also the note that Trump Administration seems to be taking a friendlier approach towards north korea, you know, when north korea was testing missiles and trump was in japan he said he really wasnt bothered by that fact. The Trump Administration take a much firmer tact with iran. Lets shift our focus back to domestic politics. What will you be watching for today in iowa as donald trump and joe biden hold those duelling political rallies . As weve seen in the past, President Trump has spend more time focused on the former Vice President joe biden than any of the other candidates. I think as your previous segment mentioned that is because joe biden is leading in the polls. President trump and many of his people see joe biden as maybe the toughest pony in a general election matchup, and the polls, the public polling in places like michigan and pennsylvania even texas show joe biden leading President Trump and that matches up with some of the private polling that President Trump is experiencing in his own campaign. And so i think i think that, you know, one thing to watch for right now is whether or not we are seeing some of these other candidates like mayor Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren rising in the polls as Vice President biden has taken some reason stumbles over the abortion issue and plagiarism issue. Its interesting to see as those candidates rise in the polls if President Trump turns his fire on some of those lower tier candidates. Great point. Thanks for your time this morning. Well talk to you again shortly. A Helicopter Crash landed on the roof of 54 Story Office Building in midtown manhattan yesterday afternoon sparking a fire and killing the pilot. We have more from the is in midtown. Reporter the building surrounded by police and barricades for much of the night. Meanwhile the roof where that chopper crashed surrounded by fog and by mystery as investigators try to figure out what caused that chopper to crash on the roof killing the pilot. But not injuring anyone else. A bustling afternoon in midtown brought to a screeching halt. St a chopper crash landed on to a 7th avenue high rise. The crash causing this scene on the roof of the building. The pilot identified as tim mccormick, the only person in the chopper killed. What did you hear . Like a big explosion. It was shake. I got nervous. Reporter evacuations unfolded immediately in the 54 Story Building below known as the ekwiquitable tower. We saw debris. We arrived on the scene in five minutes. Within. Half an hour we had water on the fire and most of the fire extinguished. Reporter a swift response, the top brass, fire department, Mayors Office descend on the scene. Even the governor happened to be in the city at the time learning quickly what happened. As soon as you hear an aircraft on the building, my mind goes wherever new york ears minds goes. Reporter this is not believed to be terror but brought back fear for a few hours in one of the busiest sections of new york city. What do you think now like i said its kind of scary. Reporter the feds are looking into this. The National Transportation safety board tweeted contingent witnesses for video and pictures. Department of buildings here said the building is structurally stable. Folks will be allowed back inside. Reporting from midtown manhattan. Still ahead after weeks of tense negotiations, Justice Department has agreed to hand over key mueller evidence to congress. 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Last night House Judiciary Committee member said some documents were already being reviewed. Well get witness statements 302s which are fbi reports, well get all of the documents that are referenced in the Mueller Report that support the findings of the special counsel. That work began today. The Committee Staff was over at the doj, initial show of good faith looking at some initial documents and over the next several days protocols will be established for the members to able to go there and begin our review. So the deal over documents has House Democrats postponing a vote which was expected today to hold attorney general bill barr and former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn in contempt for failing to comply with those subpoenas. Joining us on. Set is danny cevallos. Were talking interview notes, firsthand accounts of misconduct and other Critical Evidence as they put it collected from the white house by muellers team. What type of insight could we get from all of this . This is so interesting to me. As a criminal defense attorney you want to get agents handwritten notes. As somebody who has lie the at the investigated foia cases you want to get handwritten notes because you think it will give you insight. Sometimes its nothing. Its like a needle in a hay stack. Sometimes its a gold mine. When that happens it can break a case wideopen. But, the reality is a lot of the things in those handwritten notes, and former that isnt already in the Mueller Report, already made it in or wasnt important enough to bother with. So that may be what were talking about here. Youre skeptical of what we could find . I am. But at the same time this is not an ordinary investigation. The kind of thing that didnt make it into the Mueller Report could be scandalous words that just werent verifiable or credible. You might find certain witnesses may have said some terrible things about the administration, about President Trump, but maybe agents determined that this just wasnt believable and shown go in the report. That would be very interesting. What does this deal mean for the standing subpoenas out for people like don mcgahn, hope hicks, the two of them who are refusing to honor these subpoenas or respond to them. Generally speaking past administrations had tried to cooperate with congressional subpoenas. With some exceptions. Those exceptions have given us court cases including harriet everybody to defy these subpoenas. What were seeing ultimately the road leads as it should to some form of compromise. That maybe the bluster initially im not complying at all eventually gives way to rational thought and koorcooperation. Which is what the court says they want to see. What we heard from democrats they want to look at all the underlying evidence to see how the special counsel reached his conclusion. Do you see any potential for the House Democrats their staffers to find some sort of different conclusion than the special counsel did . Especially because the fact you said some of the evidence they could be finding in these notes was not verifiable. Why would it be verifiable to congress . Were seeing why now Law Enforcement is designed to be opaque. That not everything should be transparent in Law Enforcement because sometimes there are allegations, sometimes there are pieces of evidence that just arent verifiable. They are not credible and the release of that information could damage and Ongoing Investigation or damage individuals who are not charged with a crime. So the this is an interesting test in how society wants to look at Law Enforcement. When the subject matter is this important should all be thrown out the window and should we see everything believable and not believable. Great point. Lets get a check on your weather now. Good morning. Were saying. Goodbye to the rain today in the east. A beautiful afternoon but we have to get there first. If youre stepping out the door in the new york city area its about to pour if it isnt already. It will be brief. A little band of heavy rain and maybe a rumble of thunder over Central New Jersey up to new york city that will extend into southern connecticut. It will take a little longer for the rain to stop in the boston area from midmorning to lunch time. Then youll clear out too for a nice afternoon. The only spot you have to deal with some rain, this is typical of north florida and southeast. Well get some afternoon storms. Could be heavy especially savannah up to charleston. How about what happened out west. 100 degrees in san francisco. San francisco is known for their june gloom and 60 degree days. Warmest temperature ever in june record in san francisco. Monterrey was 97. 38 Million People impacted with heat warnings and advisories from los angeles to phoenix and the temperatures today phoenix 110, palm springs, 114, fresno 103. Sacramento 100. You get the pictures. We heated things up in a hurry in the west. Many record highs will be seth today. 100 degrees in san francisco. That was a crazy stat. They never come close to that before in the month of june. Still ahead legendary red sox slugger david ortiz is back in boston after a shooting in the Dominican Republic. Well have the latest on his health coming up next. His