Good morning, its monday, july 8th. Im geoff bennett, alongside jo ling kent. Jo is kindly helping out. Right on. President trump got some of his highest polls yet, measuring 47 among registered voters, up 5 points from april, while 50 disapprove, down 4 points. Judging by the issues, the president is strongest on the academy, 51 approving of his performance, 42 on his job. Health care, 38 approval. And 30 on abortion. Among registered voters, the poll finds President Trump down 10 points, to former Vice President joe biden in the hypothetical 2020 match up but effectively tied with senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren and dead even with mayor Pete Buttigieg. Meanwhile, the race for the democratic nomination, the abc News Washington post poll has former Vice President joe biden leading the field with senator Bernie Sanders at 19 , senator Kamala Harris at 13 , and senator Elizabeth Warren at 12 , Pete Buttigieg is in fifth place with 4 . In the real clear politics polling average, a recent surge for senator harris, since the june 27th debate has moved her past sanders and warren into second place with biden at 26 and harris at 15. 2 , and then you see there, sanders at 14 , and warren at 13. 8 . Meanwhile, 45 of democrats are thinking biden is best positioned to defeat President Trump next year. The abc Washington Post poll finds that 18 view sanders as the best bet to win while 9 pick harris and 7 are picking warren. Senator Kamala Harris fundraising missed the mark. According to new numbers released by her own campaign. The Harris Campaign raised less than 12 million in the past three months, boosted by a 2 million haul in the first 24 hours after the democratic debate, an additional 2 million last weekend. Kamala harriss average donation was 39. The total lags behind her top rivals in the president ial primary including south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg who raised 24. 8 million and biden who brought in 21 pn. 5 million in t second quarter. Shes in the range of senator Bernie Sanders who collected 18 million. And ahead of Michael Bennet and Steve Bullock who raised 2 million respectively. Democratic president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar is trying to differentiate herself from her other candidates, during an interview on meet the press staking out a centrist position by not supporting medicare for all, favoring an approach that would create a public option but allowing those on private insurance to keep her plans. She says shes the best candidate. Theres a lot of people making promises. Im not going to make promises just to get elected. Im not running for chair of the Democratic National committee. Im running for president of the united states, and some of my colleagues, yes, they have, i guess you could call them bigger and bigger promise but i think whats most important to the people of america is we actually get those things done. President trumps top immigration officials disputing reports that Migrant Children have been held in crowded and unsanitary conditions at the u. S. Border patrol stations. In an interview yesterday, acting Homeland Security secretary Kevin Mcaleenan dismissed reports about limited food and water and called the situation extremely challenging. He was specifically asked about reporting from the New York Times that claims that the agencys leadership knew for months that some children are no beds to sleep on, no way to clean themselves, and sometimes went hungry. The New York Times says that the agencys leadership knew for months that some children had no beds to sleep on, no way to clean themselves, and sometimes went hungry. Its own agents had raised the alarm, according to the story. We have no evidence did you know anything . We have no evidence that children went hungry, first of all. Police station cells are not a good place for children as i have said dozens of times. Had they raised alarms that you had heard about. Of course were worried about. Everyone in the entire chain of command is worried about the children. You dont believe the New York Times report . The stench of the closing was so strong, they had scabies, chickenpox. You referenced three things that were unsubstantiated, unadequate food, inadequate water and unclean cells. The dhs Inspector General has reported on the sub par conditions. President trump weighed in on twitter writing in part ft fathe news media is writing phony and exaggerated accounts. That shie legislation includ almost 3 billion to provide shelter and care for unaccompanied children. Heres what she had to say. Thats the one thing, i can say talk to the secretary and throw more money at an inhumane system. Three agents took me aside away from my colleagues and said more money is not going to fix this that they were not trained to separate children, that they dont want to separate 2yearolds from their mothers. Thats not what they were trained for. Thats not what they signed up for in their service to our country. They signed up to protect the border. They all said this is a broken system. When i voted against it, many of us voted against it, three or four or five voted against its because we knew this was not the choice that we needed our country to noomove forward on. And joining us from washington is politicos daniel litman, coauthor of the political play book. Given that dhs has denied poor conditio conditions. Democrats are very angry at these types of conditions and also they view mcaleenan as basically defending the administration and kind of playing to the audience of one, which is President Trump to try to keep his job. Remember he had cancelled his sunday show appearance a week or two ago when he did not want to defend what was going on in terms of those i. C. E. Raids that trump had postponed but now are back on track. And so it looks like he was doing that same job yesterday to say, well, you should ignore what the dhs Inspector General says, that things arent as bad as they seem. Daniel, you have a new piece out about President Trumps selfdescribed germophobia, tell us about that. I interviewed people around trump, including some of his aides and they told me some fun stories like, the first thing that trump asked for after he leaves a Campaign Event where shes shaken lots of hands is give me the stuff, referring to purell, to ensure he doesnt get sick, and he asks visitors to the oval office if they want to wash themselves at a bathroom near the oval office before having dinner. He is constantly washing his hands and white house staffers, they have been known if they are coughing or showing signs of sickness, they should stay away from the president. He doesnt want to be around them. It can end arguments that trump is involved in at the end of the campaign in 2016, he came down to the trump tower, you know, to the Campaign Headquarters and was yelling for Brad Parscale whos a digital director saying where is my money, because he saw a report that 94 million had gone to parscale. Kellyanne conway defended parscale, then trump went nuts and left the room. Donald trump has never been a touchy feely kind of guy. Hes not an i feel your pain kind of president. Is this why or does it have to be more part of his personality . Hes long been a germophobe. I talked to a person who used to work for him, Jack Odonnell at the trump casino in atlantic city, and he said trump wasnt very good with customers because they would try to shake his hand on the casino floor, and trump would basically brush them off. If youre a businessman, people want to shake, especially Donald Trumps hand, who was a celebrity back in the day. Daniel litman, thank you for your time this morning. Billionaire convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested in connection with what Law Enforcement say is federal sex trafficking allegations. According to three Law Enforcement officials, the arrest which was part of a joint nypd and fbi investigation stems from incidents spanning from 2002 to 2005. Epstein had flown from paris to new york where he was arrested in teterboro, new jersey. A source familiar with the investigation said the epstein case was led by the Southern District of new yorks public corruption unit while working with the sex crime division. The nypd, and the fbi all declined to comment. Epstein is expected to appear before a federal magistrate judge in new york today to face charges that include sex trafficking of minors for which there is no federal statute of limitations. A federal judge ruled in february, after two sued the government for not telling them about a nonprosecution deal until it had been finalized. According to the New York Times, that ruling opened the possibility of nullifying the agreement and allowing epstein to be prosecuted on the original federal charges. At the same time, the Justice Department opened its own investigation into the plea deal and whether its attorneys committed professional misconduct in resolving the case back in 2008. Still ahead, the Justice Department assigns a new team of lawyers over the battle to a controversial Citizenship Question on the 2020 census. Later, joe biden offering up an apology for his comments about segregationists but gives a sweeping defense of his civil rights record. Well give you those new comments plus a check on the forecast when we come right back. S a check onhe t forecast when we come right back compare comcast business to your current provider. My Current Service provider does not provide half of what you provide. And to know that i could save money . Id be thrilled. This sounds like a whole business package, which would be incredible. So what are you guys waiting for . Lets do it. laughs comcast business gives you a full suite of products with great performance and value. Get fast, reliable internet on the nations largest gigspeed network for less than at t. Thats 120 dollars less a year. Better, faster. I mean sign me up. Comcast business. Beyond fast. More Court Filings are on the way as the Justice Department announces a major shakeup in the ongoing legal battle to add a citizen ship question to the 2020 census, the doj swapped out lawyers arguing the case on sunday, bringing in an entirely new team of career and political appointees to replace the attorneys who had been in the process of winding down the yearlong legal battle. The doj did not offer specifics on why the change was made but a person familiar with the matter told the Washington Post that some of the original team expressed concerns over the legal maneuvering by President Trump. The shuffling comes as the fight to add a Citizenship Question to next Years National head count was unexpectedly restarted via twitter last week, a fight President Trump is determined to win. And iran is saying its set to breach the uranium purity limits set in the 2015 nuclear deal. It comes 14 months after President Trump withdrew from the landmark accord, and reimposed hard hitting sanctions, even though iran was in compliance and remained so until last month. Iran breached other limits exceeding the amount it could stockpile. Mike pompeo said the latest actions would lead to further sanctions. President trump responding leaving his golf course in new jersey and shifted the blame to president obama. Iran better be careful. Because you enrich for one reason and i wont tell you what that reason is, but its no good. They better be careful. Irans doing a lot of bad things. And remember this, the obama agreement, which was the most foolish agreement that youll ever find, it expired in a very short period of time. Whether you have this conversation now or in a number of years from now, a few number of years, its a very important conversation, except the way they want it, they would have automatic rights to have nuclear weapons. Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. Southern california is on high alert after two massive earthquakes last week. On thursday, a 6. 4 earthquake hit near ridgecrest and a much stronger quake hit saturday night. Nbc news kroncorrespondent migu almaguer has the latest. Reporter seismologists confirm some 4,000 earthquakes have rocked the region near ridgecrest. After friday, 7. 1 tremor and thursdays 6. 4 sizable after shocks are rattling nerves, leaving many on edge. Out here we feel a little bit safer. Reporter bridget cunninghams family wont sleep under their roof, instead living in tent. Its more scary to think about the roof caving in on us and not being able to make it out or even to our kids. With the governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. You have to go over the huge cracks and krcrevasses in the road. Reporter April Rodriguez left the shake zone. It will never feel the same again. I dont know if any of us will feel safe again. With the large tremors cutting power to thousands, many are rebuilding what they can. The big worry here is infrastructure, while cracks like these can be repaired in a few days, its what engineers dont see that worries them most. Reporter at the four square church, the foundation is too damaged to hold sunday church. Its just a building. The real church is the people. Reporter in the Church Parking lot, a sermon in giving, free food and water for those in need. Anytime that we can, you know, go through a 7 point earthquake and not report a fatality, a major injury, thats a blessing and a miracle. Reporter the road to recovery, while many are still living in fear of what could come next. Our thanks to Miguel Almaguer for that report. Thats scary stuff. All those after shocks happening. Were going to get a check of the weather now with bill karins. Whats amazing, what now we know is a 4 shock was the 6. 4, and there was only a 5 chance of exceeding that, 1 in 20 chance, and we did that with the 7. 1, doesnt happen that often, pretty rare and pretty strong too. Lets get into the Weather Forecast for today. Overnight, heavy rain in areas of the mid Atlantic Region and see this, see that car flip there, this is an area outside of philadelphia in new jersey, a land spout tornado, it was a small little tornado but it was Strong Enough to pick that car up. So yeah, even small ones arent good. Lets get into the forecast. We have one Flash Flood Warning thats outside of hagerstown, and areas of west virginia. We have a Flash Flood Watch until 10 00 a. M. For baltimore, washington, d. C. This area got soaked on and off over the weekend. Now some of the rain is trying to push through the poconos in northern new jersey. Its not supposed to rain in new york city. Its getting awful close. This will break up and die off as the sunrises and well go and watch some of the rain shift to the south. This is at 7 00 a. M. Still hit and miss showers and storms around washington, d. C. Carry that umbrella. The norfolk areas, down around virginia beach, and this afternoon, we get scattered storms in areas of north carolina, especially coastal areas, anywhere from myrtle beach northward up along the coast. The forecast for today, hit and miss storms in the southeast, as you would expect. Same for florida through tampa. 97, feeling about 105. Same for dallas, san antonio, and the texas heat will really start to be increased as we go throughout the week. Tell you what, beautiful weather, minneapolis, chicago, st. Louis, ohio valley is nice. Lower humidity, you felt that yesterday after a soupy saturday, and as we go towards tomorrow, were looking all clear in areas to the northeast. Well focus on the southeast as we go throughout the rest of the week. This is hurricane season. We do have a chance of something developing in the gulf at the end of this week. Ill give you those details coming up. Sounds good. Still ahead, the moment you have been waiting for, all of the highlights from the womens World Cup Final and why the victory set off calls for equal pay. Were back in a bit. R equal pay. Were back in a bit. Welcome back, if you didnt already know, the u. S. Womens National Team has captured its second straight world cup title. Thats right. Its awesome. Thats why youve got your red on, in solidarity. The victory came off a second half goal scored by Megan Rapinoe who found the back of the net from the penalty spot. It marks the fourth world cup ti