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WCAU Today March 28, 2017

That video on facebook. And next stop, rokerthon 3 got off to a recordbreaking start at the university of oklahoma. Its a little snowy. This morning, als raced more than 1,000 miles north to reach his day two destination. Can you guess where he is today, march 28th, 2017. M today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studioa and geverybody. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Where in the worldhats what it doesnt it . I went over the c t only guess youre on a College Campus somewhere up north. Hey, guys. Yupe for a day, at ichigan. Herolling. Rokerthon 3. Were attemptin record with almost 1,000 students, playing the Worlds Largest game of freeze tag. Thats right. The ginnessld largest freeze tag game Worlds Largest wooden dome, the superiorll cing up. Were going to tag people, comi coming up. Tag, youre it, willie wildcat. The worlds lWorlds Largest fr thank you. Lets get tocas for the cha of the house intelligence imlfittee to recuse h meddling in revealed he had a secret meeting on white house grounds. For president tr very busyovernight. Were going to talk about all of first, Peter Alexander with all reporter good morning. President trump venting on russia story, excuse me, as a hoax. But this morning, Top Democrats are saying the way the republican chairman the House Intelligence Committee is running his investigate is a sham. They argue that after his latest revelations, devin nunes has lost the appearance of imparablealty. Adam schiff calling on the panels chairman to recuse himself from the russia investigation. Arguing hes compromised his ability. Given the role of the Transition Team and the events of the last week, its called into question whether he has the objectivity necessary to oversee this investigation. Reporter nancy pelosi following suit, asking paul ryan to ask that nunes recuse himself. Overnight, the congressman not backing down. The democrats want me to quit because they know im effective at getting to the bottom of things. Lets hope so, congressman. Reporter the controversy follows nunes stunning acknowledgment that he met a secret service on white house grounds to review documents. That meeting one day before he returning to brief president trump, that spies may have scooped up communications, improperly revealing their names. Nunes denies coordinating with the president s aides. I could have snuck on to the grounds late at night and nobody would have seen me. But i wouldnt trying to hide. Reporter nunes is defending his decision to review the reports in the white house complex but not in the white house itself because the information had not within given to congress. We have to go to the executive branch in order to read classified intelligence. Reporter fellow republicans are standing by nunes. Whether its the white house or waffle ho difference does it make if the information is reliable and authentic . It happens that devin had to do it reporter Jared Kushner agreeing toti the russia connection. He zeroing in on the ambassador and a head of a stateowned bank,ma administrat. Kushner was fulfilling his rolef contact with foreign governments andffs expected to take a big step obamas efforts to change. He will sign an executive order on Energy Independence that will initiate a review of the administrations clean power plan. That sought to reduce escribeds from power plants. To o us, the best way to s make sure the economy is peter of the armedan judiciary commit. We like having you here. Shooter. A noon show. We know. We got thatre. If you take the classified information that congressman he received it from and wherewhn after he got it, sharing the prd not his colue committee. And add to that that he was an adviser to the trump transition. Arent there enough questions that he should at the very least recuse himself on any investigation involving the Trump Campaign in russia . I think you put his objectivity in question at the very least. Heres what i would suggest. That david go to his democratic colleagues and share the information he was given by this unknown person so they will all know exactly what hes talking about. If hes not willing to tell the democrats and the republicans on the committee who he met with and what he was told, he has lost his ability to lead. And the democrats on the committee are becoming prosecutors. One guy said on a cable show there was probable cause to believe the russians and the Trump Campaign have collaborated. If you go back to your words, hes already put his credibility in question at the very least, doesnt he have to recuse himself . I think he has to repair the damage. My belief is, the white house is off track and probably cant get back on track. Burn warner doing a great job in the smenate. As to whether or not he should step down, i leave that to the house leadership. Who did he meet with and what did he see . Do you think he received that classified information from someone at the white house . I have no idea. And you should know that and i should know that. I think he owes that to his fellow committee members. He was taken to the white house and was given information about the Trump Campaign, he needs to share that with his committee members. The suspicion, as you well know, is maybe its the trump team that orchestrated this whole thing. This information, that supposedly vindicates president trump, came from the trump administration. Do you think its fishy that he went over to the white house to get it . Yeah. I think its a little bizarre. Number one, theres nothing been suggested theres nothing been revealed to suggest that the Obama Administration surveilled the Trump Campaign. Thats not even what nunes is saying. He is saying theres incidental collection outside of russia. The problem hes created is hes gone off on a lark by himself, inspector clouseau investigation here, trying to find some unmasking information about collection incidental with the Trump Campaign and some Foreign Agent outside of russia. I think the only way this thing can be repaired if he tells his colleagues on the House Intel Committee who he met with and what he saw and let them see the same information. Lets do the lightning round. Jared kushner, senior adviser, soninlaw to president trump, revealed he met with a russian bank, a bank that was sanctioned by the u. S. , during the transition. Does it bother you . The bank, yes. The ambassador, no. The fact he met with the banker he needs to explain himself. Absolutely. On health care, if replacing obamacare proved to be a ten, in terms of degree of difficulty, as you look forward to tax reform, knowing that some democrats and members of the Freedom Caucus feel embolined and a lot of Interest Groups want a piece of that pie, whats the degree of difficulty on that . The east german judge, 9. 4. Its going to be tough. Out of this collapse of discretion in the house, are the ashes of a failed republican attempt, may spring up true bipartisanship. I hope now the moment will arise when democrats and republicans will Work Together to replace obamacare because it is failing. What does the east german judge say about the chances of that . I think he would give you about 6. 4 because theres no other option. Theres no other way to do it. On that great bipartisan note, we whats going on with judge gorsuchs nomination and the democrats threatening to filibuster to get the republicans come up with 60 votes. President obama nominated Merrick Garland and he didnt get a hearing. An impartial observer might say that you guys deserve each other. In 1992, joe biden told bush 41, dont send a name up here, the Campaign Season is afoot. I have no problem with what happened with garland. He is a fine man. We dont put people on the court after the campaign is started in the last year of a presidency. We havent done that in over 100 years. As for gorsuch, trump couldnt have picked a better choice. It will break my heart if we have to change rules over this guy. Lindsey graham with a very rare pink panther reference. I love inspector clouseau. I wouldnt pick him to do this investigation. Senator, come back and see us often, please. Thank you. And breaking overnight, some other news. Two Miamidade County Police Officers were wounded in what thoughts called an ambushstyle shooting. Dramatic video shows the two men being rushed to the hospital in the back of a pickup truck. The officers were conducted an undercover gang investigation at an apartment complex when they were shot. They are listed in stable condition. They are expected to survive. A search for suspects under way. Authorities in maryland say they headed off a students welldeveloped plan to attack her high school with guns and fm the girls own on this. , heriff isyeaold girl, had a serious plan to out in her welldeveloped plan and said th for some tin our minds that we averted a disaster up there. N anything like this, to be honestuden w 18yea ammunition and had fireworks, f make pipe bombs. She had been compiling h high sn sheriffs office. Just what the carrying out Something Like ghis. Into the conscience on that. Reporter s father for his decision. Good dad, really. That go without taking some kind of her diary called for the attack. She wasaltion. Needed intervention a silver li the school said she a student t going to get the help she needs now. Reporter once released from the hospital, she will face charges. The sheriff says he is not sure if she had the will to carry out her plan, which was real enough. Pete williams in washington, thank you. We move to a fight over fair pair. The u. S. Womens hockey team, taking a page of the womens soccer team and threatening a boycott unless they see significant progress towards settling a wage dispute. And Stephanie Gosk is following this one. Reporter they were hoping for a deal overnight. But there isnt one. The womens ice hockey World Championship kicks off this friday here in the u. S. But the u. S. Team, the current world champs, may not actually be there. Reporter when the Winter Olympics kick off in seoul in less than a year, the usa womens hockey team will be a medal favorite. But right now, the team is so angry with usa hockey, the Sports National association, they are threatening to boycott this weeks World Championship tournament. We need more visibility. We need more games. And we need to be paid properly. Reporter usa hockey was expected to vote on a deal monday. But overnight, there was still no announcement. The team says they dont get nearly the support the men get. Flying coach, instead of business class. Sharing hotel rooms instead of getting their own. Score. Reporter the men can practice fulltime and travel to games, relying on nhl salaries. But women dont earn anywhere near that kind of money playing professionally. The captain of the womens team says all theyre asking for is a living wage and equitable benefits. Support for the women players is growing, from pros in the nba, Major League Baseball and the nhl. One highprofile agent said members of the mens team may boycott their own championship in solidarity. To support them. They want equitable support. We would like to think they can work something out. Reporter senators dialed up the pressure, with a letter to usa hockey with their concerns. With the boycott looming, usa hockey went looking for replacements. But some of the high school and College Players refused. The fight looks a lot like the one the u. S. Womens soccer team waged to get equal pay just before the rio games in 2016. Some of those players spoke with matt here on today. Why does it come to a head now . I think the timing is right. I think that we have proven our worth over the years. Reporter now, womens hockey is saying the same thing. And if no one listens, they simply wont play. In a statement, usa hockey says they have increased their level of direct support. An they have a long standing commitment to the advancement and growth of girls and womens hockey. And they say any claims to the contrary are unfounded. And the clock is ticking. Thats right. Just a few days. Stephanie, thank you so much. Al is spending the morning up at Northern Michigan university. Its day two of rokerthon 3. Sounds confusing, but you get it. First, hes tracking the threat of Severe Weather. Al . Thats right. In fact, guys, its a good thing we got out yesterday when we did because oklahoma is one of the areas in under the gun for Severe Weather. Lets take a look and show you what we got going on. Basically, were talking about a big upper level low, with no major steering components to push this thing out. Its going to take its own sweet time as it drops out of the rockies and makes its way slowly to the east. So, we got a severe storm risk right through thursday. Starting off with today. We are looking at 15 Million People at risk for large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes possible, especially in west texas. But you can see that risk extends all the way up to oklahoma city. Tomorrow is the biggest risk. We may see the risk upgraded for 19 Million People. Hail, strong winds and tornadoes. Thursday more of the same. 20 Million People at risk, as it starts to move into the southeast and the central gulf. Rainfall amounts or southern oklahoma and northern texas. Upwards of five inches of rain possible. Flash flood watches and warnings may have to be issued by thursday. Were going to get to your local foreca good morning. Im meteorologist bill henley. Gray skies and fog. The fog thins, but clouds stay with us. And well see occasional showers and a chance of a few more thunderstorm s. 66 degrees for philadelphia. Yoseburbs. Occasional showers this morning and this afternoon. Updegrees. Clouds are going nowhere in new jers a little cooler, a chance of thunderstorms in the lehigh more showers. Have a great day. Ming up, were going to atest ds largestbreak the guinness freeze tag game. G outside, it will be freezing in here, ba a in the studio to play along. Matt, isttly be tagging savannah. Done. Sweatshirt. Medium. Ye gng to bring you one. Medium. By the way, its not its small. Al, thank you so much. Fter she says this lengthy tsa patdown left her son traumatized. 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Try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. Sweet cinn bill . A rainy new castle in scene. Ides in to work wi to a Traffic Managementgrlterand transportat center and theim at sanctuary cities like isot bac. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is suggesting the administratio money to sanctuary cities. Help the government root out undocumented immigrants. Mayor jim kenney argued that protecting undocumented people is a moral issue. And today in philadelphia, major restoration work will begin at mt. Carmel Jewish Cemetery in wissinoming where vandals knocked over more than 100 headstones last month. Well have another update in 25 minutes. Back, now, 7 30 on a tuesday morning. The 28th of march, nice crowd. On our plaza rolling spring higan university, as he takes rokerth college youre not al herb. Youret you. But theyresong. Un out there. And its cowbells. Well check in with h get a e holding in on monday. A threatf their first mees obamacare was abagenda, including tax cuts and oer set e womens finaln rllas. Uconn crushed or o friday. And South Carolina will join th st patdown of the young boy we have beenn dallas. Jacob, good morning to you. Ep posted er tt makes him ther has beenti. Sensitive to touch. But the tsa said the patdown was done by the book. Overnight, growing outrage of this video thats gone viral. It shows tas agent patting down a teenager. The twominute clip shows her son, aaron, standing in a security area, while an agent begins what she calls aggressively patting down her son. Furious what she describes as an unnecessary and horrifying patdown, williamson blasted the tsa for what they did to her son. We have been lu hell. They detained aaron for well over an hour at dfc. He has spd and i didnt want him having a patdown like this. She has sensitive priority disorder. They asked agents to screen him in other ways, per tsa rules. It was horrifying, she writes. Somehow these power tripping tsa agents who are traumatizing children and doing whatever they want without cause have to be reined in. It allows for a patdown and all approved procedures were followed to dissolve an alarm of the passengers laptop. Normally, only a small

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