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WPVI America This Morning June 7, 2017

It is turning out to be a busy one. Well start with that breaking news overseas. Deadly attacks in the capital o attackers stormed the nations Parliament Building in tehran l eight people. All entrances and exit gates at parliament weres c and reporter ordered to remain in place inside that chamber. And about ten miles away, at least one person was killed after gunman and suicide bombarh khomeini. A Security Guard was killed in that attack and a woman under arrest. Its not phone if theyre linked. No group immediately claiming responsibility. But you will note in the last 48 hours tensions among the gulf states have been at their the g war. Were going to continue to keep an eye on the situation there in the middle east. Meanwhile, keeping an eye on the big headline out of wa details about what former fbi director james comey will reveal when he testifies for the first time fired. President trump appears to be focusing on other things heading to cincinnati to promote his infrastructure plan. This while Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein faces questions on capitol hillri. And as comey prepares to testify, theres word he told the attorney general Jeff Sessions he did not want to be left alone with the president. Sources say comey will talk about having an uncomfortable relationship with President Trump and describe repeated encounters that made him uneasy. Abcs lana zak has the latest from washington on this. Busy day for you,indeed, kendis diane. Its going to be a busy week in washington already gearing up for it especially with those hearing that starts today with Rod Rosenstein, remember, his memo was initially held up by the white house as the impetus for comeys firing. When fired fbi director James Comey Testifies before the senate on thursday the truth and nothing but the truth. Reporter a source close to comey says he intends to directly contradict the president on this claim made repeatedly in an interview with nbc news. I said, if its possible, would you let me know am i under investigation. He said you are not under investigation. Reporter but on the more troubling question of obstruction of justice in the flynn investigation, comey is expected to offer no judgment. The real world implications of this although great for scoring points for the democrats are really not that high in terms of actual effect on the administration. Reporter the testimony is highly anticipated for both democrats and republicans. I think that comey being here in public is something thats very important to the country. Reporter but inside the white house, the president is blaming attorney general Jeff Sessions decision to recuse himself on russia for many of their current problems. Sources tell abc news the situation has gotten so tense that sessions has offered to resign. Press Secretary Sean Spicer even refusing to say if the president still has confidence in sessions. I have not had a discussion with him. Reporter the president offered up another public message. Ahead of his testimony i wish him luck. Reporter kendis, i know you understand this town and how it takes but to give everybody else a sense of what a big deal this is in washington, several bars are actually opening early in advance of comeys testimony. Some are even offering some specials including 5 on russian vodka and a special covfefe cocktail, we understand. I know where well be doing america this morning next week or tomorrow. Lets hope theyre open early enough. A typical d. C. Thing. Lana zak live for us in washington. We hope you enjoy a little of that coverage. Fbi agents raided the home of the Government Contractor accused of leaking a top secret nsa document on russian hacking. 25yearold reality winner had criticized President Trump and his policies on her own Facebook Page. Winner is an air force veteran and her family says she believes in always doing the right thing. Now, Top Democrats condemn the leak but cited the report as proof of broader election meddling. This was russia, this was not, you know, some hacker in at the university trying to screw around with one individual state. This was an international attempt to impact the elections of the United States of america. The document reportedly shows a Russian Military intelligence tried to hack the software used for u. S. Voting machines in the days before the president ial election. Its not clear, though, if they were successful. Hawaii is now the first state to officially adopt some of the goals of the paris climate accord. Governor david egay put them in effect. One increases hawaiis efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. The other measure establishes a task force to capture and store carbon dioxide. Less than 24 hours after an attack outside the notre dame cathedral. A man attacked a Police Officer with a hammer allegedly shouting, this is for syria. Another Police Officer shot and wounded that attacker. Now, the approximately 1,000 people inside the cathedral were told to put their hands over their heads and wait in the pews. Priests then led them in prayer while police searched for other attackers. Outside there was panic. We heard the two gunshots and then at that point my wife and i, we kind of grabbed each other and ran to the corner and then we turned back around. Thats when we saw the Police Officers pointing their guns at a guy on the ground and he had blood coming out from his leg. The suspect is a 40yearold graduate student from al jeer ya and reportedly claims to be a soldier of isis. They say this was an isolated attack. In london all of the London Bridge is now open once again although some parts of Borough Market are still closed after saturday nights terror attacks. Meanwhile, britains Prime Minister says she will change the countrys human rights laws about they get in the way of preventing future terror attacks. Her opponents in tomorrows election call that cynical and wrong. Back here in this country lets take a look at your weather. Well, its going to be a wet day in the southeast from florida to the carolinas. You can see why. Heavy rain expected to cross that area in the Sunshine State where several inches of rain is possible in some locations. All that rain could produce more scenes like this. Charleston, south carolina, flooding, up to 4 inches of rain falling there prompting these flash flood warnings. Some of the heaviest downpours happening at the same time as high tide which didnt help the situation. Well, they can expect more of the same today. Former president obama and canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have had another highpowered meeting. They had dinner in montreal last night and discussed developing the next generation of leaders. Trudeau tweeted a picture with how do we get Young Leaders to take action in their communities. Thanks barackobama. President obama looks very relaxed and trudeau is like still ahead, more from the obamas including the surprising revelation michelle made about their years in the white house. The woman on trial accused of urging her boyfriend to commit suicide. The Text Messages she sent that prosecutors say contributed to his death. That frightening scene at the event called the americas cup. A crew catapulted into the water. Two kids barfed in class today. It was so gross. Lysol disinfectant spray kills 99. 9 of bacteria, even those that cause stomach bugs. One more way youve got what it takes to protect. You dont even want to know protection detergent alone doesnt kill bacteria but adding new lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99. 9 of bacteria with 0 bleach. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Back with breaking news overnight from los angeles. An lapd officer is recovering after a shooting that left a suspect dead. Investigators say the officer was responding to a call of a man with a gun last night. Police say the officer hurt one of his arms but they do not believe he was hit by gunfire. The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is still under investigation. Bill cosbys accuser returns to the stand today following a day of emotional testimony yesterday. Andrea constand cried as she told her story in public for the first time saying the man that she saw as a mentor drugged then sexually assaulted her in his home in 2004. Constand testified she didnt tell anyone about the incident for a year because she didnt want to cause trouble. Cosbys attorneys say the two had consensual sex. Dish network has been ordered to pay a record 280 million fine for its robocalls. The Justice Department says the Satellite Television company violated the national do not call registry laws and a judge ruled that dish knew or should have known that its Third Party Call centers were violating the law. The money will be split between the federal government as well as four states. One more business note, sears reportedly closing even more of its stores and expected 49 kmarts, 17 sears and 7 auto centers. All of this by september. Sears will only have a little more than half as many stores as it had, say, five years ago. A report has several states in new england among the safest in the country. Analysts looked at nearly 40 indicators including how safe people are in their car, hopes and workplaces. And found vermont to be the safest state in the nation based on those criteria. Followed by maine, massachusetts, minnesota and new hampshire. According to the report, mississippi is the least safest state. Least safe state. Least safe state. When we come back history overnight on the baseball diamond. See what this Cincinnati Red did. A scare for spear fishermen when a shark suddenly makes a uturn and comes their way. Well show you how they got away. Gator floaty. Plus, the snacks and drinks are gone, people. And one of us used up all the sunscreen i wonder who. Were gonna need some reinforcements. Quick. Copy that. Walgreens makes it easy when summer needs a little help. Your Summer Base Camp is just around the corner so you can get in, out and back to those summer shenanigans. Walgreens. At the corner of happy healthy®. This week, buy two and get a third free on sun and skin care. This week, buy two and get its just a burst pipe, i co laugh it. Switching to allstate is worth it. Nonalcoholic juice drinks [ plays chord ] [ plays melody ] [ plays castanets ] [ melody stops ] scenes like this today forecasters say some areas could see a couple w ihich will cause street yeah, checking the morning Road Conditions all that rain in florida will stretch up into the carolinas as well. Expect some wet roads for parts of the northeast and for a large part of the middle of the country as well. This travel alert from captain obvious. Guess where youll have airport delays possible due to weather, miami. A woman in massachusetts on trial for allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life. The young mans mother has already testified that she saw no signs that he intended to harm himself. Abcs Adrienne Bankert has more. Reporter 20yearold michelle carter, accused of pushing the young man she says she loved to his death. Prosecutors say carter at the time a High School Discount pressured 18yearold conrad roy iii to commit suicide in 2014. At the heart of the case, tens of thousands of texts between the two. Carter repeatedly telling him, its time and you need to just do it. Cell phone records showing carter telling him to get back inside the truck when he has second thoughts. Carter attorney blaming her behavior on the medication she was taking. Its a suicide even if somebody supports another individual in a suicide, it doesnt create a homicide. Reporter Adrienne Bankert, abc news, taunton, massachusetts. Adrienne will have more on that trial on good morning america. Take a look. A spearfishing trip that went very wrong ends with a man in the hospital. Wow, that eightfoot shark took a bite out of parker simpsons right leg while he and the friend were in the florida keys. Look again. Youll see it here in slomo. He said he thought the shark was going after fish on his line then it turned towards him. Simpson lost more than two pints of blood. Mother nature has played a role in the americas cup yachting competition in bermuda. Half of the Team New Zealands sixman crew ended up in the ocean yesterday. Winds reaching nearly 30 miles an hour capsized their catamaran. Three crewmen had to be pulled from the water. Theyre back at it today. The americas cup final races start on the 17th with the u. S. Defending its title in all right. Game three of the nba finals is tonight and the cavaliers are hoping their home crowd can help them get back in the series against the warriors. As for last nights sports action highlights from our guys at espn. Good morning, its sportscenter from los angeles. Stan verrett, neil everett here. We had a guy who hit four home runs tuesday night in the major leagues. Stan and i are talking about our favorite tom petty sounds. Scooter gennett, he wont back down against the cardinals. This is in cincinnati. This kid was born in cincinnati. Thats a grand slam. Pitcher says dont do me like that. Exactly. Its good to be king. Gennett is not really a king. Near is lebron james but king of the night. Thats his second. Thats three, man. Free falling. And a face in the crowd grabbed that souvenir baseball. Im all out. I got no more tom petty. He hit four. Hes running down a dream. I mean, you are so bad, scooter gennett. Oh i mean, we dont know how it feels to hit four. Womens College World series, oklahoma and florida, best of three, oklahoma took game one so this is it. If the sooners win again, oklahomas knighton was a hero monday night. Has the cape on again and the sooners wonder woman bringing everybody home with a bases l d loaded. Sooners go up, 53. Top of the seventh. Florida down to its final out. And page lowry is going to finish the job. Oklahoma going backtoback. Third womens College World series title in five years. Fourth overall as they take it 54. The hardest part about this job is . What . The waiting. Okay. Its the hardest part those guys are freefallen right now. Up next in the pulse, george and amal clooney welcome twins. Reaction coming in overnight. Plus, see what caused hundreds of dollars in damage at a liquor store. Oh, boy. On our Facebook Page mother under investigation after she said she intentionally allowed a snake to bite her 1yearold. Thats on atmfans. Com. Of strok, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. But no matter what path i take, i go for my best. So if theres Something Better than warfarin, ill go for that too. Eliquis. Eliquis reduced the risk of stroke better than warfarin, plus had less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis had both. Dont stop taking eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily. And it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. 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An email from the couples publicist read ella and alexander and amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days. Ellen degeneres tweeted her congratulations saying shes now calling them oceans four. This was the scene at clooneys liquor company. Business partner rande gerber stacking up for a special delivery of tequila and topped off with a few boxes of diapers as well. I think hell go for the tequila first no doubt. Michelle obama made a surprising revelation about her time in the white house. So she was talking about all those formal occasions when she wore designer dresses, each one carefully chosen. Fashion reporters and bloggers scrutinized every look. Okay, so she said while everyone was looking at her, they didnt notice that the president wore the same tuxedo all eight years, same tux, same shoes which she jokingly said was totally unfair. Kendis hasnt changed a suit in like three years. This is the same, same thing. That is thats kind of funny. You guys can get away with it, we cant. Double standards. Whats likely the most unwelcome guest at a liquor store in Southern California . One thats already drunk . Or a peacock. Heres why. The bird came in through an open door and then caused all kinds of commotion. Listen to that. Maybe he already had one too many. Animal control officer used the net to try to restrain the animal. Not successful for awh

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