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philadelphia do prepare to give an update any moment now. we'll go straight to that. also this hour, extreme weather in reeking havoc on picnics and parades as blistering heat and thunderstorms leave millions under a severe weather watch. we'll have the latest weather forecast of what you can expect today and on this busy holiday, about 15,000 hotel workers in southern california walked off their jobs further complicating travel plans. we'll explain why they're hitting the picket line. we'll start with the mass shootings that left two u.s. cities reeling with eight people killed. f...

Patrol cars but some have to jump out with just a handgun. some on foot patrol. some on a motorcycle. they have to engage these guys as they can and take them down. so yes. you know, there will be a lot of talk post shooting as there always is about gun laws and maybe the congress will step up with something reasonable. they have in the past. that's the history of gun control. whenever there was assassinations by gangsters in the '30s, the congress did step us and give us something. maybe they can do something but still protect america's second amendment rights. >> one year ago when you were o...

Mr. manafort into giving up information on president donald trump or others in the campaign. i've been saying that for a long time. it's a witch hunt. >> if you're wondering how closely donald trump is following the impending criminal trial of his one-time campaign chairman paul manafort, wonder no more. that was trump reading from a news report handed him just before his speech. during a hearing in the case today, a federal judge in virginia expressed skeptic qulix special counsel mule her the authority to bring charges against manafort that were not directly related to collusion. of course, ...

Also standing by the chief two leaders of the delegation went to pyongyang in north korea, first time south korea has been allowed inside the building. clearly, kim jong-un came there to deal a deal with the south koreans. they met with more than four hours and gave them that letter that they flew from seoul to washington hours ago and been whirlwind of meetings with the white house. now major announcement what's believed to be a letter from kim jong-un to president trump offering a meeting. >> in new york, she's getting more information has well. what else are you learning, elise? >> reporter...

The american three-star general in charge of the efforts to crush isis had this to say about the effect so far on isis. >> the ability for them to continue to expand in terms of terrain and geography out there. i think what we must do, especially inside of iraq, is continue to build those capabilities. i think you're at least talking minimum three years. >> that was the three-star in charge of u.s. operations in iraq. he suggested u.s. troops will be needed in iraq for at least three years inch iraq, major move by iraq's prime minister who ordered the end of all government lawsuits against jou...