r the word of one man, the killer himself, alexander bennett. you really had to believe this guy bennett? >> absolutely. >> reporter: your case was going to rise and fall on that? >> he was going to be the star witness against stephen cooke. >> reporter: bennett told jurors the same story he told investigators, how he killed heidi. video cameras weren't permitted, but bennett's testimony was audiotaped. he decided to confess, he says, because of his faith and for heidi's family. >> i wanted to be a human being. i wanted to give a family some type of peace. i wanted to have faith enough and to grow up into a man and to accept and take responsibility for what i did. >> reporter: but the question still remained. if stephen cooke had planned heidi's murder, why had he done it? according to stephen, they were in love and planning to marry. but some of heidi's friends testified that she was so miserable in the relationship, she was preparing to leave. >> she had asked a friend of hers for a small loan for an easy storage facility in an effort to move

the state and its key witness alexander bennett, the acknowledged murderer? or stephen cooke, the man with a good job, middle-class lifestyle and father of a 7-year-old son? the jury was out, but stephen cooke's sister knew the verdict she wanted to hear. >> he's not guilty. they're -- they're going to say, not guilty. they're going to say, not guilty. >> reporter: but after a day and a half of deliberations, that wasn't the jury verdict. >> guilty or not guilty? we find him guilty. >> reporter: stephen cooke was found guilty of first-degree murder, hiring a long-distance killer to murder his girlfriend. >> i felt like i lost my breath. i just was in shock. i just could not believe that's what they've said. i remember screaming, oh, no. >> thank you, lord. prayers are answered. it's relief, joy, and happiness and also sadness because we still don't have heidi. >> reporter: grant lewis, the denver middle man, has already been sentenced to life in prison. both alexander bennett and stephen cooke was sentenced to life in prison without the option of parole. and

alexander. look at the position of some of the other proxy players in this conflict here. you know we don't know what the ultimate objective of the us in syria i'm still convinced that iran will play a role in it one way or another but let's look at like saudi arabia and let's look at turkey here they're a very uncompromising in what they want and this is this is what complicates the western quote unquote coalition here i don't i don't see this the saudis seeing syria as a partner again i don't see the turks doing the same thing but equally i think if you have there is evidence of this if you were to have an election in syria internationally supervised mr assad ran he would win that is something the saudis and the turks can't seem to cope go in go ahead. well we have to distinguish between two different conflicts in syria there is an internal conflict between the syrian government and its opponents and then there is a larger international conflict which involves outside ours like turkey and saudi arabia and iran and unfortunately what appears to be happening in the middle

continuing proxy war with iran ok what alexander is nominally speaking i agree with richard here but i mean why do we have to go through all this conflict to have sit down and for a peace process i mean there's ample evidence mountains of evidence that the united states and its allies particular qatar and saudi arabia and then we have on the side israel participating in all of this i mean this conflict could have come to an end a long time ago if the if they had been good will there is never been good will all whatsoever these the the western countries still support a lot of these nefarious groups that let them keep fighting so i find it really hard to believe you know this kind of narrative that we want to bring peace to syria because that was never been the agenda we we still have to put wonder if it's regime change is still in the cards considering past recent events go ahead alexander well the great. framework in which we have to understand the war in syria is obviously there's been an internal conflict within syria but that war became internationalized because of syria's central

alexander, what exactly is going on in your country? well, the protests are against corruption, and corruption is an issue in russia, but it's an issue everywhere across the world. in india, in china, everywhere else. the problem is, there's a perception that mr navalny, who was detained, is some sort of a leader of an opposition, which is not really an opposition, it's a tiny group of people. the reason why he was detained, that was not mentioned here, what they did, they were given official permission to stage a demonstration in a specific area of moscow, in central moscow. he was detained during a protest in moscow. no, before the protest. hours before the demo, he announced to his supporters, let's hijack a celebration of russia day, smack outside the kremlin. so what happened, these people infiltrated this celebration, which was massive, in the centre of moscow. children with their parents and grandfathers and grandmothers were celebrating this party. suddenly, these people appear in between them down with corruption. the police ha

the next name up. >> alexander. >> as in litvinenko. scaramela says that's why he met with litvinenko in london to tell him about the hit list to warn him. he says litvinenko didn't buy it. >> he said mario don't care about that. >> he says it is bs. >> i think it is -- please check what is happening. >> after what happened to litvinenko scaramela says he takes the hit list seriously. >> are you frightened for your life? >> well, do you have another question? >> scotland yard questions scaramela and eventually cleared him. why? because if you are looking for it polonium is traceable. using specialized equipment investigators were able to track it in people and in places. >> once polonium 210 had been identified then across europe like the slime from a slug all the way across polonium was popping up everywhere. >> but not in scaramela. no polonium in his body or anywhere he had been. so scotland yard took a hard look at the two russians. when detectives retraced their steps they found polonium contamination everywhere. >> we see the same

>>> tonight -- all the latest details on hollywood's newest power couple -- ella and alexander cloone the exclusive hospital suites. the first visitors. >> they're gorgeous. they have george's nose. >> george's dad gushes over his grand babies as stars celebrate the big news. >> i know the perfect gift. >>> and growing up clooney, the royal life that lies ahead. >> they're going to be raised in a similar fashion to prince george and princess charlotte. >>> and nicole kidman just days away from her 50th birthday. having the best year of her life. >> at 50 i'll be retiring no way. >>> plus, tom cruise finally reveals "top gun" sequel secrets to "e.t." >> i have not told anyone in the world as much as i've just told you. >>> and on the set of scarlett johansson's new comedy. with snl's scene stealer kate mckinnon. >> my reaction when i read the script was what? >>> now for june 7th, 2017, this "entertainment tonight." >> welcome everybody. we have new details about george and amal's twins from inside the hospital. >> the births made headlines around the world and some of the biggest star

ella, alexander and amal are happy, hhyealt and doing fine. the first time father is sedated and should recover in a few days. >> that is awesome. congratulations. going to be a great father. >> george and amal just had their twins. >> i know the perfect gift. >> i'm not going to tell you. >> you have to. >> my favorite baby gift to give is the baby's own book club. you get the name of the babies and you send them every baby book you can imagine. >> now i've given you my favorite idea. >> today it has been announced that george's twins were born. >> when? >> "e.t." broke the news to salma hiayek? >> i'm so happy for them. can't wait. they're going to be beautiful kids for sure. >> george's dad shared details about the twins. george and amal skyped with nick clooney two hours after the babies were delivered. nick said that alexander resembles his dad. >> the little boy looks like he has his nose. >> do they haver they look great and george and amal are doing well. she's great. george was -- his eyes were glazed so i'm not sure he was sober. we'

let's hear from alexander acosta. >> there's six million job openings in the united states. this is the highest number of job vacancies on record. americans want to hire. american companies want to hire americans and americans want to work. there's a skills gap between skills available and the skills that workers currently have. apprenticeship teach the skills needed to find good jobs and succeed in those jobs. apprenticeships combine a paid work component within an educational component. apprentices earn while they are earn avoiding the burden of student debt. president trump witnessed firsthand success of apprenticeship programs in the building trades. throughout his campaign, president trump committed firmly to expand job opportunities here in america. the president knows that apprenticeships offer participants good jobs and freedom from excessive loan debt. the president knows that apprenticeship programs work. that they are the best way to reduce the skills gap. host: that's the efforts by the administration. we want to get from here as far as best way to train u.s. wor

senator alexander: thank you, mr. chairman. senator blunt: thank you, senator alexander. senator shotts. senator shotts: thank you for your good work. many people from this administration have attacked the bureau of labor statistics as phony, fictitous and a hoax when they don't like the data that's presented to them. for instance, at a rally in iowa last december, the president-elect said the unemployment number, as you know, is totally fiction. and a few months earlier, he said you hear a 5% unemployment rate, it's just a phony number. senator schatz: this march the o.m.b. director mulvaney accused the obama administration manipulating the numbers to make the unemployment rate look smaller. these are really dangerous attacks on government data generally and your department in particular. i know you're a data-driven leader, and so i want to ask you -- the bureau of labor statistics has existed for more than 130 years to provide independent, unbiased and rigorous data on employment levels in the country. lawmakers use it for policymaking. journalists and researchers use i

after rather dramatically stopping his horse in the road, he turned to alexander and responded. alexander, if there is one man in either army, federal or confederate who is head and , inlders far above either either army, and audacity, that man is general lee mr. meyers: i think critics will rank general lee audacious commander since napoleon. by the spring of 1865, the army was a shadow of its warmer size. -- former size. its officer corps was withered from thousands of losses in 1864. in the final days of the war, willing to place himself in danger, knowing the gravity of his armies situation better than anyone else. creek --ware at savers creek.creek -- sailor's a climactic set piece battle against the flow, a napoleonic crescendo moment like napoleon's great victory, a masterpiece of command that could in the the war. his entire 34 months as general of the army, assertiveness, campaign strategy come audacity can be seen through this lens. he had tasted the sweetness of the lopsided victory, the euphoria of snatching success from the jaws of defeat, the agonizing defeat of hi

alexander anderson almost by staff,, very small alexander anderson was forced to take care of dozens and dozens of victims who were brought out by boat on the east river or in dollies. was was extraordinary to me the compassion he showed for these people. his medical knowledge was basically nil in terms of saving anybody from yellow fever. but what he did was give them compassion and care. you look at that diary, you see two undertakers driving carts and not treating the bodies with respect, and she calls them out. -- he calls them out. inebriated ande not treating patients with care. he tore into a physician who was running away from the yellow fever epidemic. he was not doing his duty. alexander anderson was a very, very strong christian and believed that he basically was sent by god to work at this godforsaken pest house or whatever. but it is really remarkable during the great epidemic of 1798, alexander anderson leaves his family, small house along wall street, and goes to bellevue. in a time of three months, his father dies of yellow fever, his wife dies of yellow fever, his in

alexander hamilton, by the way, planted that seed in my mind. >> that's anxiouses my question. should that be in the norm or is that an outcome of current times? in other words, shouldn't the primary responsibility be to do good as opposed to looking for wrongdoing? >> well, i take doing good for granted. >> okay. >> i mean, why would you do any task, whether with the got or outside the government, if you warrant harping a beneficial effect it but when you get behind the standard obligations of a public servant or anyone else, think truthfulness in confronting wrong-doing is important. and alexander hamilton -- i always go back to hamilton first with read the founding fathers -- he talked about impeachment in terms of the number one offense that has to be addressed is compromising the public trust, and certainly we have seen too much of that liberty was nixon, whether it was reagan and iran-contra in the 1980s, whether it was bill clinton, which is controversial but still i think he did compromise the public trust and now look what we're dealing with, day after day. i think the

first two of them are rookies officer nicole bataglia on the force for a year and a half and second alexander jensen with the department two years and on the force officer kevin jobe. the police chief said all three officers were on scene within minutes of the first dispatch call. the chief says when officer bataglia arrive she ran toward the gunfire becoming pinned and taking shelter which allowed the other two officers jensen and jobe to poof in while the shooters attention was focused on bataglia. while taking gun fire jobe and jensen were able to neutralize the situation and us is spelingt wept down and this was all weapon less than five minutes after that first dispatched call wept out. also today other fire and ems personnel were thanked and recognized for quick and brave work treating all injured including shooter. meanwhile guys it's almost a

that was a working group that's been led by senator lamar alexander and myself and the discussions of the working group have really focused on common sense reforms that would expand options, expand competition, and give consumers more choices, which would lower premiums and make health insurance more affordable. if we do that, we will have succeeded. we need to do more to get that to happen, but i believe we can and will get that done. >> do you think leadership is going to hear you out the second round? >> we continue to have productive conversations with leadership and with members

hodgkin son the first two are rock is, officer nicole bataglia on the force for a year and a half and alexander jensen has been with the department for two years and then finally, officer kevin jobe after veteran of 16 years on the force. and the police chief says all three officers were on scene dispatched call and chief says when officer batali arrived she ran toward the gunfire becoming pinned and taking shelt area louing the other two officers jenson and jobe to come in while the attention was focused on her. while in gunfire jobe and jensen were able to neutralize the situation and suspect wept down. all this within less than five minute after that first dispatched call went out. also today, other fire and ems personnel that responded were thanked and recognized for quick and brave work treating all injured including shooter. mean while it's about almost a week sint the shoot and this del ray neighborhood and city of dooe is ready to 34506 on.

forward by an author, and an activist and a lawyer named michelle alexander. i was coming out of a program similar to this at the library one evening and one of the panelists was the late vincent harding i knew him from my days at a student at the college and he saw me, he knows me as calvin he said hey, calvin before you leave, i want to make sure you get a book. and i said what book is that? he said the jim crow and i went and got the bock and i read it like many of us -- i was further enlightened and, of course, became increasingly even more angry. so i thank michelle for being here tonight. i thank suzanne for being here tonight. and also thank you for coming so that you can learn more about women and mass incarceration. this today would be the 92nd anniversary of the birth malcolm

to chairman lisa murkowsky, chairman lamar alexander, chairman mike simpson, all the distinguished members of congress and honored guests who are here. welcome to a new era of american energy. a new era in american energy dominance. and welcome to an era defined by the pro energy leadership of president donald trump. we're gathered here today as further evidence of president donald trump knows that affordable abundant and reliable energy is the foundation of american prosperity. in fact since today one of the administration president trump has taken decisive action to unleash the unlimited potential of america's energy resources and we're just getting started. in one of his first acts, president trump approved the keystone and dakota pipeline and the dakota pipeline is up and running and the keystone isn't far behind. under the leadership of this president, cole mines are actually reopening in america. cole miners are going back to work and the war on coal is over. president trump's been rolling back the clean power plan, he's opening the way for more offshore drilling and president donald

blayne alexander has more tonight. quite show tthe show he. >> reporter: yeah, people have been waiting to see it for quite some time. and comey said that he had a gut feeling that he might need to keep those memos to defend himself but the fbi. with countless cameras and the world watching, james comey explained why he kept detailed notes. >> i was concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting. railro wr . >> reporter: comey says he ordered the leak to the press. >> i asked a friend of mine to

member ofrrent parliament, alexander stubb joins us from helsinki. we are facing a hung parliament here in the united kingdom. that is a fact. is this a worst-case scenario for the leaders of europe as they are waking up this morning? macron along with madame merkel? this is not good news for europe, is it? >> it is not good news for anyone. i think the situation is quite messy. it is complicated, it is not very stable. that is why at think it is time for everyone to regroup. we need to count to 10 and big era out how to take things forward. the burden of proof lies in the u.k. the u.k. needs to sort itself out before your can make a move. you that inuarantee a lot of european capitals, including brussels this morning, there is a lot of thinking going on, and it will be interesting to see who comes out and says what. i think it will be diplomatic. anna: you say that we need to count to 10, alexander. good morning to you. is a delay possible? are we talking about a situation where the eu could put things on hold? that would send unlikely. is that arti

craig and alexander? >> peter, thank you. >>> now, to the ugly incident caught on camera at an airport. you can see what appears to be a passenger, being pushed to the ground by an airline employee in houston. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning. here we go again. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. this occurred back in 2015. nbc affiliate obtained the video of the airline shoving a 71-year-old man. it was just two months ago that dr. dave dao was roughed up and drugged off a plan by security officers in chicago. this morning, united airlines is back in the headlines for not in a plane, but inside a terminal at bush international airport. it shows a 71-year-old man being pushed to the ground in the ticketing area by a customer service representative. >> he laid there lifeless for several minutes. they left him there like a peegs of garbage. >> reporter: that man is suing united. the lawsuit claims the customer service rep laughed and cursed at him. >> that's when he says [ bleep ]. and sho

little alexander resembles his dad. >> it looked like he had his nose. >> do they have hair and stuff. >> oh, yeah. absolutely. dark hair. they look great. and they're wonderful and both george and amal are doing wonderfully well. she's great, george was -- his eyes were aglazed. so i'm not sure he was sober. we'll figure that out. now, that's joke. >> >> no photos have been made public, but this is an artist ren derg of what ella and alexander could look like. uk journalist victoria arbiter says the private luxury suites there go to $7,000 to $8,000. >> there's an a la carte men knew. >>> does that mean their children will grow up like royal there? victoria has more on that. >>> in some ways they're going to be very similar -- raised in a similar fashion to prince george and princess charlotte. >> the clooney's mansion is in berk hire where the little prince and princess often visit their grand parents. >> beautiful picturesque lifestyle that george and charlotte have enjoyed the last few years. for george and amal the most important factors are privacy, security and safety. it's sur

senator alexander: i thank you for the answer. the consent decree which the rate court established was put in place in 1941. that seems to me to be too long to keep something out of the hands of the democracy. thank you, mr. chairman. senator cochran: senator manchin. senator manchin: mr. rosenstein, thank you for being here. did the couple falling apart together get anything? senator alexander: there wasn't anything left after each of the four songwriters got $110 more the year. senator manchin: i understand. first of all, it's very reassuring to hear the system you put in place as far as special prosecutor and mr. mueller and the confidence you have in him to do his job is quite assuring and comforting to all of us. did you talk with robert mueller about his investigation and the resources he might need to do his job the proper way, and do you feel he's sufficiently be supported in that effort? mr. rosenstein: i have not. under the regulation, it actually tasks the assistant attorney general for justice management division to co

alexander, to be in your presence. i just want to say that -- >> thank you. >> -- and i have a question for you both as well. after i read your book, "the new jim crow," i gasped and i was mobilized. and i realized that it was the most important book that i have ever read in my life. and so the beautiful words that you wrote for sister burton apply to you. you are harriet tubman as well, and i just have to tell you that i thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. >> the courage, the love, the passion and the intellect that you have that you bring to such a sensitive issue that is literally destroying our community, you are a blessing. >> yes, she is. yes, she is. >> my question for both of you, and that is where do you draw two very strong ladies, where do you draw your strength and courage from? >> thank you. >> so i lost a son. and in that space in loss, the love was still there. so that love of my son goes out, and that void is filled. so i've had 300 kks since i lost kk. 300 of the women have been reunited with t

alexander, thanks so much. standby, we are going to go to to -- >> jon: where checking in with benjamin hall. benjamin, what's the latest? >> the paris police now coming out and saying that this operation is over, thankfully thanks for the quick response from the police there. you'll remember back in february, there was an attack at the louvre in paris. he was shot quickly. a few months before that, there is an attack, a car found near there louvre that was found full of gas cylinders that thankfully didn't go off. that's what isis propaganda has been saying. if this is indeed isis. we have not confirm that. it is low-tech and that's a propaganda that is called for. the fact that it was just outside notre dame. this operation certainly seems to be over. they have searched the people who went back inside notre dame. they cleared the square. as we've seen before, they will try to get this going is back to normal as possible. they do not want panic to spread. a >> jon: very quick response from paris police who hav

alexander: i personally don't think so. thet of all, we have power the commission keeps to impose a location requirement is still there. it gives it a little more leverage over the u.k.. on the other hand, we will also u.k. as france has called for a more generalized location requirement. germany has been more cautious. it will have to remain a political hot potato. mark: thanks, alexander. bloomberg reporter for the eu financial regulations from brussels. vonnie: a lot of hot potatoes these days. first word news with courtney donohoe. courtney: president trump says former attorney general loretta lynch broke the laws for secretary clinton. in a tweet he says that lynch gave clinton a free calling it "totally illegal." former fbi director james comey said lynch lost credibility because she met with former president clinton. lynch said they never discuss the investigation. in the u.k., prime minister theresa may discussing a possible alliance with the northern ireland democratic party. last week's election cost her the conse

george's longtime pal randy gerber opens up to kevin today about george's newborns ella and alexand alexander. >> he's just so happy right now. having those kids is such an incredible feeling for him and amal. >> the twins were born june 6th in london, and randy and his wife, cindy crawford, were spotted in the city shortly afterward. >> we went to the house. the kids are the perfect mix of both george and amal. they really are so cute. >> how is amal doing as a mother? >> she's amazing. she's a natural. she looks beautiful. i mean, they're doing great. >> george himself told us back in march about the prospect of two little ones. >> there's two coming. >> i don't know how you fully digest that. but i'm excited. >> randy and cindy have two kids of their own. teenagers presley and kia. >> how will this effect your vacations? a couple more people coming along for the ride. my kids will be perfect babysitters for theirs. >> of course, randy's been doing his own celebrating, with george. that billion dollar sale of their premium tequila brand. >> how did you and george se celebra celebrate? >> um

nbc's peter alexander on the north lawn and phillip rucker who authored today's piece on trump's washington, a place where business is held behind closed doors, the "washington post" white house bureau chief. thank you both for being here. i read your story last night before i fell asleep, phillip rucker. i'll put chunks of it on the screen. i think you summed up what a lot of people especially in your business have sort of been working around but finally putting this on the table as another data point in how unconventional and how distant from all the norms. i worked at a white house known for secrecy. dick cheney put together an energy policy behind closed doors. i am used to hearing this criticism. i have never seen access to the press officers scaled back. that, to me, is sort of what came into sharp relief in your piece. i want to put up something from the piece. business in washington is happening behind closed doors, the federal government's leaders are hiding from public scrutiny. it represents a stark departure from the campaign promises of trump and fellow republicans to usher in

i'll point out one of the babies is named alexander and as the father of an alexander, i salute them. >> fine name. >> senatorial even. >>> really scary moments at a festival featuring hot air balloons. >> it left one of these balloons without a pilot. abc's eva pilgrim joins us with the dramatic video. good morning. >> good morning. talk about a close call. what was supposed to be a fun ride in a hot air balloon blown the pilot knocked out of the basket. the two passengers left to figure it out for themselves. chaos at a central illinois festival. >> oh, no. >> reporter: a sudden gust of wind causing one balloon to lift up sending it crashing into two others. the basket tipping, one person dangling out. >> he's hanging out. oh, my god. >> no. >> oh, my god. he's hanging. please, please, please. >> reporter: eventually he's safely makes it on the ground but that man was the pilot. left inside the basket his two passengers, now alone neither knew how to operate a balloon. >> i was kind of scared. i thought i was gone. i was kind of praying. >> reporter: you can see the wind in control.

mary alexander is representing 11 families. her firm the owner of the warehouse really seen in public. camera spotted her outside of her oakland home back in january. >> the families are still hoping that the owners of the building responsible for what goes on in their building and new the people were living there without permits and that they too will be held accountable criminally. >> the parents of very emotional. they have been waiting for it. and now when it's finally happened, there is a sense of relief that something is being done. >> nearly 6 months later the bay area is still grieving. >> back care live, mary alexander is filing a lawsuit against pg&e saying they violated their own policy. she is hoping for more charges in connection to this tragedy. >> our coverage of the deadly oakland warehouse fire continues at ktvu.com. our online story has a photo gallery, more videos and a link to all of our coverage of that tragedy. struck a crowd gathered near the london bridge to remember the victims of the deadly terrorist a

peter alexander still standing by for us with a little bit more information. pete, what do you have? >> reporter: yeah, craig, we are now hearing from the alabama congressman mo brooks who was at this republican baseball practice this morning as this took place. here's what he is now saying in interviews. he's saying that behind third base, on this practice field, he saw a rifle and then he heard steve scalise's colleague, the republican from louisiana, screaming. that was over near second base. he said scalise then bleeding krauld into the outfield. moe brooks is detailing harrowing scene this morning. he says the two members of the congressional security detail were among those who were shot, which is important because it indicates that these lawmakers did have members of their own security teams with them at the time. he also said that the shooter was hit by gunshots by security who apparently were firing back at the time. moe brooks describes that when this all happened, he was in the on deck circle so basically just alongside home base, that he was lookin

and ehrenberg and alexander hamilton, destined to fight the most famous duel in american history. i think there was a musical or some other play -- something, i can't remember the people. during the autumn of 1777, monroe fought in the battle of brandywine and germantown. leading a scouting party in june 7078, monroe sent messages to george washington. monmouth was the last time james monroe would be under fire in the revolutionary war. he became a lieutenant colonel but was unsuccessful in being able to recruit enough soldiers for a regimen of his own to command. seeing very little prospects for being able to further his military career, monroe left the army and began to study with jefferson in williamsburg than in richmond when the virginia capital moved to that city. 13 years older than his protege, jefferson became an rose political mentor. monroe's political mentor. describing monroe to another of his disciples, james madison, jefferson turned his soul outwards and there's not a suspect on it. on figure very 16, 1786, james monroe married a woman from new york. their union pr

peter alexander, to you first. we showed a bit there from sarah huckabee sanders and kellyann conway. no one is confirming the tapes that the president threw out there. >> you're right. let's be clear about the significance of these tapes or even the suggestion that these tapes exist. as you noted by reading that tweet, james comey testified that after he read that tweet, he thought to himself, perhaps there is corroboration of these conversations that i had with president trump, which is what he says led him to provide the memos, the leaks as it is described, to his friend at colombia, the law professor there, with the effort of trying to make sure there would be a special prosecutor. we know with the appointment of robert mueller, there is a special counsel here. this is why this all matters. beyond that is the question of whether, in fact, the tapes do exist, how the white house would push back on it. sarah huckabee sanders, you played here in the introduction, some of the conversations she had yesterday with re

peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is nightly news for this wednesday night. i'm lester holt reporting from alexandria. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. right now at 6 >>> just hear, bam, bam, bam, six shots. >> right now at 6:00, a u.p.s. delivery center the scene of a deadly shooting rampage. exclusive new details we're learning about those who were killed and a possible motive. the news at 6:00 starts right now. thank you very much for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> and i'm janelle wang. we've been tracking the story since we broke into the "today" show at 9:00 this morning. this is the latest information. the gunman shot five people. three of those victims are dead, two are wounded. when police showed up, the shooter turned the gun on himself. sources tell nbc bay area that the shooter is jimmy lam, a disgruntled u.p.s. employee. our detectives were there as our detectived searched his home. >> we're also learning more about the victims. one of them is being remembered as a l

peter alexander standing by for us at the white house. any indication what we might expect to hear from the president? >> reporter: he'll punk wait the remarks he delivered this morning say heg was keep lhe wa saddened. we're getting information from the white house about what the president has been doing over the course of the last several hours. he had an event, a speech to the labor department scheduled for later today. that has been canceled. but he's had an opportunity to be notified about the situation in alexandria and to speak to many lawmakers this morning. among those, paul ryan and the wife of steve scalise and the chief of the capitol police. mike pence was scheduled to be out this morning. that was canceled. he was rerouted to the white house. and the president this morning, the marine guard is standing outside of the west wing which would signify that the president is inside the oval office preparing his remarks from the public address he'll be making in less than 30 minutes from now. >> roughly 15 minutes away. maybe a litt

and joining me now is nbc's casey hunt on capitol hill, peter alexander at the white house, and, you guys, the reason i was looking around, this is it. you have it now. something we just gotten from the senate republicans. casey, first to you, already we're seeing very strong reaction back and forth. how do they explain how they can have a vote next week when the congressional budget office accounting of how much it would cost and whom it would help, who it would hurt, who would lose their insurance, all of that won't come before next week. >> honestly, we're still having a hard time getting foam answer our questions. i had more republican senators run the other way from the cameras than towards us to talk to us about this health care bill. and quite frankly, the people we have talked to have been skeptical. senator pat roberts of kansas who could generally be considered a reliable vote with mitch mcconnell and others who have been working on writing this bill said it is the best possible vote, but under very difficult circumstances. nobody out here selling this bill this a real way.

a son named alexander and a daughter named ella. now, julia roberts who has twins offered up this advice for the clooneys. there's so much things as wisdom when you have twin babies in the house and there's just hopes, and prayers and tears and holding on tight to each other. julia is just one of many parents in hollywood who has somehow survived the arrival of two babies at one time. >> when both need to be held, they're like 22 pounds each now, when i do change the diaper, always one has to wait. >> celine tends to two little >> saline knows how hard it is to be a mom tending to two little ones. they've become her little helpers. >> they like to paint me. they like to paint me with makeup. emme had rollers in her hair. >> and sarah jessica parker's twins. >> the first time lor et that >> the first time loretta put on a pair of my shoes, then it was like oh, and you're seeing them shuffle around and it was kind of tender. it was kind of sweet. >> mariah's twins have become used to jet set lifestyle. they want to go this the airplan

nbc's peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: president trump face-to-face with jeff sessions. >> it's great to be here. . >> reporter: the attorney general preparing to break his silence on russia testifying in public before congressional investigators tomorrow. just days after james comey addressed potential conflicts about session's role in the controversy. >> we also were aware of facts i can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagement in a russia-related investigation problematic. >> reporter: will the white house invoke executive privilege? >> it depends on the scope of questions to get into a hypothetical at this point would be premature. >> reporter: sessions is likely to face bruising questions about his failure to discuss questions about the meeting with the two russian ambassadors and a third that sessions denies. >> when sessions failed to disclose these meetings with the russians, was it an honest mistake or part of a coverup? >> reporter: unfazed at at his first cabinet meeting, the president touting this claim. >> we've been as active as y