didn't we say if dennis rodman wanted to be a hero, he should choke this guy out? >> the weird part is that he has really nice things to say about the north korean leader. >> he will be a friend for life, but he's a dictator. he has taken away from basic human rights. >> people don't see the good side about that country. >> dana: i wonder if dennis rodman addressed the slaves that built the stadiums, and 90% of the income is taken by the state state. >> i think the north korean leader is like a child who never got any attention. >> kimberly: he has a murderous lineage in his blood. it's unbelievable. >> dana: and then the cousin or brother that he had murdered in thailand. see >> jesse: it's a propaganda victory for north korea. and we will be back up next. all safelite. customer: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most. take care. kids singing: safelite® repair, safelite® replace. i hate the outside. well, i hate it wherever you are. burn. "burn." is that what the kids are saying now? i'm so bored, i'm d

( laughter ) also, what if we sent dennis rodman to north korea? ( applause ). ( cheers ) , of course,-- don't touch that now. of course, this is not the first time a diplomatic mission had a private sponsorship. who can forget world war ii's yalta conference, brought to you by little zippy's cocaine buzz tonic! little zippy's: it's a blitzkrieg on your brain! so why does pot coin care about north korea? well, marijuana enthusiasts have been touting the country as a stoner's paradise where cannabis is legal. a stoners paradise? really? you might be able to get high there, but good luck when you get the munchies. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i hope you like bark. meanwhile, president donald trump was not in washington. he was in wisconsin today. must have been comforting for him to be in a state where "cheesehead" is considered a compliment. you like that? >> jon: yeah, yeah. >> stephen: the trip-- joke snuck up on me. ( laughter ) the trip was all part of donald trump's renewed focus on employment, as he tweeted this morning. "heading to the great sta

it's like the dennis rodman of north korea. he's that determined. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> but jimmy, david hasselhoff, would you? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: would it be wrong to say i have? >> oh! sweet! >> jimmy: this is "baywatch," you know. what do you do over the summer when you were a kid? what kind of summers did you have as a young man? >> i was a summer camp kid. >> jimmy: you were? >> yeah, i started out as a camper, went there for so long that i then became a counselor. >> jimmy: was it a good camp? >> it was wonderful. it was in yosemite. beautiful. bass lake. >> jimmy: how did they decide which of the kids going there for a long time get to be counselors? >> kind of the ones that just won't stop come. [ laughter ] it was interesting for me because -- you know, there's activities during the day, there's like someone who does the softball, someone who does archery, people do sailing. and i had no skill set. so they made up a job for me. i was campfire coordinator. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what did that entail? what were yo

i like kislyak dunching on rodman so what secret funding back channel did dennis rodman use to get to north korea? he told us on twitter. "i'm back! thanks to my sponsor potcoin.com." yes, pot coin, which according to its website "is an ultra-secure digital cryptocurrency for the marijuana industry." ( coughs ) "dude, what if there was an imaginary money we could use to buy weed? ( laughter ) also, what if we sent dennis rodman to north korea? ( applause ). ( cheers ) , of course,-- don't touch that now. of course, this is not the first time a diplomatic mission had a private sponsorship. who can forget world war ii's yalta conference, brought to you by little zippy's cocaine buzz tonic! little zippy's: it's a blitzkrieg on your brain! so why does pot coin care about north korea? well, marijuana enthusiasts have been touting the country as a stoner's paradise where cannabis is legal. a stoners paradise? really? you might be able to get high there, but good luck when you get the munchies. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i hope you like

that will dennis rodman is in north korea tonight. not the first trip to the country but his visit does come at pretty tense time, we'll tell you why the worm says he's visiting. >> american college student send release from the north korea, a the details surrounding his capture and >> let's get you up to speed. nasa manhunt underway for prison inmates who killed two guards during a bus transport. it happened in eatonton georgia, southeast of atlanta, witnesses say two men escaped in a dark green honda after getting away from the bus. >> a university of virginia student freed. otto publicly confess today stealing north korean property began is a sign from a hotel, sentenced to 15 years in north korean labor camp. >> army released the names of three soldiers killed in afghanistan, one of them from our casket of army sergeant, eric of baltimore arrived at dover air force base. >>> and today is primary election day in virginia. voters are deciding who will represent the democrats and republicans in the race for governor. lieutenant gover

what is dennis rodman doing there? >> that's the big question. ask there's two ways to look at this. it does sort of make sense that dennis rodman could pass a message along from the trump administration. he's friends with president trump. he's appeared on "celebrity apprentice" twice and he's also friends with the kim jong-un. he's visited this country now this is his fifth visit. he even put on a a basketball game with ex-nba players playing north korean players and sang happy birthday to the north korean leader. but he was wearing a t-shirt for a a currency company specializing in legalizing marijuana. in a video that company put out they had a lot of pitches for that company. the company put out a statement calling this a mission, a a mission to open doors. when i saw dennis rodman at the airport a few hours ago, when i asked him if he had a message from president trump to deliver to the north korean leader he said he's here to see some friends and have some fun. the state department is insisting that this visit is not in any official capacit

on the front pages story on dennis rodman, arriving in north korea. the paper says his so—called basketball diplomacy has brought speculation that he might have some unofficial role easing tensions between washington and pyongyang. finally, singapore's straits times features a bigfoot all friendly between singapore and one of the world's top teams, argentina. despite the absence of lionel messi and other stars, the argentinians put on a massive show, beating the singaporeans 6—0 in front of 33,000 fans. as we just heard, the taiwanese government has hit back after panama severed relations with taipei and established them with beijing instead. the move by the south american country has caused alarm in which taiwan fears other countries could follow suit, comprising its independence. escalating tensions pose risks for both sides in what is a long—term dispute. this is what could happen if china invaded taiwan. and this is how taiwan's military would respond, defending its outlying island in this recent drill. this is not a real war, it's just this

but it happened bizarrely, the same day dennis rodman landed in north korea. he has now traveled there five times and says he considers north korean leader kim jong un a friend for life. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: in 2014, rodman even sang "happy birthday" to him. en route today, he said he was returning to quote open a door and that president trump would be happy about it. >> now the trump administration says dennis rodman had nothing to do with warmbier's release. but dennis rodman and president trump are friends from their days on the "celebrity apprentice." no word on the three other americans still being held by north korea. >> ben tracy in beijing, thank you. >>> coming up, steering uber away from controversy. e same om. megared advanced triple absorption is absorbed three times better. so one softgel has more omega-3 power than three standard fish oil pills. megared advanced triple absorption. no matter who was in there last. protection. new lysol power & fresh 6 goes to work flush after flush for a just-cleaned feeling that lasts up to 4 we

. >> shannon: former nba star dennis rodman heading back to north korea again. the motives behind the trip? hum. >> bill: the top story. a.g. jeff sessions before the committee today. yesterday judge napolitano said on our program he had some big concerns about that happening. so how does he feel about this today? >> it's a very dangerous position for him to be in. he is not testifying as the chief law enforcement officer in the land as the attorney general. he is testifying as a witness because he doesn't run the russia investigation. i don't know why i didn't get screened a long time ago. i kept putting it off... what was i thinking? ok, mr. jones... we're all done. i told you it was easy. with life line screening, getting screened for unknown health conditions is so quick, painless and affordable, you'll wonder why you hadn't done it before. so if you're over age 50, call now and schedule an appointment near you. for just $149- a savings of over 50%- you'll receive a package of five screenings that go beyond your doctor's annual check-up. ultrasound technolog

dennis rodman arriving in north korea this morning trying to open a door with this visit. our chief global affairs correspondents, mar that raddatz has the details. >>> game five. nba finals, kevin durant with the first year with the warriors, m.v.p. we've an interview, did you see his mom pull him down with his goatee? i loved it when he called his mother the m.v.p. a few years ago. >> people love mom, too. >> reporter: he raised a good son there. i told you about this accident on 422, you can see it in this shot, they pushed it off, 422, 9 minute ride from oaks to 02. we had a longer delay it's a little better now. mass transit, no delays, yesterday we had a lot of delays, today you're good to go. >> reporter: we have shorts and ts on the kids on the way to school and the way home. noon, 93 degrees, 3:00 p.m., 96 that's the high today. there will be a record in philadelphia if we hit it. 7:00 p.m., 93 degrees, there's a heat add -- advisory from noon to 7:00 p.m. remember when you're out and about when you're doing errands, keep in mind the high of 96, keep in mind the h

this is all planned. [ inaudible question ] >> dennis rodman? i could care less. >> meghan, cincinnati. you mentioned he was over there because of a company in china lured him there. what would you is ai to other parents and what was the name of the company and how could -- >> sure, well again, young pioneers tours. they advertise it's the safest trip ever and the one your mother wouldn't want to you go on. what they do is provide fodder for the north koreans and my son happened to become fodder for the north koreans, and so that's what happened. they took him hostage at the airport, and then the outcome is self-evident as it will become. >> yes, ma'am? over here. >> i was just wondering, as a father, you know, in cincinnati, now that everything's kind of over, how does it feel to have your son involved in this bigger political pl-- >> how did it feel? otto's always been an amazing guy and always made me look good. he made me and my wife look good. he was a salutoran of the school, he did an amazing speech. so it doesn't surprise me, honestly. i

whatintervieth dennis rodman. michael sat down with him and he has a lot to say about his trip to north korea. he's facing criticism for making this trip in the midst of that college student that returned with severe brain damage after being held in captivity there. >> we're following dangerous tornadoes and floods. causing major damage. steve osunsami is on the ground in hard hit fairfield, alabama, with more. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, robin. i'm standing in front of what's left of a state liquor store that took a direct hit. there's at whiskey aisle right there. the j & b and dewers are still standing on the shelf. look, what happened to the bourbon torn apart. all of this is a total loss. this town was caught by surprise by the storm. there were people inside these businesses at the time. this is what's left of an oil service station. as you can see, the walls were torn apart by the high winds. for many this was a rough night of wild weather across the south. >> it just hit here in

the announcement comes as former nba star, dennis rodman, one of the few people to have met kim jong un and donald trump was returning a visit to north korea. we get more from gabe gutierrez. >> i have made the worst mistake of my life. >> reporter: tonight, 15 months after his so-called trial in north korea, otto warmbier is on his way home in a coma. >> the united states has secured the release of otto warmbier. >> reporter: his family says he's been in that coma for more than a year. we want the world to know how we and our son have been brutalized and terrorized by the pariah regime. the north koreans claim warmbier contracted botulism and fell into a coma after take ago sleeping pill. >> reporter: he had been on a tour of the reexclusive country when in january of 2016 he was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel. he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. >> i beg you for forgiveness. so that i may return home to my family. >> reporter: since then, the u.s. had urged the north koreans to allow swedish diplomats access to warmbier and three other americans st

meantime, back to dennis rodman and his visit to north korea. details are limited, but here's what he told reporters after he landed in china. >> have you spoken to president trump at all? >> i'm pretty sure he's pretty much happy of the fact that i'm over here trying to accomplish something that we bolt need. >> and what are you trying to accomplish here? >> just want to open the door. >> this will mark dennis rodman's fifth visit to north korea. he has called that country's dictator, quote, a friend for life. new at 11:00, we may never know what covfefe it, but one congressman is using president trump's misspelled tweet for legislative act. mike quigley has introduced and i kid you not the covfefe act. >> it's an acronym, right. >> you are 1,000% correct f.approved that would make it to the tweets and other social media posts for a president would be considered documentary material ensuring their preservation. >> and i think they already do that. >> turning now to something we all know and can pronounce. keri hall, our meteorologist. >> hot. >

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or when dennis rodman hangs out with a chubby asian dictator that because that's what they do that's a thing so let's get into it trump's very excited for his new infrastructure projects he's already bragging during speeches if speech is what we're now calling it when like four single syllable words in a row dribble out of his mouth. and on the interne hiding behind the podium in order to refill him with a finger full of liver pâté. i'm also very proud to say that the dakota access pipeline is now officially open for business it was dead. one hundred twenty days ago and now it officially just opened for business and by open for business he means that it's leaking oil into the water and the land. the kid has to get the league still oil rigs go in early you want to you want to show the wildlife who's boss you do well listen fellas bieber's fish what have you we're going to be pissin toxic fluid all over the place all right so i don't want to hear a peep out of yeah you just you just get the out of the way ok. but that's not the only thing trump is not telling you one of trump's key a

. >>> the man known as the worm dennis rodman headed back to north korea and you won't believe who is sponsoring his trip. plus ten million people at risk for severe storms just like this one in eye ohming. buckle up. "early today" starts right now. good to be with you. i'm frances rivera. rumors swirling around the white house that president trump is considering firing special counsel robert mueller, just as the russia investigation turns to attorney general jeff sessions. the ag will be in the hot seat today testifying in front of the senate intelligence committee. nbc's peter alexander has more about the testimony as well as details on president trump's bizarre cabinet meeting. >> 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 days after james comey addressed potential conflicts about sessions' role in the controversy. >> we were aware of facts i can't discuss in an open setting that would make his continued engagem

priority: you >>> retired basketball star dennis rodman has left north korea. he arrived in china yesterday on his way out of north korea. he said his thoughts and prayers were with the family of otto warmbier. he is the american student who fell into a coma while in prison in north korea. joining me now is graham allison, former assistant of secretary of defense and author of "destined for war, can america and china escape the trap?" firs first, otto warmbier was released after 15 months and fell into a coma. what can we do about this? >> typical of north korea, there is a nutty regime, this is a nutty leader. this is the most dangerous spot on the planet today. >> all right. may i ask you separate from that, sir, the kind of diplomacy that dennis rodman brings. look, he's a friend of the president. he brought kim jong-un a copy of "art of the deal," the president's book there. we have three inmates in prison. they did not leave with him from pyongyang. are dennis rodman's visits helpful? >> i may surprise you, but i think the answer is yes. when you're dealin

. >>> former nba player dennis rodman arrived in north korea today. rodman left from beijing early this morning. he's been to north korea before. in 2014 he arranged a basketball game between former nba players and north koreans. tensions remain high between the north and the u.s. and rodman says he's trying to open a door. >>> in oakland, california basketball fans have a reason to party. the warriors clinched their second nba championship in three seasons last night. they scored a nine-point victory over lebron james and the defending champion cleveland cavaliers. golden state added kevin durant to their team and he poured in 39 points and was named the playoff mvp. >> i had a couple, too many since february. so to have a beer right now and come talk to you guys feels great. >> after being upset by the cavs last spring the warriors were 16-1 in their post-season on the way to the title. >>> coming up on the morning news now the french spiderman strikes again. this time he scales one of the tallest buildings in barcelona. >>> and come fifi may be her

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this week we've been covering dennis rodman and his trip to north korea. when he got there he arrived bearing gifts. yesterday dennis showed what he was giving the authoritarian leader. it included basketball jerseys. you see bath soaps. and then two "where's waldo books." this is also kinds of interesting a mermaid puzzle. he likes mermaids. and this is what's funny as well a copy of president trump's book "the art of the deal." so maybe there's a hidden symbolic meaning. >> you think he maybe already has that book or somebody gave it to him to know what's in the mine of our president. >> i'm thinking it's some kind of a hint. >> the mermaid thing is the weirdest. >> one of those mermaid blankets. might as well just do that. >> you teased this earlier. startling number of american adults think chocolate milk comes from brown cows. makes sense. a lot of white cows running around. 7% of american adults surveyed think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. no word about where they think strawberry milk comes from. and some adults admitted they have no id

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state department official was asked about rodman's visit. >> dennis rodman is a private citizen. we're aware of his visit. we wish him well. but we have issued travel warnings to. >> now this is rodman's fifth visit to north korea. he plans to spend four fli flights. a former contestant on celebrity apprentice tv show is one of the few americans to ever meter. >> 6:12 breaking overnight in south korea professor at a university is recovering from injuries after a package he suffered minor burns to neck, head and hands and he found a bag on a doorknob and. >> the jury deliberated. he's accused of assaulting a woman and drugging here in 2004. cosby's wife of 53 years camille was in the courtroom for the first time in the trial. she left when it was prosecution turn. cosby faces step years if prison if convicted. >>> nbc facing backlash for interview megyn kelly did with conspiracy theerpist alex jones. jp morgan chase is pulling all local television and digital ads from mvp they don't want ads wearing anything with segment for joins some. >> try before you buy. that's what best buy