NEWS SUMMARY AT THIS HOUR

Tomorrow is Primary Election Day in Minnesota with President Trump endorsing 8th District Republican Congressional candidate Pete Stauber  in a tweet today.

Meanwhile, Minnesota Democrat Congressman Keith Ellison in denying an allegation of domestic abuse. 

The son of his ex-girlfriend Karen Monahan posted the charge on Facebook Saturday night.  Ellison is running in the Democrat primary for Attorney General of Minnesota. 

The prosecution has rested its case against Paul Manafort, who was President Trump's campaign manager during part of the 2016 campaign.   Manafort is being prosecuted by the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  He's accused of fraud and is on trial in Alexandria, Virginia.

Tomorrow morning Manafort's lead defense attorney is expected to file a motion for dismissal of the charges.

Controversial FBI Agent Peter Strzok was fired on Friday.   He worked for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe until anti-Donald Trump texts of his during the 2016 election campaign were revealed.

Strzok's lawyer claims his firing was "political".  The FBI's own "Office of Professional Responsibility" a penalty of suspension for 60 days and demotion was proposed before the firing.

President Trump tweeted that Strzok was in charge of a sham investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails in 2016 that should be redone.

Dozens of cars have been set on fire and police and firefighters attacked with stones in several Swedish cities this evening.  Barricades were set up by rioting youths in some instances.

In Gothenburg vehicles were destroyed and in another city, Trollhattan, similar scenes played out with attackers dressed in black.  No injuries reported and there have been no arrests.

Unrest has also been reported in other locations in Sweden with some 90 cars destroyed.

The Instant News Alerts Twitter page posted a photo and video of the attacks.

The remains of 29-year old Richard Russell have been identified at the site of a plane crash on an island in Washington's Puget Sound.   Russell stole the plane Friday evening from the Sea-Tac Airport where he was an airline employee.

Investigators will now try to figure out if the plane crash was deliberate of accidental.  In his communications with ground control before the crash, Russell suggested he was rapidly running out of fuel and that he felt with an engine was cutting out.

Israel's Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said its not a question of if but when there will be another flare up of conflict with Hamas in Gaza.   For weeks persistent launches of incendiary balloons and kites have been accompanied by occasional mortar and rocket launches into southern Israel.

In recent hours a period of calm is leading Liberman to a reassessment of the security situation on Tuesday and a decision on allowing supply convoys into Gaza.

A sudden deluge of heavy rain hit the Philadelphia area late Monday morning.   Some motorists found themselves in high water with numerous water rescues reported.

Some creeks and small streams in also went over their banks as a result of the sudden downpour.

What will the weather in Philadelphia and other parts of the Northeast be like this winter?  The Old Farmers Almanac 2019 edition points to above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation.

The new edition of the Old Farmers Almanac is set to come out on September 10th.

The Chief Financial Officer of Netflix, David Wells, is stepping down after 14 years with the company and eight in his current position.  Wells managed the company's sharp growth in recent years and had asked the company's CEO about leaving.   He will remain on while Netflix looks for his successor.