Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 5, 2017

Recall:

Tough guys, listen up --your brand-new hog may have a serious spillage issue! Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson is voluntarily recalling about 57-thousand motorcycles because of an oil line that can come loose and spray oil onto the path of the rear tire. Nine owners reported that oil lines have come loose and may have caused two crashes and one injury.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinelsays the recall affects several 2017 models built from Jul 02 through May 09:
--Electra Glide Ultra Classic,
--Police Electra Glide,
--Police Road King,
--Road King,
--Road King Special, Street Glide,
--Street Glide Special,
--Road Glide,
--Road Glide Special motorcycles. (Lee)

Grace notes:

After the terrorist attacks in London Saturday night, there was talk that the One Love Manchester concert wouldn't go on yesterday ...but it did, without a hitch. ARIANA GRANDE made good on her promise to return to the UK less than two weeks after a suicide bomber killed 22 of her fans and injured 100 others after her concert at the Manchester Arena.
The benefit show at the Emirates Old Trafford Stadium featured performances from MILEY CYRUS, KATY PERRY, COLDPLAY, JUSTIN BIEBER, PHARRELL, the BLACK EYED PEAS (without FERGIE)and others. There were rumors that hometown favorites LIAM and NOEL GALLAGHER, formerly of OASIS would reunite, but that didn't happen.
CHRIS MARTIN of Coldplay teamed up with Ariana for the Oasis anthem, "Don't Look Back In Anger" which turned into a huge audience singalong. Liam Gallagher did show up and did "Rock & Roll Star," followed by his new solo single, "Wall of Glass," and then the Oasis hit, "Live Forever," withhelp from Chris Martin. Another great duet was Ariana teaming up with Miley Cyrus on the CROWDED HOUSE classic, "Don't Dream It's Over." JUSTIN BIEBER choked back tears when he performed with just an acoustic guitar. It's not a side of him we usually get to see. The tears were flowing all around when Ariana sang "Somewhere Over The Rainbow."The full concert was live-streamed, and ABC showed highlights late last night, many hours after the event ended.
The Hollywood Reporter says the British Red Cross raised more than $3-million dollars during the concert, which brings the total to more than $12-million dollars for the Manchester Emergency Fund.
FYI: Ariana also visited some of the children injured in the May 22nd attacks. She went to Royal Manchester Hospital and took photos with a few of the victims. (Marino)

Fashion Emergency:

To help the Manchester bombing victims and their families, Universal Music Group is selling shirts, caps, and other merchandise. The proceeds benefit the British Red Cross Society's We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. But if you want to make sure you're buying legit merchandise and that your money is going to benefit the fund, Teen Voguewarns that you should make sure you're only buying from www.onelovemanchester.com. All that stuff you're seeing on Etsy and Redbubble that claims to be benefiting the Manchester victims are fakes --and there's no way to know for certain how much of your money is actually benefitting anyone.
The real merchandise --which is, again www.onelovemanchester.com-- has lots of cool designs, including tees and hoodies with bunny ears, ones with "One Love Manchester" text, and a bunny ear "dad hat" and pin. (Bartha)

Face time with the judge:

BILL COSBY's trial begins today in Philadelphia. Bill's real-life wife, CAMILLA,will be there but an insider tells the NY Daily Newshis TV wife, PHYLICIA RASHADis notexpected to be there. KESHIA KNIGHT-PULLIAM, who played his daughter, Rudy, and MALCOLM JAMAL WARNER, who played his son, Theo, are also expected to attend. No word on TEMPESTT BLEDSOE, SABRINA LE BEAUF or LISA BONET.
Forty-four year-old ANDREA CONSTAND, a former Temple University employee, is expected to tell the jury that during a visit to Cosby's home in 2004, he gave her pills that left her semi-conscious before sexually assaulting her. Cosby's lawyers say when she said she wasn't feeling well, he gave her some Benadryl and that's it.
In a deposition taken during a previous suit, Cosby said he was attracted to her from the moment he spotted her across the room at Temple University's Liacouras Center in 2001. Constand had taken a job as operations manager for the women's basketball team. Cosby, who's 34 years older, was at that time a member of Temple's board of trustees.