the white house under siege from within. the fallout from an anonymous senior oped. fireworks from day two of the conformation hearing for kavanaugh. the growing uproar over the quiet skies program. the ultimate one upper in the latest edition of the world guinness record. a war within the white house

unfolding as president trump faces unprecedented crissism is from within his own administration. an anonymous senior officials oped writing a resistance. nbc chief white house correspondent is in d.c. with more on the president's reaction. >> reporter: an extraordinary alarm sounded from inside out. jaw dropping charges against the president by someone who says he works for him. quote working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. i would know, the author writes, i am one of them. the new york times choosing not to share who wrote it but deswraoeubing them as an official whose job would be jeopardized if their job was revealed. the headline "i am part of the

resistance inside the administration." >> when you tell me about an anonymous source who's probably failing and here for all the wrong reasons. the new york times has a gutless editorial, we're dining a great job. >> reporter: the writer praising some of the president's successes but arguing they've come despite not because of his leadership style. half-baked, ill-informed decisions that have to be walked back. early whispers of invoke thing 25th amendment to remove the president. americans should know that there are adults in the room the person writes. we fully recognize is happing and we're trying to do what is right, even when donald trump won't. it paints a chaotic white house tkreuben by dysfunction.

the president doesn't believe any of it. >> the book doesn't mean nothing. it's a work of fiction. he likes to get publicity, sell some books. >> reporter: bob a woodered, one of the most respected journalists, whose reporting brought down president nixon. >> i mean he had the same problem with obama. every time he wrote a book, they were complaining about the lack of accuracy. >> reporter: and the president tweeted out just a single word "treason." adding a question mark. his press secretary called whoever wrote this a coward and said this person should resign. cap upbg yet another extraordinary and explosive daw. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh gets back in the hot

seat this morning. democrats did not hold back, grilling him on everything from presidential powers to abortion rights. but kavanaugh side stepped some of the the most pressing questions. tracie potts unwashington. >> reporter: good morning everyone. so any hypotheticals, he declined to answer. that's not unusual for someone hoping to become a supreme court justice. side the president be forcesed to answer a subpoena that can come to bear in the russiaings have. and what about the president's ability to pardon himself? neither of these questions would kavanaugh answer. >> president trump claims he has an absolute right to pardon himself. does he? >> the question of self pardons

is something i've never analyzed. it's a question i rr not written about, a hypothetical question i can't begin to answer as a nominee to the supreme court. >> reporter: side stepping some key questions but again not unusual for someone hoping to be on the supreme court. as for his vetting, he said he was never asked his opinion on row v wade. the ruling on abortion and whether or not he would try to overturn it. he has promised to put someone in office who would do just that. meantime we have seen a record number of protests so far. >> so many sparks for someone sayic so little. and things get physical during a hearing -- senator

marco rubio got intaa heated confrontation just out sad congressional show down and twitter's jack dorsey over social media's role in the 16 russian election meddling. >> reporter: the biggest confrontation outside the hearing room where right wing conspiracy theorists crashed a press conference taunting senator marco rubio. stkpwrrs you're not going to get arrested. i'll take care of it myself. >> reporter: back inside facebook ceo facing more questions about russian meddling in 20 scan. >> we were too slow to stop this and too slow to act. that is on us. >> reporter: google choosing not to send anyone.

and dorsey reading off huz phone. >> we take the full responsibility to fix it. >> reporter: later pressed about political bias. >> we wouldn't be having this discussion if there wasn't a general agreement that your company has discriminated against conservatives. >> and talk of new regulationtic companies. >> nbc news, washington. mysterious health concern left one of the largest planes quarantined. up to 100 pasfpg reported feeling ill. ambulances, landed the jet when it landed in new york.

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welcome back. a forecast with the front phaoubing through the ohio valley. that's our friday forecast. maybe flash flooding from arkansas to missouri and portions of ulul. along the cold front showers and storms through west virginia and northern virginia. saturday we're looking at the heavy rain threat in southern half of illinois and into sunday we take rain slowly to the ohio valley. a lot of tropical moisture. >> a lot of wet weather there everywhere. tonight the nfl football

season oofficially kicks off on nbc. philadelphia eagles will host the atlanta falcons in the football night in america team. they have a preview of the big game. >> the celebration just ending in philadelphia after win thing super bowl. can they repeat it? >> i know carson wentz is going to be in doug peterson's office every day this week but be patient you've got a super bowl mvp in nick foles. >> there's a reason why i was on the last team that repeated ip'03 and '04. i look at nick foles. everyone thinks he can go out there and lay out a red carpet and have success. he struggled in the preseason throughout his career, he's been up and down. i'm still a little concerned about nick foles. >> falcons have a good team. we'll see you.

>> we'll be watching. thank you. for the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences have announced five artists that will be receiving honorary oscars. among these honorees, they have chosen sisly tyson and kathleen kennedy and frank marshall. it awards extraordinary lifetime achievement and outstanding service to the academy. the group will be recognized at the governor's awards. >> the latest edition of guinness book of world records will go on sale today. in it, you'll find the greyhound pup who had the highest jump by a dog. the man with a need for speed who achieved 112 miles per hour in a jet powered go-kart, and how about an irish sausage maker who crafted 78 links in only 60 seconds, and the world's oldest performing female trapeze artist swinging in at 85. my favorite thing is find the most obscure thing you can, get

them to certify it. >> thanks for watching early today. >> be sure to follow us on facebook, twitter, and gram. the news continues right here on nbc. thea live look outside at palo

alto. welcome to thursday morning. let's take a live look outside, overlooking palo alto. looks like a little cloudy out there. >> i was going to say, or san francisco. clouds are deceptive out there. >> you can feel that, it's cooler outside. that's what i notice. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. looking at that, we know it's cooler in san francisco for sure. >> a lot of clouds, fog, that's going to linger throughout much of the day and keep it cool, and then as we look at san jose this morning, as you step out, mostly clear skies. we'll see a few clouds moving in through about 6:00 or 7:00 and upper 50s and by noon, we're at 73 degrees. we're goi