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fremont street one of the lanes is closed. traffic will get congested as you head toward that area. >> busy day. thanks for starting it with us. >> and thank you so much. good morning. he said she said. today the senate speaks. lawmakers meeting right now, set to cast the vote of a lifetime, to send brett kavanaugh to the supreme court or send him home. >> i am terrified. >> dr. christine blasey ford testifying brett kavanaugh tried to rape her. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> the judge pushing back hard with tears and fury. >> i'm innocent of this charge. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> and with the world watching, senators unload.
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>> this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> and i don't know how any of my republican colleagues could, after hearing her tell her story, could not only not believe her but could possibly vote for brett kavanaugh. >> this morning, the country bit early divided. key lawmakers torn. >> there is no way you can leave uncertain. >> the choice that will affect a generation today friday, september 28th, 2018. from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda. >> welcome to today. it is friday morning, 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. 10:00 a.m. here in the east. >> developments in just the last few minutes for the second straight day this nation closely watching the senate's judiciary committee.
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you are looking live inside the committee room as they meet right now. >> moments ago, they set a vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination for 10:30 pacific time this morning. this of course follows yesterday dramatic hearing. nearly nine hours of emotional testimony. two lives lay bare with the country watching. >> i've had to relive this trauma in front of the world, and i have seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter and other social media, other media and in this body who have never met me or spoken with me. >> your coordinated and well funded effort to destroy my good name and destroy my family will not get me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. >> just some of the moments from yesterday. so let's quickly take you
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through what we expect to happen today. as mentioned, the senate judiciary committee just set a vote on judge brett kavanaugh's nomination. it will happen three and a half hours from now. >> from there his nomination will head to the full senate where the first procedural vote is expected tomorrow and following motions and debate, the final vote is likely going to happen next tuesday. >> in a moment both sides weigh in. we'll talk to one of the senators on that panel and one of brett kavanaugh's close friends. first in depth coverage around the nation. casey hunt live on capitol hill with breaking news this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. yes, we do have breaking news at this hour on capitol hill. senator jeff flake, who has been a key undecided vote on judge brett kavanaugh, announcing that he is going to vote yes to confirm judge brett kavanaugh. he wrote a lengthy statement explaining his decision. it reads in part, quote, what i do know is that our system of justice affords a presumption of
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innocence to the accused, absent corroborating evidence. that is what binds us to the rule of law. while some may argue a different standard should apply, i believe that the constitution's provision of fairness and due process apply here as well. so with flake a yes, attention is going to turn to a handful to really undecided republican senators. but the reality here is that after a divisive hearing, it looks as though this may be moving in judge brett kavanaugh's direction. >> a high stakes vote in the senate judiciary committee. >> now i move, as i said i was going to do, that we set the vote to report out judge brett kavanaugh's nomination at 1:30 p.m. today. >> after a day of testimony, republicans met late into the night trying to decide whether to push forward to a vote in the full senate. >> i just didn't feel like that the allegations were
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corroborated. >> long undecided senator republican corker will vote yes. lisa murkowski and susan collins under particular pressure after the country heard from dr. ford. >> what do you say to senators murkowski and collins who are trying to decide what to do? just that i hope they listen to dr. blasey ford's testimony, hear her with their hearts and that this is a moment that takes extraordinary courage from them and from any survivor who stands up and tells their story. >> collins and murkowski among the very few undecided after a combative and partisan hearing that saw both sides dig in. >> the fbi should have investigated your charges, but they did not. >> lindsey graham delivering the hearing's most heated moment, erupting at democrats. >> what you want to do is destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020.
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you have said that. not me. you have got nothing to apologize for. this is the most unethical sham since i have been in politics. >> the south carolina senator still letting loose on democrats later in the night on fox news. >> to my friends on the other side, i would never have done this to one of your nominees. you should be ashamed. >> democrats defending dr. ford and their own handling of her originally anonymous letter. >> i did not leak her story. she asked me to hold it confidential and i kept it confidential. >> so now we wait for susan collins to say how she'll vote. but regardless of what she decides, it is so clear that this process has divided the country and also the united states senate. one democratic senator telling me this isn't the kind of ball game where you shake hands at the end. >> emotions are incredibly
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intense. how is all of this playing over at the white house. peter, good morning. >> good morning. just got back from upstairs. spoke so sara sanders after learning jeff flake is a yes. she says, we think that's great. all of this coming after an emotionally draining day, what amounted to a raw and powerful she said he said. for christine blasey ford, the historic hearing was deeply personal. >> i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> ford speaking publically for the first time about an alleged assault more than 30 years ago. she says brett kavanaugh and his friend mark judge were there. >> i was pushed on to the bed and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i believed he was going to rape me.
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i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most, and this had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> ford remembers looking over at judge. >> i made eye contact with mark and thought he might try to help me, but he did not. >> overnight, mark judge sending a letter to senator leaders writing in part, i do not recall the events described by dr. ford. i never saw brett act in a manner dr. ford describes. the psychology professor asked about her strongest memory from that night. >> the laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> then it was brett kavanaugh's
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turn, arriving hand in hand with his wife, delivering a fierce denial. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. i was not at the party described by dr. ford. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. this is a circus. >> brett kavanaugh often emotional, fighting to clear his name. >> that's not who i am. it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. i intend no ill will to dr. ford and her family. the other night my daughters said their prayers and liza, all ten years old, said to ashley, we should pray for the woman. that's a lot of wisdom from a ten-year-old.
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>> the supreme court nominee also answering questions about his drinking. >> i liked beer. i still like beer. but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out and i never sexually assaulted anyone. >> judge brett kavanaugh, thank you very much. hearing adjourned. >> as soon as the hearing adjourned, president trump delivering his verdict, a ringing endorsement of his nominee, tweeting, judge brett kavanaugh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. the president notably making in mention of brett kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford. >> yesterday brett kavanaugh tauted his well-qualified rating from the american bar association. but overnight the bar had a new letter to the judiciary committee and urged them to wait, calling on it to wait after an appropriate background check into the allegations made
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by professor ford is completed by the fbi. that's where things stand for the moment. we'll toss it back over to you. >> all right. peter, thank you so much. earlier we were joined by one of the senators who will cast a vote later today. we began by asking her what the word was behind the scenes on capitol hill. does she think the republicans have the vote? >> i don't think anyone knows. clearly senator flake is on the committe one thing to note is they could move it to the through committee even if we don't have his vote, even if it is tie. whatever happens, it could just simply go to the floor. that's the way it works. >> do you think he would be confirmed? and do you think he'll ultimately be confirmed? >> i don't know. this is in the hands of senator collins and senator murkowski. i believe if they listen to this incredibly graceful, dignified woman yesterday it is hard to at
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least not say open up the fbi investigation. this is really he said, they said. you have a number of people that have known him from the past that said he has been belligerent when he's drunk, that he's been stumbling, all of these stories that would lead you to at least say let's check them out because they would, of course, corroborate some of the women that would come forward. >> but, senator, at the same time -- i hear your point, but at the same time and this truly is a per flexing situation. at the same time, the three names that dr. ford gave to the committee who she says were there that night, including one who says he was in the room, they all say they have no recollection. does that give you pause? even if you found her testimony to be believable and credible? does that give you pause? >> i want to have mark judge, the person that she says was in the room under oath or interviewed by the fbi.
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if he's interviewed by the fbi, that is a way different thing than just sending a letter into the committee. it truly is. because he is under criminal penalties if he lies. the same with the other two. i think it is very important that the fbi interview them as well as follow up as the other women that have come forward. this is why the aba that gave him a well-qualified standard has said wait one week. i would turn this on my colleagues and say, you won't give her one week. you won't give us one week to get to the fact when we're supposed to come to the truth and make a decision on the highest court of the land. but to the nation. the nation of strangers for her. she went forward, told her case. at least give her that moment to get these witnesses interviewed and why are they shutting it down? i believe because they are trying to hide something. >> senator, do you believe there
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is any possibility that both of these individuals feel they are telling the truth? >> that is why, in fact, i was getting at the black-out situation, the fact that at that time he wasn't just drinking a little. there were a number of accounts that he was drinking a lot or bing drinking. i have no idea what it is because we haven't had these kinds of interviews. i was trying to get at the fact, well, happens he had a black-out. perhaps he partially doesn't remember. we still don't have answers to those questions because he answered them by hitting back at me and hitting back at others. >> i want to play that portion, actually, the testimony. i'll ask you about it on the other side. take a look. >> you're saying there has never been a case where you drank so much that you didn't remember what happened the night before or part of what happened? >> you're asking about black out. i don't know. have you? >> could you answer the question, judge, and just -- so you have -- that's not happened? is that your answer? >> yeah. and i'm curious if you have.
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>> i have no drinking problem, judge. >> nor do i. >> okay. thank you. >> senator, what was going through your mind in that moment? what do think that revealed? >> what i was thinking is if he was a judge in the courtroom and i had acted like that, this is kind of like our courtroom, right, he would have thrown me out. he did apologize later publically to me, which i appreciated. but still the problem for me is he really didn't answer the question about if there had been incidences where he didn't partially remember what happened. and that is one answer and the only way we get to the bottom of this is if we reopen the fbi investigation as we have done in so many cases including the anita hill case where george h.w. bush ordered it. >> your republican colleagues have pointed out that senator feinstein received this letter in late july. i know she said that she
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promised it would be confidential. of course the identity of the accuser ultimately leaked. but they're saying the democrats sat on this six weeks and suddenly it comes out the point of maximum advantage to them politically. they say it is a democratic dirty trick. to which you say what? >> first of all, i never saw that letter until the day it went to the fbi about two weeks ago. i believe when you listen to senator feinstein, she came forward. dr. ford clearly said she didn't want anyone to snow about it. it was confidential. then when the media found out about it it then came forward. the point is no matter what my colleagues think about what happened, they have to answer this question: are they going to shut down a process just for this nominee that we have used over and over again with other nominees. when facts come out, we at least have the fbi go and check them out so that we have the
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evidence. they cannot create an evidence-free zone for the highest court of the land. >> senator, an important day over in your neck of the woods. thank you very much for being with us. we're going to talk to one of the jung's good friends in just a little bit. right now, our man at the supreme court pete williams standing by for us there. you see them criticized and his
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anger boiled over, but there is no question his attack is very unusual and in modern times probably an unprecedented one. >> there in washington. pete, thank you. again, that committee gets underway this morning. we will have live special coverage on many of these stations. >> let's take a pause, get a check of the weather and al is on the road. hi, al. good morning. n continues moving away and then rain fall amount starts to finally taper off. pacific south.
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today's forecast is going to be running a lot cooler in the afternoon, predicted high also climb into the mid-70s for san jose and some low 80s for the interior valley, the high of about 80 degrees for concord, 80 for antioch. >> and that's your latest weather. guys? >> all right, mr. roker in boise. we'll come back to you in a bit. breaking overnight, the plane crash in the ocean with everyone onboard surviving. it's bringing back a lot of memories of the miracle on the hudson. we're back with the dramatic details. >> we're going to talk to brett kavanaugh's very good friend. she will join us live. first, ts is "today" on nbc.hi
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>> it's cloudy in san jose. 59 degrees. you can see not a lot of sunshine, but our temperatures will definitely start to kind of climb into the 70s, but it will stay in those upper 70s and some 80s for the interior valleys. let's talk about the next seven days as we head in toward the weekend, i was tlracking not on but two systems. the first brings a better chance of rain for the north bay but there is a spotty chance we'll see some light showers along the coastline with a better chance of seeing widespread rain through the interior valleys toward tuesday. >> we're looking at the friday commute a lighter commute. still slow northbound 87 recovering an earlier crash at alma cleared and pushing san jose into silicon valley. 237 webbed at matilde still slow. south 880 approaching 92 slower out of the car loop to the shoulder, earlier crash there, slow aross 92 and the dumbarton bridge that's 84 westbound your
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is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. it's 7:30, now. it's friday morning, the 28th of september 2018. and all eyes will be on that room, capitol hill, the senate judiciary committee set to vote just hours from now, on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. >> they will be weighing what they heard during thursday's extraordinary, nearly unprecedented hearing from kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault. ginger loper, one of brett kavanau kavanaugh's friends, right there in that room, she was on the front row. ms. loper, thanks for your time. we showed our viewers a picture
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of you on the front row. what was it like as you heard that system from judge kavanaugh and from professor ford? >> well, as you can imagine, it was incredibly emotional. it was -- it was somber. it was passionate. you could hear a pin drop in the room. at one point, i looked around at each of the senators and each one of them they were hanging on every word, that judge kavanaugh had to say because they flowed from the heart. they were listening. >> ginger, as you heard, professor ford said with 100% certainty it was brett kavanaugh who assaulted her. judge kavanaugh said he was 100% certain he was not at that party. is it possible that both of them could be telling the truth?
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>> it's ironic that you ask that question, craig, because just sunday night i was e-mailing with some friends. and i made that very point. i know brett kavanaugh. and i know he did not do these things. so, to me, it's, perhaps, the only -- the only thing that could be. >> how could that be? how could that be? how could both of them be telling their version of the truth? >> well, i don't know dr. ford but i do know brett kavanaugh. and i know he could not, never, ever, never, do these things that he has been accused of. but i did watch dr. ford yesterday. and she was very moving. she clearly believed something happened to her.
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and she -- i believe that something happened to her. i also believe that it was absolutely not brett kavanaugh. >> ginger, you say you're certain it was not brett kavanaugh. it's my understanding that you've known the kavanaughs for over a decade. is it possible that the brett kavanaugh you know now, judge kavanaugh, 53 years old now, candidate for the highest court in the land, different from brett kavanaugh at 18? is it possible that the guy you know is not the guy that existed in 1982? >> i know brett kavanaugh now. and i've known the kavanaughs for nearly 20 years. the interesting thing is, craig, they've had people testify to his character from the time he was 14, the people that knew him best, that knew him as a middle schooler, as a high schooler, when he was in college.
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and they all testified to the brett kavanaugh that i know, who was good to the core, who is decent, who is humble, who is honorable, who could never do these things. >> yesterday, at times, he was emotional, at times on the verge of tears, visibly angry. do you think that was an effective strategy for the judge? >> i don't know that he necessarily set out with a strategy. what i know is watching what the kavanaughs have been through over the last two weeks in this process. and to me, that emotional response was very appropriate given what his family has gone through. >> ginger loper, friend of judge kavanaugh. ginger, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you, craig. of course, all of this is playing out in the context of the #metoo movement. with that in mind, we wonder how folks out there are watching what is happening on capitol hill. stephanie gosk, good morning.
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>> reporter: hi, savannah. hi, craig. when the book is written about the #metoo movement, this chea hearing will get its own chapter. a lot of progress or a display of how little things have changed. dr. christine blasey ford, now standing at the crossroads of american politics and the #metoo movement. >> it's not my responsibility to determine whether mr. kavanaugh deserves to sit on the supreme court. my responsibility is to tell you the truth. >> reporter: some hailing her as a hero, after delivering four hours of unwavering testimony, detailing her sexual assault claims against supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. kavanaugh, vehemently denying ford's allegations. >> that's not who i am. it's not who i was. >> reporter: many supporting ford online with
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#ibelievechristineblaseyford, with protests across the country. >> this hearing is what the #metoo movement is about. it's been twisted and turned and m misrepresented about something as taking down powerful men. but it has nothing to do with that. >> reporter: another powerful figure of the movement, actress, alyssa milano, in the room. >> i'm a 76-year-old woman who was molested in the second grade. in brings back so much pain. >> reporter: bisy phillips with a caption, this is me at 14, when i was raped. another approaching lindsey grah graham. >> i was assaulted. do you believe me? >> reporter: the encounter capturing how personal this high-stakes moment is for so
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many. >> i've known a few people that have gone through this. and i know the way they've responded. so, this is -- i mean this, is tough for somebody to go through. >> reporter: the national sexual assault line said it was experiencing extraordinary delays in its chat room and call-in times for people to discuss what happened to them. >> they were getting calls? >> reporter: that's right. triggering these moments people were reliving from their own lives. >> this was a cultural moment. this conversation has a lot of parents asking how do you talk to your kids about that? we're going to talk to an expert and get advice. before that, let's head back out west and get a check of the weather from al roker. he is spending the morning in boise, idaho, and more on the why, as well. >> that's right, guys. we're going to make somebody's dream come true in this building behind me. we are going to be on that in a
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bit. we have something unusual to talk about here on the west coast. we have hurricane rosa. this is a powerful storm, category, 640 miles southwest of southern baja. 140-mile-per-hour winds. moving west at seven. all of a sudden, it makes a hard right turn and heads towards the gulf of california and comes inland into the southwest. we're going to be looking at a lot of heavy rain for southern california, for the southwest, risk of flooding, mudslides, even as it weakens and becomes a tropical storm, we could look at 3 to 5 inches in the southwest. it could be even more. we'll continue to track that. >> it's cloudy out there. right now in san jose, 59 degrees and this is what it looks like outside, so let's talk about your afternoon daytime temperatures. now that temperature trend you're going to notice is cooler today, and it's going to stay that way for the next several days thanks to an approaching
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system, by about 12:00 we'll jump to the 70s and we do get more sunshine which is great news for sbeinterior valleys. we will top out into the mid- s mid-70s. we have a cloudy coast into the afternoon. that is your latest weather. guys, as a wise philosopher once said, i think it was mr. pota mr. potatohead, way to go, idaho. >> we're going to get those all morning. >> it's 3:00 a.m. out there. >> i forgot about the time change. coming up here on a friday morning, what to say when kids ask those tough questions about the news. how parents can use the kavanaugh hearing as a jumping-off point for really important conversations. also ahead, we're going to meet inspiring women behind a powerful movement to end bullying and get girls to be kinder to each other. and the new song just released from "a star is born"
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pacific. bill neely has the latest. >> good morning, evan. there are echos here of the famous miracle of the hudson. call this one the miracle in micronesia. 41 people on board. they were seconds from safety and a normal landing when somehow the pilots got it terribly wrong and landed short of the runway. >> offshore, with a rescue under way, the 737 aircraft half submerged is surrounded by small boats, its passengers ferried to safety. among those who survived, american bill james. >> just surreal. i thought we landed hard until i looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in. and i thought, well, this is not the way it's supposed to happen. >> he said the plane came in very low, heavy rain and poor visibility were reported. the plane was commuting between two small islands in micronesia,
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a routine flight of over 400 miles. the runway, seen here from another successful landing is narrow, but normal. the 36s passengers and 11 crew had a lucky escape, landing in a lagoon soshallow, the intact plane stayed level and stable. >> the water was up to about here on me inside the plane. i called my wife and she cried and i asked her why. i'm talking to her. >> reporter: everyone onboard scrambled out through one exit door. some injured but all alive. the pilots are being questioned about a landing that was technically successful. it just wasn't on the runway. well, you'll remember in the crash landing on the hudson nine years ago, it was a bird strike that knocked out both engines of that plane and the pilots landed it in the river again. everyone survived. in this country, the pilots have more explaining to do. no geese reported there, swrjus
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good morning t is 7:55. you may have noticed the cloud cover paired with some 50s to start off your friday morning. 59 degrees in san jose and we're still seeing a couple of clouds out in san francisco. 55 degrees now. we will be keeping for the most part since the afternoon a lot of that cloud cover especially for the coastline. as far as your temperature trend as you get ready to plan out your morning and your afternoon, by 11:00 a.m. we'll still be in the 60s. we will be slow to warm and we'll stick to the cooler temperatures by about 2:00 we'll be in the mid-70s, only expected to top out in the mid-70s for the south bay. for the most part, temperatures will be running 10 to 15 degrees cooler in some spots especially for the interior valleys, concord with a predicted high of 80 degrees. check out oakland, only climbing to about 68 degrees, as we head into the afternoon. we can expect to see breezy
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conditions along the coastline. 67 for san mateo. get a check of traffic with mike. >> a smooth drive, gentle building, except for 280 southbound around woodside, a new crash ties things up there, an older crash tied things up for 87. it was slow for the last 20 minutes and the last three or four minutes we've seen good improvement now north but it's slow from 85 now, a little bit more as far as the distance goes. getting smooth toward the east palo alto and machinelo park site of the dumbarton bridge sighing up university and willow. back to you. >> thank you very much. happening now, awaiting a vote. senate committee members delayed this morning's scheduled vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the vote was originally supposed to take place at 6:30 our time but now it's scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the west coast. head to our home page for updates. a fix appears to be in place for the trans bay transit center. engineers plan to brace two cracked beams with new steel columns. there's no specific time for
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reopening the center over fremont street. >> another local news update in half an hour. the forecast. cooler temperatures and the possibility of rain. kari will get you ready for the workweek. and we )re following -- the upcoming vote on supreme court cooler temps in the forecast and the possibility of rain. kari gets you ready are to the work week. >> and following the upcoming vote on brett kavanaugh. >> join us monday morning 4:30 to 7:00.
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♪ it's 8:00 on coming up, supreme court showdown. republicans are moving ahead with a key vote this morning on brett kavanaugh's nomination after an extraordinary and emotional day of testimony. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> that's not who i am. it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. >> the president standing by his supreme court nominee, while key lawmakers remain divided. how will they vote? and just how do you talk to your kids about what's happened? we will ask the experts.
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plus, making a come back. tiger woods returning to the greens for the ryder cup. >> tiger from the left rough. >> less than a week after earning his first win in more than five years. >> i just didn't know whether -- you know, when this would ever happen again. >> we will take a closer look at the legendary golfer's career as he gets back into the swing of things. and a star is born. ♪ we're far from the shadow now ♪ >> the moment lady gaga fans have been waiting for is here, the release of a song from that upcoming movie and you won't be able to get it out of your head, today, friday, september 28th, 2018. ♪ >> here from ft. myers, florida, for my 50th birthday. >> here on our way to paris. >> we're the screaming sisters from seattle. whoo! ♪ >> hi, mom and dad, in
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minnesota. >> good morning to all my kids. >> in louisiana. >> our sweet babies in arkansas. >> the ronald mcdonald's house, we love you. >> hi, everybody, good to see you. good morning. nice to have you along on a friday morning. we've got a good crowd out there even in the rain and we have craig in more hoda who has the morning off. >> huge crowd, we will get outside in just a bit. >> we will. let's get right to your news at 8:00. we have breaking news on the brett kavanaugh supreme court nomination and it is breaking in his favor. nbc national correspondent peter alexander joins us from the white house now. peter, good morning, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. within the last hour arizona republican jeff flake a crucial swing vote announcing that he will vote yes on brett kavanaugh. that basically guarantees the senate judiciary committee will green light kavanaugh's confirmation when it votes at 10:30 pacific time. flake saying he believed the judge was entitled to the
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presumption of innocence, absent corroborating evidence. this morning the hearing is still going, a new hearing, three democrats walking out including california's kamala harris calling it a sham. the full senate could vote as early as tuesday after an emotionally draining day of raw testimony. for christine blasey ford the historic hearing was deeply personal. >> i am here today not because i want to be. i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> reporter: ford speaking publicly for the first time about an alleged assault more than 30 years ago. she says brett kavanaugh and his friend mark judge were there. >> i was pushed on to the bed and brett got on top of me. he began running his hands over my body and grinding into me. i yelled, hoping that someone downstairs might hear me and i
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tried to get away from him but his weight was heavy. brett groped me and tried to take off my clothes. i believed he was going to rape me. >> reporter: overnight mark judge sending a letter to senate leaders writing in part, i do not recall the events described by dr. ford. i never saw brett act in a manner dr. ford describes. >> with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> reporter: then it was kavanaugh's turn, arriving hand in hand with his wife, delivering a fierce denial. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. i was never at the party described by dr. ford. this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> reporter: kavanaugh often emotional, fighting to clear his name. >> i'm not questioning that dr. ford may have been sexual assaulted by some person in some
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place at some time, but i have never done this to her or to anyone. that's not who i am. it is not who i was. i am innocent of this charge. >> reporter: the supreme court nominee also answering questions about his drinking. >> i liked beer. i still like beer, but i did not drink beer to the point of blacking out and i never sexual assaulted anyone. >> reporter: republican lindsey graham' delivering the most heated moment. >> this is the most unethical sham since i've been in politics. >> judge kavanaugh, thank you very much, hearing adjourned. >> reporter: as soon as the hearing adjourned president trump delivering his verdict, a ringing endorsement of his nominee, tweeting judge kavanaugh showed america why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. the president notably making no
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mention of kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford. so what will the senate do? republicans can only afford to lose one republican vote. if all the democrats vote against kavanaugh. again, jeff flake now a yes, that makes the remaining key votes to watch alaska's lisa murkowski and susan collins of maine. on the democratic side from the deeply red state of west virginia senator joe manchin who is really on the fence. craig? >> the fbi this morning says there are lots of unanswered questions about the death of six-year-old maddox ritch. on thursday search teams found a body believed to be that of the missing boy who had autism. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from gastonia, north carolina, with the latest on the investigation. gabe, what do we know? >> caller: craig, good morning. the official id is pending from the medical examiner, but, as you said, police believe it is the body of six-year-old maddox ritch who was found partially submerged thursday afternoon in a creek about a mile from the park from where the boy who had autism went missing.
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now, for days search teams had scoured the area, more than 300 investigators on the case, but authorities say that investigation is not over. there are still many unanswered questions about how the body ended up there. now, the creek does extend to the lake and the park, but there are barriers along the way. local authorities, however, say it is possible that the boy could have walked to the creek itself. now, maddox's father had said that his son had chased after a jogger in the park and so far police say that the family has been cooperative in what they have told authorities has been accurate. overnight the father took to social media, writing in part, for the rest of my life i will live with the guilt of not being there to save my son. overall, craig, just a heartbreaking story all around. >> the worst possible ending. gabe gutierrez for us there in north carolina. gabe, thank you. tesla's board of directors says it has full confidence in ceo elon musk despite a federal lawsuit that's seeking to remove
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him as head of the company. securities and exchange commission sued musk for fraud on thursday. he's accused of misleading investigators when he tweeted last month that he had secured funding for what would have been the largest corporate buyout ever. the lawsuit comes at a time when tesla is struggling to deliver its model 3 sedan after a long series of delays. 8:08. we have the news. hoda is off so somebody has to do the boost, and, craig, you are the man for the job. >> i will give it a shot. jeopardy usually the answers come before the questions, but on last night's show a contestant decided to break format. take a look. >> i just wanted to say one quick thing and ask maria shaffer right there -- >> who is maria, where is she? oh, hello, maria. >> is she would make me a winner today and marry me. will you marry me? >> yes. of course.
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>> maria, you responded too quickly, i was about to say we will have the answer to that question right after this commercial break. >> that would be what is yes. >> what is yes. good for you. >> what is a fantastic engagement. >> cute. >> by the way, he ended up finishing second on the show, but as you can see he clearly, clearly comes out the winner. >> i love it. first the emmys and now this. it's cute. still ahead, the kind campaign. looking to put an end to bullying between girls. we will meet the inspiring women helping young girls be nicer to each other. first, though, as parents how do you talk to your children about the host of issues raised at the brett kavanaugh hearing on thursday? we brought in an expert with some advice for the conversations at your dinner table. right after this.
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homes and in airports. kerry sanders joins us with more on that part of the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. much of america stopped, much like the o.j. simpson case, like the shuttle disaster. but this time, for so many, it happened on their cell phones, which made the emotions of this high-stakes, highly emotional moment, perhaps even more personal. where were you during the kavanaugh hearings? if you're like a lot of americans on thursday, you were glued to a screen of some sort. >> thank you very much. please be seated. >> reporter: senate judiciary committee hearings are not normally known as appointment television. but this one had the country riveted. >> i think the way the senate democrats have handled themselves has reached an entirely new low. >> this whole thing is a sham. i feel like it's going to be swept up under the rug. mitch mcconnell is going to get his way. what is the point of win when we all lose?
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>> reporter: at some workplaces, the day's tasks put on hold. when you were watching, it was hard to look away. at watering holes across the country, where sports can be on tvs, bar patrons, bathed in the lights of beer signs followed questioning. people on the move were also transfixed, at airports. and in the sky, passengers viewed the spectacle from 30,000 feet. one woman posted a picture of her father tuning in during a chemotherapy treatment. students watched the hearing from all over the nation. with so much at stake, they were left like the rest of us, trying to decide where the truth lies. >> it's important and has great stakes for all of us. >> reporter: these students, maybe future senators and judges themselves, watching a teachable
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moment play out before their very eyes. as america awaits the judge's future, this moment in history will go down as a reflection of our nation's political divisions. guys, back to you. >> kerry sanders in baltimore. thank you. the subject matter of the hearing couldn't have been more sensitive. sexual assault, drinking, teenage parties, truth and lies. how do you talk to your kids about it, if you have teens or betweens? we brought in r.g. allen wilson, a relationship therapist. good morning. >> good morning. >> we were saying, thank goodness our kids are toddlers. we don't have to do this one. but a lot of young people were watching. how do you even start a conversation about this? >> yeah. they're going to be talking about it anyway. since their talking about it anyway, you might as well address the elephant in the room. you would rather that that conversation with you than with their friends.
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you can say, let's sit down and have the courageous conversation. >> what about the issue of lying specifically. you had profession aerofoor for 100% it happened. the judge saying he wasn't at that party. who is telling the truth and who is lying? >> life is complicated. what's most important is you speak your truth. it's important that if you see something, you say something. >> i have to ask you about that. i know it's fashionable to say your truth, his truth, her truth. isn't the truth just the truth? >> sometimes and sometimes not. people have different perspectives. with children, when they're in an environment where they feel like they're in jeopardy, when they feel they are threatened or someone is threatened, the truth there is they need to get out of there or speak up so someone can
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get them help. >> it's interesting. i've been told, giving advice as a parent, when your child asks you a question, answer the specific question you're asking, you don't need to expand on it. but is this -- would you recommend the opposite, that this is a launching point for discussion? >> i absolutely would. again, i'm into courageous conversations. so, having that breakfast room table discussion and saying, we need to talk about the hard topics. when you're in a crossroads, you need to make the bold decisions. >> what about boys? we have sons. and one of the topics in the hearing yesterday, was parties and drinking and how you treat women. what does that conversation with a teenage boy look like? >> the conversation looks like no means no. no means no, no matter what. and you have to be your own moral compass.
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if you -- have some of the people, the helpers, that do not drink as much or an older sibling that can govern the party. when you're in that environment, someone can reel you back in. those decisions that we make right now, your kids, tweens and teens, it can affect them for the rest of their lives. that's not okay if they end up having difficulty later on. >> anita hill and clarence thomas was a cultural moment. >> we are creating a new culture where men and women need to speak up. >> and a teachable moment. let's head over to sheinelle jones, in the orange room for carson this morning, with some good news we can use this morning. >> a single tweet from sony pictures provided the pick-me-up the world needed. the entertainment company shared this first pic of tom hanks as mr. rogers. tom hanks as mr. rogers coming to a neighborhood near you,
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october 2018. he will play rogers in an upcoming film that sony calls a timely story. production seems to be off to a good start. they have the look down. from the perfectly parted hair, to the signature cardigan. the photos sparked excitement online. alyssa posts, my whole life has been near preparation for this moment. and lynzie, says tom hanks playing mr. rogers is what this world needs. this marked the 50th anniversary of him on pbs. did you see the documentary, people loved it. as sony mentioned, the movie, guys, doesn't come out until october 2019. i think people like his consistency, his kindness, his warmth, all that stuff. >> it looks like it's perfectly
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cast. let's get a check of the weather. al is in boise this morning. good morning. >> i've been corrected. it ee's boise. >> boise. >> boise. >> we learned something. >> we're going to reveal why we're here coming up in the next half-hour. in the meantime, let's show you your weather, starting off with today. we're looking at more strong storms, making their way through the here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> this is what it looks like right now in san jose. we've got 59 degrees, some cloud cover out there, not just for san jose but also san francisco. 56 degrees right now. our temperature trend will be a lot cooler today. this is going to set us up for a much cooler weekend ahead. temperatures will climb into the upper 60s by about 11:00 a.m., only topping into the mid-70s for the south bay with a couple of 80s interior valleys and 60s along the coast.
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>> making dreams come true from boise, idaho, coming up in the next half hour. guys? >> boise. >> now, we know. boise. one of the most exciting and prestigious events in golf is under way. maybe this is why carson isn't here today. the ryder cup, pitting america's versus europe's best, just outside paris. >> you're looking at live action on the course. there's phil mickelson, maybe ready to tee off. tiger woods is ready to tee off. can we watch the tee shot? can we watch it? there's phil. looking like phil. >> everybody is talking about tiger, fresh off his historic comeback win. >> this morning, tiger woods is back on the golf course as part of the u.s. team at the ryder
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cup in france. >> have we ever seen anything like this in golf? >> thousands of fans followed the legendary golfer to his first win in five years on sunday. a surreal moment for the once-unstoppable champ. >> i didn't know when this would happen again. >> his 80th pga win coming after four back surgeries in as many years. all in an attempt to stop the pain that pulled i eed him off course, time and again. >> i couldn't walk or sit or lay down, without feeling the pain in my back and my leg. >> he's been working at this every day, to get back to this level. it's remarkable. >> woods appeared first on "today" when he was 5 years old. >> do you want to be a pro golf center. >> yes. >> his dream came through in 1996. >> hello world. >> at 21, woods became the youngest player to win the masters tournament and has spent
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the most weeks topping the official world golf rankings. but with the big wins have come big falls. in 2009, an early morning car crash when he was unconscious, drew attention to woods' failing marriage. >> i'm deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in. >> last year, the alleged golfer was arrested for driving under the influence of prescription medications, including painkill painkillers. >> have you taken medication today? >> yeah. >> after completing a drug treatment program and recovering from spinal fusion surgery, woods was back at it last august. >> i can't have a game when i came back. i didn't know what i was going to do. >> another possible reason for the upswing, woods' girlfriend, erica herman, who is the director of operations at his florida restaurant. two years ago, tiger woods was
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asked to step out of a ryder cup team usa picture because she wasn't actually playing. now, he's asked to step back into the spotlight. you can see more of tiger and team usa action on the ryder cup, at the golf channel. don't switch right now. >> wait a minute. >> you can watch throughout the weekend here on nbc. >> no. watch all weekend. sheinelle, you "pop start"? justice yes. we're going to talk about john legend. he sat down with lester holt ahead of his performance at global citizens festival here in new york tomorrow. take a listen. >> a lot of people struggle with the idea, why should we listen to celebrities? why is their opinion more important than anyone else's? do you feel a responsibility to be socially active and to be outspoken? >> i feel like i come from a tradition of active artists. and some of the best artists in history have been activists.
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stevie wonder, to marvin gaye, to anita simone. they talked about issues, the vietnam war, they talked about the civil rights struggle, and women's right. artists are truth tellers. they have a way of speaking and communicating to the world that is unique and politicians can't duplicate. we have a lot of influence. i believe it's my responsibility to use that influence for good. >> you can catch more of that interview tonight on "nightly news." if you're looking forward to "a star is born" as much as we are, you're in for a treat. the single "shallow" was released. and we get a sneak peek at new footage. ♪ i never hit the ground we're far from the shadows ♪
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>> it's going to be big. you can catch the video on today.com. "a star is born" in theaters next friday. jeffi )m ... a quick update .. on the senate good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. a quick update on the senate judiciary committee vote for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the final vote is now slated for 10:30 our time. it's expected that members will vote along party lines to recommend kavanaugh. the full senate debate comes next week. engineers now have a plan in place to shore up two cracks discovered in steel beams in san francisco's transit transbay center. crews plan to relieve pressure on those beams by installing new steel columns from street leave toll the bus deck. it's not clear when the center will reopen or when freemont street might reopen to the traffic. right now, let's look at what's going on with your morning commute. mike inouye is standing by. >> as we look at the friday commute.
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for the south bay, calming down after a couple of earlier crashes. 87 recovered. it's still a little slow for 101 and 85. really nothing outstanding here. south 28 o approaching page mill for the last 45 minutes, a lot of slowing southbound. three lanes currently affected by crash. only one chp crew there. there is a car on its side. towards san francisco, watch the approach toward freemont. the offram affected by partial closure and freemont street itself closed. transit bay transit center is closed until further noticed. back to you. >> we'll have more local news in 30 minutes.
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keith morrison. did someone commit a crime? the "dateline" dream team is here. they're greeting our crowd. we'll tell you why they're here. >> i can't remember the last time i saw all of them in the same place. >> i know. once i saw keith, i got scared. >> will you hold this as i do the "crowd moment." where is nikko? right behind me. first of all, early birthday to you. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> when is your actual birthday? >> sunday, september 30th. >> who are the women around you screaming and carrying on. >> her friends. >> where from? >> lake charles, louisiana. we're going to paris. >> you're going to paris? >> yes, we are. >> you stopped in to say hello. >> yes. after the "today" show. >> which is part of this posse? >> it's a big group. >> safe travels. >> thank you. can i give somebody a shoutout? >> whatever you want. >> hey, lake charles, louisiana,
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i want to say hey to my clients. thank you for being supportive of me. >> i'm glad you said clients. >> we call those commercials, actually. that was a free commercial. >> they look fun. coming up, three heavy hitters from hollywood. jeff bridges is here. dakota johnson is here and cynthia ariva. they team up for bad times at the elroyial. we'll talk about that in a moment. and the women behind a movement to get young girls to be kinder to each other. and our friends from "dateline nbc." they are kicking off their 27th season. nbc's longest running primetime series. good morning. congratulations. use the mic. you know, we got to talk in the mic. >> keith, say hello. >> give us a keith morrison line. >> i don't think i'm supposed to
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talk in the mic. >> when was the last time you were all in the same place at the same time? >> almost never. >> we're never in the same place. >> you're always on the road. the 27th season. you're a youngster. we were all young and beautiful. who has been here the longest? >> i think i have. >> i have the most road mileage. >> tonight's season premiere, what can we expect? >> a young woman, a nursing student, is found murdered in a soccer field. very sad story. it has a lot of twists and turns. a lot of mystery. and the killer would have a connection to the sheriff's department. a good twist at the end. >> 27 seasons. josh, you must be so proud. >> i'm thrilled. this doesn't happen in television. maybe the "today" show. but nowhere else. >> why do you think the show has resonated with so many for so long, keith? >> i'm looking at this thinking, what a wonderful murder weapon
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this would be. >> you are terrible. >> morning television. >> people, they love the process. they love seeing the investigation, the trial, the outcome, justice for these families, that are so much in need of a conclusion to what happened to their loved ones. >> people like seeing the system working for a change. >> yes. >> they like the mystery. >> and it's a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. it's one and done. >> your crew, your production team, are the best in the business. >> all these years. >> by the way, you're going to hang out with megyn kelly. fun doing that, going over to the nbc store for a meet and greet. "dateline nbc" airs tonight, 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. good to see you in the flesh. let's get a check of the weather from al. i can help you out with the new york forecast. rainy. >> that's right.
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or is it? i'm sorry. i couldn't resist. let's show you what we have going on for your boise forecast. it is chilly this morning. temperatures in the 50s. but it will warm up in the 80s that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> we're a little gray this morning. at least just in the weather. now we're expecting to see cloud cover really sticking around, especially for the coastline. 59 degrees right now in san jose. our temperatures are expected to be a lot cooler today, even through these valleys, including concord, which is one of our warmer spots. we are expecting about 71 degrees by 1:00. temperatures only climbing into the mid to upper 70s. some 80s in the valley areas.
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>> that is your latest weather. all right. yeah. it's time for the weekend. you know what that means. it's time for the greatest night in television in america. it's "sunday night football" night in america. the ravens come in, flying in to heinz field. will they catch up to the steelers? i don't know. you will relish this one from heinz field, clear and mild, 64 on sunday night, football night in america. craig? >> al, thank you. never gets old to me. i'm here with three stars from the new movie "bad times at the el royale," jeff bridges, cynthia erivo, and dakota
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johnson, where they are at a rundown hotel where bad things happen. just take a look. >> there's other hotels father, closer to tahoe, let me help you find one. i'm sure you'll be happier here. >> if this is not a place for a priest, miles, then this is where the lord wants me. >> wow. i watched it last night. jeff, cynthia, dakota, good morning to you. i watched the first part with my 4-year-old son. and i had to get him out of the room. not to spoil the whole thing here. you play a priest -- >> not really, though. >> who turns out not to be a priest. >> usually that would upset me in a trailer where they give those sorts of things away. but this movie is filled with so many surprises that leaking one out is not bad. >> and the cast. we have the flee of you here. jon hamm is in this for a while. chris hemsworth for a while. >> and that kid playing in that
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scene with me, louis pullman, great. >> cynthia, you have an amazing voice. you were here for "the color purple" last year. were you singing live? >> yes. every, single time. >> every time? how is that different for you than singing on the stage and broadway? >> the mechanism is the same. it's weird hearing myself. you sing live and that's fine. the difference is singing consecutively and making sure it stays fresh every time you sing. i don't want it to sound robo c robotic. i want the feeling to be there, the immediacy to be there. when you sing live in front of an audience, it's one time only. it's fresh. you sing it over and over again, you run the risk of losing its finesse, i guess. i try to concentrate in keeping it fresh. >> dakota, you play an
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interesting character in this film. i won't say, a bad girl, but complicated. layered. >> a little angry. she's an angry woman. what's that about? >> here's the thing, though. i remember you said with regards to the "fifty shades" movies, you didn't want mom to see that with you. is this the kind of movie you would watch with your parents? >> i feel uncomfortable watching any of my own films, regardless of what they are. they can see the one, for sure. >> what is it about? how would you describe what this movie is about, in terms of theme themes. >> it's like a film noir whodunit situation. everyone has a secret. there's duality in each character and in the story. you love and hate a lot of the people in it. and it's super entertaining and
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really beautiful and the performances are incredible. >> one of the things i enjoyed about it, maybe with an exception to your character, but none of the characters are who you expect them to be by the end of the film. when you got this script initially, you thought what? >> i thought, this is something i want to be a part of. i love going to movies. and when you see a movie where the filmmakers are ahead of you, i love that kind of thing. that's what reading the script for me. >> we were just talking about the most recent egot. emmy, grammy, oscar, tony. all you're missing is the oscars. you have a role coming up. you'll be playing harriet tubman. there's oscar buzz surrounding this. does that make you uncomfortable at all? >> it weirds me out a little bit. that's difficult to thing that's
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bullying girls and trying to put an end to it once and for all. >> in seventh and eighth grade, i didn't want to wake up in the morning. i didn't want to face a specific group of girls in the hallways. i was tortured those two years. >> mine was my junior heyear of high school. there were a group of girls that turned on me. and i felt alone every day going to school. >> reporter: for lauren and molly, it was those individual experiences with bullying that united them years later as college students and led them to create the kind campaign. >> we stopped in 60 cities in 28 states and drove over 10,000 miles, talking to girls all over the country. girls that would ultimately change our lives. >> reporter: what started as a documentary ten years ago, has turned into a nationwide movement. lauren and molly traveling the country to hold assemblies, focused specifically on girls.
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>> boys experience bullying, too. but the girls' experience can be -- for lack of a better word, it's psychological. what have you learned in talking to so many young girls? what have the common experience of bullying? as you can imagine, evolution of social media has changed in a crazy way. when we started it, instagram didn't exist. and one story that sticks out is this girl, she opened up about how she has a group of friends. and how they've basically created this system for her, so, if she doesn't get "x" amount of likes on her pictures or "x" amount of followers a week, they ghost her on school, and she's not allowed to sit with them at lunch and not invited to the sleepover. the thing that got to me was she goes home and creates fake accounts all night to like herself and follow herself, so she can meet that number. >> when you're young, you don't
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have the confidence to say, you're terrible friends. i don't want to be friends with you. if that happened to you now, like, what? get out of here. when you're a kid, you don't have that confidence to say, enough's enough. how do we get girls to have that confidence? >> there's two questions we asked girls. >> raise your hand if you've been negatively affected by something another girl has said or done to you. >> and we follow that up, with keep your hands raised or raise your hand if you've negatively said something to someone else. we've all been on both sides of this issue. >> reporter: lauren and molly ask students to make a kind pledge, write a kind apology and fill out a kind card. >> it's a reminder.
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saying something kind has an impact on someone's life. >> i think we're lucky to be living in a time when women are feeling empowered to share their stories. >> people want to shrug it off and say girls can be so mean to each other. >> they can be powerful together, too. >> you're an example of two girls working together. two women taking on the world. making real change. >> yeah. it's so fun to be able to work with one of my best friends. >> coming from the two of us in the assemblies, they can look at what we've done and see that, which is really incredible for us, again, to be a part of. >> you know, it's cool to be kind. it feels better to be kind. >> oh, that is fantastic. >> i know. i think what they're doing is so important. we went to junior high, everybody knows what it's like
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when one middle schoolgirl turns against the pack. >> i remember, there were girls when they would pick one girl and the group of girls. they would get up and go to another table. >> it could be vicious and really change personalities. it can change lives. this is important. and i think the assemblies are doing so much. everyone has to apologize. >> i like the fact they point out that everyone has been on both sides of it. >> exactly. >> if you want to learn more about the kind campaign and their assemblies, we have information on our website, today.com. if you haven't read the book, you're about the only one. number one on "the new york times" best seller list. >> thank you. mr. roker is in boise, idaho, and about to make one football fan's dreams come true.
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"dreams come true today" is sponsored by netjets, worldwide leader in private aviation. >> we're in boise, idaho, to surprise one die-hard pittsburgh steelers fan. she's a disc jockey here and she has been bleeding black and yellow for her whole life. ♪ >> go, steelers. >> reporter: sherine has described herself as a die-hard steelers fan. >> got my cup. got my hat. >> reporter: she has never made it to pittsburgh to see her steelers in person. she grew up in montana, raised by her grandmother and other uncle mike, who passed along his love of the steelers to her. >> she would go to the montana bars with uncle mike. and she would sit around and talk steelers with all these
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old-time steelers fans. >> reporter: listeners in boise know her as the mix 106 radio deejay, along with billy. >> billy and sherine having fun. >> joining me on facebook live. can you see? >> she is so passionate about living life. about having fun. about her pittsburgh steelers. she lives life to the fullest. >> i hopped aboard a netjets flight to help make her dreams come true. just in time to see her steelers take on their rivals in pittsburgh on "sunday night football." >> behind this door. sherine herrera. al roker. nice to meet you. we understand, you are a die-hard pittsburgh steelers fans. >> die-hard steelers fans.
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>> yes. >> you're heading to pittsburgh for this weekend's game against the falcons. "sunday night football" game. >> no. >> yes. >> no. >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. are you -- >> yes. are you excited? >> i'm so excited. >> the ravens are playing the steelers. >> the ravens, sunday night. >> "sunday night football" you're going. >> no. >> stop saying no. say yes. >> i have loved the pittsburgh steelers since i can't remember when. my grandma raised me. my uncle was a big fan. when he would watch me, we would watch the steelers games. >> we're happy to send you. you have a great time. enjoy. >> thank you. >> just post it up on instagram while you're there. okay? say yes again. >> yes. go, steelers, baby. black and gold.
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that does it for us on a friday morning. we'll see sheinelle in the a.m. for "weekend today." megyn kelly is up next. have a great weekend, evei )m good morn. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. engineers now have a plan in place to shore up two cracks discovered in the street beams at san francisco's transit center. the crews plan to install steel columns from street leave toll t level to the bus deck. it's not clear when freemont street might reopen to traffic.
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as you're going into san francisco this weekend and plan to exit the freemont bridge there, you might want to be prepared. members of the senate judiciary committee plan to vote at 10:30 a.m., this is our time, on whether to recommend the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the member will vote along party lines. the full senate debate comes next and may start as soon as tomorrow. happening now, we're following developments out of washington. we'll have an update on our midday newscast. democratic senators actually walked out of the senate judiciary committee meeting this morning. bay area kamala harris was among them. some of it was around controversy over whether the fbi should investigate allegations around kavanaugh. on our twitter feed, more details on the tense meeting on capitol hill. we'll have more news for you coming up in an hour. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock.
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♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. cooler temperatures and the possibility of rain. kari will get you ready for the workweek. and we )re following -- the upcoming vote on supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. join us monday from 4:30 to 7.
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[ applause ] good morning, everyone. welcome to the show. i'm megyn kelly. history will be made in washington today. and joining me to discuss all the things making the rounds are nbc's stephanie gosk and noah rothman. welcome to both you. noah, it's great to finally have you here. i'm a huge fan of yours, as you know. jacob soboroff will be here in a minute. i know, we love jacob. what a day on capitol hill. supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, and the woman accusing him, dr. christine blasey ford, finally got a chance to tell their st
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