in on both sides of those stories go to the nbc washington app. for updates we'll send you first as soon as news breaks. breaking right now, two teenagers charged in the death of a homeless man. >> we have been

stor stor storey for you. just yards away, investigators believe that the man was actually stabbed when he refused the suspect's demand for money. >> 14-year-old is charged as an adult. that's why we're able to show you his photo. the second suspect is a 13-year-old boy charged as a juvenile. chris gordon just talked to police in a live report coming up in our next hour. first and only on the police talks about the decision why federal prosecutors not to charge an officer who shot an unarmed black man. >> the news broke around this time yesterday afternoon. if you remember, now, it quickly led to protests on the streets of dc. today peter --

>> not only myself but many number of folks here at npd want to extend our hearts and codo lenses for the family. i can't imagine this is an easy thing to go through. >> chief peter newsome would not criticize the u.s. attorney's decision not to charge the officer in his death. but he was clear that despite what prosecutors decided, newsome and the mayor where officer brian off the force and they've asked him to resign. >> what i would say about resignation is that when, you know, he is deciding whether or not to resign, he needs to just consider the family and consider the impact this could potentially have on the city. >> the trainer is now the subject of an internal police review and could face discipline. trainer and the department are also the target of a $50 million lawsuit by terrence sterling's family. prosecutor said sterling was intoxicated the night he led police on a high speed chase

motorcycle, which crashed into the passenger's side of the officer's car. that's when officer trainer drew his gun and shot sterling twice. trainer, who has been on the force four years, remains on desk duty, pending the internal investigation. now, while trainer is on that desk dutiy, he's not allowed to have contact with the public in any official capacity. the internal review could take up to four months, as to that partner, he was already disciplined for violating police protocol by chasing motorcycle without proper authorization. >> thank you, so much, mark. new video just in now of a wild shooting in dc. take a look at this, a woman holding a child that's running out of the way as two men with guns come up and just start firing shot after shot after shot, looks like eight or nine shots were fired. one person was hit, that person is expected to be okay. police hope this video will help them catch the two gunman. it happened last monday, july

near southern avenue. the office running the investigation into russian election meddling is growing here in dc, robert mueller is adding staff and will actually soon reveal just how much he's spending on this independent investigation, that is certainly captured the nation's attention. the i-team scott mcfarlane is here now to break it all down for us. >> officials with the office of special council tell the i-team there are 16 attorneys on staff. that's increase from prior reports. we're told that doesn't include the federal agents, support staff and it being used. it includes top members of the federal prosecutors office in alexandria. the special council will not comment on where they're headquartered but multiple reports say the operations running out of the patrick henry building, not far from the fbi's washington, d.c. field office and not terribly far from the courthouse in washington where there's reportedly a grand jury

seated. money for this investigation comes out of the u.s. justice department budget, we're told, we've learned that special council much report how much he's spending after september 30th. that information, we're told, will be made public. pat. >> scott mcfarlane, thank you, scott. a sad scene in annapolis earlier this afternoon. we're working to learn what started a fire that killed one person. chopper 4 flew overhead just after 12. you can see black smoke markings on the side of the house on lincoln road in shady high neighborhood. >> and on to developing storey right now, this afternoon, taylor swift says she has a 3 d image in her now of the groping incident in her grave. she gave graphic testimony this afternoon during her hour-long testimony today in denver. now swift says she was sure radio host david mueller grabbed her intentionally during a photo opportunity in 2013. she said she didn't stop the me

didn't want to disappoint people. swift said nobody would have direct view of mueller. he is suing swift for $3 million saying her allegations cost him his job. swift is counter suing asking for a symbolic one dollar judgment. to storm team 4 now another fantastic afternoon, but that is about to change. >> that's right. amelia draper joins us now, how are you doing. >> hey, guys. hay ladies i'm doing great. we're noticing more cloudiness out there. clouds were on the increase today and take a look on storm team 4 radar. i'm tracking showers moving into parts of fairfax, skirting around 66 out around manasas and up into parts of southern. these are slowly pushing towards the northeast. i'm going to track this little cell here. i have to say they're moving quickly in about 30 miles an hour, so potentially some light rain moving into

around 4:10. not everyone is going to get rain tonight by far. in fact, most of us are going to stay dry and isolated showers only possible until about 7:00 p.m. aside from that. it's mild and it's cloudy. 82 degrees right now. by 9:00 we find temperatures in the mid-70s. with plenty of clouds around we're still in the mid-70s m if you're headed up to baltimore tonight, the battle of the beltway is looking there. there is rain in the forecast for tomorrow. chance of thunderstorms, as well. i'm going to be timing that out, pat. coming up at about 4:20. >> thanks amelia. >> an exciting night ahead as we get our first look at the burgundy and gold in action. >> it's crazy to think that the preseason opener right now is starting baltimore against the ravens right here, you're watching on nbc 4 and joining us live, there you go, carol maloney, i can't believe we're talking about football. >> came so quickly. >> are you ready for preseason

it's preseason game number one, redskins and ravens up here in baltimore. it will be the beginning of finding out the question, the answer to the question that you've probably already heard. how good are the redskins going to be this year, probably not going to get the answer tonight, we will get a sense. it's going to be tune up, first glance the players arrived 25 minutes ago. yet kirk cousins, of course, he has his game face on, always. how much will he play tonight, jay wouldn't say. we know historically, his mo is to play the starters about one series. so expect cousins early five to eight plays tonight, at least. you're going to want to tune in early. also, tonight we'll find out about the depth, the chemistry and at the level of competition. so we will get a sense of this team, a first glance of what to expect this year. that's always something to look forward to. could be good, could be bad, could be ugly, but we know it is going to be interesting.

we'll have more coming up news 4 and at 5 and news 4 at 6:00, for now we'll send it back to you. you may as well burry the remote in the couch. nbc 4 is the station to have on all night long. coverage starts at 7:30 for you. then a special prime time summer season of saturday night live weekend update, that's all followed by news 4 at 11:00. the big celebration one town is now cooking up for hometown. nba star kevin durant. >> but first we're working for you, asking tough questions after a day care providers is accused of breaking the law. why was he still allowed to run a day care. plus, it's been one year to the day since an explosion rocked a local apartment building, whether the emotional scars are healing for that community. we're working for you even during the break. see which stories are trending on our app and check out the storm

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home day care provider faces charges he improperly touched children. >> he's licensed to care for children. julie carey was surprised to make that discovery. she doug deeper to find out -- she dug deeper to find out why the criminal charges

doesn't lose his child care licenses. >> this is the home where he was when his operate a home day care. i've been here a couple of times this weekend and haven't seen much activity. as far as the state is concerned, he's still allowed to operate a home day care here even though he was arrested last week for sex crimes. this is claudia's mug shot taken last wednesday when he was arrested by fairfax county police, he's facing three counts of aggravated sexual battery. police investigators say two children and 11-year-old and 9-year-old allege they were improperly touched by the day care provider. news 4 has learned that criminal charges, even sex crimes don't automatically mean a day care license is revoked. a day care licensing administrator explained to us her agency has to conduct its own investigation to determine whether the allegations are valid, only then can a decision be made about whether the license should be pulled. >> the

we are decided a violation of licensing regulations, then we can make a decision about any enforcement action to take. that decision has to come after the investigation is concluded and findings if there are some have been made. >> while the home could be operated, as practical matter he can't help out here any more, the judge ordered that he not have contact with any kids under the age of 13. i'm julie carey, news 4. you can check to see if your day care is licensed and what the state records show in the link. search day care. >> a brand new bridge is coming to the area. the south capitol street bridge right next is going away and a new bridge will be built. take a look at this really cool animation of the new bridge and the surrounding area, now construction starts in several months and the bridge will open in 2021.

street bridge will be used right up until the day traffic can switch over to the new one. >> save the date, i'm sheree burr rus. they're working for you. it's next week in prips georges county put on by the -- prince georges county put on by the city where it all started. >> everybody in dc, virginia, y'all be riding with me, and feels good to see it come full circle and i enjoy it. >> if you remember kd gave that shout out to that hometown after winning the nba championship earlier this year. eugene grant is here to tell us more on what the city is planning, the big day, which is next thursday, august 17th. thank you so much for joining us. why are we honoring kevin in this way. >> we have no honor him, not only because of the championship he won. his

much to all of us giving back to our community, supporting our young people. we're very excited to have this opportunity to honor him. >> sounds great. let's talk more about the impact kevin has made, he donated over $60,000 for new basketball courts had them installed at your reck center. we'll talk to you about the impact. >> most certainly, we've got a running -- a basketball court that was running down and kevin, obviously, had it refurbished there. they also gave money to inside of our rec center, over $50,000 of so much more he has done to support the young people in our community, we're, again, just very excited. >> what kind of excitement are you hearing from the kids. there's a team that kevin is sponsoring that will be marching in the parade directly with

region will participate as well. >> you'll have to wait until the 17th for that game to come. we're metropolitan region to be there in celebration of our hometown hero. >> sound great. thank you so much. you can find a link to everything you need to know about the celebration. search kevin durant on the nbc washington app. pat and susan, back to you. >> great to honor a hometown hero. thanks so much. sherree. update on breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour, tougher rhetoric between the u.s. and north korea. >> any minute we'll hear from the president who is finishing up a briefing when that wraps up, we'll bring you an

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looking ahead to the weather and weekend. >> football season starting now, it's crazy. >> i sthi everyone is looking to the forecast. low humidity, i'm sorry, that's not going to be the case someday looking really nice. take a look at your weather headlines and i want to break it down for you. some scattered showers and thunderstorms around tomorrow. the best chance here in the metro area will be during the afternoon and evening hours, but further back to the west, frederick and back around i-81 could see some showers around midday hours. some rain looking likely on saturday, really potentially at any time. i think the best chance during the afternoon and evening hours, that's making sunday the better weekend. they also lower humidity then on sunday. here is the latest on storm team 4 radar. isolated showers quickly moving northeast, zooming out of loudoun counties, alsoac

parts of fairfax, some light rain around. most of us stay dry tonight. this is only going to persist for maybe another hour or so. here future weather, though, tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m. the clouds are already there waking up to cloudy skies. we're mainly dry through lunchtime. after lunchtime take a look here, further back to the west, back around, some showers start to develop and then we head to mid-afternoon hours. notice showers in parts of northern virginia down through southern maryland start to impact parts of arlington, potentially the district. 5:30, notice potential for norms, as well. especially northern virginia, 8:00 p.m. we're tracking rain in the dc and metro area, then we continue to track rain until about midnight. after that we should be mainly dry over night and here is saturday at 8:00 a.m. we start off still cloudy out there and then notice around lumplg time we start to see some showers develop, especially east of 95. as we work our way into the afternoon and evening hours, the chance for showers pretty much everywhere. it's not a wash out but t

there for your saturday afternoon and evening. a bit of a chance to the forecast. currently temperatures are in the 70s and 80s. take a look at your planner for tomorrow, we start off at 70, mostly cloudy skies, by lunchtime most of us are still dry. back around i-81, showers at that point, 78. high tomorrow of 82. it's not hot but it's a little bit humid out there. scattered showers and thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening hours, 50% chance that you're dealing with some rain tomorrow, and then taking a look at the weekend outlook, yard work done on sunday, that outdoor birthday party, have a plan b to be able to move in doors looking to head to the beach and pool this weekend. sunday both locations looking like a better spot to be. here is your ten-day forecast. 50% chance of rain on sunday. mid-80s keeping a dry and partly sunny and comfortable on sunday. susan and pat. >> devastating. scarey. >> reporr:

once stood. one year later, a look at that devastating apartment explosion in silver spring. >> what worried you?

. breaking right now at 4:30. president trump stepping up the

north korea. his comments coming as the cia and other top intelligence agencies report north korea as successfully created a nuclear weapon that could fit on ballistic missile. >> any minute we'll hear from the president who is just finishing up a briefing with his national security council. when that wraps up we'll bring you nbc news special report. >> all right. buddy. all right. i'm going to swadle him real quick. i have some experience with this. just a little bit. is this your boy? >> yeah. >> it was a symbol of hope in the middle of a hellish night in montgomery county. an officer swadling a little baby and then reuniting the baby with his panicked parents quickly turning their worst nightmare into a moment of pure relief. that scene played out after a deadly apartment explosion in silver spring. >> it

right that night. the county says there are many things that could have gone better at the branch apartments. the county made changes. they added new laws that make landlords more accountable to their tenants. the county also added home inspectors to make sure the buildings are safe. police and fire are putting a greater focus on communication. many of the tenants in the apartments didn't speak english. 7 people died in that blast last august, including two children. news 4 megan explains how the pain is so real for the people of that community. one year ago today, an explosion and fire ripped through the flower branch apartments in silver spring, beverly thompson remembers it vividly. >> devastating, scarey. >> reporter: what worries you? >> that it can happen at any time, any time when i'm sleeping. >> seven people, including two children di

tonight the victims will be remembered during a vigil and a procession around the complex. >> people are still trying to pick up the pieces from that day and still trying to move on. there's just such a wide array of storeys of survival that come out of that particular night and tonight is an opportunity to really reflect upon them. >> the blast changed lives forever and 12 months later, it's still not back to normal. a fence lines the block, behind it an empty space where the apartment building once stood while some residents say they smelled gas, the ntsb has not yet ruled on the cause of the blast. and tonight's vigil gets underway at 7:30. people will gather in the parking lot across the street from the complex. it's expected to last about two hours. in silver spring, megan, news 4. the end is in sight for a man in northern

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fliesher explains. >> reporter: one of the nation's leading experts told us, these little creatures can cause big problems that could cost you big bucks. >> if you don't know where their handiwork looks like, you might not even realize these they're excavating the dirt between the trash cans. underneath it can cause retaining walls to crumble. >> i'm always reminding myself -- the national park service already has about $850 million worth of projects needing funding and some of the district's lush parks provide natural habitats from the pesky pests. they spotted them securying across the already-cracked. >> certainly if you have rats that are making it worse, adding to that tally, that's something they're trying to avoid. >> they're lined sidewalks and allies where cracked sidewalks with holes at either end are real trouble. >> dozens and

this is an nbc news special report. here is lester holt. >> good day from new york. we're coming on the air because president trump has release tough new talk suggesting his threat to rain down fire and fury threats to the u.s. didn't go far enough. here is what the president had to say a while ago. >> maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years and it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries, so if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough. if north korea does anything in terms of even thinking about attack of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very very nervous, i'll tell you why, and they should be very nervous, because things will happen to them like they never thought possible. ay

around for a long time. >> this afternoon as the president continues his working vacation in new jersey, he received a security briefing and met with vice president pence, along with the national security adviser hr mcmaster, chief of staff john kelly and cia director mike pompeo. we'll hear more from the president in just a moment. he spoke to the to the pool group of reporters. we know he speaks more about north korea. it is going to start running a few minutes we'll count down to it and put it on the air. let's go to nbc chief andrea mitchell, more threats, the thing about threats you have to be willing to back them up. how is this being viewed, actually, we only have a few seconds before we go to this take. i'll get you on the other side. here is the president just minutes ago with reporters and the cameras rolling. >> thank youer

we appreciate it. we are having a meeting today. we have a much larger group than this. but we discussed many things, one of them, obviously, was north korea. we discussed venezuela. we discussed afghanistan and the middle east, generally. we had some very good ideas, very good thoughts and a lot of decisions were made. this was very important day, actually. made a lot of decisions. with that, if you have any questions, yes. >> any decision on afghanistan -- >> yeah, we're getting close. we're getting very close. that's a very big decision for me. i took over a mess and we're going to make it a lot less messy. but that has been 17 years our longest wars i read in one of your columns. and, fry,

decision that be made very soon. >> you have full confidence in international security adviser. >> yes, i do. general mcmaster, absolutely, he's our friend. he's my friend and he's a very talented man. i like him and i respect him. >> so how did you decide to announce the transgender, are you betraying the community that you pledged to support? >> no, i have great respect for the community and i think i've had great support from that community. i got a lot of votes. but the transgender, the military is working on it now. they're doing the work. it's been a very difficult situation and i think i'm doing a lot of people a favor by coming out and just saying it, as you know, it's been a very complicated issue for the military. it's been a very confusing issue for the military. and i think i'm doing the military a great favor. >> mr. president, do you have y

president 755 workers? >> no, i want to thank him. because we're trying to cut down on payroll. as far as i'm concerned, i'm very thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll. there's no real reason for them to go back. so i greatly appreciate the fact that they've been able to be able to cut the payroll for the united statesful we'll save a lot -- states. we'll save a lot of money. >> was it -- >> i thought it was a very strong signal or whatever. i know mr. manafort -- i haven't spoken to him in a long time -- but i know he was the with the campaign for a relatively short period of time. i've known him as a good man. i thought it was a very, you know -- they do -- very they do that very seldom, so i was surprised to see it. i wasy,

see it. we haven't -- >> excuse me. >> have you spoke ton the fbi director about it? >> no, i have not. i have not. but to do that early in the morning, whether or not it was appropriate, you would have to ask them. i've found paul manafort to be a very decent man. he's like a lot of other people, probably makes consultant fees from all over the place. i don't know. who knows. i thought that was a very -- it was pretty tough stuff. to wake him up, perhaps his family was there, i think that's pretty tough stuff. >> speaking of the attorney general, how would you characterize your relationship with attorney general sessions, have you spoken with your differences in the past? >> it's fine. it is what it is he's fine. he's working hard on the border. i'm very proud of general kelly what he's done on the border. one of the reasons he's chief of staff, he did such an outstanding job at the border. we're down 78%.

other administrations, if you were down 1%, it was considered a big day. we're down 78% at the border. and nobody thought that was possible. so i'm very proud of general kelly. he's now chief of staff. at the same time, i'm very proud of what we've done over the last six months between supreme court, between tremendous amounts of legislation that's been passed. you know, we had 42 to 48 bills passed. i'm not talking about just executive orders, i'm talking about bills passed. we had massive executive orders. we got rid of record setting amounts of regulations. and a lot of it is statutory where it's a 90-day period and then you have to wait then it's another 90-day period you have to wait 90 days. i believe in regulation. you have to have some regulation. we'll have a small% of regulation compared to what we had. i think that's why you see business enthusiasm the highest it's been

the unemployment rate just came out. it's the lowest it's been in 18 years. with that being said, we have companies moving into the united states. you saw the two large auto companies going back. they're negotiating with various states, probably back to michigan. we have done a lot in a short period of time. i'm very proud of it. i think that general kelly is going to be a fantastic chief of staff, however. >> president president, are you going to increase -- >> we are going to look at what's happening in asia. we're looking at it right now. we're constantly looking at it. i don't like to signal what i'm going to be doing. but we're certainly looking at it. and, obviously, we're spending a lot of time looking at in particular north korea and we are preparing for many different alternative events at north korea. he has disrespected our country greatly. he has said thingsha

and with me, he's not getting away with it. he got away with it for a long time between him and his family. he's not getting away with it. it's a whole new ball game. and he's not going to be saying those things and he's certainly not going to be doing those things. i read about in guam in august 15th. let's see what he does with guam. he does something in guam, it will be an event the likes of which nobody's seen before what will happen in north korea. >> what do you mean? >> you'll see. you'll see. and he'll see. he will see. it's not a dare. it's a statement. it has nothing to do with dare, that's a statement. he's not going to go around threatening guam and he's not going to threaten the united states. and he's not going to threaten japan, and he's not going to threaten south korea. no, that's not a dare, as you say, that is a statement of fact. >> mr. president, you have a clear posture

priorities are there? >> number one, i would like to denuke the world. i know president obama said global warming is greatest threat. it's different to me. i would like to denuke the world. i would like russia and the united states and china and pakistan and many other countries that have nuclear weapons, get rid of them. but until such time as they do, we will be the most powerful nuclear nation on earth by far. the first order i gave to my generals, as you know -- you know, mike -- my first order was i want this, our nuclear us, to be the biggest and the finest in the world. we spent a lot of money, a lot of time and a lot of effort. and it's in tiptop shape and getting better, and getting stronger. and untiluc

skorge disappears. we will be so much better and so much stronger than anybody else. and nobody, including north korea, is going to be threatening us with anything. >> sir, what, specifically, have you changed in the nuclear arsenal. and the reason i've asked is that a lot of experts yesterday in response to your response, it can't be done in six months, it's a long process that's only begun. >> we've done a lot of modernization and renovation, we have it now in very good shape. it will be in much better shape over the next six months to the year. actually, it was the first military is very important to me, as you know. as you know, i did extremely well with the military vote, mike and i. but we are -- my first order was we have to do the military. but before we do the military, per se, we're going to do the nuclear. and we -- we're going to be

billions of dollars because of north korea and other reasons, having to do with antimissile, so we are going to be increasing our budget by many billions of dollars. we'll probably be able to report that over the next week, as you know, we reduced it by 5%. but i've decided i don't want that. we're going to be increasing the antimissiles by a substantial amount of billions of dollars. >> you feel like iran is in compliance? >> i don't think iran is in compliance. we wrote them a very tough letter, as you know, through the congress. i, personally, don't think they're in compliance, but we have time. and we're going to see. we also put down a lot of defaults or potential default situations. i don't think they're living up to the spirit of the agreement. president obama and his wisdom gave them $150 billion.

cash, which is, that's a hard one to figure. but that was his decision. i think it's a horrible agreement. but they are not in compliance with the agreement and they are, certainly, not in the spirit of the agreement in compliance and i think you'll see some very strong things taking place if they don't get themselves in compliance. but i do not believe they're in compliance right now. >> is there any separate investigation -- >> yeah, we're looking, we're always looking. you have the leaks coming out of intelligence and various departments having to do with syria, having to do with all sorts of different places, having to do, frankly, with north korea. and those are very serious. and then you have the links where people want to love me and they're all fighting for love. those are not very important, but certainly we don't like them. those are little inner white house leaks. they're not very

by them. but the important leaks to me and the leaks that the attorney general is looking at very strongly are the leaks coming out of intelligence and we have to stop them for the security and the national security of our country. >> we're working with them. i mean, we have a situation which is very unusual. everybody said there's no collusion. you look at the council as they come in, we have a senate hearing, we have judiciary, we have intelligence and we have a house hearing. everybody walks out, there's no conclusion, there's no conclusion. so they're investigating something that never happened. there was no collusion between us and russia. in fact, the opposite, russia spent a lot of money on fighting me. if you think about it i want a strong military. you see our budget will be -- up by hundreds of billions of dollars, soon. our military

hillary was going to cut the budget, substantially, the military budget. russia is very important for oil, oil and gas. we are now an exporter because of an incredible six months -- an exporter of oil and gas, that's bad for russia. i don't think russia wants me, because i want a strong military and i want low energy prices. energy is a disaster, low energy prices are a disaster for russia. additional it seems that russia spent a lot of money on that report. i think it was democrat -- plus the democrats colluded on the ukraine, so they colluded and then when you get down to it, why is it the fbi looking at the dnc server? you have a server that they refuse, the democrats refuse to give to the fbi. now, i don't know how the

dnc, the democrats refuse to give the server. so we have an investigation of something that never took place and all i say is work with them. now, as far as somebody elsewhere, did they file the right papers or did they forget to file the paper. i guarantee if you went around and looked at everybody that made a speech or whatever these people did, that's up to them. did they do something wrong because they didn't file the right document or whatever. perhaps you'll have to look at them. i guarantee you this, it's probably a lot of people in washington did the same thing. >> maybe we'll see. i think the infrastructure bill will be by far, they may have more support from the -- i want a strong infrastructure bill. we have of this moment spent over $6 trillion. when i say

$6 trillion in the middle east. we can't fix our roads and bridges and schools and our airports and i think that's a very sad situation. so i'm very strong on infrastructure. and a lot of republicans are, but i know a lot of democrats are also, i think that will work out. i think it will work out very well. >> considered leading the dismissal of special council. is there anything you can do that will send you in that direction. >> i haven't given it any thought. i've been reading it from you people. no, i'm not dismissing anybody. i want them to get on with the task. but i also want the senate and the house to come out with their findings. now, judging from the people leaving the meetings, leaks, but they leave the meetings all the time and they say, no, we haven't found nichol luany conc you know why -- noconclusion. i won because i went to wisconsin. i went to michigan. ion

why i win. i didn't win because of russia. russia had nothing to do with me winning. the thing, we had a great team and i guess i did a good job. you know what, honestly, they spent much more money than i did by a lot, you know that. they spent a lot more money and honestly they did not do a good job of quacampaigning. >> you talked about it on the side a little bit earlier, have you reached out to mcconnell since your phone call yesterday. >> no. >> and have you given any consideration to asking transportation secretary -- >> elaine is doing a very good job. we're proud of secretary of transportation as you know, she's doing a very, very good job. i'm very disappointed in mitch. but if he gets these bills past. i will be very happy with him and the first to admit. honestly, repeal and replace of obama care should have taken place. itho

virtually the first week i was there. i've been hearing about it for seven years. so repeal and replace should have taken place. your tax tax cuts, hopefully they get that done. and the other thing will be the infrastructure bill. in addition to that, you know, we've passed a lot of things, we've passed the kaptvillety with the va. we're doing a lot of work at the va. and we're doing a lot of great work all over. you look at what's happening with the colon ministry. i looked at west virginia making a speech and they are doing great as a state, the great governor of west virginia, jim, who you saw. he just became a republican. he left his first time in many many years. he just left the democratic party and he became a republican, which was a great moment. hasn't happened in many years. so we're very very happy with what's happenedful we think it's been an

record setting business. when you look at what's going on with the economy. you know, when you look at the enthusiasm of businesses, you look at companies moving back in, you just saw on friday, the two big car companies that are coming in. you saw last week, they make the apple iphones, they make all of the desk top. they're the biggest in the worldful they're coming into wisconsin with an unbelievable plan like we've never seen before. and i actually said to tim cook of apple, i said you know, tim, i won't consider myself successful as president unless i start see you build those beautiful plants you have all over china, you start building them in the united states. and he's going to do them. >> it's different intelligence, i have

that doesn't mean i have confidence in his predecessor, which i didn't, actually. although he did say good things about me. he did say he had no anything on collusion. i have tremendous confidence in mike pompeo, dan coats, fantastic. i think your new head of the fbi -- i think i've done a great service for this country. i think that christopher will do a fantastic job as the head of the fbi, so, look, i have -- nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump, but you have to have the right leaders. i think we have great leaders right now. and, you know, you can look at the intelligence over the years. it was intelligence that got people to make one of the worst decisions ever made in the history of our country going into iraq because they said there were no weapons, you know, you look at it. it ended up being there were no weapons of mass destruction. theysa

destruction were all over the place. >> you've been watching president trump, that was recorded within the last about the last half hour or so at his compound in new jersey. it's probably the closest thing we've heard to a full flej conference. he was speaking to members who cover presidents in these type venues. a lot of headlines made there, certainly on the issue of north korea. the president talking about the north korean threat to aim missiles near guam. he says there would be an event the likes no one has ever seen before. let me bring in chief foreign affairs andrea mitchell. more threats today, has the president crossed the point of no return in the -- >> he's left himself no wiggle room. he's talking about taking action against north korea, using very very harsh language.

not responding to a lot of criticism, republican, as well as, democratic, criticism of his threats so far. also, he praised vladimir plu tin expelling, he saved us. he praised mcmaster, despite his national security adviser, despite very conservative web sites and real campaign. he said he's our friend he's doing a great job. he's talented. he said they're getting closer to decision to afghanistan. >> all right. let me bring in kristin walker who is traveling with the president right now. kristin, as we know, he talked about a man in north korea, venezuela, afghanistan, middle east, lots of decisions made, what are some of the more pressing things along with north korea that he's working on. >> well, the president always says he's his own best messenger, it was clear he wanted to get his message out on a rave of

vacation. andrea talked about the transgender ban, he defended his decision to say that transgender people can no longer serve in the military. he talked about the fact that putin expelled some diplomats, tongue and cheek, he said that could save u.s. some money. and on special council robert mueller, the president said that he's cooperating with the investigation. he also said that he was surprised that his former campaign chair, paul manafort, has his apartment searched by the fbi, so weighing in as he battles at home and abroad. >> he seemed to be a little more careful with his choice of words on the issue of russia and the fbi investigation, in general. >> reporter: i think that's fair. he was very measured when it came to talking about special council robert mueller, under scores the fact he has a new chief of staff who wants to have a much more careful message coming out of the white house. >> all right. kristin, thanks very much. a lot to

minutes, you saw what turned out to be a news conference. we'll have a lot more of it when i see you in a little while. for now i'm lester holt in new york. have a good day. well now at 5:00, not tough enough, president trump doubling down on his fire and fury comments against north korea saying he could have gone further. >> just minutes ago he issued a new warning to the nation. >> if he does something in guam, it will be an event, the likes of which nobody's seen before, what will happen in north korea. it's not a dare. it's a statement. it has nothing to do with dare. that's a statement. >> if president's words, as north korea says, it will have a specific plan pre-emptive strike for the days in guam. >> closer look at that threat. ♪

military is really upping the antimaking new threats against the united states, specifically, guam, saying they hope to have a plan in place to attack this region by the middle of this month if their military leader is accepting. of course there's a strong military presence on this island, taking up roughly a third of this region. there's nuclear submarines in this area. there are b bombers here. of course, a missile defense system that is poised to protect this island. 160,000 american citizens live here. they're protected by a military force of roughly 6,000. but, again, many people here saying they are taking this news with a grain of salt. >> i'm pretty sure we're safe. >> it was just a few years ago north korea made similar threats here b but others are concerned. now back to you. >> miguel, and guam could be hit in just 14 minutes if north korea does launch a missile strong. the pentagon,