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striking a cord with young people across the nation. "early today" starts right now. he. >> good thursday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'marlie hall. breaking overnight, the senate will hold a crucial vote friday for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, setting uppo a ntial final vote this weekend. senator mitch mcconnell filin the motion on the senate floor as the fbi ended its investigation into kavanaugh. >> there will be plentmbof time for s to review and be briefed on the supplemental material before a friday cloture vote. so i filing cloture on judge kavanaugh's nomination this evening so the process can move forward. >> all 100 senators now anxiously waiting to read the agency's report this morning, which will not be made public despite bipartisan support to do so. the. >> the report expecte include summaries of the fbi's interviews but the two central figures around this whole investigation wquen't tioned. judge kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford.fo

's lawyers issuing this statement overnight. "we are profoundly disappointed that after the trendous sacrifice she made in coming fbiard those directing the investigation were not interested in seeking the truth." also concerning some senators this morning president krupp'sa pr about ford at a rally earlier this week. for more on this let's go to nbc's tracie potts in washington. now that the investigation over the senators are going to get a chance to read this. when is that goingo happen? that's going to happen this morning. they got a pecking order depeiring on t position in the judiciary committee. first this morning themmudiciary tee chair will see that report and then the top democrat. the republicans on that committee, the democrats on that commite, and then any other republican who wants to see the port. the white house has already seen it, and thin morninga series of tweets wte house spokesman raj shah talked about thi being the seventh time that they have taken a look at kavanaugh'sgr band. he says that the white house is

fully confident that he will be confirmed. well, here'shat the public is thinking about that. in a new npr/marist poll most americans at least have made up their minds after this testimony. ake a look at the drop in the number of people who are unsure with both brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford gaining support in o terms who americans think is telling the truth. now, the president's characterization of her testimony is drawing fire from both democrats and republicans. listen. >> the president's comments were just plain t'wrong. >> just not right. i wish he hadn't have done it. it's kind of appalling. approve of the comments from last night. i thoughtt tha they were wrong. and extraordinarily unfortunate. >> reporter: so that cloture vote is set for friday.

that's the beginning of the process. republicans hoping to wrap this up with a final vot by the weekend. >> and those three republican senators, those are the key ones that are going to matter most. tracie, thaak you. bg news out of south carolina this morning, where a law enforcement officer is dead and six more are wounded after a shooting just outside the city of florence. it all started wedneay evening wh deputies arrived at this house to serve a search warrant for alleged sexual assault of a foster child. investigators say the gunman was the father of the man accused in the crime. the suspect opened fire with a high-powered rifle, holing up in the home for two hours while taking shots at responding officers. the suspect hit three deputies and four police officers before finally surrendered. president trump tweeting his condolences, saying,"we are forever grateful for what our law enforcement officerdo." nbc's dan scheneman has more. >> we have an officer down at this time.d advisehat suspect still firing, use precaution.

>> reporter: the shooting started wednesday afternoon when florence county sheriff's s deputived a search warrant at a subdivision. >> fire w being shot all over. the way the suspect was positioned, his view of the fire was sever hundred yards. so he had an op>>rtunity. eporter: soon more officers arrived. the scene was blocked off and the shooting continued. >> the subject remained barricaded in the residence with children. the stdoff lasted for approximately two hours. the suspect is now in custody. aw reporter: in all seven enforcement officers were shot. three were hospitalized. one was killy. >> p for these officers and their speedy recovery. pray for the family who lost the bravest police officer that i have ever known. >> reporter: hours after the shooting stopped, the

investigation continued. authorities he noteleased the suspect's name or comment on a possible motive. dan schenen, nbc news. the white hse is firing back this morning after a bombshell "new york times" report accused president trump of taking part in tax schemes and fraud to further reap the riches he received from his father. the exhaustive investigation wan based tens of thousands of records including tax returns and audits from fred trump himself. nbc's white house correspondent on the welker has more fallout from therticle. >> reporter: it's the narrative that helped sweep president te house.o the w a self-made billionaire with a little help from his real estate mogul father. >> i started off in a small office with my father in brooklyn and queens. a >> reporter: b explosive report by the "new york times" paints a very different picture. the "times" obtained tens of thousands of pages of financial records, documents nbc news has not had the opportunity to independently review. it found that mr. trump and his

father built their fortune by engaging in a "pattern of deception and obfuscation," saying "much of this money came to mr. trump because he helped his parents dodge taxes. he and his siblips set sham corporation to disguise millions of dollars in gifts from their parents." the paper's entire investigation documented for showtime. >> fred trump's estate tax return is in the building right now. it's incredible that we have it. and that opened a door. and then once you pull the t string the whong unraveled. >> reporter: and while candidate trump boasted -- >> my father gave me a small loan of a million dollars. >>eporter: -- thetimes" says his father actually loaned him $60.7 million at the time and suggests that's not all he got. it says over the coursef his life mr. trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate empire, making him a millionaire by age d e "times" says he and his family avoided big tax hits on their wealth by engaging i questionable schemes.

the paper calling the most overt fraud. a company created by the trumps in the early '90s which siphoned millions of dollars fro fred trump's empire by manipulating prices and pouring the profits into a shell company. the president's private saying the transactions in question were a handled approved by tax professionals, not family members. the white house also firing back. >> totally falsettack basedn an old recycled news story. i will say one thing the article did get rhaht was it showed that the president's father actually had a great deal of confidence in him. >> reporter: but was any of it illegal? >> i don't think it's proof positive that they submitted false documents. i do think it showshehat was gross manipulations of the valuations. it looks amazingly suspect. >> reporter: the new york state tax department is investigating, but experts agree it's highly p unlikely tsident would face any criminal charges given the statute oflitations. in a tweet the president called the report "a boring hit piece." phillip? >> it was quite an in-depth

report. kristen, thanks. sad news coming out of south carolina this morning. former clemson running back c.jh full died at the age of 22. fuller was a key member of the tigers squad from 2015 to 2017, appearing in over 43ames including the 2016 national championship. news about his passing hit the school's fooall program quite hard. head coach dabo swinney saying h "our ghts, prayers and deepest sympathies are with c.j.'s family." so far the details d of histh have not been released. let's head to the diamend now for playoff baseball. the yanks take a on the's in wother wild card showdown except this oneasn't much of a tntest. aaron judge settihe tone early with that two-run home run in the first inning. w york isp 2-0. the bronx zoo rocking for much of this one. andino fish it off giancarlo stanton with this hu blast into the left field stands. and that put the bombers up 7-2. they move on to the american league division series and a date with their arch-val the

red sox in boston on friday night. all right, bill, good morning. how are leking for the weekend? >> extreme. depends where you are. it could be snowing in some spots and then rainy and humid others. the g, big dip in the jet stream is what's responsible for this. very unusual this time of ye to go all the way down to southern arizona. it's keeping all the warm wir in the eah the summer-like highs. in the west we have coolerair. in between flood ris developing especially heavy rain over the weekend and even into the beginning of next week. some areas have the potential here already predicting up to seve inches of rainfall the next five days. watch out oklahoma and kansas by thelly for flooding end of the weekend into next week. that's a look at the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. well, along that cold front today slicing through the ohio valley temperatures cool off a little bit for you but it will also spark some showers and thunderstorms. we had those storms last night in wisconsin and overnight in areas of chico. mu cooler behind the front. that's aou look at thursday

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