he says often when he was a ng he lked around for aion to the problm. >> that's great. he's given many young people a shot. we all need the help. >> we are appreciative of the work you're doing. continue that. we'll hear more about that in the future segments and maybe the deputy chief might be here. . >> yes, sir. >> great to have you. please join us, robert smith and the okay program, our kids. . >>> welcome back to mosaic. we have been talking to robert smith after a program called okay program. our kids. when i first saw it, i might i meant oakland kids. but the program extends throughout the state, helping the young people and kids. tell us more about that and the fact that it's in other parts. >> currently. the o.k. program is in seven states. and chapters just like oakland, we call them chapters. a chapter is a middle school that we start in that feeds into a high school. so all the chapters are ran by african american police officers. >> wow. >> and they try to follow the young boys we recruit to the program from 6th grade to 1 12th grade. >> do you find them op

especially, our graduates will be embarking on lives of accomplishments but at the same is also at aion critical crossroad. presidentds of former mustk obama, we americans determine what nation -- what kind of nation we want our country to be. and then, we must go about the business of shaping our destiny. ladies and gentlemen, i will offer some thoughts this morning about these challenges and about our ability to overcome them. as is appropriate on graduation -- speakll seek first first to our graduates about the true value of the obstacles they have overcome and will overcome in their lives. hopefully, all here this morning will gain some small benefit from my experience in this regard. those whong spoken to are strong and resilient people those would extend thoughts to the challenges we all must confront and overcome as citizens of this great nation. begin, allowfore i me to join you in giving some credit where credit is due. anything achieve meaningful in life by our own efforts alone. so, graduates, please join me in first thanking your god, thank banking yourlies, yourds, -- thank

expect 41 million people at risk, especially for a few strong tornadoes and sunday we've got 13 mi aion peoplet risk in the upper mississippi and ohio river valleys, and that, lester, stretches into monday and tuesday as well. we've got a really active period ahead. lester >> al roker, thank you >>> tonight there are new developments in those heightened tensions with iran amid reports th president trump is privately upset with some key members of his national security team andrea mitchell has details. >> reporter: tonight the president denying reports that his team is divided over iran and that he's told his hawkish national security adviser to cool it. >> they put out messages that i'm angry with my people i'm not angry with them, iake my own decisions but i'm angry with my people i'm not angry with my people mike pompeo is doing a great job, john bolton is doing a great job. they make it sound like it's a >> reporter: new word on those four tankers caught in the persian gulf three officials now tell nbc news the assessment is it's highly unlikely they were hit by iran or their proxies

options are, how much risk each would entail, what the likely enemy actions would be in response to our aions, and so forth and so on. >> i want to go back to 1974 when you graduat w frt point. you were near the top of your class, and because of that, you had the ability to pick any division of the army that you wanted to. but you chose to serve in the infantry. why? >> if you're going to be in an institutn, an organization, probably the best place to beat is what nstitution values most highly, and the infantry, certaiy then and even now, is arguably stillc the esof the u.s. army. what's interesting is, i was actually majoring-m in p at west point, and i actually had a slot in a program, and i recognized doat i really didn't feel a calling to be or, so that plan was shelved, and i chose the fantry. >> you came to light especially in iraq, when the iraq war was not going well. you, as i mentioned, commanded the surge strategy, you implemented the surge strategy, which, at the me, when iraq was spiraling into sectarian violence, rescued the united states from a serious defeat and, by the way, w

activists are demonstrating across the country today in the wake of new state laws banning mostbo aions. >> protesters gathered in front of the supreme court on what's being called a national dayf action. protests wheni mississipp judge hears a challenge to one of those laws. wendy rieger will have more on that in a moment. >> derrick ward is live at the supreme court with new reaction from protesters there. derrick. n. reporter: good afterno as you can see, there are folks gathered here in front of the supreme court. they are here for different reasons. they're here marvel at one of the branches of government, one of the three branches of american government. quite a different crowd than was here earli and something that we'll probably be seeing more of in coming days as one of the nation's most contentious issues comes ahead. also 's expected the issue will be decided inside thepr sue court and outside they're not waiting to argue against anti-abortion rights activists. >> you can see everything coming down the pike, so many things being rolled back, so many rights being rolled back.

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ride together into the district one final time to honor military veterans and those missing in ct aion. several streets will be closed for the event. you can read more in the nbc washington app. y weekend is here. lots of people are heading to the beaches and such. if you're driving somewhere, you'll want to get on the road m before ten clo avoid gridlocked traffic. make sure you have the first 4 traffic twitter ready to gu' yore following that for the latest on accidents and shutdowns. >> yeah. >> right. >>nd amelissa's talking about that, the tractor-trailer cra. chopper 4 flew over the scene. and you see the cab of the truck on its side. this thing looks a like mess. federal employee one was hurt. stay with us for the latest. >>> and we have chopper 4 still there. live look westbound 50 at cape san claire road. we're jammed westbound. eastbound, headed to the beach toward the bay bridge, you are in the clear. those webt lanes going to be a little yucky. >> i bought the transporter technology so i can get to the beach without suffering through that -- >> right. >>> the ten-day foreca

. >> ( translated ): we are concerned after seeingraud happening during this election and no aions were taken. e prabowo campaign team filed complaints, but no actions were taken. we tnk indonesia's democracy is hurt in 2019. woodruff: subianto is a ultra-nationalist who has aligned himself with islamist hard-liners. u.s. companies will now have a 90-day grace period before restrictions kick in on saleto chinese tech giant huawei. the commerce department announced the extension on monday. it cdeame as pre trump pressures china to agree to a trade deal. but in china today, huawei'san foundec.e.o. told a news conference that u.s. constraints do not matter. >> ( translat our lower-end products on the periphery might be hurt. but our most advanced pre ucts will notfected. at least, our 5g technology won't be affected. and not only will it not b affected, but after two or three years, no one will be able to cah up with it. >> woodruff: huawei is the world's largest telecom provider, but u.s. officials say it is tied to china's government, and is a cyber security risk. and, on wall street, ne

. >> narrator: mcconnell, trump, and the federalist society again swung into aion.sident nominated judge brett kavanaugh, who had joined the federalist society at yale law school >> kavanaugh is the perfect mcconnell nominee. he's very conservative onn economic issues,ecutive power issues. he's the perfect blending of establishment and sort of red-state-based politics. (gavel banging) >> narrator: at the confirmation hearings, the democrats immediely put up a fight. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to be recognized to ask a question. >> mr. chairman, it's a pending motion... >> if we don't even know what the rules are, how can we... >> i'd like to respond to... >>r. chairman... >> mr. chairman, we waited for more than a year with a vacancy the treatment wasurt. shabby of merrick garland, president obama's nominee... >> democrats are really mad about garland that happened in 2016, very recent history. republicans are still mad. about bork. >> to my friends on the otherlo side, you can' the election and pick judges. if you want to pick judges, you better win. i >> this stuff

for more on er's initial stock offering, we turn to farhad manjoo.op he's aion columnist for the "new york times." and, amir efrati, senior reporter at "the information," who tracks this sector closely. gentlemen, welcome to yo yboth. amir, first, why so much expectation? i mean, i haven't heard people talking about an i.p.o. as much as they are about uber's in a longime. why all the fuss? >> this is an important consumer brand now, it's utility. it's part of all our lives, so this is gointo raise the profile of the company that much more. it's also going to be an important barometer for the public market andp apetite for other big money moving companies that are going to go public in the near future. i've with got postmates coming up, flack coming up, weo wrk going public as well, and this is actually a very important barometer for whether investors are okay with that. far, we've seen skittishness when it comes to the uber i.p.o. >> reporter: uber's had af rat of bad p.r., labor issues, do you think any of those clouds are going to going the rain on tomorrow's parade? >> they already

so, now, there isn'tue aion of did mueller intend congress to do it. mueller said, i intended you to make this decisionnd now you have nancy pelosi facingha the fact tshe has a growing chorus of democrats who say it's time to impeach and the person ubking the clearest case publicly is a repcan member of congress. i think the political pressure now on the leadership of the house to open impeachment inquiry is only going to increase. >> that brings us to pete williams at the justice partment. i know you want to get in on this issue of impeachment. mueller didn't flat out say, congress, it's up to you. but he did point out that the constitution provides a remedy and it's over congress which refers to the impeachment process. >> process is the word he used. i'm looking at the text of his remarks now. the opinions, this is quoting now. the opinion says that the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing. i think it's interesting that ht puhat sentence in. yes, this was an eight

we urge the united states to stop the wrong aions, create conditions for normal business and cooperation ag avoid worsene trade tensions. china will take further necessary measures to protect our legitimate rights. >> woodruf huawei said today that it will challenge the blacklisting decision. it also warned the u.s. move will backfire, and hurt its ameran suppliers and workers back in this country: new york city's mayor bill de blasio announced that he is running for the democratic presidential nomination. p joins 22 others in the field, angling to take sident trump. he said today he wants to let working peirst, and he called mr. trump a "con artist". de blasio is serving his second term as mayor and can't serve another. two more states are nearing strict curbs on abortions-- in a republican drive to send the sue back to the u.s. supreme court. missouri state senate voted wednesday to ban abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy. the state house is expto do likewise. and, louisiana lawmakers are advancing a bill to stop abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. just yesterday, alabama's re

judiciary committee chairman calling the order unprecedented arguing mcgahn is a key witness of obstru aion afterusing the white house of blocking their efforts at oversight. nadler insisting they'll still hold the hearing as planneddi ad the committee is prepared tocese all enfnt mechanisms at its disposal. >> first thing we're going to do is going to have to hd mcgah in contempt. >> reporter: now, overnight "the washington post" reporting that chairman nadler privately made the case to lear pelosi to start the impeachment inquiry but publicly, savannah and craig,de has sai just the opposite. he said he's not ready to take that step. and based on our reporting, the two are still in lock step on that issue f now. >> incredibly significant point there. and kristen, meanwhile the white house lost a battle in court. ris one was ove the president's financial records. the judge saying they must be handed over? right.orter: that's a federal judge sided with democrats and said that the has dent's accounting firm to turn over his financial records. the president yesterday called that crazy. he vowe