we also have darryl heikes, who was a stringer for upi, associated press, and was particularly important from our standpoint as a photographer covering the carter administration. because carter, strangely enough, never really had an official white house ,hotographer and so the press the photojournalists who covered the carter administration really had the images that we would have normally gotten three white house photographer. then we have lucian perkins, a two-time pulitzer prize winner. he won it in 1995 and 2000. he is a proud graduate of the university of texas at austin. for 27 years, he was a staff photographer for "the washington post." he won the pulitzer prize for covering three generations of poverty in washington, d.c. and also the rest of the -- refugee situation in kosovo. then we also have the collection of david valdez, who did an interview with us as well. david was george h. w. bush's white house photographer. he published a book of those as well. then we have diana walker, a "time" magazine photographer for 20 years. she is especially known for her work covering hillar

darlene superville is with the associated press, a white house reported there. we're talking about all that is dce and another important week for tax reform as we showed our viewers before the break the column in usa today talking about tax reform with a house republican conference call yesterday. where else will he go to make this pitch this week? guest: on tuesday, capitol hill to attend the senate republican luncheon. and the tax reform bill is likely going to be a big topic of discussion there. as you know, the senate last week passed a budget resolution and this is something the president really wants to do. host: what is the game plan for the president this week? what is success when he leaves this meeting? success will be having the caucus united around this issue. and what he wants to get done. and having senate republicans lean on house members to get them in line for the bill. host: paul singer, take us to the timeline for tax reform. what needs to happen this week and next week to keep this on track as the president hopes to get this done before the e

and this book, the rise & fall of the associated negro press, it tells multiple stories. and, it tells a story of the associated negro press was in existence -- had correspondence all over the world. it employed many of the lymphatic writers, many of the leading journalists and some of you may recall -- from the new york and the new york times. it even employed musicians. because as you know, black music as you know is popular globally and so, vocalists -- was of course correspondent and the band was for in europe and opera singers that were performing abroad and john robinson! for ethiopia. also, when he was in ethiopia as -- his pilot was also following stories for the associated negro press. so it was about this journalistic enterprise not unlike the associated press register with us but is a news agency that plants these articles in the black press of course, you are graced here with the l.a. sentinel and the la watch times to just name two of the members of that thriving enterprise. but it also tells a story, an alternative history of that. from 1966 to 1967 because b

back with us, associated press john lemere and we welcome back ron, and one of the two journalists who, as they say, was in the room for these interviews. we've all chewed on the quote for iq testing. you were there looking the man in the eye. was there mirth, frivolity, sarcasm? >> it is a real experience to ask the president in office did the secretary of state call you a moron. he waited a few seconds, gave a more general answer, and i then asked a specific question about what secretary tillerson really did call him. he went right into it. i laughed after it and he didn't laugh. so whether or not that's a joke or not, it's probably only in president trump's heart to really know. but i took it as a funny, but he was not laughing. >> this is the writer sitting next to you today who reminded associated press readers the remark landed with a distinct hint of malice. it sounds like that's about it. >> yeah, i think i got that one right. >> wow, for a fake news organization, score one for the associated press. just kidding. you had a conversation with the president which means you were on

for more on the mystery and controversy surrounding the trump dossier, i am joined by associated press reporter tom lobianco. so, for people who haven't been following this closely, this is something-- this is a document that we started hearing about really in the fall of last year as the campaigns were in full swing. >> that's right. i mean, there's some great reporting by "mother jones," where they interviewed who would later turn out to be christopher steele himself. it got lost in the mix at that point but as we see here, it's just an ever, ever-growing importance behind this document explaerveght revelation was a big one, this connection with free beacon and potentially paul singer, the republican billionaire, billion donor, mega-donor. so, you know, tons of drama involved here, an incredible amount of importance. and, you know, ititize, of course, right back into the all the russian investigations that we're seeing. >> sreenivasan: the trump administration, a lot of conservatives say this document was the basis for the entire mueller investigation, right? >> yeah, so, and, obviou

any associated press news agency is reporting that the u.s. is helping some joint military exercises with gulf allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting u.s. central command says it is encouraging all partners to work together for the security and. ability of the region saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt as well as bahrain broke ties with qatar in june the accuse qatar of backing armed groups an accusation doha strongly denies. to the u.s. now and hundreds of people have gathered in las vegas to remember a police officer who was killed in sunday's shooting at a country music festival thirty four year old charleston hartfield was off duty during the attack he was among fifty eight victims of gunman stephen paddock this was the worst mass shooting in modern u.s. history yet another hurricane warning has been issued for the u.s. gulf coast and mexico forecasters say tropical storm nate's could strengthen after palming central america where at least twenty two people were killed eleven of them died in nicaragua where hundreds of homes are

the associated press has been doing a full court press of coverage on this story. one of their reporters, sally ho of the a.p. in las vegas has been with us and sally, let's talk logistics. it's interesting because this comes on the heels of all of our reporting about the natural disasters that americans are dealing with right now. this is very much man made, very much finite in that we know there's a specific pool of people who came to the event but as this story dawned this morning, there were people who were not connected with family members, they were friends trying to get in touch with friends. are they, god forbid, on the list of the dead or wounded? i know you've been looking into some of those challenges. >> yeah, and certainly that's the work that we have now. we knew pretty early on that he had killed himself and that the threat as the sheriff's said is contained so the work they've been doing is trying to figure out who are among the dead and that number is at 58. not all of them have been identified and then separately you have over 500 people who are i

conversation, phone lines are open as we talked to paul singer of usa today and darlene of the associated press. republicans (202)748-8001. democrats 8000, independence 8002. as folks are calling in, another question is whether the president can keep himself on track. you were talking about tweets. what you think the impact is of his ongoing war of words with congresswoman frederico wilson? is that something that could impact his legislative priority? >> guest: it's hard to see how it impacted other than it distracts attention. it gives us an excuse to spend two minutes during an otherwise perfectly good discussion of tax policy to talk about frederico wilson, which is not a name we had mentioned before last week. it also creates this thing where he has, he's being accused by the congressional black caucus of disrespecting a black member of congress, which is going to create troubles for him again, trying to point out to people that he is not just working for working-class white voters but he's working for working-class black voters. he is in danger of changing the conversation to something oth

. >> working hand in hand, but new reporting from jonathan lemere at the associated press suggests president trump might be making his job more difficult. he wrote, trump's comments have threatened to undermine tillerson's diplomatic initiatives and so confusing among allies and foes whether he speaks for the u.s. and has the support for the white house. the president is 's staff also aim at senator bob corker today. he said, quote, the failing "new york times" set liddle bob corker up by recording his conversation. was made to sound a fool and that's what i am dealing with. press secretary sarah huckabee sanders also went after senator bob corker, giving a misleading account of corker's role. then she took a shot at republicans in congress in general. >> two of the president's allies has suggested that senator corker resign. does the president think senator corker should resign? >> i think that's a decision for senator corker and the people of tennessee, not for us to decide. >> the president also said this weekend that senator corker was largely responsible for the iran deal which the pres

then we've also got daryl hawks who was a stringer for upi, associated press and was particularly important from our standpoint as a photographer covering the carter administration because carter strangely enough never really had had an official white house photographer. and so the press, the photo gejournalists have th images we would have normally gotten through a white house photographer. then lucian perkins, a pulitzer prize winner. and he's a proud graduate of the university of texas at austin by the way. but he was for 27 years a staff photographer for the washington post. he won the pulitzer prize for covering three generations of poverty in washington d.c. and also the refugee situation in kosovo. then we also have the question of david valdez. he was george h.w. bush's white house photographer and he has a book of those photographs as well. and then we have dianna walker, who was a time magazine white house photographer for 20 years and she's especially known for her work covering hillary clinton. but she covered the clinton white house really broadly and deeply. she also covered t

but later according to the "associated press" the white house said he opposed the plan. the plan is also likely to face stiff opposition in congress. mola length guy has the detailed. >>> on the senate floor lamar alexander offered a short-term plan to shore up osh carry to this agreement avoids chaos, and u don't know a democrat or republican who benefits from chaos. >> reporter: the plan would for the next two years restore subsidies for the next two years to help low income americans. president trump announced last week he would stop the payment. it would allow the state to offer wider plans. the tennessee senator is crafting the bill with democratic senator patty murray of washington. the plan appears to have broad support from democrats, but among republicans, it's a mixed bag. >> we're subsidizing a broken individual market. >> reporter: but senator susan collins is pleased with the agreement. >> acting quickly is an urgent priority for me. >> reporter: president trump says he's been involved in the process but says it's not a long-term answer to the reform. >> whi

darlene superville is with the associated press, a white house reported there. we're talking about all that is dce and another important week for tax reform as we showed our viewers before the break the column in usa today talking about tax reform with a house republican conference call yesterday. where else will he go to make this pitch this week? guest: on tuesday, capitol hill to attend the senate republican luncheon. and the tax reform bill is likely going to be a big topic of discussion there. as you know, the senate last week passed a budget resolution and this is something the president really wants to do. host: what is the game plan for the president this week? what is success when he leaves this meeting? success will be having the caucus united around this issue. and what he wants to get done. and having senate republicans lean on house members to get them in line for the bill. host: paul singer, take us to the timeline for tax reform. what needs to happen this week and next week to keep this on track as the president hopes to get this done before the e

darlene superville is with the associated press, a white house reported there.e're talking about all that is dce and another important week for tax reform as we showed our viewers before the break the column in usa today talking about tax reform with a house republican conference call yesterday. where else will he go to make this pitch this week? guest: on tuesday, capitol hill to attend the senate republican luncheon. and the tax reform bill is likely going to be a big topic of discussion there. as you know, the senate last week passed a budget resolution and this is something the president really wants to do. host: what is the game plan for the president this week? what is success when he leaves this meeting? success will be having the caucus united around this issue. and what he wants to get done. and having senate republicans lean on house members to get them in line for the bill. host: paul singer, take us to the timeline for tax reform. what needs to happen this week and next week to keep this on track as the president hopes to get this done before the end

the associated press has obtained what it says it a recording of the acoustic attack on u.s. diplomats in cuba. at least 22 were hurt. some searched brain injuries. here is a bit of that sound. the cuban government denies it was behind the new york city police said today they're searching their files for any explaints against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. at least 32 women accused him of sexual harassment or assault. jericka duncan is following the case. >> this has been part of our world, women's world, since time immemorial. >> reporter: academy award-winning actress emma thompson sounded off on the harvey weinstein sexual assault allegations and hollywood culture. >> i spent my 20s trying to get old men's tongues out of my mouth, you know, because they just thought, "she's up for it." >> reporter: thompson says weinstein never assaulted her but believes harassment of women in the industry is an epidemic. >> do they have to all be as bad as him? to-- to-- to make it count? you know, does it only count if you really have done it to loads and loads and loads of women o

documents the associated press obtained show.. amniott has received multiple complaints about his behavior during his time as an officer. happening now.. an undocumented immigrant who was scheduled to be deported to peru yesterday is now holed up in a church in fort collins, colorado. ingrid latorre is there with her two sons.. in defiance of immigration officials. la-tor'-ee was convicted of forging documents. she sought a pardon from colorado's democratic governor, but he the church is la-tor'-ee's only legal recourse, since immigration agents don't make arrests inside churches. ice officials are calling her a fugitive, and they say she's a priority for deportation because of her criminal record. they also note.. she's been in the u.s. illegally for 15 years. right now-- a new york bull is living it's best life after it makes a break for it, on the streets of new york! the animal got loose from a slaughterhouse, and ran through the streets of brooklyn for hours. at one point he knocked over a toddler, who suffered minor injuries

according to the associated press her campaign and the democratic national committee helps to pay f t trump has maintained that its phony and recently set on twitter that clinton and the democrats were behind it, however that's still a relevant to investigators. robert mueller's team has questioned the british spy who the dossier.pile clinton's campaign pagenaud commented on this -- not commented on this. the naacp issuing a travel warning for african-americans on american airlines flight. there has been a pattern of racially insensitive incidents. in one instance an african-american man was allegedly were wide to relinquish his seat on a flight to north carolina from d.c. because he responded to discriminatory comments made by unruly white passengers. american airlines says it is disappointed in the advisory and says it is committed to providing a positive and safe travel experience for everyone. larry: ed northam hitting the trail hard today, just 13 days until virginians elect a new governor. northam started the day in leesburg, where he will be joining a panel on the virginia opio

the associated press is reporting that the u.s. military is stopping some joint exercises with its gulf allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting cata a u.s. central command spokesman has been quoted as saying we are opting out of some military exercises out of respect for the concept of inclusiveness and shared regional interests he goes on we will continue to encourage all partners to work together towards the sort of common solutions that enable security and stability in the region. as an associate analyst. institute of arab center and research and policy studies he says donald trump had thought he could solve the gulf crisis quickly. the position of the president has shifted throughout the crisis from the very beginning until now at the very beginning he was closer to the saudis and the monarchies considering this crisis and you remember his famous tweets at that time today i think he came to the conclusion actually that he's having too many crisis in the korean peninsula he's having this crisis now developing evolvin

. >>> the associated press has obtained what it says is a recording of the acoustic attack on u.s. diplomats in cuba. at least 22 were hurt. some suffered brain injuries. here's a bit of that sound. the cuban government denies it was behind the attacks. >>> new york city police said today they're searching their files for any complaints against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. at least 32 women accused him of sexual harassment or assault. terreeka duncan is following the case. >> reporter: this has been part of our world, women's world, since time immemorial. emma nom son sounded off on the sexual assault allegations and hollywood culture. >> i spent my 20s trying to get old men's tongues out of my mouth. because they thought, well, she's up for it. >> reporter: thompson said weinstein never assaulted her, but believed harassment of women in the industry is an epidemic. >> do they all have to be as bad as him? to make it count? you know? does it only count if you really have done it to loads and loads of women? or does it count if you do it to one woman once? i think the latter

. >> james keeton from associated press. >> good afternoon. this question is for mr. locock. you mentioned 340 million. could you specify that? we were at a total of over 100 million coming into today. can you be specific of how much you raised today? and also could you also mention you also mentioned that you're expecting more money to come in. do you mean more money today, within today's session? because we heard canada say they will give money later in the week possibly. so, are we at the set figure for the day, or do you expect more to come in for today? >> so thanks, jaime. we'll have the detail break down for you later in the day and the number we gave reflects some things we know are coming through. not all of which you heard during the course of the morning. so it is our best estimate of the pledges. you have given me the chance to say that. of course the pledges are one thing. it is really important to us that the pledges are translated as soon as possible into contributions and into money in the bank accounts of phillip and bill and the ngos. but at the agency bank

and what happened next is in the back seat of the same car there was a reporter from from the associated press press smith's rival and the smith hard of the phone he crouched down under the dashboard of the car while wallach the car sped along following president kennedy's car to the hospital and the associated press reporter he wanted to use the phone as well so he tried to grab it away from smith and there's a bit of a pit fistfight between these these two guys as as they headed to the hospital fascinating stuff bill samson there joining me live from new york bill thank you. thank you and the u.n. chief is calling for militia groups to put down their weapons in central african republic and tonia get terraces visiting the troubled nation where for years after ethnic violence muslims in a neighborhood of still too scared to leave their own it was hard courts. there are safe here but this act of faith is too dangerous to perform in some neighborhoods of benghazi. at the height of the ethnic violence in c.a.r. four years ago we saw adam a son who was chased down by christian vigilante group lync

so scott apple white, photographer for the "associated press" told me about that. and i said, you know what i could do that. it kind of goads in line of where i had been as a government photographer versus a david who has been a press photographer. eric graper who had been with the associated press, david went on to be president for his photographer and eric wen on to be george w.'s photographer. i was coming out of government and so, most people that work at the white house get the job because they worked on the company. and since i didn't do that, i had to figure out another way of getting in. so, i did a lot of research and found that the vice president's photographer works for the vice president's press secretary. so, i wrote a personal letter to they areally green, whose a texan, who was the press secretary at the time and introduced myself. and she called me in for an interview and we kind of hit it off. then i was called in to interview with the chief of staff, admiral dan murphy and he really pushed my buttons. he was trying to make me upset and -- >> why w

i was an intern for the associated press, one thing led to another in new jersey for six years in washingtonsince 1994. >> host: we have a caller last week on the program say that journalists should be licensed and made to go to graduate school or journalism school and they should somehow be licensed. what do you make of that? >> guest: journalism is one of the things you get better act by doing it. i don't know that you necessarily need a license to do it and the fact that so many thople now are bloggers and citizen journalists is proof you can't really license journalism. >> guest: i used to teach journalism graduate school which i do not recommendt: to anybody but every journalist should be required to spend two years covering cityy hall or a town council or some local government or the cops beach where you see how governments function. that'snc the first thing, help people see what the government actually does. i don't care if you've been to columbia journalism school, like that doesn't matter to me. what iu want to see is can you find facts that are not obvious that the government isn't

. >> james keaton from associated press. >> thank you. >> you mentioned 340 million. can we specify that? we were at over that coming into that -- can you specific what you've raised today and could you mention -- you also mentioned you're expecting more money to come in. you mean in today's session? because we heard canada say they're going to give money later in the week possibly. so are we at the set figure for the day or do you expect more to come in for the day? >> we'll have the entire break down for you later in the day and the number reflect some things we know are coming through. not all of which you heard during the course of the morning. so it's our best estimate of the pledges. you've given me the chance to say that -- of course the pledges are one thing. it's really important to us that they're translated as soon as possible into contributions and into money in the bank accounts of filepo and the ngo's and -- >> not your personal bank account but of the agency bank accounts. thank you for the correct configuration. because the needs on the ground are vast

the associated press reports they confirm the changes being discussed now and such a change would abandonbama administration's policy of erasing the debt and leave students with loans that they must pay for without receiving the education they were promised. >>> klay thompson's shooting skills will do a lot of good for the north bay fire victims. the warriors star finished his points with purpose campaign last night. he pledged to donate $1,000 to fire victims for each point he scored for three home games. thompson led the team with 29 points last night against the detroit pistons. now the warriors ended up losing the game. however, klay's score push his total donation to $69,000 and he's raised more than $300,000 from his fans online. >> he has said he wanted to get more involved with his community and it's nice to see he's doing so. >> that's how you lose but also win. >> so proud to see him do that. a look at what's going on at sfo. it is cloudy. slightly warmer tomorrow. the wet pattern develops for friday, saturday and sunday. definitely going to get wet. winds are picking up. 18 at

let's bring in tom from the associated press that co-wrote this article. from all i know, there's not consensus on how they will treat this special counsel. it's one thing from the white house counsel and another thing from the private counsel. but there's more to this. >> absolutely. i mean, this is an ongoing struggle right now. you know, we've seen this evolve. we sawy the early strategy that had the white house fighting. we've seen the new ty cobb strategy where they're cooperating. all right? there's a big push and pull. there's a lot of players involved in this. a lot of voices involved. what we're hearing behind the scenes, this is an active fight. it's not settled at all. >> shepard: can a lack of cooperation keep anything from the special counsel that they might desire and if so, what? >> a great question. remember, this whole fight between don mcgann and ty cobb if things should be withheld. there's two things here. the document production, how much to cooperate in the legal sense and the other thing we're hearing from associates, former advisers

the associated press is reporting that the u.s. is stopping some joint military exercises with its gulf allies over the ongoing diplomatic crisis targeting counter the u.s. central command says it's encouraging all partners to work together for the security and stability of the region as a loony as police chief has walked free from court after attending a hearing in the spanish capital madrid joseph luis is accused of sedition along with three other suspects he's being blamed for failing to protect spanish national police from protesters before the succession referendum on sunday back now to al-jazeera correspondent. the northwest of kenya is home to a tribe named practiced f.d.m. for centuries that are to perfection. i'm here to meet them to let your son who has devoted her life to ending if she am in her home county. she's married with two young children. down to less twenty eight she's one of the few women after age in this county who haven't been caught my know it's really a matter escape what's happening is that i witnessed. t

associated press published that in march, russian billionaire sued and lost his case in federal court against the ap and ap stands by that reporting. paul manafort also later revealed to have offered private briefings on the campaign to that same putin-connected russian oligarch, manafort made the offer to him to get private briefings while he was serving as the campaign chairman, and therefore, definitely in a position to deliver them. when you're chairman of a presidential campaign, that generally means you are chairing the presidential campaign, right? just as mike flynn was dismissed as merely a campaign volunteer, when all this stuff started to come out about paul manafort, the white house, true to form, insisted they never even really met paul manafort. maybe he was around for a while but definitely there and gone in a minute. i don't remember what he even looks like. >> then obviously there's been discussion of paul manafort, who played a limited role for a very limited amount of time. but beyond -- >> are you saying -- >> john, can you stop interrupting other people? jonathan,

erica warner of the "associated press."hank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> and explaining all the politics behind this. another break for us. and coming up, word of another location across america. the gunman in las vegas may have been scouting. that when the 11th hour continues. >>> we learned today this las vegas gunman may have had other plans prior to carrying out what became, of course, the worst mass shooting in modern american history. nbc news citing senior law enforcement officials saying the gunman who massacred dozens in las vegas researched possible attack locations in boston and chicago. that's chilling. we have new insight from the gunman's girlfriend reporting, quote, she said he would lie in bed and just said moeng and screaming oh my god, said one of these former officials. joining us now shawn henry, former executive -- ken did he laneian rejoins us as well. ken, you were the author of all this reporting today. in the course of it, what was the biggest thing you came across. >> well, brian, t

we now have breaking news from the associated press. guns, we reported 19 guns according to the new york times, 17 guns at least found in the vegas shooter 's hotel room. there were also devices to convert guns to automatic weapon s, to automatic fire. let's bring in my next guest who was in the vip tent with his fiancee during the concert in las vegas at the time of the shooting. joining us over the phone is russel bleck. russel how are you doing now? >> hi there, just kind of trying to get in and out of sleep and just realizing this is my life and trying to process everything to be honest with you. >> liz: it's shocking. it's an outrage, absolutely horrific, a disgrace. russel can you set the scene for us when did you realize what you were hearing were gun shots? >> so at first, it sounded like it was a helicopter landing sound or maybe like a fire crackers cracking or musical equipment cracking but then it was so repetitive that you knew that it was an automatic rifle without a doubt. >> liz: we're showing video right now from inside

the "associated press" reviewed several recordings from havana taken under different circumstances.ons of the same high-pitched sound. individuals who have heard the noise in havana confirm the recordings are generally consistent with what they heard. one told the ap, that's the sound. now, because ap got this sound, we can play it for you. don't freak out. i can tell you the recording itself as played through your tv is not dangerous to listen to. i swear. i have listened to it like a thousand times. you ready? we've got the sound. here it is. [ high pitched screeching sound ] >> so the ap published that short piece of sound, five seconds long. they say when they had it analyzed turns out it's 20 or more different frequencies or pitches embedded in the sound. the recording of the sound and others like it have been played for people still working at the u.s. embassy to teach them what a listen for. they've been given recorders so they can turn them on and try to capture the sound if they hear anything like it. the recordings were sent to the navy to try to figure out what they might

ken thomas with the associated press. thanks for being here. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: john kelly coming in after a lot of talk in the media about john kelly. what do we know in the back? >> it was a fascinating look into john kelly's world view. he has spoken privately reporter but we have not till today see him speak at length with us. i thought it was interesting from the get-go he wasn't quitting or expecting to get fired. he seemed to be interested in addressing some of the rumors about his future. >> shepard: there have been a lot of talk that he might be leaving soon. a lot of well-placed people seems to think he would be leaving by the first of the year. he gave off this air of confidence and competence and sticktoitiveness that i feel like was probably re-assuring for the audience of one. >> i thought so, too. you have to think of the context in which he came out. he brought weight to the whole issue of puerto rico. he was able to push back against the notion that the president's not committed to helping puert

that's according to the associated press citing a federal official.ey think stephen paddock removed that hard drive after he fired shots from his room on the 32rd floor but they haven't found it. police say paddock killed 58 people and wounded hundreds and then killed himself. jonathan hunt covered the crime at the time and now the follow up. jonathan? >> shep, investigators have no idea what is on the missing hard drive. but if stephen paddock removed it, it suggests there's information on it that he believed could be critical to the investigation of his actions. if paddock removed it from his laptop after opening fire from his 32nd floor suite, it begs the question, what did he do with it? given he didn't leave the room after the shooting and ultimately killed himself right there and the entire suite has been picked apart during the investigation. so what happened? well, this is a standard laptop hard drive, about 2 1/2 inches by 4 inches. just about 1/4 inch thick. there's really only a couple of ways that paddock could have gotten rid of it, as in

the "associated press" reports that the fires have grown to over 300 square miles. that's the size of all of new york city. thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed, and many families are sleeping in shelters tonight. complicating things for firefighters, there is no rain in the forecast for sew no ma county for the next several days. one official with the california department of forestry and fire protection told nbc news they're actually expecting winds to pick up tomorrow. he added, quote, it's going to continue to get worse before it gets better. that's our broadcast tonight. brian will be back tomorrow. thank you for being with us and good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. >>> with the death toll rising and hundreds missing, the monstrous wildfires in california rage on. emergency is far from over. officials warn that weather conditions this weekend could be ripe for fires. >>> plus taking aim at obamacare. president trump signs an executive order that may scrap critical health care subsidiesu. >>> and john kelly tries to dismiss rumors

the photographer for the associated press told me about that. i explained where i had been as a government photographer. versus eric draper had been with the associated press, eric went on to be george w's photographer. i was coming out of the government. most people that work at the white house get the job because they worked on the campaign. since i did not do that, i had to figure out another way of getting in. i did some research and found that the vice president's photographer works for the vice presidents press secretary. so i wrote a letter to shirley green, who was a texan who was the press secretary at the time, and introduced myself. she called me in for an interview and we hit it off. then i was called in to interview with the chief of staff, dan murphy. he really pushed my buttons. he was trying to make me upset. i think he was testing me. and i said yes sir, no sir, i understand. i had my military background and i was unfazed in him trying to push my buttons. when i laughed, i thought there was no way i would get the job. and i was

let's go to tom now from the white house, a reporter for the associated press.>> hi, shep. how are you doing? >> shepard: so many people e-mail us or reach us on social media and say what about if i make this and -- we don't know. there's no way to know. why aren't they releasing the details? >> well, they're in negotiations right now. you have the president who is the art of the deal, an entire congressional body that does deal making. i'll be honest, i think also is they just don't know. mike was sayinger earlier, they don't know how to balance the steak against the vegetables. you have to make up the deficit that you're creating here. you have a lot of folks, corker being one of them, saying they don't want to add to the deficit at all. so there's so many moving pieces. this deadline that they have here of next week is hugely important. now we have an idea of when we might start to see something solid. >> shepard: for a lot of traditional conservatives, small government conservatives, fiscal conservatives, they're not going to want a great deficit increase as

authorities believe he killed himself before police entered his room and now according to the "associated press," officials are saying he had two devices that could have converted semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic ones. he was able to release hundreds of rounds of gunfire from the 32nd of his hotel at a distance of more than 1,200 feet away. multiple gun shops have confirmed these sold firearms to paddock though it's unclear where the exact weapons used in the shooting were purchased of the the gun shops says their sales were legal and said paddock passed an fbi background check. one gunshot owner in utah says paddock bought one from him. >> he was talking how he was new to the area, kind of visiting all the firearms stores in the area. found something on our shelves that he really liked and it took him a couple different trips, i guess you could say, before he ended up purchasing it. >> now as the investigation continues, we learn more about the gunman's past. annualry obtained security footage shows paddock sitting in a green striped shirt in 2011. there he claimed to have slipped in

the associated press reports that the fires have grown to over 300 square miles.l of new york city. thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed and many families are sleeping in shelters tonight. complicating things for firefighters, there is no rain in the forecast for sewn omonom county for the next several days. one reporter said they're actually expecting winds to pick up tomorrow, adding, quote, it's going to continue to get worse before it gets better. >>> we got a new nominee to run the homeland security department today. today it was announced that kirstjen nielsen was nominated to run that agency. she was chief of staff to john kelly earlier this year. and when he left to become white house chief of staff, ms. nielsen came with him. if her nomination is approved, she'll go back t

the "associated press" writes this about the new numbers, quote, the poll found 65% of americans think trump's comments have made the situation between the u.s. and north korea worse. only 8% think he's making the situation better. with us tonight to talk about this, jeremy bash, a civilian veteran of the pentagon has been kind enough to stick around and join us for a second round tonight. and also u.s. retired colonel jack jab obs. jack teaches future second lieutenants at west point how to avoid the mistakes of the past. so, jack, what kernts you most when we have all this as i called it loose talk about nuclear weapons in north korea? and are you calmed by the generals, former generals around this president, mcmaster, mattis, kelly? >> well, i'm calmed by the presence of the generals, but i don't know how much influence they could actually have on a president who decides to do something irrational. i'm more complacent about north korea than most people. >> why? >> i think it's unlikely that kim jong-un is going to do anything silly because his whole purpose in life is to remain in p

the associated press reports that authorities have shut down part of the vegas strip and interstate 15. we have two reporters on the scene including steve at street level. tell us what they are seeing and juxtapose that with what the president is saying. >> well, the tenor of where we are deeps to koala lum pier. obviously helicopters high above me. you can see back to the scene. they've completely blocked it. we're about as central as you can get on the las vegas strip. i can see the mgm on my right shoulder. beyond that is where the country musz sick festival was held. it was just a bunch of fireworks going on. as they continued, they realized this was gunfire. groups and masses of people ran to cover and tried to get as far away from it as possible. >> it's right there. from victims which you know, sounded like people heard multiple shootings in obviously when you have a scene like this there is a lot of panic so people hear a lot of different things. i don't think police are going to take any chances when you have a situation like this. >> we also have with us nbc correspondent joe

the associated press said he may happen planning another attack, maybe a possible car bombing. stephen paddock killed 58 people at the country music festival sunday. many victims remain in the hospital. investigators have not yet landed on a motive. the conversation today shifting from gun regulation to a particular gun part. full report on that coming up in just a moment. >> ♪ country road take me home ♪ alison: back on the east coast tonight, west virginia remembering a beloved woman who lost her life on sunday in las vegas. the pain ing heavy on hearts, but loved ones told tom roussey denise burditus will always be remembered for her smile and living life to the fullest. >> ♪ country road take me home ♪ tom: through her favorite kind of music and memories -- >> the smile that she had. tom: denise burditus's life was celebrated at her alma mater. >> she was full of life. tom: we spoke with fellow class of 1985 members who remain friends for decades. >> there are no words to put into what that girl stood for every single day. she lived it to the fullest. >> you see all of thes

now, this comes as a new associated press poll shows that 52% of americans disapprove of pro athletes refusing to stand for the anthem, while 31% approve. the same poll shows 55% of americans oppose trump's response to the protests while 31% approve. let's bring in peter alexander. and pete, what is the latest on all of this? this just happening this afternoon. >> reporter: yeah, those are basically the elements that we know to this point, the president just a short time ago basically saying that this was his idea that he discussed with the vice president in advance that if anybody took a knee, that the vice president thoo leave. so let's set the table for you. the vice president you remember just in las vegas, speaking about the desire for unity in this country, on obviously in the wake of the terrible disaster, the shooting that took place there is a week ago. and he flew last night too indianapolis where the soul purpose of going to this football game were the colts, obviously his home state being indiana, would be playing the san francisco 49ers. the team where colin kaepernick th