brian, what was your initial reaction to this op-ed from billy bush? sunday night surprise, and it is because of donald trump's claims to his friends, according to to the "new york times" and the "washington post" he might not believe the tape. that the voice in the tape might not really be his. i think because of that claim, which has surfaced through anonymous sources, billy bush was inspired to write this op-ed and appear on stephen colbert's talk show. this time tomorrow, he's going to be over taping with colbert. it looks like billy bush is ready for a comeback, but he's trying to do it by making a statement to president trump that hey, yeah, obviously this is you on the tape, this is us on the tape. i'm embarrassed by my talk, mr. president, are you? it's telling that billy bush says regarding two of the women who specifically made sexual misconduct allegations against the president, i believe her. he's going out of his way to say, i believe the women who have charged the president with sexual harassment and in one case, sexual assault. so it's v

. >>> billy bush has returned to tv to challenge president trump who has reportedly denied that his voice is on that infamous access hollywood tape. bush appeared on cbs late show with stephen colbert last night after writing "the new york times" op-ed responding directly to the president. jericka duncan. >> good morning. describing that as a gut punch every time. he did not mince words, echoing the same charge he made in "the times." >> you can't say that. that is your voice. i was there. you were there. that's your voice on the tape. >> billy bush pushed back hard on president trump's reported denial of the access hollywood tape. >> in the last 14 months of my life, i've been dealing with it. you dealt with it for 14 minutes and went on to be the president. >> reporter: the tape was released one month before the presidential election. >> you can do anything. >> whatever you want. >> grab them by the [ bleep ].

billy bush smacks of a gotcha game.le damn thing that was on his tape but lost his job because of the sensitivities at the time, that he seemed to be enabling. what did they call it, a willing bystander? >> right. >> that that was his crime. what do you think of that now? >> obviously it's in a different category. he wasn't a participant in the sense of what trump was accused of. but he was sort of going along with it. and there are people who say he was sort of laughing about it himself before this -- and he even said -- the tape came out three days after he was aware of it. he missed an opportunity. should he have been fired is really kind of the question. you could have said this is over the top. let's suspend the guy. he was like cut off at the knees right away. that was before the climate now. the climate is more sensitive now. i think he would be in more trouble in a way now. look at the sam cedar episode, a tweet years ago that was out of context, a joke and he lost his job. the sensitivities are even more height

nugget that was fascinating, too, was president trump then at the time talking about saying to billy busht you know you can say whatever you want and they'll believe it. >> right. >> and i think you know that's true to a point. but as we're seeing i think more and more people are after something who has integrity i think it was a good move for billy bush and it was very hon egg and probably the i think the most honest that he was and it is kind of shocking that this man billy bush did not say these things yet was fired and the person that did say them consequence so far have been small but i mean i think. >> is he doing anything now. >> i think he's laying low. >> you talk about the effect it had on daughters i believe he and his wife have parted ways. >> yes. >> it's been eventual time in his life and i believe he starts making late night rounds now and talks a little about -- i was wondererring how long it would take saying he was doubting authenticity. >> i'm sure again i thought billy bush was honest i'm in this busy want to be famous and it's self-serving. you're saying start of poli

former tv host billy bush says in an op-ed this morning, it was president trump's voice on that "accesslywood" tape. now, you know bush because his voice was the other voice on that tape. he subsequently lost his job at nbc as part of that, because he joked and lamped with the president after the president said many, many offensive things about women. let's listen. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. you can do anything. grab them by the [ bleep ] do anything. >> so, billy bush has an op-ed in "the new york times" just this morning. joining us to discuss senior media correspondent host of "reliable sources," brian stelter. an interesting read. >> he was saying this because partly of president trump saying it's not his voice. this is published in this morning's "the new york times." he said, yes, he said it. that's the beginning of the column, he said it, grabbed them by the p word, of course he said it. and we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated bloviater. bush is saying he and other men on that bus taping an "acces

>> shepard: trace, did billy bush say why he's speaking up now? >> no.has been out of work since the tape has been out. he will appear on stephen colbert's show. he believes that nbc executives sacrificed his career over politics and he wasn't the only one playing along with trump when he made the comments in 2005. getting here, was i acting out of self-interests? you bet i was. was i alone? far from it. with mr. trump's viewership then, everybody from billy bush to the top brass on the 52nd floor had to stroke the ego of the big cash cow along the way to higher earnings. bush is now trying to convince the world that he's learned from his mistake and he's grown into a better man, a better father and that he's certainly employable. shep? >> shepard: trace gallagher in los angeles. thank you. you might have noticed more people than usual staring into space last night. they may have been trying to catch a glimpse of the super moon. some of the best pictures we've been able to find coming up from. the chopping block to the unemployment line, our g-men making

find out how much you can save in just two minutes at sofi.com/save >> former tv host billy bush saidt was the president's voice in the infamous "access hollywood" tape. bush is speaking out saying the president is questioning the authenticity of the recording that came to light at the end of the campaign. bush lost his job at nbc's "today" show for his part in that 12-year-old tape where trump bragged about grabbing women. bush said in part, of course he said it. we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated blow i havator. we now know better. sarah murray, billy bush will be on colbert tonight. he is clearly trying to use this moment for some rehab to get himself back in. what is this due to people you talked to in the white house. not only is the president bringing this up in private, you have the guy who was on the tape doing something. >> on the one hand, you understand where billy bush is coming from because he paid a steeper price and the president of the united states did for the comments on the tape. he lost his job an

billy bush is making an entry to society. good morning, everybody. >> interesting to see him back in the discussion. we'll talk more about this op-ed ahead in "the new york times." it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. we start this morning with the president returning to an old playbook following the newest criminal charges in the russia probe. he's lashing out at the intelligence community. this comes after former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his discussions with the russian ambassador during the transition. >> in a series of tweets, the president tacked the fbi and its former director james comey. in one he writes, "i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. just more fake news. covering comey live." that puts the president directly at odds with what comey told congress in june. >> i understood him to be saying is he wanted me to drop any investigation connected to flynn's account of his conversations with the russians. >> president trump's most notable tweet on flynn turning

appreciate it. >>> coming up after the break, the former "access hollywood" host billy bush is speaking publicly about president trump's comments about women on that bus. why bush says there's no doubt the president was speaking those words in the 2005 recording. that's next. [vo] progress is an unstoppable force. the season of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the season of audi sales event. >>> so even though the president privately questioned whether that is really him on the "access hollywood" tape, billy bush says there's no doubt. yes, donald trump, you said that. writes bush in the op-ed in "the new york times" about the 2005 report about president trump talking about grabbing women by their genitals. that comes ahead of bush's interview tonight on the stephen colbert show. kristen welker is back with more on this. kristen? >> reporter: hallie, everyone remembers the infamous "access hollywood" tape. it was a moment that nearly cost then candidate trump the election. in recent weeks, the president privately question

that is billy bush. quite the op ed. he details the accusations that are in line with what he was claiming to be able to do on that bus and believes him. he is not a trump supporter, was not a trump supporter. this is certainly somebody who was there and a witness to this conversation trying to set the record straight. at this point the president is trying to equivocate or take himself out of the limelight focused on many members of both parties. he is dishing insults about the democrats who have been accused of committing sexual harassment, sexual assault, but trying to excuse himself because everybody is looking at his past too. and billy bush coming out and saying, huh-uh, i was there. it's a knock against what the president has been trying to do. >> but it is a little bit of a layup here. why are we talking about billy bush? here's why. what he was doing to the fbi this weekend and the justice department. it is in authentic. if it goes against me, it's bad. the same thing he's doing with this tape. it is absurd on it

. >> billy bush venting in his first public interview since the access hollywood tape went public. what he says about the president and this waive of sexual misconduct claim. >> it is tuesday, december 5. a new fracture in the republican party over senate candidate roy moore. on monday president trump threw his full support behind him. first in this tweet. democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. >> then, in a phone call to the candidate, the campaign says the president called moore a fighter. finished up by saying "go get 'em, roy." >> last night they joined the president in backing moore after walking away last month. officials says the rnc will transfer money to the alabama republican party. >> moore's potential senate colleagues are refusing to budge. the head of the national republican senatorial committee sticking to last month's -- wins the senate should vote to expel him because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements. many other republican senators not thrilled with the idea of working s

in a new york times op-ed billy bush said of course he said it. esident trump, there were seven other guys and every single one of us thought we were listening to a standup act. bush was fired because of that recording. no response from the white house so far. >>> ten minutes before the hour. today house republicans will begin the next step in reconciling their tax reform plan with the senate's plan. >> at least one gop lawmaker says they hope to have a compromised bill to president trump by the end of the week. chris lawrence has more on that. >> might be ambitious eun. but the president said look, he wants to sign a bill by christmas. this isn't a hard-and-fast deadline. the details look very different. the house wants to get rid of the deductions for medical expenses. that would have a big impact on seniors. the house bill has four tax brackets. the senate seven. including a lower one for the wealthiest americans. deduct your local, state and property taxes. they're going to try to come to some sort of compromise on all the differences. may not

subject of a scathing "the new york times" op-ed this morning by a former "access hollywood" host billy bush. bush accuses the president of indulging in revisionist history or reportedly denying it was his voice on the "access hollywood" tapes. making lewd remarks about women. but bush writes, quote, of course, trump said it. bush says other people who heard trump thought they were listening to a stand-up act and the former host explains, quote, the key to succeeding in my line of work was establishing a strong rapport with celebrities, with mr. trump's outsized viewership back in 2005. everybody from billy bush on up to the top brass had to stroke the ego of the big cash cow along the way to higher earnings. was merely engaging in locker room talk. >>> and president trump has until today to make a decision about the u.s. embassy in israel. it's currently located in tel aviv. israel wants it moved to jerusalem. son-in-law jared kushner and white house adviser made a rare public appearance telling a forum on the middle east the president has not made up his mind yet. like his predecessors he

billy bush does not have a job.a lot, his career and what he did. but why was billy bush fired and why does donald trump become president of the united states, bakari? what's happening here? because you know the president denied saying -- it wasn't him on that tape. that's what he said. >> that's a legitimate question because you have harvey weinstein, matt lauer, and the list goes on and on. we were talking about roy moore and donald trump, these men are paying consequence, they should pay consequences and the only people that go without paying consequences are roy moore and donald trump. i think al franken needs to resign, john conyers needs to resign, donald trump needs to resign and roy moore doesn't belong in the united states senate. i think i can feed everyone from the same spoon. with that being said, although we have moral decay going on in our country under the trump administration, the republican party needs to look at themselves. people are going to get mad at me for saying this, but white evangelicals n

looks like billy bush is back. done laying low in the wake of that notorious "access hollywood" tape that got him fired starting with a message to president trump. yes, donald trump, you sid that. bush says he was prompted to speak out by news reports suggesting the president is questioning the authenticity of the tape. bush says the reports of trump casting doubt on the tape hit a raw nerve. >> he writes, every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act he was performing. surely we thought none of this was real. we now know better. i can only imagine how it has reopened the wounds of the women that came forward with their stories about him and did not receive enough attention. this country is currently trying to reconcile itself to years of pow area bus and sexual misconduct. the leader is wantonly poking the bear. bush is set to appear on "the late show" tonight. >> it was interesting when billy said one thing the president said to him is people just believe you. you just tell them and they

. >>> new overnight, billy bush is still in the headlines talking about that "access hollywood" clip that cost him his job. he wrote an op-ed this weekend after president trump is questioning whether it's his voice on the tape. last night on the late show with colbert, bush insisted it is real and says the president's denial is putting the wounds to the women who accused him of this conduct. >> 20 women don't get together and say hey, let's take down a powerful guy together. no, they don't. women must be believed and we have to find dialog. i'm worried that the dialog won't be around because we have -- we get on to the next thing. >> the president has reportedly privately denied that the voice on that clip from 2005 is really him. he has publicly denied the allegations of it with 13 women who accused him of sexual misconduct. billy bush was fired after that was released last year. >>> roy norton picking up key endorsements a week before election day. president trump tweeted yesterday the senate needs the republican to lead alabama. the president returned to alabama to support moore i

billy bush told colbert former today show host matt lauer told him he spoke privately to nbc executivesrying to save bush's job when the tape leaked last year. interesting wrinkle. >> it is indeed. >>> new this morning. congressman conyers ready to call it a career after sexual harassment charges. le blowing) hey, thomas. that's not how you get a rabbit. if you want a rabbit, you ask for a pony and then let them work you back down. mm-hmm. you're up! what if aunt joy wants the new iphone? you make this your final offer: ask for it on verizon. it's the most awarded network ever. that's why more people count on it. i'd like a giant singing rabbit in a rocket ship, please. she's a shrewd businesswoman. (vo) give the gift of any iphone and get up to $300 off. only on the best network. it's a lot easier to make decisions when you know what comes next. if you move your old 401(k) to a fidelity ira, we make sure you're in the loop at every step from the moment you decide to move your money to the instant your new retirement account is funded. ♪ oh and at fidelity, you'll see how all your inves

billy bush was fired from nbc news following the tape's release.e men, roy moore, is running for senate in alabama. and today, president trump is coming as close as he has to endors moore. democr democrats' refusal to give one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need roy moore to win in alabama. savannah, hoda, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> the united states and south korea launched their largest-ever joint air combat drill over the korean peninsula. north korea said the maneuvers will push the region to the brink of nuclear war. the five-day drill is designed to fine-tune the allies' wartime capabilities. it comes after the north test-fired a new ballistic missile, said to be able to reach much of the united states. >>> here at home, the flu season is off to a fast and furious start. across the country, there's been 7,000 confirmed cases. that's twice the number as this time last year. the flu already is widespread in massachusetts, georgia, louisiana and oklahoma. public health experts noting that this year's vaccine may be only 10% ef

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billy bush, who was with mr. trump when he made lewd comments about women got on tape. >> grab them by the [ bleep ]. >> reporter: pushed back on reports that the president is somehow claiming he never made the offensive remarks. of course he said it, bush writes, and he laughed along without a doubt this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated bloviater. black in october the president defended the comments. >> that's locker room. >> reporter: with controversy swirling, the president is trying to stay in the holiday spirit. announcing that he's looking to republicans in congress to pass tax cuts. >> we are now one huge step closer to delivering to the american people the historic tax relief as a giant present for christmas. remember, i said we're bringing christmas back? christmas is back. >> reporter: besides tax cuts, the white house and members of congress are also working toward avoiding a government shutdown this month. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer say they are coming back to the white house

billy bush is back. >> he is. a lot of people are talking about the president. >> words mr. trump may not like. we'll go live to los angeles one on one for one of the people who knows billy the best. >> have you heard about the c cvs aetna merger? >>> the now infamous access hollywood tape involving president trump was thrust back into the spotlight over the weekend. the former host of access hollywood, billy bush, fired back at the president in a "the new york times" op-ed piece. >> and for the first time he gave his account of what happened years ago on that bus, and joining us now to talk more about this is access hollywood's kit hoover. kit, this is obviously hits close to home for you. billy was fired from nbc after this tape first made news. he now says he thought trump's comments were all part of a stand-up act. what else is on access hollywood tonight? >> first of all, i think it's time for billy to speak out since president trump has questioned if that tape, if it's really his voice on the access hollywood voice tape. the other voice on the tape is billy bush who ju

billy bush says no way. >> look, he, last week tore some reason came out with that's not my voice on the tape. >> billy bush goes on to talk about what's really upsetting him about all this and the rest of that interview is about 30 minutes away on the late show with stephen colbert. >>> between now and then, stick around. a rescue call for fairfax firefighters led them to rescuing one family's holiday spirit too. >>> plus, is this photo of bugs in a dog's mouth legit or is it a photoshopped fake designed to gross you out? it's everywhere online tonight, our verify team will get to the bottom of it. >>> plus a thanksgiving accident putting new pressure on lawmakers to legislation, our special assignment unit has been tracking closely in a series of big rigs, big risks. >>> and a few flakes on the seven day, back with tes's most accurate forecast as news at 11:0 what if we could keep more amof what we earn?d. trillions of dollars going back to taxpayers. who could possibly be against that? well, the national debt is $20 trillion. as we keep adding to it, guess who pays the bill? him.

billy bush was sacked, of course. but mr. trump was elected president. what does that tell us? f bush going public with this? because now he is going to be talking to all the late night comedians. >> yeah, absolutely. it's embarrassing for the president. obviously it's great if the american people had the information about this tape before the election. donald trump was elected president nonetheless. i'm not convinced doubting the authenticity of the tape now is anything but distraction from the mueller investigation. it's a way of drudging up something that had been litigated before the american public. and we know what the outcome of that was. whether or not he is attacking or trying to reframe the truth around the fbi, around the "access hollywood" tape, it's simply a method of detracting really from what's going on. you had billy bush demonstrating or testifying or commenting publicly that the tape was real. but once again, the american public knew this. so it seems nothing more than just a simple act of distraction. and i can't say that it will change much because, again, t

download the new words with friends 2 today. >> jon: right now, former access hollywood host billy bushesing out about the leaked tape on which then candidate trump was heard leaking vulgar comments about women weeks before the 2016 election. bushes pushing back after reports that trump is questioning the authenticity of the tape. here's what billy bush wrote in the sunday "new york times." of course he said it and we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated. surely, we thought none of this was real, we now know better. it's bring in our media panel. media reporter from the hill in judith miller judith miller, pulitzer prize winning investigative reporter. she is also an author and fox news contributor. so is this just an attempt by billy bush to try to get his job back? >> i think that's partly what's going on here. clearly, clearly bush is just furious about the fact that the president is still the president and he's not on the air any longer. even though i was touched by the honesty of certain parts of his column, the notion t

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when you look at the whole situation -- billy bush was an after thought. nobody thought about that again. and then the president, there's a not of media savvy, but that is not a smart thing to reopen. why would you reopen that? why? the year end lists are pouring out and now twitter is listing the most reliked tweets. >> the president didn't make the list. former president barack obama. the most tweeted was from the 17 year old nevada man he tweeted wendys how many tweets he would need to get free chicken mack nuggets. wendys responded with 18 million re tweets. he got a little more than 3.6 million. >> second on the list of the most retweets out t ed 1.7 million times. that went out over the summer not too long after we saw everything in charlottesville. q. ronica, you talked about the supreme court cake case earlier tonight and i wanted to ul contact it pulse of the pastry. we unfortunately cannot use that here. >> i love it. go for it. jim and shawn, i love you both much let's reduce the banter when i'm standing in the rain. i'm sorry >> i didn't know i

billy bush said, "yes, you said that." this is after reports that the president has been telling his allies he is not sure the voice is his. bub wrote he thought it was part of a standup act but now we know better. >> i'm attracted to beautiful. >> the 12-year-old tape resurfaced in the final weeks of the presidential election. bush lost his job on "today" show over it. bush said after soul searching he is now speaking >> he held on many my hand and continued to kiss my cheeks over and over again as he inserted small talk. he asked me where i was from, if i was a model. he told me he had his own modeling agency. but he kept reportedly kissing me. finally he kissed me on the lips. >> q mccray, abc7 news. nancy: do your kids want to be on facebook but under 13? alison: well, there is an app for that. only parents can set up and control the contact and the messages on the messenger kids app. facebook said it worked with parents the groups to create the app. it rolls out later today. so while some kids are sending their first

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billy bush was fired from nbc news following the tape's release. h-profile men being accused of sexual harassment. one of those men, roy moore, is running for senate in alabama. and tweeting this morning, democrats' refusal to give even one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. savannah, hoda, back to you. >> hallie, thank you very much. >>> the united states and south korea overnight launched their largest ever joint air combat drill over the korean peninsula. 12 thousand u.s. service members are taking part in the annual exercise. north korea said the maneuvers will push the region to the brink of the drill called vigilant ace is designed to fine-tune the allies' wartime capableilities. it comes a week after the north test fired a new ballistic missile said to be capable of reaching much of the continental united states. >>> here at home, the flu season is off to a fast and furious start. across the uncan, there have already been 7,000 confirmed cases. that's twice the number as this time yesterday. the f

why are we hearing from billy bush now? >> well, one, president trump gave billy bush an opening.reports that privately at least the president is said to be questioning whether that was really his voice on the access hollywood tape. billy bush is trying to rehabilitate his career. he is a guy who played along with what the president now calls locker room talk when donald trump was a huge celebrity at nbc more than a decade ago he lost his job and it is a heart felt piece that might cause people to look at billy bush than in the heat of the moment. >> sandra: the timing is interesting and leading a lot of people to wonder why. he published this online sunday night. this is one day, howie, before he appeared on "the late show" with stephen colbert and the interview was arranged a few days before that. then he decided to speak. in the form of this op-ed. any reasons for the timing of this? >> it's an orchestrated effort on billy bush's part to get attention. he has been a forgotten footnote in that whole access hollywood tape affair and that's how you do it. you put it online and the

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. >>> this morning, billy bush says that now infamous "access hollywood" tape of donald trump is, in fact, real. here's why it's back in the headlines. "the new york times" reported last week that the president has been saying privately that he does not believe it is his voice on the tape in the 2005 recording that surfaced just weeks before the 2016 election. you'll probably remember that on that tape trump brags about degrading behavior toward women. in 2016, trump directly confirmed the remarks and then apologized for making the remarks. in an op-ed piece released sunday night, billy bush, to whom trump made those remarks writes in part, along with donald trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus at the time and every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass stand-up act. surely he was performing, we thought none of this was real. bush goes on to write, we now know better and president trump is currently indulging in some revisionist history. >>> well, facebook is debuting a new app today, one that is specifically designed for kids. it's called mess

of course the irony of billy bush and matt lauer being gone. a good idea for a ghost, billy bush. >> another ghost that haunts the president, at least his twitter feed is hillary clinton, right? >> yeah. so at the end of the sketch you think it's going to be -- and trump played by alec baldwin, thinking it's going to be steve bannon. actually hillary clinton, so excited to be able to say lock him up. it was -- kate mckinnon plays hillary clinton, jeff sessions, kellyanne conway. she's a superstar on "snl," did a great job and it was a great surprise ending. everybody's got to watch "snl's" cold open and the rest of it from last night was really good. >> the president not the only controversial subject that "snl" focused on last night. here's a bit of another skit. >> hey there, boys. we know the last couple months have been fricking insane. >> all these big cool powerful guys are turning out to be -- what's the word? habitual predators. >> cat's out of the bag. women get harassed all the time. >> it's like, dang, is this the world now? >> here'

. >>> tv show host billy bush confirming it was donald trump's voice talking about fame enabling him to grope women. >> hello, how are you? >> hi. >> the tape emerged during the 2016 presidential campaign. yesterday in an op-ed in the new york times, billy bush said he felt the need to confirm the authenticity of the tape following reports that president trump said the tape was fake. >>> the president signed orders in april to scrutinize spending on national monuments, calling the establishment of many of the monuments a land grab by the government. nativeamericans and others plan to sue to preserve the monuments in utah. >>> australia is debating a bill to legalize gay marriage. one lawmaker marked the movement in a special way. >> that is not inhibited by this bill. will your marry me? [ applause ] >>> the openly gay member of parliament, tim wilson was one of the first to join the push for legalizing same-sex marriage. it is expected to pass. the last vote by the end of the week. >>> american airlines is starting company wide antiracism training in response to a recent warning abo

. >>> and today billy bush says president trump did say that. >> look he last week for some reason cameout with that's not my voice on the tape. like i said you can't say that. that is your voice. i was there. you were there. >> you can catch the full interview with billy bush tonight on the late show with stephen colbert. >>> king tides will return tomorrow morning. the latest prediction is 11:06 a.m. for the high tide. could see some water once again on coastal roads and trails. use caution along the beaches. king tides come with a beautiful full moon we had. temperatures outside are not chilly but man is it still breezy. 55 in san francisco. san jose and santa rosa 57. that said once the winds relax a little bit overnight tonight, it is going to drop below 40 degrees. in the north bay and east bay valleys even san jose. even with just sunshine, it was a very active weather day. we had strong winds as we're transitioning from the strong area of low pressure over western utah and moving into an area of high pressure which is off to our west. what we're going to see is that high pressur

obstruction of justice. >>> new this morning, president trump is catching heat from former tv host billy bush's "new york times", bush is accusing the president of quote, indulging in revisionist history for reportedly denying it was his voice on the "access hollywood" tape. the "new york times" has reported that the president has privately told aides that the voice making lewd remarks about women was not his. bush says of course he said it, we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical. hot air from america's top-rated bloviater. along with me, there were several other guys on the bus. every one of us assumed that we were listened to a crass standup act. he was performing. surely, we thought, none of this was real. well, now we know better. >>> the u.s. and south korean air forces are now conducting a massive five-day drill. the exercises are said to be the largest ever conducted by the two countries. they include hundreds of aircraft, including two dozen u.s. stealth fighters. lindsey graham said now is the time for u.s. military families in south korea to leave. graham

billy bush lost his job after the infamous access hollywood tape with donald trump. the hashtag ‘beyond—one—hundred—days‘. special prosecutor bob mueller has subpoenaed deutsche bank for information on accounts held by donald trump and his family. deutsche bank is trump's biggest lender — and it does a lot of business in russia. there is some argument that the president is not subject to indictment while still in office. i think it is clear that the president can commita think it is clear that the president can commit a federal crime just like any other citizen in this country. well this is as much of a political process as a criminal process and in the case of watergate the republican party was prepared to go against its own president. this is the ultimate distinction between the impeachment process , distinction between the impeachment process, which is in the hands of the congress, and the criminal justice process which is in the hands of professional prosecutors. ultimately president nixon, the republican support he had in the house of representatives evaporated

do anything. >> of course billy bush lost his job at nbc over that tape. candidate trump, of course, went on to win and become president trump. joining me to discuss all of this, ed martin here, political commentator, author of the conservative case for trump, hilary rosen a cnn political commentator and democratic >> the president is putting his full weight of endorsement behind roy moore. >> i never left supporting roy moore and i think that one caveat that needs to be put out there is, there's a big difference between say the conduct of al franken or conyers or even this fbi agent over the weekend, they all admitted that they did something wrong. roy moore said he didn't. and i think what the president has said is what i said from the beginning that the people of alabama deserve to not be treated to a political hit in the last month of the campaign. if it turns out that these women actually have a case to prove there will be an avenue for that as -- >> please, just get past that point, because there isn't at this point. it's either you believe the aelgt

billy bush was fired over the controversy. speaking out, his message very clear, chris, he's saying the tape is real and he's also making the point that the president's denials have toucheded a raw nerve for him. let me read you a part of the op-ed in "the new york times." billy bush writing, of course he said it and we laughed along without a single doubt this was hypothetical hot air from america's highest rated bloviat bloviator. along with donald trump and myself there were seven men. he was performing, surely we thought. none of this was real. we now know better. bush goes on to say about having read some accounts of the accusers of president trump he believes them given to what he said to all of those seven people during that bus ride. of course, the president has denied any and all accusations against him. but, chris, bottom line, this is an issue that continues to loom over this white house and over this president, particularly now when you have what so many have called a reckoning. billy bush himself calling this a re

in an op-ed article billy bush wrote, of course he said t we laughed along. along with donald trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus and every single one of us assumed ee were listening to a standup act. we know better. we haven't heard any response from the white house. >>> boy, what a night at the kennedy a star studded evening that honored singers and actors, as well as one legendary tv prod e produceer. snoet ♪ >> that performance was a tribute to gloria estefan. also honored last night. lionel richie, carmen did he -- and norman lear. l.l. cool j was recognized. that was the first time that a hip hop artist has been artist. >> we communicate through our art, connect through our art, teach through our art. you know, we irritate through our art. >> sitting here tonight, i'm not performing, i don't have any speech. i don't know what i'm doing. of course, they said go in and enjoy it. i've never been this way before. always something i had to do or remember. honor or sometimes you have to sing or perform or give a speech. you always wor

so he went for it. >> i don't even know if billy bush register.ed in "the new york times." that was per se that said that he evidently told someone that might not have been his voice on the bus. he never came out and said that's not my voice. but billy bush i feel terrible for overall. >> martha: one of the ramifications of all of this is that president obama, former president obama says what we need to do is elect more women and then there's the michigan attorney general candidate who has taken this stance, watch. >> who can you trust most not to show you their [bleep] in a professional setting? is at the candidate who doesn't have a [bleep]? i would say so. >> martha: this is where we are, folks. i would say that it's probably not a great idea to suggest that we should just elect people based on the agenda. i think we should elect people based on how fit they are for the job. are we in a world where let's only mx man, i mean women, that will work. >> this is really going to set me back, but i'm sure you know this, only 21 of the u.s. senators of