. >> blaine alexander for us in singapore. live pictures now. keep in mind, it's tuesday 8:00 a.m. there in singapore. this is a live picture of the st. regis hotel where kim jong-un is staying. you can see his security detail. you can see his entourage. they will go five miles down the road to the summit. that's being held atcapella hotel, a tourist hotel many singapore. it's home to the universal studios there. live pictures at the st. regis hotel where kim jong-un will be getting into that entourage and going toward his meeting with president trump. not only blaine alexander, we have lester holt live in singapore with extended coverage of the summit. lester will join us on nig"nigh news" at 5:30. >>> a driver is dead after a tree landed on her car. the crash brought traffic to a standstill. you are looking at video from skyranger showing the aftermath this morning. >> reporter: we have learned the victim has been identified. california highway patrol telling us a tree at the bottom of thisl hil right here along interstate 680 fell on the freeway this morning killing the woman. t

blain alexander is there. we'll have a live report coming up in a half hour. >> it's a story you have to hear. this is a violentidnapping that leads to a chase across the bay bridge and ends with fiery deadly crash. >> san francisco police are still trying to piece together the details in this wild story which unfolded yesterday afternoon. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana wraps up what we know at this point. >> reporter: this is cell phone video shot from across the street. you can see the san francisco police officer run overo fire . he heard the crash then started shooting video from his window. >> when the car was burning more, she said you know what, we need to take the people out and help them out then started panicking and yelled help, bystanders to help her out. >> you can hear the officer yelling as she tries to extinguish the fire. >> oh, my god! >> you can see bystanders and other arriving officers pulling the driver from the car. on the ground, more arriving officers trying to put out the fire b

blaine alexander is here to spell it out for us. >> reporter: mylar blankets, children lying on floors. today protesters dramatizing the plight of children. around them, leaders fighting for a change in the immigration laws. hours later? >> the nays are 231. the bill is not passed. >> reporter: house lawmakers rejecting a bill that would have funded president trump's border wall. >> it is a sin and a shame. >> reporter: now moderate republicans pushing a compromise bill that offers a path to citizenship for dreamers. >> we're putting ideas on the table. >> reporter: an upcoming cover of "time" magazine. today first lady melania trump making a surprise visit to texas to see first-hand how children are being treated at the border. her husband sounding sympathetic. >> it really bothered her to be looking at this and to be seeing it, as it bothered me and everybody at this take. >> reporter: but today casting doubt on whether children really were separated from their parent. >> they were sent up here with human traffickers. because the democrats supported policies have allowed this to happ

blain alexander, nbc news, washington. ha blain. a great grandmother serving a life sentence is going free. alice johnson had served nearly 22 years in a georgia prison for drug trafficking but today the president pardoned her. it was her first offense. kardashian rallied to her cause after seeing johnson interviewed online. while behind bars johnson became a published writer, an ordained minister and a coach for inmates studying for ged am. >>> today marks 50 years since the dea of robert f. kennedy. he was running for president before being assassinated. an iconic image captured his death. over the years he had said that terrible day still haunts h toda arlington national cemetery membef kennedy's family and other dignitaries honored his life and legacy. >> and he said to those forgotten, your country sees you, your country values you. >> the famil says tha robert kennedy's legacy, that ce.h of us can make a >>om he at 5:00, bus drivers f all or the country are on capitol hill tonight looking for protection while on the job. our i

blaine alexander is in singapore to break i all downor us. blaine?er: we, here in singapore leading up to the summit so many of the questions were about thecs op what would this all look like and what would the body language be like, but though that the conversation has switched backa tongton there is the debate over whether this was productive or just a photo op. it is a 13 secondhand shake decades in the making. the signing of a new agreement aying out on a global stage. >> we are prepared to start a new hisry and we're ready to write a new chapter between our nations. t new chapter is a warm one. >> you would be veryse surpd. very smart, very good negotiator. wants to do theig thing. >> reporter: but leaving the negotiating table who was lking away with what? t >>hank you very much. >> reporter: for president trump a recommitment from north korea to work toward zadenuclearition, but no detailsn when or how. and for kim jong-un an end to the u.s. south korea military drills, but tough sanctions against north korea will stay in place for now. >> the

blai blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> has served 31 years on the high court, the second oldest justice behind justice ginsberg. it has been evenly divided and kennedy has been the pivotal swing vote. here is pete william with a closer look at kennedy's influence. >> anthony kennedy has been the decider. when he votes with the fou conservatives, he gets the decision gut the reg -- voting rights act when he was the fifth judge upholding the president's travel ban with the court's liberals, the reach of the death penalty that ga t legal rights detainees in guantanamo bay and said states couldn't enforce their own immigration laws andus as disguisely as he has written a series of rulings ons gay rig and 2015 decision declaring right to marriage for same sexu s nation-wide. >> kennedy's retirement will take effect the end of next c monthing up our next half hour. reaction of lawmakers in the next half hour as we look at the future of the supreme court. >>> weather with heavy rain hitting parf the region right now. >> once the storms move out, heat andumidity moven a big way. doug is

blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> an american brand is moving some of its work overseas and it's blaming trade tensions for that move. harley-davidson is shifting the manufacture of some motorcycles to europe to keep costs down for european buyers. a milwaukee-based plant said the tariffs are the reason and it can't remain stable. president trump says tariffs are not to blame. they say there should be no tariffs at all. >> reporter: today the epa approved a drug made from marijuana, called epidiolex. it won't make patients high but will help with epilepsy. the drug is awaiting federal approval before it's released, but that should come in a number of weeks. >>> the state is not standing by the promise to protect them. some say they're being squeezed out from unfair competition by big cannabis cultivators. leslie wagner this. >> reporter: nestled in the hills of mendocino county lies joanna's pot farm. you consider yourself a small farm. >> definitely. the smallest of small. >> reporter: she grows on a quarter of an acre. because she grows legally, she had to overcome a numbe

will be on the two leaders and talks begin at 6:00 our time tonight and "today in the bay's" blain alexander is in singapore and it's a very big day for president trump, blain. >> kris and marcus, good morning over there. good evening over here. president trump has finished up his public events for the day now hunkered down in his hotel and getting ready for that big face to face meeting that's taking place tomorrow morning. now, we do know the president -- we saw him earlier and seemed optimisticayin he think fe to f first a welcome from the host country. president trump greeted b lead holding a similar meelting with north korea's kim jong-un who arrived sunday. air force one landing shortly after, a light public schedule for president trump ahead of the high stakes meeting. we're right outside of the shangry la high hotel when president trump is a staying, security is certainly a big deal. barricad and lots of police motorcycles leading up to this area right here. here and everywhere, across the island nation, barricades down. signs up. police huddling for final instructions and at the sit

and kim jong-un are both there ahead of the highly anticipated summit and "today in the bay's" blain alexander is also there this morning with what we can expect from the two leaders during this morning. good morning, blain. we just heard that things were progressing faster than expected. >> yeah, kris and marcus, good morning over there. good evening from here in singapore. you're absolutely right the white house said because the talks are moving along faster than expected president trump is going to be leaving singapore earlier than expected. he will get out of the country and head back to the u.s. tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. so you may wonder how exactly have the talks been progressing faster if the two leaders haven't even met face to face? we do know that delegations from both countries have been kind of engaging in a series of pretalks and according to the white house they are moving faster than expected. >> before the face to face, first a welcome from the host country, president trump greeted by singapore's prime minister. >> thank you very much. >> the local leader already holding a s

president trump is already heading back home but blain alexander still in singapore and a lot happened overnight including a lengthy press conference for the president. and a lot to say in an hour, blain. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. good evening from over here in singapore. president trump was in a talkative mood and talked to reporters for well over an hour. the longest such press conference he's had since the second month in office last year. president trump made it clear the two men, himself and kim jong-un struck up a as he calls it. what tangible changes will come from that? >> the world has never seen a moment like this. leaders of the united states and north korea, face to face, hand in hand for first time in history. >> my meeting with chairman kim was honest productive. >> the hours long summit ended with a joint signing. >> we're signing a very important document. >> in that letter, kim reaffirmed a commitment work towards complete denucle denuclearization on the korean peninsula. president trump declaring success. >> we were very proud of what took place today. i t

blaine alexander, nbc news, singapore.erre at home with just three hours until those polls close voters in virginia a king decisions that could impact the balance of power in washington. in the tenthongressional district six democrats crying for the nomination to take on representative barbara who is battling a challenge to get the nomination. >> on the other side thr republicans competing for the chance to take on senator tim kaine who is running up opp ted int primary. we've been talking to virginia voters and coming up at 4:30 they tell us why they went to the polls mtoday. >>yland state police are asking for the public's help after a hit and run crash killed a pedestrian on i-75 late last night sou of the icc in beltville. police have two mysteries they're trying to solve. who was the driver w and is the victim. here is prince george's county bureau chiefrae wilkins. >> reporter: this was the backup on i-95 southbound this morning beltsville. the road was closed for six hours as police investigated a bizarre case of hi