story, talked to several people, the picture on the team, played by tim mcgraw in the movie the blindside is special so i went to see him. i haven't seen him since high school and he picks me up at memphis airports. he made great good of himself. a wonderful athlete who played in the nba, the cincinnati reds in high school. he went on for fortune, willing to show me his mansion, took me to his mansion and we spoke for two hours about our approach and the whole time there was a 6.5 inch, 355 pounds black kid who didn't say a word and was not introduced to me. on the way back to the airport i said sean, the black kid, he said that -- a new project, got to study -- in the snow, in t-shirt and shorts, recognizing someone who came to the kid at school, put him in the car and go along and he has a life. it turned out he had no family, was living on the streets, nothing to eat, was still literate, leanne, rich, white, evangelical, republican living on the outskirts of a racially divided city, said i will fix him and make him a rich white evangelical christian. don't get in the way. she is going

tell us -- suddenly got an incredible book to the blindside. >> it is typical of how i find stories, in that you see it is just chance. maybe slightly different but blindside, what happened was it started with a bottle of wine and the new york times magazine editor, we were sitting in new york, trying to decide what i am going to write next. whatever it was, 2005, 4, important people, jamie diamond, never interested me, you want me to write about someone important, a teacher who changed my life. he happened to be my baseball coach but he was a teacher. i thought i will write a personal story about the coach, i will talk to some people in my team. on the blindside it was a catcher, i haven't seen him since high school and he picks me up at the memphis airport, full athlete, drafted in the nba, he had gone on to make a fortune in the fast food business, really showed me, took me to the mansion and we spoke about our own coach. and was not introduced to me. in the school play on the back of the airport, i said -- a new project. standing in the bus stop on an empty shirt and recognized s

republican leaders said to be blindsided, shocked, maybe not so happy about the outcome. nancy pelosi seems none too pleased, seems very pleased about the outcome. we are going to have more reaction coming up. >>> we are following this, very seriously. big, huge, nuclear, something out of this world. that is how folks are describing hurricane irma today. one of the most powerful atlantic storms ever recorded. it tore across the caribbean and now continuing toward florida. millions of americans are in the path and they will take no comfort in the first images emerging from what irma left behind. this is barbuda, virtually wiped off the map. winds topping out at 185 miles per hour. something out of a horror movie, one person there described it. like a desert island, said another. here is the prime minister. >> it was heart wrenching, absolutely devastating. i have never seen any destruction -- >> government officials saying more than 90% of structures on the island are damaged or destroyed. and, as this -- this is what a category 5 storm looks like. it is scary. all of its

i was told that reporters on the hill were blindsided by this.are you hearing anything from your republican colleagues? rep. jeffries: to the extent that we had genuine bipartisan opportunities and moments in congress, that is what the american people want to see, the people i represent set me to washington to be part of the solution, not the problem. there should be a pause on the political process when it is time to govern. what we have seen over the last several years is the perpetual campaign playing out in washington, d.c. if we can arrive at a place where president trump is willing to work with democrats in the house and senate to solve the problems of the american people, dealing with things like protecting the dreamers and getting the economy back on track and moving in a better direction, that would be a strong step forward for our country. it remains to be seen if donald trump could sustain it, but on the democratic side of the aisle, we are cautiously optimistic. the first eight months the approach being taken, scorched earth, was not

. >>> were me blindsided? president trump sides with democrats in a key fight over money leaving many republicans livid as a rift grows between the president and many in his own party. >>> caught on camera. controversy over an nfl star's rough confrontation with police. he says he did nothing wrong but says officers put a gun to his head and targeted him because he's black. >>> and inspiring america. a wedding vow from an extraordinary bride using her big day for the gift of giving. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. and thank you for being with us. at this hour the powerful hurricane irma more and more appears to be locked on to deliver a major blow to the state of florida this coming weekend. the storm's track coming into better focus tonight after the category 5 hurricane slashed its way through the caribbean with devastating results. irma still producing sustained winds of around 185 mil

gop leaders say they were blindsided. >>> closed door testimony. with congress back in session, the russia investigations are clearly picking up steam. donald trump jr. will go behind closed doors at the senate judiciary committee as former obama national security adviser susan rice sits down with the house intelligence committee. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news, the latest forecast is just coming in for hurricane irma now hammering the caribbean with winds of 185 miles an hour. one of the strongest atlantic storms ever. it's on a path to wreak havoc in florida and potentially up the coast. depending on irma's track in the days ahead, tens of millions of people could be in harm's way. the storms are now battering puerto rico after beating up a cluster of caribbean islands. the four strongest government buildings there were destroyed. the concern is that similar scenes could play out in florida where mandatory evacuations have begun and more are expected. the governor is activating the national guard and c

>> i don't know if it is a breach of trust, but it is people blindsided. yes, was i surprised?ithout a doubt. down.t know about let there are two things, you got to make sure that the debt ceiling tax increased and that the reform happens. so that when you see that it's not as much being let down as it is where do you go from here? of us, there was not a conservative solution out there. want to criticize the trump administration for making this call. we were talking about a clean debt ceiling months ago. conservativeot a alternative, why should you get surprised? >> i want to talk about policy and tax reform, but it got to be frank, there's a republican-controlled house and congress, so what do you say to conservatives who are scratching their heads saying that a deal was made with democratic leadership? have those calls starting yesterday, when the news was announced at 2:00 eastern time. as you look at that, those calls, what was the president thinking? yes, the outcry from the grassroots is undeniably disappointing. that being said, it's incumbent upon us today, getting cons

. >> a lot of fans were blindsided by the fact that you are not the bachelor. were you blindsided? >> no, i wouldn't say so. when i got off rachel's season. i was devastated. it was a hard breakup. >> did you say no to being the bachelor? >> the conversations we had were never specific yes or no. it was more, are you ready, and me saying i was not. >> bachelor nation is still up in arms over last week's shocking announcement. >> is it sinking in that you are actually the bachelor? >> it just sink in right now. >> ari is the bachelor now. >> he seems like a good guy. i'm kind of jealous of the fact he can race a car. that's pretty cool. >> hearts will race. >> meanwhile the season hasn't even started but ari luyendyk jr.'s already got a scandal brewing when exgirlfriend sydney stempfley announced he broke up with her one month before being announced as the new bachelor. >> i find out the same way everyone else found out. we ended up dating for a little over a year. to my knowledge -- >> welcome, ari. >> so does our new bachelor have commitment issues? it wouldn't be the first time w

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today the president blindsided congressional leaders by quickly agreeing with democrats on a plan tory to a three-month extension on the country's debt limit and a stopgap spending bill. the democratic proposal house speaker paul ryan had just hours before called ridiculous. which leads us to another episode of "is there a tweet for that?" is there something in the vast reservoir of tweets that has him criticizing the exact same thing he did today. quote, the worst negotiators in history, otherwise known as republicans, have just offered to suspend the debt ceiling for four months. pathetic! we have more on a move that blindsided the president's own party in congress. >> we have a lot to discuss, including the fact that there is a new, and seems to be, recordbreaking hurricane headed toward florida and puerto rico. >> with another hurricane bearing down on the u.s., president trump is reaching across the aisle to prove he can strike a deal on disaster relief for hurricane harvey and avoid a fiscal crisis. >> we essentially came to a deal, and i think the deal will be very good. we ha

. >> republicans blindsided by president trump did with the debt ceiling and government funding yesterday were left to put their best spin on it. stick with the president made it clear, and when he was aiming for in the meeting yesterday waa bipartisan moment. while the country is facing two horrible hurricanes. >> sources tell fox news that while the president went into the meeting wanted to get harvey relief down, he wanted to clear the decks of the knotty issues of the debt ceiling in government funding so congress could stay focused on tax reform. sources say the president grew weary of the did the ring consuming the meeting. when the two sides appeared to hit a stalemate, president trump jumped into close the deal he could get, if not the one he wanted. the move shocked the republican leadership, angers conservatives and produced a remarkable photo with the president and chuck schumer. >> this is our number one priority. as you may have heard me say earlier, we want americans to begin the new year with the new tax system. >> paul ryan will be here to have dinner with the president, t

i think republican leaders were blindsided.expected the president to do. julia: you mean another thumb in the eye. scarlet: right. what are you hearing from republicans and their teams, about how the president may be turned on them, little bit? >> nobody saw it coming. nobody quite knows what it is that led to this. we know democrats came out with an idea this morning, schumer and nancy, in a joint statement. republicans wanted to extend it includinglonger, treasury secretary steven mnuchin, by the way, obviously, a close trump ally. he wanted a longer debt limit extension of the president went the other way. they are blindsided by the president and they have to react, they have to adapt. senator mcconnell has responded by saying, he's going to move this in the senate. he made it very clear that the president agreed with democrats on this, but he also doesn't want disaster to strike at the end of the month. marty, have we opened the door, perhaps to bipartisanship in washington, where the president the democrats can work togeth

blindsiding republicans, the president did. what did you make of this deal?ll, i mean, great deal. certainly from the leader -- the two leaders' perspective on the democratic side. >> this is over funding, raising the debt ceiling and funding money for hurricane relief. >> three very serious pieces of legislative business. getting money moving forward for the victims of harvey. continuing spending legislation as well as raising the debt ceiling. all very serious, all very important. the issue on -- that's policy. on the politics, the issue of course was timing. the republicans clearly wanting to push all of that activity past the elections. democrats weren't hearing it. >> all right, alice, real quick and i'm over time. what do you think of this for republicans in your party? >> well, clearly the president needs a significant legislative accomplishment. and to date he really doesn't have one. and he blames a lot of that on speaker ryan and mitch mcconnell. so he says if they can't help me out, let's see if the democrats can. >> i've got to run. >> we'll see w

however, all of a sudden, we get blindsided by this bill. that's because if this bill fails, it does not mean that the politics are repeal and replace obamacare have gone away. in fact, the senate -- >> yeah. >> in two years may look very different from the senate this year. >> that's what i'm wondering here. look, on a policy front we know what's next. policy front it's, lamar, alexander, murray, become the star of that show. what is the political fallout? will there be primary challenges? >> obamacare is never dead as long as republicans control. they want to do the next for tax reform. a theory combining something on health care in it. this is going to go on and the politics of this republicans remain as lethal as ever. i think any republican cast aring a vote against this is at risk of a primary challenge. i don't think john mccain is worried about it now. susan collins not worried. and lisa murkowski won after losing a primary at a write-in candidate. >> the three waivering lawmakers, the three with the least amount of political -- >> w

. >> a lot of fans were blindsided by the fact that you are not "the bachelor." you blind sided? >> uh, no. when i got off rachel's season, i was devastated. it was a hard breakup. >> did you say no the being the "bachelor "? >> it was more are you ready. and me saying, i was not. >> reporter: "bachelor" nation is is still up in arms. >> sit sinking in that you're actually the bachelor? >> it just sunk in. >> what do you think of arie as the choice? >> he seems like a nice guy. i'm jealous he can race cars. seems cool. >> hearts will race. >> reporter: meanwhile, the season hasn't started. arie luyendyk jr. has a scandal brewing. when ex-girlfriend sydney stempfley revealed he broke up with her just one month before being announced as the new "bachelor," many questioned his motives. the 26-year-old receptionist spoke to "e.t." exclusively in a phone interview. >> i found out the way everyone else found out. we dated for over a year. to my knowledge, the the relationship was monogamous. >> welcome, arie. >> reporter: so does our new "bachelor" have commitment issu

any sense of whether republicans in congress were given the heads up or were they just completely blindsided? because you have paul ryan saying what he said and then it's a few hours later, it turns out, actually, no, there's a deal and it doesn't include you blindsided. >> i'm told by three republican officials at the white house and capitol hill, the republican leaders were absolutely taken aback by this. they were undercut. and not only them. the treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, was arguing for a longer-term deal and he was given assurance. the president apparently, i'm told by people familiar with the meeting, said, we're done talking about this. and one person said the president was in deal-cutting mode. so he simply wanted to get that done. and mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, confirmed that basically when he came to the cameras on capitol hill just a short time ago and said, you know, the president reached a deal with democrats, basically, so i believe that this is, you know, one of the most fascinating and mysterious and interesting things the president has done in off

. >>> were me blindsided?sident trump sides with democrats in a key fight over money leaving many republicans livid as a rift grows between the president and many in his own party. >>> caught on camera. controversy over an nfl star's rough confrontation with police. he says he did nothing wrong but says officers put a gun to his head and targeted him because he's black. >>> and inspiring america. a wedding vow from an extraordinary bride using herig

it's november, 2014, and just days before students head out for thanksgiving they're blindsided by an incendiary, 9,000-word expose in "rolling stone" titled "a rape on campus." >> i remember that morning, i woke up and i remember reading on social media, there's this article that's come out, bombshell article. you have to read it. >> a "rolling stone" article. >> now to that scandal rocking the university of virginia. >> reporter: the timing couldn't be worse. the school, seemingly cursed. reeling from the high-profile murders of student-athlete yeardley love. >> the university of virginia student murdered by her former boyfriend. >> reporter: and that same fall, the disappearance and murder of coed hannah graham. >> searchers in virginia stumbled across what they now believe are graham's remains. >> it was not the usual kind of atmosphere on campus, there was something amiss. >> reporter: now, the explosive "rolling stone" story. but this account sounds even worse. more lurid and dramatic than the version her friends recall hearing. jackie's date takes her to a raucous frat party at

public comment since trump blindsided leaderos wednesday, before mr. trump made mr. ryan called a strategy rid rid, disgraceful unworkable. you can see mr. paul ryan's comments go to website he had to say t yesterday. let's go to steve in phoenix, arizona, democrat. hi, steve. caller: good morning, how are you? thank you for c-span. my comment is and i heard the congressman earlier saying they the d to "take care of problem," but the problem is our the employers are in country choosing to recruit outside the country and they're some en considering americans. so, you know, it's not like they are sneaking up here and getting all they have to do is once they get here, get to the address of the company that them in the first place. host: okay, steve's thoughts in arizona, open phones this morning. keep dialing in with your thoughts about public policy ebate, whether it is immigration policy or north korea. want to hear from you this on the as we continue "washington journal." joining on the phone is joseph reporter for reuters talking about senator bob menendez federal c

. >>> were they blindsided? president trump sides with democrats in a key fight over money leaving many republicans livid as a rift grows between the president and many in his own party. >>> caught on camera. controversy over an nfl star's rough confrontation with police. he says he did nothing wrong but says officers put a gun to his head and targeted him because he's black. >>> and inspiring america. a wedding fr

art of making a deal, one that this time includes president trump working across the aisle and blindsiding his own party. >> the president agreed with senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi to do a three-month cr and debt ceiling into december and as what i will be offering based on the president's decision to the bill and we'll try to get 60 votes and move forward. >> reporter: fema will be able to quickly get emergency funding for hurricane harvey and the debt ceiling will be raised avoiding a shutdown and funding the government but only for three months. earlier in the day paul ryan scoffed at that idea. >> i think and disgraceful -- >> reporter: they wanted to increase it for 18 months hoping to avoid another bruising budget fight before midterm elections. but democrats brokering the more appealing deal looking for greater leverage later in the year on other issues like daca. >> today was a good day in a generally very partisan town. this is a really positive step forward. >> reporter: janai norman, abc news, washington. >> and president trump says he's also ready to work with democr

are the other problems that they have to deal with so that they don't get caught up once again blindsided by a party that all of a sudden appears out of nothing this is a woman who's going for her fourth term as chancellor she has outlasted so many other western european leaders it's almost amazing to look back at us from two years ago i mean like what he's gone it's gone she's still there do you think it's something unique about herself or is it that german voters don't like to mess with a good thing and i think it's that i think is that latter thing i mean she's got her own talent for having you know told people don't worry i got this covered she had a very calm soothing manner about her but remember helmut kohl was in there for sixteen years and people went through that process of having him where they thought stabilities the sustainability he was somebody they could trust come on german unification and all that pretty well so i think that she's had the benefit of being able to travel through. a crisis make sure that people feel like it's competent. governance but this is always a prob

one that this time includes president trump working across the aisle and blindsiding his own party. >> the president agreed with senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi to do a three-month cr and a debt ceiling end of december, and that's what i'll be offering based on the president's decision to the bill. and we'll try to get 60 votes and move forward. >> fema will be able to quickly get emergency funding for hurricane harvey and the debt ceiling will be raised, avoiding a shut down and funding the government, but only for three months. earlier in the day, house speaker paul ryan scoffed at that idea. >> i think that's a ridiculous and disgraceful. >> republicans wanted to increase the debt ceiling for 18 months, hoping to avoid another bruising budget fight before midterm elections. >> today was a good day and a generally very partisan town. this is a really positive step forward. >> president trump says everyone walked out of that meeting happy, but things grew more tense when ivanka trump walked into the oval office to say hello. sources telling abc news gop leaders grew visibly

in the oval office today, that stunning image -- the president cutting a deal with democrats and blindsiding his own party. just an hour earlier, the speaker of the house blasted the democrats' proposal to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government for only three months. >> i think that's a ridiculous and disgraceful -- >> reporter: republicans wanted a long-term solution to avoid another bruising fight in december. but in the oval office, sitting down with leaders of both parties, the president sided with the democrats, a surprise snap decision that left republicans reeling. the meeting grew even more tense when ivanka trump walked in. sources say the conversation veered off topic, as gop leaders grew visibly annoyed. afterwards, back at the capitol, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell frustrated, but resigned. >> the president agreed with senator schumer and congresswoman pelosi. >> reporter: democrats gleeful. >> today was a good day in a generally, very partisan town. >> reporter: and the president also painting a rosy picture. >> we walked out and everybody was happy. not too hap

. >> less likely to be blindsided. that's right. a helmet alone isn't going to take care of everything. it has to be accompanied by better tackling techniques and coaching. we're hoping this is going to make a big difference. >> the nfl teams, how many are going to be using this? >> about half the nfl teams have purchased this helmet already. and 70 nfl players are using it out of the gate. so we've got terrific for the first year. >> i know that this is a more expensive helmet. it costs something like $1500 versus the $400 that a standard helmet might cost. that correct? >> it does. and this helmet was designed for nfl and major college players. our engineering team is working hard on additional helmets for high school and youth players that are less expensive. also optimized for those players, being lighter and smaller. >> how soon would we expect to see something like that? >> over the next 24 monthsle you'll see us hockey and girls soccer. well want to protect all the guy boys and girls playing sports. >> why just girls hockey?

own car and general phone law so had distanced themselves from hitler they claimed they'd been blindsidedt hitler unload and off didn't give up with a march through downtown munich they hoped to win popular backing. at about midday they arrived with some two thousand armed supporters at the felde head and hala where they found their way blocked by the bavarian police who had been ordered to stop the march by every means possible. that's a start accidents can do no. harm i. just. it was never established who fired the first shot. one village only narrowly missed hitler the man next to him was killed as were fifteen other marches and four policemen. luden doff was on injured but was arrested on the spot. hitler escaped but was apprehended four days later. after hitler came to power on the attempted coup which had been an abject failure was imbued with a heroic status every year on the ninth of november the dead were commemorated as martyrs it was above all leniency on the part of the courts that allowed hitler's career to continue luden dog was acquitted and hitler released after thirteen m

up canceled, and it became official this morning.i spoke to milo yiannopoulos, who admits he was blindsided by the cancellation.that's why he is still planning on speaking at sproul plaza tomorrow. the university held a press conference to address the cancellation and the preparations they had made. spokesman dan mogulof:7 we put a lot of effort into facilitating these events7 befuddled by the student group not signing contracts in time7 heard from one speaker who said the plan as long ago as last week was to cancel the whole thing.7 obviously had the opposite reaction from yiannopoulos, who says the university put up roadblocks, didn't show up to meetings, put unreasonable deadlines in place. "there are a number of things that i'm sure you've all seen reported in the press that raise serious questions about whether there was ever actually plans or intentions to hold these events, or whether what we witnessed was a somewhat cynical effort to create a false narrative and score political points.""i don't believe that the students intended to cancel. i don't think they were trying - i don't th

his screen adaptations of the blindside and moneyball among others have been enormously popular. condoleezza rice. [applause] >> was the secretary of state of the united states, she is now on the faculty of stanford university traveling from california to be with us today. finally, mister david bell dodgy is back for a record-setting eighth time at the national book festival. his thrillers and books for young people have been read by millions. i am very pleased to be able to turn this over to the person who has helped make this festival possible, our cochair, mister david rubenstein. [applause] >> a true believer in the power of literacy and reading and what it can do for all of us. it would not have been possible to have this event without you, thank you. [applause] >> so please welcome to the stage mister david mccullough and mister david rubenstein. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> our first national book festival, how many here were at the first one? anybody? how many have been to everyone? this is the first time? okay. how many people like the price of admission? [lau

the screen adaptations of the blindside in moneyball among others had been enormously popular. in condoleezza's rice was the secretary of state for the united states. and she is now on the faculty of stanford university traveling from california to be here with us today. and finally mr. david baldacci. in fact, for a record setting eight time at the national book festival's thrillers and books for young people have been read by millions. i'm very pleased to be able to turn this over to the person who has helped make this festival possible and is our cochair mr. david rubenstein. a true believer in the power of literacy and reading and mike can do for all of us. it would not had been possible to have this event without you. [applause]. so, please walk up to the stage mister david mccall our and mr. david rubenstein. [applause]. [inaudible] the first national book festival how many people were here at the first one. anybody. how many had been to everyone. how me this is the first time. how many people like the price of admission. we are very honored to have david mccullough and h

he blindsided them, and now come december, as you heard in the sound bite, chuck schumer and the democrats have a chip to play in the negotiations of whatever is happening. tax reform, whatever is happening. >> trump was clear. he did want a bipartisan win. the problem is, no one to trust. 48 hours ago, nancy pelosi was calling him a political coward over over daca. the first time he doesn't get democrats what they want, they are going to feedback calling him a racist or whatever. >> to your point, this poisons the well going forward. republicans in congress are never going to know when trump might sell them out, when he might tell them one thing on monday and doing something else tuesday. certainly if you imagine the worst-case scenario. there is movement for impeachment, democrats are not going to be defending him. have all of the surreal plot twists, this is one of the big ones. the final point i would make, steve bannon early in the administration was talking about of populist coalition that would involve working closely with democrats on something like major infrastructure project. i

he said he was blindsided when the group pulled its sponsorship.e plans to still speak outside the town hall sunday with or witout their concentration. >> the administration has done everything in its power to crush students' aspirations. students will graduate knowing less than they did as freshmen, but you have to give the school credit. they are masters at bureaucratic dealing. >> the university plans to let the speech go on. they released a statement saying in part, the university was prepared to do whatever was necessary to support the first amendment rights of the student organization. this included spending more than $1 million if necessary to provide the resorts to keep students safe. >> no hate in the bay. >> reporter: protesters gathered at 69th and adelineadelineadelie rally in the bay area. organizers said their message goes beyond free speech week. they're uniting against white supremacy and fascism. >> we don't want any kind of hate or violence in our communities. >> reporter: protesters welcome the recent cancellation of events but w

president trump strikes a surprise budget deal with democrats blindsiding republicans as donald trump jr. heads to the hill to be questioned about his campaign meeting with russians.