bob mcdonnell, you are staying with me.he unlimited data plans verizon once shunned are helping the phone giant buy time for its new move. the largest u.s. wireless providers saw a surge in subscribers for the second straight quarter. it gives verizon more breathing room to create new sources of revenue in media, advertising, or connected cars, as it struggles to maintain market share in a price war. relieved investors sent the chairs of the most since july. coming up, shares of apple drop on signs that iphone 8 demand are not as strong as expected. what is fueling the apple anxiety. "bloomberg technology" is like streaming on twitter. 5:00 p.m. in new york, 2:00 p.m. in san francisco. this is bloomberg. ♪ the dow and s&p 500 extended record highs on thursday, but it was by the slimmest of margins as the session started in selloff mode. a constant drag on major averages was apple, down the most in two months. joining us to explain why, abigail doolittle. this has to do with the report of apple cutting orders to some supplie

based on a 2016 sprinkler decision that overturned the conviction of virginia republican governor bob mcdonnell. that ruling more narrowly defined what constitutes bribery. it has already resulted in a couple high-profile corruption cases being overturned. attorneys for menendez tried to convince the judge that the prosecution's case is so weak shouldn't even be heard by a jury. the senator who always refuses to discuss the details of the case, briefly responded to the question of a possible acquittal when entering the courthouse. there was no divine intervention today. menendez was stoic as the judge ruled against tossing out any charges. the judge said "a rational jury could conclude the defendant entered into a quid pro quo agreement." menendez is accused of accepting free travel and contributions in exchange for using his influence to help salomon melgen in business deals and getting visas for the doctor's foreign girlfriends. the defense, failing to and the trail, brought its first witness, the senator's own son robert menendez jr.. he testified that dr. salomon melgen and his father was c

the 26 teens up in court decision that overturned the bribery conviction of virginia governor bob mcdonnell. the judge has yet to decide on that. court resumes monday. what is in a name? the boy scouts open their doors to girls. why? next. when you have a cold stuff happens. shut down cold symptoms fast with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. ♪ >> bret: the figurative "no girls allowed" sign is coming down as the boy scouts announced plans to let girls into some of its programs. it's an historic move for a club that's made significant changes. james rosen joins us with those changes and how some including the girl scouts are reacting. >> good evening, the move to allow girls to sign up for cub scouts came via a unanimous decision by the board of directors. each pack will have the option to remain all-boy or establish a separate den for girls with all dens remaining single gender. older girls will be able to earn eagle scout. "we will -- the chief executive said, adding "we strive to bring what our organization does best, developing character and leadership for young people to a

in fact the only legal defense left is what you could call the governor bob mcdonnell defense which wouldk unethical gifts but i would have helped this donor friend of mine any way. that was the report that we brought you when the trial began np n . now the prosecution has rested. now that's the case against menendez. the relationship is documented. it looks bad. as we reported when this trial began, the supreme court has made it harder to prosecute gifts and the unanimous decision of overturning a conviction of virginia governor mcdonnell. menendez can use the mcdonnell defense. they spent three hours discussing a motion for menendez to toss part of this case. the judge asking how the supreme court has narrowed what counts as a bribe and it must be a specific exchange, not a vague stream of benefits. both sides filing their responses. in monday if menendez wins on this point, he could narrow the case about bribery to a question about false statements. that would be good news for menendez and the democrats in the senate. but it's bad news for limiting gift to politicians something that mo

that was repealed in 2012 under the republican administration of governor bob mcdonnell. the nature of virginia's gun-control mood reflects the states fundamental divide. >> the rural areas in virginia already vote heavily republican. it is hard to see them increasing the percentage because it is so high already. the people for gun control are in the bluest, most democratic cities and suburbs. i don't see it as a tipping .1 way or the other. >> polls have mostly been within the margin of error with a democrat leading. "washington post" poll out today conducted after las vegas shows democrat northam pulling ahead by 13 points. as with other races in virginia, this one may be decided by the northern virginia swing counties like here in fairfax or prince william county. it may not be over gun control is much as the bread-and-butter issues of education, jobs, and the economy. >> bret: thank you. hollywood mega-producer and big-time democratic fund-raiser harvey weinstein is taking a leave of absence from his company after a detailed report by "the new york times" chronicles d

. >> when rosenfield delivered a clemency petition to virginia governor bob mcdonnell, nirdier added of evidence in support. and then as they waited for an answer, out of nowhere, jessica sent a "dear mr. rosenfield" letter. she admitted to the throat cutting stab wounds to the back and absolutely adamant that robert had nothing to do with it whatsoever. >> so jessica's affidavit was sent off to the governor, too. and everybody waited. and waited. and then on the governor's very last day in office, more than nine years into robert's sentence -- a decision. denied. rosenfield, devastated, drove to the prison to tell robert. >> robert and i hugged and we cried and probably is about the most painful part of this process. >> robert's only door to freedom slammed shut. but half a world away, someone else was watching robert's case. could his opinion make a difference? >>> coming up, the police dedeck ti detective in robert's corner when "dateline" continues. you think about all of the things you got over the years and in one night it's all wiped away. you got to remember. you are here. yo

republican party as a whole sees the importance of this election as i saw in 2009 when we elected bob mcdonnellnk that will abe a rea spearhead to go into that region and vote for ed gillespie. >> and what do you think for a man who knows his politics? >> i would go for ed gillespie. i think he will close strong this time, and despite the polls, i think he's going to win. >> thanks so much to mike steele and michael steele, both of you. thank you very much. >> good to be with you. >>> and moments from now, president trump making his way to capitol hill to meet with senate republicans, not all of them his friends. stick with us here on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is now the number one selling brain health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. for her compassion and care. he spent decades fighting to give families a second chance. but to help others, they first had to protect themselves. i have afib. even for a nurse, it's complicated... and it puts me at higher risk of stroke. that would be de

. >> several years ago governor bob mcdonnell introduce funding for highways and bridges. in spite of this additional funding, the quality of the infrastructure by most measures is lower than the national average, yet the tax rate on gasoline is the 30th lowest in the us. while increasing gasoline taxes needs to be taboo, states have increased their taxes in the past five years. considering gas prices are so low is now the time to upgrade virginia's infrastructure. >> thank you carmen and i would remind folks that i am a small business owner in tampa roads. we have five satellite offices, our main office in north and if we get to our office, then we can take healthcare in hampton roads so transportation is vitally important to our economy, not only in the metropolitan areas but also rural virginia and just to give you a history, we haven't had any new revenue, no source of revenue for transportation in virginia since 1986 when governor liles was in government and we got farther and farther behind the curve, we were keeping up with our roads and bridges especially in rural