. >> in order to have any hope of getting an acquittal, kunkel's attorney, brian boreli, must establisht it was never kunkel's idea to sell the checks but that he was urged to commit the crime by the undercover officer. >> now, before you met the detective, had you ever planned to sell people's checks before that? >> absolutely not. i've went up on a truck and i asked him if he was interested in buying a stereo. and he said he's really not into that type of merchandise. but if i come across any checks or credit cards, he would be interested in that type of merchandise. >> did you know someone you could get them from? >> i had an idea of somebody i can get them from. >> now, after your whole conversation with the detective, what did you think he would do if you brought him checks? >> well, obviously -- i was under the impression he wanted to buy them. >> if you hadn't met detective [ bleep ] would you have ever sold anyone's checks? >> no. if i wouldn't have never met him, i wouldn't be here right now. >> thank you. >> kunkel must now face off against the prosecutor. >> and the first thi

with a book signing afterwards berger to authors are prolific professionals right t14 books brian has written bore than 40 so let's start with jonathan this is his first book bobby [applause] he has written for an outside the washington post, "new york times" and has worked best they forklift driver, a summer camp director, sticker salesman, climbing instructor and a cook.s rust the longest war nominated for the book prize in science please welcome jonathan. [applause] by opening question is what is a bigger threat to the united states military? basis or rust? barre is a guy in the pentagon who would like you to perot that question at him he is fighting a very good fight back for about 10 years i did write bad debt was greater than all other natural disasters combined. people have asked me pink about it this way our most abundant element attacks our most important material all the time everywhere. we belong dash isis is not that. spirit there is a shipyardti in bath of rusting vessels be? bennett i fink they are slowly getting rid of it to. >> a nice way to put that. >> if you need rusty ships tha

brian mooar nbc news, rio. >> u.s. olympian ryan krausser was born in a town called boring, oregon, i kid you not. he set a new olympic record in the shot put earning his first gold medal. paul ryan caught up with him. he's a big guy listed as six- feet seven. since the games began, he has gotten bigger. >> i have gained weight in the olympic village. they really load up your plate with a lot of bacon. one thing? >> yes, you hold out your plate and you think that you'll get two to three strips, but here you get a quarter pound of bacon. >> as the shot putt winner. >> he had two ncaa championships. now, he can add a gold medal to that. pretty awesome. the united states continuing to dominate with 111 medals now. every category, 40 gold, 36 silver, 35 bronze. china is a distant second with a total of 68. for the u.s. it has been an awesome olympics so far. >>> a quiet day today, with one of the few showers and storms that are still around this evening out from lakeland auto mall here. we've got some sunshine in lakeland, still hot. closer to the coast earlier a few of our showers and storms make the

boring. welcome back, brian.teve, ainsley, good to see you as well. 2:00 we'll be at youngstown state university, home of the penguins, to deliver a speech on how he would defeat radical islamic terrorism, in particular at isis. here in ohio, big battleground state where hillary clinton leads him by a narrow margin. she leads by 2.6%. trump will unveil a three pillar policy this afternoon to defeat isis and radical islamic terrorism beginning with an explicit statement that anyone who wants to work with the united states will be our ally. he'll also illustrate a policy of no more nation building. no longer seeking to remake the middle east into one democracy. pillar number two, change immigration policy. stop issuing visas where they cannot effectively screen applicants and apply a test to immigrants to determine if they support u.s. values. the third pillar, he will declare a cold war like struggle against radical islamic terrorism, spread a better message of life while at the same time militarily degrading and

brian: what got you interested in the story? laurence: in 1967, i was a graduate student at the university of oregon. in international affairs. i was boredo death. i took a course in magazine writing. i talked my way with a grant foundation,lace talked my way onto george wallace's playing. brian: which wallace foundation? laurence: reader's digest. brian: ok. [laughter] laurence: which gives a lot of money to journalists over the years. i should have made that clear. i talk my way onto his plane. i spend four days with him, and submitted cold and article to the new republic about wallace, which they published, which helped me. this national student magazine sent me down to alabama to interview wallace in his office, the couple months later, and i got a fellowship to columbia university school of journalism. i had no background in journalism, but i think because of those two things. and that november, they sent me back to alabama for election night. so i go back a long way with george wallace. brian: what was he like up close? laurence: feisty guy. i mean, it's funny, he loved to spit tobacco. he would spit into this spittoon, right next

brian: what got you interested in the story? mr. leamer: in 1967, i was a graduate student at the university of oregon. i was bored to death. took a course in magazine writing. i taught my way with a grant from the was foundation -- wells foundation, i talked my way to george wallace is playing -- wallace's plane. the reader digest george wallace. i talked my way into the plane. i spent four days with him. i submitted an article to the new republic about laws which a state publisher i got a student not using -- magazine, they sent to alabama to interview wallace in his office. i got a fellowship to come to the university of journalism to had no background in journalism. as of november, they sent me back to alabama on election night. go back a long way with george wallace. brian: what was he like of close? -- up close? mr. leamer: feisty guy. he loved to use tobacco. he would spit into it but to in. spatoon. you hoped it would not end up on your shoe. he was a good spitter. brian: we have some video of him. this is george wallace. >> i would like to point out to all the people of the state that segregation is in the best int

brian: what got you interested in the story? laurence: in 1967, i was a graduate student at the university of oregon. in international affairs and i was bored to death. i took a course in magazine writing. i talked my way, with a grant from the wallace foundation, i talked my way into george wallace's plane. brian: which wallace? laurence: the readers digest wallace. i should've made that clear. i talked my way into the plane. i spent four days with him. i submitted an article to the "new republic" about wallace which a state publisher i got a student magazine, they sent to alabama to interview wallace in his office a couple months later. then i got a fellowship to come to the university of journalism but had no background in journalism. but i think because of those two things. that november, they sent me back to alabama on election night. so i go back a long way with george wallace. brian: what was he like up close? laurence: feisty guy. he loved to spit his tobacco. he would spit into this spitoon. you hoped it would not end up on your shoe. he was a good spitter. so he did not do that. brian: we have some video of him. this is george wal

brian: what got you interested in the story? laurence: in 1967, i was a graduate student at the university of oregon. international affairs and i was boredo death. i took a course in magazine writing. i talked my way, with a grant from the wallace foundation, i talked my way into george wallace's plane. the readers digest wallace. i should've explained that. i talked my way into the plane. i spent four days with him. i submitted an article to the "new republic" about laws which a state publisher i got a student magazine, they sent to alabama to interview wallace in his office a couple months later. then i got a fellowship to come to the university of journalism but had no background in journalism. but i think because of those two things. that november, they sent me back to alabama on election night. so i go back a long way with george wallace. brian: what was he like up close? laurence: feisty guy. he loved to spain his tobacco. spitoon.spit into this you hoped it would not end up on your shoe. he was a good spitter. so he did not do that. brian: we have some video of him. this is george wallace. [begin video clip] >> i would like to poi

brian. >>> kayla, thank you. with the markets smack in the middle of perhaps the most profitably boring rally in history, a lot ofhave done well. many we probably expected. others though not so much. so with that in mind i put together a list of three stocks that i consider the most interesting during this remarkable run. here we go. stock number one. caterpillar. this has been a huge whiff by wall street analysts. stock up not only 23% this year, it's the best dow stock this year, this despite average analyst rating of hold and target price 12% below cat's current price, in other words watch for analyst activity on caterpillar likely in the future. stock number two, one in the news today, nvidia. okay. what i call the tech aaa crowd, alpha, apple, amazon, they get much of our and the media's attention. but it is nvidia rocked investors' world recently. one of the few stocks top performer list over one months, three months, year-to-date and past year. lately everybody rushing to upgrade the stock including rbc in the past 24 hours. but a shout out to jaffry's analyst, he upgraded last september, since then stock

boring. no. his is a huge meeting. please stay with us across all of our platforms. after the bank of england, a conversation with briann, this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: nobody slept last night in washington. they are bringing the scaffolding down on the dome. stay on that photo if you would. that is live and that is the capital after a gorgeous restoration. is going tof there be a restoration of the republican party with the news flow we have seen in the last 48 hours. thomas ansell is one of our most solder -- thoughtful writers for the washington post and writing in the new york times today a must read with some killer charts on the mood and temperament of this nation. the election baby moving and the secretary's direction but her currently it is not guaranteed to stand. both campaigns are highly vulnerable to events -- those that are intentionally orchestrated and those that appear out of nowhere. convey enough the feeling of exogenous shock. rrone and mark gilbert with us. clifton-- what does mr. think? chris: the similarities with brexit are staggering. when you look at the lead in the poll it is similar to the lead t

brian -- it's all laughing. it's a joke. it's a joke to hillary clinton. >> it's so boring, right? >> on kimmel last night, listen to what she said about these e-mails. >> the state department, i actually added it up today, and the state department said that they have to release 15,000 e-mails by the deadline a couple of days before the debate. are you concerned about that? >> no. no. >> i would be terrified if my e-mails were leaving. >> jimmy, my e-mails are so boring. >> yeah. >> i'm embarrassed about that, they're so boring. so we've already released, i don't know, 30,000 plus, so what's a few more. >> in the end you're not concerned that there's going to be something that donald trump is able to use against you, that the republican that comes in at the last second. >> he makes up stuff to use against me so if if he would stick with reality, i wouldn't have a worry in the world. >> the problem is he's not making this up. this is in black and white and soon for everybody to see. >> she talks about him being -- >> she says that he makes stuff up and yet you look at all of these v