we'll also hear comcast's ceo brian roberts at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and hear from twitter's cfo later on in the morning. after the bell tech takes over full bore with results from alphabet, also amazon, and then snapchat parent company snap inc. the ecb has a rate decision at 7:45 a.m. eastern time, we'll have jobless claims and durable goods at 8:30. and pending home sales at 10:00 a.m. >>> the dow and the s&p erasing their gains for the year what's next for your money we're breaking out our protection playbook straight ahead. >>> and tesla posting a surprise profit last quarter. the stock moving in a big way this morning we'll get a top analyst take on that turnaround. first another look at the day and how it is setting up the dow up by 209 points if these gains hold into the opening bell stick with us. "worwi ehae"illddexcng wl be back after this break. [ upbeat music ] i'm ready to crush ap english. i'm ready to do what no one on my block has done before. forget that. what no one in the world has done before. all i need access, tools,

the main event today is the brian roberts interview -- no.t day of earnings season the main event >> it is lots of numbers. >> depends on how you look at things among the reports coming out, merck, american airlines, twitter and conoco phillips. u.s. equity futures at this hour are continuing to trade higher not as much as earlier we'll see. it's early we have until 4:00 for everything to hit the fan again. no no maybe not. we'll see. nobody knows at this point >> at the intersection of business and politics we're hearing a fresh round of corporate complaints about the china tariffs. ylan mui has that story. she joins us from washington, d.c. >> the trump administration is under growing pressure to create an escape hatch from the latest round of tariffs on chinese goods. this push is coming from both corporate america and capitol hill they want the white house to set up a way for businesses to request waivers from those tariffs on 2$200 billion in chinese imports. we got a copy of the letter to president trump from a major retail trade group

ralph,ing lunch with brian roberts. >> who owned comcast. and they wanted many eto do production -- wanted me to do a production company. bored with this.it as you do, i didn't want them to trying tore about lure me into this thing. so i said to ralph, tell me your story. he tells me how he started this thing called qvc. me more about qvc. i'm drawing him out, drawing him out. and i said to him, what's you gonna do are with it? he said, well, the founder is going to retire. really?oh, i said, what is he going to do? he said, well, he's going to sell it. i said, could i buy his interest? i walked out of the four seasons was goingwing what i to do. i went to qvc, took an interest in it. years.s three again, this is primitive convergence of computers and and that was three years before the internet really started for normal folks. so it was luck and circumstance. >> at that point, people said barry diller -- then they said i was crazy. >> and he's -- >> and they were sure i was crazy. >> and he's -- to westchester, pennsylvania. had a stake in

havingerendipity, i'm lunch with brian roberts, who own comcast, and they wanted me to do a production. i thought when is it going to be over and i can go home. as you do in those situations, i don't want them talking about trying to lure me into this thing. he tells me this story about how he started the so-called qvc. i said stop here it only more about qvc. i am drawing it out. him, what are you going to do with qvc? keys and the founder is going to retire. i said, really? i said, what is he going to do? i said could i buy his interest. ralph said yes. i walked out of the four seasons hotel knowing what i was going to do. i went to qvc and took an interest. that was three years, the primitive convergence, three years before the internet really started. it was locked and circumstance. david: at that point, people said barry diller -- barry: then they were sure i was crazy. david: low rent qvc, where is he going? ,arry: westchester pennsylvania, we will never hear about them again. david: qvc, you had a stake in it. ultimately you grew it. you started buying internet-related companies

again serendipity, i'm having lunch with brian roberts, who comcast and they wanted me to do a productionmpany. bored with the lunch, when i can oing to be over so go home. as you do in those situations, i don't want them talking about trying to lure me into this thing. he tells me this story about how he started the so-called qvc. i said stop. me more about qvc. i am drawing him out. and i said to him, what are you going to do with qvc? going to e founder is retire. i said, really? i said, what is he going to do? i said could i buy his interest. ralph said yes. i walked out of the four seasons hotel knowing what i was going to do. i went to qvc and took an interest. that was three years, the primitive convergence, three years before the internet really started. luck and circumstance. david: at that point, people said barry diller -- barry: then they were sure i was crazy. david: low-rent qvc, where is he going? went to westchester, hearylvania, we will never about him again. david: qvc, you had a stake in it. ultimately you grew it. you started buying internet-related companies, things t

barry: and, again serendipity, i'm having lunch with brian roberts, who own comcast, and they wantede to do a production company. i was so bored with this lunch i thought when is it going to be over and i can go home? as you do in those situations, i don't want them talking about trying to lure me into this thing. i said to ralph roberts, tell me your story. he tells me this story about how he started this thing called qvc. i said stop. tell me more about qvc. i am drawing it out. and i said to him, what are you going to do with qvc? he said, well, the founder is going to retire. i said, oh really? i said, what is he going to do? he said, well he's going to sell it. i said could i buy his interest. ralph said yes. i walked out of the four seasons hotel knowing what i was going to do. i went to qvc, took an interest in it, and that was three years, again, this was primitive convergence, three years before the internet started for normal folks. it was luck and circumstance. david: at that point, people said barry diller -- barry: then they were sure i was crazy. then they were sure i w

again serendipity, i'm having lunch with brian roberts, who owned comcast and they wanted me to do aduction company. i was bored with the lunch, when is it going to be over so i can go home. and as you do in those situations, i don't want them talking about trying to lure me into this thing. he tells me this story about how he started the so-called qvc. i said stop. tell me more about qvc. i am drawing him out. and i said to him, what are you going to do with qvc? he said the founder is going to retire. i said, really? i said, what is he going to do? he said, while he is going to sell his -- i said, could i buy his interest? ralph said yes. i walked out of the four seasons hotel knowing what i was going to do. i went to qvc and took an interest in it. that was three years, the primitive convergence of computers and telephones, three years before the internet really started. that story was luck and circumstance. david: at that point, people said barry diller, who has been a big -- barry: then, they said i was crazy. they were sure i was crazy. david: low-rent qvc, where is he going? b

and then again serendipity, i'm having lunch with brian roberts, who owned comcast, and they wanted meduction company. i was so bored with this lunch, i thought, "when is it going to be over so i can go home?" and as you do in those situations, i didn't want them talking about trying to lure me into this thing. so i said to ralph roberts, "tell me your story." he tells me this story about how he started this thing called qvc. i said "stop. tell me more about qvc." he starts telling me more about qvc. i am drawing him out and drawing him out. and i said to him, "what are you going to do with qvc?" he said, "well, the founder is going to retire." i said, "oh, really?" i said, "what is he going to do?" he said, "well, he is going to sell his -- i said, "could i buy his interest?" ralph said "yes." i walked out of the four seasons hotel knowing what i was going to do. i went to qvc, took an interest in it. and that was three years -- again, this is primitive convergence of computers and telephones, and that was three years before the internet really started for normal folks. so it was luck

i want to compliment brian roberts and other at comcast directing nbc use and msnbc.hey are responsible for carrying out a propaganda campaign against the american people. they should hang their heads in shame for what they are doing. they are trying to tilt his election. they shall work as hard as they possibly could have over these next 21 days to do exactly that. achieve a political result. the american people should be outraged. it's not just comcast, it's also at&t and cnn. the list goes on. liz: the president took on trade deals, he took on nafta. president obama campaigned on fixing that and didn't get it done. lou: he also campaigned on hope and change. liz: we see hillary clinton went up against bernie sanders. bernie sanders said this system is rigged against me. we see president trump -- lou: he should have said it in the active voice. hillary clinton rigged the dnc and his delegates against him and 12 million of his supporters. liz: voters don't like extremism. they are saying get rid of the electoral college. lou: they being the democrats. liz: the democr

brian roberts talked about what else stood out in the quarter. >> if i have had to pick one or two iould say 363,000 net broadband additions in the quarter. that is the best in ten years. the team is doing a fabulous job. our product is better. our high speed internet is just going great. and it was up 7.6%. that is the best in six years. we are seeing a really good transformation of the cable business into connectivity, higher margins, lower capital spending. that is why the numbers all seem to be better than people's expectations and we are delighted. >> connectivity. even six months ago when brian roberts talked about it, people said they are trying to change the narrative from the cable. they changed it. it's a broadband company with really attractive assets. the stock was down seven percent when they announced stock. >> they clawed its way back almost to even. >> the rest of the market clawed its way down. >> yesterday it got hit along with all of the nasdaq. there is still the focus on sky and the high multiple paid there and how it will pay for itself over time and the leverin

. >> reporter: draper police chief brian roberts. >> and he fired at derek johnson while he was sittingeat of his car. >> reporter: derek, wounded, tried to drive away but lost control and crashed head-on into a tree. he died at the scene. >> it was hard. yeah, it sucked. it -- you have to give me a second. so derek, he was a good guy. good cop. good friend. >> reporter: derek was just 32 years old, leaving behind his wife and his 6-year-old son and his family at draper pd. >> you know everybody talks about a cop's cop and the best cop you can have and how he treated and served the community. derek was one of those guys. >> reporter: for jaclyn moore, the loss was two-fold. >> he was starting to get some free time to come help me with the case and tell me more about what he did when he was on the case. and then he was killed. i didn't have anyone else to ask. >> reporter: you'd lost your friend. your old competitive friend. >> i lost my friend, and i lost any information that i needed on that case. there was no one else. >> reporter: because he was kind of the institutional memory of th

others have not thought about, guys, when it comes to the strategy that's going to be embraced brian robertsing to join the "squawk" gang tomorrow and we'll talk more about the international strategy this still closes largely a domestic one but perhaps not unhap unhappy about that >> say again >> you do 125% of your business out of this country when this country is saturated, don't you? >> yes >> all right >> ups, we should touch on, guys revenue was a miss they do raise their free cash flow guide, international continues to be a sticky point from these guys in terms of growth >> they always seem to find something that goes wrong. is it remarkable >> you didn't see anything about the italian budget, did you? they continue to under estimate demand it makes it difficult. they have to spend a lot of money and fedex gets brought downey time. they have to spend more and little worried about revenues because of international it is an unwholly alliance it is not what you want to see, spending more and do little less business overseas is not a recipe to be able to buy a stock. it is a cheap stock. n

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brian: pastor robert jeffress was at the white house ceremony last night and brings us his reaction. us inside the room. what did it feel like? >> it was electric in the room, brian. i would say oversensing feeling in the east room was that good had triumphed over evil. and, look, this was a great political win for president trump. no doubt about that. but it was more than that, i think in the years ahead, we're going to look back on this confirmation as a major cultural turning point. here's wife. conservatives have felt bull idea by the left for decades. they have been -- feel like they have been forced to bow at the alter of political correctness. they long for a leader like donald trump who would stand up to the bullies or somebody like brett kavanaugh who would not cave in to the bullies. and i think, in many ways, the confirmation of justice kavanaugh represents conservatives finally standing up and saying to quote the movie we're as mad as hell and we're not going to take this any longer. that's what last night was really about. >> why are do you call it good overcoming evil. p

ainsley: i wonder if robert deposit near row, brian, at the beginning of the show when we started seeing all of these cop cars in the tribeca area. said this might be robert deniro. >> nobody knows the city the way kilmeade does. ainsley: i many am wondering if he sent. all these liberals came out against president trump. i'm sure they have had conversations amongst their staffers opening up out mail be very careful just in case i'm the target, too. >> odd thing this was found at 3:00 in the morning. who goes through their mail at 3:00 in the morning. ainsley: maybe someone was sent down to the restaurant to go through the mail for this very reason. >> the areas in manhattan that's been targeted not where bill and hillary live. not where president obama or will vice president biden live. the areas of manhattan so surveilled almost inconceivable that the police and fbi are not already looking at examining computer chips inside these cameras for images of who has moved around there. brian: i have been down there. ray kelly which when i was there showed us all there is nothing like that. >>

brian williams starts now. >> tonight an attempt to smear robert mueller has been handed over to the fbi for investigation. his investigators have spoken with steve bannon as all signs continue to point to roger stone, the president's friend of 30 years. with a week to the midterms and a direct line to his base, the president launches a theory that he alone can reverse a constitutional birthright. tonight we are at the big board with the numbers and the late word the president has lost kanye. all of it has the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening once again from the headquarters here in new york. day 649 of the trump administration. pittsburgh, pennsylvania remains just about the saddest place on earth and we will have the coverage of the presidents uncomfortable and unusual visit to that city. but first we are following development on the robert mueller front. the "washington post" is reporting they are pressing witnesses on roger stone and whether stone had knowledge of the e-mails that were released by wikileaks minutes after the access hollywood report dropped. he appears to be focu

brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight an attempt to smear robert mueller has been handed over to the fbi for investigation. as for the work of robert mueller, his investigators have now spoken once again with steve bannon as all signs begin to point to roger stone, his friend of 30 years. >>> and with a direct line to his base, the president launches a theory that he alone can reverse a constitutional birthright. >>> tonight we have kornacki at the big board with the numbers and the late word that the president has lost kanye. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a tuesday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 649 of the trump administration. pittsburgh, pennsylvania remains just about the saddest place on earth tonight, and we'll have video of the president's uncomfortable visit to that city. but here tonight, we're following the robert mueller investigation and new word on his investigation. the "washington post" says mueller's team is pressing witnesses on roger stone, particularly his interactions with trump officials and his e-mails rele

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight an attempt to smear robert mueller has beenanded over to the fbi for investigation. as for the work of robert mueller, his investigators have now spoken once again with steve bannon as all signs begin to point to roger stone, his friend of 30 years. >>> and with a direct line to his base, the president launches a theory that he alone can reverse a constitutional birthright. >>> tonight we have kornacki at the big board with the numbers and the late word that the president has lost kanye. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a tuesday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york.

this all happening in a meeting in front of robert mueller. brianading the charge so often zara carter. >> hi. i think you set it up really well, ainsley. back in may 2017 here's this back-room meeting. we have rod rosenstein battling it out with andrew mccabe, who is then deputy fbi director. there were reasons for both of them be recused. they should have both be removed from this investigation based on the evidence we found out now over the last year from congressional investigators. andy mccabe obviously knew what was going on within the fbi. he knew how this russia probe was being handled. they withheld exculpatory evidence from the foreign intelligence surveillance court. even had problems before that with the hatch act violations and his wife, jill mccabe's unsuccessful run for virginia state office and $700,000 that she actually had in donations from people connected to the clintons. and rod rosenstein, to say the least, he wrote the memo actually authorizing the firing of comey. brian: right. >> he laid it all out. there were a lot of reaso

republican strategist in los angeles we have robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law and in chad going to go we cross to brian joyce he's the host of the brian joyce show all right jim cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it who gets the go first of all the guy that got up early is for this program that means it's robert. ok it's talk about the brett kavanaugh thing in a much broader cultural and political sense here what does it represent to you because i can i i am even willing to admit my introduction is a bit over the top but i'm trying to make a point here because it does seem like we're in an era an epoch where one wins one loses and that is not part of the american tradition go ahead robert. no doubt we have these evidentiary standards and due process standards and legal standards that we've created over hundreds of years in the united states and basically all of them are being scratched and scrapped overnight and what's happening is we're in a you know i'm just waiting for when the next nominee comes up he said well when he was in kindergarden

brian: i want to show you video of robert kagan. fred's wife kimberly, his father donald. lets see 42 seconds of robert kagan in this year 2018. >> we already see signs that democracy is not enjoying the kind of support that it once enjoyed around the world. we already see the return of geopolitics. in the united states we seen the return of protectionist dependencies. if the united states is not in the business of supporting that order, then all elements that we have enjoyed will gradually go away and the world rolled -- world will return to normal. we have the idea that what we have now is normal but that is not true. normal looks like the early part of the 20th century and the 19th century and all previous centuries. brian: i want to read from your book. kagan always struck me as kristol, meaning bill kristol, and that both were products of academia. the main difference was that kagan was dumber and less charming. he seem like an aging linebacker with a history of concussions. rather than make his case, kagan increased his volume. he yelled and stormed off. i always tho

robert deniro in manhattan. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is standing by, but we begin with brian enes in manhattan. >> reporter: i'm in front of the tribeca film center a production company co-founded by robert deniro. i'm also next to a restaurant co-owned by mr. deniro. at 5 a.m., nypd got a call from the mail room over a suspicious package that was addressed to deniro. that package was the nypd arrived on scene. they x-rayed that package and inside found a device. that device they thought needed to be moved so they put it inside a total containment vehicle, the same one we saw yesterday outside cnn and time warner building. they moved in suspicious package to the rodman neck facility where the where the new york city bomb squad is and where they'll be expecting the device. sources say the package sent to deniro an outspoken critic of the president looked identical to the nine others sent to prominent democrats over the last few days. a heavy yellow envelope, six american flag postage stamps, block type lettering and a device inside. new york's mayor spoke a couple hours ago. listen. >> this is

an indictment from robert mueller later revealed that under brian kemp, georgia's election system was by russian hackers. even as kemp maintained publicly that was impossible, and he didn't need any help to protect against it. kemp is also now embroiled in a new controversy, in a new lawsuit because he is holding in his office over 50,000 voter registration applications, the vast majority of which are from african american voters. i need to tell you that we asked mr. kemp if he would please join us on the program this evening. he hasn't responded. but you know who did? joining us now is stacey abrams. she is the democratic candidate for governor in georgia. ms. abrams, i know you are incredibly busy right now. thank you so much for taking time out to be here. >> thank you so much for having me. >> so you are less than a month out now. polls are showing pretty much a dead heat between you and your opponent. what is your take on how things are going and how you're going run through the next three and a half weeks? >> we are inyesterdayably excited about where we are. in a dead heat. lik

brian williams starts now. >> tonight an attempt to smear robert mueller has been handed over to the fbi for investigation. have spoken with steve bannon as all signs continue to point to roger stone, the president's friend of 30 years. with a week to the midterms and a direct line to his base, the president launches a theory that he alone can reverse a constitutional birthright. tonight we are at the big board with the numbers and the late word the president has lost kanye. all of it has the 11th h

outside of the business of actor robert de niro. brianez, traffic has pretty much stopped in the city as they moved to that specific package out of new york city. brian. >> traffic is back to normal here in tribeca. we are just blocks away from the world series. i am standing in front of the tribeca world series, next to or restaurant called the tribeca c, which is coowned by robert de niro. of course very vocal critic of president donald trump. now, this is what happened this morning. noticed a package that looked just like the images and the packages that we have been seeing on tv that were released by the fbi. heavy yellow manila envelope. the american flag postage stamps as well as that block yellow typing. the nypd came, they x-rayed that package and realized this was the real deal. so they put it into a vehicle, a containment vehicle. they brought it over to and nypd tactics range. for the bomb squad. it is now there appeared more evidence for this case. interesting to note that this was here and discovered at 5:00 a.m., which means

brian williams" starts now. >>> tonight an attempt to smear robert mueller has been handed over to the fbi for investigation.rt mueller, his investigators have now spoken once again with steve bannon as all signs begin to point to roger stone, his friend of 30 years. >>> and with a direct line to his base, the president launches a theory that he alone can reverse a constitutional birthright. >>> tonight we have kornacki at the big board with the numbers and the late word that the president has lost kanye. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a tuesday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 649 of the trump administration. pittsburgh,

john roberts, always great to see you. so brian is here, and i want to get your reaction to some of the news that is being made on this front. >> brian: saudi arabia has been a complicated place for a very long time and for some reason over the past few years we have made the determination that reform is really truly happening. and things have changed. what this instance is showing us, no, that is not true. it is still really complicated. they're bad things going on there, but in that neighborhood, they are a key ally. it cannot be a simple solution. you cannot go all one way or what all the other. what you see the president doing is trying to thread the needle in the right way. he is not getting a lot of help from his critics, that's what he is trying to do. >> harris: what is interesting about you are saying, we know how close lindsey graham and the president have been, and i kind of looked at it differently yesterday after the show. i said, what if there is that lane where you have those that are close to that can criticize and

brian: they're scrambling what is going on in delaware. we assume something to do with joe biden's address. this morning we wake up and find out that robert de niro's restaurant had package in it and we assume bomb-making materials inside. i know you have a schedule set up. do you want to announce anything that might be changing? >> i can tell you that the president has been briefed on both of these latest incidents by chief of staff kelly, and probably received further briefing later this morning. yesterday he was briefed by the united states secret service, the fbi, the department of justice and dhs heads. we're continuing to monitor this, look for ways to prevent it. frankly find out at the end of the day who is fully responsible for this. make sure that we bring justice to that individual or individuals. ainsley: there is a tweet from john brennan, response to the president, he is one of the ones that was supposed to get one of these packages, this is the one they sent to cnn he just tweeted this. stop blaming others. look in the mirror. your inflammatory rhetoric, insults, lies and encouragement of physical violence are disgraceful.

republican strategist in los angeles we have robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law and in chad going to go we cross to brian joyce he's the host of the brian joyce show all right jim cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it who gets the go first of all the guy that got up early is for this program that means it's robert.

republican strategist in los angeles we have robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law and in chad going to go we cross to brian joyce he's the host of the brian joyce show all right jim cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it who gets the go first of all the guy that got up early is for this program that means it's robert. ok it's talk about the brett kavanaugh thing in a much broader cultural and political sense here what does it represent to you because i can i i am even willing to admit my introduction is a bit over the top but i'm trying to make a point here because it does seem like we're in an era an epoch where one wins one loses and that is not part of the american tradition go ahead robert. no doubt we have these evidentiary standards and due process standards and legal standards that we've created over hundreds of years in the united states and basically all of them are being scratched and scrapped overnight and what's happening is we're in a you know i'm just waiting for when the next nominee comes up they said well when he was in kindergarde

republican strategist in los angeles we have robert barnes he is a trial lawyer in criminal and constitutional law and in chad going to go we cross to brian joyce he's the host of the brian joyce show all right jim cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it who gets the go first of all the guy that got up early is for this program that means it's robert. ok it's talk about the brett kavanaugh thing in a much broader cultural and political sense here what does it represent to you because i can i i am even willing to admit my introduction is a bit over the top but i'm trying to make a point here because it does seem like we're in a in an era an epoch where one wins one loses.

sports stars of all time we have some right here on set right now joining me right now robert edward auctions president brianan't wait to get to that jersey over there let's start with ty cobb portrait card an incredible card, wow look at this. >> this ty cobb from most popular baseball card every issued 1909 makes this special that it has advertisement on the back for ty cobb brand have to bako two dozen known to exist worth 125,000 dollars fit didn't have ty cobb back worth 800. >> incredible how about the auction item clerks buzzing with rare find by babe ruth lou gehrig. >> we have this right here on desk one favorite pieces of memorabilia in the auction this is gradeded by psa, 8 on scale of 10 second finest known example we couple 150,000 dollars or moregraded nine out of 10 sshl perfect. >> 1952 top mickey mantle card how much is that. >> this one down here 108,000 dollars we expect to get a couple more bids makes this card special it was kept in collection since 1972, 1927 paid 100 dollars for it a nice return on investment. >> how about this era box of cards featuring a jim brown rookie card this is

brian: paul manafort has been visiting robert mueller nine times.e think, where do you think he's going? >> well, i think that he is just sewing up all those loose ends, brian. look, with roger stone, they are trying to gather as much information as possible. they are trying to see any types of connections. did roger stone know something more than what he had said on twitter or to reporters about julian assange, about the russians. this is time for this to wrap up. steve: sure. >> there has been two years of an investigation and honestly, what we have discovered in these two years is pretty extraordinary. pretty extraordinary. we have discovered that the actual collusion was between the dnc and the hillary clinton campaign and others, that the fbi mishandled both the hillary clinton investigation as well as the trump-russia investigation. we have seen extraordinary bias. and a lot of people are asking why is it only people that supported trump that are being held accountable for anything? even if it's not related to what he was charged with investig

brian frosh. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> now to reports of a potential pl ainst special counsel robert mueller. he isskg the fbi to look into reports that a woman was offered money to make sexual assault allegations against him. >>> news 4's tracie potts is on capitol hill trning. tracie, how did he find out about this? >> he found out from reporters who heyoman approached them trying to get them interested in this saying she was offered money to tiel these st of sexual misconduct and harassment decades ago. reportedly when she worked with mueller back in the law firm but that law firm said they have no one of n thate who's ever worked for them, no one on file. checking into is whether this is a scam, whether it's some deliberatettempt to discredit the man in charge of the russia investigation. >> all right. tracie potts live for us on catol hill. tracie, thank you. >>> new overnight. news 4 received the results from a new nbc news gen forward poll. how likely are they to vote in the mid term election next week. 31% of millennials overall say they will definitely vote. 26% say they'll probably

roberts is at the white house. i think you have some tidbit about what happened today? >> i do. first to brian'snt, you could lay a safe bet that president trump has been campaigning heavily in west virginia and may not make any more campaign appearances there. joe manchin was a big part of this. i talked to the white house officials. after the cloture vote. do you think you can hold to on manchin? they said yes. the reason for that optimism was that this morning senator joe manchin called the white house and said that he was going to be a yes on the confirmation for brett kavanaugh. people around here were happy today thinking this would go through. the one wild card was susan collins. she didn't call the white house to say she would be a yes. white house officials assumed if she was going to be a no, that she would have called to inform them of that. they learned of her decision in real time just like the rest of us. they were hanging on every word she said. she laid out the judicial case for judge kavanaugh and pivoted back on the allegations and then pivoted back to the positive. with senato