should talk also about the fact that tonight on msnbc there will be special programming with brian williams and rachel maddow and the whole team, nicolle wallace as well at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. here is ali velshi and stephanie ruhle for velshi and ruhle. >> thank you. we'll continue the coverage. it's monday, august 5th. we begin with breaking news on the two mass shootings in america. 22 people were killed in el paso. the number has now increased to 22. another nine in dayton, ohio. the shootings just 13 hours apart. in texas authorities are questioning the 21-year-old suspect who traveled more than 600 miles across the state from a dallas suburb to el paso. the ohio gunman is dead. police were able to take him down within 30 seconds. at least 27 people were injured in dayton.

another example you provided from nicole wallace and that analyst later on, brian williams, a morningoe, who said that the president of the united states wants mass shootings to happen. wants to see the american carnage and slaughter of american men, women, and children. no one on the set, not one person could step it up and say that is too much. that is too much. as you mentioned, nicole wallace, a former munication's director the bush administratio administration, saying that latinos are going to be exterminated. obviously, that whole nonsense around august 8th, sending. alex jones was watching that and saying, boy, it even to me, that sounds a little crazy. here's what has to happen. this is the only way this gets solved. brian roberts is a ceo of comcast. comcast owns nbc universal. universal nbc news has and he lacked. he needs to get every important person into a room and say this is enough. you will be fired or suspended if you peddle in these conspiracy theories. i think this was about six years ago said that people should on sarah palin. this wasn't something said in the heat

brian williams never done before. these moves in unison.flip, he lands that and turns it into a drop in. how about that. his third straight gold medal. that's a drop in. and then you have joe, 89 years old dead lifting 405 pounds. month one here -- no one here can do that. that's not good for the spine. >> you have a stronger back. tell you what, my back hurts watching that. good for him. >> better him than me. >> that will do it for us tonight. thanks for joining us, have a good weekend everybody. oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. ♪ try my $4.99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. happy valentine's day. oh, happy valentine's day. aw. ohh! mwah. so, fratelli's tonight? hello, cannoli canoe. jay: i like it. nice fit. swanky material. [ chuckles ] jay, you look so strong and sexy, like an olympic wrestler but with money. [ both laugh ] your turn. okay. [ chuckles ] this is my favorite day in america! happ

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the night off.ump administration. the president is back in washington after a weekend of erratic behavior, unexpected pivots and erroneous statements

. >>> tonight in the wake of this weekend's deadly mass shootings, brian williams and rachel maddow for a special airing on msnbc called "a nation in crisis." it starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern. eddie will be there, too. my thanks today to eddie, sam, raul and jen. most of you for watching. i missed you all next week. mtp daily starts now. >>> if it's monday, it's "meet the press" daily. i'm kasie hunt in washington in for chuck todd. we have hit a pit of your stomach moment in this country. as we grapple with questions about whether our president's rhetoric has contributed to some unspeakable tragedies. back in may, the president held a campaign rally in florida where he warned of a literal invasion of immigrants at the southern border. and then this happened. >> how do you stop these people? you can't. there's -- >> shoot them. >> that's only in the panhandle you can get away with that statement. >> shoot them. that's what two people in the room the audience members heard them say. now they are focusing on ant anti immigrant screed posted moments before a gunman opened fire at an el paso

the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight with domestic terrorism top of mind as theur national intelligence structure, the number two official is out, a new acting head has been named. we'll talk to a former director of the cia. >>> mitch mcconnell says some gun control measures will be front and center after the summer break. >>> house democrats are moving ahead with what they call formal impeachment proceed and in slow motion, it appears to be happening in plain sight, like the iowa state fair, this weekend's temporary headquarters of the presidential campaigns as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night.

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the night off. day 949 of the trump administration. the president is back in washington after a weekend of erratic behavior, unexpected pivots and erroneous statements in front of america's closest allies at the g-7 summit in france. aside from brazenly pitching his own miami resort as the location for next year's g-7, more on that later, trump closed out the summit with a new line on a possible trade deal with china and a new set of claims. >> they said let's get back to the table. >> you had many calls over the last 24 hours, but certainly over the last 48 hours. >> the chinese are saying there weren't -- >> the chinese aren't saying -- excuse me. let me explain something. the vice chairman of china, did you get higher than that, other than president xi. it's like the vice president. the vice chairman made the statement that he wants to make a deal. >> whether or not we make a deal, it's got to be a great deal for us. >> president xi is a great leader who happens to be a brilliant man. and he can'

when nicole williams as fun of fat on brian williams show saying are you kidding me if the presidente-raises flags at the signal to neo-nazis. these people should not be on the air anymore as a result of saying that because honestly this is the stuff that divides the country, tucker, as to your point. >> tucker: it seems like it's moving toward something awful. i sure hope i'm wrong. great to see you tonight, thank you for that. >> thank you. >> tucker: congressman joaquin castro is not backing down at all after his decision to target his own constituents for donating to a politician he doesn't like. instead he especially accused them of being complicit in murder motivated by racism. watch o this. >> there are people right now that are living in fear and i don't think the president understands that.si i don't think those donors understand it, but they need tou understand what their money is goingei to. you're giving money for somebody that's going after the community and people have gotten killed becausee of that. unless you support white nationalism and the racism that donald trump

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the night off. day 953 of the trump administration, and the president is at camp david tonight as hurricane dorian takes aim at the florida coast. the national hurricane center said today the now category 4 hurricane poses a significant threat to the northwestern bahamas and to florida. earlier today, before departing for camp david, president trump addressed the approaching storm. >> the hurricane is roaring in, it could be a big one. we're hoping it maybe makes a right and goes up north. but that's about a 5% chance. it's not looking good. and it's one of the biggest hurricanes we've seen in a long time. >> we will bring you a full forecast on hurricane dorian in just a moment. but first, we are also following news out of the white house on a number of fronts this evening. earlier today the president tweeted about a failed rocket launch in iran along with an image of the launch site. quote, the united states of america was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations

. >> tonight join msnbc for a nation in crisis in a special report, brian williams, rachel and nicole take a hard look at gun violence, domestic terrorism and hate in america. that is tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that wraps up things for us this hour. ali velshi picks things up right now. >> we'll see you later on. we have much more on our top story this afternoon, president trump's response to the mass shootings in el paso and dayton in just a moment. but i have to begin with breaking news from wall street where the markets are seeing their worst drop of the war as the trade war between the united states and china intensifies. this isn't actually the worst it's been all day. the dow was down nearly 900 points just a few minutes ago. we are slightly off session lows right now, which is a good thing. but that is still more than a 3% loss on the dow. let's take a look at the other indices. you know i like to look at the s&p 500. it's probably got more to do with what your portfolio looks like. it's down a similar percentage point. the nasdaq is down by a greater per

from our nbc news headquarters in new york, i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams who has the nightt a highly anticipated report from the internal watch dog that it found the former fbi director james comey violated policy in his habuling of memos on his interactions with the president. we learned in the report that the doj has declined to prosecute comey over this episode. the r

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. williams" starts now. >>> tonight the world according to donald trump. how the free-wheeling president is reshaping america's relationship with its allies and how world leaders interact with each other. all while the president extends a hand to russia. >>> plus the president wanted an unflinching defender in the justice department, and now the attorney general is doing some big spending at the trump hotel and is raising some new ethics concerns. >>> and in less than 25 hours, we will know how big the next democratic debate stage will be. we'll take a deep dive into what will be a do or die moment in the presidential race. "the 11th hour" on a tuesday night starts right now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. day 950 of the trump administration. and the president is furiously battling the perception of a white house with no strategy and no direction. trump made no public appearances t

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. day 951 of the trump administration and we are following an extremely busy evening of news on a number of fronts. we are tracking hurricane dorian, which thrashed the virgin islands and skirted puerto rico today. that storm could strengthen into a category 3 hurricane and threaten florida over this holiday weekend. we will bring you a full forecast in just a moment. today while puerto ricans were bracing themselves president trump was tweeting, calling them and san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz ungrateful. "we are tracking closely tropical storm dorian as it heads as usual to puerto rico. fema and all others are ready and will do a great job. when they do, let them know it and give them a big thank you, not like last time. that includes from the incompetent mayor of san juan." earlier today the mayor responded during an interview with our own ali velshi. >> that tweet this morning that yet again -- this is the kind of man that would fight and scold people that were caught inside a burn

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. and we are following an ext

i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams, who has the night off. day 950 of the trump administration. and the president is furiously battling the perception of a white house with no strategy and no direction. trump made no public appearances today, but we did hear from him quite a bit on social media as he jumped from one topic to another on his twitter feed, underscoring what the "los angeles times" describes as quote the scattershot focus that defines his stream of consciousness presidency. among the things on trump's mind, quote i have gotten to know president ball sin narrow well in our dealings with brazil, he's working very hard on the amazon fires in all respects doing a great job for the people of brazil. and no bedbugs at doral. the radical left democrats upon hearing that the perfectly located for the next g7 doral national miami was under consideration for the next g7 spread that false and nasty rumor. the g7 was a great success for the usa and all lame stream media coverage bore no relationship to what actually happened. and this, wow,

i was looking for any excuse because all i could think about was -- >> brian williams has granted us it takes to get all the information out of you. >> all i could think of was luca brazzi swimming with the fishes, which is what i would like to avoid. i am close to john. there's nothing that he and i discussed that i feel like i can discuss here, and i know you appreciate that from your work with daniel patrick moynihan. it's the same kind of relationship. i will say that -- i will say we've got very good candidates in this race already. john hickenlooper is an exceptional mayor. he was an exceptional governor. and if he chose to run he'd be an exceptional senator. but the last person he needs advice from is me on what he should do about the president -- >> "the new york times" reports he sought advice from you last night climbing into the car with you riding around the lake in iowa and here we are 24 hours later a.p. reporting that he is going to drop out tomorrow. in the "new york times" report it showed that john hickenlooper, though relatively unknown nationally to the point wher

. >> reporter: after a decade, brian williams said this school year brings new challenges. >> two thirds of the student body will be new. six and seventh grade, brand new and eighth grade will be the old guard and they will be the social and academic leaders for the new students. >> reporter: the next obstacle for the district is monitoring demographic trends to make sure they project the right space for students and that they aren't overbuilding or under building. >> it depends on who ends up moving in. are the people with kids? that is the big question for us. >> reporter: fremont is adding 8000 housing units over the next few years and while they convert four more high schools in two middle schools, there will be horner junior high and that project will tear down all of the buildings because it was cheaper to start from scratch and build new buildings, as opposed to modernizing old buildings. jackie ward, kpix5. >> our special back-to-school coverage continues tomorrow. a new normal these days, school shooting drills and how local police departments prepare students for worst-case sce

years after brian williams fabricated several stories as if it never happened. we already pretend a lot of things aren't happening when 6 corporations own something like 80 percent of all t.v. and print news in the country this merger only gets rid of journalists who can hold corporations accountable for their greed and and if we didn't have paid and bought for politicians we could reverse the laws that make these mergers possible in the 1st place well if an congress can reverse the laws they need to do it by 2020 i write otherwise all journalists will be thrown into the business never to be seen again. and i bet this $50.00 they can't leave until they watch both direct to d.v.d. sequels to the lion king. which is obviously cruel and unusual punishment. werman i and. everybody and everybody take a deep breath do you tell us that it's plastic you're breathing in plastics because we've laminated our planet but who's counting here with more on the plastic panacea redacted correspondent naomi. everyone lives series of water bottles for a toast to being kind to the e

brian williams respond. >> i know you are keeping your options open.ut as chilling as it is to hear, you are saying someone who knows better is offering or editing the word that show up and are read verbatim or are supposed to be read verbatim by the president? greg: that deserves another holy [bleep] so it is possible. great scoop. nazis are deciding when our flags remain at half-staff. are these the same nazis who told you a make up stories. they don't wake up in the morning and ask themselves, can i make this day any better? instead they can take any tragedy and make it worse. does saying this make the world a better place? >> he is inciting lay tread, inciting violence. inciting racism. if he doesn't unequivocally call it off and say this is wrong. and we stand together against this and we are doing this, this and this to help fight hate crimes. this is a president who seems to want these things to happen. greg: she had to get there. he wants these things to happen. by connection according to her husband joe, anyone who supports trump must feel tha

>> guest: i do believe it was brian williams who filed the story asking, and i'm not making this up, asking if donald trump was anti-dog. there's there is a story about . [laughter] talk about the pot calling the kettle black. how the media are constantly savaging the president for the language he uses a whale calling him a nazi, every kind of despicable name. the modicum of decency has been cast aside. it's telling. they have no right, none. you have a right, i have a right, these books have the right to pass judgment on donald trump's language. >> you pointed out an editorial and supporting them and at the hyperbole. and that isn't coming from the nation or something like that. >> guest: if you look at what is happening at the border honestly. they are the ones crossing the border right now. the media are not reporting that america is invaded. they are inundated in a very bad way by some very bad people. in the book we cite the flipside to all the negatives about donald trump. if you look at the litany o of competence from it is rather extraordinary. things i didn't know as of octo

our coverage continues with brian williams right now. h.m going to do when i'm president is going to clorox the oval office. the oval office >> this is >>> special coverage of night two of the debate we just witnessed in destroit. before we continue with our friends and family here in the room, i'm told chris matthews has the current mayor of new york alongside him. >> i have bill de blasio with me. there's a real new york city issue. with the police department. castro the former hud secretary. talked about the police officer who had garner in the choke hold. he knew what he was doing. he was killing eric garner. this was his statement about a criminal charge. should he have gotten involved in making an accusation of mu

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. tonight that there is a possible plan for a tax cut on american payroll checks to try to bolster the economy and that possible recession that the white house says is not coming anyway. an update on a possible clash of the political titans in massachusetts, the ongoing shame in the city of north where the message is if you want drinking water without lead in it, you will have to come and get it. all of this has "the 11th hour" gets underway on a monday night. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york as we start a new week. day 942 of this trump administration. finds a president who's facing down ominous size of his reelection and warning signs about an economy headed for a sharp slow down. tonight both "the washington post" and "the new york times" is considering propping up a weakening economy and hold off a recessions. a temporary payroll tax cut possibly reversing some of president trump's tariffs and a plan to reduce capital gains taxes. the white hou

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. be on. >> that is tonight's last word. >> tonight in new hampshire, trump goes after his enemies. he claims the democrats are the party of socialism and executing babies and if he wasn't elected the markets would have crashed. earlier today he shed two members of congress shouldn't be allowed to visit israel. the shocking part is when the israel prime minister stopped them. meanwhile, about eight miles from this studio citizens are forced to wait in long lines in the hot sun for bottled water to replace the poison in their water pipes after the government ignored them for years. all a part of "the 11th hour" just getting underway on this thursday night. good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this is day 938 of the trump administration and another of the norms of behavior in the world fell away today. it wasn't shocking that donald trump asked israel to turn away two members of congress that wanted to visit israel. he wrote this about the congresswomen. it would

brian williams? or julie swetnick?ker, these people are like a dog that's been chewing on a bone for weeks, and there's no meat left on it, but they are still nine on it. they can't let go of it. all these people. msnbc, cnn, "the washington post," "the new york times" ." this got to be some journalistic equivalent of a 12 step program, apologizing to the person they wronged, which is donald trump. he did the crossover with rachel maddow. that means it was the lead stor story. when rachel maddow said to him, that's a scenario i've never contemplated. when rachel maddow has never contemplated the scenario, you know you are on very thin ice with the russian hoax. >> tucker: what's so funny is that this anchor, famously, because he talks about it quite a bit, is a harvard man. they are the most impressive specimens that our system produces. does that make you wonder about our system a little bit? >> he is not a journalist. he went to saint sebastian's, which is a finishing school for rich little boys in the suburbs. then

it's not like richard fabricating brian williams with his exaggerations about the iraq war and coordinates, i just don't think biden is a liar. it's a gut feeling however, i think -- honestly, i would rather have a sharp, smart president who gets things accomplished but that's better than a thinker who isn't a liar sound but not one 100%. >> i didn't say he lied, i said he misrepresented. >> adam makes a good point. that was to make himself bigger than he was. what possible reason, shouldn't have done it but he's not trying to make biden look better. >> my word, we caught breaking news. forgive me, i've got to cut it out here. we could talk a lot more. go ahead. >> breaking news on twitter. twitter ceo saying his account is not secure. you probably heard before, it was an amazing testament to what's happening on the internet right now. the guy who founded twitter had his account taken away but he says now is account is secure. trump is singling out general motors now over its plant in china, pressing them on getting to move back to america. the question is, how easy would that be? lauren i

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts right now. >>> tonight a white house aid says the president was a rock star during the hospital visits today perhaps forgetting for a moment he was there for the wounded and loved ones of the dead. the white house puts out a video showing off the president as the president attacks democrats as the politics around these mass shootings have become even more toxic. also tonight, the pressure increases on congress to do something, democrats say they want the republicans to come to the table and the attacks have lit up the campaign trail with joe biden out in front today with a full on attack of his own against donald trump, all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a wednesday night. ♪ >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. day 930 of the trump administration as the president visited two american cities, both trying to recover from gun violence with a combined death toll of 31 souls. dayton ohio, el paso texas hosted the president in both places people made it clear it was under protest while in both plac

racist or more equal combatant if i am speaking out of turn i apologize but i do believe it was brian williams asked, i'm not making this up if donald trump was anti- dog. [laughter] that like the pot calling the kettle black. isn't that fascinating to savage the president for the language that he uses? while calling him a nazi or every despicable name you could hurl at the president of the united states. this is one of the findings of the book all modicum of decency have been cast aside from his opponents to him. they call him far worse things they are attempting to do far worse it's telling and you are right you have a right and i have a right the press doesn't. >> with the prospect of operating illegal immigrants as a dictator executing people that is the washington post not coming from the nation. >> if you report what is happening at the border honestly what ever happened to the caravans? are all doing stories of those that are marching and then they just disappear? guess what. they are crossing the border right now. the media is not reporting on the fact america is being invaded in a ver

. >> that will do it for us. thank you for being with us. our friend brian williams is live next with "the 11th hour." >>> tonight, two american communities now take their places on the list of cities that will forever be associated with gun violence and the lose of innocent lives as the combined death tolls from el paso and dayton reached 31. the president condemns white supremacy and spreads the blame along the internet, video games and mental illness and says nothing about his own inflammatory rhetoric, words in regular use by white supremacist. as americans look to their lawmakers to do something, millions wondering if this time will be the time for congress to break its pattern. its modern day tradition of inaction. all of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a monday night. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 928 of the trump administration and tonight stun aid mer cans are dealing with the aftermath of not one but two deadly mass shootings over this past weekend, 13 hours apart. the death toll in el paso, texas rose to 22 today after

angels, brian williams, want to get away? chase it down. that is always embarrassing. look at this kid. how cool, to the plate, the dive, he's in easily. inside the park home run. and all worth checking out. that is the sporting life as well. 11:00. frank and julie. >> thank you. >>> next at 11:00. >> he had blood on his head. i think he might have got hit in the head. >> six police officers shot during a standoff with a gunman in philadelphia. >>> the 11:00 news on ktvu starts now. >>> police in philadelphia say the gunfire began when narcotics officers attempted to survey drug warrant. hello again, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the gunman continued to fire. the standoff finally came to an end about two hours ago with the gunman emerging from his home to surrender. we get live coverage tonight from ray bogan in philadelphia right now with the very latest. ray? >> reporter: julie and frank, good evening. you can imagine how tense this neighborhood was as for 7 1/2 hours, there was a large police presence, residents who had come home from work at 5:00 b

the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight with domestic terrorism top of mind as the nation mourns 31 dead, a further shake up at the top of our national intelligence structure, the number two official is out, a new acting head has been named. we'll talk to a former director of the cia. >>> mitch mcconnell says some gun control measures will be front and center after the summer break. >>> house democrats are moving ahead with what they call formal impeachment proceed and in slow motion, it appears to be happening in plain sight, like the iowa state fair, this weekend's temporary headquarters of the presidential campaigns as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >> good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters, day 39 of the trump administration. it brings a new development tonight in the president's attempts to overhaul the leadership of the nations 17 intelligence agencies it goes without saying this comes at a critical time this week when domestic terrorism is top of mind. tonight, trump confirmed that sue gordon, the career professional deput

"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. >> tonight, two years to the day after that nazi march and the deadly violence in charlottesville, the president has called out for stoking racialism from the very top and for endorsing socialists on the lowest rung of society while he continues to complain about being a racist. >>> jeffrey epstein, a man who knew a lot, had a lot of big name friends, as the president spreads a conspiracy theory, others ask how this could have happened to a famous inmate in a federal facility. >>> and the list that was once considered sacred and the new fear of the innocent victims of the trump administration. "the 11th hour" gets underway on a monday night. good evening once again as we start a new week from our nbc news headquarters in new york. day 409 of the trump administration. two years ago was massive violence and taking lives. the president characterized it this way. >> you had some very bad people in that group. but you also had people who were very fine people on both sides. >> two years later now, donald trump's presidency has been wrapped in

i do believe was brian williams who filed the story. we actually did a story about this. we actually did. talk about the pot calling the kettle black. isn't it fascinating how the media are constantly savaging the president for the language he uses? while calling him a or calling him a fascist, while calling him every despicable name you could hurl at the president of the united states. attempting to do far worse than what they do. they have no right, none but you have a right. i have a right. these books have a right to pass judgment on donald trump's language. let's say that you. out a "washington post" editorial that compared a pretty illegal immigrants and supporting them to pol pot the dictator executing people and in the hyperbole and that's the "washington post." it's not a blog coming from a nation or something like that. >> guest: you know if you had done a report with this happening at the border honestly you notice what they carried? remember all those stories about the tens of thousands of people and then the story disappeared? guess what, they are the ones th

or you look at someone like brian williams, who said he was in the middle of gunfire -- >> sean: whoa, we call him lying brian. >> or hillary clinton, who said there was gunfire when she was in bosnia. >> sean: these are the classics. >> yeah! they are untrustworthy, and they're not going to win and election paid by the way, you have fire in the belly when you want to run for office. look, elizabeth warren may have that fire, but she is, as far as i think most people are concerned, a little loony with his indian, native american stuff going on. >> sean: you can comment on that, governor huckabee, or the fact that, well, i don't know, i know your wife pretty well, i think she was just slightly more enthusiastic about you running for office. >> my gosh, i would hope so. >> sean: [laughs] speak i can't imagine my wife saying, look, vote for my husband. hold your nose, swallow hard, he's not worth a darn, but we've just got to win, so we really need a job. look, here's what amazes me about this whole thing with biden. i mean, he's been in most situations, according to his own memory, than

. >> reporter: after a decade at walters, brian williams said there will be new challenges. >> two thirds of the student body will be new. grade six and seven will be brand new and eighth grade will be the old guard. they will be social and academic leaders for the new students. >> reporter: next, monitoring trends to make sure they project the right amount of space for students and that they aren't overbuilding or under building. >> it depends on who moves in. are they people with kid that is the big question for us. >> reporter: fremont is adding 8000 new housing units over the next few years and they are creating four more middle schools. next up, horner junior high where they will completely demolish the buildings because they found out it was cheaper to rebuild than to modernize the existing buildings. at walters, there will be a 3:30 ribbon-cutting ceremony. jackie ward, kpix5. >>> we have a special back-to- school special tomorrow. students go back to class and face a new normal these days with school shooting drills. how local police prepares students for the worst, tomorrow on kp

"the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, in the course of just minutes today, the president calls the media fake news, then thanks the media for doing what the white house did not, vetting his nominee for director of national intelligence, and tonight, that nomination has been pulled. plus, it is now over half the democrats in the house favoring impeachment, but the speaker makes clear half is a long way from her impeachment threshold. >> and as the president makes clear, that short-range missiles from north korea just aren't a trigger for him, a look tonight at how the democratic party's fo circular firing squad debate night has affected the race. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on this summer friday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, o day 925 of the trump administration, and the president's choice for the important job of director of national intelligence, seemed unusual, he then became controversial, well tonight, he's out. just like that. nomination withdrawn. the president will now make a new choice. ap

. >> reporter: after a decade as principal, brian williams said there will be new challenges. >> two thirds of the student body will be new. eighth grade will be the only old card and they will be social and academic leaders for the new students. >> reporter: the next obstacle is to monitor demographic trends to project the right amount of space for their overbuilding or under building. >> it ends up if they are moving into the spaces, the big question would be are they older kids? >> reporter: four more junior highs have to go through this and then we have horner junior high school where they tear down the buildings because they found out it was cheaper to rebuild than to modernize the old buildings. there will be a ribbon-cutting this afternoon. jackie ward, kpix5. >>> tomorrow, or special back- to-school coverage continues as students go back to class facing a new normal with school shooting drills and how local police departments prepare students for worst case scenario starting tomorrow at 4:30. >>> facebook users are suing the site for discrimination, claiming they lost out on