capitol hill is a hill but then it is a plateau. the land that he thought of as that entire hill, not just where the capitalnt where is located but the plateau behind it. it was called jenkins hill. pam,es: thank you,, for that. i am interrupting. this is a fine art. when it comes to 18th-century washington real estate. there is a description in the book on why it is called jenkins usedecifically how it is and why it is called jenkins hill. it has to do with l'enfant and others doing his kind of work. coming upon the land in of then, up of a branch potomac river, and as he progressed toward this woods area, he was not familiar with it and so on. he comes along across the land and goes in to a nearby farmer and says "can you tell me who owns this land?" and the answer comes back "carroll." the order that he is pointing to is something on the order of 100 acres. squared up right on the flat. it is a square plot. 25 acres by 100 acres, something like that. it is set among a number of property owners that own land on a parcel of that pa

edward lawrence live on capitol hill with the latest. edward lawrence live from capitol hill. a lot of details to work out. reporter: within the last 60 seconds new breaking news, judiciary committee through senator grassley they are requesting the administration to go forward with the fbi background check. they're saying limiting reopening the background check to just credible allegations. this is coming out in the last minute this is prompted by senator jeff flake t sort of throws the process into chaos. the nomination is moving forward for judge brett kavanaugh. it went out of committee to the full senate but senator jeff flake was first one said he would not go forward with a confirmmation without that investigation. >> the country is being ripped apart here and we've got to make sure we do due diligence. i think committee did a good job but i think we can have a short pause and make sure that the fbi can investigate. reporter: now he says the delay should not be more than a week. it was actually senator chris coons had been talking to jeff flake making this deal, this one

is he live for us on capitol hill. mike, it is absolutely something we have never seen before what went on behind the scenes today. >> trace, no question about it. incredible drama. it's been pretty clear that senator jeff flake has been struggling with what he heard in that emotional hearing yesterday from professor christine blasey ford and judge brett kavanaugh. a lot of republicans breathed a huge sigh of relief this morning when flake said he would be a yes on the kavanaugh nomination. he said our system of justice affords the presumption of innocent to the accused absent corroborating evidence. democrats appealed to him for one week delay to have the fbi look into the allegations. i think 2 would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation, limited in time and scope to the current alleges that are there and limit in time to no more than one week, i will vote to advance the bill to the floor with that understanding. >> senator coons

he is now fighting for hisjob, notjust on to capitol hill. if this goes back before him the question is can he keep hisjob as he is at the moment on the dc court because the issue will have some impact on that. our north america editor canjoin some impact on that. our north america editor can join us some impact on that. our north america editor canjoin us now here in washington. what is happening during this bleak amongst the republican senators? what are they saying to themselves? i will be —— how will they change what happened this afternoon. the republicans started this hoping that with a clear conscience they could vote for brett kavanaugh as the next supreme courtjustice, this lunchtime they will be sitting down thinking this has gone as badly as it good, because what they needed for that to happen was for christine blasey ford to come across as flaky, insincere, dissembling, dishonest, and she was none of those things. she was a compelling witness. she admitted she did not know. she said she could not remember it quite right but she do

we'll take you live to capitol hill, next. >>> a lot of protests up on capitol hill, specifically outsidean of the senate judiciary committee. let's go to sunlen serfaty. she and her crew were outside his office as a number of people were getting arrested, sunlen. what happened? >> reporter: that's right, brooke. a number of people did get arrested, likely over a few dozen. i was down there, and you see these pictures now that happened just a few minutes ago of a large group of protesters that were arrested outside chairman grassley's office. now, they went specifically to his office today to call for him to delay the hearing that is, as of now, still scheduled for monday and to put simply, they don't want kavanaugh on the bench. so they have been protesting him for that. notably, though, the protesters who i should say, spent a considerable amount of the day up here on capitol hill, they've hit key senate offices, senator offices of senator collins, jeff flake, bob corker, those specific senators that could be swing votes here if and when this comes to a senate vote. so they marched into

she's on capitol hill this morning.morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie and kendis. the day started with christine blasey ford saying she was terrified to testify and as the hours ticked by, the political divisions became more and more apparent. brett kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford, took the oath and publicly told her side of the story. >> i believed he was going to rape me. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me. >> reporter: republican senators deferring their allotted time to veteran sex crimes prosecutor rachel mitchell. democrats asking again and again if blasey ford was sure it was kavanaugh who attacked her. >> what you are telling us is this could not be a case of mistaken identity. >> absolutely not. >> what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> repor

we also know that judge brett kavanaugh is on capitol hill. he will is have an opening statement later this afternoon live here on c-span. independent line from minnesota, what do you think so far? what have you heard? >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i have lost all respect for the chair senator grassley and his ability to conduct fair and just proceedings. by disallowing fbi interviews, those who collaborate the truth of dr. ford's testimony, or to disavow it, the committee and probably the president are acting in unconstitutional manner. the supreme court position is very important for our children and our democracy and however, the president is behaving like an autocrat. this committee is kowtowing to him. et think we should be et embarrassed and we are challenged to hope for a constitutional democracy where people are listened to and proper procedures occur. >> thanks for the call. in case you missed any of the hearing, all of it available on our website and reairing tonight in prime time. 8:00 eastern. from chicago, democrats lin

i'm deion limb, abc 7 news. >> reporting live from capitol hill. thank you. >> the remarks blasey ford will read before the committee today are eight pages long. she details her account of the alleged attacks and, quote, i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from streaming. that was the what terrified me the most. she was asked if any part of her statement was false or she made up any part of her statement. both answers were no. the fbi agent who administered the exam said three separate analyses indicated no deception. meanwhile, there's been a lot of support in palo alto where ford is a university professor. >> later this morning, many supporters plan to rally in her honor outside palo alto city hall. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo continues our coverage. amanda. >> reporter: matt, jessica, we could see hundreds of people at 11:30 for that rally. neighbors with a message, our community supports christine. now, we saw blasey ford supporters show up by the hundreds during a sunday night candlelig

capitol hill. after dr. christine blasey- ford and brett kavanaugh's emotional testimonies. now, senate publicans say: >>> know at 6:00, another highly anticipated day on capitol hill after dr. ford and brett kavanaugh's emotional testimony. now, the senate republicans say that it's time to vote. >>> plus, the new law that gives california cities the authority to allow temporary cannabis events. >>> the crucial work underway to help ease the commuter in san francisco and to catch up the problems on the transit center. good morning. >>> good morning. time now is 6:00, and right now workers are the centergroun the in san francisco. we're live in san francisco this morning with the latest. katie. >> reporter: kenny, about 30 minutes ago workers started the h t sales force transit center. take a look behind me. you can see these guys the scissor lift. i asked them what they were doing, and they said that they're starting to make the room for a temporary support structure to sure up the areas around the two cracked beams. yesterday they started to move the light fixtures and taki

should she be heart on capitol hill? >> absolutely, she should not be ignored, she should testify under oath and she could do it on capitol hill, but that's up to the senate judiciary committee. she should be heard, but i talked to senator lindsay graham

and if he does that, what does that trigger up on capitol hill talking to some sources up on capitol hill, wolf. there is a lot of concern up there. obviously, democrats have said for a long time that firing rod rosenstein or shutting down the mueller investigation would trip sort of a red line that would obviously bring about talk of impeachment up on capitol hill. you even hear that from some republicans. but wolf, i think it's also interesting to note, senator lindsey graham, republican from south carolina, who as we know has become very close to this president in recent months, was putting out a tweet earlier this afternoon, sort of pushing back on this notion that the president should swallow what's reported in the "new york times," hook, line and syringe sinker. we should note that cnn and other news outlets have confirmed a large chunk of what's been reported in the "new york times" story. so a very big decision, critical decision for the white house to make at this point, wolf. >> yeah, could be explosive as we say. jim acosta, at the white house, thank you. let's get some mor

you have a beat of the white house and capitol hill. s what this story is, the president's pick for the supreme court and whether or not it will pass muster with republicans, people in his own party on the hill. i pose the question to you, based on what you know, your whip count, if you will, does brett kavanaugh get confirmed or no? >> reporter: what we have to see where the hearing goes tomorrow. i think it's clear that it is correct mitch mcconnell doesn't have the votes. too many people are undecided. they want to hear the testimony from brett kavanaugh and dr. ford. people expect that both the two main witnesses could actually do very well and do well in the hearing and be very con sinlsing. at that point, what do you do? it is going to be difficult for the senators, particularly the undecided senators because they have to decide what is credible to them and be comfortable with the decision. >> we have sound from chuck grassley talking about this. let's play it. >> unlike arizona law, pennsylvania allows you to report up the chain w

this took place on capitol hill, not too far from where the hearing was held. >> good morning, everyone, good morning, can you hear me? is this working? it is not going. market? okay. all right. what is going on today? everybody seems a little excited to be here, this is so great. >> [ applause ] >> i am the ceo and president of concerned women for america we are the nation's largest public policy women's organization. and, we are here today in support of brett kavanaugh.>> [ applause ] >> we have 450 adult pastors, we have 42 young women for america college pastors, some of them are here today with us. we have state directors from around the country with us, and we are here today to give conservative women the chance to allow our voices to be heard on this subject. there has been a lot of talk, right? now, you're going to hear from us, so, thank you everyone that came out we are so grateful. you know, when i am here with people that come out and get out early and come out, and meet even perhaps in the rain i always think about elizabeth elliott, a missionary, in ecuador in the 1950s, h

we take pride on capitol hill being a start up office. it looks more like a start up that any congressional office you have visited. it is to create an environment fostering creativity. and an innovative approach. we have a chalkboard wall and bright walls. we also overhaul the website to be more responsive, more modern. and also measure what is coming into the office. intranet for some conferences so we could improve communication internally. we use tools, a website that allows team to track workflow internally. we use slack so everyone is on track with what is going on in the office. nstead of relying upon email systems, we have adopted male champ for internal and external email blasts to incorporate new technology into the way we are tracking analytics to be able to judge our effectiveness. using innovative social media tools like twitter, q & a, facebook live, trying to bring our work closer to the people of eastern washington. they are a long way from washington dc. we want to give them more insight into what we are working n every d

> so we have been watching emotional protests like the one you just saw happening right now on capitol hill you can see here, lining the halls of the capitol packing into the offices of senators, donnelly recow skee, corker and grassley. you can hear them chanting we believe dr. blasey ford. some are saying we still believe anita hill. getting arrested as you can see on the right there while doing it. it is all happening as there is real uncertainty about whether monday's planned hearing will go forward as you look at capital police officers in the hallway there. shanna thomas and eric blake are here. as we started showing you these images, we see protests a lot on the hill. it's the people, right, they can go in. this is happening at a critical time not just for brett kavanaugh and his confirmation process but for president trump and some of these senators who are going to be having to make some key decisions here. >> it seems kind of callous to say this, and i understand that, but this now has brought the idea of sexual assault and sexual harassment even more to the forefront of the midte

jack then travel to the other side of capitol hill to the house for the energy and commerce committee where he testified so low on the idea that twitter may be biased. host: what is the significance that you had the ceos of these platforms to talk about these issues? guest: it has been a long time coming. the companies are in the spotlight for they didn't do enough in the election by russia. in their own definition they were slow to take action in that. a lot of their testimony was acknowledging they were slow to act. so it is significant to have them with push and pull. jack dorsey's first testimony and he has been the ceo for quite some time. so to have him up there answering questions was significant. google was also invited. the decline to send a representative. which lawmakers did not enjoy. host: what did they resolve to do because of that? is a rolling process by their own admission. one of the things they have done is to hire humans and work on technology to determine fraudulent accounts. i have figured out ways to detect signs that accounts are not coming from people they wan

in various parts of capitol hill. they supported anita hill and christine blasey ford and some with the me too movement. this is the scene across capitol hill yesterday. >> and likely continue to play out. lost in all of this is the president's appearance at the united nations. he addresses the general assembly at 10:15 eastern time this morning. he met with south korean president moon jae-in. signaling plans to meet with kim jong-un again and addressing efforts for denuclearization the korean peninsula. >> i see tremendous enthusiasm on behalf of chairman kim for making a deal. i think that is something that is very good. we are in no rush. there's no hurry. >> let's get the latest from will ripley from hong kong this morning. will, what has kim jong-un done to earn a second meeting? what concrete steps has he taken toward denuclearization? >> reporter: does he need concrete steps or is it enough to tell president trump he has his unwaivering trust. this quote, you are the only person who can solve this problem. that

capitol hill, though, stays largely the same.ng to try to ram this through on the republican side and the end of a week's time, if the fbi tiles don't turn up anything explosive or relative when it comes to brett kavanaugh. the only way it will manifest on capitol hill is when people start changing their votes or things change on election day on november 6th. david? >> so you're looking for principles, people taking princed answers. a competition who had the best janus face. talking about lindsey graham. so markedly different on the two different days. talking brett kavanaugh the nominee. what a lesson in contrast. how her purported himself in the first week and then this. >> i'm neutral a sober judge and came out live a raving lunatic. really did. in ways, hate to say this, but i have alcoholism in my family, and i'm very familiar with sort of how that looks in some manifestations and a lot of his behaviors the other day during his testimony rang true for me and others who are familiar with some of the characteristics of that ty

often they have a numeric majority on capitol hill and they dominated the news coming out of capitol hill. they were propaganda machine is anti-fdr, anti-globalization, antiwar. it was an ongoing effort to do with conservative coalition as they kept attacking roosevelt for what he was doing. [inaudible] >> it of course had relationships off capitol hill. they were also anti-roosevelt. >> my name is mercy. thank you so much for your informative talk. i'm an artist and i am concerned with a work in progress. we may not know what the finished painting or sculpture may be, but it's a work of progress in developed. with this work in progress between mr. horton on the president or were they marketing media geniuses on some level and decide to start slow, just have a small one-time release and by the time we develop, we will have a campaign that covers everything and everybody will know everything. what is your opinion? >> i think accurate answer from in his joy in would be that present tense to going back to 1948, 1941 is chaotic, full of contingencies, full of uncertainties. they were quit

this is the story that for so many lawmakers on capitol hill, will help define who they are. they've been talking with their constituents through a process of the country saw for the very first time yesterday. we saw judge brett kavanaugh on the hill talking about accusations against him made by a woman by the name of dr. christine blasey ford. we heard from both of them in a hearing yesterday and it was heated and today was heated again as people considered their vote, their constituents at home, and also their impression of those two people. let's bring in chris wallace, host of fox news sunday now to talk to me about this. this is not a court of law obviously, this was impression gathering for what some have described as a job interview. senator john kennedy called it an intergalactic freak show. >> he does have a gift for phrases can, harris, and good afternoon to you. it appeared that the nomination of brett kavanaugh to the supreme court was going to pass out of the judiciary committee on a straight party line vote, all 11 republicans in favor, all ten democrats against.

she is live on capitol hill. morn? >> reporter: hi, julie. during those hearings, it was day one of judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. but, the start of it was delayed by more than an hour and a half today by democratic senators who said they need more time and want more answers. tense moments on capitol hill tuesday morning, as dozens of protesters were arrested. and, democratic lawmakers voiced their objections to the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. >> yes, there is frustration on this side. we know what happened with the prior nominee. the last one president obama presented to us. he never even got a meeting. he never got a hearing. he never got a vote. >> this is the first confirmation hearing for a supreme court justice i've seen basically according to mob rule. >> reporter: democrats say not enough of kavanaugh's records have been released, with a special focus on the years kavanaugh served in the george w. bush white house. over 100,000 of those pages withheld by the trump administration

one of the most partisan fights on capitol hill in a while.ee common ground from both sides on this? will we ever? >> i don't think we will see common ground on this. i think we have moved way beyond that now, let's take a step back. we are talking about a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. and we have now turned this into we are having a national conversation about things written in a high school yearbook. it's too far gone. now moved from is judge kavanaugh qualified for the supreme court to now just strictly politics. and i think both sides have dug their heels in and it's turned into a circus. >> julie: jamie, yeah, it's become a circus and it also seems to be at the 12th hour. i think that is what many have question with is that, you know, brett kavanaugh's name was floated around for months and now all of a sudden one week before this vote all this information is coming out. >> you know, regardless of the timing in terms of allegations, the allegations themselves are extremely serious. and the question is are we going to do the t

would she be able to come to capitol hill tomorrow?ething we are tracking as we try to pin down exactly when brett kavanaugh entered the white house, if he, in fact did. i know he was caught on the cameras of cnn. we are trying to check our cameras. >> lots for you to juggle today. i want to bring back anna, jeff and glen here. if brett kavanaugh is sitting with donald trump, we don't know where he is. he made it clear in this statement, he has no intention of stepping away from this nomination without a real fight. >> yeah. i think he clearly is going head first into this. there's no equivocation in the statement he put out. the thing that is more interesting, on the other side of pennsylvania avenue, very cautious. you haven't heard from chuck schumer. you haven't heard from mitch mcconnell. >> he is going to be on "the view." that's what we are going to hear with what he thinks. that's going to be the next hour or so. we'll keep you updated on that. >> for lawmakers that go and talk to things they are not experts on, all the stateme

we take pride on capitol hill being a start up office. it looks more like a start up that any congressional office you have visited. it is to create an environment fostering creativity. wall and chalkboard bright walls. we also overhaul the website to be more responsive, more modern. so we could improve communication internally. tools, a website that workflow internally. onuse slack so everyone is track with what is going on in the office. champ foropted male internal and external email blasts to incorporate new technology into the way we are tracking analytics to be able to judge our effectiveness. using innovative social media tools we are trying to bring our work closer to the people of eastern washington. they are a long way from washington dc. we want to give them more insight into what we are working on every day. my mission is to restore trust and confidence. the interaction my office has lays day with the citizens the foundation for whether or not citizens of this country trust my office and me, and what is happening on capitol hi

top social media executives are heading to capitol hill.r a rundown of the questions they can expect. we also have that great hearing for kavanaugh, too nafta negotiations are set to resume today in washington, d.c. and theranos is shutting down after the company's founder and former ceo were charged with fraud. we'll look at the rise and fall of elizabeth holmes. it is wednesday, september 5, 2018 "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ >> live from new york where business never sleeps, this is "squawk box. >> good morning. welcome to "squawk box" here on cnbc we are live from the nasdaq market site in times square. i'm becky quick along with joe kernen and andrew ross sorkin. our guest host -- >> we're all back together again. >> we're all here. >> and our guest host for this hour is stephanie link head of global equities research and a cnbc contributor >> great to be here. >> lots of stuff to run through. let's start with the u.s. equity futures. at this point it looks like there are red arrows across the board. dow futures indicated to open do

it is the most dramatic day in memory on capitol hill. brett kavanaugh, his accuser, christine blasey ford, both set to testify monday about the decades old allegations of sexual misconduct that have thrown his nomination in a tail spin. female voters in particular galvanized by the me too movement. >> president trump showing noticeable restraint here instead of going on attack. the president says he is open to a delay to get kavanaugh confirmed the right way. >> i'd like to see a complete process. i'd like everybody to be very happy. most importantly, i want the american people to be happy because they're getting somebody that's great. he want him to go in at the highest level and i think to do that you have to go through this. if it takes a delay, it takes a little delay. it shouldn't be very much. >> two key senate republicans say the monday hearing is crucial to determine how they vote on kavanaugh's nomination. we have phil mattingly with the latest on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, there will be a public hearing. not

cheryl: we begin with the chaos on capitol hill. president trump supreme court nominee sparking heated fighting among the senators. lauren: judge brett kavanaugh and republicans stood their ground as democrats and protesters try to stop the hearing before it began. edward lawrence was there and filed this report. reporter: good morning. day one of the supreme court nominee hearing for judge brett kavanaugh with disruption. 63 times this hearing was delayed on the first day. us capitol police arrested 22 people in the first hour of the hearing. democrats called for adjournment and asked to delay because they say they don't have all the documents they want. president donald trump withheld 100,000 documents for executive privilege on the 488,000 documents they have 42000 of those that were received monday night further angering democrats. >> i would not hire an intern in my office knowing only 90% of their resume. there's not a person here who would buy a home only seeing 10% of the rooms back officially there are no rules that say whe

. >>> let's look at capitol hill right now in washington d.c. we're a few hours way from the supreme court nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. this follows an emotional and gripping testimony from kavanaugh and the professor accusing him of sexual assault. >> reporter mula has more on what happened yesterday. >> reporter: only a handful of senators remain undecided. >> she is right and he is wrong. he is right and he is wrong. >> reporter: they're still processing the eight hour testimony from kavanaugh and christine ford. ford trembling but calm, recounted the claim that kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. >> i believed that he was going to rape me. >> reporter: during the defiant and emotional testimony, kavanaugh strongly denied the allegations and joined republicans in calling them a smear campaign. >> this has been a national disgrace. >> i'm not sure that he showed the temperament that's typical. >> reporter: democrats continue to call for an fbi investigation. >> president trump tweeted his support of his nominee saying that

let's go to garrett who is on capitol hill. we want to play a little bit of what they had to say in the new yorker in a second. garrett, to you, first. susan collins office, she has been a key player. she's not expected on the hill,g as this unfolds not just today, but throughout the week as we get closer to thursday. >> reporter: it's going to be a pressure cooker on the hill over the next few days focused on the senators, including susan collins, the swing votes in this case. we are starting to see the kinds of protest, the kind of citizen engagement on capitol hill we haven't seen since the health care fight with different groups bringing protesters up here, going office to office, making their presence known. there's no reason to think, if and when this hearing happens on thursday, we won't continue to see that same kind of protest. a lot of this is focused on four senators who are thought to be key votes, susan collins, lisa murkowski who voted against the health care bill, thought to be swing votes on this from the getgo,

and then big tech set for a big fight on capitol hill. lawmakers ready to call for new regulation the chairman of alphabet will join us live power lunch starts right now the dow down almost 160 points earlier. crude oil hits its highest level since mid-july topping $70, but wti has given up its earlier gains, and check out tesla and facebook this hour both of them down. both taking a hit on downgrades. more on these two just ahead tyler. >> all right contes contessa, thank you very much. welcome, everybody i'm tyler matheson we begin this hour with amazon the internet giant's market cap hitting $1 trillion for the first time ever. josh lipton following amazon's remarkable run hi, josh >> tyler, the stock needed a price of $2,050. it did so this morning the stock we know has been on a roll here, and it's up more than 70% so far this year an amount larger than 82% and aetna just to give you context you pull that chart even longer, and you can see the trajectory amazon is up more than 135,000% since its ipo. $1,000 invested in amazon's ipo w

tech stocks are taking a beating following hearings on capitol hill. facebook shed 2% and twitter tumbled 6% after sandberg and dorsey faced lawmakers on capitol hill. investors are concerned regulations will be slammed on the social networks and could departme dent the bottom line of the tech stocks. look at the tech stocks. all posting losses. those stocks set to open mixed this morning. >>> the nfl season starts tonight and it is also the kickoff for a very busy season of legal sports betting in a number of states. new jersey, delaware, mississippi and west virginia recently legalized sports gambling after the supreme court struck down the federal ban in may. other states could follow and many more in the next couple years. that will spark a $2.3 billion increase in revenue for the nfl. the money will come for higher broadcasts and ticket sales and advertising and sponsorships. the league at had -- league had $8.2 billion in revenue last year. that is big money. >> for you hitting the panic button saying the nfl is in deep trau trouble? >> that's a

>> terry moran back with us from capitol hill tonight. thank you, terry. >>> we're going to move on now to that deadly storm gordon slamming ashore and now moving inland tonight. it will combine forces with another system moving across the country. hurricane force wind gusts and a powerful storm surge battering dauphin island. that's in alabama. ripping apart buildings. that storm now a tropical depression at this hour, and its destructive force is on the move across several states. abc's victor oquendo from the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, gordon deadly and marching inland, bringing heavy rain and dangerous flash flooding. in alabama, a direct hit to dauphin island, making official landfall in mississippi as a tropical storm at 10:15 p.m. tuesday. >> seriously. we got to get out of here. >> reporter: up to five feet of storm surge. ferocious winds ripping buildings apart and hurling debris. gordon's destruction visible at daybreak. tens of thousands losing power in the region. we're coming across a lot of downed trees here i

here are the 7 things you g hain capitol hill.ate judiciary committee meeting for an expected vote on the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. that will happen in a few hours. several democrats, including california senator kamala harris walked out in protest after republicans refused to subpoena kavanaugh's friend mark judge. >>> working to shore up two cracked steel beams that caused the salesforce transit center to shut down. it could reopen possibly sometime next week. >>> number three, elon musk is facing a lawsuit. the sec is going after him and wants him out. musk is accused of making false statements when he tweeted he might take the company private. musk calls the government's move unjustified >>> number four, bart is adding more fare inspection teams and technology. the agency is responding to riders' demands after recent violent attacks. >>> number five, a cooler afternoon compared to yesterday. 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. >> number six, keeping a close eye on the compute with the closure of the salesf

what is in store as he goes before lawmakers on capitol hill? >>> former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick doesn't have a new team to a new multi million nike deal. coming up, reactions to the new ad. >>> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >>> thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. tuesday morning, september 4th and i'm jan cook. >> i'm dave clark and steve paulson has your weather forecast. >>> i'm here with no delays on the airports. everything is green and that is good. tonight into early tomorrow, new orleans and houston might be dealing with tropical storm gordon as it moves closer. this morning, everything is okay. and other solid fog bank. is it june? it is september and usually by this time, thethe city are getting more sunshine but that is not the case. morning fog is cool and temperatures are near seasonal with temperatures in the central sierra but not over lake tahoe. they fire up big time in the four corners. 50s on the thames, near 60 in the santa clara valley. mid-50s and warmer for some. san jose, 58. west and southwest, and onshor

woman who accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh tentatively agrees to tell her story on capitol hill. >> it prevents the senate judiciary committee from voting on this nomination on monday as they have been threatening to do. it increases the probability that we actually hear from christine ford about what happened. >> plus, the white house says others who were at the party have given their statements. we'll tell you what they have to say. >>> was he joking or not? a now report on how they took rod rosenstein suggestion to secretly record the president. >>> the democrats are sending familiar faces to the campaign trail. this morning, whether that strategy could backfire. >>> the senate judiciary committee and attorneys for christine blasey ford reached a tentative agreement for her to testify on thursday and talks will continue today as they try to riern oiron out the conditio her appearance. they call it a delay tactic. they say we a preer no closer to a fair hearing but brett kavanaugh remains redding, willing and eager to testify as soon as possible. judge kavanaugh has been in an

supreme court nominee will be back on capitol hill this morning. brett kavanaugh is expected to face questions from the committee. the hearing began yesterday with partisan bickering and protests from members of the audience. >> we cannot possibly move forward, mr. chairman. >> i extend a very warm welcome to judge kavanaugh. >> to have a meet degree. >> -- to his wife -- >> senator harris of california was the first of several democrats to demand a delay. they are upset over the trump administration's withholding of documents from kavanaugh's time as white house staff secretary under president george w. bush. meanwhile, california's other senator, dianne feinstein, used her opening remarks to express democrats' concerns about policy. >> the president that nominated you has said, i will nominate someone who is anti- choice and pro-gun. and we believe what he said. >> after nearly eight hours, kavanaugh gave his opening statement pledging to be impartial and independent. republicans hope to have him seated in time to join the court for the fall term

an historic day on capitol hill. five hours, brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford will testify at the senate hearing that will likely make or break kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. as the hearing approaches, the number of allegations against kavanaugh grows. on wednesday, he denied three more accusations bringing the total now to five. two of those allegations very important to report here. they were anonymous. a twitter handle linked to one has emerged. >> in that case, the rhode island man had information about quote a rape on a boat in august of 1985. the other allegation is kavanaugh assaulted a woman he was dating in 1998. regarding that claim, kavanaugh said we're dealing with anonymous letter with anonymous person and anonymous friend. it's ridiculous. total "twilight zone." and no i never have done anything like that. >> and julie swetnick claimed that brett kavanaugh and mark

. >> surprise twist today on capitol hill just before a vote to move brett kavanaugh's nomination to a full senate vote. >> on the nominee, no. >> on the nominee, no. >> a shocker today. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. that supreme court battle continues in and out of the judiciary committee and just a short time ago president trump said he'll direct the fbi in the allegations of sexual assault. tt s porter: the nomination to the full senate and one step closer to the highest court, but with a surpri shift, adding one condition. >> i think it would be proper to add the floor vote to one week toallow the fbi to do an investigation. >> reporter: just hours before, flake cornered sex assault survivors, and that anger spilling onto the steps of capitol hill and into the streets of america. the chairman of the judiciary committee defending his decision to move forward. >> there's simply no reason to deny judge kavanaugh a seat on the supreme court. >> reporter: earlier on friday, some senators walking out in frustration. >> i'm not going to par

abc's janai norman is on capitol hill where the battl is playing out. >> reporter: chaos erupted on capitol hill during judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. >> mr. chairman, i move to adjourn. >> directly from judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: democrats making a motion to adjourn the hearing just as it was getting under way. they criticized the white house for blocking access to 100,000 of kavanaugh's documents and lambasted an 11th hour document vote. >> we've had more than enough time to review the documents. sir, we got a document dump last night of over 40,000 pages. i would venture to say not one senator here has had time to read through the 40,000 pages. >> reporter: republicans have the votes to confirm kavanaugh by the target date of the first week of october, but democrats are questioning what they see as a rush to proceed. >> we waited for more than a year with a vacancy on the supreme court under the direction of your leader in the united states senate. >> what are we trying to hide? why are we rushing? >> reporter: the calls to adjourn and motion to postpone denied. >> moti

i loved living in washington and working on capitol hill. my experience working for federal legislators aim in handy when i got in the general assembly. i am a creature of legislative bodies. i was appointed to fill a vacancy in 2015, i hope i have the ground running and i was familiar with the process as a staff person. it is different being on the side of it. you do not have to go out and advocate for someone oh, whatever comes to my brain and out of my mouth is my own ideas. certainly, that is a different part i did not have before. i enjoy it, and it is an opportunity to serve illinois and advocate for the 110,000 people represent. of talkicago gets a lot about being dysfunctional. is it dysfunctional? guest: we are coming off a two-year budget impasse that highlights the dysfunction we have in illinois. all the timeeople and we have a big partisan divide in the state of illinois. we have regional differences between downstate illinois and the southern tip of illinois is adjacent to kentucky. the northern borders with wisconsin. we have

the hallways of capitol hill are chattering. we take you live to those hallways and edward wants us there. >>> china's foreign minister giving the us a verbal shove during the speech at the un saying china won't be blackmailed over trade. see what he said to me at the council on foreign relations this morning about stealing america's top tech seekers. what an answer he gave a map it will take it up with former commerce secretary and foxbusiness exclusive and get his connections on a new nafta perhaps mine is canada. you may not know his name but this billionaire mining baron who hobnobbed with presidents, rock stars and business moguls all in the name of doing good. he's teaming up with global citizen and he is here and foxbusiness exclusive with global citizen cofounder and overall rockstar hugh evans. the global citizen but the trip is about to 2018 and on wall street were about to fumble the lead here with at least the s&p and nasdaq just traveling the fat like down to 11 and today the markets wrap up the quarter with less th

tech stocks taking a beating following hearing on capitol hill.nd twitter 6% after ceo his faced law -- ceo his faced lawmakers on capitol hill. -- ceos faced lawmakers on chill. -- capitol hill. >>> the nfl season starts tonight. it is the kickoff for a busy season of legal sports betting. new jersey, delaware, mississippi and west virginia legalized sports gambling after the supreme court struck down the ban in may. other states could follow before the season ends and more in the next couple years. that will spark a $2.3 billion increase in revenue for the nfl. that is according to the study commissioned and paid for by the american gaming association. the money comes from higher fees for broadcast rights and ticket sales and advertising and sponsorships and other deals. >>> pump the brakes on the reporting of the nfl is dead. massive growth potential. >>> coming up, speaking of the nfl. colin kaepernick's presence looms large as the season gets under way tonight. andy scholes in philadelphia for the bleacher report next. (music throughout) we d

covering what has been an extraordinary day of testimony on capitol hill. also an extraordinary day for tesla. shares plunging after the sec accused elon musk of misleading investors. the sec filed suit less than two months after musk scent of the message about taking the company private. >> while leaving tesla investors to believe he had a firm offer in hand, we allege musk arrived at the price of $420 by assuming a 20% premium of tesla's existing share price, then rounding up to $420 because of the significance of that number in marijuana culture and his belief that his girlfriend would be amused by it. haidi: while musk says the sec suit is unjustified, let's bring in our tech editor san francisco. musk is saying -- sec is saying musk fabricated these claims. the penalties are pretty steep. >> we are talking about fines that could be levied against him. we are talking about the potential ban from serving as a officer of the company, removal of his influence over tesla. big applications for the stock, big implications for the director of the company. what

live on capitol hill. a house divided, incredible video after the catastrophe splits this home down the middle. "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ ♪ you can't get back until you spend a lot of money ♪ everybody is talking about it ♪ heather: a little billy joel to get you rocking and rolling out of bed this morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning, 4:00 am on the east coast, thank you for starting your day with us. let's talk about those fireworks on capitol hill as donald trump's supreme court nominee takes the hot seat. >> i urge you, vote this down. heather: democrats and protesters tried to derail the hearing, griff jenkins live at the heart senate office building where there is no shortage of drama. it was unbelievable this wave of protesters that continued. >> reporter: i began my career in washington as an intern during david souter's confirmation hearings and in the many years since then i have never seen anything like what we saw yesterday, things went off the rail

i loved living in washington and working in capitol hill. but my experience working with federal legislators really came in handy when i got here. when i was appointed to fill this vacancy in 2015, i hope i kind of hit the ground running because i was familiar with the process as a staffperson. but it certainly is different. it's different being on this side of it. you don't have to go out there and advocate for someone else. whatever comes through my brain and out of my mouth is my own ideas and everything, and certainly that's a different part of it that i didn't have before. but i enjoy it. it's an opportunity for me to serve a great area of illinois and to advocate for the 110,000 people that i represent, and i certainly enjoy it. >> congress gets a lot of criticism for being dysfunctional. is state politics less dysfunctional? >> well, we're coming off a two-year budget impasse that kind of highlights the dysfunction we have in illinois as well. but what i tell people all the time, and we have a very big partisan divide in the state of

i will quote from roll call an article about the protests on capitol hill.as delivering a fiery tear-filled statement before the senate judiciary panel dozens of protesters were arrested thursday as crowds flooded the capitol. there were arrests this week, confrontations in elevators and other corridors around the capitol. put into context this cultural moment, carol. >> thank you, david. well, what did we see? we saw sex discrimination is alive and well unfortunately in the united states. you saw a constituency that wasn't going to take it. i think that what was unanticipated was how quickly there was mobilization, there was reaction. women and men of good will were flooding senate offices in every day they can, they were there in person, they were outside trying to get meetings with their senators. i myself was walking the halls of congress and observing it firsthand. we had national and international leaders walking the halls of congress like tarana burke, like the president of the national women's law center. then we saw the american bar association come

that was one moment with her on capitol hill.ee because in the past i would have given them a d or an f. facebook has years, years of their disingenuous idea that they were being sincere in protecting us and were full of it and they are starting to do something. i see some promise on the action behind the words and facebook realizes for the first time the effort to control this massive machine the terms content into weapons is really in their responsibility. jillian: let's talk about twitter. for the last few weeks there has been so much conversation about shadow banning, conservatives, algorithms, twitter bias, let's hear from jack dorsey. >> allegations that we make as republicans is your discriminatory against us, against republicans. >> we agree the result was not impartial and that is why we corrected and fixed it. >> you do agree there were more republicans than democrats. >> i didn't say that. rob: he kind of did, though. there is something cool about jack dorsey, refreshing about him just fessing up in front of congress.

plus: a ne >>> today silicon valley executives head to capitol hill.ain issue, how to keep foreign influence out of the political process. >> plus, a new bombshell book about what's allegedly happening inside the trump white house will be released and the president isn't happy about it. >> and the investigation into the final moments of a charity flight that ended in a deadly crash near a bay area airport. >> good morning, it is wednesday, september 5th. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. it is 5:30. let's see what's happening on the roads and what's happening to our temperatures today. >>> well, yeah, we're going to get a little cooldown today. this morning, it's going to feel a little damp outside. we have clouds bringing down some drizzle especially at the coast. that's where patchy fog is forming. right now over san jose it's looking good, high cloud coverage. temperatures in san jose, 58 degrees. that's sweater weather to start off the day. santa rosa cool, as well. 59 in oakland. this is where the patchy fog is forming as it us

. >> facebook and twitter executives on capitol hill facing criticism about election meddling and threatslegislative action. >>> and ramping up production, a leading german automaker is opening a plant in south carolina, evenmidising trade tensions. rent or buy? it's an-o a debate in housing, but the answer may be as clear now as it is surprising. those stories and more tonight on "nightly business report"or wednesday, september 5th. . >>> good evening, everyone. welcome. m tyler matheson. sue is on assignment this evening and bill has the evening off. the tech sector fell sharply today and the action wasn't just on wall et, but also on capitol hill, and that is where we begin tonight. executives from facebook andnt g in front of lawmakers on what they're doing to protect their platforms from spewing sleading information and foreign election interference. both said their companies are better prepared for this election cycle and members of congress appeared skeptical and noticeably absent is one of the biggest of the big. google. julia boorstin is covering the story for us tonight from w c