very special thanks also to members of congress, we have with us senators chuck grassley where is chuck? [applause] thank you, chuck. glad i found him, i'd be in trouble if i didn't. bill cassidy. bill. thank you, bill. senator cassidy. mike lee. mike, thank you, mike. [applause] rob portman. thank you, rob. cindy hyde smith. ran a great race. ran a a great race. good job. congratulations. great job. and a friend of mine, roger wicker. senator. thank you. and a lot of congress men and

chuck grassley. where is chuck? [applause] pres. trump: thank you, chuck. found him. i'd be in trouble if i didn't. bill cassidy. bill. thank you, bill. senator cassidy. [applause] pres. trump: mike lee. thanks, mike. [applause] pres. trump: senator rob portman. thank you, rob. [applause] pres. trump: cindy hyde-smith. ran a great race. [applause] pres. trump: ran a great race. congratulations. great job. and a friend of mine, roger wicker. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: and a lot of congressmen and women are here.

chuck. chuck todd, thanks so much. you can't say california doesn't deserve an a for effort, right? trying to dilute the field there. be sure to join chuck for "meet the press." he'll have interviews with pete buttigieg of south bend, indiana, and republican senator mitt romney of utah. tune in to "meet the press" here at 8:00 after this newscast. >>> as always, thanks to larry. larry will be back for the weekly political segment. you will look into president trump's recent visit to the southern border, claims about migrants trying to cross into the u.s. border. as always we look forward to your insights and we'll see you soon. thanks. >>> moving on to other news now. airbnb is back in the headlines for the wrong reasons. another family found a hidden camera in their rental. this time in ireland. the husband works in i.t. security and scanned the wifi network. he said something called ip camera popped up. he found a hidden camera inside the smoke detector. air bnb removed the host and refunded the family. tourists, as you have likely heard reported finding cameras in lightbulbs, clocks or air conditioners. >> i didn't know if i was being

chuck. >> thank yo gosh. never a dullmo ft weather this week.t ofad sever. and thi is the week that chuck doug wentnowe were working easter better'se clouds this afternoon, maybe ante're g outside. it is so beautiful. >> so listen, it is s and 60ha in weather, you have temperatures n t t the warm weathe again, a little crisp out there this morning. but all and all, not d. we're warming up, though. monday, low 70s. tuesday, low 80s, we slip on wednesday, wednesday, rain chances. really doesn't look too bad this week. current temperatures out there now, everybody pushing up to the 60 degree mark. still in the low to upper 50s. here in d.c., outside the bemt way, still in the low to mid-60s. we'll have increasing cloud cover this afternoon and few showers. that's about it. maybe download that washington app so you can keep an eye on any showers. especially if you have any easter egg hunts. maybe the wind didn't dry out, a little damp, so maybe keep a towel into your car for all the kiddos out there in case they get their feet wet. easter dinner, few spotty showers. no s wers out therenow. dr

chuck chuck report -- actually, we do have item 13 which is the annual report, i'm sorry, i circled the wrong number. >> item 12 is continued and item 13 is up. >> review and approve the 2018 annual report. >> the charger requires each department to publish an annual report, and we have the annual reports that we are presenting to the board for the year ending june 30th, 2018, and we would ask for your approval. to issue this, it will be electronically available on the website. we generally make around 100 paper copies because we do have constituents who want it in a paper copy. we generally will only have it electronically published. >> this is an action item two accept the report. >> i will move it. >> i will second it. >> is there any public comment? motion has been made and seconded to accept the report. those in favor say aye? >> aye. >> opposed. that takes us to item 14. i need to correct my point. we were told that the commissioner would be sworn in on tuesday, but it is actually sworn in on monday this week, and so -- he jumped the gun. i will say that we have met with him on two occasions, and we are two thirds of the way through on loading, processing, or onboarding process for new commissioners, and so we are very pleased to have him, and very glad he is making time for us to introduce staff to him, and try and brief him as best as we can. >> through the chair, i would just extend my thanks to everybody here, and also that i will -- i am so impressed by how the operation runs for the benefit of these retirees. thank you for having me. >> since you started a day early , we will give you an extra day of retirement commissioner pay. [laughter] >> and the health services system, we got paid. did it go back to 1903? it was, and when i went on that commission, i asked for my -- >> we get cookies if we are good the devil is in the details and those types and no pay for serving on this board. second item is for those of you who are familiar, there is a court of appeal, a case pending in front of the court of appeals and oral arguments have been set for may 1st. i believe they will start at 1:30 p.m. in the afternoon, and that is in the case related to the retirement board directing staff to pay supplemental cost of living adjustments to the pre 1996 retirees, as a result of the court of appeals finding that prop see, as passed in 2011 was unconstitutional as to the requirements that the pension be fully funded, and have excess earnings before the supplemental call would be paid. i'm very pleased to announce that all of you were very good to, you filed your form a 700, she took all your training on time, and i just wanted to notify you that also required staff, there's a large group of staff that are required to file with the department, some very pleased to announce and thank you all for your efforts to get that done. i was reminded today that we also have to do it for their health care trust board to, which is something new because we have taken over the administration of it. thank you so much, with that, i will be happy to answer any questions that you might have. >> do you filed those congruently at the same time for both sides? >> right, the folks who have to file electronically, darlene has to go in and try and print off the fact that you've done it, everyone else who filed not with the department, files a paper copy, darlene has them as available if there is any kind of public request, but they're not required to be filed directly. there are categories of violators, and the board and i are a category that has to file electronically. >> god it. thank you for the clarification. >> this is a nonaction item. that takes us to item 15, retirement board members -- >> public comment on executive director chuck chart report. that includes item 14, item 15, the order of the retirement board members. go ahead. >> mr. chair, i attended, as well as i thank you were there as well, the bridge, and i would like to say that c.i.o., as well as the managing director both presented at the bridge today, and they did an excellent job. he was the keynote this morning for the bridge, and i was very proud to say that is my c.i.o., and at some point, hopefully he was here, his presentation with the board, because it was very enlightening, i don't know if that is something you are planning to do, but it was a very good presentation. at some point, perhaps you can share it with the board and staff, and mr. franco was the moderator for the hedge fund's panel, and that was a very good panel as well. i wanted to commend the board as well as staff and we are well represented at the bridge by our very senior staff members, thank you very much for representing us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> any other comments? i

first, to a lk at the roads in the forecast today with melissa and chuck. chuck off. >> aright. that's new information we just heard from eun. she went to bed before the game ended. her fault -- >> after thertirst oveime i thought i can't stay up, i have to go to work. >> everything was fine until she went to bed. caps fans, aim your anger at her. cloudy skies, raindrops have impacted northern maryland already. there's mother nature rain in in the west virg mountains. that's coming into the shenandoah valley now. grab your umbrella before you leave. today, nothing heavy rainfall amounts today generally .1 inch or less. not a l ofrain. again, hit and miss, off and on, light rain showers will impact ur day. current temperatures, low to mid 50s in the shenandoah valley. 57 in lorton, 65 in quantico. 62 in leonardtown, maryland. and 58 degrees in montgomery fovillage. the recast today, a lot of clouds, probably not an outdoor he's or play date. the high near 73 degrees. clouds and no playtime outside. the daily grade today, d-minutesus. >> that is definitely not good

chuck bell. wmelissa mollet is backh us this morning. she will give us an update on the commu in your first 4 traffic. >> first to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. chuck? >> good morning, everyone. yeah, very unsettled weather pattern for us over the next couple of days means the forecast has a high degree of uncertainty to it. just keep that in mind. this weather front iset sitting pr much right on top of us today. it's going to try and lift back to the north as a warm front. so the warmer air down sth is going to do its best to move into the area today. if it doesn't get all the way tl the pennsnia line, it's going to leave a big change. temperatures. fredericksburg, virginia, probably above 80. frederick, maryland, could easily be stuck in the -- speaking of stuck, i'll give the computer the old nobang. we got it. >> yeah -- >> not much of a rain chance today. are you kidding me? this is going tot do to me again? there. i got it this time. 50s to get you out the door this morning. school day forecast for the kids today, a warm one.tl unsettled, lit chance for showers and storms later on in the day today. keep the umbrella in the backafck to be on t

chucked chuck todd asked the most important question, take a look. >> why is the president angry at theans. why is he so angry at rob mueller and dan mcgahn? the russians created the impression his election was illegitimate. >> why wouldn't you be angry if someone accused you of treezen when it's untrue. >> don mcgahn didn't call treason. shouldn't they be outraged at what russia did and be working diligently to stop them from doing the same in the next election? >> if this, you know, yes, obviously they should. there's a reason they are not. the president welcomed that help during the election. what the report exposed is the way that both the russians and the president's campaign maybe knowingly, maybe unwittingly exposed the holes. knowing a trump victory would benefit them, the trump campaign on the other side, publicly encouraging the russians to help them and promoting their work when the wikileaks information became available. of course the president isn't mad about the russians. he welcomed their help. when you look at what giuliani said yesterday, it was an invitation for the ru

chuck bell. wmelissa mollet is backh us this morning. she will give us an update on the commu in your first 4 traffic. >> first to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. chuck>> good morning, everyone. yeah, very unsettled weather pattern for us over the next couple of days means the forecast has a high degree of uncertainty to it. just keep that in mind. this weather front iset sitting pr much right on top of us today. it's going to try and lift back to the north as a warm front. so the warmer air down sth is going to do its best to move into the area today. if it doesn't get all the way tl the pennsnia line, it's going to leave a big change. temperatures. fredericksburg, virginia, probably above 80. frederick, maryland, could easily be stuck in the

chuck todd. chuck, former vice president joe biden has all but announced that he's going to be running for president. but there is these allegations a against him he's a little bit too touchy with women, making them feel you know, i think at one point in time democrats or some people would have thought that he woule have been theto go up against trump. is he more of like a liability for the party? >> i think it just becomes -- it is symbolic of this larger iue with him, which is this debate. i think the reason some democrats are wringing their hands about biden is this. successful presidential mpaigns get to talk about the future. the ones reat fail the ones mired in debatesf thepast. the question is does biden get caught up in too many debates about the past? 70s he had some comments that wouldn't look good in today's light. the anita hill, clarence thomas situatiesn't look good in today's light. the crime bill that doesn't look good in today's light.hi that's the . does he get mired in the debates? does it take away from his kbility to -- it is always about the -- i l at the last three successful democratic presidential candidates were n, carter, clin obama. they were out of -- outsiders out of nowhere. the last three unsuccessful democrats, hillary clton, john kerry and al gore. resume heavy democrats. mired in the past. >> from that perspective, can you even say he's the front-runner? some people are giving him that label, but -- >> look, i argue that there is a first tier right now and we have seen the initl first tie you have biden and -- you put them up ahead here and then you have onhe cusp of the first s.er of sort of a beto o'rourke, kamala har i think pete buttigieg now. you're seeing he's popped.'s otten there. i don't just say that because he's my elite guest in 9, 9 1/2 minu minutes. but right now that's your top tier, if youwill, with a whole bunch of other people trying to breakthrough. >> so the president made the trip to the border this week again, threatening to shut it down, sang we can't ta in any more immigrants which is noh america stands for. why does he keep on harboring on this issue? he sees it as a -- for him and the border is a political crutch. look at the last three weeks, thugh the mueller report, looked like it was going well for him, we didn't see thell er report yet. and the health care debacle, we'll have a great plan and no, u're not, okay he pulls from that. whenever he sort of is in a c-de-sac on some other issue, he goes after the border on immigration. it keeps the base fired up. and it -- it unites the republican party. you'll hear with mitt romney, every elected republican now is , notannot be seen public being on the president's side on immigration. here is the risk here for this. i think h believes it is important as 2020. here is the risk. look at the border states and what happened to them in 2018. democrats did it extraordinarily well in arizona, new mexico an texas. you can't tell me that what that is a coincidence because of what is on the border. the risk is he puts more of those areas in >>play. think it is interesting he's saying that we can't take in -- >> that part of >> that's different than -- >> it is funny you say that. the way i asked the question. just doesn't sound like what that american president would me say about ca, the idea that we're full. you could say the asylum process is broken. strong argument for that. but the question is where are we not taking fugees? not taking -- that we have conflated what is o go right now on the border with sort of our larger bief system as a country. >> that seemingly still rallies out the ybase. ou mentioned pete buttigieg who else? >> mitt romney. ete buttigieg. it is an interesting -- once and former presidential candidates.d once future. we know pete buttigieg will be e, you never know about mitt romney. >> thank you for stopping by. 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chuck cruz. there was just something that was bothering you about chuck cruz. >> there was a lot bothering me about chuck office kept investigating chuck, even communicated with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck's behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he's lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? >> i don't know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn't walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or prove that he didn't do it. >> but chuck says he should have been cleared almost right away. so even though the dna didn't match -- >> there was no match but they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn't there. >> while chuck's life had been on hold for a year, kristen was starting to feel like her old self again. in the six months since

chuck some>>> chuck? >> or will the big 12 win the dies or the men's? >> that's texas tech talk, chuckhere's the ten-day forecast. nice and warm around here today and tomorrow. have the umbrella with you today. >> and taking a look the roads, chopper 4 was looking for the problem, inner loop there at bw parkway, looks like perhaps t something o right side of the road. and right now, 66 before 28. again, eastbound here very slow. westbound no problems. >> all right. thanks. > thank you for joining us for "news4 today." next.today" show coming up >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with what, traffic, and local news. have a great day. >> cavs! >>> good morning. >>> good morning, forced out, kirstjen neilsen resigns as homeland security secretary during a white house face-to-face with president trump, two days aft they visit the border together.st ahead, the tension that led to her resignation. what it means to national security, imgriegs and the wall. >>>freedom, overnight, the first images of that california woman safely released after being released on safari. the ransom reportedly paid to

chuck grassley. where is chuck? [applause] pres. trump: thank you, chuck. found him. i'd be in trouble if i didn't. bill cassidy. bill. thank you, bill. senator cassidy. [applause] pres. trump: mike lee. thanks, mike. [applause] pres. trump: senator rob portman. thank you, rob. [applause] pres. trump: cindy hyde-smith. ran a great race. [applause] pres. trump: ran a great race. congratulations. great job. and a friend of mine, roger wicker. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: and a lot of congressmen and women are here. just to introduce a few of them, congressman doug collins. [applause] gottheimer. josh [applause] pres. trump: and tom reed. here andgovernors are some we are going to leave out. [laughter] pres. trump: because i don't like them, but that's ok. kentucky governor -- a man i do like -- matt bevin. [applause] pres. trump: an incredible guy. a friend of mine and all of us for a long time and he's going governorship the one day soon and we are not going to be happy about that at all. phil bryant. [applause] pres. trump: he is a fantastic governor. he built the african-american museum and it is one of t

chuck some> chuck? >>> an area of low pressure to the west promises to bring some strong, potentially severe stms our way during the course of the afternoon. things to know -- rain and thunder today. dry but wind here for tomorrow. sunday, breezy, too. the forecast coming up. >> reporter: we're shining a spotlight on the literacy lab's leading men fellowship program omat places these young men in preschool classro to teach these cuties how to read. we're going to talk to the program manager abond this woful program in d.c. schools coming up next. - well, according to this discipline slip i was allegedly talking during quiet time, again. but there were no witnesses except the teacher's pet. - oh really? - her testimony shouldn't be admissible so i'm here - [monster] oh. - [narrator] fund your kid's potential. - well, i'll see you in law school, kid. (laughs) - [narrator] all the way through grad school. tame the tuition monster at virginia529.com. >>> a wild scene played out on a highway near denver. a semi-truck crashed intoro traffic in of it causing a pileup. 12 cars, three semis involved. debris scattered all over the road. the fire started, as you see. the flames spread to the other cars and wound up being fueled by a load of wood that one of the semis was hauling. the interstate was shut down for several hours. >>> this morning, the insurance institute for highway is calling on automakers to make a change. >> a study showed theou most dangerseat in a car during a crash is the back seat. researchers studied 117 recent crashes where back seat passengers were killed or seriously hurt. safety features that are often installed in the front of the car rarely make it to the back seats. seat belts don't always tighten upon impact. and while there may be side airbags, there's nothing stopping you from hitting the front seat. >> automakers have don an excellent job of improving safety in the front seat. but the rear seat hasn't kept pace. >> the study points out that child car seats are sa back seat in most scenarios. the biggest bit of advice remains the same -- wear a seat belt, back seat too. >>> inside classrooms across the district, there a dynamic group of young men giving preschoolers a head start on reading and writing. >> awesome thing. molette green takes us inside the lity lab in northeast d.c. molette, good morning. >> reporter: we're a thomas elementary school. i want to thank ms. tillman, the teacher, for letting us in the classroom and, of course, the principal for letting us come into your school buirning this mog to talk about the literacy lab and shining a spotlight on these young men. 18 to 24 years old. they work with preschoolers every single day in the classroom, preparing them, helping them tod learn to rea through song and reading books. "three little pigs," or here. she's got "lola going to t library." the director is ivan douglas. he is here to tell us more about how t impacts -- how this impacts the men and the little ones, too. >> that's exciting. the leadership mentor program we hire leading men from across the city, ages 18 to 24. our goal is to put them in preschool classrooms so we can help diversify the teacher pipeline. excited to have young men from across the district today. we have seven schools that we service so far. we hope to expand next year. we're in the middle of the recruiting season through high schools and mentor schools throughout the city. >>eporter: we know how important it is for young men to e in the classroom as teachers and the need for that, too. >> absolutely. they really have an impact on the children. some of the children may not have fathers or father figures, they're serving many roles, not only teaching literacy skills but t showing them the way and showing how a young man can be excellent in many areas in their lives. >> reporter: i love it. then miracle and aerial and zavion areh getting so m out of the program. coming up later in the hour, we'll talk to one of the graduates, if you want to say, of this program about his climb to become a teacherut of all of this. later on in the hour on "news4 today." >> we are looking forward to that. such an important experience for these young people to have. both little kids and the young men helpingthem. >> they'reo ste. i can't handle the preschoolers in their cute little uniforms. thank you so much. >>> 6:18. let's attorney meteorologist chuck bell. it says a weather alert day. what's going on? >> a chance for some strong to severe storms coming during the afternoon today. wimary windows of opportunities for severe weatherl be from noon until :. this outlined area here from the folks at the storm prediction center. those are the people that actually issue t tornado watch watch boxes. they have a marginal risk for severe weather through the ghshenandoah valley throuhe blue ridge. east into the i-95 corridor. d.c. metro area, southn maryland, northern neck. most of the d.c.uburbs under the slight risk. a step two on the ladder going up in severe weather chances. scattered, severe thunderstorms are a real possibility. eai'll show you future wer in a second. cloudy skies overhead, 59 in washington. 61 in front royal. 55 montgomery county. 56 in brandywine, maryland, this morning. the planner for today the,es temperaturill briefly -- for today, temperatures will be briefly above 70 degrees. a mild, warm day for sure. peeks of su

chuck graham, state senator's here. chuck -- stand up, chuck.e ya, and what am i talking about? >> a man who will be the next president of the united states, barack america! [laughter] trish: i'm sorry, that's just too good not to play. anyway, biden's message today, a message of division designed to put conservatives on decent, that's what -- defense, that's what you call dirty politics. calling someone a racist is one of the worst things you could possibly say. so immediately, they're put on defense. so the democrats figure why not go with that tactic. but enough with that rhetoric. i want to talk about results. the president has put in place policies that have generated economic growth, most significantly in minority populations. with hispanics and african-americans now looking at the lowest unemployment rates we've had on record, and women? we're looking at the lowest unemployment rate since 1953. now, i'm not saying racism doesn't exist in this country. it still does. and there's plenty of successes imtoo. -- sexism too. but as a country th

chuck todd cast. don't miss my conversation with chuck on the last time congress tried impeachment. plus, chuck's wherever you get your podcast. we'll be back tomorrow with more "meet the press" daily. good evening to you, ari. >>> thank you. we're covering new developments in the capitol hill showdown. president trump claiming he refuses to comply with subpoenas. democrats say they have a plan to deal with it. and later, bill barr has not told the whole truth about mueller's findings. why that matters going forward and what can be done about it. also, eric swalwell making his first appearance on "the beat" as a presidential candidate. that's later in the show. we have a hot. we begin with the president of the united states announcing his opposition to lawful subpoenas from congress. >> we're fighting all the subpoenas. these aren't impartial people. the democrats are trying to win 2020. the only

attorney general that he knows will protect him. >> chuck todd, host of "the chuck toddcast" and moderator of "meet the press" and "meet the press daily." chuck, i cannot wait to be on your show. >> the best way to describe it, all the fun conversations that you have during the commercial break, that's the podcast. >> i hope it's not the one that i just had with ali and stephanie. >> you may be right about that. that's all velshi's fault. nobody else's. >> chuck, congratulations on the new assignment or just the extra job. >> i like that. assignment. my assignment editors. >> not just an extra job. they're getting their money's worth. joon, thank you for being here and geoff bennett, thank you, as well. >>> homeland security dwuts the unit that prevents domestic terrorism. >>> outside the courtroom where felicity huffman and lori loughlin are answering on that college scheme. ♪ memories. what we deliver by delivering. if your moderate to severeor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio®, the only biologic developed and approved just

chuck norris! it's chuck norris! ( laughter ) and then i hear the cashier go, he's trying to figure it out, i think he's in "hangover 3". no, he didn't say that. i can't believe i got mistaken for chuck. >> i know. >> stephen: do you know any martial arts of any kind? >> do i look like i do. >> stephen: you look just like chuck norris. ( laughter ) >> no, i don't know any of the martial arts. >> stephen: we have something in common, you're from north carolina and i'm from south carolina. people mix up opportunities, oh, yeah, south carolina, i have a friend from charlotte. go to hell. are you a proud tar heel? >> i'm more proud of being from north carolina than you should be from being from south carolina. ( audience reacts ) >> stephen: wow, wow! wow! wow. >> yeah, this is some inner carolina fighting now. >> stephen: they think we're joking. >> we're not. you really have a bias against people from north carolina? >> stephen: no, i only have something against your barbecue. >> those are fighting words. >> stephen: we received a letter from the governor of the state saying come down here and have some barbecue and i'll punch you in the face. ( laughter ) i love everything about north

chuck todd" ... n-b-c news it is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd moderator of "meet the press". chuck, good morning. how are you doing? >> good morning, chris and larry. nice to see you. >> chuck, let's start here. the president renewed the fight for immigration and floated the idea of sending asylum seekers to sanctuary cities. is this practical or political? >> well, i think the way he did it is political. the irony is if we're going to deal with this crisis, refugee crisis at the border, ironically this is actually part of the temporary solution. it's notten like the one in miami. we asked other cities and states to help out as you relocate folks. somalis were relocated to minneapolis, things like that. ironically, it is part of a temporary solution. but it is sort of the way the president went about it made it seem as if it's being weaponized and done in some odd punishment kind of way. if he means it as part of a large solution, i think there will be a bunch of states and governors and mayors willing to help out on this. >> big picture question, which you can. chuck. senate repub

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here and we'll talk to melissa about first 4 traffic. chuck, a little nip in the air this morning. >> yes. a little cooler start this morning butom theaint department remains closed on spring vacation. >> exactly. >> because this weather is honestly very, very pleasant. no more 80s. back-to-ck80s was back on the 7th to 11th in october. won't be that warm today. we've fallen into the mid 40s now for the most of the western suburbse and into shenandoah valley. the i-95ordor is a little bit milder. 50sor in principless county. not a bad wait by the bus stops. outdoor recess. after school play time, nothing to worrytobout y. teer

chucking away eggs, anna. britain * 720 us chucking away eggs, anna. britain *720 million us chucking away eggs, anna.million eggs a year so bit distresses me out, i do not like wasting food. just checked them in the bin, what a waste. we need to start thinking about the way we deal with foodways in the way that we deal with the unsexy aspects of wasting energy. you have to foot the white —— light switch and yet the thing about whether food is good to eat and we need better education. if you want to know if an egg is good to eat, you need to crack it open and smell it. and there are other tests that you can do to find out. that was from margaret on twitter. thanks margaret. you will think the nations eggs. i think we need to start having a conversation about how we have our diets, veganism and things like that and how we use the food we have. best before dates, what doesn't actually mean? and why does it always have to be that writing? it drives me crazy! if you have decent eyes it is not an issue. that's it for the papers. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news

chuck bell. a little cooler start to our wednesday, chuck. >> yes. yesterday in the s.60 this morning down in the 40s especially from the western surbs down to th shenandoah valley. four things to know, there is a bit of a morning chill back typical of april. even with 100% sunshine, the afternoon will be 10 to 15 degrees cooler than it was yesterda our next chance for rain is holding off until friday. 45 in chantilly. 41 in winchester, strasburg. in annapolis. 54 tonight. your planner the f your commute. dry roads in, dry roads home. other thantl a l road glare or sun glare, sun is up at 6:40, down at 7:41. temperatures in the mid 60s across the area. 67, not quite as warm as yesterday. that's a little above average. the roads will be dry for the commutes. >> i like that. anything you can doo make my job easier. 270 nbothbound and soud at middlebrook road. inner loop/outer loop of the beltway, no problems.

very special thanks also to members of congress, we have with us senators chuck grassley where is chuck? [applause] thank you, chuck. glad i found him, i'd be in trouble if i didn't. bill cassidy. bill. thank you, bill. senator cassidy. mike lee. mike, thank you, mike. [applause] rob portman. thank you, rob. cindy hyde smith. ran a great race. ran a a great race. good job. congratulations. great job. and a friend of mine, roger wicker. senator. thank you. and a lot of congress men and women are here. just introduce a few of them. congressman doug collins. thank you. thank you, dough. -- doug. josh gottheimer. thank you, josh. and tom reed. no labels. [applause] a lot of governors are here. some we're going to leave out. [laughter] because i don't like them. but that's ok. i'll get to like them. kentucky governor, man i do ike, matt bevin. an incredible guy, friend of mine and all of us for a long time. he's going to be leaving the governorship one day soon, we're not going to be happy about that at all, phil bryant. fantastic governor. he's a fantastic governor. and he built the african american museum and it's one

chuck's way. how could you not have go-go, selling phones to the community on chuck brown way andot hear the go-go playing. >> on chuckwas pointing at it. chuck brown way. >> we have to move on. we don't have more time for the other comments you were getting. ickly on your way out here your last comment on that. >> one of the organizers said this is not other. many others are saying black businesses and churches feel they're being pushed out due to gentrification and there will be a town hall meeting tomorrow with go-go music. we will have all the details there. >> you got it all in. taylor thomas, good to see. y pat, over to you. >> we are always working for your health. this week, we're focusing on your mental well-being. ahead, the key to stressing less. this may be rightn your phone. >>> plus, a modernel ma scientists unveil the first ever photo of a black hole. this is big news, how much bigger it is than even the sun. >>> back here on planet earth. our average 6 temperature, degrees. we will be cooler tomorrow. monday, temperatures generally runningbove normal. request the it's on! get to the ross spring shoe ev

robert finally ma public this wee year released on thursd out, we dire chuck todd. th chuck, in it exonerate him? >> bas was saved from the fact that every time they wanted to work with some russian entity, tt russian entity didn't come through and where t russians came through, the trumpdi campan dn't work with them on those twt things, tha is the social media campaign. they didn't find evidence to bsove that. onuction portion of it, the president was trying to obstruct and hises aidround him saved him from himself. it is why one headline doesn't sum it up. yes, it is like on a technicality, there are no charges filed. that's probably the bt way to summarize the report. when you get into the things,eln atmospherically, it is going to sit back there in the same wayl that con and the clinton scdal was the background of a gr' gore's campaign. never front and center, but an undercurrent of the campaign. i'll say this, this impeachment, is this interesting dilemma for an elected official. on both sides. if you don't hold the oc you're sending ab pgh thing what does that dosn thi

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chuck bell. >> definitely feels cold outside, chuck. >> yes. yesterday wppwere in the 50s, low 60s. this morning we're in the 40s and 50s for most b a big range of temperatures this morning. west martinsburg, virginia. 62 in quantico, virginia. 60 inannapolis. 58 here in town, but 45 at dulles airport. so a bf range temperatures this morning but noticeably cooler than yesterday for sure. here's the good news. the sun is back. as soon as it gets up this morning, we'll have a mostly sunny day. temperatures 84 two days o. 81 yesterday. today 67 which, by the way, is still two degrees warmer than average. melissa? >> i do like that. i like warmer than average always. always, chuck

year's washington auto show. >> one of news4's biggest auto lovers, chuck bell, has been checking out ahe fun things out there. hi, chuck. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yes, indeed. hee auto show gets started today, goes until 14th of april. a lot of new products. this is josh drenen from toyota. and they got a brand-new toyota supra backeor the first tim in almost 20 years. tell us a little about it. >> the supra is 335 horsepower in-line six rk, 0 to in 4.1 seconds. a beautiful car. >> sure is. you were telling me the first 1,500 will be numbered and sold off. what did you say serial number 0001 sold for? >> thatuctioned off for $2.1 million. >> reporter: the good news is that's the most expensive supra, $2.1 million. d prices are goin from there. these are mostly in the 5,000 $60,000 range? >> the launch will go for $5 000, they'll start under $50,000 and top out at $65,000. >> reporter: what other new products this year? >> lots of goodies. we've got the new 4rav that's been redesigned. that's the hybd version just ross from us. the murai, our fuel cell vehicle. you'll be able to se the 2020 corolla and tacomaa. >

chuck! >> trevor: that's right! let's show chuck what he's missing! everyone else stand up!'s rub uh it in! this guy's got no hands, how about a round of applause! come on! ( laughter ) i feel like these gaffes are what made biden perfect vice president for president obama because obama measured -- every -- word. you could-feel-him-thinking-when-he was-talking -- and biden is, like, i'm thinking -- and the first thing he thought comes out of his mouth. ( applause ) the man has also had major accomplishments. >> biden would enter the race as a foreign policy heavy raight weights. in the senate he chaired the foreign relations committee. >> 26 years ago a then senator biden wrote the violence against women act. >> he was a key player on guns in the '90s with the brady bill and assault weapons ban. >> he endorsed same-sex unions before the president's planned announcement. >> vice president joe biden commonly known as the dealmaker in chief with mitch mcconnell -- >> trevor: joe biden was so good at getting stuff done he even found a way to work with mitch mcconnell and they pr

chuck. >> back to you, chuck. [ applause ] >> seth: finally, this last one is a little different."the bachelor," it was deemed too upsetting for tv and then put straight on to youtube. it's called "the cabbage patchelor." [ light laughter ] in this version of the show ten lucky ladies are invited to an island to compete for the love of one eligible bachelor. except the bachelor in question is a person who has received a massive amount of plastic surgery to make themselves look like a cabbage patch kid. [ laughter ] check out these clips from the season finale of the never seen "the cabbage patchelor." >> ten single women, one single man who looks like a cabbage patch kid. [ light laughter ] but who will win his heart? this is "the cabbage patchelor." >> i've dated a lot of guys, but i guess you could say i'm looking for my prince charming. [ laughter ] >> so, landon, where are you from? >> i was born in babyland general hospital inside a giant cabbage leaf. just after little magic bees sprinkled their pollen over mother cabbage's earth crystals. >> that is so amazing. i love cabba

"mtp daily" with my friend chuck todd starts right now. hi, chuck. >> happy hump day, nicolle.le extra breaking news alert we got from the potus. if it's wednesday, all eyes are on thursday.

chuck graham, state senator is here. chuck, stand up, chuck. let him see him u oh, god love you. i talking about? a man who will be the next president of the united states barack america. >> next population personal india. you cannot go to a 7/11 or a dunkin' donuts unless you have a slight indian accent. you've got the first sort of mainly stream fraternal who is articulate and bright and clean and nice-looking guy. i mean, that's a story book. >> they going to put y'all back in chains. ed: i don't know why america hasn't endorsed him yet. steve: me either. we will have the official video for you in just a minute. in the meantime, the big question is, during the primary season, you've got to distinguishable yourself from all the other close to two dozen other democrats. so, for the most part, that means going way to the left. barack -- [laughter] mr. biden to your point is a centrist that's going to be a problem. fine in the general but harder in the primary. ainsley: he will have to be attractive to the folks on the far left. the progressives, the bernie sanders people. ed: he d

chuck e. cheese is return wall street p a complex structure, chuck e. cheese's speci is merging with a purpose company, making it the first restaurant company to enter the public market in the last four years. and the ceo says the time is right. >> this is the the perfeim for chuck e. cheese to return to the public market. we launched brand new food, we revitalized ourntertainment and our guests have rewarded us with that with great sustained sales gr. >> chuck. cheese is in 47 states. >>> teenagers have money to spend. a new survey shows just how much. according to piperafterr jaffre spend on lululemon, ulta and chick-fil-a. the industry is trying to figure out the shop iping habits of teens. >>> disney's hosting an analyst day lat this week, the company aexpected to offer detailut its new streaming video service to be called disney pl julia boorstin takes a look. >> reporter: disney plus the center of his strategy. the content direct to consumers. now we're hoping to find out key details, incding how much the service will cost. iger said it will be less than netflix, when it will launch. after iger l saide 2019. one thing's for sure, to differentiate from other stseaming ices, we expect iger to focus on disney's unique brandsncluding marvel and star wars. crea

chuck schumer and ron johnson. they -- chuck grassily and ron johnson, calling the shake up at department of homeland security, they are trouble and confused. they are really is not any need for them to be. the president is in charge. and he means to secure that border. congressman matt gaetz our next guest. >> up next, another obama judge rules against president trump on border security from afar. i can't tell you who i am. or what i witnessed, but i can tell you liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no... only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ xfinity watchathon week. television is back! now through april 14, enjoy free access to the best shows and movies from hbo, showtime, epix and more. what! so, you can get more into what you're into. whether it's more laughs, oops. epic escapes, or high-flying thrills, get more into what you're into. just say "watchathon" into your x1 voice remote, or download the xfinity stream app. xfinity watchathon week, free. now through april 14. lou: another judge on 9th circuit dropping trump administration from effective measures to make our country safer, president trump calls it a disgrace. our correspondent william in los angeles with the report. reporter: a setback for administration that trying to handling flood of migrant families and children, three times judges in liberal 9th circuit reject the president's attempt to deters sun surge from central america. to wait in mexico, policy was meant to halt asylum fraud by stopping families from disappearing in u.s. and reduce catch and release. the ruling takes effect friday, allowing an appeal, however 11 migrant plaintiffs in mexico must be brought to the u.s. he said his -- the judge said had his ruling, he does not imply whether it is wise and humane but it violates existing laws that ensure immigrants are not returned to unduly dangerous circumstances, president trump responded, saying a 9th circuit judge ruled that mexico is too dangerous for migrants, so unfair to the u.s., out of control, monday's ruling is a third strike for the president in june a 9 circuit judge ruled against family separation policy, and november, limited asylum seekers to ports of entries, last week, homeland security officials ordered an expansion across entire border, it now must stop. lou: william thank you. >> senator cory booker, the latest presiden presidential ho, exploring reparations for slavery. addressing at a cnn town hall, where else. >> we had overt policy fueled by white supremacy and racism, this has not stopped slavery recob rb reconstruction period. many of best ideas in america that ushered millions of americans to middle class, blacks were systematically excluded. lou: joining us tonight, former chief assistant u.s. attorney in southern district of new york. andy is now national review contributing editor, fox business contributor great american, andy, good to have you with us. first your reaction to idea of reparation that cory booker has brilliantly brought to the fore. >> i think maybe senator booker can borrow money from senator sanders. maybe we have work that out. lou: you have a fantastic idea, there seem to be more folks processed of -- luf -- a hust ar people's money that seems unending. talking about william barr today, i thought he was terrif terrific. making some members of congress look smaller. >> you could tell by the end, almost seemed like a nonevent. because i it of how he handled e questions, he is a smart, savvy guy, and scrupulous. he has been at this roa rodeo be and he knows how to handle it. lou: how to handle it which -- this exchange. she was dumb struck he could formulate within 48 hours a conditioconcise summary of robet mueller's investigative conclusions. if we could roll that. >> i must say, it is extraordinary to evaluate hundreds of pages of evidence legal documents, and finding based on a 22 month long inquiry and make definitive legal conclusions in less than 48 hours. >> the thinking of the special counsel was not a mystery to the people at the department of justice. prior to his submission of the report. >> could he have or kindly reminded the congresswoman, that she should be more constrained when sitting in front of intellectual superiors? >> yeah, and the other thing, as that you play that clip, that is a i heard it a numbe number of , i am tiein trying to imagine whe said if barr had not turned over mueller's conclusions and reported them promptly. of course, the justice department was aware of what special counsel investigation was. in fact congress had rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general in for testimony a number of times. he did not answer a lot of the questions, but they made clear he was aware of what was going on in mul mueller's investigati. >> no doubt in my mind, that when they -- in the report itself, it will be clear in a pretty straight forward way, what their findings were. i think the problem is here for the democrats is they are disappointed in the findings. lou: right. and they are dismay -- their dismay at robert mueller, who was as president pointed out in a couple tweets, he was the great hero, the savior of the radical left in this country. he was without question goin goo find collusion with the russians, and my god what happened after almost two years of the investigation? nothing but as president said from the out set there was nothing to find. that is what left has before it now. they are attacking robert mueller for crying out loud. this is a pathetic display. your thoughts about how we go forward now, with the attorney general saying they will investigate how it began. that sounds like that should have a lot of people who have been forced out of the justice didn't out of the fbi very nervous, and maybe some of those who remain in leadership roles in the justice department, and fbi. >> yeah, i think that big take away on that today, lou, that attorney general himself, said he is looking into what happened here, this is not one of these situations where he seems to be slawfing it identif off on some, said my june, or early as may we'll at least have inspector general's long awaited report on this. that is one thing. you know more disclosure the better, but the fact that attorney general himself, is giving his attention to this is heartening. lou: indeed. and as victoria tensing and joe digenova said there this man, we have a real attorney general, that is what we have now. >> yep. we do, yes. lou: is that your word? >> terrific is a good word to end on. lou: i do. but better are happy birthday, happy barrethappy birthday andy. >> thank you so much lou, i appreciate that. lou: thank you, all best, andy mccarthy. we would like your thoughts, comments, on twitter, lou dobbs and facebook and instagram. >> coming up, american cities hundreds of miles from the border may be home to a lot of illegal immigrant children. and all at the expense of the federal taxpayer. we'll take it up and more, former i.c.e. director tom former i.c.e. director tom holzmann our guest stay with these are difficult times for elderly holocaust survivors. with no food and no heat they get weaker and more die everyday. i want you to see their faces. look into their eyes that are haunted still by the memories of the past. they desperately need our help now. a simple blanket, food and medicine are life-saving during the holiday season. these are people who often have to go for days without food. this woman would die in a matter of days or weeks without our help. cold, sick, weak; the jewish people have suffered so much pain in their lives. please call now and say that you will give a special gift of $25 that will help bring these lifesaving essentials to a holocaust survivor. are we going to hear the cries of the oppressed? or are we going to be silent to them? are we going to feed the hungry? to clothe the naked? and not avert our eyes from our fellow flesh and blood. the fellowship is faced with desperate pleas for food blankets and medicine. for only $25 you can help save a life with the gift of food, a blanket and medicine to a holocaust survivor suffering all alone during this holiday season. i hope and pray you will do so before time is up and it is too late. >> i never said i'm cleaning house, i don't know who came up with that. we have a lot of great people there, we have bad laws, a judge that rule u up cred -- incrediby he does not' people staying in mexico, fantasti figure that ono one can believe the decisions we're getting from the 9th circuit, it's a disgrace. lou: joining us tonight, tom homan, fox business contributor, one of those rumored to be in considering at immigration czar. popularized that way in the press, tom we appreciate you being with us. >> great to be here. lou: president reforming dhs. and making necessary moves among personnel to do so. your thoughts, your reaction? >> i don't think he is clearings deck either. i like the president's come, he is just hit a reset button, he is frustrated that numbers are not changing, he is move people around, there will be fresh ideas coming out of in, kevin mcaleenan, he will come up with fresh ideas. he has a great relationship with the hill. maybe he will get the hill to move a little bit, he can hit the ground running, he knows the border issues. i think that president is rightly frustrated. lou: i heard you almost resisting my construction, reforming dhs, i think was des - dedesperately needed. >> i think that change is good, but i don't think that everyone in dhs, there are a lot of hard working men and women trying to do the right thing. i think that president's moves are good, he is setting reset button. he is frustrated like we're all frustrated. lou: american people are too, they are making it clear, in most recent has -- rasmussen survey they look who the president is doing, he built a historical record of promises kept of promises made. dhs, like you say, a lets offed if people, but the issue is, is the department working, as the president of united states wants it to work, move manage policy direction -- moving in the policy direction he was elected for it to move. >> i think think you will see more changes and action. i think he you will see changes quickly, he sent a clear message, step up or step out. lou: he sent a lot of des messa, miy it delight. he talks straight and to the people in his own twitter accounts. this is what he tweeted today. i9 circ9th circuit district jude just ruled that mexico is too unsafe for migrants. the judge south o is out of hiso say mexico is too dangerous for migrants, but state department will allow americans to travel, mexican people to live there? this is really quite a piece of legal reasoning by this genius in san francisco. >> you know, president proved he is right again, he got in argument with chief just bis 9t--justice about 9th circuit being little bit opoliticize ane said no. this just proves it. -- i told that judge, if you don't let dhs hold family long enough to ga guarantee they seea judge it will result i in a sure of family units, i was called a fear mongerrer, now look at what happened. lou: the border is out of patrol, custom border protection doing all they can, military there, this is a huge, huge problem. your thoughts about what the president -- where we're headed as far as president's judgment on the border and securing it. >> the president has been right on the border sunday one. democratic leadership has not offered one idea, they want as many illegal aliens they can get, they will be added to electoral college and guess who they will help, right? i think this president needs to tell dhs take action, i.c.e. needs to arrest family unit and adult with due process, put them on a plane send them home, i did it 3 years ago, the numbers within down. i think that hsi needs to get to mexico with vetted units and dismans el thdismantle the cart. look, 53 thousand families last month, there are 3,000 family beds, let's build some facilities. lou: we received word that health and human services is preparing other facilities for these detained family units. and unaccompanied children that would require, using, schools that are available to provide necessary beds, your reaction? >> you know, i am glad you mentioned that. congress has not done squat. democrats' this president to fail to border. but they signed a appropriation bill, and they put in this bill i.c.e. cannot touch sponsors. i said then, they opened a flood gate. they will hire -- to smuggle their child. how dare family do family separation, this so congress democratic leadership has put children in hands of criminal cartels. i don't want to hear another word about family separation, what they did was worse. lou: and signature on thatappropriation was congress in control or -- >> house it was the democrats, bill was signed a couple months ago. lou: we have a quick read on 2020. tom homan great to see you. >> thank you. lou: former obama administration official has a new job working for china lou: headlines we're looking at potential 2020 presidential contender, howard schultz said he is not an economist. but said that president should not have the fed chair in his pocket, howard schultz has the ability to insult everyone when we talks. china's telecommunications jiend huawe-- giant huawei hired a ser obama administration cyber official. the name, samir jane working at a lobbyiest. he took part in international morinnegotiations. he is out lobbying for huawei, that is terrific. hardly a great american, join us, congressman matt gaetz, member of house judiciary and armed services committee, let's start with first huawei and hiring up those good old obama officials to work for the same people they were working for when they were working for the united states? >> well, china is function alley attacking our country, they use the laws and some of the people who worked in obama administration to do it. to execute on their ideas to control information and infrastructure and technology. president trump is the first president in american history you know since for quite some time to understand that we have to impose tariffs on chinese technology, stop technology transfers from u.s. companies, and certainly any notion that u.s. government officials are now trying to work essentially for china, to influence policies to execute this anti-american strategy is something we need to be serious about. lou: this is a full on 360 degree fully dimensional assault by chinese againsts u.s. the only thing missing is smell of -- in the air. >> the problem is too much is legal, our laws allow too much of this to happen. they are now working for chinese on their side of the negotiating table, and china can deploy their tech in rural america and put students in our universities and use their opportunities for the ideas to ren ric -- enrich . lou: republicans and democrats over course of last three decades have sold us out to china. it is shameful era in american history. one that this president is correcting. day-by-day. but, difficult work. let me get a reaction from you to 9th circuit court. president made clear his thinking. what he feels about the 9th circuit in their judges, but to block it administration because it is too dangerous in mexico? for asylum seekers? that is -- >> what is just so ludicrous, where do 9 circuit judges think that the ase the asylum seekerse through, they walked through mexico but now u.s. courts think it is too dangerous for them in mexico, they just left. this is a huge problem. lou we're apprehending 3,000 people every single day at the border, they are just the ones that we're watch -- catching, they get in united states, and using our laws as loopholes and the exception is becoming the rule, everyone showing up saying aseasylum, magic words, we cannt accommodate all these people. it is unfair to the american taxpayers who have their own sad stories. lou: even if the -- stories are bright, the fact it i it, it isr border, we should be deciding who enters our country not the government was mexico. >> the other thing that is crazy, people in congress still believe that answer is more judges, i don't want more judges at border, unless we can line them up to form a wall, with 3,000 people a day coming here, you cannot ajudicate your way through these claims what facts do they have? dow tell me a judge with a few minutes with a potential asylum seeker will vet through their experience in el salvador. we need a wall, we have to stop this mass migration of people, otherwise not only will our border be eroded but border in mexico as well. lou: i think with your proposal combined with recommendation of congressman gohmert last night, he wanted to replace catch and release with repel. >> yeah. we let them wander while waiting for asylum hearings and they don't show up, this is a joke, we know it is a joke, they know it a joke. lou: you would have thought an honor system would have worked, instead of borders, and border walls and guards, who knew? not the radical dimms. >> thank you, lou. lou: up next. congressman bobby rush of illinois. well he is living brightly in the past. and exploiting racial divides in his version of the president, responding to jussie smollett's crime hoax. hate crime hoax, he has a decidely well, nasty view of the chicago police department. ed rollins and i take it up next. stay with us, we'll be right back. lou: bobby rush, accusing chicago police department of racism for their handling of the jussie smollett case. >> is a sworn enemy of black people. and all of their -- >> rush, well, he does not recognize enterally what is going in chicago, chicago police department is run by a black man, the city spent 130,000 dollars in police overtime as they investigated alleged hate crime against jussie smollett, also a black man. >> rush is a founding member of the black panthers. joining us ed roll ups, i want to start ronna mcdaniel with us tonight, president's approval numbers are moved up to 53%. he brings this government to heal on his policies. she was clear as she could be, she expects the party to follow the president of united states no more man nonsense. >> absolutely, he is the one setting the agenda. he led charge in the presidential elect and he will again. so, his agenda is the agenda, what other agenda is there? the failure of last two years in the house, not getting the immigration stuff done is what we're paying the price for today, that is absurd. lou: it is absurd. and rinos. right now, making much of their confusion and concern about. i could not believe chuckrassley's comments talking about he has people at dhs he likes be he does not care whether or not they are in control of that border, does not care what they are doing citizenship and immigration services, whether it is you know, immigration customs enforcement. you name it, he just wants them to be left alone by the president of united states for whom they work. >> well, that is not going to happen, president will do what he thinks is right for country, first obligation is secures that border, he made every step to do that but congress will not do its job, he has to do all we can through executive power in agency, he will make that. >> we had andy mccarthy earlier talking about william barr and attorney general he believes he is and will be for the country. >> no doubt in my mind having you know been a prosecutor who made long submissions to federal courting before that when they -- in the report itself it be clear in a pretty straight forward way, what they are -- what their findings

chuck says. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with a look at your forecast. chuck, not a bad day. >> no. if you're complaining about today -- >> no e's mplaining. nobody. >> move the bar down too far. >> just trying to inform pple that it's a little chilly. >> it is a little chilly. it's april. still the first half of ail so that's all right. 45 is an average low temperature date.his and we are at 45 now at dulles airport, 48 in lorton, 46 in prince gorges county. 56 at national irport. 43 gaithersburg. bus stop weather, sun's up just after 6:30 thismorning. plan on about 50 degrees. with the sun up, that will be a pleasant for the buses. temperatures in the low 60s at recess time. outdoor play time after school today, you don't need the video games tnjoy weather like this, get outside and play kickball, stick ball, whatever they play these days. do they still play kickball? fair enough. daily grade for today, a plus unless you're aaron gilchrist, then it's a c minus. >>> i think he'd go with at least like a b plus maybe. fort washington, disabled vehicle in the ri

chuck bell is here with the storm team 4 forecast. melissa i t watchinghe commute for us in first 4 affic. let's start with chuck. what's expected to be -- what do you expect today, what would you advise folks to t wear out door this morning? >> well, i've given you the forecast now --t people home main have just woken up. aaron, tou've had forecast three times already. >> fresh forecast. >> is this atest? >> always a test. it will be a breezy and chilly morning. c reason to

chuck a question? hey, chuck, just on the question that karine just raised, and mueller talks a little bit about this, what do you think went on with mueller and why he ultimately decided not to try to force trump into testifying? do you think that in the end, it was that there was some communication with the trump legal team that he would have taken the fifth and it would have just been a waste of time in the long run? >> i was looking for that, john, in the report, and i didn't see it. that would have been an obvious one, if if trump's lawyers conveyed to mural that trump would take the fifth, mueller would not have asked. we don't ask when we know that a defendant -- or a target is going to invoke. mueller said something different. mueller said that they sort of had what they needed through other sources and that it would take a long time and they were near the end of their investigation. if i do have criticism for the mueller team, and i don't think it's a perfect report, i just think it's a very good one, it's that they didn't push this particular issue, because in order to gauge intent, in order to know if someone had sincerely-held beliefs, you want to talk to that person. and that may be something that is missing here. >> karine? >> really quickly, and chuck, i don't know what you think about this, but there's been sort of a conversation of, was robert mueller forced to end sooner than he needed to? and what do you think about that? >> yeah, i find that hard to believe. i think they would have raised holy heck and that we would have heard about it in one form or another or it would have been in the report. in other words, you would have to think that mueller was being disingenuous when he said that it would have prolonged the investigation, without explaining that he was told to cut it short. so i take it at face value. again, that's not to say that others on his team might have been pushing hard for that interview. if i were on his team, i would have been pushing hard for that interview, but that's how you gauge intent. but i'll take mueller at his word on that one. >> what we did hear from the president, of course, were these written answers, which we all poured through today, and it was striking how much they were just dotted with, "i

chucking. what is the exact defence that chucking this will be? it is criminal damage.'t mess on this demo is all the press. there are camera crews absolutely everywhere. journalists everywhere, that is exactly what extinction rebellion want. they want the press covering them, talking about them, people finding out that they exist. i don't want to be standing here six months pregnant and breaking the law, i don't want to spend my weekend in a police cell and i don't wa nt to weekend in a police cell and i don't want to give more work to our overstretched and undervalued police force. but i don't feel like i have any other options. one of the rumours going around the crowd now is that the police might not arrest people, which would be very much not the plan. we didn't get arrested. the whole point is to get arrested. to that man's displeasure, they were in fact no interests at this demo. the police don't always give extinction rebellion what they want. i'm an associate fellow at chatham house, i was also previously an international climate change lecturer. have you been

chuck tyler. chuck is a decorated u.s. army combat veteran and a veteran campaign professional from charlottesville, virginia. and a proud member of moveon. since his honorable discharge in 2003, he has worked on candidate campaigns across the country, from president obama in 2008 in , andto health care voters today he lives in florida because he has this terrible habit of going to places where things are happening, and it is happening in florida, and we are so happy he is here with us today. check it away -- taken away. -- take it away. [applause] >> hi, thanks so much for being here, senator. who werelot of buddies deployed overseas to protect the democratic processes in other countries, however here at home we have corporations like hobby lobby who incidentally have completely undermined the tolity for millions of women have access to safe and affordable contraception. that areons like fueling a really extreme right wing agenda that is devastating to black and brown communities and low income communities. i appreciate the fact that you have rejected corporate pack that, however we also know it has been individual donations from wall street and silicon valley that have fueled some of your campaigns. financedor, publicly systems work to bring us back to the democratic process of one thatn, one vote, something we as americans believe in and have fought for. my question for you, senator, is if you are elected president, can we count on you to create a small donor, public financing system on the federal level for every federal election, and if so, why? >> thank you. thank you, chuckat question. [applause] let me start by saying thank you -- i'm grateful for your service, as is everyone. i have three brothers who are veterans. the notion that we have people who have served, who come back and serve again by supporting our democracy and fighting for our democracy, i think that's one of the best things we have going in america. i am glad you asked about money in politics. me ispart of this for about how money influences what's going on in washington. we talk about campaign finance reform and we should. campaign finance reform is important. but understand, money seeps through this town a lot more than just and campaigns. .t is here all the way it is here with the lobbyists, here with the lawyers. there's is not a decision that gets made in this town on capitol hill that there is not somebody in the room watching out for the wealthy and the well-connected. my view on this is we have to fight act against this on all fronts. but a good place to start right is in the demo

chuck todd starts right now. hi, chuck. >> happy hump day, nicolle. quite a little extra breaking news alert we got from the potus. if it's wednesday, all eyes are on thursday. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "meet the press daily." buckle up. here comes the mueller report, we think. moments ago the justice department announced that bill barr will hold a press conference at 9:30 tomorrow morning on the release of the special counsel's report. separately, the president just said he might hold a press conference too. we actually heard about this first, i believe, from the president. as washington braces for this historic report, there are major concerns that mueller's findings have already been, in a word, corrupted and it's hard to see how more barr and more trump for the next 24 hours are somehow going to help things on that score. the president's attacks on the investigation have corrupted his supporters' trust of mueller. and the attorney general's actions these past few weeks have corrupted a lot of other people's trust in the public version of mueller's report that barr will be charged with releasing. barr is essentially the gate keeper of what we're