if chuck todd for example.an chuck todd host "meet the press" without at least issuing a statement saying i agree with andy lack's lies or a distance myself? and how can we believe what he says if he is standing by this nonsense? >> andy lack is his boss, let's not forget mr. oppenheim, his name is on these memos too and he is all in on the same story. at that we did not have anybody going on the record. >> tucker: running around ae lot of the executives are running around nbc tonight telling their employees to shut up. and that itself, i don't want to use the term "cover-up," but is that the behavior of a transparent integrity filled news organization? >> no, it is not. you mentioned megyn kelly showing up this morning and say we have three or four people on the side of the occasion, one other woman who is named in the story. rose gallant. mcgowan, and saying this is what happen, ronan farrow has a said that the story even made it all the way up to the general counsel of the network and andy lack, noah oppenhe

let's look at chuck todd. in the podesta emails that were leaked by wikileaks, we found that he had been inviting people to a party that chuck todd was having in his home for jennifer palmieri, a major aid for hillary clinton. and in their private lives how they all network together. but he is arguing going 24/7 against the president of the united states is not enough. now they want to go 24/7 against fox news. that's what he is advocating for. in the midst of wondering why no one trusts the legacy media. it's because they're on trustworthy. a gallup poll chuck tracks the trustworthiness that media in 1996, the trustworthy index went up for a number of years. but you can see when major events have occurred, that when the american trust mechanism, the quotient for the media starts to go down on major events, like after september 11, and other dynamics. so you can just see, they can fight back. chuck todd says in this piece he can fight back. if you would do his job instead of creating these campaigns against pe

this morning moderator chuck todd will take a deep dive into that question. you can watch it right here ginning at 10:30. >> as the senate judiciary committee investigates claim b ma dr. ford, they're trying to clean up another issue. nbc news first broke this story. a press adviser helping the gop senate judiciary committee resigned amid allegations of his own sexual misconduct. garrett ventry hadeen servi as communications aid to the committee. he was brought on to help with the dr. ford investigation. ventry denied any past allegation of misconduct. >>> a group of catholic mothers are demandegular form within the catholic church and they say that starts with getting rid of cardinal donald wuerl. >> clean god's use. >> yesterday they chanted clean god's house. the group consisted of mothers whose children attend catholic schools in d.c. their protests center around the ongoing church sex abuse scdal, particularly with cardl.al wu they say he covered up abuse by priests during his time as bishop in pittsburgh. wuerl denies the allegation. >> we want clean le

virginia senate seat, and we're fortunate enough to have with us the moderator of tonight'sdebate, chuck todd, chuck, a lot to unpack here. he seemed like he wasn his almost this afternoon. >> no, he had not done this in a while. he loves it. his staff doesn't like him these things cause, while 80% goes fine, it's the 20% when he makes unintentional ns orays certain things they were not ready for to be public, but this is what he loves to do. he loves to command a press conference because no press conference is easy f politician because you deflect questions you don't like, and yet at the same time look good. that's what he does well. he made a few pieces of news. rosenstien's jobs safe. he clearly -- the biggest part of the press conference and the redon why he wan to do this, is because he thinks kavanaugh is doing a poor job of defending brett kavanaugh. >> did he help or hurt him? >> ithe eyes of beholder on that one. i think he polarized the situation a little bit. he got -- he probabl got his base more fired up about defending brett kavanaugh which has been an issue. there's not beenxce

chuck todd will moderate the debate. lli' be taking questions with julie kerry. >>> this morning congratulations are in order for a dale cy firefighter. >> remember yesterday we were talking about captain eddie dumeyer takgin that rescipe, he grabbed the grand prize. winning name. he toldon us bas the key, and he was right. the $10,000 is being used for the fire station's cancer program where they take santa around on the fire truck to visit terminally ill kids in the community. congratulations to the dale city volunteer fire house. i mean, not only t arey saving people's lives. >> making good chili. >> helping the kids. >>> millennials are growing up and getting married. >> they are changing the weddift game. coming up, the two things popping up on registries and why. > also, talk about a nightmare scenario. her car exploded. what may have caused the trouble. >>> who doesn't want to protect their home? we're showing you the things we can do. eena? >> good morning. it's hump day. time to start planningut your weekend. sa

lou: chuck todd says it's time for the press to start fight back against what he calms a caa campaign. some fox hosts are exploiting the fears, as he puts it, of older white people. he says it's time for the press to fight back. my concern is around the likes of todd who told us not to miss work on friday because he said he had a strong suspicions that the mueller witch hunt would be delivering a bombshell last friday. i had so much faith in chuck todd's political analysis, i want you to know, i took friday off >>> the nfl sounding off on nike's new ad campaign featuring colin kaepernick. in a statement they say this. the social justice issues that kocollin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action. hards hitting stuff from the nfl. could any of us possibly be disappointed. this comes after the nfl and nike agreed to a ten-year extension of a deal to supply team uniforms. their original five-year deal was reportedly worth a billion. this is a big one. and on the smu the nf issue thed nfl seem unified. it's the only thing that seems clear about the re

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coming up, chuck todd is upset with the president, too. president calling out the national left wing media for the fake news. but he says the press needs to stop complaining. we'll have his solution -i've seen lots of homes helping new customers bundle and save big, but now it's time to find my dream abode. -right away, i could tell his priorities were a little unorthodox. -keep going. stop. a little bit down. stop. back up again. is this adequate sunlight for a komodo dragon? -yeah. -sure, i want that discount on car insurance just for owning a home, but i'm not compromising. -you're taking a shower? -water pressure's crucial, scott! it's like they say -- location, location, koi pond. -they don't say that. >> lou: "meet the press" host chuck todd says it's time for the press to start fighting back against what he calls a campaign of dellification. in an op-ed for the atlanta he states rush limbaugh, fox hosts are exploiting the fears as he puts it of older white people. well, he says it's time for the press to fight back. my concern is ce

i want to bring in our political director, moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. for folks watching at , no matter where you stand, should all americans be shaken by this? >> look, i think so. the portrait that's being painted is a president that is not fit to run the country. that's what this senior administration official is saying. let me emphasis a couple things. i think it mattersseow or this person is. i think it matters that they needo answer why they chose to do it now. did something happen ce ly that makes them think they need too this now? is this timed on purpose with the woodward back to say hey, i'm just here to confirm everything you're hring about the woodward book? i think a lot of things need to be known about the person but yes,ester, i think we should rattled that some unelected folks feel they have to run the country. if tt's what happening, i think congress at a minimum needs to get some answers as to why that happened. ot>> there will be a of repercussions. chuck todd, thanks. >>> in the meantime tonight, fireworks and frustration from democr

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chuck todd is the nbc news politicand director moderator of "meet the press."it start the ongoing o confirmati brett kavanaugh. will we hear from his accuser christine blasey ford next week? what do you think? >> look. it is my understanding there's a newin dea senate republicans given dr. ford's attorneys to agree tois th which is 10:00 p.m. tonight. the latest offer from senate republicans she asked for thursday. they have come back with a wednesdayhearing. she asked for subpoenaing other potentia witnesses including somebody that she says was at -- was involved with this incident. that is something that senate republicans have said no to. she wanted to have judge kavanaugh speak first. they said no to that. it does seem as if they're close. okay? and the questio now is, is somehow wednesday to thursday a dealbreaker? i could tell you this, thoug i know why senate republicans are nervous. they feel like every day it slips is another day that o opposition judge kavanaugh hardens. we have seen it in our poll. every d he doesn't get a chance to tell his side of

coming up, chuck todd is upset with the president, too. out the national left wing media for the fake news. but he says the press needs to stop complaining. stop complaining. we'll have his solution i joined the army after 911, cuz, um, i thought that was what i needed to do. we got our orders to go overseas and i went to baghdad, iraq. we were transporting a bomb sniffing dog to the polling stations. we rolled over two anti-tank mines, it blew my humvee up, killed my sergeant. after the explosion, i suffered a closed head injury, um, traumatic brain injury, loss of a limb, burns to 60% of my body. when the doctors told me i reached my plateau, i did not want to hear that because i do not believe i have a plateau. so, i had to prove 'em wrong, which i am doing to this day and i will still do until the end of my days. i've gotten to where i am at because of my family. and, the wounded warrior project has helped me more than i can ever imagine. they have really been there to support me in my endeavors. my number one goal, basically, is to ge

chuck todd says yes. >> let's say he gets in. does he want have have an asterisk or always have a cloud over his head? i think if you're judge kavanaugh here, the best way out of this is to say please, fbi, investigate. >> now chuck todd went on the say if kavanaugh called for the fbi investigation, it will show he has nothing to hide. you can watch chuck on "meet the press" this sunday at 8:00 right here on nbc bay area. >>> we're tracking breaking news in the east bay. all lanes of 980 in oakland are now open. this after a shooting on the freeway earlier tonight. around 7:30 this evening, someone opened fire on a car driving on 980 just west of 580. the driver was the only person in that car. he was hurt by broken glass, an local hospital. the chp believes bullets only hit that one car, but they did shut down some of the lanes for twist in the millennium tower saga. our investigative unit has uncovered a key ruling. a judge has decide who could be on the hawk for hundreds of millions of dollars in claims over faulty constructio

we'll see what happens. >> chuck todd, we'll seyou sunday. thank you. >>> the other major drama in washington is thhe back and forth ovetestimony of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's accuser. president trump stepping firmly outside what was a carefully worded republican set of talking points and for e the first turing doubt on her claim kavanaugh sexual assaulted her, questioning why she didn't report it back then. our peter alexander has the latest. >> reporter: preside trump for the first time directly challenging christine blasey ford's allegation that sh was sexual assaulted by brett kavanaugh when they were both in high school. the president tweeting i have no dot if the attack odr. ford was b as as she says, charges would have be immediately filed with local law enforcement authorities by her or her loving parents. i ask that she brg those filings forward so we can learn date, time and place. adding why didn't someone call the fbi 36 years ago? the president's efforts to under cut ford's credibility five days after relative restra

coming up, chuck todd is upset with the president, too.ional left wing media for the fake news. but he says the press needs to stop complaining. we'll have his solution for you here next. stay tuned. it's worth the wait. believe me. think you should be rushed into booking one. that's why we created expedia's add-on advantage. now after booking your flight, you unlock discounts on select hotels right until the day you leave. ♪ add-on advantage. discounted hotel rates when you add on to your trip. only when you book with expedia. too hot to work? nah. this is the gator xuv835. with game-changing heat and air, it's never too anything for anything. on the go and want to rent a movie? showtime. or buy the hottest shows. even here? we've got you covered. now they are all yours. to take on the go. on any screen. bingo! alright! and watch whatever you buy. wherever you are. head to xfinity.com/stream to start watching. simple to rent, easy to buy, awesome to go. >> lou: "meet the press" host chuck todd says it's time for the press to start fightin

thanks very much. >>> chuck todd is the nbc erpolitical director and mor of "meet the press." mccain will be laid to polis, maryland. this is a guy you have interviewed many times, a guy you have covered many years, you have been around him, gotten to know him. what is the country losing with the death of john mccain around what aremerican politics losing with john mccain? >> i think what they have lost with him is the most vocal defender of american institutions. the most vocal defender of sort of the republic as it stands. and i know that sounds a little clichist, but it was.in i'm not s there are not other defenders of the robust name, his voice, his political capital on the line at times to do it. far too often, willie, we see politicians acquire political capital and ne at -- when it can help them win an election. they don't necessarily use it to save an institution oo maybe speak out against their party. and here's a guy that was willing to do that. willing to build a brie to the other side. he was a hard partisan when he- believedhen that was the principle. but he also

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the face is chuck todd.ckers fandom to our sports reporter. >> when did you become a packers fan? >> everybody asks that, i grew up in miami and not in usconsin. my dad grewin iowa. he was a packers fan in the '50s. as he said you had to pick packers or bears and y he said always rooted against chicago, they were the big city boys so green bay was like his little town called waterloo. and i washe fan they stunk. the first book, the first chapter book i rd as a kid was jerry cramer's instant replay s i'm indoctrinated and brainwashed and my 11-year-old son, the first chapter book he read, jerry cramer's instant replay. >> there you have it. >>> chuck also talked about son-in-law key points the redskins could take advanta of en they take the field today. >> you can see more of chuck's sit down after "meet the press" on the redskins pre-game show and chuck is going to sit with us again in the 10:00 hour to prevw this morning's edition of "meet the press." she does that show. >> just a little bit going on. never

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"mtp daily" with chuck todd starts now. >>> if it's monday, it's the unofficial end of summer, which means the official start of the midterm season. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to a special labor day edition of "mtp daily." you're already been to the picnics and now you're home watching this. welcome to a day that all but starts the final run to the midterms. no matter what happens these midterms of going to make history because they aren't your ordinary midterms. this is the age of trump. forget the adage that all politics is local, right now all politics is national. typically midterms are referendums on the sitting president, and, well, that is more true than ever this election year. heck, we just saw the governor's race in florida last week get winnowed down to a person that was a trump clone versus a democrat who was an impeachment progressive. it has nothing to do with whether president trump has to stay in office or not, but welcome to 2018. these midterm elections are happening at a moment when the president is facing tremendous legal pressure

. >> interestingly, chuck todd, he is going to join us later in the show. he is wondering, is brett kavanaugh going to last the next six days and will we get to the hearing on monday? there are once in a generation moments for a president, as anita knows well. donald trump has had a half dozen in the less than two years. this special counsel investigation. a hurricane killing thousands of people, either directly or indirectly. cabinet ethics scandal. a military raid gone wrong. a tell-all book that's embarrassing for the white house. >> multiple books that are embarrassing for the white house. the issues they have to deal with and this could hurt the republican party as a whole. one thing that evangelical christians and people taken aback by president trump's behavior and rhetoric, at least we can get a supreme court nominee. if they get derailed because of sexual allegations and the president is facing his own allegations, this is going to be bad. as a result, i have heard from my sources, they want the president measured, not to go on twitter rants, not t

chuck todd, good morning, good to see you.ator mccain will be laid to rest in a few hours in annapolis, maryland. let's talk big picture. you have interviewed him many times. you have gotten around him. what is the country losing with the death of john mccain and what are american politics losing with john mccain? >> what they have lost with him is the most vocal defender of american institutions, the defender of the republic as it stands. that sounds cliche, but it is. he was the loudest -- i'm not saying there aren't other defenders of robust institutions, but john mccain was willing to put his name, his voice, his political capital on the line at times to do it. you know, far too often, willie, we see politicians acquire political capital and never use it or only use it when it can help them win an election. they don't necessarily use it to save an institution or maybe speak out against their party. here is a guy that was willing to do that, willing to build a bridge to the other side. he was a hard partisan when that was t

chuck todd -- chuck todd, dammit, you have been leading -- >> and here it is! >> and lo and behold, here are people in his own administration who are following that lead. i mean, and in the case of the person in his administration, he's right. >> he calls it the deep state. and this op-ed -- >> referred to it! admitted it -- well, we're not deep state, we're steady state. >> we're steady state. >> well, by the way, that's in the eye of the beholder. you have now -- you have now confirmed the worst suspicion that the president has been putting out there. >> right. >> it's been interesting that the list of people who said, i didn't do it, i didn't do it, i didn't do it, which has made, and i think we have a scroll of it, but it has made the following fast -- here's the scroll. and i'll show you here in a minute. it's probably a list you have to be on. because you know, this president keeps score. but what this has done, with all of these denials is keep the following in mind. there was a front page story in the june 1974 "wall street journal" about who is deep th

but chuck todd promising big stuff. it undermines your credibility.resident an unindicted co-conspirator based on the outstanding word of michael i coulden. >> he's drinking the partisan kool-aid and he said republicans should be pursuing impeachment proceedings against president trump it's silly. david: another nbc story is ronan farrow and a producer who left nbc, it was the top brass trying to kill the harvey weinstein story. ronan farrow had to leave nbc to report on it and presented it to the "new yorker" magazine. >> the #metoo story is one of the biggest pieces of journalism done this year. any journalist would be proud to go after a villain like harvey weinstein. but nbc tried to kill this thing so many so that ronan farrow had to leave the network and go to the "new yorker" to publish it. they were stopping them from doing interviews. they weren't even allowed to do the interview with the sources they were looking to pursue. nbc reported to have threatened ronan that he wasn't able to take his reporting with him when he left nbc. this is bad

chuck todd joins us next to break it down and see what it could mean for the russia investigation. plus, cardinal wuerl breaks his silence after asking the pope to accept his resignation. >> reporter: this is as song a band as we've seen. >> reporter: thira started ining about 3:00 yesterday afternoon and it hasstopped since. here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. i'm neal simon. i'm the son of an immigrant and a family man. daughter: hed dad. neal: anw i'm running for the u.s. senate, unaffiliated with any party, because they're playing partisan games and getting nothing done, and it'sling america. i've created high-paying jobs right here in maryland by listening, bringing people together, and finding common ground, and i'll do the same thing as your senator. they say a boutsider can't do it,.

"meet the press" host chuck todd moderates the hour-long debate. [applause] >> good evening. i'm chuck todd welcome to the virginia senatorial debate between democratic incumbent senator tim kaine and the republicans nominate the chairman of the prince william county board of supervisors corey stewart made possible by the chamber of commerce george mason university and the northern technology. nationally on c-span and streaming live on nbc washington.com. we begin by quickly covering the rules of today's events and the debate last one hour. our panelists myself will pose questions directed to the candidates these questions are determined by nbc news and have not been reviewed by the candidates or any of the debating partners weren't all then this. each candidate will have one minute to respond in a candidate answering first will have an additional 30-second rebuttal. as moderator reserves the right to follow up it will conclude the debate with 60 seconds of - trying to cover as much ground as possible keep to the time limits. let me welcome our panelists. he spent 20 years co

chuck todd iso going moderate the debate. we'll have questions from news 's aaron gilchrist and julie carrie. >>> there was a second statement in response to a new york times report that rosenstein suggested invoking the 25 th amendment to remove the president from office. he says, quote, i never pursued or authorized recording the president and any suggestion that i havever advocated for the removal of the president is absolutely false, end quote. sourcesell nbcews there is disagreement abouthether rosenstein's comments about wearing a wire were sarcastic or seriou a justice department official not raisestein d the issue of trying to invoke the 25th amount. no comment from the white.ouse on th >>> a pennsylvania man accused of threatening to shoot president trump is now in custody. you can see u.s. marshals leading the man out of the that's in ohio. they found him in aavine yesterday. he was wanted since june after he threatened to shoot the president and a district attorney. he has multiple warrants for burglary an probraga

i think chuck todd was right.here was a lot of posturing today and the democrats were trying to get out the base. they're going to lose this. if they can get out the base, it won't be for naught. >> it's a hail mary to get confirmation. thank you, larry. >>> arizona's governor revealed who will take over the senate seat of the late john mccain. that will be jon kyl who is a former senator who was hired after three terms. he's 76 years old, agreed to serve through the end of the current senate term. he says he will not run for the seat when it opens in 2020. john mccain's family says they support kyl's appointment. >>> the book schbt even on store shelves, but the white house pushing -- they reported on the watte president's men. this reveals details about president trump's inner circle and it describes a white house in disarray. >> the book is full of scenes, vivid scenes about top advisers to presi papers off of his desk, trade agreements, to try to keep the president away from making decisions they find alarming

this morning on "meet the press," chuck todd will take a deep dive into that question. you can watch it right here after news 4 today beginning at 10:30. as the gop senate judiciary committee investigates claims made by dr. ford, they're trying to clean up yet another issue. n nbs broke this story. mipress adviser helping the senate judiciary cee resigned amid allegations of his own zwsexual misconduct. garrett ventrht was bron to help with the dr. ford investigation. ventry denied any past allegation of misconduct. >>> a group of catholic mothers arermemanding re within the catholic church and they say that starts withetting rid of cardinal donald wuerl. >> clean god's house. clean god's house. >> yesterday they chanted "clean god's house" while wearingth cleaning c and holding brooms outside of the vatican embassy in northwest. the group consisted of mothers whose children attendatholic schools in d.c. their protest centered around thhu ongoingrch sex abuse scandal, particularly with cardinal wuerl. they say he covered up abuse by priestsing his time asn bishop i pitt

rod rosenst chuck todd will join us at 6:00 p.m. to sort it out for us. >>> negotiations continue right now on the terms of a senate hearing for christine blasey ford, she is accusing nominee brett kavangh of sex assault more than 30 years ago. ford's lawyer issued terms for the testimony. she wants kavanaugh to testify t. she doesn't want him in the room with her and wants senators and not an outside question her. the republicans issued a counter offer agreeing to kee them out of the same room but they denied the other two requts. president trump also challenged ford in his most forceful tweet toiny s that if the attack as bad as she says charges would have been filed by her parents. meanwhile, senate majority leader mcconnell seemed unfazed today predicting kavanaugh would be iconfirmed. the very near future judge nikavanaugh will be on thed states supreme court. >> republicans did agree to limit press cameras for ford and they would like the hearing to be held on wednesday. still waiting the hear a response from ford's lawyer. >>

chuck todd says yes. >> let's say he gets in, does he want to always have a cloud over his head. if you're judge kavanaugh here, the best way out of this is to say, please, fbi investigate. >> chuck todd says if kavanaugh calls for the fbi investigation it will show he has nothing to hide. you can watch check on me"meet e press" tomorrow right here at 8:00 p.m. >>> the man accused of being the nor cal rapist is scheduled to be in court on monday. police say waller was breaking into homes and terrorizing women for more than 15 years. they say he attacked at least ten women in six northern california counties. he was arrested thursday as he arrived at his job at uc berkeley. >> the suspect is married and has had the same job for the last 25 years. >> all those victims, huge relief, i'm sure that if he is the man that's done it, he's no longer on the streets. >> uc berkeley officials releasing a statement confirming his employment at berkeley's office of environmental health. they say campus police will review any open sexual assault cases on campus to see if he could be connected i

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. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and the moderator of "meet the press." chuck, good morning. good to see you as always. president obama out there with a speech in illinois, he's in california, he'll be in ohio. he'll be doing fundraisers in places like pennsylvania. he's of course the biggest star in the party. can it help capitalize in all of this democratic enthusiasm. can president trump saying that he fell asleep watching president obama's first speech, is he happy to have this foil back in the arena? >> reporter: knowing president trump, i think the answer is yes. i think he's been searching for a foil. hillary clinton was his foil in 2016. usually it's maxine waters, nancy pelosi, some combination of that. mueller was his best foil he's been able to come up with. perhaps. i think you've seen, look, president obama inspires a passionate response even among skeptical trump supporters on the right and so i think that there is some concern among some democrats that the more nationalized this gets, if it becomes obama versus trump, that people get into th

there's a lot of questions to be asked inside that judiciary committee on how that was handled. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look at it on "meet the press." chuck will be joined by democratic congressman adam schiff. paul manafort now cooperating. >>> some other headlines to get to this morning including a horrific attack off of cape cod after a boogie border was killed by a shark. the 26-year-old was 30 yards off shore when he was attacked. bystanders and medics desperately tried to save him but ultimately he was hurt too bad. this was the first shark attack since the 1930s. the beach was closed again. >> a u.s. customs border patrol agent is in custody expected of being a serial killer. they arrested juan david ortiz. a woman escaped and ran to police. they believe he's probably responsible of the murder of four women within the past two weeks. at this time police say it's not clear if ortiz was on duty at the time of the killings. >>> some good news this morning for people who live in several boston suburbs who were forced out of their houses several days ago. they have just s

chuck todd is nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press" as everyone knows. uck, we know you werehi wa. give us the top takeaways from the kavanaugh hearing. >> today was more of a sers of eechg and the action was at the beginning where democrats wanted to make a point, but it's very interesting here and it will really be in the eye of the beholder. democrats are upset about thes procf how this hearing has come about. there's not enough papers and were elt as if the jammed, especially last night. another 40,000 papers released at the last minute. can you read all those in time to be prepared to ask actual questions, which by the way the questions don't beginun l tomorrow. today has been six hours of and so i think the question is were democrats doing that as show for their base? was it about the mid terms, or were they serious about trying to gum up the works here? and i think a lot ooo people at what the democrats did today and it looked like it was more -- something that was orchestrated for people's own personal political issues, running for 2020 or throwin

a debate will be moderated byew nbc political director chuck todd with questions from news 4'saron gilchrist and julie carrie. you can download the app and owatch a live stream that deba. >> all right. storm team 4 meteorologist camelia draper joining us. it seems like we blinkednd the daysothorter. i wake up in the morning. it's dark when it used to be sunny, and this is going by fast. >>know, you have a point there because we're losing about two minutes and 30 seconds of e dayligh day now. tomorrow the first full day of fall, and it is going to feel so much like the season. not only is it going to be cool out there tomorrow, but rain at well. as a pretty rainy sunday out there. take a look at your second weather headline. more rain in the forecast to start the workweek. why wouldaturrn change now? we've been dealing with so much rain this summer, and that looks to continue until the beginning of our fall season. by tuesday we could see one to three inches of rain across the area, and that could lead to flooding issues. we're going to be on the lookout for that. most of us are dry right now

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at 6:00 tonight, i had a chance to quest chuck todd about president trump's comments on kavaugh. chuck explained what his big takeaway was. >> he thinks -- >> did h help brett kavanaugh today or hurt him? >> i think 's going toe in the eye of the beholder on that one. i think he t polariz situation a little bit. >> and georgetown prep, which is located in north bethesda, where brett kavanaugh school, it released a statement today, defending itself over the recent media reports, saying in part, "the temptations and the failings presented in these ories are not unique to georgetown prep. the problems a abuses of alcohol and drugs, sexual assault and dumisc, emotional and physical violence towards others areal but it is demon stra bly false that such behavior or culture is tolerated, still l encouraged, at georgetown prep. in fact, our curriculum is designed to guide students away from these ma little that influences." >> you can watch tomorrow morning's hearing right here on nbc 4. we'll have an nbc news special report, that hearing is expected to begin at 9:30. >>> well, the kavana

. >>> earlier today n news political director chuck todd joined us on the set at news 46:00, i we talked abouten prestrump lashing out at google and lester holt. >> this is what he does, somebody else is coming at him,h blame a sea engine, nbc for putting words in his mouth. i'm stil how lester holt manipulated him to -- >> a ventriloquist. >> right, so bad news that's coming at h don't pay no attention to that bad news, look over there. this felt like a look over there week. >> chuck's going to tacklehose topics and more on "meet the press"in sunday moat 10:30 here on news 4 right after news 4 today. >> well, it was a star-studded home going in detroit for the queen of family, friends, former president clinton all among the speakers today at the funeral forretha franklin, and the highlight of course the music. ♪ >> she was first detroit's, then america, then the wor emphasis. >> people would always ask me what does it feel like to be aretha franklin's granddaughter. and i would always sclg my shoulders andgo, i don't know, it's just my >> we don't all agree on everything but we all agre

the debate will be moderated by chuck todd with questions from julie rry and me. watch it at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow on nbc 4 or stream it live in the nb washingtonapp. >> your time is 4:49. major changes at the montgomery county jail in order to reduce the risk of inmate suicide. they already swapped out bed sheets for softer blankets. they're reviewing suicide prevention policies. over the summer two high profile inmates hanged emselves. he was found dead the day he was set to go on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend. >> police are picking jurors carefully for the case in the house fires. they investigated the scene ere the family's porch was set on fire the day after they were killed. there was a foot path tha backed up to an apartment complex. the members of the suspect's family once livedt that apartment complex. on the stand today will be an evidence technician with the d.c. police department. >> good morning, here at the live desk with breaking news. investigators are searching for a 6-year-old boy in north carolina and we know the fbi joined this sea