comstock: thank you. this has been an incredible crisis that we have seen everybody many our nation -- in our nation impacted by. there's nobody that doesn't have a family member hit by addiction of some sort. when i first was elected, i got together with sheriff chapman, and is we worked together on his heroin operations team which was a comprehensive, 360-degree approach. we know we need education, prevention. we know addiction is a disease. i -- we have worked with those who are the faces of recovery. you know, people like nick who has been a wonderful leader here in this community. i know a lot of him know him. thank you -- oh, nick is here. [applause] he talks about this is about sick people getting well, not bad people. and i think we've had a real sea change on how we approach addiction. that $4 billion that i talkedded about? that has been a result of extensive bipartisan work together to make sure we are going to have that lox zone available which the sheriff has been great on in lowden so that w

comstock: mr. speaker, i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the science committee, mr. smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i thank the gentlewoman from virginia, the chairwoman of the subcommittee -- research and technology subcommittee, for yielding me time to speak on her legislation. the bill, h.r. 6229, the national institute of standards and technology re-authorization act of 2008, is an important bill that has been worked on both by chairwoman comstock and the gentleman from illinois, danley pinsky. i appreciate their -- dan lipinski. and i appreciate their taking initiative on this legislation. this authorizes nist research and technology programs for two years. the nist re-authorization act ensures that the research and development conducted by nist keeps the united states on the cutting edge of global technological capabilities. nist is one of the nation's oldest physical science laboratories. the tech

barbara comstock might atr well be barbara umpstock.ump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." >>> thiss thefinity sports desk. >>> maryland is off. we still have plenty of college football today. >> if you are a terps fan, plenty of time to lax. >> if you're a redskins fan, you have time off. redskins, 2-1. maryland 3-1 after last win over minnesota. a chance to recharge a little bit and get ready for the big game at t big house next week. plenty of other locals in action today. the 3-1 cavaliers of virgini o takin unbeaten nc state. the wolf pack off a to good start this seawnn. do three already. here the 35-yard touchdown. a finds thend zon

thank you. >> beth comstock the book is called "imagine it forward.hank you. >>> as we take you to break, look at general mills, big loser today, food company missing the street estimates for quarterly sales. it won't just take better profits for food companies these days big miss across snacks, yogurt brands the stock is down a little more than 7.5%. shares have fallen 25% this year "squawk on the street" will be right back (nicki palmer) being a verizon engineer is about doing things right. and there's no shortcut to the right way. so when we roll out the nation's first 5g network, it'll be because we were the first to install millions of miles of fiber optics. and we'll be the first to upgrade the towers and put up the small cells that will power the smart cities of the future. when i started at verizon, i knew i was joining a team that was pushing the industry forward. now, with the launch of the only 5g ultra wideband network, we're doing it again. this time, changing the way we learn, work and live. and i'll always be proud that we're not just b

there are so few people who make it to the level of beth comstock. what don't they know?need to embrace more difference. it's a human trait we have to overcome. you know it from the work you have done. people have all kinds of excuses about why they don't want to hire people who are different. most companies have a good track record of hiring women at the undergraduate level, and lose women as they progress in their careers. we need to address that complex issue. we need to have programs that allow women to come back in and out of the workforce. at the end of the day we just need to make way for more women. we need to have a pipeline and that takes time. you need to take your time finding the future women leaders of your company. emily: you have a killer line in the book where you challenge a male venture capitalist who had said we are looking hard for women but not prepared to lower our standards. you said, who created the standards? and you said you can't find any women that qualify? that's absurd. why are more women and minorities not getting hired? they are half the p

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b >>bara comstock's race.st week tweeting out and actually saying pubically in different formats that he wants freeze on pay raises for most federal workers, a lot of them in northern virginia. how is this going t play for her? >> barbara comstock is a conservative republican and jennifer with exton, a state senator, is a democrat running against her o annra funding for barbara comstock and other b things the president coming out last week saying he wants to get rid of the 2% pay raise is a really bad thing. so bad that even cory stewart came out and said don't do tha so that race is really close to watch. this congressional t district, 10th, starts in the suburbs of washington and head out towards west virginia, and -- and the anti-trump feeling in that munty is changing for a lot of younger peopleing in, not traditional republicans and even some of the national republicans privately than not they are worried about barbara comstock. she is a very good cam wigner anks hard but the tides could simply be against

. ♪ ♪ comstock helped navigate ge through many complicated situations.e eco-imagination along with andc, who, and -- hulu, hulu digital. in her new book she shares her own transformation story as well as ge's. >> we need to think ahead. we need creative problem solvers. look at what is happening in silicon valley. you could argue maybe we need a few more people that could think about the unintended consequences of some of our technology. with an established organizations it can be so hard to harness the power of change. how could big companies as -- such as ge be nimble in this age of technology. : i found most companies want to be nimble but taking the action to do so is another thing. you need your court established, optimized, and you need the people who are creating the future. they are different kinds of people with different measurements, different funding requirements. emily: how did the people who are creating the future create the people in the first track to do something differently? beth: that's why you need separate tracks often. they need to

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number one is barbara comstock. this is northern virginia. 's in a district clinton didn't just win, clinton won it by ten points. one of the most vulnerable republicans in the country right there. another, philadelphia suburbs, brian fitzpatrick. another one out on the west coast, dana rohrabacher out in colorado. we've got three polls pretty recently from monmouth on these races. let's take a look at what it's showing. number one, this is comstock. this matches up with exactly what you'd expect. a district that has surged hard toward the democrats really over the last couple of decades and especially in the trump era. here's an incumbent running under 40%, double digits down. this confirms the thinking that barbara comstock may be the single most republican up this year. that is exactly what democrats are hoping for in a district like that. here's where it starts to get a little bit more tricky. now you're in the 48th district of california. here's a district hillary clinton won by two points in 2016. here's a district where the democrats a

barbara comstock all her work on transit.hat they have done for water in the central valley of california. what carlos carbelo has done on immigration. we have great incumbents who have done great things. we have candidates that we're going nike sure the voters know about their records too as you've seen in special elections. we're not getting nor the individual candidates and their position on issues that are relevant to voters, but the economic message is important for us and i think it is one of the center pieces of our campaign because it is a choice. >> terrence from cnn. >> so we're 60 days from the midterm if you were sitting in front of the president just the two of you now, what would you ask of him? what would be your wish list in the final two months track? >> the president has been nothing but helpful. he's helped us fund raise. he's helped us, you know, prop up candidates. he's helped us turn out our base. i would ask him to continue to fund raise. you know, i got 60 more days to raise as much money as i can. i w

we actually have barbara comstock in the 10th district as leaning democratic. this is in the fairfax county , it in northern virginia has most of loudoun county all the way out towards winchester. this is a district that has been held by republicans for decades, a longtime incumbent retired in 2014. barbara comstock managed to win reelection in 2016 by six points even though hillary clinton carried the district by 10 over donald trump. this is a lot of well-educated white republicans who do not like president trump. when you look at the polling, it looks like they are poised to whatarbara comstock, but does not help them is their senate nominee at the top of the ticket is corey stewart, the caller said he did not want to talk about race but corey stewart has ties to the white nationalists group and has made a number of controversial comments in his past. it looks like that race against tim kaine is going to be a blowout. that could cost republicans in these down ballot house races. host: could you define wave election? this ine argue about the newsroom and we a

comstock: mr. speaker, i want to thank you good for the opportunity to speak on this important legislation and thank y colleague and ranking member lipinski and i ask that a letter bescommanged about this bill included in the record. wifment. mrs. comstock: i urge my colleagues to support this pill. and i yield back the ball aps of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules ap pass the bill as ammeded. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the pip of the chair, twird the rules are suspended and the bill is patted. ap woke, the bill is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina secretary recognition >> i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill the department of energy as amended. the speaker pro tempore: clerk the a bill to authorize the department of energy to collaborate energy in order to improve health care for vet raps ar than the united states. the speaker pro

. >> reporter: comstock well aware that president's unpopula northern virginia could hurt her prospects and madet clear she differs with him on trade tariffs, for example. >> i think this is a short liveo negotiating prthe. >> reporter: wexton with tougher words on tariff >> president trump needless and recklessly imposed ta hffs that arting americans. >> reporter: it's federal workers that could be hurting if the president follows through with his recent threat t freeze their pay. >> appreciate that the president said he was goingreo nsider it but we're working to make sure it's in the budget. >> rorter: wexton accuses comstock of an about-face voting in july for a house budget with a pay sphrase. had a chance to make sure it was included in the spending plan. she didn't when nobody was watching and now p thatple are she's changing the story. >> reporter: comstock says wexton has it wrong. >> the senate has the pay increase in there. rt that >> reporter: today's debate, the only one scheduled so far between the two candidates a voters that made up their mind some of them casting their

barbara comstock, republican from northern virginia, not too far from here, in a statement, our public servants have been getting shortchanged for years. we cannot balance the budget on the backs of our federal employees and i will work with my house and senate colleagues to keep the pay increase in our appropriations measures that we vote on in september. a slap at the president for freeing federal pay increases. >> those suburbs -- i mean, barbara comstock is a classic example of a suburban district that is not a good place for the president to even be heard of or from. this issue of federal worker pay has been an interesting show of how this white house works. they announced that they opposed the pay increase, only to find out from some vulnerable republicans, namely in virginia where there are a ton of federal employees, that it may not be a great idea. the president says later, i might think about changing it. but it just goes to show the president needs to do no harm, including to some of these people like barbara comstock and even a cory stewart in virginia, who just need him to

coming up, beth comstock joins us at 11:30 a.m. u.k. time. let's get first to a bloomberg first word news. the u.s. china trade war deepened as beijing announced retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of american goods. that came in response to donald trump levying 10% tariffs on about $200 billion in chinese goods starting next week an increase that rate in january to refuses toing concede. in retaliation, beijing announced plans to hit u.s. good hikes to 10% tariffs. bank to thee piggy world. we have been ripped off by china, we have been ripped off by the european union. we have been ripped off by everybody. taylor: south korea said that the president will meet donald trump on monday after they negotiated a north korean missile state that site being visited by inspectors and other steps are denuclearization. moon said the complete denuclearization of the peninsula is now, quote, not far. the u.k. in the european union have signaled their readiness to work to break the deadlock in brexit talks as britain's prime minister prepares for a crucial

barbara comstock, all her work on transit.hat jeff denham and david valadao have done for water in the central valley of california. what carlos curbelo has done on immigration. we have great incumbents who've done great things. they have candidates that we're going to make sure the voters know about their records too, you've seen in special elections. we are not going to ignore the individual candidates and their positions on issues that are relevant to voters but the economic message is important for us and i think it is one of the centerpieces of our campaign because it is a choice. francine: terrence from cnn. terrence: so we're 60 days from the mid terms. if you were sitting in front of the president, just the two of you right now, the final 60 days, what would you ask of him? wish list? e your mr. stivers: the president has been nothing but helpful. in nine special elections he's done everything we've asked. he's helped us fundraise. he's help us prop up candidates. he's help us turn out our base. i would, you know, ask

barbara comstock working on and what they have done in the central valley of california, what carlos cabello has done on immigration, we have great incumbents who have done great things, candidates we are going to make sure the voters know about their risk words and we will not ignore positions that are relevant to voters but the economic message is important for us and one of the centerpieces of our campaign because it is a choice. >> the final 60 days, what would be your wish list in terms of his approach to the final two month? >> the president has been nothing but helpful in tween 9 special elections, done everything we asked, helped us fund raise, prop up candidates and turn out our base, and 60 more days to raise as much money as i can. i would ask him to help us with turnout especially in districts where we want to make sure voters turn out and a few districts i hope he absolutely travels too soon. >> what do you suggest he not do in the last 60 days? >> i'm happy to make polite suggestions and there are things i would like to suggest. >> going on to jennifer from the la times

comstock: that is often i think, that highlighting this more, pointing things out. we should know that, given all the news, everyone should have at their fingertips, what that is. i appreciate all the work you are doing with publicizing that and making -- bringing more attention. statistics,ending but it makes sense. areercents of assaults repeat offenders. a lot of this is information, is powerful. the women themselves have the information or those who are assaulted. the more we have the information on the boards and the more that is brought to light in whatever form, is helpful. is there a way we can take some of what you are doing, highlighting and being able to help people in terms of, you are the first -- aren't the first one this happened to because every case that comes forward, it is people who thought they were the only ones. -- we have all this training and what have you found in terms of the training to get people to understand predators, because that is something that is hard for people to understand and if 90% of these people are the ones doing it, the

i feel confident barbara comstock will win this race. why do we open it up to questions -- >> i have a couple of questions first and then we can get around the room. >> i would be remiss if i did not ask about the news of the week. the woodward book and the soft bed of the new york times have caused a tempest in washington about a resistance within the administration. how do you think this will play with voters outside the beltway? we are all in knots about it in washington but what about outside the beltway? >> i am from columbus, ohio, the midwest, one of the swing states in the country. outside of washington, people are not talking about the cable news type things, they are not talking about the book. they're talking about what is going on in the economy, schools, kids and their dreams for their kids. they are talking about how the economy is helping them and their prospects and they have some fears and concerns and we are trying to address those issues, as well. that is not what people in the rest of the country are talking about, it

>>arbara comstock, not the first time she heard this. lot of people tthught she was first one they would throw overboard when it looked like president trump was causing i problethe suburbs for republican candidates during the presidential, andhe somehow survived. her opponent this time is much stronger than heremratic opponent was last time. there was been a -- she's trailed consistently. the republicans, leon, are staring at 65 districts that they have to defend. advertising on wrc is very ex nsive, so i've been told, and in all of our -- >> don't scare them of chuck, come on. >> to advertise in the washington, d. market section pensive. they have to make tough decisions but here's the good news for d.c. politic junkies. the state of virginia has four seats in play that will tell us if democrats w two of them, they have a good night. if they win three of them, it's a pretty big wave, and if they win all fr of em, it's a tsunami. you only have to watch the results of the state of virginia to actually know how good or bad of a night eithe

nicole comstock reports. myeasha kimble/mother "they were instructed to meet at mt rubidoux at 9 o'clock." 9 o'clock at night.... an unusual time for a group of guys to go hiking. but myeasha kimble says her son was trying hard to get into the local chapter of alpha phi alpha fraternity. myeasha kimble/mother "tyler had complained of difficulty breathing and that uh shortly after his complaints, he collapsed." she says one of her her son's friends told her that from the hospital on saturday shortly before 20 year old uc riverside student tyler hilliard mysteriously died. robyn fountain/aunt"it was very clear that they were being hazed." tyler's aunt says in recent weeks there were disturbing text messages on tyler's phone from senior members of the fraternity robyn fountain/aunt"directing them to like, make a paddle so we can beat you guys with it when you get here." she says other messages indicated the pledges had also been beaten with cactuses. robyn fountain/aunt"so there were pictures of cactus needles i

congressional district, a swing district that went for hillary clinton but also republican barbara comstockvictory could be winning over suburban women. here is part of my conversation with a group of moms fired up for the midterms. how would you grade this current president? >> it would be an "f" for me. >> i agree, "f." >> "f." >> "a" minus because of his handwriting. >> incomplete. i think the jury is out on donald trump. he's done a lot right, a lot wrong. there's a good chance he'll have a primary in two years. we don't know yet. >> you haven't made up your mind about him at this point? >> he's done some things really well and some things horribly. i disagree with him on immigration. i disagree with him on tariffs. those are huge issues. >> what do you see as him doing really, really well? >> i believe his president has delivered. his deliverables have been quite good. tax reform, filling out the judiciary. some of the albeit difficult relationships, international relationships, he's reforged. he's delivered things that are good for our nation, to that extent he gets an "a" minus. >> y

what he did after his last performance that viewers never barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." not to the finish.t. but to the beginning. a fight that can only be won, if we stand together for one cause. him. expert care for every new beginning. >>> one yeargo terrorn las vegas. a gunman murdered 58 people whiln shooting down a crowded concert from his hotel room. it was the worst masshooting modern u.s. history. today near the u.s. capitol protesters gathered to call for toher gun restrictions. they made posters showing those tlled and l flowers. many spoke about the importance of november's mid term election. a lot of voices echoe

hurt comstock in virginia? >> i think it will.k it will motivate more democrats to show up at the poles. the senate is a more complicated picture. in tennessee and missouri they could hold a balance of power. >> a lot of single women in northern virginia. a lot of people moving in and out. >> right. >> but they vote democrat and they vote on choice. >> tennessee, missouri, arizona, this becomes a debate question. this is some inside d.c. stuff, but when you have women republicans running for the senate and they're going to be asked this question by local debates when they have to argue on behalf of this in their own states, it's going to have an impact. >> on tuesday when they didn't hear from the witness and they're about to vote on thursday, and how about friday after they vote to confirm and they haven't heard from her and she's planning to go on "60 minutes" or somewhere on nbc with her full story. who wants her full story when they can't do anything to protect themselves? meanwhile, president trump expressed confidence in his

. >> i'm adam driver hosting the season premiere of barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." >> this is the xfinity sportsdesk. >> all right.ad g towards october really getting to the meat of college foball schedules and conference play. no terms football this weekend getting ready to take on 14th ranked michigan next week. still plenty of college action for you, especially some key acc match-ups involving som unbeaten teams. starting with duke virginia tech. ryan willis making his first startir for vginia tech. and right here a 27-yard gem to hazelton. hokies up three willis in trouble. dumps it now to dalton keane. he goes to wo

th >>> this is one of the most wahed congressional debates in the country.a barb comstock is hoping to win a third term. but jennifer wexton is seen as a good competitor. they were asked whether they both need to hear frothe accuser before moving forward with the supreme courtnominee. >> i do support both of them being able to be heard. we need to have a process that needs to be fair here. id i trust the senate will do that? as a prosecutor, so i believe in invesfogations and owing the facts where they lead. there's no reason to have to rush this through. i don't see why the senate doesn't conduct a full investigation. >>> yesterday's debate was the only one scheduled soar in that race. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein issued a second statement in response to a new york times report that suggested that he secretly recordepr ident trump. he discussed invoking the 25th amendment to remove the presidentrom officer, according to report. rosenstein says i never pursued or authorized recording the present and any suggestion that i have ever the removal of the president is absolutel

we cannot ignore the records of both our incumbents and the great things that have done barbara comstockof her work on transit, you know, what jeff denham and david allendale have done in the central valley of california. what carlos cabello has done on immigration. we have gray and, to have done great things pick they have candidates that we are going to make sure the voters know about their records, to come as you have seen in special elections. we are not going to ignore individual candidates and their positions on issues that are relevant to voters. but the economic message is important for us and i think it is one of the centerpieces of our come -- campaign because it is a choice. >> terrence from cnn. >> hello. there were 60 daysÃwe are 60 days in the midterms pick if you are -- if you were sitting in front of the president right now, what would you ask of him? would you say, what would be her wish list in terms of his approach to this final two month stretch? >> the president has been not been helpful in nine special elections. he has done everything we have asked. has helped us f

barbara comstock on jennifer wexton. this is just over an hour.

hard to find a tree older than the 1870s in the tahoe basin because all those trees went down the comstockmind. hundreds of millions of feet of timber shoring those minds, no call in the west where it hasn't been discovered in wyoming yet. they use it to fire the boilers. the environmental costs is tremendous of the style of mining and only such staggering wealth could make it possible to get those trees out, these lumber plumes just like the things you go to the older music park where you get in the login issues on the plume in the water, those are invented based on these ones that were shot out of the mountains behind lake tahoe where they diverted entire streams, sometimes on bridges 100 feet over the canyons and they shoot the logs and go to carson city where there was a railroad spur that put them on the trains and take them to virginia city. they made plume votes so they would haul logs and you can jump in that thing and they would be going 70 or 80 miles an hour. it was death-defying in the 1870s and those were the people traveling the fastest in the world at that time. anyway, anot

we actually have barbara comstock in the 10th district as leaning democratic.his is in the fairfax county , it in northern virginia has most of loudoun county all the way out towards winchester. this is a district that has been held by republicans for decades, a longtime incumbent retired in 2014. barbara comstock managed to win reelection in 2016 by six points even though hillary clinton carried the district by 10 over donald trump. this is a lot of well-educated white republicans who do not like president trump. when you look at the polling, it looks like they are poised to whatarbara comstock, but does not help them is their senate nominee at the top of the ticket is corey stewart, the caller said he did not want to talk about race but corey stewart has ties to the white nationalists group and has made a number of controversial comments in his past. it looks like that race against tim kaine is going to be a blowout. that could cost republicans in these down ballot house races. host: could you define wave election? this ine argue about the newsroom and we arg

a tree that is older than the 1870s and the tahoe basin because all of those trees went down the comstock mines. hundreds of millions of feet of timber shoring those mines and there's no cool that has been discovered in wyoming at. the environmental cost is tremendous of the style of mining and only such staggering wealth could make it possible. to get those trees are at lake tahoe basin like at the old amusement amusement parks were you given to log in shoot the water those were invented as amusement park rides based on that -- that were shot out of the mountains out of lake tahoe. they diverted entire streams sometimes they would be 100 feet over the canyon and they would shoot the log and it would go down to carson city where there was a railroad and put them up on the trains and took them up to virginia to virginia city. and they made vote -- boats. you could jump in that thing and they would be going 70 or 80 miles an hour. they were death-defying as you might imagine in the 1870s. those are probably the people traveling the fastest in the world at that time the people writing the lu

the house legislation was co-sponsored by virginia republican barbara comstock. >> we have to mee s we get this strong legislation passed. >> the senate proposal requires them tbe liable fo searcx harassment only. not other types. we'll keep you updated. >>> coming up in our next half-hour, team coverage of hurricane florence as a monster torm barrels toward the carolinas. >> the impact is already being felt. here's a live lookt the beach s the conditions start to deteriorate. >> high winds, rough surf and the time to get away is running out. >>> you see the end of the road forf lot o people who live beyond these backhoes and front enad s. the road is starting to be >>> hurricane florence is already battering the coast.th sands are without power. the outer bands are hitting the region. >> that's justhe outer bands. florence is expected to make landfall tomorrow. could it drench that area for days. and people who ruse to evacuate, they could end up alone in the dark because the time to leave is quickly running out. we have team coverage of the final b preparationsore that ashore.olls le

nicole comstock reports.ou have about a minute to decide.whether or not you will donate to people collecting money in traffic."i would." reporter: a compelling campaign."i have kids." reporter: raising money for a boyy funeral."i could not pass it up."reporter: neither could police, they arrested 20-year- old richard navarette in palmdale for theft, he and two 14-year-old falsely claim that johnny was dead.they took hard earned money.reporter: mother of 6 said other people in on the same scheme, she ran into a woman with children, dories davey's park, holding the same sign, collected her 5 dollars in bottle.said thank you. reporter: now people in town are wondering near same location, with signs for other children's funerals are fake too about they are using different signs.reporter: potentially making a small fortune by preying on people who care about kids."it is not going to stop if they don't get tougher punishment." (catherine) that was nicole comstock reporting. police say they're looking for more victi

identified for its architecture and association with the development of san francisco after the comstock silver discovery. and so 635 fulton was relocated a few feet on the site to make room for 807 franklin and both buildings would be converted to multifamily residences with minimally visible 1-story additions. also last week, last wednesday, department staff and commissioner hyland attended the victoriian alliance regular meeting to begin the public outreach process for historic guidelines the intent is to continue outreach throughout the next couple of months and the meeting was well attended and following comments, tim frye gave a presentation to describe the process and provide room for review for a number of ideas as it what areas the guidelines will cover. victor victorian alliance members circulated to speak with staff and we received many valuable comments as well and as with all outreach meetings, the department intends to use the comments in forming the document and shaping the guidelines and the recommendations that are contained. that concludes my report. >> commissioner wol

nicole comstock, kpix 5. >>> a lot going on in traffic. >> we have had a traffic headache in san francisco. it's still out there. it is been going on since 5:00 this morning. this accident is blocking two lanes on 101 right at the ninth street civic center exit. you can see a troll truck is on the scene. hopefully it will get cleared shortly. but, it is causing a massive backup clear into the east bay. over an hour commute. 77 minutes to be exact. you don't want to go across the bay bridge because it is not looking pretty. here is a look at the 101 central freeway. here's 80 at fremont. a lot of people are trying to get up early and get on fremont or harrison but the city streets are very busy and we know that harris street is close between third and fourth. it will be a mess heading into san francisco. this is at the foot of the maze. we have an accident where 80 and 580 and 80 all come together. expect delays along 580. here is a look at your approach. slow going. about a 49 minute ride making your way out of hercules to the maze. it is incredible how one crash can have such a negative e

. >> beth comstock, thank you so much for stopping by.r adobe has agreed to buy marquette a. they will compete against salesforce and oracle. it would be adobe's largest deal ever. coming up, gap wants to close the diversity gap. the ceo tells us he believes he can do well by doing good. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: the executive exodus at tesla continues. bloomberg has learned that the leader of global supply management has resigned. he is the fifth senior executive to lead tesla within the span of a few weeks. that coincides with a series of missteps by elon musk. and amazon online pharmacy can lead to the closing of 70,000 brick-and-mortar pharmacies in the united states. this according to a note from bernstein out today. lance wilkes says that small independent pharmacies are likely to be hurt the most. he estimates that by 2027, amazon might have 12% market share in prescriptions. the company bought pillpack over the summer. there is new concern that a two-year surge in demand for memory chips is fading. macron gave a revenue foreca

nicole comstock has reaction from witnesses. ááánats of car door openingááá a driver gets out of hisrdas a student tackles a cop to the ground.ááánats of screamingáááclass had just let out friday, when this school resource officer started to break up a fight near campus. he was soon swarmed with students - and it appears some of them tried to wrestle another student away from him. leyva "that's when i just ran in their and told everybody to back off."substitute teacher daniel leyva says he knew he needed to take actionwhen he saw one of those students snatch the officer's baton away from him.leyva "yeah, i took it off of his hand cause he pulled it off of him and he was trying to hide it but i just grabbed it off of him." and one student is shedding some lit in the first placeshe says us during the original fight between students - she witnessed a boy hitting a girl in the face.student "the security guard said you don't touch a woman, you're gonna be arrested. and that's when the student was pushing the security guard."she says the officer then tried to subdue the studentstudent "but

n and afor jennifer wexto third person said the big thing for her was health care, that barbara comstock against tonlth care and jennifer wex got medicaid approved while she was in the virginia senate. there are three issues i think are very important that will keep coming up in this election, certainly in the one in the washington suburbs, very important. 10th that is the congressional district and probably one of the most hotly contested and closely watched house races to determine whether or not the house stays republican or flips the democrats. caller: that is right. that is like one of the bellwethers. if it does not flip, we are in trouble -- democrats are in trouble. i think it will. i hope it will. i am working hard to make sure it does. host: thank you from the call from arlington, virginia. of lies andths false attacks on my tv screen until we can settle back to trump's lies and false attacks as usual. whoever votes gop hates democracy. this from richard, putin's control of trump will send me to the polls. we will be looking at many of the campaign ads on the air across the cou

republican barbara comstock is seeking a third term pointin to her leadership on the hill speaking out against sexual harassmentut her democratic challenger state senator jenner wexton said it's a reliable vote. cotock's critical ofca oba legislation. wexton in support of >>it. bamacare itself was a totally partisan bill. it wasn't done collaborateively and continued to see problems with it. >> for past eight years, my opponents and republicans in congress preachi a message of repeal and replace. their actions show t thaty have no interest in solutions, only sabotage. >> this is the only schdeuled te so far between the candidates. >>> next on news 4 at 4:00 -- on a new law to protect your personal informati from getting hacked. what you need t know about freezing your credit. >>> an local man disappears his honeymoon in hawaii. the new wife explains a desperate plea for help. >>> amazon i locking to solve all of the problems in your life >>> storm team 4 is tracking some changes for the weekend. sun, showers and cooler temps coming up sunday. next week, expect more. >>> you can now add

incumbent gop woman barbara comstock is pulling 10 points behind her opponent.'ll be the first democratic representative in that district in nearly 40 years. >>> all right, the city of legos is known as nigeria's silicon valley. it's a sector dominated by men, something one computer programmer is determined to change by helping her country's most disadvantaged girls fill that gender gap. meet this week's cnn hero. >>> when i went to morocco for the first time, i was surprised to see the conditions. most girls are trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty. many are thinking of education. they plan for the future. what you can't see, you can't aspire to, they need to be shown a new life. >>> coming up, the negotiations on republicans on the senate judiciary committee and lawyers for brett kavanaugh's accuser ahead of thursday's hearing. i can't believe it. that everything sticks to stefon diggs's hands? no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. cool, huh? yeah. he plays football, huh? yeah. believe it. geico could

barbara comstock is hoping to win a third term but in the increangly blue district state senator jennifer wexton is seen as a strong challenger. julie carey asked both whether th senate needs to hear from the accuser before moving forward on the supreme court nomination. >> i do support both of them being able to be hear >> we nee to have a process, needs to be fair here and i trust that theenate will do. >> i believe in the investigations and following the facts where they lea there's no reason to have to hysh through this. i don't see the senate doesn't conduct a full investigation. f today's debate only one scheduled so in this race. virginia voters are already going to the poll and castings ballot starting today. >>> all-out scramble to save a man's life ends with heartbreak. firefighters seen here did all they could to rescue a man who was pinned benea suv. he was riding an electric scoote when he was struck in dupont circle. minutes ago d.c.'solice chief said they're combing over video for clues i to exactly what happened here. news 4's aimee cho joins us live with more detail in th

to raise the citizen question given the difficulties of the whole comey affair, that's what earl comstockrote, and that did not stop ross. you might remember a man from the integrity commission, trying to say millions voted illegally in 2016. as it was epbg exprexplained in e-mail, aliens are still counted for representation in congress. this is how the census is supposed to work. the citizenship question was supposed to benefit republicans while depriving democratic districts of millions in federal funding for constituents, but ross needed a cover story. it's clear that this is part of a larger effort to reduce the number of immigrant populations. the difference is we have the documents to prove it this time, and a court case to keep the administration honest, and that's your "reality check." >> thank you very much, john. fascinating stuff. >> it's interesting that one of the things that president, because he's such a big level -- >>> teaming up with his girlfriend to drug and rape, and prosecutors fear there could be hundreds of victims. what an awful story, sarah. >> this story is stun