david hughes, thanks for coming in., the headlines on bbc news: the number of people receiving a—level top grades has risen slightly, the first increase in six yea rs. slightly, the first increase in six years. the number of university places allocated so far has fallen. the bbc understands britain will look to keep these free travel to the uk for european visitors after brexit. they will need a permit to work or settle here. and one of the longest serving nhs chief executives has been sacked following an independent enquiry. an update of the business news this hour, asda has booked positive like—for—like sales for the first time in three years. the supermarket group, a walmart subsidiaries or comparable sales climb in the three months to the end ofjuly excluding petrol. this was partly due to its this was partly due to its having one of its most successful easter trading period on record. retail sales growth slowed down injuly, as shoppers cut back on purchases of most things other than food. sales were up 1.3% compare

mounting with north korea, and msnbc's hugh hewitt, just moments ago, got the chance to sit down with an exclusive interview with hr mcmaster. also joining me, davidr the "washington post," who has written on this topic bei topic, as well. hugh, i want to start by showing a portion. >> two u.s. senior officials confirmed the icbms that north korea tested can reach anywhere in the united states. can you confirm that, general? >> i'm not going to confirm it. but as i mentioned, whether it could reach, you know, san francisco or pittsburgh or washington, i mean, how much does that matter, right? it's a grave threat. >> so tell us a little bit more about this interview, what struck you the most. anything really surprised you about what hr mcmaster had to say? >> the drums of war are beating, chris. it was a wide-ranging interview, and we covered iran and afghanistan. but when we talked about north korea, i was taken aback. i asked him if kim jong-un should sleep easily at night and he bluntly said no. he also said the president is going to take care of that. this follows on a series of warnings that chairman of the joint chiefs, joe dunford, rex tille

for sunday morning, david pogue begins his story on the florida interstate. tony hughesay, all he has the to do is sit back and relax. >> okay. rosebud is on. whoo. hauling 20,000 pounds of freight down the florida turnpike in a self-driving robotic truck. retrofitted with a self-driving kit made by starsky robotics. the two founders of the company in 2016. >> we think that some times towards the end of the year, we could be doing this run without a person behind the wheel. >> this year. >> yes. >> self driving trucks this year. >> yep. >> not his company it might be otto whose truck made headlines last october by driving itself across colorado to deliver a shipment of beer. otto is owned by uber which has also been testing self-driving taxis in pennsylvania and arizona. but here is the thing -- once our trucks and taxis drive themselves, what will happen to the people who used to do those jobs? in the u.s., that's 180,000 taxi drivers, 600,000 uber drivers, and 3.5 million truck drivers. >> we really need to start to think seriously about this. >> martin ford is author

david: yes. gray.brady endorsed -- and doris grade. truman with a prop gun, then andy griffith. this is correspondence with howard hughes. that howardhe time 11 plain,ashed his xf crushed his collarbone, damage to his lung and burned his hand. -- he ishope you feel talking about how he hopes he feels better. howard writes back, thank you for your concern and caring enough to write. the person you will probably recognizes the one on the right. anybody want to guess who that might be? this gentleman right here. >> jimmy stewart. david: yes, correct. not sure if someone would recognize him or not. this is at the air force association in 1946. .ou have general doolittle all right. this is the book signed by audie murphy who was a hero in world war ii. it is interesting seeing the address, 753 and a half. i never heard of in address that is a half. it is a book that he signed. played himself in the movie he would -- that was made with that title. this was the inaugural party on 1949 -- on9th, january 19, 1949. see if there is anyone you recognize. they are not as well-known known, but we will go through the names. davis, lena

hughes call elizabeth warren a racist and hillary clinton a passivist and they won't get the message. luke at davidts for years and thanks to donald trump they're out in the light. >> i can imagine. go ahead. >> and point out statistically the majority of the attacks we've seen since 9/11 have been from white right-wing extremists. this is not just a kind of one-off situation. this is a vital dynamic, vibrant form of extremism and terrorism that we have to confront and then not only this, in february of this year, he removed white extremists from the conversion of extremism program they had, they were running in federal government to try to -- address the ways in which people are being radicalized. he wanted that to -- >> before we run out of time, donald trump has a way of naming enemies. a new ad put out today by the trump re-election campaign. please, take a look. >> democrats obstructing the media attacking our president. career politicians standing in the way of success. but president trump's plan is working. the president's enemies don't want him to succeed but americans are saying, let presi

david poke has some answers. here's a preview what you will see later on, on cbs this sunday morning. >> reporter: tony hughes has been a long hall truck driver for more than 20 years but today, all he has to do is sit back and relax. >> okay. it is on. wow. >> reporter: we're hauling 20,000-pound of freight down the florida turnpike, in a self driving reabout on the i can truck. it has been retro fitted with a self driving kit made by starsky robotics. these are the found are of the company in 2016. >> we think that sometime toward the end of the year we could be doing this around the wheel. >> reporter: there year. >> yes. >> reporter: self driving trucks this year. >> yep. >> reporter: fit is not his company it might be otto whose truck made headlines last october by driving itself across colorado, to deliver a ship. of beer. otto is owned by uber, which has also been testing self driving taxis in pennsylvania and arizona but here's the thing, once our trucks and taxis drive ourselves what will happen to the people who use to do those jobs. >> we really need to start seriously thinking about this. >> reporter:

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david duke. >>> ceo's from our area walking away from the president's manufacturing panel. we'll tell hughwhy they're backing out. >>> and there are sounds of peace between the united states and north korea, but is it enough to ease growing tensions that's coming up next. ♪ ♪♪ >>> i think it's time for cuteness. >> we missed it yesterday. >> yes. so. >> we'll make up for it today. >> double down for today. >> i've got very special cuteness. >> i can't wait. >> you ready. >> let's just do it. first of all this is my thank to you culpeper for friday, because we had great time out in culpeper. >> oh, my goodness. >> i met this little guy. >> is this a doll baby or real person. >> that's cute little gentleman. >> he's so cute. >> his mom karen came out and asked if i could take a picture because that's tucker meeti >> no kidding? >> his name is tucker. >> little guy's name is tucker. isn't that cool. >> that's just the best thing. i mean that needs to be like your screen safer. >> i know. he's super cute. >> he's so adorbs. >> now, in full disclosure, i'm not sure that he was fairly comfortabl

david: those are the drags, those two things you mentioned there. what's driving the german economy at this point? mr. hughesrong reading in the construction industry so construction has been booming for some time. it continues to boom. and then, you know, across the board, domestic consumption apart from the car markets is strong and exports continue to be strong, and that's what companies also expect for the coming months. the reading in terms of expectations in german industry is at a record high so the overall outlook continues to be very positive. francine: do businesses carry about the upcoming elections? it seems a lot of commentators are saying no matter which way coalitions are formed it's just in the center which would be fine for businesses. clemens: it doesn't look like businesses are very worried about the elections. it seems to be the case that everybody expects merkel to win. the only question is which coalition will it be, will be a repeated coalition with the democrats or will it be a different one but nobody expects any major shift in economic policy as a result of the action. francine: our

discovered howard hughes got money to hubert humphrey and i didn't think we should destroy the two party system. so it was about corruption, nixon's corruption, and there was not -- i agree with davidby the way, about the nature of the coverup, that the coverup acted as a different thing. but why was the burglary happening, we did get to that. so i think it is important to remember. >> now, scott played a very, very important role in the committee which should be acknowledged. >> well, i know he did because i was getting a lot of sources on the committee to leak me stuff day after day after day. scott set a trap to catch my source. i'm not kidding. he told me, my source told me that the white house -- that the committee was going to subpoena rosemary wood and that they were sending u.s. marshals to completely surround the white house, be it a every single gate around the white house in case she slipped out the back or out the side, and that there were u.s. marshals all over the place. my source had been so accurate day after day, so scott -- so, anyway, cbs news sends cameramen all around the white house. they're taken away from the pentagon, they're taken away from every other pla