. >> army corporal dylan baldridge was killed in when the president called to offer condolences he also said he'd send a gift of $25,000. chris baldridge said that he received a condolence letter but no check. but the president says he has sent a check. president trump insists that accounts of his phone call with the widow of a soldier killed in west africa are a lie. congresswoman frederica wilson standing by her version of the president's words, but army sergeant la david johnson's widow, they claim that the president called sergeant johnson your guy instead of by his name. the president says that's not true. >> >> i had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who sounded like a lovely woman, did not say what people aren't too surprised to hear that. >> the president says he will provide proof that wilson is lying and when asked if the call was recorded, white house press secretary sarah sanders said no. she did say that the chief of staff, john kelly was in the room when the call was made e. >>> president trump appears to be backing away from a compromise on health car

the president apparently called the father of army sergeant dylan baldridge and shared his condolencestoday, nbc confirmed with the father that as of today, he had not received a check or seen a gofundme page, something that the president also mentioned in their conversation. the white house says the check was in fact sent out, to use their words, recently. all of this after numerous reports on how the president responds to family of fallen service members. back over to you all in the studio. >> erika, thank you. >>> we have an update tonight to a pretty bizarre robbery scheme in our area. >> guys suspected of stealing from coin-operated vacuum cleaners is in custody now. surveillance shows a guy targeting machines at gas stations fairfax. >> reporter: now we can say his name. now we can show his picture, the suspect in the coin vacuum caper, locked up. the suspect identified as 41-year-old james jackson from elkridge, maryland, now wanted in fairfax, county, in connection with a number of coin thefts from car vacuums here. he's said to be the subject of other investigations in other s

president sent a personal check for $25,000 recently to the father of a different fallen soldier, dylan baldridge, a highly unusual move after chris baldridge told the president in a condolence call he was having money problems. the check has not yet arrived. >> that was hallie jackson reporting. >> yeah, and the white house confirming to nbc, president trump recently sent a check and that the delay was caused by the approval process. >>> the last thing anyone wants is a repeat of last winter's flooding, but it's hard to prepare for the possibility. tonight the city of san jose and the santa clara valley water district are holding the second of three resource fairs. residents will have the chance to learn about the tools being used to monitor the water and the flooding levels and there's even a sandbag workshop in case you've never filled one yourself. tonight's event is at the frankly mckinley school office in san jose. >>> we are expecting rain, nothing like that, nothing to worry about, but needed rain. >> right, not only that, but reminds you that the rainy season is coming. so it is time to

chris baldridge whose son dylan was killed by an afghan police officer said he got a call from president trump. and he said in that call president trump offered him $25,000 from his personal account which he never got. the white house says the check has been sent. my colleague spoke to the parents of army specialist atian murphy who was killed in syria. they say only the thing that matters is someone remembers their child. >> it's not really whether or not a person may have called or did something than the previous one. it's about what are you doing now to help those who are left behind that have to struggle day to day? >> joining me now is another family member of a fallen hero. wh whitney hunter. her army husband was killed in a suicide bombing august 2nd in afghanistan. my most sincere condolences. he was only 23 years old and one month into his first deployment when he passed away. tell us about him and how did you meet him? >> i met him the day i graduated from nursing school. it was unexpected, but i later found out it was mutual. once we saw each other, we kind of just -- we had t

baldridge have the $25,000. their son was killed in afghanistan. the family intends to use the money to start a nonprofit organization in dylan's name. >> dylan wouldproud of this. who can say they've started their foundation from a loan from the president of the united states. >> the baldridges say they are writing a thank you letter to the white house. >>> tiger woods was supposed to appear in court tomorrow on that dui charge. that has been moved to friday. cbs sports reports that woods will plead guilty to reckless driving, but not that dui, which is common for first time offenders. after that, the golfer will start his diversion program. police in jupiter, florida, found him asleep in his mercedes back in may. and a toxicology report found woods was under of pain pills, but not alcohol. >>> conversations about stick shifts, and appropriate halloween costumes. that's what's lighting up our facebook page tonight. >> and will they fast food customers care more about a bullied teen, or an abused burger, you've got to see this. >> 44 for a low in gaithersburg. 46 in leesburg. 43 in manassas. you jump the divide in the 30s. we'll come back and talk