journalist josh smith following the story for us on seoul in seoul he joins us on the line josh has there been any more information on what type of weapon has been tested if indeed there was a test. ok. josh can you hear us. all right it looks like we're having trouble reaching josh smith the workers journalist there on the line and solo we'll try to get back to him a little bit later in the day. now germany has called for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the surge in fighting in the libyan capital tripoli forces loyal to libyan army commander haile are battling to seize control of tripoli from the internationally recognized libyan government shelling of tripoli has increased and more than two hundred people have been killed since the offensive began this month. images of war intended to demonstrate the progress of khalifa have tars troops this may be propaganda but it does show that the battle for tripoli is escalating. this week the city center was hit by rockets for the first time emergency workers reported civilian casualties according to the u.n. at least

so the merriman smith award, great of a josh dawsey. [applause] all right, the merriman smith edrd from outcast goes to henry of fox news. [applause] for an interview that we all down -- at desk simmer act, simmer down, for his interview with epa administrator scott pruitt. scott pruitt was already in trouble over ethical matters when he sat down for an interview with ed henry at fox news and he probably got an interview he did not expect to get. henry, in the words of the washington post lobbed question , after question at pruitt to ask him about big pay increases for cronies and a sweetheart deal for renting an apartment from a lobbyist. pruitt struggled to answer and soon found himself out of a job. henry was prepared, the judge is write-- the judges -- knew his facts and marshalled them for a penetrating interview, which made news, all under deadline pressure. ed henry. [applause] honorable mention for the merriman smith award for broadcast goes to cnn for its coverage of the confirmation vote of brett kavanaugh. [applause] more, the

josh smith wrote thin after watching last night's rally saying that trump would rather view the peoplehat love him than the people that hate him. i watched the rally last night and felt beloved. greatcarter this morning, " example of showing how the media grasps at anything to criticize ."ump robert is a democrat calling in from california this morning. thanks for getting up early. caller: good morning, how are you? host: doing well. caller: the one thing i'm noticing about your callers, probably this is true of most religion.u see it as know, sidingou with one side or the other. and as far as the correspondence, i would not expect trump to show up. a coward will never show up to face his adversaries. the people who think it is all fake because they want to point out a story that didn't look so good for this guy? i think that's what the news media is for. to hold people's feet to the fire. to tell the truth. host: what about the president not allowing members of his to attend the white house correspondents dinner? what do you think of that move by the president? well it's not surprisin

so the merriman smith award, the great josh dosey. [ applause ] >> all right. henry of fox news. [ applause ] and the award is for an interview that we all remember. ed, simmer down. this is big. for ed henry's interview with epa administrator scott pruitt. scott pruitt was already in trouble for ethical matters when he sat down for an interview with ed henry at fox news. he probably got an interview he didn't expect to get. henry in the words of "the washington post" lobbed questions after question at pruitt about big pay increases for cronies and a sweetheart deal for renting an apartment from a lobbyist. he struggled to answer and soon found himself out of a job. henry was prepared, the judges write, knew his facts, and marshaled them for a penetrating interview which made news all under deadline pressure. ed henry. [ applause ] honorable mention for the merriman smith award for broadcast goes to cnn for the coverage of the confirmation vote of brett kavanaugh. and finally, one more, the edgar a. po award honors excellence in news coverage of subjects and eve

josh gets all up in there. pose has runners on h. the pitch, deep center, 3-run shot, giving them the lead. it ends the longest drought in his career. will smithto nail it down for the giants in the 9th. this is not how they drew it up. hitting one in the right corner. going from 1st with 2 outs relay the ball perfectly. the giants hang on for a 3-2 win. an appropriate day at the coliseum to feature the rabbit. major league baseball should, by now, be getting the message about oakland. 2nd inning, hernandez hits one of over the fence in center. he went above it. airmails it to 1st. now backing up and throwing it to 2nd. jays get a 5-1 lead. they get the first 3 life game road sweep in four years as they cap a 6-1 lead. sharks, vegas, 1-1 with the sharks needing to win. >> sharks got to do it. >> all right, thank you. >>> coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, new video of a kayak rescue near the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> how the two kayakers were able to stay afloat for hours until first responders helped them out. >> that will do it for us. >> have a great night, everyone. see you later see you later look, i know you guys don't want to do