brooke the yin to kaitlyn's yang. >> we kind of balanced each other out. she was a girly girl and i was more the tomboy. so i'd go to her house. and change into a thousand outfits and try on makeup and do our hair. and then she'd come into my house. and we'd ride four wheelers and play on the farm. >> reporter: sounds like you two were almost more like sisters? >> oh yeah, we even fought like sisters. we -- >> reporter: that's when you know you're good friends. >> yes, yes. for sure. >> reporter: this is brooke's real sister brittany and their mom, tina. what did she like to do -- >> clothes. clothes -- >> very, very girly, loved doing hair and stuff like that. >> she was just a girly girl. >> reporter: a little southern belle? >> uh-huh, yeah. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: the little southern belle grew into a beautiful young woman. sometimes blonde, sometimes brunette, brooke, always drew people into her lively orbit. >> really spontaneous, fun, hilarious -- just the life of the party, could literally make friends with anyone. >> reporter: dina renee was one

let's bring back in kaitlyn mcgrath. a situation that nobody wants to see i think what they did there was put it well in order you think you'll be okay the water is not that high the other thing is the quickness the water rises. >> the big concern is with florence's slow motion we will see high tide cycles where they add on to that. that will be a major concern heading through the day today. that first high tide after 11:00 for much of the carolinas. and there's a lot of rivers in north carolina where we expect that maximum storm surge, will you have the water rushing down from the rivers and then the storm surge moving inland. on radar you can see that eyewall moving into wilmington we expect landfall as we head through the early morning hours. once the center of the storm moves onshore the majority of florence will remain over water. that will help to fuel it. it will remain a category 1 moving slowly to the south right now it's moving at 5 miles per hour it is going to slow down as we head throughout the day, moving a

kaitlyn collins joins us now. kavanaugh is at the white house as we speak. we heard from the president. what more can you tell us about the white house battle plan? it sounds as if the president is being very restrained, uncharacteristically restrained. >> she not calling out anything about the accuser and doubting her. he is channelling towards the democrats which we know from reporting has been the aides here in the west wing. their strategy over the last few days since these allegations first surfaced for the president to focus on the delay and everyone finding out about the allegations. that's what we saw from president trump in the oval office as he spoke sitting next to the polish president. another thing we heard is he has not spoken to judge brett kavanaugh since these allegations surfaced. judge kavanaugh spent over nine hours here huddling with don mcgahn, calling senators to defend himself. he is back here today and once again preparing for what is set to be a big showdown on capitol hill on monday. he still has not spoken to the president. the pr

as kaitlyn said, people inside the white house thought that rod rosenstein had offered his resignation during the conversations. kate? >> what will be happening with rod rosenstein. how much longer will he be in the job? is he offering his resignation today. will it be accepted? will he be fired? all questions on the table right now. john king and inside politics right now. >>> thank you, kate and welcome to inside politics. i'm john king and thank you for sharing this busy day with us. the special counsel investigation. the deputy attorney general is summoned to the white house. is he being fired or resigning? we are trying to clear it up, but a big day at the white house. president trump is upbeat about plans with a second summit from kim jong un. north korea is not taking steps to denuclearize. a second woman alleges sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh, this time at a college party. democrats want another delay. the president said it's time for a vote. >> judge kavanaugh is an outstanding person and i am with him all the way. we will see how it goes for the vote. people can come ou

>> kaitlyn collins with fresh reporting. kaitlyn talks about the confidence at the white house.f he has confidence. he said "oh, yeah." this is john cornyn from texas. i wonder if this was his approach when they had big cases that try. when asked about to have outside witnesses including the man in the room at times telling kavanaugh to stop and other times egging him on. he denies them. bring them in as witnesses. we had a hearing and that's what i call ri jacking the process to accommodate interests. that would be getting it under oath. hijacking? do they think they are on safe ground? >> these not the only one saying that. you wonder why. this is not going to be and they are leading the views go. they are at odds with what the chairman has been doing. he has been saying we want her to come forward and we will do this in four different ways. i'm not sure why they keep talking about this. >> largely speaking in letters so he is not before a camera. >> that's smart. >> it sounds like 1991 as opposed to 2018. >> i'm not sure how that is. >> the roles are reverse and senate republ

let's go to cnn white house correspondent kaitlyn collins.aitlyn, we heard from the president after he was briefed on this storm and yet he kept talking about the response to puerto rico. >> reporter: he did, and he raised a lot of eyebrows because he was bragging about his administration's response to hurricane maria which devastated puerto rico and killed nearly 3,000 people. some unusual words but the comment came as the president was seeking to reassure the nation that his administration is fully prepared for hurricane florence and that they are sparing no expense. >> okay. thank you very much. >> reporter: tonight president trump says the white house is prepared for hurricane florence, citing the ways his administration handled hurricane maria which devastated puerto rico one year ago. >> the safety of american people is my absolute highest priority. we are sparing no expense. we are totally prepared. >> reporter: in a briefing with the fema administrator brock long late today, the president called his management of that storm an unsung

for now, scott, back to you. >> kaitlyn, thanks so much let's get the headlines from sue herera hi, sue>>> thank you so much, scott here's what's happening this hour, everyone a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant north of baghdad killing at least six people, wounding 42 more it was not immediately clear who the target was and so far no group has claimed responsibility russia's largest war games in recent history continuing in the country's far east moscow saying the weeklong maneuvers will span vast expanses of siberia and the far east involving some 300,000 russian troops, nearly one-third of that country's military >>> here at home mcdonald's workers voted to stage a one-day strike next week at restaurants in ten cities. this in hopes of pressuring management to take strong steps against on the job sexual harassment it will begin at lunch time september 18th >>> and a plane from new york heading to spain had to make an emergency landing in boston overnight after experiencing an engine-related issue the plane landed safely with all 256 passengers uninjured >>> and you are up to dat

. >>> you're up to date and now we go over to kaitlyn from wvit, the meters there and she has the latest path. over to you. >> hi there sue, florence continues to be a category 2 storm. bringing impacts to the north carolina coast the stong outer convective brands, storm-force winds being felt and conditions will continue to deteriorate through the day. right now the national hurricane center has florence making landfall overnight as a category 2 storm. from there it will sit over the carolinas as we head through the day on friday. and right on into saturday that's why our focus is really on the flood threat. areas could see up to if not more than 30 inches of rain. you add on the storm surge threat and we're talking about a catastrophic and potentially life-threatening situation we'll have more on the storm surge threat coming up at 2:00 for now, sue, back to you. >> we'll look forward to that very much. a monster storm, thank you, kaitlyn. >>> up next, scott wopner returns with another halftime report exclusive interview he'll speak with emerging markets expert robert citrone of discov

for now, back to you >> kaitlyn, thank you. not as much of a wind event as a water event.show you taken by the space station. the massive size of this storm that kaitlyn was talking about let's check in with people in places in its path jackie, what's going on? >> good afternoon to you, bill as you can see, the wind is picking up here as the storm is about 100 miles away from wilmington we are getting the first of the outer bands. the rain hasn't started yet but what is remarkable to watch is the ocean behind me. the waves have been breaking and the water has slowly made its way all the way up to the dunes and all the way up to the wooden boardwalk, as well this has been downgraded to a category 2 but make no mistake those winds are still going to be more than 100 miles per hour and the concern is the storm surge, the flooding, the rain accumulation. that triple threat can be very dangerous even potentially life threatening. now, the president has put emergency personnel in place more than 4,000 federal employees. the coast guard, army corps, health and human services and

let's go to kaitlyn collins for the latest. where are things right now?ion, kate. that's what everyone is trying to get to the bottom of it. there is mass confusion right now. he is going to the white house. he is going to meet with the chief of staff, john kelly. one of the few senior staffers left in the west wing while others are traveling with the president in new york for the united nations meeting happening this week. we also know that rod rosen stein offered to resign to john kelly when they met the same friday that rod rosenstein published the second statement at the white house's request offering a firmer denial of the "new york times" story that he had floated conversations of imwearing wires and he floated conversations about invoking the 25th amendment. he denied that across the board and two statements doing so. that has been a big conversation in the white house this weekend. since that story published on friday about what his future is going to be. that is what we are expecting him and johnic kelly to hash ou. what it is that is happening r

. >> reporter: police now saying behind the wheel of this speefding suv is 29-year-old kaitlyn rodriguez. and in her backseat, her very own infant. >> ongoicoming traffic now. >> reporter: driving straight into oncoming traffic. the high speed chase from june coming after police pulled over rodriguez for a traffic violation. her suv finally crashing into another car, but the chase not over yet. rodriguez gets out and takes off, dangling from her arm, the car seat that's carrying her child. >> she's got the baby and we're running. >> reporter: she appears to try to car jack another such thv. this wild and dangerous chase finally coming to an end. >> the baby's safe. the baby's safe. >> reporter: police safely putting that car seat out of harm's way. >> reporter: and tom, rod lee geez was wanted for outstanding warrants. she was charged with possession of a controlled substance. a and tonight, she's still in jail. tom? >> marcus, thank you. >>> and from the vatican, some pointed words from pope francis, now facing a scandal that has some calling for his resignation for allegedly covering u

. >> white house correspondent kaitlyn collins, the president facing a double whammy, you can call it. you have the op-ed and details dribbling over the course of a week. how are they responding today? >> they are trying to convince them by telling the president this is likely someone in the national security realm who wrote this op-ed, calling the leadership ability into question. that's trying to discredit the claims, tweeting about it several times calling bob woodward a democratic operative writing this because it is ahead of the mid-terms. she citing the denials. bob woodward said he believes they are not telling the truth and they are putting out denials because they need political cover to save their jobs. of course this also comes as the president is calling the white house a smooth running machine, discrediting a lot of what is said in the book and the op-ed about what is going on in the walls of the west wing and they are trying to work against the president and not make decisions he feels he should make. they come to the point where mike pence has to volunteer to take a lie

kaitlyn, what is the concern, that the president does not think he was strong enough in that interview? what is it? >> pretty much. he believes he appeared too weak during that interview. according to what sources are telling "the new york times." you remember that interview. judge brett kavanaugh was emotional. he repeated himself several times. he was pretty calm during it. never got angry. he rebutted these allegations made against him while sitting next to his wife. that's not likely the same response that president trump who himself has been accused of sexual assault more than a dozen times would have taken in response to being accused to something like this. president trump made that disappointment clear yesterday when he heard from him while he was up in new york seated next to the columbian president. he said that judge brett kavanaugh was not on his footing. president trump giving some reasoning behind why he didn't think he made his case strong enough during that interview. now, of course, we know that president trump has completely abandoned restraint here and is instead goi

kaitlyn mcgrath is joining us with the latest on the storm's path >> florence has maintained its major category 4 strength, sustained winds at 130 miles an hour but florence is expected to strengthen as we head through the next 24 to 36 hours as it approaches the carolina coast b friday morning latest track has it moving close to the north carolina coast by friday morning but from there, it won't move. it looks to stall in place for about 24 hours, eventually making landfall at some point on saturday that being said, we astill at least 48 hours away from landfall and that track certainly could change so everyone under the hurricane warning where there is also a storm surge warning in effect should keep in mind that they should prepare for a direct hit. anywhere where you dough so t-- see the hurricane warning in effect be. and we'll start to feel the i would impact of florence tomorrow morning so starting thursday morning, winds in excess of 39 miles an hour throughout late morning and early afternoon. we start to pick up the outer bands that will push on shore and once it starts raini

. >> usually, kaitlyn, there would be weeks and weeks of preparatory work before a high profile case takes place. >> exactly, and they have less than a week before this is going to happen. corroboration is important and that's what they're going to look for. but senator collins and murkowski won't be able to vote yes if this woman comes forward and gives credible-seeming testimony there because we're in the middle of the me too movement and women voters going to the polls are going to decide if these women, the red state democrats, these people on the fence stay in office. they're going to be paying attention to whatever happens when she testifies on capitol hill. >> there's a lot more we have coming up. also, what does the president hope to accomplish by declassifying lots of documents connected to the russia investigation? we're going to talk about that. and also talk about the new timing of michael flynn's sentencing in the russia probe after multiple delays. ♪ i don't care where we go ♪ and i don't care what we do ♪ just take me with you there are roadside attractions. and then t

anna kendrick, neal brennan, and music from kaitlyn smith.9[ cheers and applause ] >> sh: my thanks to 3emma thompson, elle fanning. lykke li, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] fred armisennd the 8g band. ay tuned for carson daly. we'll see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> carson: hi, there. i'm carson daly, and you pre looking terrace at dream midtown, here in new york. the backdrop for tonight's

one you are up to date that's the news update this hour now we're going to go to wvit meteorologist kaitlyncgrath with the latest on this amazing hurricane, hurricane florence is still roaring. >>> that's right, sue. it has weakened since making landfall earlier this morning. still a category 1 hurricane with sustained winds at 80 miles per hour and florence is not moving right now moving to the west at just 3 miles per hour, slowly crawling its way toward south carolina you can't really see the eye wall it has become disorganized and rain filled. we're still seeing the impacts moving through far southeastern, north carolina those hurricane force winds, tropical downpours and rain bands extending up into raleigh now talking about heavy rain and a tornado threat for much of coastal north carolina as we head throughout the day today and approaching a critical time with florence. we had that high tide just after 11:30. in the past hour we have seen the peak, where high tide coincides with storm surge an additional 7 to 11 feet of rain from cape hatteras down into cape fear and the biggest thre

anna kendrick, neal brennan, and music from kaitlyn smith.hone. my name is chris hughes and i am a certified arborist for pg&e. i oversee the patrolling of trees near power lines and roots near pipes and underground infrastructure. at pg&e wherever we work, we work hard to protect the environment. getting the job done safely so we can keep the lights on for everybody. because i live here i have a deeper connection to the community. and i want to see the community grow and thrive. every year we work with cities and schools to plant trees in our communities. the environment is there for my kids and future generations. together, we're building a better california. 9[ cheers and applause ] >> seth: my thanks to 3emma thompson, elle fanning. lykke li, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] fred armisen and the 8g band. stay tuned for carson daly. we'll see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> carson: hi, there. i'm carson daly, and you are looking at phd terrace at drea

kaitlyn, you are getting new details now on how president trump plans to monitor the historic hearings in. >> we know president trump will be watching and we know that he and vice president mike pence have been on the phone with their supreme court nominee. and president trump has had a message for him. to go out there today, to be more aggressive, to be forceful and push back in a way that president trump would. we know he hasn't been pleased so far, telling him he's been too careful and too measured in his responses. of course, the question is will what has worked to president trump to a degree work for brett kavanaugh today, or will it seem like he's attacking the accuser and infur race women voters across the states. president trump left open the possibility that he could withdraw this nomination yesterday saying that he too can be convinced by christine blasey ford and her testimony today, depending on how persuasive it is. we know president trump will be watching. he's not one more meeting at the united nations in new york and then he will be traveling to washington. he is expec

i just needed someone to come up to me and give me a hug and say, i care about you, kaitlyn, and everything'st myself in the mirror with a big grin. something was missing in me, whether it was a self-image situation, whether it was a character flaw. i came up with a stable family in the suburbs. i had a lot of advantages. there was some dark genie inside me that i very much hesitate to call a disease that led me to dope. i didn't have anyone else who could have talked me out of what i was doing. an intervention wouldn't have worked. i didn't have a child. i have a 7-year-old daughter now who i never would have thought. i looked in a mirror, and i saw somebody worth saving, or at least that i wanted to try real hard to save. anybody can find themselves very easily in this situation. and, you know, i look back on that, and i think about what i'll tell my daughter. you know, that was daddy. ain't no doubt about it. but i hope i can say that was daddy then. this is daddy now. that i'm alive and living in hope. thank you, guys. >> thank you. [ applause ] ♪ a drug-free blend of botanicals with mela

kaitlyn mcgrath joins us with the latest >> that's right.ith florence it is not about the category it is about the size of the storm and the impact it will bring. and right now much of the carolina coast continuing to feel those hurricane force winds as florence makes landfall right now the eye of the storm approaching wilmington and it's just on the outskirts. the eye wall where we're seeing the worst conditions winds gusting up to 90 miles per hour that torrential tropical rain. all of this will continue as we head through the day today right now it's moving at just 5 miles per hour that will continue and continue to weaken as we head throughout the day today. we're going to see florence slow down throughout the next 24 hours. it's going to take about a day for it to move just 80 miles into south carolina as we look towards saturday once we get it a bit further inland and it will stop getting the fuel from the atlantic, we can move it to a tropical storm. that's good news for the wind. the winds will weaken quite a bit but we are still tal

to the democratic staff, robin, to my staff, leticia, elizabeth, kaitlyn, will, chris, to the majority staff, susan, jennifer, justin, katherine, karen, laurie. mr. speaker, our names appear on the doors of the congressional offices but it is the labor every single day of these outstanding staff people that help us put these bills together on behalf of the american people. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. frelinghuysen: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the chairman of the state foreign operations subcommittee, mr. rogers of kentucky, my predecessor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. rogers: i want to add my appreciation and thanks to this -- to the chairman and ranking members that you just heard from for this momentous agreement before us today. i'd like to especially commend our big chairman, frelinghuysen, for the work he has done on this bill but more importantly the work he's done throughout his career in this body. mr. frelinghuysen, you're

kaitlyn collins, white house correspondent for cnn. michael schmitt, "new york times" correspondent, contributor to msnbc and nbc. tommy voter, former spokesman for president obama. david korn, msnbcablist and author of the rution lieu roux let book. casey hutton, nbc news correspondent, host of msnbc show. richard painter, commentator on msnbc and cnn outspoken critic of trump. david axelrod, former chief strategist for obama's campaign, senior advisor to obama. i did not cherry pick these. here's a republican you did send me one from bill crystal founder and editor of the at-large weekly and a vocal supporter and never trumper guy. an you did send me one from fox news, i'll put that in there, brit hume, senior political analyst for fox news channel. i want to submit these for the record so you can peruse them at your leisure. that's only two i remember being republican. out of 84, hand picked tailored for me because they know what i want to read. glen thrush,, it just goes on and on. i have i guess 14 pages of them here. and they're

first, let's get to kaitlyn mcgrath. >> florence made landfall over white wrightsville beach florenceove back over water and make a second landfall later today in south carolina but right now that eye still sitting over carolina beach, becoming rain-filled we haven't seen much movement in the past hour or so. that eye wall bringing heavy rain and hurricane-force winds to far southeastern north carolina but all the way back through kingston, new bern, jackson. right now the national hurricane center bringing florence to a tropical storm as it moves into south carolina tomorrow but maintaining that category one strength as we head throughout the day today, moving slowly to the south and west at five miles per hour and it's the slow forward motion that has us concerned with the flood threat and storm surge threat as we approach high tide after 11:00 much of the carolina coast already without power and those outages will become more pride spread throughout the day and through the weekend. those tropical storm force winds will continue through saturday and sunday and for some folks into ne

let's get right to kaitlyn florence is now over 600 miles wide in diameter that will continue through landfall overnight into tomorrow. the national hurricane center bringing florence to the carolina coast and making landfall as a category 2 storm overnight. there is the chance it could linger longer but once it moves on shore in into north carolina it will weaken into a tropical storm. that's good news in terms of wind but doesn't change the fact that this is going to be a life threatening flooding situation from the surge and rainfall so check out the storm surge through landfall nine to 13 feet, that's the bull's-eye through the strongest storm surge through wellington and north carolina that's where we have an incredibly high storm surge threat the closer you get to myrtle beach, the further south into charleston it won't be as high we are talking about a very serious flood thread through the next few days and this storm surge will coincide with high tide what we call storm tide and we could see multiple cycles through your friday forecast so let's break down the impacts the bull'

police executed a search warrant at the new jersey home of kaitlyn mcclure and the boyfriend.a viral feel good story and now is anything but. >> will you talk to us. >> authorities in new jersey are weighing whether or not a couple's act of kindness towards a homeless veteran devolved into a crime. police hauling away appear bmw and searching the home thursday in connection with a criminal investigation. at this time no charges have been filed. nbc news reached out to the couple's attorney who said they have no comment. the case centers around $400,000 the couple raised on gofundme for johnny bobbitt jr. who game mcclure $20 when she ran out of gas last fall. more than 4,000 people paid it forward and donated. now bobbitt said the couple didn't pay it forward, they paid themselves. bobbitt is suing the couple. a judge ordered them to return the money. in court this week bobbitt's attorney said his client has only received about $75,000, and that he was told there is nothing left. >> i'm not sure that i accept that it's all gone. >> the couple did not attend the hearing, but th

let's go to meteorologist kaitlkaitl kaitlyn mcgrath. >> towards south carolina, still, a category 1 hurricane and sustained winds down to 75 miles per hour and dropping torrential rain across north carolina and moving into south carolina national hurricane center bringing it into south carolina tomorrow as a tropical storm that is good news for the wind speed, but that torrential rain will continue and we continue to watch the storm threat and much more on florence, coming up. >> thank you very much. >>> let's get over to suherrera with a news update at this hour. >> good to see you here's what's happening at this hour, everyone the european commission ending the ritual of switching between summer and winter time the transport commissioner said they will leave it up to governments across the alliance to come to an agreement. >> there are also economic benefits behind it it's a joke, but also true that it's hard for them to understand they need to be one hour earlier or later because for them every day and the time clock is the same >> residents pour immediate to the streets today to

there's a news story by my friend kaitlyn dickerson in the "new york times" who writes about the hundredsess to legal education. so there's all this, i think there's all this stuff that's going on with these young children that is really kind of in some ways being lost at times, so i'm looking at that stuff. >> a good reminder for that story. and john? >> i'm looking at senate races and how senators are reacting to kavanaugh. we'll be in florida for the bill nelson/rick scott race. and in particular looking for the sleeper issue, separate from kavanaugh, his credibility and trustworthiness, there's a danger for him that the idea that he was not straightforward with the judiciary committee is seeping into general acceptance. that could be an independent problem. >>> and i'm looking at susan collins and the pressure that's on her, what she's going to do. >>> we want to thank a couple of our furry viewers, neymar and dempsey. who are watching kasie d.c. thank you for writing in. adorable. >>> and our producer sends her adorable dog, mabel. that does it for us. we'll be back next week from 7: