kate kelly of "the new york times." >>> let's put it to a vote show of hands, who thinks elon musk -- same question i asked kate elon musk remains on the job six months from now? will he be on the job -- >> it depends -- not in the capacity he's in right now as more of a visionary leader of the company. >> in a reduced capacity and you think he'll be intact? >> i think the biggest issue, and jim -- tesla mentioned this, on this network he said the management turnover the last few years is startling there is no heir apparent. there's no quick fix in the meantime which puts this company in a really tough bind if this guy does need to take a few months off. >>> coming up, apple terror continues today as f.a.n.g. stocks are in bear market territory. chinese tech stocks getting crushed but one company the analysts think has due for a meck this is a story about mail and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes

kate? >> kelly o'donnell tonight. thank you. >>> to a developing story in nashville where a series of murders has residents on edge. the crimes appear to be random, but similarities have police wondering if they might be connected. we get the latest from maia rodriguez. >> reporter: tonight, a rash of armed robberies and fatal shootings rattling the music city. >> definitely scary. it struck a lot of fear in me. it makes me scared to be home after dark. >> reporter: nashville police say it's possible the crimes are connected. >> officers throughout the city are on the lookout for two cold-blooded killers who, obviously have no respect whatsoever for human life. >> reporter: the suspects last struck on friday night attempting to rob and then gunning down and killing two friends celebrating a birthday. >> out of all people, we would have never thought something like this would happen to brandon. just didn't deserve it. >> reporter: that shooting shares similarities with other recent cases including four attempted robber

kate? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. you can hear more from omarosa manigault newman tomorrow morning on "today." >>> now new details after the baggage handler was able to steal a passenger plane from the seattle airport friday night. the incident prompting new concerns about the potential for a so-called insider attack. nbc's hans nichols explains. >> what is happening right now? >> reporter: before richard russell made it into the sky, investigators want to know how he made it across a crowded tarmac and onto a runway at seattle's sea-tac airport. causing confusion in the control tower and a call to the military. >> you need to call and scramble now. >> we are. >> reporter: with a pair of f-15s on his tail, russell stayed airborne for nearly an hour before dying in a fiery crash. his flight reveals a troubling security gap where thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have the same broad access that russell had. >> for me, the biggest red flag is that this is something that aviation security is not designed to prevent.

kate. >> kelly o'donnell with the president in new jersey, thank you. a programming note here. omarosa manigault newman sits down for an exclusive interview with chuck todd. that's tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> president trump also took to twitter today to mark one year since those deadly protests in charlottesville, virginia. the president calling for the nation to come together and saying he condemns all types of racism and violence. in the city itself, residents honored heather heyer, who was killed when a driver rammed into a group of counterprotesters. hand-made memorials were left where heyer was hit. her mother saying her daughter's death is a call to action. so many of the people injured in that charlottesville car crash are still struggling with agonizing physical pain from that day. but there's also more. many carry emotional and financial burdens as well. we partnered with our digital documentary unit nbc left field to bring you an update on some of their stories. >> reporter: tay washington goes to physical therapy three times a week and is in constant agony. >>

joining us at post nine, kate kelly.re. >> great to be here. >> so we get this news today that there's going to be a special committee. in light of your reporting how surprised the board is, where is this board in terms of what they knew when about elon musk's plans. >> according to musk, on july 31st, he had another meeting, one of at least two, maybe multiple ones with the saudi sovereign wealth front and posted the board a few days later on the nature of the conversations and privatization possibility with them, providing some of the funding. however, he then dashed off this tweet as we now know, a few days later saying that funding was secured. whether that was the case or not, how secure it was, he tried to explain yesterday but the board it seems had no idea he was going to dash off that tweet and didn't think this information was ready for public revelation and so that was news to them as well as to many investors. >> so are we to believe azalea banks in thinking that he was xrounking for investors after he realiz

anchor kate kelly. >> when i first walked in the first thing that struck me was it was beautiful, cleanwere so many people. >> reporter: for the next four decades, kpix covered the bay area. news, weather, sports, social unrest, technology, politics, lifestyle, entertainment, the environment, aids, big events, small events, human tragedies, fires, drought, major catastrophes, and, of course, breaking news. >> when a big breaker would happen you would hear it immediately. the whole newsroom, the decibels would go up. >> reporter: kpix brought you the news from near and far. the occupied territories, the fall of the berlin wall, even afri could. >> horrible, horrible thing had occurred there. >> reporter: anchor dana king traveled to rwanda to report on the horrific genocide. >> helping people understand what happened, why it happened who it happened to, and to also understand that it could happen anywhere. >> reporter: before our newsroom became digital, crews luged around big recorders and portable cameras in the field. then came the computers. >> and we had to have the typewriters. we

kate. >> kelly with the president. you. >>> also this t mornin young woman who was pushed off thebr ge by her friend is speaking out after learning of the reckless endangerment charge of the woman who pushed her. nbc's steve patterson joins us. >> reporter: good morning, craig. 16-year-old jordan holgerson is suffering from six broken ribs and punctures in her lungs after being shoved off the bridge. in the live interview this morning o "today," she says the former friend that pushed her shou pay for what she did. this morning, 18-year-old taylor smith, who pushed her friend off the 60-foot high washington state bridge, is in legal jeopardy. friday, prosecutors charging smith with reckless nt endanger saying it is clear smith engaged in conduct which created abs ntial risk of death and resulted inhycal injury. 16-year-old jordan holgerson plunging off the bridge and slamming into the water below. just moments before, you hear the fear in holgerson's voice. at first she wants to jump. >> go. >> do i just go? >> reporter

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by what they see as erratic behavior from musk and trying to inoculate themselves we'll talk to kate kellyater on today and andrew sorkin. >> i think we're dealing with this fallout of this august 7th. it's almost like people are just saying, what did he know when he tweeted and when and what i'm concerned about is that we're overthinking this people distancing themselves from who there's a governing agency called the s.e.c. and they will look at this and they may decide wait a second what was -- can we see some paper about the funding? if he says look, you have to trust me, i think that they could sanction him we don't have to trust you, but this idea that somehow there is going to be a major fallout about him start focusing on the number of cars being sold. there's a lot of stories that are about how they're unsold -- there are unsold teslas. i would like to know that. i think that's far greater an issue than whether the august 7th tweet is going to get him in trouble with the government because it doesn't work like that. >> right that's exactly the critic's argument that elon wants to m

kate. >> kasie, thank you so much. >>> our thank as well to kelly o'donnell and much more on all of this,mccain and tributes on aretha franklin also happening today. the news tonight on nbc "nightly news." for now, i'm kate snow. nbc news in new york. . we're going to take a closer look at what's causing that problem just ahead. >> get dominos to fix that. >> look ahead to fall wedding trends. you're going to be seeing them everywhere. guys, i don't know if you know this but orange is the new pink. >> exactly. >> and we're going to dive into labor day barbecue, surf and turf. steak. everything else you're going to want to eat this holiday weekend. >> sunny anderson. doing a little lady and the tramp thing right there. very nice. >> mr. roker, how about a check of labor day forecast. >> we like state fairs around here. we call it state fair friday. a look at the forecast all around the country. start out west, alaska state fair blue ribbon forecast, same in salem, plenty of sunshine. pueblo, colorado good as well. same in nebraska. as we make our way east in michigan, afternoon storms, 85,

we have kelly o'donnell here the president's golf course this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kate. the president has the authority to decide who sees the most secret important national security matters, interest are critics who say he is using the power to try to get back at those who have been outspoken ainst hi especially those involved in the russia investigation. there is a new development involving the first person arrested by the muellern team ie russia investigation. new overnight. up to six months in prison. that is what the special counsel is asking a judge to sentence george papadopoulos. he pleaded guilty last octobery to to investigators and has been cooperating with the russia probe. papadopoulos was part of thtr ump campaign foreign policy panel and claimed to know russia had dirtton hillary cl meanwhile, the president is unapoletic about revoking the security clearance of former cia chief john brennan. >> i like taking on voice like that. i have never respected him. i never had a lot of respect. >> reporter: the president denied trying to silence critics and claimed

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. >> kate, thank you so by the way, we should mention two former miss americas will join megyn kelly00 eastern. they're going to a open uput why they're calling for the top pageant officials tosi . more on that in a bit. >> going to switch gears, get a check of t weather from dylan in for mr. roker this morning. >> good morning. we're seeing a b cooldown for parts of the northern plains back to the midwest wherees temperatill now be unseasonably cool, running 5 to 10, even 15 degrees below average for some. kansas city, a high of 73 today. chicago, 79. that's kind of close to averag thtomorrow, some of that cooler air trickles into the northeast. 8 new york city for a high. washington, d.c., 82. pittsburgh, only 78 degrees. but remember, this is more typical than the mid to upper 90s we have been dealing with so much lately. and through the week, temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. cleveland, 73 for a high on wednesday. all because of this frontal system producing heavy rain back throughhe midwest. this could also produce storms with hail, winds, a also a risk of flash floodin

kelly evens. it is time for the closing bell. we're going to debate how long the job search can actually last >>> i'm lesly picker at cnbc headquarters >>> i'm kate rogers in salt lake city utah and the u.s. economy keeps adding hundreds of thousands of u.s. jobs but there's a massive shortage in trucking we'll tell you why and how companies are trying to fill the void >>> i'm bob pisani in for wilfred frost. we'll talk with the whole nasa crew in just a few moments "the closing bell" starts right now. >>> happy friday and welcome to "the closing bell. a special welcome to bob pisani. your walk killed it. don't tell wilfred i haven't seen anything like that >> i was just walking by and they grabbed me. i was planning to leave early and look here i am >> this is exciting. let's check ipon tn on the marks it's about about 96 points nasdaq, though, losing some of its early gains. tech underperforming today we'll talk about that. russell 2000 is actually down. the small caps getting ahehit au 0.5% >> steve, it doesn't look like the jobs report is going to essentially change the fed narrative at this point. >> not at all, really. really when you dig d

kelly evens. it is time for the closing bell. we're going to debate how long the job search can actually last >>> i'm lesly picker at cnbc headquarters >>> i'm kateutah and the u.s. economy keeps adding hundreds of thousands of u.s. jobs but there's a massive shortage in trucking we'll tell you why and how companies are trying t

kate. >> kasie, thank you so much. >>> our thank as well to kelly o'donnell and much more on all of this, the remembrance for john mccain and tributes on aretha franklin also happening toy. the news tonight on nbc "nightly news." for now, i'm kate snow. nbc news in new york. you have been here through the years. >> 47years. i'm trying to get to through more. >> we're -- the holiday weekend is a big crabee eatingnd for a lot of people in the dmv. we're going to be buying your crabs this weekend. >> okay. >> lot of extras. plenty of crabs out.ot we're paying as much so you don't pay as much. >> i'm not playing. m i atet of those on the table. we helped you can meal planning. will the rain hold off for the ? looks ahead to looks ahead to olay regenerist wipes out the competition; hydrating better than $100, $200 even $400 creams. with our b3 complex, beautiful skin doesn't have to cost a fortune. olay. >>> check it out. tents are up the the stage is lit. sound crews getting their final stage in. it's almost time for the two-day birthday bash. the fun starts at 6:00 tonight with a concert the