nbc's kelly o'donald covers it all for us. >> reporter: from his summer stay at his new jersey golf resort, president trump's first take on a significant foreign policy accomplishment, the north korea sanctions came without today the adrenaline out of the trump administration came from vice president mike pence after a "the new york times" report described a shadow campaign for 2020 where prominent republicans including pence donors and make political stops in case president trump is not on the ballot. but in a lengthy review the vice president called the assertions disgraceful and offensive to me, laughable and absurd and pledged his efforts to see president trump re-elected in 2020. counselor kellyanne conway defended pence's loyalty. >> it is absolutely true he is getting ready in 2020 for re-election as vice president. >> reporter: speculation smolders given the president's approval pressed about whether the president would try to fire special counsel bob mueller, conway batted that away. >> he's not even discussing firing bob mueller. >> reporter: the justice department currently over

reporter: tom bosser was pressed to more specific himself. >> i can't be clearer. >> that was nbc's kelly o'donald reporting attorney general jeff sessions will talk about what happened in charlottesville in the "today" show. but for more on that, you can continue watching coverage our broadcast which starts at 4:00 a.m. we've got a team of reporters in charlottesville and we'll bring you the latest developments. >>> he flew the final combat mission in world war ii. and today captain jerry yellin honored -- girl scouts from the service program are who you see around him. they placed the reef at the wall of gold stars. his plane disappeared while escaping enemy aircraft in august of 1945. it's the spirit of 45 day, a day set aside to honor america' >>> well, depending on where you live you may have to share the roads with those yellow buses tomorrow. students who live in d.c. and who are on the extended year calendar will have to return to class. for those who you live in other countries the day is september 1st. and prince george's county students go back to school wednesday, september 6. >>> all

mcmaster to right the ship. >> that was kelly o'donald reporting. tonight at 11:00, the fbi has received new evidence related to the cooper high jacketing case. he jumped out the back of a jet over a remote part of oregon. now investigators say they found a piece of foam that could be from cooper's parachute backpack. it comes weeks after investigators found other possible remnants. despite a massive investigation, the fbi has never been able to determine what happened to cooper or what his real name might be. but experts say he probably did not suffer vive the jump. >>> returning to our eclipsage, all eyes will be on the skies. but if you look and listen carefully, there myby a show going on around you as well. we take a look at the potential impact to animals. >> reporter: you and your friends may be ready for the eclipse but when day turn tuesday twilight, strange things can happen. reports dating back centuries have revealed bizarre behavior in the animal kingdom. records found by the academy of arts and sciences show in 1544 birds ceased to sin

. >> that was nbc's kelly o'donald reporting. the white house says it will not discuss any specific conversations taking place with the mueller team. for more, head over to our website that's nbcbayarea.com. also follow us on twitter and facebook. >>> a tornado howled through tulsa, oklahoma today injuring more than 2,000 people in the process. the national weather service does confirm, thousands there had no electricity. at least one restaurant was serving customers right when that twister hit. >> we did have some guests sitting right at this wall right here who did have to go to the hospital with some minor injuries. >> roughly one square block was blocked off today while crews there worked up to cleanup the area. >>> and fire crews completing a final sweep of the oakland hills tomorrow. the 20 acre blaze started wednesday. an investigation into what caused that fire does continue. >>> well, overseas for six months, a military father returning home today to surprise his family. >> everybody give a nice big aww. >> these are our

. >> and that was kelly o'donald reporting. a decision from president trump is expected soon regarding the fate of the dreamers. these were the children brought into the country illegally. people on both sides of the issue are bracing for the possibility mr. trump will stop issuing new work permits under the docca or or childhood work program. it give them the ability to work legally in the u.s. today white house officials said there was no announcement on the issue and the president continues to wrestle with the decision. >>> our meteorologist is back with us as we head back into monday. and i got got air-conditioning in my house about a month ago. >> that's good timing. >> for livermore, you'd expect livermore to pea pretty hot this time of year. but 20 degrees above average, that was the case today? 107 today in livermore. conquered similar temperatures, a high of 105. san jose, downtown approaching the upper 90s. so pick your areas northeast and south away from the bay temperatures generally about 15 to 20 degrees above ave