kristene struggled to ask a few of her own, tough ones. >> was kristene asking you about mollie?she did. we did not initially give her any of that information. >> both chavez and kristene's parents were afraid that the truth about mollie would upset kristene and maybe jeopardize her recovery. >> i would just tell her, mollie's got sent to another hospital. >> of course, kristene persisted, and eventually, everyone decided she deserved to know mollie's fate. family and doctors assembled in kristene's room. when detective chavez revealed the truth. >> she was distraught and crying and we told her, you know, just i need you to stay strong so that you can help us and we're going to catch him. and so, she did. >> as the days passed, kristene's communication skills steadily improved, enabling her to share with police more details of that horrible night. >> it's supposed to be peaceful and safe. >> we wanted to hear her story, too. >> you look great, and it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> kristene began by describing her relationship with mollie. >> i met mollie at the mall. >> was

it was kristen's.illed her. >> i was certain that he had done this before. but at the same time, i didn't think he would do it again. >> the detective called ynobe matthews back down to the station for another interview and decided to pull a fast one with his suspect. telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. were you really about to get it that quickly? >> we weren't going to get it that quickly that day. but trying to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. i told him if he would page me, just say -- type in the words that says his dna matches. >> and right on cue, the detective's pager went off. >> and i showed it to mr. matthews and asked him to read it. it said dna matches. >> so what's his face like when he looks at that match? >> he became pretty emotional. and he said, it was an accident, but he had killed her. >> the detective called carolyn's parents and gave them the news of the con

>>kristen: he is tired. he's trying to run tesla. musk spacex provides services for the air force and that requires a government security clearance. the air force is looking into whether or not they will have to take action because he was smoking pot . >>leland: problem there gary? >> yeah, he's in the crosshairs all the way around. sometimes all you need to do is look at the numbers. he came out and lied about $420 - - buyout the stocks are 20as there are no companies trying to buy it at these levels but there are serious issues. not to mention, he's now promised profits for the next couple of quarters which he's done in the past and now there are investigations on those words. he better start getting it right or else. the biggest issue is, is not a cal, he is the ceo from day one bit if he goes, this dock will become in half before use day, boom. >>leland: kristin - - i don't know, maybe at least have whiskey after the show to drown your tears. >>kristen: even though pot is legal here in dc, we will not be smoking marijuana after t

larry and kristen? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> tradition goes out the window with this fashion exhibit. find out how, next. >>> our parent company, disney announced a $500,000 donation to the red cross hurricane florence relief drive today. this comes as our sister stations in north carolina and elsewhere hosted a phone bank and big donation drive that collected $538,000. overa million combined. if you'd still like to donate, text florence to 90999. >>> a unique exhibit oechg this weekend at the deyoung museum. >> unique and could reveal a colorful and underappreciated side of the muslim world. we're talking about fashion. >> for millions of women in the muslim world, fashion is a passionate blend of what's seen and unseen. at a new exhibit at the deyoung museum, visitors experience a unique weaving of faith, extravagant beauty. she helped lay out the exhibit. >> they're under the guise of muslim fashion. i think that's beautiful. >> there are more than 80 ensembles from every kont tent. man incompetent

amy: kristen clarke, thank you for being with us. we will cover these hearings all week.y begin today. kristen clarke is president and executive director of the lawyers' committee for civil rights under law, which also leads the non-partisan election protection coalition. we will link to this reporort yu kavanaugh'sbrett record on cases concerning civil rights, criminal justice, voting rights fair housing, education, , reproductive rights, environmental justice and access to justice, and also issued a desk the group -- the group issued a statement opposing kavanaugh's s nomination to the supreme court. when we come back, a major decision around the transcananda pipelines and oil politics on this continent. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: randy weston. he performed this song in 2012 on democracy now! he died at home this week in a brooklyn, new york. to see our interview, you can go to democracynow.org. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: in a major victory for indigenous groups and environmentalists, canada's federal court of appeals has rejected the government's

thank you, kristen. thank you. >> congressman, you heard meghan mccain's strong, emotional remarks, what a lot of people saw as a rebuke of president trump himself. i wonder what your takeaway was. >> no doubt she was taking a bit of a shot at president trump. listen, meghan mccain had the right to say whatever he wanted to say. she was her father's daughter. president trump and her father didn't get along. president trump made inappropriate remarks about john mccain not being a hero. she had every right to do that. i have no -- she is her father's daughter in every sense of the word. she loves her father and fights like her father. i have no problem with what she said. again, i would hope if my daughter was in that situation, she would say the same things. i understand that completely. >> well, to follow up with you on the broader point, not just about what she said, but her sort of call to action. you're someone, congressman, who has been a champion of bipartisanship. you also celebrated john mccain's

>> hi, kristen. yeah. if you didn't think san francisco traffic could get any worse, it did this morning. if you don't believe it, just ask these people. these are the cars coming off of the bay bridge, on to fremont street, and they are facing caution, tape and detour signs. now take a look at the view from sky 7 to show you just how bad this backup is. commuters say it has been ainn that the new transit center has been taken out of the mix. commuters found themselves right back at the temporary transbay terminal this morning after their brand new sales force transit center was shut down yesterday because of a cracked beam. commuters say it wasn't hard to fall back into this routine. it was yesterday that was the nightmare as they headed to the new center to catch their buses home only to find out it was closed. >> that was horrible yesterday. >> reporter: why? >> because it was like a last-minute thing. they closed it at 5:00 which is the bad time, which is commute time, so it was pretty confusing, but i

. >> i'm kristen sze. the gone girl kidnapping that police initially called a hoax. >> melanie woodrow has the story. >> denise hoskins will come face to face with mueller again. he's representing himself. two counts of forcible rape, robbery, burglary and false imprisonment. in connection with the 2015 vallejo kidnapping. when huskins and her fiance take the stand during the preliminary hearing, muller will cross-examine them. saah san low county chief district attorney -- >> we're preparing as if the victims will be testifying. >> proposition 115 protects victims liekhus kins and quinn from being revictimized. allowing hearsay testimony by law enforcement officials at preliminary hearings. subpoenas have been issued for law enforcement officials. however -- >> if the district attorney is subpoenaing or asking denise and aaron to be there as well, that's telling me the district attorney isn't so sure that law enforcement is going to show up or do a good job. let's hope this isn't another time when the law

we won't spoil it for you. >>> kristen bell and dax shepd hard will celebrate five years together.ting him on the top. >> kristen admits whale her marriage is tight, she's got her hair of hollywood crushes. >> how much time do you have? i have notable ones. big chris on keith morrisson. vin sent dinofrio. >> i once got ten out of ten on a quiz about did you know the slang words the kshs invented. >> congratulations. >> thank you. i cheated. >> it's the halloween season that's got this mama stressed. >> halloween is huge. it's one of my favorite holidays. my kids want to be exactly what they were last year, and i'm like, what is this but i can't tell them they can't want it, so yeah, i guess we are just dusting off last year's costu costumes. >> all the way back. >> today kristen lit up the empire state building she hopes her daughters see how women can make change. >> i hope i show them women have are capable of being heard. >> she's just wonderful. >> she's the best. >> still ahead -- >> i couldn't bear losing her. >> would you clone your beloved pet dog? barbra streisand did. wha

fourteen people have died since it made landfall on friday kristen salumi reports. florence arrived in the carolinas and like an unwanted guests refused to leave the storm continues to pound both states with a brain swelling rivers you know somebody said the other day a slight reinstall but turtle this thing will not move up the coast to a nice get out of the way we continue to just get copious amounts right the rescue of trapped residents continued in new bern north carolina a city that sits on a peninsula between two rivers residents elsewhere are being warned not to get complacent the risk of catastrophic flooding and mudslides remains remember most storm deaths occur from drowning in freshwater often in cars. don't drive. on moving water emergency manager sharing flood projections local officials if they tell you to evacuated please do so immediately you can save your life the national weather service says more than fifty centimeters of rain have fallen in some areas with more to come this is one major source of concern the cape fear river meteorologists predict

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and joining me is kristen welker and mimi. and kristen, it is clear that he was subdued own the south lawn, and then he went there. >> we spent so much time this week talking about the president's tone, and the fact that he was not engage ing ing types of attacks and then today it changed. we sort of saw him getting closer and closer to the line overnight when he said why wasn't this reported to the fbi 36 years ago? well, of course, a teenager is not going to report something like this to the fbi, but andrea, the bottom line, he is taking her on directly, but the messaging still runs counter of that of many of the top officials including kelley anne conway said there is no reason to attack her. she needs to be heard. >> and so, you been watching this closely, and you and the washington post team did the first reporting on this of christine blasey ford, and how do you see this evolving with her attorney debra katz on the phone last night into the evening with the democrats and the republicans in a conference call saying that i

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >>> there is breaking news we're following right now in washington. a massive inferno engulfing an apartment building for seniors, over 100 firefighters balling the flames as u.s. marines rush in to help. we get late details now from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: just a mile from the u.s. capital, a terrifying fast-moving four-alarm fire at a senior living apartment complex. firefighters battling flames on the upper two floors of a five-story building and rescuing hundreds of residents. it started just after 3:30 and spread fast. >> somebody knocked on the door. get out, fire, fire, fire. no sprinklers went off. no nothing went off. >> reporter: as flames broke through the roof, fast-acting marines from the nearby navy yard rushed through the gates with wheelchairs to help with rescues. >> you heard people banging on the door saying it's a fire, get out. it's a fire. >> reporter: tonight, d.c. fire rescue says every resident was evacuated safely. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> one of the nbc's most public faces, mark cuban, agreed to donat

angela, kristen? you might call that a little spin. >> no, but i think what's interesting is, you're absolutely right. the president will have some positive impact on some of the races and on so many others, not so much. especially when they're not even trump-like. they're just baby trump, the situation you brought up in florida. that is actually not a good example, because ron desantis, just like the president, started his campaign trafficking in racism. and we saw how that continues to play out in the poll numbers. so i think he has to be very careful about the negative impacts he may have for candidates you all would support. for us, i hope they continue down this same trend because for us, it means there are people who get an historic opportunity. and this election is one of them, with three black gubernatorial candidates. >> chris, kristen, and simone, i want to hear from you on this. if you look at the generic ballot in the race, that not trending well for republicans, either. i mean, it's safe

speaker, i rise today to recognize kristen hill taylor who received recognition as a 2018 angels and adoption honoree and who i'm honored to have with me in the gallery today. this is the second time i had the privilege of nominating a deserving individual for their outstanding work in the adoption community. kristen is a resident of murray, kentucky, along with her husband, greg, ander that three children they adopted as newborns, kate in 2007, ben in 2009, and rachel in 2015. a compassionate adoptive mother, kristen is an advocate for the adoption community and has created a great platform for sharing stories about adoption, family, and faith on her blog, kristenhilltaylor.com. she also self-published her family's story in a book entitled "peace in the process: how adoption built my faith and my family." kristen's advocacy and platform for story sharing have helped grow and empower many members of the adoption community both near and far. we have an active adoption and foster community in the district of kentucky, which i represent. and i'm proud to recognize adoptive families and

our kristen welker joins us live from the white house. kristen, what's the latest? >> reporter: lester, good evening. tonight, president trump is insisting his administration is as ready as anyone has ever been to deal with hurricane florence. the president describing the storm as tremendously big and wet. and when asked about lessons learned from those storms that devastated puerto rico last year -- >> the job that fema and law enforcement and everybody did working along with the governor in puerto rico, i think was tremendous. i think that puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. >> reporter: one top democrat calling those comments offensive given that nearly 3,000 people died as a result of hurricane maria. mr. trump started his day in shanksville, pennsylvania commemorating the 17th anniversary of the september 11th attacks, greeting airport by pumping his fists. theed presiwo campaign rallies to monitor the storm this weekend, leer. >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> disturbingly, the horror of 9/11 continues to claim victims. almost 1,900 first responders

. >> and kristen bell gone wild. why crowd [alarm clock]t ♪ ♪ ghirardelli caramel squares.te better. >> halloween horror night at universal studios is ♪ >> celine dion fans celebrate. new m music is on the way. these shots were taken in las vegas. she's singing in english again. no word on when we get to hear it. >> let's head to new york where kevin frazier has more news. what's going on? >> nancy prepare to have your mind blown. the new season of "maniac" starting streaming on netflix. there was no denying the star power last night. >> what was it like working together? >> we have been friends for a decade. i loved spending time with you. i'm gonna talk about you like you're not here. >> i love spending time with emma stone who's great. >> emma stone was actually right before our eyes wearing metallic givenchy at the premiere of her and jonah hill's new series "maniac." it was 2006 on the set of the comedy hit "super bad" where these two first met. emma described to us back then a memorable make out with jonah. >> that was so much fun. it was like 4:00 a.m. 'cause it was

kristen, i've got to check in. i mean i just feel like every 10 minutes something could change out of that press office. is it -- you know, how's reaction now? >> well, chuck, look, i think that they continue to sort of absorb the remarkable events that we've all been witnessing and reacting to in realtime. there's not been any fresh reaction since that statement went out from press secretary sarah sanders, which again very much echoed what we heard from the president touting the jobs numbers, touting his election. but i think they're still trying to figure out what their strategy is going to be moving forward. and again, i go back to this, they were caught flat footed by the revelations in the woodward book. they weren't expecting all of the quotes from some of the top officials, which woodward attributes to a number of sources. he says he spoke to a number of senior administration officials, past and present. has hundreds of hours of interviews. and so i think they're still trying to figure out how to respond to

. >> i'm kristen sze, thanks for joining us. the pilot was killed when the plane went down late this morning. he was on a mission for angel flight west taking a patient and her mom to stanford's lucille packer children's hospital. >> vic lee has the story, now live from palo alto. vic? >> reporter: well, that plane, the wreckage is sitting in heavy mud in a duck pond right behind me over there. palo alto airport is to my left across the marsh here. the runway stretches right behind me that direction. now, the plane is registered to an owner who lives in placerville. presumably the pilot. but that has not been confirmed. as you said angel flight west tells us that the pilot was on a mission to deliver one of his passengers, a female, to stanford's lucille packer children's hospital. the other passenger is the mother. here's what happened. the air traffic control audio indicates the pilot was having trouble landing. the call to the palo alto fire department came in just after 11:00 a.m. a mooney single engine plane with three peop

dan, kristen. >> okay.>>> a deputy is dead and another is injured in a shooting this afternoon in sacramento county. the sheriff's department there says 27-year-old deputy mark sasiak was shot in the upper body and sadly later died. the other deputy was shot in the arm and is expected to survive. gunfire first broke out at a pep boy's auto repair shop and ended in a nearby parking lot. the suspect and a bystander were shot. their conditions are unknown tonight. >>> new at 6:00, oakland police releasing body camera video showing a deadly police involved shooting. it happened in june 2015. officers discovered 30-year-old demoria hogg unconscious in a car. video shows them trying to wake him up over an hour. then officer nicole rhodes goes up to the car with her gun drawn. officers break the window. she yells, put your hands up before firing two shots. she claimed hogg reached for a gun on the roads was clear rhodes was cleared in 2015. >> tom arnold is accusing mark bar net of attacking him at a party last ni

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.half an hour. >>> tonight, president trump fuming. his new demand onboard air force one, telling his attorney general jeff sessions to hunt down the author of that anonymous op-ed in "the new york times," the enemy within the trump administration, and as he was talking, so was a former president. president obama and the rare move breaking precedent and attacking president trump. >>> also this friday night, the potential major hurricane headed for the east coast. tonight, the new track just in as tropical storm florence now grows closer. multiple pathways where this could hit and when. >>> the chilling new video just out tonight. the gunman walking into that office building taking aim. you can then see the officers shooting from outside the building right through the glass, trying to get the gunman.

our kristen welker has details. >> reporter: tonight the hearing in limbo after christine blasey ford wants an fbi investigaon into her allegations against brett kavanaugh as a first step. president trump urging her to testify on monday. >> i really want to see her. i really want to see what she has to say. >> reporter: and answering the critical e uestion, does he belir? >> i can only say this, he is such an outstanding man, very i hard for me gine that anything happened. >> reporter: but bl no leaving the door open for a change. >> if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. >> reporter: blasey ford received death threats forcing her to move out of her home with r children. >> any talk of a hearing on monday is premature. alhe came forward with thesgations 48 hours ago. >> reporter: kavanaugh denied the allegations from more than three decades. a only the white house can ask for an fbi investigation. mr. trump showing no signs that he would do that. he>> it would seem fbi really doesn't do that. they investigated. >>

kristen? >> thank you. >>> interstate 5 is open now, but you can expect delays heading through shasta and trinity counties because of the delta fire. flames have burned more than 53,000 acres since the fire broke out last wednesday. it's 5% contained, and more than 2400 firefighters are still on the front lines. evacuation orders remain in effect for several communities. >>> in the east bay, oakland police investigating a fire at a homeless encampment on east 12 street this morning. found a man's body. police say the body was found near part of the encampment that was not affected be the fire. there were no signs of trauma, and it's being investigated as an unexplained death at this point. the fire started at 2:45 in the morning. residents were evacuated. no one was hurt. >>> the south bay, a homeless village has popped up unlike any you have ever seen before. it's located in a state-owned unused parking lot next to san jose man mineta international airport. the advocates for the homeless deci

kate. >> reporter: kristen, that's right.e are actually in a building across the street from the transit center. we have quite a view of the top of the building. we have from the executive director of the trans bay joint powers authority. we will show you some aerials from sky 7 here this afternoon. i can tell you that he is presumably a man that worked hard on this transit center, apologized to the commuters. he said he is extremely disappointed this fissure, this crack is inside the steel beam. i want to give you a few details of what they know. it is in a steel beam 6 1/2 feet deep and it was discovered around 10:00 this morning when workers were installing ceiling panels in the area. it is unknown how long that crack has been there. after multiple inspections throughout the day, they did decide, of course, to close the building this evening, and they're, again, apologizing to commuters. here is what they said about that crack. >> well, we discovered it at 10:00. we asked our designers to come in and inspect it and do some

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks a lot for joining us. confirmed the identity of a headless torso found in a soma district home last month. >> but friends and relatives believe it's the remains of brian egg, who was reported missing back in june. >> today's his birthday, and his family is holding a candlelight vigil tonight. meantime, neighbors and some city officials are asking new questions over how police are handling the case. >> that's right. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live south of market with new developments tonight. vic? >> well, dan, that vigil will be held in front of ryan egg's house, which is in the middle of this block on clara street. now, his family arrived here from florida yesterday. as you said, there are still a lot of important questions. foremost, the medical examiner has yet to identify that badly mutilated body, and there still are no charges against the two persons of interest. >> i certainly have had a lot of nightmares thinking what happened inside that house. >> scot-free was the neighbor who called police,

kristen welker is here for the next hour. >> thank you. so many fast moving developments with the kavanaugh negotiations. >> take it away. >> appreciate it. good afternoon to you. i'm kristen welker in washington, d.c. balance of power. breaking news of capitol hill. we have new reporting on the negotiations between the senate judiciary commit tee and the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. the very latest on whether she will testify. >>> trump unleashed. after a week of an unusually restrained president trump has taken off the gloves and gone after the supreme court nominee's accuser. what was the tipping point? >>> and lessons learned. vice president joe biden on the senate's handling of kavanaugh's accuser. craig melvin has the exclusive. craig? >> reporter: kristen, coming up, we'll run that conversation with the former vice president and his wife dr. joe biden in its entirety. what he has learned since the clarence thomas confirmation hearings in 1991 and what this country especially washington stil

and kristen, you were the last to the speak to the president, and you saw the demeanor today and they seem to feel that they have turned a corner somehow, and how do you assess this? >> that is the right way to look at this, andrea. couple of things struck me for the first time and you heard president trump weigh in on whether he believes the accuser of judge kavanaugh and dr. ford and he said that it is very hard for me to imagine anything happen, and that is a striking statement, and he again reaffirmed that he stands behind judge kavanaugh, and when asked if he has any concern about dr. ford and the accuser in this situation, the president said, well, i want to hear from her before i can weigh in on her account. so the president really digging in on this situation despite the fact that you do have dr. ford saying that i want an fbi investigation before i come to capit capitol hill to testify, and the president is giving no indication that he is going to call for that, and as you said at the top, andrea, it is up to the white house at this point to call for the fbi to reopen the inv

and kristen, what is the white house reaction if any? >> no official reaction but i am told that we can expect a statement some time soon and they are processing this with everyone else. as you have rightfully pointed out the new allegations coming in the 11th hour as everyone is preparing for the hearing to take place tomorrow, and there is no indication as of right now that the president, that this white house is planning to break with brett kavanaugh, but again, we await the official statement, and there a broad sense in the trump world that these are allegations, and they want to get to the bottom of what has happened here. and there seems to be agreement, andrea, that if these allegations are true, and if they are verified and verifiable, and nbc news has not been able to corroborate them, and we have not been able to reach the woman at the center of this making the new allegations that this is something that would be disqualifying. now, president trump is going to be having a chance to say all of this himself, and are respond to qu

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. >> i'm kristen sze. comedian bill cosby has begun serving a prison sentence today after being convicted of sexual assault. it involved one woman. temple university administrator, andrea constan. dozens of others accused him, including a north bay woman. >> carolyn tyler spoke with her and joins us with reaction. >> janice baker kenny is a former abc 7 employee. she is on vacation today decompressing. our phone call today, she was emotional, describing the overwhelming joy and sense of e over. >> mr. cosby, any comment, sir? >> it's a dramatic fall from grace for a man once known cosb be legally blind, led away in handcuffs. sentenced to spend at least three years in prison. >> it's just -- it's over. all the ridicule and the horrible things said about us, it's all worth it. >> that's janice baker kinney the north bay woman who testified during the trial. she says she was a 24-year-old bartender at harrah's in reno when cosby invited her to a party. >> i was sexually assaulted by him in may of 1982. >> he

i'm kristen sze. muni was rerouted during the closure this morning. amy hollyfield is live at fourth and cabrillo. >> reporter: hi, good morning, kristen. the bomb squad has given the all clear. people are now free to move about this neighborhood. everything looks normal again. here is what it looked like, though, just within the past hour. you can see, the blocks were shut down. there were two packages at fifth and cabrillo, in sfan francisco one marked hazardous, and flammable. police blocked off the intersection and took the perimeter out a block in each direction and brought in the bomb squad to investigate. they say they got the call around 9:00 this morning. they were here for a little more than an hour. while residents stopped to watch and wonder what was going on. police gave the all clear. the captain told us about when a they found. >> the metal box contained absolutely nothing. and then there was another package that was nearby that contained some radio equipment, so it's always better to err on the side of caution and do all this and make

kristen. >> all right. thank you, katie. >>> "abc 7 news" meteorologist sandhya patel joins us now with a look at the forecast. >> yeah, eric and kristen, day temperatures in the low 60s at the beaches to the low 90s inland for most of you. there's reason for the widespread doppler 7 showing the fog sitting near the coast and that is what kept the temperatures in check near the beaches. we have a high fire danger for north and east bay his until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. red flag warning are in effect due to a combination of very dry fuels, a north wind. right now it is about 15 to 16 miles per hour in the hills but it could gust as high as 35 overnight. humidity will remain low, five to 15%. so please be extra aware of your surroundings. from our east bay his camera we certainly have the marine layer in place. 60 degrees in san francisco. oakland is at 64. 70s from san jose to morgan hill. half moon bay, 67 degrees. sunshine as we look across the bay, and in the 70s. reamy comfortable in santa rosa and napa, but

kristen welker is at the white house. what's the latest? >> the president said we'll see when asked if he plans to fire his embattled deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, although he says he doesn't want to. he says he may delay a meeting set for tomorrow to focus on kavanaugh. this drama started when "the new york times" reported rosenstein discuss red moving the president from office. rosenstein summoned to the white house monday called that report inaccurate and its high stakes, the deputy attorney general oversees the russia investigation, lester. >> kristen welker, thanks. >> let's turn to the united nations where the president today fired off a broad slide against a world power with an accusation of meddling. andrea mitchell has the details. >> reporter: the dramatic accusation as president trump was presiding over the u.n. security council for the first time. >> china has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election. they do not want me or us to win because i am the first president ever to challenge china on trade. >

. >> i'm kristen sze. robert, this is a time when a lot of the buses will be picking people up, taking them home. what's going on with the operations? >> you're right. this is our rush hour. as you outlined in your show, the cjta discovered a crack in a beam in a ceiling above the bus deck. as you know, the bus deck is the third level of the transit center. that is where all of our operations exist. ac transit operates 27 transbay bus lines out of the temporary -- in and out of salesforce transit center. to ensure that our rider safety isn effect and we continue our service, we have diverted all 27 of the transbay bus lines to the old temporary terminal. that old terminal is located at howard and bill street. that diversion will remain in place until further notice. we anticipate that this is affecting about 7,000 riders. that's roughly the number that crossed the bridge during the p.m. hours. for riders who are listening to us right now who have yet to head out for their commute home, what we want you to

. >> reporter: hi there, kristen.uring the clearance thomas nomination, president bush had asked the fbi to do a complete background check and investigation into the claims made by then anita hill who is accusing clarence thomas of sexual assault or of sexual harassment at the time, but president trump at this moment says that he is still not willing to do the same. president trump says he is still skeptical of the accusation against judge brett kavanaugh. >> i can only say this. he's such an outstanding man. very hard for me to imagine that anything happened. >> reporter: but for the first time he seemed to suggest kavanaugh's nomination could be in jeopardy. >> if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting, and we'll have to make a decision. >> reporter: dr. christine blasey ford argues as a stumbling drunk teen in the 1980s kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party while bother hh school studes. kavanah strony die the allegation. the chairman of the senate judiciary committee chuck g

>> reporter: hi, kristen, yeah. hard-core apple fans are always excited about events like today as the employees of apple are now introducing all the latest and greatest products from the company. [ applause ] >> thank you. welcome to the steve jobs theater. >> reporter: yeah, that was tim cook, the ceo. he says they now sold 2 billion apple ios devices and today was all about the new devices. the first one introduced was the next generation of the apple watch with a larger face, series 4, and is thinner with a longer battery life and has interesting new health features. it the can detect if you have a low heart rate and can even perform an electrocardiogram and they can see if someone has fouled. >> after detecting a fall series 4 delivers an alert and from that alert you can initiate an emergency call. however, if the watch senses you are mobile for one minute, it will start the call automatically, and it -- it also sends a message with your locations to your emergency contacts. >> reporter: of course, everybody h

>> yeah, dan and kristen, conditions are not favorable for firefighters. it is dry and gusty right now. 18% relative humidity, wind gusts out of the east, 15. the winds will switch direction going southwest, to east, southeast, picking nup intensity tomorrow morning, which will not help out, neither will the heat. you can see how hot it will get the next four days, in the 90s. and then you see the temperatures dropping down to the 80s. as you take a look, visible satellite picture shows you the smoke blowing away from the bay area towards the northeast. air quality in the bay area impacted by other wildfires today. tomorrow, that wind direction could actually bring some of that smoke into our area friday. moderate air quality, all areas improvement, coming over the weekend, heading into next week. dan? >> okay, sandhya, thanks so much. >>> and you can stay up to date on all the fires or any breaking news with the abc 7 news app. be sure to enable push alerts. >>> the trump administration is taking steps toward lifting court-imposed limits on how long child

nbc's kristen dahlgren tells us more. >> reporter: today, s. pen champion naomi osaka asked about that controversial call. >> i've been going all over the place so i can't really form an opinion right now. >> reporter: she is one of the few not taking sides. >> there is men out here that do a lot more. because i'm a woman you're going to take this away from me? that inot right. >> reporter: this weekend serena williams was down in the u.s. open final when umpire carlos ramos penalized her one game for saying this. it was so far outside of the norm for any penalty you see. >> reporter: tennis greatsharing opinions. andy roddick tweeting i regrettably said worse and never got a game penalty. one sayion't believe it's a good idea to apply a standard if men can get away with it, women should be able to, too. the u.s. open under re after a french player got a warning for changing her shi on the court. common for men. >> are you kidding me? >> reporter: now new alquestions whether players are treated the same. >> maybe it didn't work out for me, but

kristen welker, who's on the road. seung min kim, congressional correspondent at the "washington post" and ed ed political correspondent for cbs ns. the president was said to be futuring over the anonymous opd, which was a single source anonymously. you among us the only person who's read the woodward book. it quote people on the record. how explosive is this book going be? >> what a week for president trump, to'd this report about woodward'sook and to see gary cohen, his former economi advisor, taking documents about tradeoff the president's desk. jim matusz, the defense secretary ignoring the president's orders. then a day later,"n thi york times" op-ed by someone inside the administration in a sen r role. talking to white house officials today they say this problem goes back to thens tion. this administration is full of republicans who aren't really aligned with president trump or the traditional republican party and thatllnce, which has lasted for about a year, someone is beginning to fray. pete: it's more about a

." >> nbc's kristen welker has more on the president's comments. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: phillip,er remarkable moment. president trump said "we'll see" when asked if he plans to fire his embattled deputylttorney geneod rosenstein. adding he would certainly prefer not to remove rosenstein. notably he said he may delay a n meeting with rein that was set for later today to keep the focus on the kavanaugh hearing. the drum roll started whenthe new york times" reported rosenstein discussed invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. rosenstein, who was summoned to the white house monday to meet with the chief of staff, has called the report inaccurate. and the stakes just couldn't be higher. the deputy attorney general oversees the rvesia igation. phillip? >> another major story playing out there. kristen, thank you. >>> jaw-dropping pictures from space show an off the charts massive super typhoon as it heads toward skrn. this powerful pacific storm is currently capable of striking with a force eke toll a category 2 majo

how does it feel over there this morning, kristen? >> reporter: it's a bit tense, brian. i can tell you there's really a full court press to try to push back against bob woodward's book. press secretary sanders out shortly after that tweet went out that you mentioned and she was digging in. we pressed her on this point, that stephanie makes, that this book is not an anomaly and echos and builds on the reporting our team has done here and nbc on other books that we have seen throughout the past year and a half, the fact that particularly in the early days there was chaos and dysfunction throughout this white house, that the president has at times been paralyzed by the russia investigation. take a listen to what sarah sanders had to say. >> these are the same rehashed, retold stories, certainly, just because they keep getting told doesn't make them more true. i think that's a ridiculous accusation and just because the same people write the same type of books you have a bunch of elites and left-leaning individuals who have a narrative to drive. >> coming from the president's

kristen, let's start with you. as we're all watching the president's twitter feed, nothing yet. anything from the white house about this? >> i just spoke with a white house official. we can push this story forward a little bit. according to this white house official, when i asked if judge kavanaugh would withdraw his nomination, this white house official was firm, no. that was the response. this official pointing us back to that original denial by judge kavanaugh. as you just pointed out, judge kavanaugh initially saying i did not do this, unequivocally denied the allegation. now, i also spoke to this white house official about the mood here within the white house. are they wavering, are they concerned? the response i got to that question, this white house is standing by judge kavanaugh. they point to the fact that he sat for more than 30 hours of testimony. this issue was never raised. he also sat for hearings behind closed doors. this issue was never raised. nearly 1300 questions were submitted to judge kavanaugh. he submitted the answers to those questions wednesday night, ac

and joining me is correspondent kasie hunt and correspondent kristen welker, and also, the editor from the washington post. and kasie hunt, what is the state of play up there, and then to kristen, judge kavanaugh is back at the white house today and more on that in a moment. kasie? >> andrea, and you have showed some of this in the opening of the show, and today, emotional protests from women who are going from office to office and many members of congress who are not here, and the senate is out of session, and they are going into the front of their offices, and they are telling their own stories, and we obviously get a lot of protesters up here on a lot of topics and always a lot of yelling and chanting, and little bit of that today, but this is kind of markedly emotional, and in of the women here are saying that this is the first time that they have told their stories in public, and that they have talked about it. i spoke to onele woman who said that she hoped that by christine blasey ford doing what she is doing, and anita abraham telling her story in public, younger women will real

my thanks to all of you and to kristen welker and ashley parker. matt miller, jonathan lemire, steve israel, that does it for our hour. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, chuck. >> so, nicolle, just ponder this for a minute, is the bob woodward book a one-day story? >> let me tell you something. you know, i have to tell you i'm up here in jeans and flip-flops because i thought we were going to be watching the kavanaugh questioning so i hope you're more prepared than i was. >> barely, but we're all in -- i'm not going to say we're in shorts and a t-shirt, i'm just saying you'll be glad to know what hugh hewitt is wearing. if it's wednesday, it takes a lot for us to say these days. but an extraordinary thing just happened.

kristen welker, you wrote on nbc news.com in part, mr. obama is expected to frame the midterm elections as a choice wean an inclusive or fearful america. that's precisely what we heard there from the president in illinois. kristen, he stayed out for the most part, stay out of the fray until now and party leaders have been pushing for him to jump in. what are democrats expecting for mr. obama as we march into the midterms. >> they are expecting him to do what he did today. as anita points out, he spoke about the state of america's democracy right now and how we ended up here and how he would like to see moving forward. he created that sharp contrast speaking broader terms of the need to reject politics of fear but taking on president trump in specific terms as well at various moments as you pointed out. he said how difficult is it to call out nazis? that's a direct rebutte of president trump. i think he's going to be careful in terms of where he goes and strategic. we know that he's going to go to various parts of california and ohio, penn