lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. a major escalation in the trade fight between the world's two largest economies. president trump threatening to impose tariffs on more chinese goods after beijing announced new tariffs on $60 billion of u.s. items. cheryl: blake berman is standing by with details. >> reporter: tit-for-tat or trade war as some would describe is continues as president trump went forward with $200 billion worth of tariffs, the chinese followed through on its threat to retaliate. they have targeted $60 billion worth of products from the u.s. the u.s. has imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of goods from china so far, about half the amount bought from china last year. the president threatened if china continues to target american workers the other half of tariffs would be on the way. >> if there's a retaliation against our farmers and industrial workers, our ranchers, if any of that goes on, we're going to kick in another $257 billion. >> reporter: both sides did he show a bit of restraint. the trump adm

lauren: or payday.cheryl: that's true, we will have complete coverage and analysis of job's report with mornings with maria, that does start at at 8:00 a.m. eastern time jobs in america. lauren: let's go to circus of day there in nomination of judge brett kavanaugh, democratic senator cory booker taking the spotlight by saying he would make public memo that he wrote years ago, that memo was on racial profiling but republicans say it was confidential and unfair to judge kavanaugh. >> i knowingly violated the rules that were put forth and i'm told that the committee confidential rules have knowing consequences and i understand that the penalty comes with potential ousting from the senate. >> running for president is no excuse for violating the rules of the senate or of the confidentiality of the document that is we are privy to. lauren: turns out the documents have been cleared for release but we don't know if booker actually knew that at the time. let's discuss all of this. the motive of many of the sena

lauren: 5:01 a.m. in new york. friday september 28th, i'm lauren simonetti. tracee: good morning i'm tracee carrasco in for cheryl. lauren: big story, senate judiciary committee set a vote in just hours from now on whether to recommend judge brett kavanaugh's supreme court nomination to the full senate, that vote is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. eastern time. a day after the dramatic and emotional testimony of kavanaugh as well as his accuser dr. christine blasey ford gripped the nation. tracee: lauren blanchard in washington with the details. >> judge kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford saying the last weeks have been hell on them and their families. thursday hearing was their final chance to make their case to senators and all of america watching. >> my family and my name have been totally destroyed by false accusations. >> with what degree of you certainty you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> we mean no ill-will. >> apart from the assault itself, these past couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. >> as the anger of both democrat a

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lauren: stunning.tting a lift to democrats breaking his silence of the weekend while making campaign appearances and criticizing president trump's policies calling him a divisive president. president trump shot back. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause he's just capitalizing on resentment that politicians have been fanning four years. >> i'm sorry. i watched it, but i fell asleep. i think he's trying to take credit and this is called rocketship. lauren: what will obama's emergence mean for the midterm elections? we bring in a pet-- democratic strategist. i will begin with you. do democrats when the former president obama hitting the campaign trail for them? >> absolutely. the president obama was between seven and 11 points of progression of -- when it comes to suburbs of the us president obama is far more popular than president trump. lauren: yeah, but it seems than this is the criticism that vice president pence gay president obama the weekend that he is spewing the s

lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti.g news this morning, hurricane florence is pounding the north carolina coast right now. wind gusts 90 miles per hour have been reported, terrain has already started and storm surge could be 7 to 11 feet above the ground in some areas, category 1 storm, maximum sustained winds at 75 miles per hour. lauren: jeff flock live in carolina beach in north carolina, jeff, good morning. >> good morning, guys, yeah, as i said earlier, good news and bad news on this, can you imagine, though, this is a cat 1 storm, 75 miles an hour, we are being blocked by the wind, we are on the side of the building that's blocking the wind, you see in the atmosphere of the water, not so much of a wind event if it was stronger winds we would have lost power by now, debris flying in the air, at this point we don't, of course, the center of circulation is not on us yet, that is still to come later in the morning perhaps as late as the afternoon. it is that north side of the storm and you always hear us talk about th

lauren: seventeen years ago, the anniversary. i'm lauren simonetti. the breaking news today is the weather. mandatory evacuations issued for parts of the carolinas in virginia as hurricane florence approaches the east coast. cheryl: florida is a monster category four storm right now with maximum wind of 140 miles an hour. we are live in wilmington, north carolina, with the latest. reporter: good to see both of you. one thing we can say is a positive about on this , look out early preparations are underway. it's tuesday now when we already have boarded up windows, sandbags and this is tuesday at 5:00 a.m. of the storm has been expected for like 72 hours. there has been flooding along the outer banks ahead of the florence with the focus yesterday in the next few days preparation from filling sandbags to boarding windows. people getting their homes ready to take a direct impact from a florence, but it's also a time to protect your property and yourself with some folks entering -- stocking up on supplies. gas lines are starting to get long as people fill

lauren: i'm lauren simonetti. hurricane florence downgraded to a category two storm, but expected to bring a storm surge and rainfall to the carolinas. cheryl: more than 10 million people are under storm watch and warnings right now. christie is live in myrtle beach, south carolina, with the latest. reporter: what we are seeing now are some palm trees behind me and it looks very serene, slick vacation, but that's the case. this area has been evacuated. officials are saying pretty much about 60% of people have evacuated. you just mentioned it's been downgraded to a category two storm which is a hundred 10 miles an hour. that still doesn't make it easier for the people that decide to stay or the infrastructure in the area. this hurricane coming up this know there and post is so wide. just the center of the storm spent about 80 miles in the kobe on that about 200 miles and that would cover this entire coast behind me. the peculiar thing is that it's moving so slowly, so when it eventually hits around the myrtle beach

lauren: it is ugly.was designed by marcel brewer not that i have any idea who this architect is. the 20th century architect designed this saying that building was spot 2003 and they have been using it as you see as a giant billboard. in defense of architects in all that we think of it with that cruel-- cool chrome picture that people still buy today. cheryl: i think it will be great and i love that last story. thank you. reporter: you got it. cheryl: we will see you tomorrow we have a lot more coming up. a lot of news breaking. in a few hours apple will unveil its new iphone. will they bring it closer to the 2 trillion-dollar mark for the company? lauren: then there is this. >> toes are numb. >> this is what our forefathers did seem a can't feel my legs. >> walked out in the woods and picked up a special treat and cut it down with their hands. cheryl: if you want to avoid this christmas season, amazon may have a quick fix for you. oh, chevy chase, love him. lauren: merry christmas, everyone, that's all i

lauren: took me a while to get that. [laughter] lauren: thank you.ing up, despite trade tensions us factories are on fire. we have surprising number's coming up and a reaction from traders in london when we return. morning sir. chief, the blade isn't passing quality gate. that's why you work with watson. i detect frictional loss on the midspan. it can detect the tiniest defects from just a few images to help production stay on time and on budget. i optimized the fiberglass finish to reduce frictional loss and maximize airflow. i was also part of the maximizing. for ai that can do more with your data, choose watson. hello. the best ai for the job. lauren: american factories coming in august cracking out products the fastest since may, 2004. michael joins us now good morning. michael, despite the trade headlines and this potential war, american manufacturers are doing well. do you see signs of overheating in the industry? >> i think it really depends on which survey you look at. the isn survey was very good across all levels. i think the only slow down

lauren: cnn. >> nbc. that, there's really a feeling in the trump doj, the antitrust division, i have spoken with the head of the division, earnestly believes when you combine that much distribution and that much content, it will lead to higher prices. by the way, conceptually it makes sense. if i control much of the distribution, i can drag up prices of content more than they would be otherwise. there's no doubt about it. lauren: then you get the argument from, you know, the government, that's not the case. >> no the the governmet the gov company. lauren: would it be -- you're right. the company. sorry. that that's not the case and they had to hike prices recently -- >> there's tons of competition. lauren: because of contracts and stuff. >> and there's competition from the internet and other providers, netflix. i will say trump comes back, the trump doj will come back and say yeah, but the prices, by combining distribution and content in this manner, you make the new entrance road to truly competing much

lauren: good morning. i'm lauren simonetti.l: brett kavanaugh begins his hearing for the supreme court this morning kicking off what is expected to be a bitterly partisan slugfest with controversy already beginning. a lawyer for pot-- former president george w. bush turned over more than 42000 pages of documents. it came in late so charles schumer criticized saying that they could not analyze them in time for the hearing. at spring in a law professor and former clerk for judge brett kavanaugh and justice kennedy. good morning. >> think you. cheryl: before we get to brett kavanaugh and his record and went asking about this document dump. do you think there is validity and what chuck schumer had to say say not a singer settable will be able to review these records before tomorrow. grassley's committee says we are in good shape. when you make of that controversy? >> my goodness. well, chuck schumer is local about this. chuck schumer's vocal about everything. the truth is brett kavanaugh has already produced 80 times more documents

lauren. good to see you as well. i'm david asman, and this is "after the bell." more on the market movers, here is what else we're covering for you. we have a lot in this hour and hours following. the nation is preparing for two blockbuster events in our nation's capitol tomorrow. in just about an hour president trump will take questions from the press on all the breaking headlines this afternoon. first explosive new allegations bense judge brett kavanaugh as a third accuser comes forward. we're live at the white house with the furious response from the supreme court nominee ahead of his senate testimony tomorrow morning. and then the fate of rod rosenstein still hanging in the balance. president trump set to meet with the deputy attorney general tomorrow afternoon as at the white house as a group of republicans is calling on him to either testify to testify or resign. coming up we'll speak to one of those congressman, house freedom caucus member, jody hice. we have retired four-star general

lauren: thank you. you talked a little bit about your personal stake in this claim, and you talked a little about pushing back against the russian propaganda machine, regime. but you are an american. what impact are you hoping to achieve with the american government, in public, with the legal claim? is this purely a legal claim on personal defamation you suffered, or do you wish to see this legal action catalyze further political -- alex: well, clearly this is, in addition to being a pure defamation case, it's a case of public interest, on many levels. toraises awareness propaganda, to weapons of mass distraction, to policy issues -- mass destruction, to policy issues. obviously i'm happy that it would contribute to the debate and show what's going on with russia, and russian propaganda. so in addition to that, there are other aspects of this whole story, and i probably should use this opportunity to say that one of the messages that we try to put across when we meet with people on the hill or in the go

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lauren, and as lauren continues to keep tabs onen fl, we'll go live to jim at 8: 30 this morning in north >>> good morning. breaking overnight. fury of florence. the monster storm downgraded to a tropical storm overnight after roaring ashore as a category one hurricane. already nearly two feet of rain dropped o region and another foot and a half expected before the storm moves on. rising flood waters trapping people in their homes. crews from all over the country coming to help out with hundreds of rescues as nearly 1 million lose power. the deadly storm is far from over andorth carolina's governor warns entire communities could be wiped away before it's endone. ill it let up? we are live in the middle of it all. today, saturday, september 15th 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today the fury of florence." live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>ood morning. thank you for being with us for a special edition of "saturday today." peter alexander is with us. dylan is in wilmington, north carolina. keeping a close eye on tropical storm florence. dylan. >> re

lauren: good morning to you it is tuesday i'm lauren simonetti.d morning everybody i'm cheryl casone. coming up on 5:30 in the morning bright and early and we have news breaking very early this morning. lauren: that is china vowing to retaliate now that president trump has announced tariffs additional of chinese goods threatening even more. will this be a shock to the economy and anthony chen is chief economist at chase and joins us now. what do you make of thawfl, angt anthony. >> darkest before the dun and you can see reaction of financial markets encouraging when you look at what happens to chinese equity markets overnight, shanghai equity market going up by 1.8 pblght and even our futures here in the the united states a little -- a little higher. so i'm homing that the cause, the talk appears to dim that, in fact, it will encourage negotiations on beth sides and hopefully able to get through this. >> and investors hoping for negotiations and different trade arrangements exceptions things like that but some companies who have a feel for the eco

lauren explained how she managed to escape."y bad from screaming so he let me go into the kitchen to get a drink, and i while i was getting a drink, he turned around to go out and walked to the bedroom, and that's when i ran out the front door," she recalled. when lauren escaped, she ran into her dark neighborhood at about 3 a.m. barefoot and still wearing shackles, she was in a desperate search for help.she said she tried to flag a car down but they just took off. that's when she approached a stranger's house. she said she started ringing the doorbell over and over and felt "panic, just terror.""i just wanted someone to lay eyes on me," she said. "i felt like if someone saw me, then i would be safe."lauren fled to a friend's house and later sought sanctuary with her family in dallas. (pam) dallas. (pam) according to court records, dennis collins pleaded guilty to sexually abusing another woman.. in the year ... 2000. (jr) it took two presidential procalmations to officially recognize hispanic heritage month.as our washington co

would have liked her. >> well, it's as if lauren sent an angel. so, yeah, we're very happy. and, you know, i hope to have a great life together. we've been together a while. i'm a slow guy. >> well, she will wear, i know, lauren's wedding ring, and that will mean an incredible amount to her always. let me just leave people with this because there is this beautiful memorial of flowers in your hometown in california where people honor lauren. and one of her friends who was visiting last year, kimberly, said to a local journalist of lauren, of your late wife, quote, the spirit, the intelligence, the fun of lauren was manifest, and she had a clarity about life. it sounds like anyone who got to know her was pretty lucky for that. >> absolutely. i still feel blessed. i feel her every day. she's helped me through a lot of dark times. that's for sure. >> jack, thank you for being here. i know today is a day that you will spend remembering her and going through some of the traditions that you do every year. thank you. thank you very much, jack. >> you're w

fix the car coach thank you lauren have a great weekend. thank you too. and social media giant facebook is suffering a hack attack and this time it's exposed at least fifty million facebook user accounts the breach allowed hackers to log into facebook accounts and see the most personal and private information that companies said it first knew there might be a probable on tuesday of this week it is just now beginning their investigation as to which accounts were violated who might be to blame facebook stock which started the day at about one hundred sixty eight dollars per share was down by nearly three percent on the news as we prepared to come to air. the tangled impact encounter effects of trumps the trip ministrations moves on trade tariffs and sanctions continue to accrue the latest example u.s. sanctions against russian metals giant roots saal are pushing up prices of a lumia the core input in aluminum production resell supplies six percent of global alumina supply while its prices risen sixty percent to six hundred twenty five dollars

lauren: the first question is why you? lex: that's very simple.he major purpose of this the accused or perpetrator, is to fit the narrative of russia being under by america and specifically the american intelligence services. this is the major theme which is of russian message to their own people and to their fans around the world. .he evil is actually here it so it's obviously by default. i'm an american. and i am the only american who was on the scene. maybe there were more, but i don't know about them. their pictures are not available. so, from the standpoint of professional p.r., i'm a natural choice. that's number one. number two is they have a longstanding grudge against me, i presume, because, starting from -- [inaudible] -- help them in a case 18 years ago. that's number one. sfnl -- the father, well, we've already discussed this. -- as i sad case when said, it started with litvinenko sr. wanting to return back to moscow. he was pennyless at the time. moscow idn't have resident -- residence permit to begin with. in two years he got back in

lauren: we will see if the president tweets to get the oil prices down.tarts now. maria: good morning, ladies, thank you so much, good morning, everybody, i'm maria bartiromo, today coming to you live from nation's capitol, tuesday september 25th, your top stories before 6:00 a.m. on the east coast, america first on the world stage today. president trump is set to address the united nations general assembly this morning, comes amid rising trade tensions with china, the country saying it will be hard to proceed with a deal, markets this morning mix, dow industrials set to open up 30 points, s&p up a fraction, nasdaq right now negative just under a quarter about 1 point. mixed day in wall street yesterday, the dow was the worst performer yesterday, down 181 points, two-thirds of 1% lower, nasdaq eked out a gain of 6 points. in europe this morning, take a look at the action, as you can see higher across the board on europe, ftse 100 up 16, cac quarante up 9, dax index up 31. in asia overnight, mixed performances but the markets in hong kong and south korea c

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lauren. >> absolutely.nia grand jury report revealing about thousand victims and about 300 predator priests back 70 years. a controversial letter from a former vatican ambassador alleging widespread coverups and scandal of the excardinal who was found to abuse minors and young seminarians for years and top bishops met with pope francis last week and announced a four part plan. develop policies for bishops accused of abuse. a code of conduct for bishops and a full investigation surrounding theodore. this is all a precursor to the meeting in rome that pope francis has called all of his bishops to rome in february to have this meeting for a global senate of bishops to look at the issue of sexual abuse in the church. trace? >> trace: lauren green live for us in new york. thank you. the number of americans filing for unemployment benefits dropping to the lowest level since the 1960's. but, as folks in the carolinas try to rebuild after hurricane florence. it's possible those numbers could rise. details on that n

lauren blanchard live in washington. >>> supporters of dr. ford held a rally in her hometown of palo alto. but this event shifted from a rally to support a cause to a case in civil gary is live with more. jesse. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. between 50 and 100 people gathered on the plaza here at city hall for the support rally. but soon after the speeches and chanting, the marching started and the folks didn't stay on the ground very long. palo alto midday rally in support of christine blasey ford took a left turn. literally from ramona to hamilton. >> take down the sexist sign. >> reporter: the target dan gordon's restaurant which sign some saw as a shot at ford and her senate testimony. the last sentence reads, nice bust. >> but now it's noticed and noticed by the right people. >> yes, it is about the hearing but it's also about the bigger issue. >> reporter: the issue that started of sexual assault against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has battle lines nationally and locally. >> republican party has become a party of thieves

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headlines, lauren.n: good morning, at least four people sent to hospital after commuter bus hit car and went over guardrail and crashed into the woods. it happened last night in philadelphia suburb, investigators are trying to determine what caused this accident. those are the pictures. well, we are taking a look at shares at bed, bath and beyond and they are plunging down, investors punishing the stock after the company's latest earnings missed expectations and same-store sales, they surprisingly fell for the sixth quarter in a row, bed, bath&beyond has been struggling to compete not only amazon but also home depot and wal-mart. well, crypto currency ipo bit name technology, largest crypto currency mining company, initial public offering in hong kong, ipo expect today raise billions of dollars, generated $2.8 billion in revenue in first half of this year, it sells crypto currency equipment and controls 85% of the market. the price of bitcoin, however, down sharply this year. now close to $6,500 but los

but let's check in with lauren. >> reporter: good morning, pam and dave. it is the calm before the storm. it is fairly nice at the moment. it is supposed to rain later on this morning and coming in toni folks up and down the east coast have been boarding homes and businesses, getting out of this area ahead of this potentially catastrophic hurrican>> this one sure has al so i'm just getting ready for it. >> reporter: more than 5.4 million people are under hurricane warnings and watches as hurricane florence continues on a collision course toward the u.s. pounding rain, damaging wind and life- threatening storm surges are expected to last parts of the east coast. targeting the carolinas and virginia. forecasters predicting the storm could dump 1 to 2 1/2 feet of water in sections of north carolina. under mandatory evacuation orders, people are racing to get supplies, board up their homes and businesses and clear out any living spaces in low- lying areas ahead of potential wedding. >> we are below street level. we expect that a storm surge should come up. we'

. >> lauren, we'll check in with you then.ki brea news is coming in with regard to this tropical storm florence. our jim handly is on the ground in washington, north carolina this morning. he's near the town of new burn which is inaccessible. >> we knowhis is a deadly storm. what are you seeing and what do we know? >> reporter: well, you mentioned that breaking news. the death toll has claimed to 7. the two latest victims inland in north carolina. we are inland in north carolina,

lauren. we were dealing with fridayni t lights. not football. a lot of high school games were cancelled. this was happening in the skies. >> the storms barrled through here. listen to this. that was just some of it. the storms brought drenching rain, pools of watere in road. flas flood warnings for hours. the rest of the eekend it could be a wet one as well. we'll keep our eye of the sky. >>> the storms forced the tionals to postpone their game against the cubs last night. the game was scoreless in the top of the second when it was cancelled. today the teams will play a double header. the first game is at 3:05. the second game is 45es min after the first game wraps up. >> you'll want to stay on top of several road closures with 5k runs in the district. roads around the white house in the national mall a already closed for the susan g komen race for the cure. that r te set start about an hour from now. 9:00 this morning. most of the road closures are set t start aga this morning, and they will reopen back aft 11:00. that's a brief shutdown this m

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lauren: does it get any easier.en: does not get any easier, hangover without the party a night before, that's what it feels like. lauren: we are happy if that's the biggest challenge in the workplace, right, kevin? kevin: i think we should fobo is fear of -- >> blacking out. kevin: that's true at the office just fainting. lauren: good one. fear of better options. a lot of people stay with the job because they are afraid of change or they don't want to get to know a new political culture or even change your 401(k) or something like that, they stay where they are. kevin: show that is people are making the move. the number of quits has upped significantly, we have 6.6 million job openings because there's roles to be filled, it's so funny -- lauren: workers are confident that they can apply for a job and actually get it because there's jobs out there. pay more money. dagen: people need to know that you can make demands about perks in the workplace, story in wall street journal today about retailers struggling to fill al

well lauren you're right this rescue operation started at fast light around three g.m.t. and it's been going on and it's a concerted effort with. a lot of calls they're helping the rescue team with their boats to try and retrieve the bodies that are still stuck underwater we did speak. to the regional commissioner of one who said that this morning alone since this operations resumed twenty seven bodies have been retrieved so that adds to the forty four that were retrieved yesterday that makes it seventy one as you rightly mentioned a witness on the ground has also been talking to a journalist that we are speaking to and he says that he did witness this morning many bodies more than twenty being taken out of the lake we're still not very clear lauren on the actual number of people who are on board and this is because there are no records yet we are told that the ticketing officer might have drowned as well with his data so that is something that investigators are going to look into as well we are also told that this was a market this so many many people were moving forward

fix the tart show coach who joins us live from new york lauren what do you make of this we talk about tess a lot but we necessarily didn't see it coming down this hard in this fast good way . no typically the f.c.c. does not come after someone in eight weeks but they were in negotiations to try to compel the settlement where it would not go to prison but he would have to have a certain amount of unspecified time which we don't have information on yet to step down as a c.e.o. and not be a part of a publicly held company and they said for a few years which would be about one to three years so obviously he said no and he hired himself an attorney and he's the same attorney that mark cuban used and he's planning on going to court over this what's interesting is they came back after eight weeks you don't typically do that with the f.c.c. and less you got for sure something against him the interesting thing is this is a historic just the market closed are almost fourteen percent down almost forty five dollars that's quite huge so anyone that's invested in the company is going to get hurt ag

laen: i'm lauren thompso and "the champion within" starts now. today, a fascinating look back at one of the craziest moments in olympic history. announcer: here they come. it is a sprint finish. it's all come down to this, two hours of racing! announcer 2: nothing between them as they go into the tape! lauren: and find out why this junior golfer doesn't mind a water hazard or two. carlee: a 're seeing if we can geiving mat on the top of the houseboat for in the summer. i can just drive balls f of the top. lauren: then, find out why it takes much more than just a car and a driver to win a nascar race. wes: building that chemistry and that tru between one another, knowing where guys are going to be when the right call is made is huge.

county. >>> thank you for coming in. 11 percent to 28% among 11th graders in lauren county. is this an epidemic? >> absolutely and we're seeing in california and nationally and parly in the bay area -- particularly in the bay area. >> why the bay area? >> there are a lot of disturbing trends. there are a number of liquids that target children in particular and youth and are very popular. is it misleading. it looks like children are doing their homework but they are using the devices to smoke illegal substances. >> when you grow up, there are packs of cigarettes on campuses. smoke in the lung. i have a question about the flavor and the addictives. do we know if there effects on the lungs and the body? >> the additives can be harmful. there is a whole host of complications that result from active smoking. electronic cigarettes have shown to double your risk of a heart attack. >> this jump that we're seeing, it is the targeting of tabacco companies? >> you can see that the products that target children, fruity flavors. it is great that san francisco passed prop e and that will

lauren simonetti with the details there. lauren: what a tragic story. on saturday at a park 20 miles west of charlotte. he has nonverbal autism. investigators are playing his parents' voices over loud speakers. the mom is pleading for his safe return. >> i just want my baby home, please. maddox is my whole world and my reason for living. lauren: maddox rich was walking with his father and another adult at the park when he took off running. he was last seen wearing an orange t-shirt and black shorts. the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward. facial recognition scaners at nine airports already showing results. the trump administration says the technology identified 1300 immigrants who overstayed their visas last year. the department of homeland security says on the first day of the program the system flagged a woman who had overstayed her visa by nearly 20 years. and i-hop is putting the b back in its menu, not burgers this time. it's b for beer. i-hop is teaming up with a new york brewery to bring you -- well, pumpkin everything, pumpkin pancake stout that c

lauren simonetti has the details.discovered the body of a child believed to be the missing boy, maddox rich. he was found partially submerged in a creek. >> i'm heartbroken. this is not the end that we had hoped for. lauren: his father says the 6-year-old ran off last saturday while they were walking together in a park. investigators are working to find out how the boy died, if there was any foul play involved. that investigation is ongoing. well, audi's ceo reportedly on the verge of losing his job. volkswagen is audi's parent company. they're expected to fire rupert sadler as early as today. he's been in jail in regards to the emissions cheating scandal. you don't have to worry about running out of kentucky bourbon. distilleries last year pumped out 7.5 million barrels of aging whiskey, the most since 1972. an industry leader is warning that trade disputes in key overseas market could mean global customers start drinking less. i guess then prices go down. cheers to them. maria: renewed trouble for tesla. the latest

lauren, i'll startboth. lauren, i'll start but you. i do want to make a few points here.laim dates back to kavanaugh's time in high school. so back decades. and kavanaugh has issued this statement in response, quote, i categorically and unecliffly deny this allegation. and the fbi says that it won't open up a criminal investigation into the matter. because it is the passage of time, difficulties of going back decades. but all this being said, how seriously do you think this should be taken? >> well, you know, i think especially in this day and age, i've said this many times before on the show, i think women that come forward with accusations such as this one need to have a voice and need to be heard. that said, i tend to agree with the democrats who are upset at senator feinstein for apparently sitting on this for several weeks at least. i think that if the senator felt that it was important to disclose this as a part of the confirmation process, to me the timing of this just seems a little britt -- bit politically opportune. >> she says she sat on it because the woman wa

i'm ralph lauren! you know what i mean? >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. >> i am polo.e, yeah, no, i am not -- i am not ralph lauren. i'm ralph lifshiz. >> jimmy: you actually are, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> jimmy: well, pal, i can't be more proud of you. i know i shouldn't even be proud of you, but i'm a friend. >> appreciate it. >> jimmy: and i actually root for you. >> jimmy: you're fantastic in this film, and i want to show a a clip. here's nick kroll and oscar isaac in "operation finale." take a look. >> our contact's daughter, sylvia hermann has agreed to take us to klaus eichmann's family home. if it is eichmann, they will attempt to get a positive photo i.d. >> why didn't you ask me? i won't even interrogate her. >> precisely. i wanted someone who would interrogate the evidence rather than just shoot at it. this is strictly catch and extract. >> if it is him, a bullet would be easier than dragging him here. >> eichmann will stand trial here in israel. >> a trial. nobody needs to hear what he has to say. >> the prime minister disagrees. a trial will help put all of

lauren. >> reporter: it was a very dramatic day. was day 3 of judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation hearing and now democrats are pushing to get more documents on kavanaugh which led to some pretty intense fireworks in the judiciary committee. >> i'm saying right now that i'm releasing committee confidential documents. >> reporter: he says he thinks they show judge brett kavanaugh's position on racial profiling after september 11th. republican senator john cornyn says booker's behavior was unbecoming of a senator. >> no senator deserves to sit on this committee or serve in the senate in my view if they decide to be a law unto themselves and willingly flout the rules of the senate. >> i'm ready to accept the full responsibility for what i have done, the consequences for what i have done and i stand by the public's right to have access to the document by the rules -- >> mr. chairman. >> bring the charges. >> reporter: but in a twist of events, the office of you. >> dish statements were released saying those confidential documents have

lauren? >> hi, julie and frank. arrested during the confirmation hearings for protests. the hearing got off to a late start, an hour and a half. that's how long it was the clade -- delay this morning because democratic lawmakers were stalling, saying they need more time and wanted more answers about brett kavanaugh. tense moments on capitol hill tuesday morning, as dozens of protesters were arrested. and, democratic lawmakers voiced their objections to the confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh. >> yes, there is frustration on this side. we know what happened with the prior nominee. the last one president obama presented to us.

her name is lauren munday.ater at a hotel. >> i just felt for him like he needed somebody to talk to, and that's all he wanted to do. >> reporter: lauren says they only met once. kibby introducing himself as jay. >> he said he has done bad things. i said, you know, we all have done bad things in life. >> reporter: the two spend two hours together. >> he rubbed my head and played with my hair and rubbed my face until i fell asleep. >> reporter: lauren says kibby agrees to pay for the hotel and leaves behind three $50 bills in the room. she'll later use one of those at a walmart. >> the cashier grabbed it and said, just give me one minute. i said, okay. no problem. >> reporter: seconds later, lauren is in legal hot water because the bill is counterfeit. >> i called him immediately, and i swore at him. okay? i said, you -- you [ bleep ]. you could have at least told me. how dare you play with my freedom? i told him, whatever you're [ bleep ] making in your damn basement, you better clean it up right now because th

. >> before that, the stars turned out to celebrate ralph lauren's 50th anniversary. >> the show took over new york's central park and was date night for nick and priyanka and for their official photo inside, the couple totally copied prince harry and meghan's engagement pose. >> you'll remember nick and priyanka met at the met gala last year when they were both wearing ralph. >> is it safe to say that ralph is what brought you guys together? >> yeah, it kind of is. >> you inspire us to be elevated. and you do that because of who you are. >> oprah gave a toast. gigi hadid and kaia gerber walked the runway, and in the seats -- anne hathaway, jessica chastain and even spielberg. >> everybody in the room, you walk around and they're all wearing ralph. everybody looks good. >> blake lively came ready to play. >> here we are. whoop, whoop. a simple favor crew in the house. >> blake told us the reason she was sort of twinning with anne. it was a last minute outfit change because -- >> they sent me one of my looks from the movie and i was like i can't wear this. it's from the movie, but i sh

lauren? >> reporter: good morning. people are boarding up homes and jumping in cars and getting out of town ahead of the catastrophic hurricane florence. >> this has all the numbers in the recipe for a storm that could do some damage. >> reporter: 5.4 million people are under >>> as hurricane florence heads towards the u.s. with damaging surges expected to blast the east coast targeting the carolinas and virginia is. the storm could stop one point -- one foot of water. people are racing to get supplies and board up homes and businesses and clear out living spaces in low-lying areas ahead of the potential flooding. >> we are hello sea expect stor town as the steady stream of vehicles use both directions of the interstate to head in a. the police are scatting cars dr to emergency shelters but despite the warnings, some are choosing to stay put in the path of the monster strong. >> you have to listen and heed warnings so they do not become a casualty. >> reporter: fema officials are warning people to take this storm serio