. >> reporter: leyland high school occupies 55 acres in the upper middle class neighborhood one of nine sites being considered for teachers and other employees of the unified school district. nearby middle school's 20-acre site, one k-8 school and one other middle school are on the list of possibilities. as word spreads about the proposal, strong opposition has surfaced including thousands who have signed a change.org petition. >> you think of the impact to people's home values, you think of the impact to people who expected to be able to have their kids walk to school. you think of the impact to taxpayers. it seems like a lot of negative. >> reporter: however, the school district says the quality of education is at stake because it's losing teachers because of the high cost of housing. it needs to recruit about 200 teachers each year. >> losing dozens when they find out about the cost of living. we're losing even more when they want to start a family. many of our best and brightest when they want to have families of their own are relocating. >> reporter: if torn down leyland and bret h

leyland kaiser.u know, but these people, christine ford alleges they were at the party where she was sexually assaulted. you have heard people say they both deny her account. that's not true about leyland kaiser. she doesn't recollect certain things, she's not the same type of push back that mark judge is, what's the details? we don't know. three of kavanaugh's high school friends were interviewed. and three others who remain unidentified. this was a pretty small pool based on the options. brett ka va flaw and christine blasey ford, they testified so there's cover in that decision. we heard from them. they didn't get ford's therapist or talk to ford's husband. he learned of the allegations back in 2012 when that therapist in therapy for couples therapy. also, a number of names that ramirez and senate democrats said they turned over to the fbi were not given any access. now, cnn's not the only one reporting on this, you look at the washington post, the new york times, the new yorker, all of the outlet

their idea, build a brand new leyland high school and brett hart middle school down the road and turn the current sites into teacher housing. an idea that's generated plenty of concerns. >> not that the tenants are a concern, it's just more that this area would not really be considered a community looking area anymore. >> reporter: the idea is just one of several the district came up with to alleviate the affordability crisis facing teachers. but many wanted to end even exploring the possibility. teachers we talked with were taken aback by the fierce opposition. they believe teachers living in the community where is they leach is a good thing. >> people being upset by that is hurtful as a teacher, because we are really nice neighbors, if you've ever met a teacher. >> reporter: district leaders say despite the high emotions, they're not giving up. >> we're definitely going to analyze all of our options, to do right by the citizens. there's a lot of voices in this community. we want to make sure we hear from as many of them as we can. >> reporter: in addition to leeland and brett hart,

. >> the fbi interviewed mark judge, leyland keyser and patrick smyth. the people christine blasey ford says were at the house the night she was assaulted. they also talked to timmy and squi from his high school calendar. those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. and president trump continues to throw his support behind his supreme court nominee. last night he tweeted, he is a fine man and great intellect. anne-marie. >> laura podesta. thank you so much. a south carolina police officer was killed and six other officers were wounded in a shoot out with a man holding children hostage. the trouble began when the officer tried to serve a warrant at a home in an upscale neighborhood northstern a n inside opened fire. that lead to a two-hour standoff. the dead officer was a 30 year veteran of the florence police force. the children were rescued unharmed. kenneth craig reports. >> the tragedy unfolded wednesday evening in florence, south carolina. >> we lost a good friend of mine. an officer that i have known for 30 years.

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health care leadership roles involving public and private sector, the latter including time at william leyland company. it's a pleasure to introduce you to the 24th health and human services, alex azar. [ applause ] >> thank you, paul, for that introduction. it is nice to be at the brookings institution because there are very few point of impact -- people who get as excited as you do about cutting prices in pharmaceutical products. everyone knows about the common sense needed to reform programs like medicare. the president put together for hhs to lower the most costly drugs the program covers. the reason performances like this don't come along very often is broken programs are protected by the special interests they serve. with apologies to the political scientists in the room, you do not need a phd to know that. the government gets the bill for the drug and we just blindly pay it. oh, plus a 6% markup for the provider who administers it. there is no negotiation and the payment mechanism actually encourages prescribing of more expensive drugs. again, to the economist in the room, you don't nee

leyland. leland: peter ducey, elko, nevada. will check back in as the president takes the stage. in nevada talk radio host alan stock. we heard from peter. president is on his way and former president obama is headed there in the next day or so. who has the bigger coattails in nevada? >> hard to say. were a purple state right now and so i think barack obama will have enthusiasm to his minions and certainly donald trump has been an amazing stump speaker here in las vegas. he's been at the gathered 16, 18000 people during the last election. i was at a rally in the venetian were there was ten or 12 dozen people out there and he brings people out big time. leland: i was listening to adam lambert running for governor there in nevada. he talked about we have the present on appointment in elko, nevada economy is on fire, all thanks to donald trump it james, democrat, back in 1982 claim that phrase. it's the economy, stupid. the economy is a great wire any of these races in nevada? what is the opposition to president trump there? >> where people who moved here from california and they br

ford's friend leyland kaiser has taken part in an fbi interview. there has been much debate over the scope of this investigation and democrats say they worry republicans may try to rein in the agents on this. today the white house signed off on the bureau expanding its inquiry beyond the set set of witnesses urging the agency to follow any leads they wish while maintaining the same friday deadline. >> i think the fbi should do what they have to do to get to the answer. i want them the do a very comprehensive investigation, whatever that means according to the senators and the republicans and the republican majority. i want them to do that. with that being said, i would like it to go quickly. >> today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell was determined to signal full steam ahead. >> if you listen carefully, mr. president, you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats moving the goal post. the time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. judge kavanaugh's nomination is out of committee. we are considering it here on the floor.

sources tell nbc news that agents interviewed nine people in total, including mark judge, you see here, leyland keyser, p.j. smyth, deborah ramirez, tatim gaudette and garrett. according to reports, it also does not include the accuser or a number of others who suggested personally or who have suggested they could have been valuable character witnesses such as james roche. he was kavanaugh's roommate during his freshman year at yale. he revealed some of his memories about kavanaugh's behavior and his drinking habits, listen. >> my recollection of my experience with him was that he was drunk frequently. i would say with some confident it was at least once, maybe twice on the weekends. it may have even been during the week. >> you say also that he, i'm quoting you, became aggressive and belligerent when he was very drunk. >> when i say belligerent, i mean belligerent in demeanor. i'm speaking more in carriage than an expression. i did call friends i knew who knew both of us and spent time with brett both freshman year and then after and i did hear stories about times when he was physically violen

smith or leyland kaiser. all three were at the party where she claims she was sexually assaulted by kavanaugh. investigators are also questioning debra ramirez, the second kavanaugh accuser. as you can tell, a lot to get to tonight. jim acosta is out front live at the rally where president trump will be going shortly. we know this question of how much kavanaugh has drank is on top of the president's mind as well. >> that's right. you heard the president say earlier today at the news conference, he went as far as to say that brett kavanaugh has had difficulty with alcohol over the years, and contrasted that with his own drinking history, which he says he doesn't have a drinking history. and went on to issue a warning to washington that he knows of at least one democratic lawmaker who he says has a drinking issue. but putting all that to the side, kate. the thing that jumps out to me, the president treading ever so carefully when it comes to this issue of judge kavanaugh ordering the fbi to go ahead and tell it

they also talked with leyland kayser, a good friend of ford. the judge has not talked to kavanaugh or christine blasey ford because the senate did not specifically ask for them to be interviewed. but it's likely that if some evidence to contradict what they said before the senate were to come out in some of these other interviews, they might be interviewed. the fact that they have not been reinterviewed at this point might be an indication as well that no information has been developed by the fbi to contradict what either said in the senate. sarah sanders was asked as well at the briefing. >> i can also tell you that kavanaugh, judge kavanaugh and dr. ford were questioned in the most public way possible by the members of the senate that are ultimately the ones that have to make the determination on whether or not they vote for kavanaugh. if they had either questions, they had a time an an opportunity to ask those. >> there's a case in which kavanaugh and ford could -- the fbi could be asked to interview them. that is if some key republican sena

mark judge, leyland keyser, p.j. smyth. kim guardette and chris garrett were high school classmates of kavanaugh around the time of the alleged assault. and ramirez, accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were students at yale. we do not know the names of the other three. a source tells nbc that the white house has concluded the interviews do not corroborate sexual misconduct allegations against kavanaugh. but one person who was not interviewed was dr. ford herself. last night, her attorneys released a statement saying we are profoundly disappointed that after the tremendous sacrifice dr. ford made coming forward, those directing the fbi investigation were not interested in seeking the truth. nbc has learned that the white house felt there was no need to interview ford. because it got all the information it needed from the senate testimony. so where does all of this leave us? it means we may just be 48 hours or so from a final vote on judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court court. senate majorit

the third person is leyland keyser, professor ford's friend, who also is alleged to have been at the house when the assault took place. all right, senate judiciary committee, democrats, want kavanaugh and ford interviewed, along with four other boys identified on kavanaugh's calendar being at that july 1st gathering with kavanaugh, smyth and judge. also the man who administer professor ford's polygraph, as well as ford's husband, and her three friends, all of whom signed declarations that she discussed this assault with them between 2012 and 2017, well before kavanaugh's nomination. as for the allegation from his freshman year at college, the white house director only wanted to interview the accuser, deborah ramirez. but democrats are also urging agents to interview others. both ramirez and kavanaugh's roommates, who at the time both commented on kavanaugh's heavy drinking. and three more classmates who say they either heard about the incident, discussed kavanaugh's behavior in general or witnessed kavanaugh's drinking habits. and there are five other yale classmates of kavanaugh's a

they include kavanaugh friends and associates, leyland keyser, mark judge and p.j. smyth. another friend, chris dudley who also played in the fbi, said he never, ever saw kavanaugh blacked out. ever. >> all right, thank you. >>> senator jeff flake hopes the decision to delay kavanaugh's nomination is seen as an act of bipartisanship. the arizona republican made the last-minute call after he was confronted by protesters inside an elevator on friday. his decision was made in part with democratic senator chris coons of delaware. they discussed the controversy with "60 nutes" last ni here's more of that conversation including parts that were not seen on the program. >> were you going to pursue the compromise that we ultimately saw even before the incident in the elevator? >> you know, i don't know. i'd hoped to have an opportunity. i'd been looking for an opportunity for quite a while to strike a compromise. but it wasn't until chris was speaking and there hadn't been anybody else. i may have dismissed it. but it was chris. and if we can actually show people that republicans a

smyth and leyland keyser. they also spoke with timothy gaudette and christopher garrett, kavanaugh's classmates who were referenced on his calendars. the fbi interviewed deborah ramirez, along with two eyewitnesses named by ramirez, and a close friend from college. according to the republican summary, the fbi found no corroboration of the allegations made by dr. ford and ms. ramirez. >> neither the judiciary committee, nor the fbi, could locate any third parties who can attest to any of these allegations. >> reporter: still, north dakota democrat heidi heitkamp announced she's a no. >> i can't get up in the morning and look at the life experience hat i've had and say yes to judge kavanaugh. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> reporter: in an op-ed released thursday night, kavanaugh admitted he might have been too emotional at times last week. i know that my tone wasrp and i said a fewha s things i sd not have said. wrote, it reflected my overwhelming frustration at being wrongly acc

ford's close friend, leyland keyser, -- leland keyser, said she doesn't even remember meeting brett kavanaugh s similarly, patrick smyth and mark judge, two other witnesses that dr. ford named, said the event never happened. so this is not just a case where there is an allegation and no corroboration. this is a case where there is an allegation and negative corroboration. i mentioned dr. ford's lawyers earlier, and i want to return to that in just a moment. some of their actions suggest that they were more interested in using dr. ford for partisan purposes than ensuring her story was properly considered alongside with other information during the standard committee process. we all remember when dr. ford's hearing was delayed, the committee was informed by her lawyers that dr. ford's trauma prevented her from flying because she experienced castro phobia. but then during her testimony, watched by as many as 20 million people in this country, dr. ford said she flies frequently for hobbies and work. so one has to wonder why was this delay orchestrated? was it a stunt concocted by her lawyers to b

want to bring in venture ceo, a taiwan accelerator partner in emqq index committee myrrh and also leylandler is, chinese beige book ceo want to thank you both for being with us. i'm going to go to you first only because you are here and you've seen some -- >> he made the effort. >> he made the effort to make the trip richard, i'll get to you in one second but to me, the larger story here given where the markets are this week, that's -- that's partially been a story of interest rates and inflation. but much, i think, the bigger story may be china and our relationship with china and these technology ip issues and everything else. what do you think is happening >> i think that every time the market drops significantly, you're going to start getting stories about how u.s.-china relations are not that bad and how president trump is going to meet with someone or make a big change i don't think it's surprising that they're talking about the meeting in late november this is giving people hope that is not going to slide off a cliff. january 1, rising tariffs to 25% was ominous before and now this