susan mcginnis is there with the latest on all th. susan, what do we know about this plea deal in terms of how it impacts the president? >> that's a big question. cohen pleading guilty to the campaign fance violations and it has to do with hush money payments to two women, stormy daniels and karen mcdowell using. the walls are i closing for the president and possiy he could ccused of wrongdoing. there are concerns among some close to the wte house we're hearing that they are worried about impeachment, especially if, aaron, the democrats win back the house in november. they say this is going to be their t priority. >> let's turn to the paul manafort conction in alexandria. he faced 18 counts there. the jury only found h guilty on eight of those. what does that mean for robert mueller at this point. nd his bs his case standing. when you start to hear about the presidenet trying to g ride of th mueller investigation, this gives it moresteel. it's seen as a victory. even though it's not related to collusion, there's interest on eller's pa

mcginnis his death is the 41st homicide into -- in oakland this year. opd is not commenting on the case. ktvu fox 2news. >>> we are going to get you to where you need to go. sal is right here watching our commute. >> i'm looking around to see if i find anything new. for the most part, we are off to a good start. we start off with the gilroy super commute and talk about it . northbound 101, as you drive to gilroy looks pretty good there have been no major issues . traffic continues to move along very well. all the way into the san jose area. traffic is looking good into san jose. looking at the complete commute most of it is roadwork. we do have an overturned vehicle reported on westbound 24 near auckland this road. it is actually now being reported eastbound near upper happy valley. same general area. it is not reported to be causing a big traffic jam, but give yourself time if you're driving on highway 24. let's talk about the commute when it comes to how light it is. pretty light at the bay bridge toll poll as a -- toll plaza. steve has the day off so

mcginnis attended oakland public schools and worked for the school district as a coach and mentor. mcginnis would have turned 31 later this month and is survived by his wife and two daughters, saniaa, 9, and zuri, 2. mcginnis "called saniaa and zuni his 'young scholars' and he believed that education was incredibly important." oakland police haven't released any suspect information or announced any arrest in the killing of mcginnis. (grant) police in manteca are looking for two men who beat a sikh man monday morning. and the attack was caught on survallience video. reporter kay recede talked to the victim .... about the moments that led up to this violent attack. in the white shirt, pants and orange turban... 70-year-old sahib singh natt is seen on surveillance cameras on his daily walk around manteca's graystone park monday morning... two men walk up -- and it's clear something isn't right(parminder singh sahi, relative)"he was in such a shock, he was not able to tell us exactly what happened so he would tell them so he would tell us one thing and then he will mumble and say somet

mcginnis would have turned 31 later this month .. he is survived by his wife and two daughters, saniaa, 9.. and zuri, 2. mcginnis "called his daughters - his 'young scholars' - and he believed that education was incredibly important." oakland police have not released any suspect information nor announced any arrest in his killing.. (ken) a rohnert park mother has been sentenced to five years probation after her two daughters drowned when she crashed her car into the petaluma river. alejandra hernandez-ruiz was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. the crash happened back in august 20-16. a witness found her standing on top of the car while her two daughters were still inside. authorities say she had meth and marijuana in her system at the time. police released the 27 year old from sonoma county jail to home confinement so she could be treated for an aggressive cancer. (pam) new at ten: after allegedly masterminding allegedly masterminding 50- rapes and a dozen murders, suspected golden state killer joseph deangelo .... s

mcginnis would have turned 31 this month. he is survived by his wife and two daughters.s old. so far... police has not released any information on the gunman. ( james ) a rohnert park mother is sentenced to five years probation... after her two daughters drowned when she crashed her car into the petaluma river. alejandra hernandez-ruiz was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. the crash happened back in august 20-16. a witness found her standing on top of the car while her two daughters were still inside. authorities say she had meth and marijuana in her system at the time. police released the 27-year old from the sonoma county jail to home confinement... so she could be treated for an aggressive cancer. ( james ) suspected golden state killer joseph deangelo spent more than 25 years working as a machinist for a grocery store chain... and now his former co-worker is speaking out. this is a collection of second hand tools that bill helms recently bought from an old coworker... and friend. each wrench engraved with the name of the man who once owned them... jo

mcginnis would have turned 31 this month. he is survived by his wife and two daughters. 9 and 2 years old. so far... police has not released any information on the gunman. ( darya ) a rohnert park mother is sentenced to five years probation... after her two daughters drowned when she crashed her car into the petaluma river. alejandra hernandez-ruiz was charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. the crash happened back in august 20-16. a witness found her standing on top of the car while her two daughters were still inside. authorities say she had meth and marijuana in her system at the time. police released the 27-year old from the sonoma county jail to home confinement... so she could be treated for an aggressive cancer. ( james ) happening today... jury deliberations begin in the lawsuit against monsanto. the "round-up" maker is accused of causing a bay area man's cancer. dewayne johnson is a former groundskeeper for the benecia unified school district. he says he used roundup on a regular basis. he says he developed a rash on his body... and was later diagnose

susan mcginnis.hank you. >>> president trump is catchinh for stripping the security clearance of former cia directo brennan. he was in the situation during a s.e.a.l. rai that killed osaman den. he urged president obama to approve the rate when others thought it was too ritzy. now the ad world who saw that raid is coming to brennan's defense. >> retiredro admiral in his words, few americans have de more to get his security clearance as well. >>> new details from the vatican. a spokesman for pope says these are morallye. reprehensi since this was prior to 2002, the reforms a working. the grand jury revealed hundreds of acts of sexual abuse. it reveals an alleged coverup. >>> colorado investigators believe they found the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters. chris watts and the father of the gir are in police custody. they came forward pleading for their return. he was arrested wednesday night. the woman's body was found on the property. police will only say that the girls were found close by.

susan mcginnis will break this down in ten minutes. >>> metro is ahead of schedule for a 40-day shutdown. they have closed the stations for major repairs. riders have to wait until september for the station to open. >>> preseason game three f the redskins starts at 7:30 tonightr theskins take on the broncos at fedex field. and stay tuned for the news report at 11:00. >> we talk about the male d.c. sports teams. but this morning, the washington mystics just earned a spot in the semifina. six players scored double-digits last night. elena deladon had 14 points. game one, 3: in atlanta. >>> airport screenings are going high-tech. ehe local airport where your face will soon b scanned before you can board. >>> how young is too young to >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> we've all seen tourists walking through d.c. with their luggage in tow. now, a company is trying to help those people out. the company is called bounce. it'sti l people pay $6 per day perag to have their stuff temporarily stored. bounce cusmers are given a lock with a numbered security tag. d.c. is the third city in the u.

clear storm are was mcginnis his teacher and later worked with him. she and her daughter who mcginnis knew as a child are now trying to help raise money to help his family. >> nefarious was an amazing dad. he believed in education and he instilled that in his daughter's. they were going to go so far and you so many wonderful things. he is not there. i want to, i want this go fund me page to be able to help manifest what he wanted for his daughter's. >> mcginnis leaves behind a wife and two young daughters. >>> we have a new perspective about the alleged golden state killer, joseph d'angelo, from someone who knows him. >> a former coworker described him as an average joe. they were surprised about the charges against him >> reporter: this is a collection of tools that bill helms recently bought from an old coworker and friend. >> i guess that is his venture. >> reporter: each ranch hand engraved with the name of the man who once owned them. joe d'angelo. a suspected east airy rapist, golden state killer expect it has six signature >> reporter: helms wo

andrea evans says her son, lnefarius mcginnis, was shot several times in the 1100 block of 56 avenue on july 25th. oakland police are not releasing details of the death that leaves a 2-year-old and 5- year-old without a father. >> he was in their lives. it's going to be so hard because they don't have no dad anymore. >> reporter: the eldest sharing heartfelt stories. like the time her dad took her to the carnival. >> i asked for a funnel cake. and he said, no, you can go to the dollar section and get something there. >> what did you say? i'm like, they don't have funnel cakes. a moment of pain, for those who loved lnefarius mcginnis, a father, and even a student in his early days., he loved learning. it was challenging. teaching in east oakland at a middle school. >> reporter: claire stormer was his teacher and later began his colleague when he began working at fruitvale elemtary school. he worked after school programs and would mentor students who would effectually call him coach phee. he even accompanied her and her students on camping trips. she along with her daughter, actress an

. >> susan mcginnis joins us with more on this. we know that omarosa is claiming that they had information on wikileaks reasing information. >> that's right. this is a new point, aaron and eun entering this fray. escalating a war of words between these two just keeps on growing. now accusations of a racial slur, possible legal battles ani now the r investigation. >> susan mcginnis live for us on capitol hill. thank you. >>> 11 before the hour. twitter temporarily suspended controversial radio host alex jones' account. twitter says jones violad its policy but not deleting a tweet in which he told listeners to get battle rifles ready. he suspension will last seven days. earlier this month, facebook, youte and apple took steps to remove jones from their service. ings known for falsely cla that the mass killing at sandy hook elementary school was staged >>> it's now 4:49. reputation stadium tour in d.c. last month last night's performance in tampa, florida, making hdlines this morning. angie goff is in the newsroom with details. angie,

i want this go fund me page to be able to help manifest what he wanted for his daughter's. >> mcginnis leaves behind a wife and daughters, two years old and at nine years old. three we will get you to where you need to go this morning. sal is watching our commute. >> we're looking at the gilmore commute and north one-to-one traffic is looking pretty good from gilroy to san jose. usually there were -- the roadwork iis . most of the time it is moving along well into the south bay. you can see no major issues on the roads. it looks pretty good driving through northbound to 80 traffic is moving along pretty well heading toward highway 17. as we see traffic continues to move along very nicely at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is getting a little bit more crowded. today is a spare the air day and if you want to help out with air quality you might consider using public transportation. >>> let's bring in mark with today's weather. >> good morning. and wednesday morning. today you heard about the air alerts. you can see the layer of haze and smoke we had yesterday. still that smoke from the nort

>> susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> saying goodbye to an american hero. thousands lining up well into the night at the arizona state capitol to pay their final respects to senator john mccain. the line stretchfo with mourners undeterred by the day's blazing heat. several of mccain's children returning to the building late last night, shaking hands with the last of the visitors. as the week of tributes leads up to mccain's funeral, we're nowe. sarah palin was mccain's running mate in the 2008 presidential election, but sources for both families tell nbc news the former alaska governor is not invited. a source close to the palin family telling kelly o'donnell out of respect to senator mccain and his family, we have nothing to add at this point. in the wake of mccain's death, some lawmakers have suggested renaming the russell senate office building after the senator. google maps apparently getting ahead of itself, briefly displaying the building's name as the mccain senate office building. it has since been corrected. nbc's peter an >> reporter: at the arizo

susan mcginnis is there for us. plea dealt do cohen's mean for the president?well, part of the plea deal is that he pleaded guilty to a couple of campaign finance violations including payments to silence wom who allegedly had affairs with the president. what cohen admitted to, the president -- it was to impact the election. of people lot thinking that the president could essentially face allegations of wrongdoing. there is talk people close to president reportedly worriedme about impea especially if the elections bring the house back to the democrats. >>> let me ask you about paul manafortoo he faced 18 counts going into this. the jury found him guilty on eight of those. at does that mean for the special counsel, robert mueller. >> for robert mueller it's a victory. not a complete victory. he wasn'tound not guilty but there was a hung jury on ten of them. it's seen as a victory for mueller. bolstering hisnd case a his standing as far as the president trying to ge rid of it. he is likely looking for paul manafort to cooperate going forward and he does face anoth

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >> right now. no reports of damage after a small earthquake was reported early this morning. u.s. geological survey reported 1.7 just after midnight. tweeted about it and said residents reported feeling a slight shake and rumble. >>> switching gears now. let's talk a little more weather. pleasant weather today. storm team 4 meteorologist joining us now to talk more about the slight rumblelkor that may have felt it and talk about what's going to happen in the weekend. >> hey, are erica,y reainy earthquake happened around midnig midnight. today it's all about heat and the humidity this afternoon. it's going to feel like 100 to 105 degrees when you tack ffact mugginess. that's going to lea to thunderstorms among other variables. some storms not looking widespread, someould be on the strong to severe side. latest on storm team 4mp radar tely dry across the area. again, we're dry during the day. as we hit the evening hours, start to see scattered showers and thunderstorms moving through from west to you

. >> susan mcginnis for us. >>elania trump saying social media can be a productive tool and also a harmful force if used incorrectly. the first lady spoke on cyber bullying in rockville, er yey. stopping bullying is one of her major initiatives in her be best campaign. the firstady traveled by herself to toronto a year ago. in january, it was reported that esident trump used a negative term when talking about immigrants from lviti and el or. >>> the trial for the man accused of killing five people "the capital gazette" newspaper will begin on july 9t 19th. ramos is accused of using shotgun to blast his way into the paper's newsroom in june. ramos pleaded not guilty last month. >>> after a sergery, animal crackers areusting o of the cages. the packaging no longer shows the animals in cages. animal rights organizations wanted the packaging changed, saying it depicted tdated sur cuss pr circus practices. >>> the mural outside of ben's chili bowl is almost as iasnic he accomplishment. the latest design was unveiled

susan mcginnis has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: this morning the president is accusing miss fo- r attorney of lying. saying he did not direct michael cohen tos make hush payme the women. he is saying that you directed him to make these payments. >> he made the deals. >> reporter: also the money for the deals the president says db come from his campaign. >> those two aren't a crime. >> repter: the president sai cohen lied to prosecutors to reduce his sentence 12k3w4r7 . >> if you go down to two or three years wech is the deal made, in all fairness to him, most people whereoing to do that. and i've seen it many times. i've had many friends i solved in thiff. it is called flipping and it almost out to be illegal. >> repor: on lil reactio . >> reporter: on hill, reaction fell along party lines. it none of it has to do collusion. >> we are on the threshold of a crisis. >> reporter: as for talk the impeach? >> i don't know if y can impeach somebody who has done a great job. >> reporter: if itch peached im president says the stock market would cras susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>

susan mcginnis on the hill.hank you. >>> metro used to transit white nationalists to the rally. >> news4 is live with the rally that union organizers arepu ing together. megan. >> reporter: well, good morning, guys. that rally is going toteappen lar on today. here at the metro center station downtown. it's at the corner of 12th and g. now, metro's largest union continuing to call forhe firing of general manager paul wiedefeld, over the handling of asite supremacists t asy took metro l weekend's rally. take a look at the video here unite the right weres sco s esc on to the cars marked specl.ia ty. hethe union sayst represents a special treatment that the white nationalists were treated differently and tt metro had said there would be no designated trains for the . grou leaders also say that african-american rail w nkers t told they would be transporting the group. but paul wiedefe d hasended it saying the police was necessary to make sure there were no confrontations as the group made their work through. and all

. >> susan mcginnis joins us with more susan, we know from the president's tweets over the weekend thatbsolutely livid that the reports in "the new york times" came out talking about that meeting but some people are questioning whether or not he's taking a gamble by allowing the counsel to cooperate what can you tell us >> hi. good morning that is right. a lot of people say he shouldn't have allowed that. in his own strategy, he thought he was doing the right thing in transparency in retrospect he may not have. the president's attorney, giuliani, says he believes mueller leaked all this to "the new york times." the president accusing "the new york times" of printing fake news and calling the two reporters on the story fake rorpers, lashing out at "the new york times." cooperating with mueller, over 30 hours of testimony over nine months detailing the president's anger at the special counsel and his interest in firing the special counsel. also, we have the president threatening to take away more security clearances from top formersecurity and national security and intelligence officials

and i'm going to point to not 1968, but the next year and the publication of joe mcginnis', "the selling of the president." a best-selling expose' which talked about what richard nixon did during his election and this advertising strategy that they had. and this brings the public into the conversation. and so they're not just sitting back and being manipulated by nixon or any other political contenders. they recognize that this is a conversation. they start, you see a journalism starts to change and they focus on what's happening behind the scenes, how the message is being constructed rather than what the message actually is. and so i think that's a really important shift that frequently we overlook. that still resonates in how we have conversations today. you know, when you have commentary, on news program, so much of the focus is well why is he saying this? how is he staging it? rather than just on the content itself. >> when you're in a classroom at purdue university, how do you teach this to your students? what do they ask you about richard nixon, trump today and how the presidency i

aaron and eun. >> sus mcginnis. thank you. >>> twitter has traerld suspended alex jones' account.sa twitte he violated the policy but not deleting a tweet to tell histeners to get battle rifle ready. the suspension will laen days. facebook, youtube and apple all took steps to remove jones from their service. he's known for falsely claiming that the sandy hook elementary school shooting was staged. >>> taylor swift's reputation stadium tour was in d.c. a few week ago. last night' performance in tampa florida, making headlines this morning. it's for a strong reason. angie goff in the newsroom with details. angie, good morning. >> good morning, eun. yesterday was an emotional day for taylor swift. it marks one year sinced they he a jury's verdict against former radio dj. take a >>listen. ho say that -- the day that the jury decided in my favor and said -- [ cheering ] >> swift said she thinks about al of the people who are not believed when it comes to alleged assaults. here's a look at some t of courtroom sketches. th

and the publication of joe mcginnis's book the felling of the president. it was a best-selling exposi. and told about what he did in the 1968 election and the advertising strategy that they had. and this brings the public into the conversation. they're not just sitting back and being manipulated by nixon or any other political contenders. they recognize that this is a conversation and they see journalism start to change. and they look at what is behind the scenes and healthy messages being constructed, rather than what the message actually is. i think that is a very important shift that is frequently overlooked and still resonates and how we have conversations today. when you have commentary on a news program, so much of the focus is on why is he saying this? how is he staging it? rather than just on the content itself. >> when you're in the university, how do you teach the students in which they ask you about richard nixon, and trump today, and how the presidency is basically sold to the american people? >> when my favorite teaching schools is actually us

later in the hour, susan mcginnis will join us from capitol hill to break down the latest in this case. >>> this morning, tension between president trump and jeff sessions has been growing. whether peculation session will keep his job after the midterm elections. and it comes from this comment by the president on fox news. >> i put in an attorney general that never took control of the justice department. he took the job and said, i'm going to recuse myself. what kind of man is this? >> sessions is fighting back aw. he said i statement, i took control of the department of justice the day i was sworn in. while i am attorney general, the actions of the justicel department w not be influenced by political courses. >>> duncan hunter and his wife f werend not guilty in court. they allegedly used more than $250,000 to finan family trips to italy and, hawaii golfing outings, tuition, and fast food purchases. they are also accused of trying to conceal the spending in records. hunter has stepped down from three committee assignments in the house. >>> zen a m facing charges for indecent exposure

. >> susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >>at are lawmakers saying about this? t is varied. republicans are ignoring cohen and sticking with russia. this provides no evidence of russia meddling, collusion or any evidence aboutia ru democrats, a little more dramatic, calling it a constitutional crisis and saying thepresident'sctions are indictable. they're calling for a ordelay confirmation hearings bisause of all the president's reaction in addition to the 1:00 a.m. tweetn sayicollusion, no witch hunt. usually we get his tweets anro hour now. he is distancing himself cohen and disparaging cohen saying he's not a very good lawyer. >>> we have a robbery at a busy shoe store. d.c. police need your help finding these people. police sayht they stole e pairs of shoes at the dsw store. they took shoes and toward the exit. when the employee approached them, one of thes suspe pulled out a taser. call police if you recognize >>> i-95 can be a headache, no matter where you get on road. but some relief can be comin to one of the worst spots in our area. ree new lanes are being added to

mcginnis would have turned 31 this month. he is survived by his wife and two daughters. they're just 9 and 2 years old. so far... police has not released any information on the gunman. (vicki) steph curry used his s-c-30 showcase game to help raise money for the family of nia wilson. he streamed the game tuesday on facebook. the fundraiser was a huge success, raising $21,025. 18-year-old nia was brutally stabbed to death at macarthur bart station on july 22nd. her sister was also stabbed, but survived the attack. john cowell has been charged in nia's death. (grant) on the peninsula... a home security camera in san mateo caputures a mountain lion walking right next to their house. in this first video you see the big cat trip the light sensor around midnight while walking backyard. and then in the second video we see the moutain lion just casually walking down the home's driveway. the mountain lion was seen outside of a home on hobart avenue... just a few blocks from el camino real san mateo officers tried to search for the animal, but was not located. (vicki) coming up...

. >> nbc's susan mcginnis is on capil hill. what exactly can he do legally? >> reporter: gd morning, aaron and angie.th president is threatening to take away more security clearances. brennanth talking about w he can file a formal complaint or perhaps an injunction to stop the president from taking away more security clearances. the trump administration is not backdown. the president being accused of using this tool to punish his critics and punis involved with the russia investigation. this follows dozens of intelligence officials a national security officials sindemning this move. meanwhile, the pnt lashing out at "the new york times" article outlining thathite house counsel don mcgahn cooperating with special counsel roberter mue in about 30 hours of interviews over nine months detailing the president's feelings, his anger toward mueller, attempts at trying tfi him. the president tweeting at length about this on sunday calling it fake news, calling the authors orterss reporter fake r saying he allowed mcgahn to cooperate. giulia saying he believes mueller

stormer along with her daughter -- that mcginnis knew as her -- as a child -- now are trying to help. >> he believed in education and still -- he and still that in his daughter's -- instilled that in his daughter's -- daughters. i want this gofundme page to be able to help manifest what he wanted for his daughter's. >> this is the gofundme page for the victim. if you'd like to help out this family go to ktvu.com and look for this story and you'll find the gofundme leg there. his death is the 41st homicide in oakland this year. opd is not commenting on the case at this time. andre senior ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a stunning admission from a star witness in the palmetto for trial. >>> and will the president agree to sit down with robert mueller's team? >>> and a very close race and a closely watched -- in a closely watched special election, the late vote in ohio and why so many people are paying attention. >>> state officials say they are working on dmv frustrations. what they are doing to shorten the lines. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> charles county public schools will be back in session nextweek and there are a number of security upgrades going into effect. new school employees will now have to get a background check based on their social security umber. these changes were made because of the carlos bell case. the former coach andac tng assistant was convicted earlier this year of sexually abusing dozens o boys from 2014 to 2016. by the time school starts, all staff will have gone thaugh new ive shooter training. that includes learning how to stop blood loss during an emergency. un> there's a contraception controversy surng montgomery county schools. a councilmember is pushing a proposal to maondoms available to high school udents. news4's chris gordon has those details. county high schools would make condoms available to students anonymously and for free. concty cmember george leventhal is a co-spowaor. >> we to keep our kids safe, we don't want them to tak. >> reporter: they are also suggesting that middle schools study the posbility of providing contraception to their

nbc's susan mcginnis will join us live from capitol hill. >>> today jurors will continue to decide the fate of paul manafort. yesterday they failed to reach a verdict. it included a request to redefine reasonable doubt. president trump's former 18 aign chairman is facing counts of tax and bank fraud. deliberations are set to resume at 9:30 this morning. downlo the nbc washington app for the latest. >>> a 15 year investigation ints allegatif systematic sexual, mental and physical abuse at a sterling church has led to indictment. 62-year-old kevin o'connor was arrested on several sexual assault related charges. the alleged incident happened back in 2003. o'connor is a deacon at the controversial church. for years several former church members said they were abused in some waste by the church. they've been investigating the church for more than a decade. >>> 4:10. a manost his life while trying to cross a busy street in rock vail. a jeep hit the 34-year-old man. he later died at the hospital. his identity has not been released at this point. e driver was not injured. >>> there was a celeb

in washington, susan mcginnis, news 4. >> president trump will be actually out of town next week. currently a he's his golf resort in new jersey in what the white house is calling a working vacation. >> he's a monk on a bike and he grew up in virginia and he's been biking across the country to raise money. he recently had a ccer scare and wanted too something for others. he said biking across the country hasn't been's, but hes regrets. >> cannot ride the bicycle on the road up there and cannot ridenhe bicycle the road back there. the only place to ride the bicycle is the road under the res, so this kind of thought was really important for me. >> his ride started in san francisco and ended at u.s. capitol. he sayse didn't raise as much money for the hospital as he had hoped, so if you would like to donate we've posted a like in the nbc washington app. just search monk, veryeasy. >> these guys aren't using bikes, the little lea e team fromhe t district but the tea from ward 7 won the d.c. championship here a liver a week or so ago, and they are now on their way to connecticut a to p

mcginnis' death is the 41st homicide in oakland this year.enting on the case at this time. in newsroom, i'm andre senior. >>> video has been released that shows mollie tibbetts the day before she disappeared three weeks ago. we see her smiling and laughing. in the meantime, a reward to find her is standing at more than $300,000. donations have come in from across the country. mollie's father is making another public plea saying that if she was kidnapped, he wants the perpetrator to surrender and let mollie go. >> just speculation on a father who has too much time to think. i think she is with someone that isn't going to harm her, that doesn't know how to get out of this situation and is in over their head. >> the fbi has a couple of dozen agents works on this case. authorities received hundreds of tips but nothing has materialized just yet. >>> steph curry paid tribute to nia wilson, the woman killed at an oakland b.a.r.t. station. >> senseless tragedy that should not have happened. we want to use this game to dedicate to your family to show

susan mcginnis thank you. >>> let's get a check on the other top headlines.e it has literally been endless rain on the east coast, out west, can't catch a break. another major fire erupting in california philip mena has more in new york >>> california fire crews taking on a new blaze officials say the front fire exploded to 300 acres with zero percent containment. it burns through a national park in santa barbara county. high temperatures and low humidity are fueling the flames. as that fire burns out of control, firefighters contained the ferguson fire that scorched more than 96,000 acres near yosemite national park. >>> a british woman survived a ten-hour ordeal at sea after falling off norwegian cruise. >> she went overboard and was found about 60 miles offshore. authorities are crediting warm waters for her survival. >>> puppies on the table at a restaurant in taiwan they're specialize cream treats too realistic to eat they come in several flavors they're made to look like shar pei puppies. one takes five hours to make but it only costs five bucks how are

. >> susan mcginnis on the hill for us, susan,hank you. >>> 4:44 now, developing this morning, just steps away from yale university. officials are trying to figure out whether someone intentionally deliberated a laced batch of k2. first respondersavbeen called to 60 overdoses since tuesday. here in d.c., more than 260 people were taken to hospitals over a ten-day period in july for synthetic drug overdoses. k2 is often called sthetic marijuana but the chemical composition is different. researchers at virginia quilt university say people in their 20s are dying largely to the opioid epidemic. >>> new overnight, alit made an emergency landing because of an odor in the cabin. the plane was traveling from whendo to philadelphia suddenly crews noticed a strong smell. the flight was quicklyiverted to robert thurman international aieort. a few w taken to the hospital. the cause of the odor is still unclear at this time. >>> a former tes employee now claims he has evidence the company has been putting drivers at risk. whistle-blower martin tripp tweeted internal e-mails and photos that he says are

susan mcginnis joining us with more on the president's reaction to all of this. >> many here in washington are viewing this double bombshell surprising the walls are closing in around president trump. the president did not mention either man at that rally but he did slam the russia investigation with some familiar words. >> fake news and the russian witch hunt. we got a whole big. where is the collusion? >> ahead of the rally he did mention paul manafort saying he was a great man but also saying it has nothing to do with me. most significant words by cohen, that his principal purpose was to affect the election. rudy guiliani says there's no allegation of wrong doing that would lead to any charges in mr. cohen's words. white house is concerned about impeachment. some experts say if democrats retake the house, they'll have that at the top of their agenda. some are worried this could give more fuel to the mueller probe. >> things already heating up now. >>> an update in the serlg for student mollie tibbets. after she went for an evening jog. according to authorities, undocumented immigrant cr

nbc's susan mcginnis joins us ve. >> today jurors will continue to decide the fate of paul manafort. the panel recessed after submitting a series of questions tohe judge including a request to redefine reanable doubt. there are 18 counts of tax and bank fraud. deliberations are set to resume. >>> ten minutes after right now. there was a celebration at if he had x shirt. >> sherry burries has the highlights. >>> impressive first outing from quarterbacklex smith. on his first playedskins plans holding their breath. it leads h to one in five years. nice to be a football player again. derive haynes and the first quarter he signs up his ltas. we feelre kpe techbtd. >> he's been something i'm working with. i'm going to give them a hug. i hope it'sow tore cross. 16-13. from fed ex field, news 4, sherry burress. >>> just about 6:12. months of this kind of cleanup seem to be paying off in this flood ravaged town. now the harin work is teit into a big party. >>> i'm at the humane rescue lines. travis is here tomorrow looking for his smalllocations. we're looking at a good forecast to it, chuck

it w the last courageous.su n mcginnis will join us live in the broadcast with more on the postponement. >> today jurors will continue to decide the fate of paul manaf t manafort. that panel recessed after making the request. that included 19 for 9:30. we usuallydownload the app. >>> a 15 year investigation of sexual, mental, physical abuse. that has led to an indictment. >>> 18-year-old kevin o'connor was arrested yesterday. the alleged incidents happened back in 2003 with a teenage victim. he's a deacon at the calgaryle te church. several pa trish ners say ty have been bitten. >>> there was aelebration at fed ex field after the redskins win.d up their first >> but a win is great. how's the highlights? >> reporter: the redskins second preseason game,e impress outing for quarterback ax smith. first play, redskins fans holding their breath. smith takes the hard heit leading them to one of fiv eld goals. >> nice to get back to the football moment. we've been wearing the yello jerseys too long. nice to be a football player again. >> reporte also making hisns reds debut. >> it's a little bi

. >> susan mcginnis is on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. ave this little context.s interview was hastily arranged after the white house learned that don mcgahn spent 30 hours talking to the special counse the president said he could run it if he wants. in. i can do whatever but i wanted to stay out. we have a former prosecutor saying this istr. a president cannot be in charge of his own investigation. the president is get involved on twitter. m day calling robert mueller a disgrace and uncredited. he was asked if he would sit a down finterview. he is agreeing with rudy giuliani over the weekend, his statements could be used to bring perjury chargenst him. >> thank you. s socialnia trump s media can be a positive tool. and also a harmful forec if used incoy. the first lady spoke on cyber bullying in rockville, yesterday. stopping bullying is one of her majoinitiatives in her be be campaign. she will travel to africa in octor. in nuary, it was reported that president trump used a negative term when talking to lawmake haiti andgrants from ael salvador. >>> the trial f

susan mcginnis is livepi on l hill for us. what is he talking to authorities about?good morning. this is quite the turn of events with several men once in the president's inner circle, stepping out of it. david pecker isla the st. he is the ceo of the publisher of "the national enquirer," getting immunity, with authorities. "the national enquirer's" efforts to kill stories damning to the president. and hush money payments to a "playboy" playmate, karen mcdougal who allegedly had an affair with the president. f well as the involvement president trump in that hush monend payment a michael cohen in that payment. we have cohen plea, pleading guilty to eight federal crimes. jeff sessions fighting back. lots of moving parts this week. only praise for paul manafort, the former chairman who was convicted on eight counts of bank and tax fraunt the presias been talking to his lawyers about the possibility of pardoning manafort. >> susan,hank you. >>> lyft wants you to get out and vote on election day. yesterday, it announced it will offer discounted and free rides to polls on

su mcginnis, nbc news 37. >>> and an emotional moment at i taylor concert. we'll hear from the pop star. >>> and theatest on the sex abuse scandal involving the catholic church 300riests named in a new grand jury report. and d.c.'s highest church leader questi i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. i serve in the general assembly and we work together across doe aisle to get thing. and that's the way it is at ctca. what fred needed was a management team. not just to have a long-term strategy for tity of life, but also an active strategy for quality of life. my psa is under control. ctca gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goals and my dreams. learn more at cancercenter.com/philadelphia appots available now. >>> an explosive gra jury report is rocking the catholic church this morning. it reveals glask s graphic det the molestation of more than 1,000 children by so-called predator priests in pennsolvania. annen reports that t abu was allegedly covered up by for decades. >> reporter: in damning language, the grand jury report revealed the dark se

susan mcginnis has more. >> good morning.the most important words that cohen spoke at his plea hearing yesterday where he pleaded guilty to the eight charges were about campaign finance violations, this has to do with the hush money payments to the two women for paying them off to keep silent regarding affairs they allegedly had with president trump. cohen admitted that president trump directed him to take these actions and he said his principle purpose in taking these actions, committing these crimes was to impact the election now the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, says none of these allegations of wrong doing have anything to do with the president. people worry that the president could face accusations of wrong doing, some are talking about impeachment, that there are concerns about impeachment, especially if the democrats win back the house in the november elections. >> susan, thank you for that i'll bring back in christopher smart from bearings, he has been waiting on the line. can i ask you your take on yesterday's

retired colonel bob mcginnis says we should care. >> we do care.e, up to 30% of the sea borne oil in the world, 18 million barrels pass through that strait every day. we've had problems in the past. go back to 88. we sang two of their warships and downed an airliner killing 290 iranians. the iranians have been incredibly unhelpful especially since the president pulled out of the jcpoa. they're casing problems for the israelis and all over syria, certainly in yemen. of course, they're causing problems once again as predicted in the strait of hormuz. so this is something that we have grown accustomed to. i know the secretary of defense, jim mattis said just yesterday that look, we think it's unlikely they're going to try to block the strait primarily because they know the entire international community would come down quickly on their capability. they're already in economic stress. their money is way down and gas prices are up. food is expensive. the people are not happy with president rouhani. >> trish: given the economic stress, could that lead to

. >> susan mcginnis, thank you. >>> breaking news out of iraq where a military helicopter has crashedris lawrence at the live desk. >> we just gotrm conion that one coalition service member has been killed, several more have en injured. we're being told u.s. special operations forceser working on ane com joint counterterrorism mission. no indication it was brought down by enemy fire. it could have been a mechanical malfunction. we'll keep you updated on this story. >> chris, thank you. >>> it is 5: now. popping wheelies and weaving in and out of traffic. yesterday atv and dirt bikes swarmed parts of d.c. and northern virginia. >> this was a traptic disn to say the least. news 4's nicole jacobs is in georgetown where dozens of riders were spotted there. >> angie and aaron, this was certainly not your typical joy ride for a weekend, not something you see every day. definite not in the district. but take a look at this video. it absolutely speaks for itself. u can see dozens and dozens of atvs and dirt bikes invading city streets from georgetown to logan circle all the way into arlington

nbc's susan mcginnis joins us live with reaction to all of this. susan? >> in recent weeks we've watched as the president's att ks on the mueller investigation have leincreased, but today a car call to end it. >> reporter: president trump eapeared with faithrs at the white house today after ramping up his attacks on special counsel robert mueller. for the first himee publicly called on his attorney general to end the russia probe, tweetinghis morning, attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now. sessions recused himself last year from all cases involving russian election meddling,le ing him unable to stop the investigation, even if he wanted ou. the white claims the president's tweet was not a demand. >>he president's stating his opinion. it's not an order. but i think he's been crystal clear about how he feels about this investigation. >> reporter: lawmakers on both sides immediately spoke out in support of the probe. >> the threats bndlying from president of the united states against a lof enforcement cer constitute evide

in washington, susan mcginnis, nbc news. >>> at today's "new york times" editorial page, the headlinefree press needs you." you may see a similar headline in almost any paper you pick up today. "the boston globe" invited newspaperscross the country to stand up on president trump's attacks on fake newsg by push editorials on press freedom today. the president has repeatedly referred to t journalists as enemy of the people. more than 300 papers are expected to participate with #freepress. >>> new at midday, wre hearing om the parents of jordan mcnair, the university of maryland football player who fed after sufferom heat stroke. what they say should happen to the school's head coach. >>> and reaction to our breaking news at this hour, the death o singing legend aretha franklin. essence saying frklin's iconic voice touched all our souls. >>> new this rning, we are hearing from the parents of a university of maryland footballa player who dieer suffering a heat roke. we've also learned the pourboar regents will hold a special eting tomorrow that could consult in major changes to the univer

facebook with a 350% gain since it went public in 2012 >> susan mcginnis, thank you very much. >>> let'set more to the president's comments and everything happening now, joining us now is art hogan. unconventional president, art, doing something rather unconventional, going after the fed. the market reacting a bit to the news, particularly on the dollar side what do you make of this there's not thrilled and then there's "i'm not thrilled. >> yeah. i don't know why we get surprised when something unusual comes out of the president's mouth. we should be well practiced in all of this. at the end of the day the fed and the president are leaning against a stronger economy and one is trying to normalize policy rates, one is trying to get a more equal playing field on trade unfortunately those things are not necessarily working in conjunction. so the president looks at this as saying the fed is working against what i'm trying to do. i'm ftrying to reduce taxes and regulation here is the fed raising rates, when actually the fed is trying to get to a neutral rate so that if we roll over in the ec

susan mcginnis joins us now from russia with details on this story. susan? going on here in washington. while the president is out of town, today the white house began the d taking credit for some positive job umbers. the nation's employers continue adding jobs to the econom h the whise cheered today's numbers showing another drop in the joble rate. these are good numbers. it's another strong jobs report in a series of strong employment reports. >> reporter: but an economic threat lies on the horizon. china warned today i president trump continues to escalate the trade war, it will retaliat hiking tariffs on u.s. beef, seafood and thousands of oth goods totaling $60 billion. china hitting back after tpresident trump's threa more than double his proposed tariff on $200 billion worth of chiness go if china doesn't back down. >> there's a tariff problem, lack of res boss try and they are lotech-stealing, they better take the president serious. >> reporter: meanwhile more eviden the president doesn't take the threat from russia seriously, soon after his top offi

bombshell report that the white house attorney, the president's attorney, white house counsel don mcginnisthe president tweeted this "disgrace discredited bob mueller and as whole group of angry democratic thugs spent over 30 hours with the white house counsel, only with my approval, for the purposes of transparency. anybody needing that much time when they know there is no russia collusion is just someone looking for trouble. they are enjoying ruining people's lives and refused to look at the real corruption on the democratic side. the lies, the fire rings, the deleted emails and so much more. mueller's angry democrats are looking to impact the election, a national disgrace. so far 25 top fbi doj officials have either been fired, demoted, or resigned. at wow. newt gingrich is out with a brand-new op-ed. it raises this important point. "it couldn't be more clear if the trump white house was comfortable talking for 30 hours with a pack of high-powered, very tough minded investigators because the president has done nothing wrong. my sources say, by the way this took place over a period of ti

s nbc'san mcginnis is live now on capitol hill to sort through all of it for us. susan?ll, pat, the president's intel chiefs tried to provide a united front today gathering at the white house and talking about russianlection interference and what they plan to do about it. president trump's intelligence team presented a united front at the white house today a rirming thatussian election meddling is real and the u.s. is fighting back. >> we acknowledge the itthreat. s real. it is continuing, and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have tst in. >> free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy, and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries w seek as the dni just said to sow discord. >> there's no one in the administration obviously who is working on how we can that candidates who are running this year have their campaigns protected. >> reporte and it follows facebook's revelation of a foreign influence campaign designed to designmerica ahead of the mid-term elections. the president has