but behind the scenes, michelle williams was struggling saying that for years she never knew what she♪ reunion with beyce and kelly at cchella -- williams fell into a deep depression leading the singer to chel into a treatment facility. williams releasing this instagram post at the time, thanking fans for their support adding, depression sucks but my faith in god and my commitment to doing the work to stay well is my way out. and it is wonderful to have michelle williams and her fiance chad johnson both here with us this morning. bless you for sharing this story. >> thank you. >> nobody ever really wants to talk about it and it's so incredibly important. first of all, how are you doing? >> i'm doing much better. i am just sitting here and fighting back tears because you look back. i look back over my journey. i look back over our journey. i'm here, we're here and i'm just thankful to be here to tell the story. >> you're here together and you have a story to tell together. were you aware of what she was going through, chad? >> you know what, it's interesting, robin, because during the

worth noting, after recent comments, retired at michelle william mccraven was on hillary clinton's short list. no, he wasn't. he's been critical of trump even dating back to the '16 campaign. >> jennifer lawrence is on my list of the next girl to ask out but that doesn't mean she'll go. it's so ridiculous. >> and why would mcdaniel do such a thing? i don't understand what motivates her. i understand what motivates a thin skinned president. but the rnc and all of the people out there who supported them for years. >> worshipping at the altar of trump. and right now, we have a president who's going and attacking the military, disgusting. but is too afraid to visit troops overseas? give me a break. he's coward in chief, disgusting. >> the gop has lost its sole. >> time to get it on back. there's always a new day tomorrow. get better. >>> coming up, a federal judge takes action against the president's ban on migrants who are crossing the border to seek asylum. plus, the president rushed troops to the border before the midterms. he said they were needed to protect americans from what he called

destiny's child singer michelle williams here live.itdown interview since being treated for depression. holiday shopping wars under way. black friday three weeks away now. >> can we just give you props for -- and alexis is also clapping for us. we thought it was an awesome 80s costume zach morris the other day on the show. >> "saved by the bell". i had nothing to do with it. the wardrobe and makeup people are incredible. my hair has never looked better. i wish i could wear that wig for eternity. >> you could. >> you wear it well. >> i dress ud up as tiki room attendant from disney. nowhere near the mastery you showed. >> we'll talk next time about what you dressed up for recently, more than $20 million has been spent in the race for superintendent of public instruction to attack my friend tony thurmond's record. well, i've worked with tony, and no one is more qualified to lead our state's schools. that's why tony thurmond is the only candidate endorsed by classroom teachers and the california democratic party. because tony will stand u

california values senator dianne feinstein >> announcer: former destiny child's star michelle williamsthe help she needed and now sits down for her first interview since leaving rehab. how is she doing and what she wants you to know. tomorrow on "gma." [ applause ] >>> all right. one of the biggest heartthrobs star of "outlander" returning sunday. everybody is excited about this for a brand-new season. very happy to have sam heughan here with us. welcome. [ applause ] i'm going to start because these ladies are freaking out because you're in the front row this close. i told them they have to behave. are we pronouncing your name right. >> heughan is right. >> you have a lot of super fans. [ applause ] like a lot of super fans. so the show has a cult following. what a lot of people might not know you auditioned a number of times for "game of thrones." >> oh, dear. >> do you have regrets? >> i did, actually. but you know what, i'm on a great show and actually this has been really a great roller coaster of a ride and now in season four and it's been fantastic. >> the reviews are incredible

michelle obama. wow! federal funding to help the victims. i am eboni williams, now back to. "watters' world."esse: politics has dominated the headlines so we wanted to share other news you probably missed. joining me is ed henry. remember the beau bergdahl trade out of gitmo in exchange for bow bergdahl? president obama assured us the taliban five were being closely monitored and would not return to the battlefield. it has been confirmed they all five joined the ranks and returned to afghanistan. ed: i was at some of the news conferences, covering president obama saying this is not a big deal, they are going to be monitored and they weren't going back on the battlefield. no, it turned out to be a bogus deal. the obama administration misled us about beau bergdahl. jesse: next one, we have china. the big trade wash with the chinese. china blinked. president xi promised to lower tariffs, and bert protect intellectual -- and better protect intellectual property rights. this is a big deal for trump's trade war. >> a lot of the details have to be filled in, the chinese have to back it up. president

williams, thank you. >> you bet. >>> taking on trump, michelle obama going after president trump in a candid new book. >>> also, remembering the victims, the moving stories of the lives that were cut too short when that gunman opened fire at the borderline bar. >>> and also in california, it's burning again, firefighters battling multiple fast-moving fires that seemingly came out of nowhere. our own gadi schwartz live on the ground. >> reporter: hey, craig, yeah, so many homes here in california burning across the state. over 100,000 homes are being threatened, like this one. unfortunately this one is a total loss, and now we know that the city of malibu is under evacuation. we're going to have more coming up in a live report. t. i couldn't catch my breath. it was the last song of the night. it felt like my heart was skipping beats. they said i had afib. what's afib? i knew that meant i was at a greater risk of stroke. i needed answers. my doctor and i chose xarelto® to help keep me protected from a stroke. once-daily xarelto®, a latest-generation blood thinner significantly lowers the risk of stroke in

michelle obama gets tonight's last word. and that word is no. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. the worst it's been since the 2016 campaign. >>> meanwhile, a late indication tonight from the feds that something may be coming. we will show you the late legal filing and go through what it might mean. >>> and a manual recount ordered tonight in the mess that is the florida senate race. it's a job big enough for steve kornacki at the big board as ob "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >>> and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 665 of the trump administration. the president has unloaded a new barrage of attacks on special counsel robert mueller, attacks on mueller from this president aren't new, but today's were a