our morgan radford has more. >> i'm megyn kelly and i want to begin with two words. i'm sorry. >> reporter: megyn kelly apologizing for her controversial remarks about race during a panel discussion about halloween costumes. >> i learned that given the history of blackface being used in awful ways by racists in this country, it is not okay for that to be pa mea culpa coming aofn-amicans. >> what is racist? truly, you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on blackface at halloween. or a black person who puts on whiteface for halloween. when i was a kid, that was okay, as long as you were dressed as like a character. >> reporter: her comments received fierce backlash among critics and colleagues. >> while she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks of color around the country, because this is a history, going back to the 1830s, minstrel shows, to demean and denigrate a race wasn't right. >> reporter: today in a prescheduled annual town hall, nbc news chairman andy lack said, i condemn those remarks, there is no place on our air or in

morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> murder in paradise. the american tourist killed on an island getaway. >> and the mega wwe superstar going public with his private battle. >> caught on camera. people sent flying on an out of control escalator. >>> next, tonight, an american lawyer on vacation with friends in turks and caicos found murdered near a popular resort. nbc's anne thompson has the latest. >> reporter: with turquoise waters and pristine beaches, turks and caicos bills itself as the ultimate grownup playground. tonight, it's the focus of a murder mystery. one of its guests went missing last monday. the next morning in these bushes near the resort, her body was discovered by a traveling companion. helma hermans was on the trip with her. >> whoever did this, i want to make sure that they pay for this. >> reporter: now a week later, police have yet to say how or why she died. >> authorities have told us basically nothing, which is very, very frustrating for the family. very frustrating. >> reporter: this january, the state department

morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> 20 years after his brutal murder shocked america, matthew ld to rest with some of the highest honors this nation has to offer. at the national cathedral in washington, his parents, dennis and judy shepard at the emotional service and they talked to kate snow about their son. >> reporter: matthew shepard worshipped in the church and today the pews were all for him. >> and matt, welcome home. >> reporter: shepard was brutally attacked in 1998 tied to a fence and left to die, targeted because he was gay. back then his family quietly took his ashes home fearing any burial ground in wyoming might be vandalized. but when the national cathedral offered to inter his ashes, his parents say it felt right. >> matt loved the church so much. he'll feel at home here. >> reporter: is it hard? >> yes, it is. he's moving away. we had him with us for 20 years, and now he's moving away. >> reporter: it is a rare honor to be interred in this magnificent space. >> reporter: reserved for presidents and helen keller, i think, is behind us. >> that's right. matt seems

morgan radford, nbc news, new york. >>> hurricane willa slammed mexico's coast tuesday with powerful winds blowing up to 120 miles an hour. the monstrous category 3 storm forced thousands to evacuate before making landfall. as the fierce weather threatened a major resort there. the life-threatening storm surge touched down near the state of sinaloa, sweeping through beach towns, fishing villages and farms ands you caed power blackouts in some places and damage to homes. forecasters say willa has been downgraded to a tropical storm. it could still bring six to 12 inches of rain with flooding and landslides possible. >> meteorologist bill karins is here. >> willa is going to send moisture and add to a storm that's going to be forming over the south. we're already seeing that storm spinning plenty of rain through new mexico, near el paso. that's going to combine with the moisture from willa and eventually all this will roll through the southeast. so we're watching the rainfall this morning in west texas. by this afternoon it's a soaking rain from san antonio to dallas to waco at 5:00 p.

our morgan radford has the latest. two d i want to begin wit words.'m sorry. >> reporter: megyn kelly apologizing for her controversial remarks a race. during a panel discussion about halloween costumes. >> it learned t given the history of blackface being used in awful ways by racists in this country it is not okay for that be part of anye, cost halloween or otherwise. >> reporter: kelly's mea culpa coming after she defended the use of >> no, stupid. >> reporter: a once popular form of entertainment used to mock african-americans. >> but what is racist? because truly, you do get in troublete if you are a w person who puts on blackface for halloween or a black person who puts on whiteface for halloween. like -- backn i was a kid that was okay as long as you were dressing up as like a >> reporter: her comments received fierce backlash among critics and colleagues. >> while she apologized to the staff, she owes bigger apology to folks of colnd ar the country because this is a history going back to the1830s, minstrel shows, to demean and denigrate a race

nbc's morgan radford is there with more. >> reporter: a deadly explosion. >> we just had an explosion south of chew street. >> reporter: a car suddenly bursting into flames saturday in allentown, pennsylvania. >> i ran up to the car and i saw a leg by the car and i ran away. >> reporter: the blast leaving three dead. david hallman, jacob shmoyer, and his 2-year-old son jonathan. >> all three died as a result of dramatic injuries from the blast. >> reporter: the men killed knew each other but little is known about the mysterious incident itself. atf and fbi agents today combed through debris, labeling it a criminal investigation but not calling anyone a suspect. >> a lot of the residents we've spoken to in allentown say they're scared. is this an isolated event? >> it is. and we've been consistent with that. all the information we've developed indicates it's a very isolated event. >> reporter: tonight residents like kim forced to investigate their homes as investigators search for clues. >> it completely looked like a war zone. people were running everywhere. and the body i saw was tla

an interesting kind of like dissonance you see with maybe someone you haven't met before. >> morgan radford correspondent going around talking to people all around the country. all right. time for money, money, money. which is a good segue for what morgan was talking about. the president took to twitter, tying stock market returns. to who america votes for in the upcoming midterms. he says people want to see what happen with the midterm. he's saying the stock market's pausing because of the midterms. no evidence of that. if you want to see your stocks go down, i strongly suggest voting democrat. high taxes and open borders. mr. president, as a 25-year financial news veteran, this is one of the most nonsensical tweets i've seen in a long time. it sure looks like returns have actually been much stronger, much stronger, with a democrat in the white house than a republican. this is an old saw that people just assume that republicans are better for markets. however, and this is a big "however" before all your right-wing bloggers get into me, there is no evidence of impact on returns. this is cor

morgan radford is standing by having talked to maine voters there. morgan? >> we just saw an entire group of voters here in the corner break out in applause when senator collins said she would, in fact, be voting to confirm kavanaugh. and everyone in maine has been on pins and needles all day. it's 4:00 in the afternoon. people already here lined up at the bar. even the bartender had to stop. glued to the television watching to see what would happen. some people like lisa describe this as kavanaughstion saying she's so exhausted waiting to see how collins was going to vote. you're a registered democrat. how do you feel about the way senator collins voted? >> i find it disheartening. i'm taken aback right now. it just was announced. i've been on pins and needles watching every word that she stated and everything that she said. >> when we were talking earlier, you almost became emotional talking about this issue. why is this issue such a big deal for the people here in maine and for you? >> it's a big issue in maine. i work in maine. i've grown up and live in

here's nbc's morgan radford. >> i want the cops here right now. >> daddy! >> reporter: commotion outside a brooklyn convenience store. bystander video shows this woman, later identified as teresa kline, who is white, allegedly calling 911 and claiming a young black boy groped her inside the store. >> a young man grabbed my -- [ bleep ] and decided to yell at me. i've been sexually assaulted by a young man. >> reporter: surveillance footage paints a very different picture. the 9-year-old boy was shopping with his mother and younger sister when his backpack appears to accidentally brush up against kline on his way out the door. >> yeah. >> reporter: outside, kline says she is calling the cops. onlookers gathered in shock, giving her a new nickname. >> cornerstore caroline. >> reporter: the video now viewed more than 7 million times. the father of four calling the entire ordeal heartbreaking. >> everybody that saw that, i know it melted their heart, just broke their heart. because no child should ever go through anything like that. >> reporter: this, the lates

our morgan radford has made her way to maine because an editorial in collins home state newspaper callsenator collins to vote no. morgan's in bangor, maine, to get a sense of what voters are thinking, what they're saying. morgan, what have you found? >> reporter: well, craig, we do know that all eyes right now are on washington, but here in bangor, maine, all eyes are on their senator, and that's susan collins. as you mentioned, she's one of the biggest question marks in how this kavanaugh vote is going to go, and the reaction here is intense. it's personal, and it's very, very split. in fact, 49% of the state in a recent poll said they do not want her to vote to confirm brett kavanaugh, even you can see two of the local papers op-eds, this is from collins' former congressional staffers. they're saying you shouldn't vote to put a man in office in the supreme court desk who has misled the senate. 42% of the state, to show how tight this is, they said they think she should say yes. terry, you are a registered republican, correct? >> i am. >> did you vote for senator collins? >> i did. >>

i'm morgan radford in new york at msnbc headquarters. it's 7:00 in the east, 4:00 out west, and here's what's happening. the package bomb suspect now behind bars. how investigators qaa him, and what we're learning about his past. >>> also, the role of the political climate in all of this and who's really to blaming for the divisiveness. >> these terrorist actions must be prosecuted and punished to the fullest extent of the law. we must unify as a nation of peace, love, and harmony. the media has a major role to play, whether they want to or not. >>> and the big question. what effect will all of this have on the midterms? a familiar voice lays it all out. >>> the president said he'd pass a mid-class tax cut before the ne midterm election. they're not even in session. he just makes it up. >>> the number of packages mailed has jumped to 14 with one sent to camela harris and one to billionaire businessman tom stier. dna evidence and a fingerprint on an envelope addressed to maxine waters is what led them to sayoc. he's charged with five fede

nbc's morgan radford is on the ground in philly ahead of the president's speech. ms.rd, what can we expect to hear from president trump? >> reporter: craig, good afternoon. there are hundreds of people already in this room as, as you mentioned, it's a national convention for the people who are electrical contractors. that's basically anyone who helps you get electricity in your homes, offices or buildings. president trump thinks he might have found his base here, and from the looks of things, this looks like pretty friendly territory. a lot of people here already donning those trump 2020 hats. hundreds of people to my left, to my right, and even behind the cameras, and many of them when i spoke to them said they are anxious to hear the president speak, and they want to hear about one thing and one thing only, that's the economy. they want to hear how the president is going to keep and maintain the integrity of what they call american jobs. they talked about tax reform, and they also talked about the apprenticeship program. that's something they say is particularly imp

here's nbc's morgan radford. >> got these little kids scared.his lady following us. >>. >> reporter: a babysitting job taking an unexpected turn for cory lewis. >> all because i've got two kids in the back seat that do not look like me. this lady has taken it upon herself to say she is going to take my plate down and call the police. >> reporter: lewis, who runs a youth mentoring program in marietta, georgia, streaming on facebook live after he says he was confronted by a white woman while watching 10-year-old addison and 6-year-old nicholas parker. >> she said, something is weird here. and i said, i assure you, we are fine. >> reporter: after lewis refused to let her talk to the kids, he says the woman followed them for an hour, back to his house, and then called police. >> just frozen in fear. i had no idea what was happening. >> i was really shocked. i was angry. i was scared. >> what's up, ma'am? >> i'm being followed and harassed, that's what's up. >> the officer asking to question the kids. >> i wish the cops never came. >> and i was also

that trump factor on full display in pennsylvania which is where we find morgan radford.hat are you seeing in the race you're covering there? >>. >> reporter: it's not only that race, but we're also seeing some of that public mistrust around the polling steve just mentioned. the president has really bragged about the power of his endorsements over and over again. we found five states where trump won in 2016 but the candidates he endorsed are dragging behind in the polls, in some cases by as much as double-digits. is trump's power slipping in trump country? if so, what could explain it. we went to pennsylvania, and we talked to a candidate who's received some of the strongest presidential support this year, but he's still lagging behind. >> this is the trump truck. >> are these just all the politicians you like? >> yeah, these are the politicians i respect. >> roving across the country in support of both the president and the candidates he's endorsed. at the top of that list, pennsylvania senate candidate, lou barletta. >> a congressman who has voted with the president 97.

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here is nbc's morgan radford. >> i want the cops here right now. >> reporter: commotion outside a brooklyn store. bystander video shows this woman, later identified as teresa klein who is white allegedly calling 911 and claiming the young black boy groped her inside the store. >> her son grabbed my [ bleep ]. and she decided to yell at me. i was just sexual assaulted by a child. >> reporter: but surveillance footage paints a very different picture. the 9-year-old boy was shopping with his mother and younger sister when his backpack appears to accidentally brush up against klein on his way out the door. outside, klein says she's calling the cops. onlookers gathered in shock, giving her a new nickname. >>. >> reporter: jason littlejohn took the video that has now been viewed more than 7 million times. the father of four calling the entire ordeal heartbreaking. >> everybody that saw that, i know it melted their heart, just broke their heart because no child should ever go through anything like this. >> reporter: this the latest in a string of viral videos where police are reportedly been call

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nbc's morgan radford reports. >> reporter: this morning, authorities are sifting through what's leftis car. trying to figure out what caused it to explode in a fireball, taking three lives. the blast saturday night rocked downtown allentown, about 60 miles northwest of philadelphia. mike hunter heard the boom, and thought it was a terror attack. >> it was just horrific. it was just -- it's crazy. it's something i've never seen before. you only see stuff like that on tv. >> reporter: he pulled out his phone and started recording. >> it was like half a car. and in the middle area was on fire and then still exploding. >> reporter: desiree guth says the aftermath left her traumatized. >> i ran up to the car and i saw a leg by the car and i ran away. >> reporter: first responders found a chaotic scene. >> we have multiple victims here. >> reporter: investigators donned protective suits to sort through the evidence. >> including the bodies of those killed. blown apart by the force of the blast. the atf heading up the investigation involving the fbi and several other law enforcement agencie

joining us from bangor, maine, morgan radford and morgan hague.ou hearing from voters out there? >> reporter: this has been the issue on the tips of everyone's tongue today. you can see in this bar we are inside here, all the televisions are turned to the news, watching nbc and waiting to see how senator collins will vote. i am here with two women on different sides of the aisle on this. care line and wand a. >> registered democrat and republican. >> how do you want senator collins to vote? >> i want senator collins to vote no for so many reasons. brett kavanaugh lied under oath. he has been very disrespectful to women and i think his temperament is not fit to be a judge. >> you think overwhelmingly she needs to vote no when she announces her vote. >> this is her legacy moment, her margaret chase smith moment, yeah. >> wanda, how do you think the senator should vote? >> i think she should vote yes. i listened to dr. ford and judge kavanaugh. i was moved by both of their presentations. i considered their presentations, and i have no doubt that some

morgan radford has more. >> reporter: after an outcry of the comments she made this week, her time t with "today" show comes to an end. days afterpologizing for insensitive remarks. megyn kelly is no longer at the "today" show. "megyn kelly today" not returning. the 9:00 a.m. hour will be hosted by other anchors. her colleagues speaking out. >> weon't know what is ahead for her right now. >> it's not something we stand for ever. >> rorter: the stunnin departure coming days after kelly made controversial comments of blackface in discussion of hallo costumes. >> what is racist? you get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on bla blackface for halloween. ba when i was kid, that was okay when you were dressing as a character. >> i learnediven the history of blackface used in awful ways by racists in this country. it is not okay for that to be part of any costume. halloween or otherwise. >> reporter: the backlash was biting. >> there has never been a time in hert7 yearsce black was accept abilile. >> i think what she sd was ignora ignorant. >> reporter: now questions over what ha

morgan radford is following this for us. >> reporter: it's still a mystery overnight.e were killed. sheriff's department received a 911 call from the home with one word that jumped out at them, help. this morning, the massive search is on for jamye closs, missing since her mother and father were found murdered in their home. >> this was a gunshot crime scene. >> reporter: it's a huge mystery in a small wisconsin town, beginning with the 911 call. >> we could hear yelling in the background. no one interfered with our dispatcher. it was an open line. >> reporter: it was that call from inside the closs home that led police to the scene, where they found bodies of james and denise closs, no sign of jayme. >> she's a 13-year-old girl that we believe thmay have been at t scene when this took place. >> reporter: an amber alert is issued for the teenager, described as five feet tall, with green eyes. neighbors were shaken. >> i heard boom. and seconds, boom, even bigger, louder. >> reporter: family and friends now praying for a safe return, for the teen who has vanished withou

but we've also got kasie hunt, we've got steve kornacki, morgan radford will be out here.hat is the top seller and who are people throwing away? >> oh, people love jacob soboroff. >> that was a setup. how's your morning joe coffee, by the way? take a sip, take a sip. >> it's pretty good. >> delicious. >> do you think the democrats are going to take back the house? >> oh, yeah. i think it's going to be closer than they say, it's going to come down to california and be late in the night. they need 24, 25 seats. >>23 that hillary clinton won in order to flip. >> they're going to get it for sure but it's going to be closer than they say. >> he makes a great point, david. this is the state where there are four contiguous districts in orange county the democrats are looking to target. we're right in the belly of the beast right now. not only that, there's baby donald trump over there. it's a beautiful thing. >> that was perhaps the best cohoreographed shameless plug i've ever seen. a lot of my colleagues out there at politicon, mixing and mingling with constituents from both sid

morgan radford is right there for us at the los angeles convention center, and thee going to give us more on what's happening there. >> in fact, people are just now filing in. if you can see here, you can see the vendor, this is effectively like comi-con, or maybe even coachella for political junkies. thousands are coming here to talk about policy, to discuss partisanship and do it in a fund and entertaining way. one of the biggest attractions right here. this is baby trump. there are about six of these across the country. we want to talk to the guys behind it. how are you doing? >> great. >> what is baby trump? >> well, sure, the baby trump is about a 30-foot-tall balloon. obviously a representation of our president as an infant. it drawing attention to his infantile behavior, and an attack on our values. if we do some lighthearted, about you gets people's attention, the president is cheering on a congressman who attacked a journalist, values like free speech and democracy are at risk. >> reporter: this is one of the ways they allow politics to blend with entertainment. what do peop

morgan radford for us. thank you. >>> when we come back, he's been confirmed.orn in but what kind of justice brett kavanaugh is he going to be and how will he shape the court? potentially for decades to come. potentially for decades to come. capital one venture card... you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day... not just "airline purchases". think about all the double miles you could be earning... (loud) holy moley that's a lot of miles!!! shhhhh! ♪ what's in your wallet? shhhhh! >>> welcome back. brett kavanaugh's historic confirmation to the supreme court is a done deal. the new justice will take the bench on tuesday. he was sworn in last night by chief justice john roberts at a formal ceremony for president trump is planned for tomorrow night. the supreme court shifts to a conservative majority for years to come. the nation could start feeling the impact as early as this week. his first cases will include decisions on immigration, product liability and the armed career criminal act. to help us make sense of it all we have msnbc legal a

and morgan radford is joining us from ohio and charlie sykes, contributor to the weekly standard and also david wassermann, the editor for the "kirk reporter." and now n is so reporting, and it gets to the core of what the democrats are saying is a major issue for them and whether they have can or have communicated it to the voters is the next question. >> that is right, andrea, and this is an issue that the people are impacted by personally. so you can see that we are in lebanon, ohio, ahead of the president's rally tonight, and hours before the president has come, people are lined up with the maga hats and flags, and so you can see kind of the sup oport that he has in this area, and we have been talking to the voters, andrea, and asked them what was the most important issues they cared about and most people said health care, and a lot of the republican supporters said they believe the president or take him at his word that he is going to protect the people with pre-existing condition, and that on the other hand, we talked to the other voters last night, and they said that they cann

morgan radford is in lebanon, ohio where president trump is holding a rally tonight in fact. , i know that you sat down with voters to specifically talk health care. what did you learn? >> reporter: we learned that this is one of the most important issues for these voters now heading into the midterm elections. the president is headed here tonight and we're actually standing here in lebanon which is one of the reddest districts in the state. but the voters we spoke to said they didn't realize health care was this big of an issue until something happened to them. we spoke to a woman that has a 14-year-old daughter who was diagnosed with cancer seven years ago. and ever since, she's been fighting to make sure her daughter is protected because she has a pre-existed condition. and so they are pounding the pavement. and this is the first time they have become politically active this midterm year. hear what they had to say about health care and why it is important to them. just from a show of hands, how many of you would say health care is one of the most important issues to you in

here's nbc's morgan radford. >> reporter: this morning, the massive search is on for 13-year-old jamie clos, missing since her mother and father were found murdered in their home. it's a huge mystery in a small wisconsin town, beginning with a 911 call. >> we could hear yelling in the background on this 911 call. no one interacted with our dispatcher. it was just kind of an open line where we could hear different things in the background. >> reporter: it was that call from inside the home that led police to the scene where they found the bodies of her parents, skbra james and denise. no sign of jamie. >> she's not a suspect at this time. she is missing and in danger. she is a 13-year-old girl that we believe may have been at the scene when this took place. >> reporter: an amber alert has been issued for the teenager, described as 5 feet tall, 100 pounds with blonde or strawberry hair and green eyes. neighbors who heard the shots shaken. >> when i heard the first shot, it was boom, and then seconds. boom, even bigger, louder. >> reporter: family and friends now praying for a safe return

morgan radford, one of our road warriors, talked to some folks about this particular issue. watch. >> how does having diabetes and a preexi-existing condition aff the way that you vote? >> pre-existing is the most important thing because they say they'll cover pre-existing but they cover pre-existing at a much higher rate. >> how many of you voted or will vote democrat for this election? undecid undecided, undecided, democrat, democrat, republican. show of hands, how many of you would be willing to switch parties based on the issue of health care? you would be willing to switch? you would be willing to switch? >> health care is a big deal for a lot of folks. >> and it just keeps coming back. it was a huge deal in 2008, 2012 and 2016. the fact that the president is also talking about it now and sort of trying to co opt the issue of pre-existing conditions away from the democrats is fascinating because it's the republicans of course who were -- have been attacking obamacare which one of its main tenants was bringing in a health care system in which pre-existing conditions woul

nbc's morgan radford with the latest on t investigation. good to see you, morgan. >> good morning. it is still a mystery. three men were killed when the car exploded in allentown. police have not released their names or a motive. but police believe this is a crime and the suspect among t dead. this morning, authorities are fting through what's left of this car, trying tout figure o what caused it to explode in a lives.l, taking three the blast saturday night, rocked downtown allentown, about 60 miles northwest of philadelphia. mike hunter heard the boom ando t it was a terror attack. >> it was horrific. it's crazy. something i've never seen before. only see stuff like that on tv. >> reporter: he pulled out his phone and started recording. >> half of the car, the middl area was on fire and exploding. >> reporter:ir des said the gruesome aftermath left her traumatized. >> i saw a leg by the car and i ran away. >> reporter: first responders came on a chaotic scene. investigators donnedroctive suits to go through the evidence, including the bodies force, blown apart by the of the blast

nbc's morgan radford is on the road, she's talking to voters. she's in kansas city, missouri. >> reporter: that's right. voters are saying they care more about health care than they do about gun control, immigration issues, even their own taxes. that's why we've seen health care appear in 50% of midterm ads all across the country. that's why voters say this is a personal issue, one for some, can mean the difference between life and death. health care is making the air waves. >> stop making our health care a political football. >> reporter: republicans and democrats in a fierce messaging battle. >> people with pre-existing conditions. >> to cover pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: and voters are listening. >> we're concerned about it. >> reporter: a new poll shows health care is the top election this year. with 71% of voters saying it's very important in deciding who they'll send to congress in november. the biggest question -- whether pre-existing conditions protected under the affordable care act, will be there after midterm elections. in ohio, it's a matter of survival fo

i'm morgan radford in new york at msnbc headquarters.t west, and here's what's happening. the package bomb suspect now behind bars. how investigators qaa him, and what we're learning about his past. >>> also, the role of the political climate in all of this and who's really to blaming for the divisiveness. >> these terrorist actions must be prosecuted and punished to the fullest extent of the law. we must unify as

morgan radford has the latest on this one.ll. >> reporter: it's hard to watch and it's created outrage. this time, what started out as a normal trip to the store quickly turned chaotic. a woman accusing a 9-year-old boy of sexually assaulting her and saying she was going to call the cops. but surveillance footage shows a very different story, prompting the thoughts of racism. commotion outside of a brooklyn convenience store. bystander video shows this woman, identified as theresa klein, calling 911, claiming a young black boy groped her inside the store. >> her son grabbed my -- and she decided to yell at me. >> reporter: but surveillance footage paints a different picture. the 9-year-old boy was shopping with his mother and younger sister, when his backpack brushes up against klein on his way out the door. outside, klein says, she's calling the cops. onlookers gathered in shock, giving her a new nickname. >> corner store caroline. >> reporter: jason littlejohn took the video that has been viewed millions of times. >> everybo