but nicole doesn't know that.e's supposedly the black sheep relative of her ex-boyfriend howie. so she's thinking of the darkest person in her life. the person who might know a hitman out there. >> yes. >> and it just so happens to be what, a distant relative of the ex-boyfriend? >> yes. >> and little does she know, he's an informant. >> correct, she did not know at all. >> as for jose, he's a seasoned officer, but as a hitman, he's is is his first case working undercover on a murder for hire. 18 years a top, is this your first time playing the role of a hitman? >> yes, it is. >> this is your rookie run as a killer. >> yes, it is my first time. >> are you at all nervous? >> it wasn't nervous with her. i was just more concerned about saying the wrong thing to mess up the case. >> so what you're most nervous about is not being a hitman. you're nervous you might mess up the case. >> yeah. >> but even while he's in that car, jose gets some help. watch as he looks down at his phone. >> going to do something to you, so,

what had happened to nicole? >> this could go down any number of paths. >> and it did. >> had her troubled past finally caught up with her? >> i saw the pill bottle and i freaked out. >> or was it something much darker? >> he told me that he would put it in her red bull. >> how did she change? >> she became more sexual with people. >> who wanted her dead? >> he thought he was somewhat of a player. >> did it make him a killer? here is dennis murphy with "secrets in seattle." >> seattle was raw after a week of relentless winter rain. a woman lost had been found in the tangle of the blackberries. a naked body. a small tattoo on the back. a necklace and signs of strangulation. the detectives sent to a patch of trees and boggy undergrowth near the seattle airport's runways guessed it was her. they would soon be proved correct. nine days to find her, the answer to where. another seven years still ahead to answer the questions of all homicide -- who? and why? but we have to go back, before the crime scene photos and the

and joining us by phone former senior advisor and the host of "deadline white house" on msnbc, nicolle wallace. nicolle, i want to start with you since you spent so much time behind the scenes with somebody who most americans know through their television sets, through the campaigns that he waged through seeing the moments of the past few years. what was john mccain, the man, like behind those closed doors when the cameras were off? who was the man that you knew? >> you know, i think so much of john mccain's person a was consistent with what i saw behind the scenes. what you see is what you get. but what i think the high profile moments in politics we

nicolle? is that what you hear when you listen to the tape in its entirety, he acknowledges collusion is a crime, but we have to icircle the wagons as yu just said, or all this goes away. it seems like he's green lighting in plain sight, engaging in a cover up to cover up what the president has done or is doing. >> it's at least a political cover up. i think the more interesting question is whether it's an actual legal or i should say unlawful cover up. you know, it reminds me of the fact that the president recently met with hope hicks on air force one. it's crazy to meet with a witness. we've discussed this before. and it only prolongs the investigation and gives the investigators more people to talk to. every time you try and cover something up, you create some kind of trail whether it's digital or physical. you create some sort of trail for investigators. so to the extent that the trump team is complaining that the mueller investigation are taking too long, as i've said before, they ought t

"deadline: white house" with nicolle wallace starts right now. >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. we come on the air with breaking news. the president's former fixer and personal attorney michael cohen, the man who made messy things like extramarital affairs go away from donald trump, has entered into a plea deal with federal prosecutors. cohen has surrendered to the fbi ahead of a hearing scheduled to start any minute now, and we are awaiting a press conference from the deputy u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york where cohen's case was sent by special counsel robert mueller. to understand the significance of today's dramatic development on the president, remember that he called the raids on cohen's offices and homes an attack on the nation. >> so i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, good man, and it's a disgraceful situation. it's a total witch hunt. i've been saying it a long time. i've wanted to keep it down. we've given i believe over a million pages worth of documents to the special counsel. they co

nicole petallides on the new york stock exchange is following that. >> nvidia was a big leader on the nasdaq. it is up 56% in the last year. we're watching nor nvidia, applied materials, amat we call it. both of those are to the downside, excuse me there has been some selling in technology. i will show you some of the "fang" stocks in the 4:00 p.m. show. this group overall is a little bit weaker. nvidia should see 80% rise in earnings per share and 39% rise in revenue year-over-year growth. we'll watch for nordstrom which is higher maybe on the heels of walmart, not on the heels of jcpenney which is a big miss. back to you. ashley: nicole, thank you very much. we have flattening yield curves,. low unemployment, small cap stocks doing well, some are arguing that those are the warnings signs of a recession on the horizon. i hate to throw cold war on today's action the american consumer making a comeback. what does it all mean? ernie cecelia bryn mawr trust joins us ernie, everyone can find in numbers. there are lies, damn lies and there are statistics b

and good afternoon, nicolle.s clear that michael cohen was not truthful with the house intelligence committee which is all the more reason that we never should have ended our investigation. it now sounds like listening to mr. davis that mr. cohen does have information about what candidate trump knew about the russians offering dirt on hillary clinton in the trump tower meeting. bring them all back because none of them were faced with tough questions or any subpoenas. as for the president's claim that the economy would tank and markets would crash, this country, nicolle, is greater than one small man and the corrupt people around him. so that's not much of a defense. >> explain to me, congressman, why democrats flinched when asked about impeachment. you got brett stevens who is at the table with me today. lifelong conservative steve schmidt, campaign veteran from the bush and mccain eras who are more bullish about the need to engage the public in a conversation about impeachment about high crimes and misdemeanors.

>> hey, nicolle.stepped out of the courtroom where gates had just taken the stand and really started the introductory portion of his testimony where the prosecution was introducing him to the jury. he was explaining his background and how he came to work for paul manafort. first as an intern back in '96, '97 for the firm that charlie black was a part of. and then for davis, mfanafort partners and how he sort of took on increasing responsibilities at that firm. it was just a really dramatic moment. after all, he was manafort's protege for ten years and here he is coming in, sitting down 20 feet from paul manafort beginning his testimony against mr. manafort. but there was also a fairly dramatic moment before gates took the stand on redirect for the accountant cindy laporta where the prosecution seemed to imply that $10 million loan we heard to manafort was actually not a loan but was, in fact, income. so one of the things that manafort's defenders have long said about this case is this isn't about russ

i'm nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now with the fabulous katy tur in for chuck. >> if you're wondering whether this was a distraction from omarosa and all of the devastating news that's heading toward the president right now, whatever might happen with paul manafort, just take a look at the date

topping tonight's know and tell, reese rocks with nicole and keith.big little lies" season two may have wrapped filming, but looks like reese and nicole still can't get enough of each other. >> we love each other. >> the pair spent friday night backstage at nicole's husband keith urban's nashville concert. >> where are we going? will you play dreams? >> yes, if you sing with us, reese. >> i don't know the words. >> i'm ready to play energized. let's do this! >> on sunday -- we finally got a quick glimpse of what's in store when their hit series returns and we mean quick. >> i want more! >>> meanwhile, while reese hung with keith and nicole, across town on saturday, check out who shared the stage with taylor swift. tim along with his we faith hill sang taylor's first-ever hit, titled "tim mcgraw," to the sold-out crowd in nashville. >> i literally wrote this song in 15 minutes. >>> also on tour, a british britney? >> i just want to check and see which side of the audience is the loudest. >> the pop star broke out an english accent durg her london stop

aaron, eun, back to you. >> nicole jacobs live for us. nicole, thankom you.team 4 will tell us when the possibleortrong could move through the area today. rt> we're expecting more drama in theroom this morning as paul manafort's former business partner takes the stand for a third day. rick gates detailed crimes he says he committed in manafort's name. defense attorneys say gates can't be trusted. >> nick i carvajal has more from capitol hill.s what the defense strategy here? >> good morning. what the defense is trying to do is attack rick gates' credibility. they started this yesterday. the attacks got reall personal. they made him admit on the stand to an extra marital affair and talked about the lengths he went to keep it a secret, including the secret apartmentn ndon. he also talked more about how he admits that he stole from his boss, paul manafort and that at one point he lied to the special counsel. they're really t tryingo raise questions about why he decided to flip and cooperate with them when he's admitting to some of the same cmes that paul manafor

nicolle wallace, host of "deadline white house." thank you, nicolle. i would like to bring in joe scarborou scarborough, host of "morning joe." the way it was described by chris matthews was, this came faster than we wanted, certainly. now, it's a time to think of where we are at in the state of politics because now john mccain passing at the age of 81 today. >> it is the timing, of course, would always be terrible. but the timing now, it comes at a time when john mccain was one of the few republicans, my former party, that stood up. the things they stood up for years. and john mccain was -- it seemed to me, fearless. one of the few republicans in washington that was fearless. he didn't fear what donald trump said about him. he didn't fear what donald trump thought about him. he didn't fear what donald trump tweeted about him. john mccain showed more character as a prisoner of war in one day than most of us show in our entire lives. he was always tough. he was tough in the war and tough in the senate. he was a maverick. he was fighting to make this a m

>> director nicole bohn: yes, to clarify a c.b.o. is a community-based organization. >> community-based organization, i apologize. i will read them and this is not an exhaustive list but it's broken down by categories so my first grouping of categories is a group of education support programs and i'm going to read the agency first and then the program name next. so the agency, chinatown ymca and the program they provide to children with disabilities is called chinatown y learning center. and the agency, hunter's point family and the program name is literacy support. and agency, mission neighborhood centers. and the agency program name ged, general education diploma prep program. and the agency, richmond district neighborhood center, and the program name, richmond district neighborhood center academic response to intervention. from middle school and for high school. and agency name, springboard collaborative. program name is springboard after-school and summer. the next slide highlights a program called the chinatown -- at the chinato

ashley: nicole. you very much the dow falling 300 points at one point even though the economic data is strong, with rise in retail sales. worker productivity, all good signs. the question, where should we put our money. ross gerber joins us now. he is all the way out in l.a. you're a big fan of the company, a fan of elon musk. how are you feeling today about tesla? >> i feel the same way i feel every day. i get in my tesla model 3. i drive to work. i don't have to pay for gas. i think it is the best product out there. i think we should spend less time worrying about elon musk and his tweeting than the offers and services. they're meeting production numbers. we expect them to break every record of sales next three to six months. we're very excited about the product. ashley: we can't forget about elon musk. he is the ceo of the company. he is the guy in charge and putting out tweets, having people question what he is doing, and now he is being subpoenaed. you have to have questions about him? >> yeah,

nicolle wallace has returned to the night shift. the veteran of the bush white house and host of "deadline white house." 4:00 p.m. eastern weekdays on this network. and here in new york michael schmidt. pulitzer prize-winning washington correspondent for the "new york times." emily jane fox, senior reporter for "vanity fair" and biographer of the trump family. down in washington tonight, chuck rosenberg, a former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. also happens to be a former senior official at the fbi. and daniel goldman, former assistant u.s. attorney for of all things the southern district of new york, the jurisdiction at the center of much of today's news. welcome to you all. nicolle, i'd like to begin with you with something. mr. goldman's former bogs, preet bharara, the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, said on twitter today, just a plain statement of fact, "michael cohen in a courtroom in the southern district of new york under oath declared that the president directed him to commit a

building nicole understand police are treating this as a terrorist incident what more can you tell us. yes hi terry well metropolitan police metropolitan police here have issued a statement only a couple of minutes ago saying that the counterterrorism unit is leading the investigation and as you said that they are treating this as a terrorist and they have arrested a drive in his late twenty's at around seven forty in the morning seven forty ish this fake that arrested him at the same you could face in police custody at the south london police station and yeah he drove a still the ford fiesta into the security area business morning injuring a number of people. ok so you so it's a it's a male driver in his late twenty's you say what more do we know about him and what his possible intentions were. but police are being very tight lipped about the intentions as the only thing we know at the moment is that it's being treated as a terrorist offense we know that he wore jeans and a black jacket that some witnesses said that it looked like he was driving the car into the people deliberately a

this is nicole man from petaluma. she's among nine men and women for the first time who will use a commercial rocket to reach the international space station. david begnaud reports from houston. >> reporter: for the first time since 2011 we are on the brink of launching american astronauts un-american rockets from american soil. >> reporter: it was like a pep rally. children waving american flags. as nasa administrator jim bridenstine introduced the newest class. >> i present to you our commercial crew astronauts. >> reporter: nasa hopes by next year to blast nine of them to the international space station. aboard two spacecraft designed and built by boeing and space asked. astronauts nicole man christopher ferguson will ride on boeing's first test flight of the star liner. ferguson commanded the final space shuttle flight. the space x capsule is called the crew dragon. this will be the first time that astronauts space travel will be outsourced to a private industry. nasa hopes to reignite excitement for commercial sp

i'm nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, chuck. >> thank you, nicolle.'s wednesday, we're all atwitter about obstruction. tonight, president trump tweets for his attorney general to end the russia investigation. did the president just hand robert mueller an obstruction of justice case? >> it's not an order, it's the president's opinion. >> plus tailormade trial. the special counsel is working to unravel paul manafort's defense, highlighting a lavish lifestyle and closets full of designer suits. >>> and trump versus the blue wave.

i'm nicole wallace in for brian williams. the president has finally spoken about john mccain two days after he passed away. this as the flag at the white house was lowered to half staff to honor mccain. we'll have more on that in just a moment, but first we're following news on multiple fronts about robert mueller's russia investigation. less than a week after paul manafort was convicted on bank and fraud charges, the "wall street journal" is reporting that paul manafort sought a deal in the next trial. those discussions took place while he was deliberating in his last one in virginia. quote, the plea talks on the second set of charges stalled over issues raised by special counsel robert mueller, one of the people said. it isn't clear what those issues were, and the proposed terms of the plea deal couldn't immediately be determined. president trump said, i feel very badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike michael c

so, great question, nicolle. i imagine because of his role in the campaign that they are asking him lots and lots of questions about contacts with russia and the roles not just of the president, but of other people. roger stone, jared kushner, donald trump jr. look, this is a guy who was around the campaign for months and months, who traveled with the president, who was there for conversations, who may have read e-mails, who may have listened in on phone calls. and so, he's not just important for manafort. you're exactly right. in fact, the government could probably convict manafort without gates. this is largely a document case. manafort -- i'm sorry, gates put some meat on the bone, but he is going to be important to mueller and his team in lots of other ways. >> this is what i found curious about subjects gates having to go through, as josh just said, revealing what he got the deal for, having to say in court today that he committed crimes, that he embezzled money from manafort. it seemed obvious that he is ma

nicole? >> i think something more like the latter. person, especially someone who is in the position of justice in the supreme court has to think about their own legacy, everyone thinks about that and thing.ort of i think he had a strong, has a the g devotion to nstitutions of government, to civic engagement, more speech and more participation really of s society, that sort thing. his opinions would generally making suresense of that the american ideal continues to flourish, even in trying times. pretty difficult decisions where he was in the ajority and i think he would explain that the decision was a difficult one, why and why the court had to come out where it the constitution on course. >> i agree completely with nicole. thing i'll add is i think for him, another very important, the judicial role should be a limited one and respect for the and the legislature. when you think about the legacy that he was writing for, of gnizing the limited role the supreme court, even in huge ases of massive import were central to the way he though

. >> reporter: nicole webb and her family areiving between their car and a hotel room after they were also displaced. she's happy they're safe and now focusedtun the . >> even when you get a apartment, you need rebuild and i need help once i against in for school for them. >> reporter: the fralin park apartments, the city of greenbelt nonprofit groups and churdes have fillevery corner of this complex office with donations that are now beingoxed up and prepared for families that need them. it is giving those misplaced a head start on rebuilding. >> anything that they give is alwa helpful and a blessle. >> i appreciate them. i really do. aappreciate them. >> reporter: withll of the donations they've gotten here, they're really now focusing on ecific items. they could use diapers for instance for sizes four and they could use bed linens and of course gift cards. for more information go to nbcwashington.com and search apartment fire help. in greenbelt, i'm tracy win kins, news 4 >>> a -- a rough week in chesapeake bay. a massive clean-up is there. chris gordon looks at mess left he rain w

news 4 nicole jacobs there live now with the latest. nicole? >> leon, the concerns are nothing new and, unfortunately, theangers aren't either. the victim was not in the crosswalk. montgomeryounty police have been trying to combat this issue for months now, if not they say at some point everyone has to do their part. before dawn friday morning, the flashing lights were all the indications. >> i heard the sirens and everything, i just didn't knowt what was. >> reporter: a pedestrian hit and killed here at the reedie drive and georgia avenue. >> it's bad. it's sad. >> reporter: shoes about and the hurearo. he died at the scene. a crash still under investigation and one of fouroun they in the last two weeks. >> it tells us we have a huge and the problem is everybody has to do their part to prevent these crashes fromoccurring. >> reporter: captain thomas runs the traffic division of montgomery county. he says in allour cases the pedestrians were not in the crosswalk. >> a car weighing 3,000 pounds going 30 miles an hour has way more force to kill y

"deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right /s >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. my heart and thoughts and prayers are in arizona. senator john mccain has chose enz to stop all medical treatment for brain cancer. he bravely shared with the world a year ago, friends and family are traveling to arizona. the statement reads in part, quote, john has su partly sunny r passed expectations for his survival, but the progress of disease and inexorable advance of age render their verdict. he has chosen to discontinue medical treatment. john mccain is a giant in american politics, having run twice for president under the banners of the straight-talk express and country first. senator mccain's voice is cherished across the partisan divide. now more than ever. after donald trump's helsinki summit, mccain released a statement that read, quote, today's press conference in helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. the damage inflicted by president trump's naivete, ego advertise many, false equivalence and sense of auto kratz is diff

thank you, nicole.to go to the sound from sarah huckabee sanders talking to blake burman at the press conference at the white house. >> thank you, sarah. you said a couple minutes ago the increased tariff levels with turkey were out of the national security interests, but when the president announced it on twitter last week or, earlier this month, he said, quote, at the time he said, our relations with turkey are not good at this time. the suggestion there being that this has to do with the pastor that is being held in turkey. simply put, if pastor brunson is allowed to leave turkey, do those tariff levels go away? is that kind of the deal that could be in place or on the table? >> no. the tariffs that are in place on steel would not be removed with the release of pastor brunson. the tariffs are specific to national security. the sanctions however, that have been placed on turkey are specific to pastor brunson and others that we feel are being held unfairly. and we would consider that at that point. >>

nicole? >> reporter: pat and leon, still very active here, as you can see here behind me. the police tape is blocking off a v large perimeter of the oxon hill and livingston road area. if a you take look here, this is the liquor store that you referenced right off the top. we are told by prince george's county police that someo inside that store was shot and killed by an armed suspect. when that suspect was leaving, as police were approaching the area, they were confronted by that suspect and the suspect began running towards him and that's when the officer fired his weapon. i want tndgo ahead a get you he some video shot a short time here on scene. police just releasing that information just minutes agon know exactly what led up to the incident inside the liquor store, but, ain, what we know right now is twoeople are dead. that is information coming from prince george's cou police. it appears someone inside the liquor store as well ashe suspect. i did speak with a witness who saw some of thi

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nicolle wallace returned to the night shift. the veteran of the bush white house and host of "deadline white house." and here in new york michael smith. emily jane fox senior reporter for "vanity fair." and down in washington tonight chuck rosenberg a former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of virginia. also happens to be a senior official at the fbi. and daniel goldman, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. the jurisdiction at the center of much of today's news. welcome to you all. nicole, i would like to begin with you. mr. goldman's former boss, the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, said on twitter today just a plain statement of fact. michael cohen in a courtroom in the southern district of new york under oath, declared that the president directed him to commit a federal crime. a lot of this, all of this happened while you were on the air this afternoon. have you had time to inhale just what it is we witnessed today? >> you know, i thought about today. we were o

nicole jacobs says thatfficer said he was violently attacked. nicole? >> this is wre it all happened. where the federal officer says he was beaten by three men who tried to steal his motor scooter here. it happened, he says, at a led right, when he was stopped. cameras captured the images of the suspects. the three men, the officer wants to sustain consequences. scrapes and uses. up.attackers gav but not before an intense struggle. over.y pushed me i fell down. the scooter went down. my head hit the ground. i ok my helmet off and began struggling with them, and prevent them from stealing the c ter. they repeated to assault me. >> reporter: the officer said this happened in broad daylight while many people sat back and watched. he i hoping someone recognizes the images and will come forward. >> thank you. >>>resident trump made the first public comments about the death of senator john mccain. he said the country appreciates mccain's service. the presidenthomoke at a white house dinner for evangelical leaders. he flag is flying at half-staff. it was raise

nicole petroleum is here with the numbers. they are loving it. -- nicole petallides. >> this is what i was talking about in the review in the 3:00 p.m. they hadn't seen something like that in couple years. they brought on chuck robbins in 2013 to help turn this company around. they have a beat on earnings and beat on revenue as well. 70 pence versus estimate of 69 cents. revenue, 12.84 billion versus 12.77 billion. the stock is up and climbing, he is working very hard to turn it from traditional supply, switches and routers business into a growth area, cloud, internet, all things cybersecurity. they made a recent acquisition. we heard from the ceo talking about strong finish for the year. highest quarterly revenue. chuck robbins also added our strategy is working. we believe we're well-positioned to capture growth. they made their acquisition in cybersecurity. they're setting up to get out of the hardware, more into the software because that has recurring revenue. that has subscriptions. that brings in revenue over and over ag

thanks, nicolle. if it's wednesday, sometimes when you win, you lose. tonight, blue wave rising. how the extraordinarily tight special election in ohio sets up for a potential big democratic night this fall. >> we have an election in november. the fight continues. >>> plus, damage control. president trump is taking credit for an ohio victory. but has he instead damaged the gop? we'll talk to governor john kasich, who worked to push his party's candidate over the finish line. >>> and one of the president's first congressional supporters now faces criminal charges. >> congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice system. >> is a wider culture of corruption story unraveling around the white house? this is "mtp daily" an it starts right now.

i'm in here for the irreplaceable nicolle wallace. this afternoon in the briefing room, an extraordinary sight. john bolton, dan coats, christopher wray, paul, and kirstjen nielsen. you're looking at the front line of defense at america's infrastructure and the democratic process itself, or on another reading, you're looking at a five-person janitorial crew carrying the mops and brooms trying to clean up the lingering toxic spill that was donald trump's disastrous news conference had helsinki with vladimir putin. no matter how you see them, the message they delivered today was important and in some ways welcome for its candor. russia still poses a threat to the american democracy and the midterm elections and they are committed to stopping it. listen to chris wray and dan coats. >> our focus here today is simply to tell the american people we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing, and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election, that the american people can have trust in. >> russia attempted to interfere

nicole is outside with more. good eprning.>ter: a sigh of relief from a mother who, in the blink of aneye, lost her 10-year-old little girl. police are making someeadway in, perhaps, solving this arrific murder. theyrested one man over the weekend. of also issued this photo another man they're looking for. this is quintin mikells. still on the run, wanted for t murder of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. police had this video of four men jumping out of a car and randomly spraying bullets. you may remember little makiyah was trying to get to an ice cream truck. there was outrage from her and community. with this arrest, her mother's icpe is restored. her hope for juis restored. police did arrest a man in innection with a carjacking for the vehicle us this murder. there are two other gunmen who have yet to be identified. the gentlemen arrested will face a judge here. >> nicole jacobs outside of d.c. superior court. >>> as more students return to the classroom, the i-team isfo workinyou, asking how protected are your schools. >> they a

>> it looks like a massive abuse of power to me, nicolle. this is a cornered president lashing out in all directions. one of things we know is that through the course of this investigation, each time he has act act petulant ly, he has made the situation worse for himself. of course the most damaging inflected wound of the entire presidency was his firing of director comey. so now in this instance, what we see is a president essentially saying that security clearances are not earned. it's not that they're bestowed on people who need them, but it's a reward for being loyal, which explains, for example, why jared kushner and ivanka trump have high-level security clearances, where they would not have them in any other administration before or since. and so it is an act of retribution. it is an abuse of power by a president who shows his tendency towards his autocratic fetish with increasing frequency. >> i want to put something up for you, jonathan swan. so, the president explained to the "wall street journal" that the reason he didn't get aroun

melissa: wow, things, nicole. david: nicole talking about walmart, the world's largest retailer cashing in on strong consumer growth. shares of walmart driving the dow higher. the stock itself climbed more than 9% after reporting sales that were climbing at fastest rate in more than a decade. we decided, what a better place for jeff flock to be than outside of a walmart in chicago. you know how he loves to walk and talk. go ahead, jeff. reporter: i was in a walmart jed in florida and now i'm in a walmart in chicago. they are both packed. parking lots are packed. no surprise when you look at sales numbers. as nicole was saying bricks and mortar are killing it. bricks and mortar sales growth in the second quarter up 4 1/2%, same-store sales and online as she reported 20% or 40% is the growth there. by the way the same-store sales growth was supposed to be 2% so they more than doubled it. the other thing is grocery. this is a walmart that has a grocery, a market as well. now 1800 of walmarts around the country have t

i'm katy tur in for nicolle wallace. the white house is showing don mcgahn the door pushing out a central witness in robert mueller's justice investigation. he confirms imminent departure first reported this morning by axios. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation hopefully of judge brett kavanagh to the u.s. supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. >>> only here's the thing. according to a new report from the washington post, though it was an open secret that mcgahn was preparing to leave the white house after kavanagh's confirmation process, mcgahn had never discussed his plans directly with trump, and he was not aware that trump planned to send that tweet before it was posted. according to a person close to mcgahn. mcgahn's anticipated departure is taking on a greater significance after a bombshell last week from "the new york times" underscored the extent of his cooperation with special counsel robert muelle

thank you, nicole. >> director nicole bohn: thank you, council members and hello, everybody, and thank you for being here today and thank you to those following along on the bridgeline and on sfgov-tv. i have a little bit more of an informal appoint today but a number of announc announcementsl have a written-follow up to the website next week but there's a few things that i want to make sure that the council and the members of the public know about. the first item has already been covered through the co-chair report and that's around this opportunity to provide feedback on the city's next voting system. i won't reiterate the details since they were just announced but i would like to reiterate that it is extremely important that we receive direct feedback from people who will be using our voting system and especially those who anticipate needing or wanting to vote in an electronic way. we really need feedback from folks with disabilities that can then be provided back to the vendor so that we can make enhancements and improvements if needed in time for the next election which will be co

are right nicole and firstly we have to leave it there a very windy there in london as we can here and we're having some trouble with the quality of the line but our correspondent nicole reso on the ground for us thank you very much. let's move to some other news now in to afghanistan were officials say over one hundred security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of taliban forces launched a surprise attack last friday on the city which is just one hundred twenty kilometers from the capital kabul afghan defense officials say some two hundred taliban fighters have been killed in the fighting hundreds of civilians have fled the city the u.s. is providing military support to afghan troops washington has denied reports that the city is on the verge of collapse so let's get an update on the situation we have journalist are hard dearie he joins us on the line from kabul he has been following the situation for us to hear what can you tell us about the latest that's happening in bosnia this morning. well to be honest the situation really looks bleak