pete? pete: thanks, ed.t president trump comparing his leadership to bad parenting. listen. >> the eight years that barack was president, it was sort of like having the good parent at home, the one that told to you eat your carrots and go to bed on time. and now, perhaps we have the other parent. maybe it feels fun to some for now, because we can eat candy all day and stay up late. and not follow the rules. pete: carrots or candy. here to debate these comments, the democratic strategist antjuan seawright and advisor to the trump 2020 campaign. >> good morning. pete: aunton i will start with you. they were telling us all eat your carrots and go to bed on time and take what's good for you is that a point of view that affirms their sense that, you know, they know what's best for us and we can't choose for ourselves? >> i think what the first lady was trying to articulate there is a big difference in the two types of leadership of the two presidents we have now. donald trump was a different type leader than bara

pete? pete: thank, griff.his mean for the rest of the world? for that we bring in retired navy seal who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the iraq war also has a great podcast, thanks for being here this morning, you've seen the developments and many are calling them historic their first steps, are you hopeful that this will lead to an actual resolution? >> well, i certainly am hopeful and i think the whole world has their fingers crossed this turns out in a positive way. pete: so what has to happen next to turn this rhetoric into an actual solution, because handshakes are great, peace treaties are great, promises of denuclearization are great but the brass tax what does it take to get there? >> i think the biggest concern is egos on both sides and people have to put their egos aside and try and move forward and i think all sides are looking to do that right now, so again, i think only time will tell, but hopefully we get to a resolution and the folks up in 25 million people in north kor

pete? >> pete: important reminder. you mentioned oregon, montana and potentially nevada don't want to participate. any sense that other democratic governors will join in new form of resistance and say we are not sending troops down to the border wall? >> yeah, it's possible. for example, california surprisingly, seems to have remained teetering on the edge. they have not necessarily registered their diss content with the plan. so if they went in president trump's direction, i think this is possible we see some other democratic governors. >> pete: very, very interesting. if you go along with the trump administration and democratic governor you are now complicit as some of the grassroots would see it gillian, thank you very much for your time. >> thanks, pete. >> pete: joining us is dan screen slaw a republican running for congress in border district in texas. is he a former decorated seal. alan moore immigration attorney here to debate. commanders, i will start with you. we have a situation here where the president sees

pete? pete: thanks, ed.rd deploying to the southern border with jim mattis signing off on orders to send up to 4,000 troops. abby: and despite backlash in the media, trump isn't the first president to do this. in fact, george w. bush and barack obama both did very similar things. pete: here with insight on what the troops will be doing once they get there, retired lieutenant general stephen blum who saw president bush's deployment as the national guard chief. incredible insight you can provide for us. we're hearing about troops going to the border. you were a part of that deployment originally. tell us what will these troops actually be doing once they get to the southern border? >> that's a very good question. we really e don't have the specifics of that right now in the current plan. but my assumption would be that we would do something very similar that was highly successful in 2006. we sent troops, national guard both air guard, air force and army, army national guard to the border to perform the followi

pete: sure.get on board the president's agenda. get it passed the senate and the house and get their vote up. because during the campaign, we had 9 million more voters came out in 2016 than in 2012. those trump voters will stay home. that's why they lost like pennsylvania 18. 100,000 trump voters stayed home. pete: as you said on twitter again if you want my agenda you have to vote republican in 2018 because the left is resisting. job rating g.o.p. majority in congress. >> this is the bad news. it's congress. it's not the president. pete: yeah. >> look at this 58 disprove. they are not getting the job done. the president was elected for change. he was elected to repeal the swamp. get things done. and the republican congress is holding them back. pete: the wall is a perfect example of that democrats and republicans have not made a priority in washington. he has to send the military there. voters don't like that. >> right, right. >> continue or change obama policies. >> this is our poll. we asked t

pete: i just did.although you haven't given us great weather recently rick. rick: we saw you with the animals a couple weeks ago. pete: you know i'm not an animal guy. they're just unpredictable. rick: is there one you do like? pete: cats. rick: nice, that's very tough of you. take a look at the weather map guys show you what the going on. i tell you what you're absolutely right there has not been much summer or spring for a lot of people at least across the northern tier of the country southeast you've seen plenty of it here is your temp as you are waking up this morning down across the southeast unfortunately another rainy weekend for you here you go, here is a look at the satellite radar picture florida starting out okay but there is a storm that brought a very heavy rain yesterday across parts of oklahoma into arkansas and it's very slowly a really slow moving system so the rainfall totals are pretty extreme that means flooding is a concern and this is the future radar how the storm plays out for t

pete. pete: he might throw out the first pitch.r trump's tax reform took effect. because they're limiting resident state and local deductions, that salt deduction. innew op-ed our next guest writes, if the high taxed states want to shrink outmigration, folks leaving the state, shockingly easy to do so. rather than penalize hard work and innovation, states like california and new york must take steps to reward it. author of the forthcoming book "the end of work," john tamny. we won't talk what bernie sanders wants to do to end work with federal jobs for all. high taxed states taxing their folks a lot but new tax law hurts them even more. how can the states fix it? >> they can fix it i think by reminding themselves what makes new york city great, all of you know this, what makes california great are the people. we are surrounded in each state by some of the most talented people on earth but everyone has a price. taxes are a price or penalty placed on work. when you raise the top rate as happened to 52, 53%, there is going to be an ou

pete: wow. abby: pete over to you for a debate we've been waiting for. pete: very much so.sterday another teacher using the classroom to share their liberal talking points, slamming president trump and calling students european killers. listen. >> well my president said let's make america great again, when was he talking about? he must be talking about when it was great for europeans because when it comes to minorities, america has never been great for minorities. pete: that's just a portion of a 15-minute rant recorded by a sixth grade student taking place at the same georgia middle school where another teacher assigned students to write anti- gun letters to congress. so is there anything we can do to stop this left wing bias in our schools? we brought in a great educator and parent panel to help us discuss political science professor jeanie z ano, attorney richard st. paul and certified child psychiatrist. thank you all for joining us on this easter sunday we appreciate it. appreciate that you came in the proper colors too. i'm sorry i should not even comment on that. but

pete: dr. could be the iran deal and getting scrapped and tomorrow north korea. this strike sent signals in all of those theaters. what is this white house most focused on as far as a threat to this country? is it assad and chemical weapons? is it the iranian nuclear capability? is it north korea? where when they lay their head on the pillow are they most concerned? >> on the short-term, the short-term issue is north korea. but that is progressing very, very well. remember in 1953,we didn't have a peace treaty at the end of the korean war. all we had, peter, was the cease-fire and then an armistice. so that conflict has been frozen in ice for 65 years. for the first time ever the north koreans are prepared to speak to an american president and those negotiations may not lead to some kind of long lasting revolution. but the fact they are going to happen and the word denuclearization is being used by all parties is massive. on top of that the threat from the global jihad movement remains. we have

pete: great point. hear from a lot of lawmakers in reaction to this upset that the president didn't get congressional approval for these air strikes. i'd love your take on that. do you think the president should have asked congress? i mean, i hear a lot of their responses. they're all over the map. i'm not sure that he would have been even able to get their approval at the end of the day. how does that all play out? >> no. ivan through that, i was 24 years had the privilege of being in the senate. there was a lot military action. article 2 of the constitution makes very clear that the president as commander-in-chief can act when he deems that our national interests is at stake. can you imagine what would have happened if the president went to congress, congress would have to debate the resolution -- abby: didn't obama do that and he punted it to congress? >> well, in a way president obama said that he was going to have to go to congress, and then they kind of reached a conclusion before debate really go

the loss of pete will be felt in washington and in the nation and around the world. may it bring some measure of comfort to his wife and his children and all of his loved ones that so many grieve with him during this difficult time. i knew and loved mr. peterson:er son and i know above all. son he loved his country as well.

pete you're out, pete. out. griff: who got pete out? we're going to stay out here and play some ball. >> ♪ ♪ maria: good sunday morning from los angeles, north korea vows to shutdown its nuclear test site ahead of an anticipated summit between president trump and kim jong-un. meront controversy this morning surrounding james comey after he claims he's not a leaker and president trump calls on one democratic senator from a red state to resign hi everyone thanks for joining us i'm maria bartiromo welcome to sunday morning futures. new word out of the today that north korea plans to make another step to signal and this follows leaders from both side holding a historic meeting in which kim jong-un said he

pete keeps the show going but pete has a little help from his son jack so pete and jack, i'm going to let you guys take it away. >> to the front. >> jack. >> left. >> to lara. >> how much time does she have? >> lara, you have four minutes. >> okay. i think it's my turn now. >> we're going to go. are you ready? >> yes. >> now you're going to say take 33. ready? >> yeah. >> go. >> take 33. >> take 6. yay. that's right. cue, lara. open, lara. take six. >> well done. [ applause ] >> wow.

pete: thank you, sir. now i'm perfect. steve: that was an amazing moment. meanwhile, appear appear bromance appears to be brewing between donald trump and emmanuel macron. pair toasting to unbreakable friendship at president trump's first state dinner. steve: they look happy there the president and first lady melania trump pulling out all the stops at the white house in the state dining room last night. pete: they even held hands. griff jenkins live in washington with more. good morning. >> good morning, guys. they always look happy. we have been witnessing constant hand shakes, hugs, each air kisses as you say the bromance just keeps on growing. and it was on full display at last night's toast at the dinner. >> may our friendship grow even deeper. may our kinship grow even stronger. and may our sacred liberty

relative to the peer group, i'm sorry, pete. that is pete i'm sorry.rry but bottom line is i think exxon is not very efficient. i think ultimately the good news for them is the whole sector's focused on capital giveback and they're doing that. >> i don't know, jack, about oil stocks but i'm buying it pete has just been repeatedly bullish on this name and as it's been bottoming over the last couple of weeks and he made good points and he seemed convicted. >> you don't know what about, jack so merrill lynch bank of america merrill lynch yesterday added them to their u.s. one list. >> buy or sell >> it doesn't say anything >> i said i'm a buy. well then i'll say it -- >> you have no sign. >> i wrote other things on the sign. >> you wonder why -- >> you have 74, 75 a number of times to dan's point so i'm on the buy camp even though i don't know this jack guy either. >> two buys and one sell on exxon. but we want to hear from you head to twitter and vote in our poll @cnn fast money crypto getting crushed one former jpmorgan trader says the bottom is in what

pete: that's right. that actually matters in this

i agree with pete.y question to toni about m & "a," i'd like to see apple do a little m & a to be more of a catalyst for the expansion that larry was talking about today. so, in placing all of that together, i don't have a high degree of visibility on the direction to continue on the upside until we hear more from the company. and i'll take a wait and see approach doesn't mean i think the stock is going down. i just want to take a wait and see approach >> but here we are, less than 12 1/2 times earnings. so, in an environment where people are looking at stocks upgrading boeing that's going to multiply almost twice apple's. you got to say it's generating huge cash. growing batteries and increase the services until people begin to use the services available. >> it's an iphone-driven story i know what you think about the services -- >> but you guys are all missing -- for some reason you're only hearing me say services over the last few months i'm moving towards wearables do you realize wearables could be a

with us for the hour today, joe, jim, steve, pete, rob is with us as well. of ubs private wealth management, one of barron's and forbes top 100 financial advisers let's begin with cnbc's exclusive interview today with lloyd blankfein, sitting down with our own wilfred frost who joins us from shack. great interview. i love the way you phrase the question to him about his tenure and when he may step away. and i thought he gave you a really thoughtful answer about it >> scott, thanks very much thanks for having me i quite agree. listen, we talked about lots of topics, but chief among them was the succession question at goldman sachs. he did say he expects david solomon to succeed him in response to the question, david is, quote, the guy that's left but what about that question in terms of what's holding them back from making the switch sooner rather than later >> i think there's a kind of not a question of seeing more, but i think that there's a period where you get used to, look, to talk about david, who i like very much and i have worked with for a couple dec

pete, i'm going to give this to you first. what do you think of this call >> it made some sense to me, the stock itself i thought was overpriced in upper 90s. and hondo. i look at target has margin, walmart doesn't. walmart makes nearly 50% of their revenue comes from grocery. there is no revenue there. they trade still at lower multiple than walmart does, but it doesn't mean that walmart can't go higher from here. i just think you get more oomph. >> that's the view from the target executive suite >> i own the stock >> walmart's been behind the curve, right they've been behind the curve. they're too conservative they stuck to their knitting in the digital online world and trying to figure out what to do with pharmacy this is the way a really big company works. but it looks to me like they're trying to get focused on things that are looking reasonable. will it work or does target make more sense i'll leave that to the master. >> josh said something that he said before, the risk is that everyone loves it. the problem with walmar

pete: as you know, this is a topic the president has been talking about for a very long time. it should come as no surprise to people that he is bringing it up now and building a show down with china. do you think he is right? little pain upfront is worth it for the show down and how far will he go to get his way? >> >> i think this is classic president trump, right? i mean, you put the shots over the bough. you set up the negotiation table. some people freak out about it. but, then what you have is ultimately, i think, a solution that gets us in a better place. and if you look at what larry kudlow is saying and what kevin has set is saying, who are the economic advisors, you will see that they are saying exactly that that we are setting up a negotiation and i think we get to a better place. and i think the president then declares victory and i think if you look at the past actions that have taken place, you look at north korea in august last year, people freaked out because the president was being extremely aggressive, tillerson was backing off. and looking lo and behold we h

one. >> thank you, pete. we'll constantly update the story online. to view a gallery over the years head to nbcbayarea.com. >>> breaking news, president trump's pick for the lead of veterans affairs is with drawing his nomination. this happened just an hour ago. several allegations have risen about ronny jackson since his nomination came to light. those allegations including drinking on the job and misprescribing drugs. jackson just released a statement saying those allegations are, quote, completely false and fabricated. of course we will continue to follow this breaking news story. of course scott mcgrew is going to break this down for us in his analyze at 6: 45. >> it is 6:04. a bart station back open after a terrifying ordeal last night. police say he shot at a police officer. it happened at the hayward station at 4:30. the officer didn't fire back but arrested the suspect. >>> concord's push to redevelop former naval weapons station continues to take shape. tonight neighbors will get an update on how the

our first -- pete and harry, let's talk about the dnc lawsuit just filed. pete, what connections are they making about collusion with russia alleged to make the case that the republican campaign and the kremlin should pay damages? >> any kind of coordination between the trump campaign and the russians and basically assuming them to be true for the purpose of the lawsuit, claiming that they are true, and asking for damages. it's against the trump campaign, wikileaks, julian assange, manafort, gates, jared kushner, and other people -- roger stone. so, you know, i think it's a placeholder, it's a start. it's basically giving them a chance now to engage in discovery. now, obviously, some they will never get. i doubt they will ever get discovery from the russian federation or members of the general staff of the russian armed forces. i think it's going to be hard for them to get to julian asang or anyone with wikileaks. and the other problem, i suppose they could return into is, andrea, a number of the allegations they would make are exactly what robert mueller's

one other thing pete flagged. james comey said about the president saying put reporters in jail. 10, 15 years ago we did that. he could only be referring to one thing, that is judy miller, now you have the president of the united states pardoning scooter libby saying that was an inappropriate prosecution, he was treated unfairly. it won't surprise anyone to hear this, but a president who at one point thought it was appropriate to put reporters in jail when he thought it was convenient to him, now abandoning that principle because it was somehow useful to him to pardon scooter libby. >> that's such an important catch in these memos. i want to include former deputy assistant attorney general, harry litman, get another legal voice in here. i want to leave it hope to react to any moving piece you've experienced in the last hour, the release of the memos, rachel's interview with comey, what you might have learned there, and where the investigation is tonight after the release of the memos and this point in james comey'

we're live in san francisco, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> all right, pete, thank you. be sure to tune in tomorrow for an early edition of "today in the bay" as we track that storm. later today nbc bay area will issue a micro climate weather alert. we will go on the air at 4:00 a.m., a half hour early. we will have live team coverage to prepare you before you head out the door and start your weekend. >>> 4:34 now and developing this morning more answers to this week's shooting at the youtube campus in san bruno. crime scene tape is still lining parts of the patio area where 38-year-old nasim aghdam shot three people before then turning the gun on herself. police now say she went to a gun range prior to the shooting just hours before. and mountain view officers earlier that morning found her sleeping in her car when concerned family members reported her missing. >> she expressed that she was in this area wanting to relocate because of family problems and looking for a job. reviewing the officers' actions, i wholeheartedly stand by them and support them in their efforts t

pete, i know you're near the b.a.r.t. station we were talking about. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, marcus. we're right now galindo and clayton road. down the road you can see this is the apartment complex, what was supposed to be an apartment complex. supposed to be nearly 200 units of apartments here in concord but went up in flames a few hours ago. now, we're just getting -- it's looking like they are containing it a little bit there as we're not seeing the black smoke and white smoke. i'll go up to get more information to see how much of this is contained. but let's get to that video from earlier. this was at about 1:00 a.m. when the fire began here in concord. according to fire, they are saying it was first reported around 1:00 a.m. the apartment building i showed you was under construction, it was part of the second phase of construction, what's being called the renaissance apartments. at that time, evacuation orders were in place for those who lived in the nearby apartment complex, we're going to get infor

live in alamo, pete surato for "today in the bay." >> fascinating. thanks, pete. we'll constantly update the story online. can you view the gallery with evidence photos from over the years. can you head over to nbcbayarea.com right now. >>> the bart station back open at 5:04 after a terrifying ordeal last night. police say a man shot at a police officer. happened at the hayward station at 7:30. the officer did not fire back and was able to arrest the suspect. >>> new this morning uc berkeley conservatives getting the green light to sue the school over public speaking. .republican group fueled after they canceled a speaking engagement by ann coulter. it triggered violent protests, the event in 2017. the judge ruled even though the school based its policy on security not bias, conservative groups could legally challenge that, it limited free expression. >>> concord redevelop the former naval weapons station taking place. tonight neighbors will get word on how the long-term plan is coming together. they closed it years ago. if everything stays on track concord may st

we're live in concord, pete suratos, "today in the bay." >> thank you, pete. more details now, here's a look in fact of the developers rendering, what it was supposed to look like new and completed property there. crews hope to have it finished this summer. it would have offered an additional 180 units. >> our viewers have been sharing their pictures over what's going on. take a look here from liam doey, who sent this cell phone picture to us, it shows smoke behind the movie theater which some thought was on fire at the time. take a look at live pictures, you can see the smoke billowing as well as flames. you can send your pictures any time you see breaking news happen to isee@nbcbayarea.com. >>> overnight we sent out a push alert telling people living in the renaissance apartments to get out as soon as possible. you can make sure you download our nbc bay area app. just to get breaking news alerts whenever they happen. send them straight to your phone, 24/7 for the iphone and android users and it's free. >>> out of l.a., an active shooter on the scene. this ju

pete, unusual activity what do you have for us?> well, i'm looking at the materials space to start off we're talking about home builders masco. this is interesting. we're starting to see real paper in here. the stock looks like it might have bottomed at the beginning of april you can see if you take a look at the chart that it's starting to move upward expectations are as it goes into urbings, will we see the stock start to break out once again. the may 42 call being aggressively bought today. i think more by now, but that was something that really stuck out because you hear about the housing sector, you hear about all the different materials going into there, masco being one of those if we see the breakout to the upside, if we see the numbers change a little bit in terms of the housing. i think the other thing that's interesting for me today is gold, gld. this is something that started to move to the upside as well. today not so much, but the may 131 calls, really aggressive buying when i first started seeing this, 35 thounl, 38,0

i think energy is rallying >> pete is here, you know. pete with speak for himself. >> he's a big boy. >> bottom line, what i'm saying is commodities, crb, 2 1/2 year highs to day energy, how about all the people that came on the show said they would never see oil above $40 in their lifetime i'm checking in on their health. oil is doing really, really well commodities are doing really well i think actually the dynamic here is if anything the trade is telling us that people feel more confident. banks are the place you have to go >> lou about the numbers going back to the banks for one second how about morgan stanley and goldman sachs? there is something going on i think within the banks that actually does apply towards the kplod ti trade that makes this that much more interesting where i think if this stays the way it has, copper the way it's been moving around, obviously oil, you disagree it seems like we're seeing this activity and flurry of volatility that helped the trading and capital markets am activity which may be late cycle. you t

again, i would really pushback on pete. >> one's down 18%, one's down 19%. this is pick your poison they have to transition into smokeless tobacco. >> come on, guys we talking about tobacco companies now. >> i'm talking about the chart the chart looks like no one's smoking any more. >> that's not why the stock sold off today. >> it's not about rates. you can't say this is about rates. you can chart it the only one that makes sense is p&g. that's a rate issue. >> any way, we'll move on. >> there's a lot of people that can play the game. >> there's a lot of names we want to go to, verizon, grasso, i pose this one to you. >> i don't think you should ever buy something based on yield because if you look at what it's done year-to-date, it's down 8.5%. >> but would you buy this stock? >> no. it's underperformed the s&p 500 by basically 30%. >> what is this duck here? does that mean you're not going to buy the stock or not buy the stock? >> are we shooting ducks >> if he's not going to buy it, that duck should go down shouldn't be flying. >> maybe it's shot. >> hol

joining me now from washington is nbc's pete williams. pete, you got this confirmed. explain it to us. >> sure. so this is the result of the inspector general's report that came out last week saying that andrew mccabe repeatedly lied to the fbi and to the inspector general's investigators about whether he was the source of a leak about the fbi's investigation of the clinton foundation during 2016. according to the ig report, mccabe repeatedly denied that he was the source. his lawyer said that he later corrected this and went back to the investigators and said, look, i've thought about this some more. i see now what you're asking and confirmed that he did authorize fbi people to talk to this reporter about the clinton foundation investigation. so his lawyer has said that it is not correct that he lied, that he did go back and correct it. nonetheless, the inspector general has now -- this is the term of art they use at the justice department -- referred this to the justice department to consider prosecution. so this is merely a recommendation. this is sort of a formal

pete: not just missiles but b-1 bombers.in syria connected to its chemical weapons program. griff: president trump calling for swift action in response to assad regime's chemical attack on his own people that killed dozens of civilians, many of them children. >> my fellow americans, a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch pre

joe is here along with stephanie link, jim levinthol, josh brown, john and pete nujerian josh brown, let's go to you first. april losses are no more we're not talking about trade, not fixated on trump tweets. we're simply talking about the stock market, this bull market back on track. >> maybe but the problem has not been the opening recently it's been the closes right? we're a couple hours away. >> a great call. sure >> all right, so, well, so think about this the headline that president xi, i did that right, is more conciliatory, which is actually not true if you read the body of what was being discussed and some of the english language translations, what they actually said was foreign automakers, there might be a lowered import duty if in fact the country they were based in was not engaging in a trade war. so that is not more conciliatory it might be good to jump start a rally after we had a rough couple weeks, but again, talk to me at 3:30 >> i hear you. but we're not engulfed by it today. pete, we're talking about morgan stanley on nvidia go overweight, price target, $258 we're

pete? >> as we look at this, for want of a better word, tsomeone who had a victim chosen in advance. we still don't know the precise details here. but the impression we're getting from law enforcement is that this is sort of a domestic violence incident that took place in the workplace. this is the youtube headquarters, as opposed to someone who just wants to try to do as much damage and destruction and create as much mayhem as they can at a specific target. it seems to be the former rather than the latter, based on what we have heard. so i think that's an important thing to keep in mind, and perhaps that's the reason that we have seen no fatalities that we know of other than the woman who apparently started this all. the other gunshot victims, there's one critical injury, but no fatalities that we know of now and perhaps that's the reason for that. so that's an important second point. and then in terms of the workplace, workplace shootings and how to handle active shooters is something tha

the giants will be a scary team. >> we have one of your coaches, pete one of his coaches >> pete, we'll back here >> see you >> doc, come on back over here straight ahead, we'll do the blitz. we'll get to trades on spotify, spearal airlines, t-mobile, and sprint, their big deal today first, tyler mathisen has a look a what's coming up on "power lunch. >> hope you'll join us at the top of the hour for "power lunch. sprint and t-mobile are getting hitched. what this mega deal means for both of them and for rivals at&t and verizon. >> plus, another analyst cuts his estimates on apple ahead of that company's profit report tomorrow he'll tell us what's worrying him. >> and president trump set to hold a news conference we'll carry it live. "the halftime report" returns after this alerts -- wouldn't you like one from the market when it might be time to buy or sell? with fidelity's real-time analytics, you'll get clear, actionable alerts about potential investment opportunities in real time. fidelity. open an account today. >>> all right, we're back. it's time for the blitz. first up, spotify.

we're live in millbrae, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >>> it is 6:33 right now. happening today, a statewide crackdown on distracted driving as officers across california and here in the bay area try to keep you safe during your commute. anser hassan is live with what to expect as we head out this morning. it's really important, so easy to get distracted out there. >> reporter: yeah, laura, you're very right. those who hit the roads today know we were in the first of two statewide enforcement periods with chp employees cracking down on distracted drivers. april is distracted driving awareness month. let's show you dash cam shot by aaa that can show just what happens when people aren't paying attention to the roads because they are texting or eating or talking on the phone. the new triple a report found almost 50% of us admit to talking on phone while driving. 35% of drivers say they send text messages or check e-mails. a growing problem in california is social media and teenage drivers. aaa found distracted driving was a factor in almost 60% of crashes involve be

pete williams. anita kumar, and joining the conversation from new york, former fbi special agent and msnbc national security analyst clint watts. thank you all for being here tonight. >>> michael schmidt, i want to start with you because this book that we have been learning about the last few days, the interview set to air tonight, james comey in many ways this saga was touched off by your reporting in "the new york times" about hillary clinton's use of private e-mail when she was secretary of state. what in this book that comey has put out do you feel is going to make a material difference in how events unfold with the mueller investigation as we go forward? >> i'm not sure how much it really changes the equation there. the one thing is that if comey were to ever be a witness against trump, like in front of the -- in front of congress or even at a trial or anything, they could say, look, and you had a real motivation to go after the president. you wrote this whole book. you made all of this money.

pete, let's start with you. what does any of this, the book, the raids, the hearings toward the end of the week that seem to be the fruits of the raids on michael cohen's office, the discussions with michael cohen and stormy daniels, where does this put us in terms of the most important part, the mueller investigation? >> well, start with the book. it ends before the mueller investigation begins. obviously, the fbi was investigating the whole question of whether there was meddling. the president will like the fact that comey says in the book several times that up until the time that james comey was fired, the fbi was not investigating donald trump in the russian collusion investigation. the book talks a lot about the fact that the president wanted him to say that publicly. in the "usa today" interview, he muses a little bit about whether it might have been a better for everybody if comey. at some point, had actually let that be said. anyway, that's the point about the book. it ends before the mueller investigati

pete -- nbc bay area's pete suratos is live in concord. pete, this is certainly that's continuing to go on and we have been seeing it burn and smolder for days now. >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, marcus. the point of demolition is investigators or crews to get in to completely extinction wish this fire and, too, continue the demolition on this side to get the folks evacuated at the nearby por nearby apartment building back into their home and contra costa fire said they're notify them when to get back inside at some point this afternoon. they're saying the demolition was inevitable. it was set to become 180-unit apartment building before it was burned down tuesday. the video of our vantage point appears a security video from the side and plays a big role in the investigation and finally get in there. there are also a few cars nearby being towed away and they were damaged, of course, as a result of all the fire that took place on tuesday. now, once this is complete as i mentioned, fire crews can get closer here to the site and bett

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pete suratos has a closer look what's left behind. i can only imagine this is going to cause a lot of difficulty for people traveling this morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura, it will be a good idea to avoid clayton and galindo this morning. but we moved up the hill to show you exactly what we're talking about. that construction project that went up in flames not too long ago, i've been calling and texting back and forth with contra costa county fire and they believe they have the fire under control. obviously you still see a lot of smoke here but also as far as injuries go, there are two injuries with two folks minor smoke inhalation is what they are saying, a common injury we see at these types of fires but we'll show you when that fire was going. that was at about 1:00 a.m. when our crews were here on the scene. that fire was first reported in the area where we're standing on clayton road and galindo street. it was under construction, the building we're showing you guys, part of the second phase of what was

nbc bay area pete sur at os joins us. and pete, i know you spoke with a contractor this morning who has a personal connection with the homes being >> reporter: yeah, personal connection indeed. good morning. and we're standing here on cherry lane in coffey park, still empty lots here following the north bay wildfires from back in october but we are seeing the homes -- you see the foundation of the homes being rebuilt but as you mentioned, i did talk to one contractor bit name of gerald pete and he's from santa rosa. he's a contractor but building his daughter's home. let's show you the video. we saw him driving around this area and making some measurements on that plot of land on 1600 cherry lane. now he's saying his daughter and son-in-law and two-year-old wore forced to evacuate in october and they did do so safely but in the process they lost their home. so this is going to be built from the ground up and pete said lives a mile away in the larkfield area and he was forced to evacuate as well and recalled the scary mome

pete williams is now off the phone. pete, did you grab anything? >> the point we just made a moment ago, this is more and more looking like the woman who came there came with a specific target in mind. sounds like a domestic dispute that played out at the youtube headquarters. that's the impression that we're getting right now from the initial investigating work that the law enforcement people have done. in other words, this woman came there because she had a specific target in mind. and that would square with the details we have from the hospital of the shooting victims, of one male, who is in critical condition, he seems to be the most seriously wounded. so it would seem logical that she came there to attack a man at the youtube headquarters, one woman was shot, and then another woman was seriously wounded, whether these were other targets or simply people who were collateral damage to her attack, we don't know. but that's more and more what it's sounding like, is this is not in the category of the kind of shootings that have become all too commo

for eight years pete souza was barack obama's chief photographer and he was busy he shot two million pictures historical political and private he portrayed obama as a president with a sense of humor burdened by responsibility but often playful. he was the only photographer in a position to capture intimate shots like this one the presidential couple in a goods lift and then they're. kind of sharing this little. private moment and you have the staff and secret service trying not to look not to intercede if sort of see michelle through all the you know. her long breaths because the cross would track on the floor. pete souza and barack obama had a very close relationship souza was like a shadow he never took a vacation he never allowed himself to be ill he became as close to a bomb as the president's most trusted advisors there wasn't a collaboration where we would talk about. you know what he was doing i would just follow him along all day on every day. the iconic short with the white house generator the big three farewell photos with employees leaving the white house like this with ja

are we suggesting it is not, pete >> i think you're right. you're exactly right the volatility is clear as a bell we see it each and every day and obviously, the tweets and everything, this president and this entire -- everything that we have seen now is so different than anything we have seen in the past, because we have seen a mark that reacts off news very, very quickly now it's even faster when you have a president who is out there tweeting, scott, that does create volatility there's no doubt about it. but it's amazing how there's a little bit less of a move each and every time >> i'm sure people are looking, the dow is up 350. they say, what do you mean this is hurting the market? we're talking -- yes, the dow is up 356 points right now. if there was a tweet threatening $200 billion in additional tariffs on china, the dow would be down 356 points that's the point we're making. >> that's why the voltity, why i said in the beginning it's scary and hard to buy on the dips, but i think that's the prudent thing to do. also, you have to think

no, no, the special counsel says, this is the order we got. >> pete williams for us there, pete, thank you, sir. jeff, stand by for me if you can. ned price is with us as well. and danny cevellos. ned price, national security analyst. danny, let me start with you, van der zwaan, 30 days, $20,000 fine. how unusual is it to send an attorney to jail for lying to federal investigators? >> attorneys are treated just the same as anyone else. the only major difference would be most attorneys aren't going to have a significant criminal history. sure enough this is an attorney who would have been what we call a zero, no prior criminal history so his sentencing guidelines were 0 to 6 months. a one-month sentence is squarely in the guidelines. i would have liked to have seen a probation only sentence if i was his attorney, and i think he had grounds for it, but this sentence was within the applicable guidelines. >> van der zwaan not just any attorney here. what more do we know about his family ties? >> well, not just any attorney indeed. he was charged and sentenced for lying to federal investiga