i can't believe i did that. >> portia, portia. >> i'm so embarrassed. >> portia. >> so embarrassed. >g to be all right. >> kenya called the cops and portia turned herself. larger question of what's going on and joining me natasha u banks, founder of young, black and fabulous, pop culture website online. last night, even though i was tired, i stayed up and watched this and i started crying. i did. because i felt like when you see someone on the ground saying i can't believe i embarrassed myself, you see a lot of these fights, maybe the turning of the table and you feel like they are stunts. i felt like i was watching someone who had been bullied and couldn't take it anymore. >> i'm so glad you brought up the word bullied. you may not realize for the 50 minutes before that, in her face, portia's face for 50 minutes was a mega phone being yelled at her obscene words in her face, a septor being pointed at her face. she asked bravo, please make her stop. no one stepped in. at what point does a woman have to be able to defend herself. she -- i think she was upset with how she responded but

>> portia williams. >> portia williams? okay. >> yes. >> okay.o anyway, portia was mad because apparently kenya said something about her husband or ex-husband or something. anyway, there is apparently -- police are now charging porsha with a count of battery. this is escalating to criminal activity. "the real housewives of atlanta," by the way, are the most widely watched housewives franchise of all of them. >> i have a hard time believing any of it is real, any of it. >> it's real that she was booked and released. >> they were doing the reunion show, she never would have had the altercation to begin with. >> you're right. let's watch a teeny bit of the reunion show. >> i said what i said! >> what you said was some bull [ bleep ]. >> you're a slut from the '90s. >> shut up. >> you do not have the right to talk. >> wait a minute now. >> no, no, no, no. >> when you get up on each other's chest, i would win. >> nbc did reach out to bravo. and you know what? we haven't heard from them. >> no, we did. >> i didn't want our record to be broken. >> but y

. >> we showed you the big smackdown between portia and kenya. they fought. >> not the whole country. >> they pulled the weave. anyway, this happened. someone pulled down, andy got in the middle, tried to break it up. cursing. police were called, arrests were made. >> does it look like a jerry springer show. >> yes, thank you. >> not that i watch that. >> so portia is being called with one charge of battery. in this thing, she said i embarrassed myself, she was crying. she did an interview with "access hollywood" live and this is a little piece of it. >> we were talking about your song, flat line and about domestic abuse. you said you suffered it. here we are, you know, turning to our hands in a situation like that and granted you were pushed. do you have regrets when you watch that? >> i had regrets immediately after. you know, my relationship with kenya has been on the rocks up and down. i was bullied, you know, when i was in high school, elementary school. >> for what? for what? >> for being super skinny with big teeth and big eyes. at that mo

portia williams was released on a $2,000 bond.ode has not aired idyet but by all accounts it was a vicious end to that show there and obviously it wasn't fake because she's been arrested. so something happened. >> up next, sean "diddy" combs is facing backlash from students at howard university. they are angry that diddy will be a commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree even though he dropped out of howard. it's our news nation gut check. should he speak? should he not? plus this. ♪ >>> some women power today on this show. audra mcdonald will join me live to talk about her brand new role on broadway. she'll tell me why she's playing the legendary singer and my favorite of all time billie holiday. audra is coming up next. [ male announcer ] nearly 7 million clients. how did edward jones get so big? let me just put this away. ♪ could you teach our kids that trick? [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. hey kevin...still eating chalk for hearburn? yea. try alka seltzer f

there is audio of the 911 call. >> i need a policeman. >> portia williams. >> portia williams?husband or something. anyway, there is apparently -- police are now charging portia with a count of battery. this is escalating to criminal activity. the most widely watched housewives franchise of all of them. >> i have a hard time believing any of it is real, any of it. >> she was booked and released. she was booked. >> they were doing the reunion show, she never would have had the altercation to begin with. >> you're right. let's watch the reunion show. >> i said what i said. >> when you said is [ bleep ]. >> you're a -- from the '90s. >> you do not have the right to talk. >> no, no, no, no. >> when you get up on each other's chest, i would win. nbc reached out to bravo and, you know what, we -- >> we haven't heard from them. >> no, we did. >> i didn't want our record to be broken. >> you know what they said? no comment. >> i would rather they not call. unless you have a comment -- >> do not call us. >> we could get andy on the phone. andy cohen, we have him on speed dial, actually.

yet every six months we are treated to a new map of kurdistan, city, portia. give us, you know, the brief version of one not. >> well, people who -- this is on. talk about 1916. now is the opportunity to rewrite history and, in effect, ethnic groups, religious groups to start to have their own territory. what it means is an independent kurdish state. if you look at their groups inside iraq, i don't think that is really what this game is all about. the sunni arabs talk a lot about what they want, marginalized, don't have enough power. some might even talk about, well, we looked at our brothers been plus syria, jordan. and one hears rumors from time to time that there are plotting against the government by those terms of leaders who were very much involved in supporting the insurgencies in 2006 and seven. in other words, the ones that supported al qaeda groups and the fighting and then decided it was not in their interest and fought against them. they are now back fighting with or supporting al qaeda, isis, may be plotting some kind of coup on their own. i have

we have oliver portia, gary goldberg financial services president, who will tell us what to watch with kim forest, fort pitt capital vice pre

we have oliver portia, gary goldberg financial services president, who will tell us what to watch with the s&p's move upward. kim forest, fort pitt capital vice president and senior equity analyst. will tell us why market volatility a good thing. lincoln ellis from the pits of cme. lincoln, let's start with you and this rally. do you believe in it? do you have faith in it? is it a one-time shot? what? >> well it is tuesday so the market must be up, right? it has been up 15 of the last 17 tuesdays so sure. look, there are a couple of interesting diversions we've seen over the course of the last six weeks, particularly small capps underperforming large caps. that is not particularly good sign as it pertains to the momentum of the market. similarly nasdaq along with biotech and tech-related blowoffs and momentum we've seen. it continues to be where are you going to allocate capital in the capital structure? the u.s. continues to win out this year over europe and people, once this tech selloff has come down, it will be interesting to see if people are still as enthusiastic about names like

i was really excited that everyone -- jared leto, matthew mcconaughey, portia de rossi, they all kindwhite. >> seth: right. >> and we're really happy to have that moment at the oscars. >> seth: to be the ones -- you felt like wearing white was the way to go. >> i was just glad you were there so you could fix my dress. i was not oscar ready. >> seth: you guys look out for each other. >> yeah! >> seth: it's really outstanding. >> we're besties. we have to. >> seth: you are besties. that's what besties do. that's the law of the besties. here you guys are in your amazing outfits. >> yeah. >> aww. >> seth: i mean, talk about besties. [ cheers and applause ] >> do you see that we match? >> seth: you ma -- i can see that you match. >> can you see that we match tonight? >> seth: i do. you guys seem to often match. i feel like you're very desperate to let everybody know you're besties. >> umm -- [ laughter ] >> seth: we get it, you guys. >> we're a little too old -- >> yeah but you know that weird feeling when you meet someone that you like, really connect to? and it's just like, weirdly all t

department of labor, portia y. wu of the district of columbia to be an assistant secretary. department of state, deborah l. birx of maryland to be ambassador at large and coordinator of united states government activities to combat hiv-aids globally. the presiding officer: the question is on the malinowski nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes to have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question is on the wu nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. the question is on the birx nomination. all in favor say aye. all opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid on the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resumes legislative session. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: mr. president, i can remember my first job li

so kenya and portia, we feel you. >> oh, gosh. there was a lot of cleavage there.member from the oscars. >> yes. a lot of people don't know that kim novak was the reigning, beautiful movie star of her day. i don't know when that would have been. but -- and she had disappeared from the scene for a while. so she took a lot of criticism for the way she -- for whatever people assume she had done to her face. >> she spoke at the oscars. this is her before and now. anyway, and so donald trump tweeted -- >> i'm not going to say it. i didn't see what he tweeted. >> anyway. >> apparently a lot of people were commenting about her. well, she addressed -- and then she was -- i noticed when she came along the red carpet when al and i were there, i noticed that she -- she was a little disconcerted. she just really didn't -- she seemed overwhelmed by what was going on. why are you laughing, hoda? >> i'm not. i'm listening. i'm doing it again. >> hoda -- >> i'm listening. >> i don't want you to get in trouble. >> i'm listening. >> i didn't know what was going on. now she's written