tonight - the united states postal service is offering a 50-thousand dollar reward for information thats catch a shooting suspect.jeff fitch/postal inspector, usps: we are always assessing security as the law enforcement security arm of the postal service. and again this is something that doesn't happen very often and when it does it comes with very serious consequences.you can see the postal truck riddled with bullets.the mail carrier inside..was shot,.avenal and bancroft avenue was shut down much of the day as police collected evidence..the postal worker islisten in stable condition at a local hospital. police do not believe she was targeted. marco marquez/oakland police department: we're still investigating the motive of this shooting and at the same time we are asking the public if you saw something or if you have any information or if you live in this area and you have surevillance video to please provide that information to the oakland police department so we can fruther our investigation into this shooting.a u.s postal service spokesman is not releasing the employee's name or how

. >> we have no information that this is any way related to the postal service or the job, but the crime is being committed. the fact she was hit by a stray round, that's hitting a postal employee. >> inspectors believe the care i don't remember was caught in the mid--- carrier was caught in the middle of neighborhood gunfire. she was lucky to survive. struck in the hip, she went to highland hospital in stable condition. >> if you have information, saw anything, live in the area, you have surveillance video, please, provide that information to the oakland police department. >> reporter: other carriers got an e-mail alert about the gunfire, and urging them to be cautious. >> what can we do? it's the job we choose to do. sometimes it's dangerous. i mean, it comes with the job. >> reporter: it's a job the wounded carrier has only been doing a short time. hired in april, and working out of the east month station. the postal service says it's always evaluating whether routes are safe, but they say gunfire is common here. the fact a mail carrier was hurt, means a new low. >> when the postman g

postal service now offering $50,000 for information in what's being investigated as a federal crime.evening everyone. i'm heather holmes in tonight for julie. a shooting happened just after noon today in east oakland near the corner of bangcroft avenue. we have more from tom outside police headquarters. >> reporter: it took about four hours to clean up the crime scene. and so now the action moves here to the crime lab. at about noon today, a female postal woman was driving her truck near the corner of van croft in east oakland, when she came under fire and was struck by a bullet. it's not clear if she was targeted or was in the wrong place at the wrong time. four bullets struck her vehicle. one of the bullets struck her. she was transported to a local hospital. and the united states postal inspection office says she's in stable condition. u.s. postal service is offering $50,000 reward for the identity of the person or persons who did all of this. the postal service truck was towed away as a key piece of evidence but the mail was handed off to another truck to be delivered. the postal

the postal service overlords told them to shut up and let them campaign for hillary clinton.hen a pro-hillary clinton super pac with connections to this union ended up subsidizing their paychecks wiel while they were on unpaid leaf they wouldn't lose any money. the fact that these entities colluded and worked together and gave them unpaid leave, but then the pro hilary super pac compensated them for their time indicates that the postal service knew this was a violation of federal law, they knew they wouldn't pay them during this time-out, and they could lewded with the super pac in order to get it done. >> neil: that's a violation of the hatch fakt act. does that ex -- hatch act. does that extend to all fred workers? >> so it extends to most federal workers, most postal workers are allowed to do some campaign financing. the issue is after several local officials objected to letting these employees take all of this time off, the overlords came and said, like, oh you have to do this, you have to allow them to take this time off. just the fact there was a bias, that they were al

to the oakland police department so we can fruther our investigation into this shooting.a u.s postal servicespokesman would not say how long the employee has been with the agency, but confirmed she was shot while working her usual route.jeff fitch/postal inspector, usps: at this time we are not releasing her name. this is a very serious crime. it's a federal defense. we are working very closely with the oakland police department. oakland detectives are working with postal inspectors since this is a postal employee and a federal crime.the usps is now offering a 50-thousand dollar reward for any information relating to the shooting.it's a standard for serious crimes against federal workers.a spokesman for the postal service says a shooting like this is rarebut still cause for concern.jeff fitch/postal inspector, usps: we are always assessing security as the law enforcement security arm of the postal service. and again this is something that doesn't happen very often and when it does it comes with very serious consequences.(hermela aregawi)again.. the suspects are still on the loose.if you have

we're in a small town where we all know each other. >> reporter: the postal service is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to arrest and conviction of the thieves. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> president trump firing back amid reports he had a secret meeting with vladimir putin. >>> repeal now and replace later? the backup plan appears to be dead on arrival. >>> and michael finney investigates the bay area fitness studio that closed with little notice to customers. >>> first here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> here's what all the kids will be snap chatting about tomorrow. >> you were on the wheaties box when i was 8 or 9 years old. >> i'm trying to get back on it now. >>> after hitting another dead end in the effort to repeal and replace obama carrier, the republicans are pushing repeal only. >> but that is also unlikely. here are the latest developents from washington. >> reporter: president trump expressing his disappointment. >> when we get a chance to repeal and replace they don't take advantage of it. >> reporter: the devastating blow when t

neither the police nor the postal service are identifying the postal worker who was struck. they're saying all of this remains under investigation. as we learn more, we'll tell you and have an update at 10:00, reporting live, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we saw evidence markers and he did mention the mail truck was hit with four shots. do we know how many shots were fired in all? >> no, but i counted at least a dozen. of those little yellow markers out there. and those were just the ones that were in the street. so it's entirely possible that this could have been a shoot out scenario. but i can tell you they were very large caliber bullets. when they hit that truck, they dug into that truck and they put a very big hole there. so whatever happened, we don't know. but plenty of bullets were fired and they were large caliber bullets. when you say large caliber, assault rifle? or just a large weapon? a large handgun? >> assault rifles are actually fairly small. this was more like a 45 caliber slug. that's a big bullet. and it would be perfectly in line with some sort of a handgun in som

tonight - the united states postal service is offering a 50-thousand dollar reward for information that catch a shooting suspect.jeff fitch/postal inspector, usps: we are always assessing security as the law enforcement security arm of the postal service. and again this is something that doesn't happen very often and when it does it comes with very serious consequences.you can see the postal truck riddled with bullets.the mail carrier inside..was shot,.avenal and bancroft avenue was shut down much of the day as police collected evidence..the postal worker islisten in stable condition at a local hospital. police do not believe she was targeted. marco marquez/oakland police department: we're still investigating the motive of this shooting and at the same time we are asking the public if you saw something or if you have any information or if you live in this area and you have surevillance video to please provide that information to the oakland police department so we can fruther our investigation into this shooting.a u.s postal service spokesman is not releasing the employee's name or how

new report states postal service employees were allowed to take leave from their jobs and still get paid as they campaign for hillary clinton. postmaster general said today any violations of the law were unintentional. allison barber on going postal for hillary. >> good evening. allegations came to light because of one person, a postal worker. investigators say he did something no one else did it he spoke up. today he told the homeland security and government affairs office y. >> the union is involved in highly clinical activities. i had did not want this to be a partisan thing. i wanted it to be a thing where the general public does not lose trust with the integrity of the post office. >> the postal service did violate federal law by showing an institutional bias when they allowed union workers to take unpaid leave and participate in campaign activities. investigators say workers did receive compensation through the union's political action committee. get out the vote efforts. according to the report, 97 members took leave to be part of an afl-cio program that sought to help elect hilla

we're in a small town where we all know each other. >> reporter: the postal service is offering a $10,000ard for information that leads to arrest and conviction of the thieves. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> president trump firing back amid reports he had a secret meeting with vladimir putin. >>> repeal now and replace later? the backup plan appears to be dead on arrival. >>> and michael finney investigates the bay area fitness studio that closed with little notice to customers. >>> first here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> here's what all the kids will be snap chatting about tomorrow. >> you were on the wheaties box when i was 8 or 9 years old. >> i'm trying to get back on it now. if you're a man over 50, you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder a

get a sense of were president trump is and his administration on the effort to privatized the postal service well we we we know that the heritage foundation for many years has this in their sights and we know that the heritage foundation has a big influence on the white house on the other hand we do have bipartisan legislation working its way through congress and they would not privatized they would help the post office get on a much more stable foundation be able to serve the people for generations to come as it should so we're hoping that that is what will take your union has been very progressive on health care in and provided very well what do you make of the conversation here in washington the fight over health care well our union is on record for medicare for all everybody and nobody out so i think in general we think it's a debate between bad and worse do you think the democrats are pushing hard enough for single payer not at all we think that there would add to the affordable care act which has deep problems it's not affordable it hasn't solved the health care problems has been a boo

we're in a small town where we all know each other. >> reporter: the postal service is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to arrest and conviction of the thieves. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> president trump firing back amid reports he had a secret meeting with vladimir putin. >>> repeal now and replace later? the backup plan appears to be dead on arrival. >>> and michael finney investigates the bay area fitness studio that closed with little notice to customers. >>> first here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live. >> here's what all the kids will be snap chatting about tomorrow. >> you were on the wheaties box when i was 8 or 9 years old. >> i'm trying to get back on it now. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. [ intense music playing ] ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firin

in the most recent thefts, on tuesday and wednesday of last week, postal service trucks like like this one have been robbed while the letter carrier was away making house to house deliveries.voice of: jeff fitch/u.s postal inspector ".....that's what appears to be happening. they park the vehicle and when they come back they find it has been broken into..."some 350 customers in the area surrounding lincoln and michigan avenues got letters from the post office alerting them of the thefts. residents are advised to be vigilant concerning the possibility credit card and other information may have been compromised. natalie mathison/postal customer ".....concerning to you? absolutely, especially that it's the trucks that are being hit as opposed to the mailboxes. that's a lot of mail and packages that could be compromised...." letter carriers receive security training and are never away from their trucks for long but inspectors may be conducting surveillance amid a recent rise in mail thefts and not just fromdelivery trucks. (rob live) again, the postal service is offering a $10,000 reward i

. >> we have no information that this is any way related to postal service or a job, but the crime wasmitted. the fact that she was hit by a stray round, that is still -- >> reporter: any assault on a postal employee is a federal crime. with enhanced penalties. >> i've been robbed by gunpoint before. >> reporter: other carriers got an e-mail about the shooting. >> the sometimes it's a dangerous -- sometimes it's a dangerous job. i mean, it comes with the job. >> reporter: it's a job, the wounded carrier has only been doing a short time. hired in april, and working out of the east month stakes. the postal service says it is evaluate whether routes are safe, but residents say gunfire is common. >> there's a lot of kids live around here. it's bad they can't even come outside. >> reporter: the fact that a mail carrier was hurt, some call a new low. >> i mean, you know it's bad. if it's not safe for people just doing their jobs now. >> reporter: a $55,000 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction. >> if you saw something, have information, live in the air, you have

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the postal service and oakland police is working together.crime to shoot a postal worker. >>> back now live on the ground where the scene has cleared. abc 7 news reporter just got there. she's gathering more information, talking to people. she'll have a live report at 5:00. >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us. now to the day's other big story. >> a four alarm fire at an oakland apartment complex hundreds of neighbors had to evacuate. leslie is live at the scene where a news conference is about to get under way. leslie. >> reporter: it's about to get under way. several officials told me off a camera that the big question on everyone's mind here is was this arson. there have been four commercial construction site fires in the last year in the oakland emoryville area. two of them arson. one of them highly suspicious and now this. at 4:30 in the morning an under construction building suddenly mushroomed into an enormous fire. the rain tocrane took

postal service inspectors say the robberies happened over the past two months.inspectors say the robberies are taking place while mail carriers are making home deliveries. a conviction for mail theft carries the possibility of a 250-thousand dollar fine and jail time. ( mark ) in the east bay... police arrest several people believed to be members of a notorious street gang in richmond. after months of investigation... these five men and an un-named 15 year old boy have been arrested. police say they are all tied to richmond's manor boys street gang. authorities say the men are responsible for murder... human trafficking and a variety of other felony crimes throughout the bay area. police are still looking for two other gang members... one of whom is wanted for murder. ( darya ) investigators are questioning if someone started a fire in an empty condo in walnut creek on purpose. the fire started late tuesday night at the ygnacio gardens condominiums. investigators say the person on the lease of the condo that burned claimed to be in the process of moving out and

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else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal serviceiority: you >>> welcome back to "mtp daily." while president trump is leaving his attorney general's state in limbo, many are coming to the attorney general's defense, but the way the president is openly venting his frustrations brings up a fundamental question of the trump presidency so far. what is the red line for republicans? are they reaching a point where they say enough is enough and choose character over party? let me bring in tonight's panel. mr. steel, i'm going to start with you. this is your party here. you've got your finger on the pulse. >> such as it is. >> such as it is. where are we -- this sort of like -- the sessions trump feud is just a head scratcher in so many ways. >> it's ridiculous, yeah. >> because when you think about the core issue that put trump on the map, immigration, there is nobody that he's more mind melded with and nobody has more bone afee did he see with the crowd than jeff sessions. this to me is a terrible base move. >> and the one guy who ostensi

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postal service inspectors say the robberies happened over the past two months. inspectors say the robberies are taking place while mail carriers are making home deliveries. a conviction for mail theft carries the possibility of a 250-thousand dollar fine and jail time. (mark) president trump is pushing republican senators not to give up on repealing and replacing the affordable care act. the president met with the senators yesterday. he told them that doing nothing on health care is not an option. he urged the senators not to leave town for their august recess until they have reached an agreement on health care. and president trump says there will be consequences for those who choose to block the bill. (mark) republican senators say a vote on health care will take place next week. political experts say at this point the bill does not have enough votes to pass. (darya) still ahead on the kron four morning news... president trump

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in the most recent thefts, on tuesday and wednesday of last week, postal service trucks like like this one have been robbed while the letter carrier was away making house to house deliveries.voice of: jeff fitch/u.s postal inspector ".....that's what appears to be happening. they park the vehicle and when they come back they find it has been broken into..."some 350 customers in the area surrounding lincoln and michigan avenues got letters from the post office alerting them of the thefts. residents are advised to be vigilant concerning the possibility credit card and other information may have been compromised.natalie mathison/postal customer ".....concerning to you? absolutely, especially that it's the trucks that are being hit as opposed to the mailboxes. that's a lot of mail and packages that could be compromised...." letter carriers receive security training and are never away from their trucks for long but inspectors may be conducting surveillance amid a recent rise in mail thefts and not just fromdelivery trucks. mindy lawrence/willow glen resident".....it just freaks me out. i ha

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postal service that says it's a federal crime.y confirmed there were multipresidemult multiple rounds fired. what's not clear this afternoon is why this driver was shot. >> we can't speculate if she was or wasn't the troorarget of the shooting. >> this is a serious crime. we have a standing $50,000

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(grant) postal service inspectors say robberis have occurred in san jose for the past two months.inspectors say the robberies occurred while mail carriers are making house deliveries. inspectors are investigating four cases. inspectors also say a conviction for mail theft carries the possibility of a 2-hundred and 50-thousand dollar fine. (steve) in the east bay, investigators are questioning if someone started a fire in an empty condo in wlanut creek on purpose. the fire started justa after midnight... on yganicio valley road at the ygnacio gardens condominiums. the contra costa county fire protection district says it had the fire under control within 20- minutes. investigators say the person on the lease of the condo that burned... claimed to be in the process of moving out and that no one was inside when the fire started. five condos in total were damaged. crews are still investigating. (grant) a brand new housing complex in oakland was celebrated off today - that as another one right next to it is being torn down - following a massive fire. the new complex is called the alexan

a postal service worker was driving her truck to deliver mail. she was somehow, came under a fierce amount of bullets. it was unbelievable the number of markers laying in the street. four of those bullet struck the vehicle and one of those bullets struck her. she is in the hospital in stable condition. they do not know if this was a shootout she got in the middle off, or if somebody targeted her vehicle. the evidence shows she got in the middle of something. the situation for her was that she was hit by gunfire and federal law enforcement agents are out here in full force checking this out. here is what the spokesperson for the united states postal service had to say. >> this is a federal crime. the letter carrier is in stable condition. we are not releasing her name or any other information regarding the carrier. this is a serious crime. we have a steady $50,000 reward if anyone has information. contact you go police department or postal inspectors.>> reporter: the police do not know whether she was targeted or whether this was an unfortunate ha

else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ >> bret: has the republican party lost its manners and possibly its principles? one g.o.p. senator thinks so. jeff flake, author of the book "conscience of a conservative." thanks for being here. moments ago the president tweeted "a great day at the white house. that's all it says. it's the first day for his new chief of staff and the last day for his incoming white house communications director. your thoughts on this and what it means for the white house. >> i would agree, i think it is a good day. i think we were all wondering if admiral kelly, general kelly. general kelly would be the chief of staff or chief of some staff. looks like he's going to be the chief of staff and that's what t the white house needs. >> bret: do you think this white house can get big things done with the current staff and organization it has? >> there is a lot we need to do. the white house has done some good things. neil gorsuch on the supreme court was a great thing. some regulatory refo

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postal service break the law?estion posed on capitol hill today in front of the senate homeland security committee. a report from the office of special council obtained by fox news claims the u.s. pviolated the hatch act. employees from taking part in certain political activities. they're allowed to do some political work on leave but the reports finds some postal workers showed bias towards hillary clinton and other democrats. >> we determined from september through november 2016, 97 carriers took leave without pay to participate in partisan political campaigns for periods ranging from four to 50 days. in total, the employees took more than 2700 days off. >> work there and there's a lot of good employees there. but the w from reading the other reports it was just a nightmare. >> the report find the majority of the political work took place in key battle ground states such as pennsylvania and wisconsin >> the immigration officials gearing up to crack down on illegal grants. the acting director of ice said deportat

the postal service is really the first social network, keeping people in touch, allowing people to stay in touch over distance and quickly, and it was important, the speed was important, and that's what mail rail was about, speeding the system up. tim muffett, bbc news, 70 feet below london. the headlines on bbc news: charlie gard, the baby at the centre of a legal row over his treatment, has died — the prime minister has said she's "deeply saddened." the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into building regulations and fire safety, in the wake of the grenfell tower fire. the chancellor, phillip hammond says there should be a transitional period of up to three years after brexit, to avoid a so—called "cliff edge". now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, i'm joined by james king, while mark takes a summer break. welcome, james. great to see you. what have you been watching this week? first up, it feels like ages since there has been a new, fresh, romantic comed

postal service offering a $50,000 reward. reporting live in east oakland, jodi hernandez nbc bay area news. >> let's shift our attention now to the weather. hot and dry. growing risk of brush fire. this is video from our sky ranger. crocker park in san francisco. neighbors urged to stay inside and close their windows to avoid the smoke. crews were able to contain this 23-acre fire. >>> in concord, a small brush fire near concord avenue. one person was taken into custody. let's take you outside. a live look from the tri-valley. let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri here to break it down. >> we will start to see temperatures dropping but the hot air won out. we still got up to 103 in concord. 97 in napa. highest fire danger at this very second is where we find humidity the lowest. the faster a fire can get sparked. right now it is at 13% in walnut creek. very dry in danville at 15%. worst fire danger in brentwood with 11% humidity. humidity 15% to 25%. temperatures remain in the 90s. >> thanks so much, jeff. after mon

postal services are facing stiff prison sentences >> paul wagner tolds how they did it and tonight here'ssed in court >> reporter: dean van row, alicia norman and kendra brantly thought they pulled one over on the postal service. they moved ones of pounds of marijuana through one northwest postal station without getting caught. that is, until investigators installed cams in their trucks. >> it's going down, going down. >> reporter: that's kendra in the back of her postal truck about to hand off boxes of marijuana to a man on the street. >> same person from yesterday looks like. black bean knee. black jacket with a green vest over it. passed off the first box. >> reporter: she would hand over five more boxes before meeting the man in front of her truck where he hands over the cash >> the guy is getting in passenger side, stand by, anybody copy? >> that was may 19th of last year. a couple of months after detectives had caught on to the scheme. as early as march 17th, investigators had installed tiny cameras in the truck driven by kendra in this video, the payoff comes in a paper bag. the ca

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family because federal law protects the companies treating the websites like the printing press or postal service not responsible for the information that comes across the platforms. still, the lawyer for the family says they are not suing over the content specifically but, rather, suing the company for providing the infrastructure that has allowed isis to grow. now, the lawsuit claims the companies are in violation of the u.s. anti-terrorism act. this case will be closely watched in federal court here in oakland today to see whether or not the judge throws out the case. in oakland, jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> political experts are predicting president trump may be trying to force out attorney general jeff sessions as quickly as possible to eliminate the confirmation process for his successor. according to cnn, the president may try to install a new attorney general while the senate is in recess. that would allow the new ag to serve without confirmation through 2018. the president reportedly wants to appoint someone who is willing to fire special counsel robert mueller from the investigation into

else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you >> eboni: o.j. simpson raising a lot of eyebrows and lighting of the internet after making some peculiar comments during his parole hearing today. >> i am no danger to pull a gun on anybody. i never have it in my life. i've never been accused of it in my life. nobody has ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. >> eboni: i think he must... >> jeanine: they were dead. they couldn't accuse you. >> eboni: the prosecutor accused him of pulling some weapons on people. >> jeanine: the fact that someone else may have pulled a gun, he's part of a conspiracy. it's a planned conspiracy where it's on the record ahead of time. during the crime itself and then a follow-up, postmortem. it doesn't matter whether he held it. he knew it. >> eboni: >> eboni: antonio, he literally said during the hearing he had no idea. he didn't turn around. it's a hotel room. >> antonio: this is the beginning of reality tv right here. this is the first day. now he looks like is going to go back to

postal service is continuously working to enhance security. it also says customers should watch for suspicious signs, like if you get no mail or only junk mail come if bills are missing, if you get a forwarding notification. frank and rebecca are hoping this will not happen to others. >> there is nothing really we can do. kimberly: it is kind of shocking eives and still do that. the post office has an aggressive investigative service, so file reports. i tried to sit outside tonight. i lasted about five minutes. josh: rounding? kimberly: yeah. josh: a little muggy tonight, and not much really. it will not be as humid tomorrow, but still hot, back into the 90's. the time lapse from earlier this is set up before the thunderstorms move in. they do not stick around long. almost perfectly clear skies behind it. now we are bringing in cloud cover, but otherwise predominantly pretty quiet tonight. 79 degrees right now at reagan national, but the dew point, the moisture in the air come is way up. anytime the dew point is in the 70's, it is really muggy

else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal serviceiority: you i wanted to know where i did my ancestrydna. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. it's opened up a whole new world for me. ♪ >> bret: dogged by questions about meddling in the election, president trump responded with a blistering attack on the integrity of his predecessor and on the performance of the intelligence agencies in the run-up to the iraq war. chief washington correspondent james rosen reports president trump is hardly the first sitting president to drag partisan politics beyond the water's. >> at times, president trump's diplomacy looked a lot like other postwar presidents. other times, as is in the news conference with the polish president, addressing intelligence that russia meddled in the election, mr. trump employed his singular flashing style. >> they say he choked. i don't think he choked. i think what happened is he thought hillary clinton was going to win the election and he said let's not do anything about it. he thou