in congrres, i'll stand up to psident trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> we have been able to confirm reports the president of vietnam has died. he died today from a serious illness but didn't elaborate. there have been some questions about his health since last when he went a full month without making a public appearance. he was only 61 years old and the tad of the government since the end of war. >> thank you. >> 4:45 our time right now and day is the deadline of the woman accusing brett kavaugh of sex assault to say whether she will testify on monday. >> her attorney she can't testify on monday. she wants the hearing to be pushed further into the week while kavanaugh is eager to clear his name. tracie potts is on capitol hill now for more. why does she want to testify ter in the week. >> her attorneys in a long phone call and follow up e ail said she just can't get here on monday because she's dealing with death threa and trying to

saw are cabinet members saying they were not the person who wrote this scathing editorial about psident trump and his decision-making and the led small resistance of people on the inside trying to keep america safe. now, at tha rally last night president trump talked about this. he was reportedly volcanic when the news broke. at the rally the president criticized not only the content and the person who wrote it but "the new york times" forhi publ it. >> the latest act of resistance is the op-ed published in the failing "new york times" by an anonymous -- anonymous gutless coward. >> unelected deep state operatives who defy the voters to push their own secret agendas are truly a t deat toocracy itself. >> now, here on capitol hill and at the white house there are calls for the anonymous writer on thenside to resign, certainly to com forward and pen that editorial. but "the new york times"ey says re not revealing the name. meantime, rudy giuliani, the president's lawyer, is saying that president trump will not answer questions about obstructionn the russia investigation. back to you. >> tracie,

along with the rest of the country, psident trump will be paying close attention to today's hearing. a a news conference yesterday, heitted that christine blasey ford's testimony could change his mind about kavanaugh's n ination. comiup, news 4's tracie potts will have a lot more on today's hearing. >>> this morning, thea bethe school that brett kavanaugh attended at the time of dr. ford's alleged assault is defending its reputation. georgetown prep released a s statemening in part, the image that has been presented on social media andus in varews outlets depicts recklessness, llegal conduct, and lack of respect for persons. it is demonstrably false that such cultu or behavior is tolerated, still less encouraged to georgetown prep. >>> also y, the metro board is expected to extend the contract o for another three years. he'll also be getting raise. he's going to start out with a baseline $435,000 a year performance increases every year. he has been the gm for metro since 2015. >>> the man believed to be responsible for stabbing a jogger to death in log circle was already well-known t

then came psident trump's announcement and he's ready to slap $267,000 on tariffs and there was a rapidation of the u.s. china trade war. remember this is in addition to 200 million. the president had previously announced which trump said could come very soon. >> the dow suffered its bigge drop in about a month and led lower by boeing, united technologies and caterpillar. hera beginning talks with japan and so far also appeared to ae off to difficult start. no surprise that the usual trade-related suspects traded down. metal to mining stocks, oil companies and large chinese stocks like alibaba, and baidu. it fell off 3% and it was strong hose atal media and for home keeping score of what exactly moves the market. number one it'srade fears a number two, it's the federal reserve raising rates, and number three, technology, leadership faltering, but political turmoil in washington, not so mucht a big mar mover. for "nightly business repois," i'm bobi at the new york stock exchange. >>> apple says some of the proposedit tariffs would some of its products. in a letter to the u.s. trade repre

. >> tomorrow psident trump has another day of international diplomacy including meetings with leaders of israel, japan and the united kingdom. emin javers in new york. >>> the ident's comments on opec and repeated calls for more oduction did not exactly result in decline in prices today. in fact oil prices h a four-year high today settling at about $72 a barrel. joining us tonight to talk about the oil markets and where prices could go from here. the founding partner at again capital. welcome back. >> thank you. >> we have contrasting points of view here,y slo iranian oil coming off the market ahead of sanctions there. and the wants saudi arabia to increase production. but so far they don't want to do that, right. >> certainly not in a full-throated fashion, bill. and not tooeoon. saudis responded to pressure from president trump earlier in the year. you saw it drop back in july from $75 to $64 quite a drop. >>right. >> i think they are afraid of repricing that. they are coming to the rescue of high prices but i think they will make us sweat it out a little bit first. >> if they are g

psident trump about the woman who accused chan -- -- accused kavanaugh of rape . >> it costs a lot of money, but people still could not with their hands -- could not wait to get their hands on it. (music throughout) with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. the suspect in the north county pest investigation was terroriz across northern california dating back to 1991. it took pl areas. he was identified after investigators entered dna from the crime into a genealogy website. he now faces 12 felony charges, some of which carry life in prison charges. >>> governor brown find a lot

in congress, i'll stand up to psident trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> breaking news right now. a family fight turns deadly. two people are dead and two children are in the hospital. we'll take you live to the scene. >> we're still trackinghat's left of florence on this storm team weather alert. much of the carolinas under water and now it's moving north and bringing us rain. chuck will be back with us in a few minutes. first speaking outng and g public. the woman accusing brett assaultingf sexually her has come forward. >> kristen is at the white house is morning withmore. what do we know about the accuser? >> well, good morning. here's what we know. this morning there is a potential bombshelln the supreme court confirmation process of brett kavanaugh. she is ausing kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were in high school. according to theashington post she described kavanaugh as stumbling drunk as aarand house party back in the 19

. >> psident donald trump lauded their sacrifice in stopping hijackers from receiving their intended target. >> this memorial is now a message to e world. america will never, ever submit to tyranny. >> reporter: as a nation am ticans vowed never forget the 3,000 innocent victims of rithe september 11th ter attack. so even 17 years later, they pause to tell their story. at the pentagon -- >> we commit ourselves to remembering and honoring the lives that might have been. we keep faith withoc the it who perish -- >> and in new york -- the epicenteral lit ground zero of the attack where children have grown up before our eyes,g repeathe name of a father or mother, sister or brother, so we the nation, the world won't forget them. >> i will always love you and never forget you. >> reporter: and we won't because we promised we never would. nbc news, new york. >> every single one of us remembers where we were that day. we will always remember. >>> opening statements today in the trial of the man acced of gunning down his wife and a police officer and then wounding two others when they arrived

. >> reporter: it was an extraordinar psident inthe viming dond trump byru.usapitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. >> reporter: obama summoned the gh [ chanting ] president trump said there were very fine people on both sides. obama argued that bedrock american values require a lot more than that. >> and we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to nazi sympathizers. [ applause ] how hard can that be? saying that nazis are bad. >> reporter: the former president also invoked the so-called quiet resistance within the trump administration. >> the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders. that's not how our democracy is supposed to work. these people aren't elected. they're not accountable. they're not doing us rv activel 90% of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this white house, and then saying, don't worry. we're preventing the other 10%. >> reporter: one hour later, a withering review from president trump, going after obama, so

there's no psident poignantly not invited to an event like this. yes, thme environ was created and donald trumpbe perpetuating it, but i think this is very trump specifi larger words and concepts like unity are importantbut this is trump specific. >> it was trump-- the president that bothered so many people. really, i guess we should be glad he didn'tweet anegative, but that's a lowball. >> the feud began with comments by trump, but became something larger. there was an id logical mponent to here. talking john mccain's ideas, when i looked at the cereny, i saw john mccain designing to rebuttal president trump's inaugural address from a year and a half. we went from american carnage the american idea of promise. we went from a negative speech to a positive speech. everything is fine. america doesn't need to be made great again. the truth is john mccain's america, the america that was represented at the national da cathedral yest doesn't need to be made great again because it's doing fne. th contrast is with trump and who trump represents. for them, america is not doing fine. they like the negati

trump is in new york city. >> he is makg news about a key policy, the accusations against rthis supreme c nominee judge brett kavanaugh. during a meeting with the foreign leader, the psident escalated his attack on thega alleons and completely dismissed the account of kavanaugh's second accuser. >> this after he opened the speech at the united nations with boasting thatrew some laughter from the world bombing. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration. in the history of our country. >> america -- >> did not expect thatct rn but that's okay. >> now to judge kavanaugh and his first accuser are set to at the time on thursday. >> right now, blayne xanlder is here to break it down. warrior lesshan 24 hours, we will hear that testimony. we're hearing a number of things from republicans but two in particular. one that this would be a fair process and that ford will be heard. buttwo, once it is over, they're all but ready to puth kavana on the bench. president trump definal and digging in. efending his supreme court nominee. >> i think it is horrible, what the democrats have done. it is a congame. they'reeally conartists. >> and attack aim at a sec