scott mcgrew.. the u-s ambassador to the united nations will leave the administration at the end of the year. and after that.. it )s not clear what she will do. now.. nikki haley probably deserves a break. as she pointed out during a news conference with the preisdent on tuesday.. she )s spent the last roughly two years dealing with the russians as ambassador to the u-n.. and before that she was governor of south carolina.. and had a series of crises.. which most people would say.. she handled well. so.. why is she quitting. she says its (not ( so she can run for president. haley might not be running in 2020.. but president trump definately is. he )s very much on the campaign trail.. already. he )s in the ky state of pennsylvania today. yesterday.. in iowa.. where he promised the government would drop restrictions on ethanol. e-15 ethanol isn )t used in the summer months.. because it )s more smoggy than regular gas. the presdient says the government will drop that restriction. the president also pub

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. mike has a check of traffic but first a check of your monday morning weather. >> the big story over the weekend was the red flag warning, high fire danger through the inland hills. that continues through noon wind gusts in the mountains, over 60 miles per hour. in the east bay we're looking at wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and as we look at what to expect as we go throughout the day, the winds will gradually calm down and we will see the fire danger decreasing as we go throughout the evening. as we get a live look outside in fremont this morning, as you get ready to head out, it's going to be a very chilly morning, with some low 50s and heating up fast. couple.we're at 68 degrees. overall, the big view looks like a lot of green sensors as you'd expect 4:31 on a monday morning. good morning. we're looking over here not a great morning for a motorcycle driver westbound on 580 approaching warren freeway. no major injuries reported, but there's some damage to one of the poles in the

marcus is off but we're delighted scott mcgrew is in. i'm laura. mike, kari, you have a look at the forecast. >> it will be warmer for the afternoon. live look outside in san jose with our temperatures in the low 50s starting out this morning. all clear skies and as we head toward noon we'll be at 73 degrees, and heading over to martinez, for our temperature trend, check that out. it will be in the low 80s today and we're coming out of those 70s that we've had for the past couple of days, so i'll talk about a hotter weekend ahead and in just a few minutes, mike, you're talking about the peninsula. >> shhh, we're 101 southbound there's a little slowing, lane restrictions overnight, road crews. we know about that but it's not a full closure. will you see more slowing over the next half hour as they start to pick those crews up from 101 as you head south toward the dumbarton area or toward marsh i should say. over here a smooth drive through contra costa county. i'll get out of your way. eastbound we have a crash around loveridge, looks like everythin

. >> scott mcgrew in amazon go store. >> where the go laura means go after you select what you want. you don't check out from a cashier. this is the new store one of two planned for san francisco. you take something off the shelf, walk out the door. the cost is charged to your amazon account. brand-new to san francisco. but there are amazon go stores already in chicago and in seattle. >> when you enter the store you use our amazon go app. that identifies you. after that you are done with your phone. and you just shop regularly. take things put them in the pockets, in the bag, in one of our bags then just walk out when you are done. >> there is two amazon stores in san francisco. and in a couple of weeks there is a competitor as well called zip in doing pretty much exactly the same thing. you will see more and more robots that people don't need to that computers will do. jonathan blum our digital producer recently published different restaurants in san francisco that are robot chefs. i posted that to twitter@scott mcgrew for the nbc baifr. >> what if you don't have the app and you wan

i'm scott mcgrew. clp c ki kira klappe has the day. vianey arana is here with the microclimate forecast. >> we're expecting relatively dry conditions, low humidity and even though we've got a nice marine layer, using our weather underground cameras, it's about 2,000 feet. current temperatures remain in the 50s. 57 in oakland. 57 in hayward. 55 in san jose. the winds are already picking up in the east bay hills. it's already gusting about 20-plus miles per hour and believe it or not, it's not just the northern california red flag warning. down through southern california, they were expecting some pretty strong santa ana winds. when you look at the extreme fire picture there for california, you can see that we're going to be heading into some trouble as we head into the low humidity levels into the overnight hours as well. locally gusty conditions. the red flag warn something in place for the mt. diablo range. i'll break down the timing of all of this, coming up in 15 minutes. >>> with the high winds pg&e alerted 12 counties there's a ch

i'm scott mcgrew. thanks for joining us. arana has a look at your microclimate forecast and a lot of wind >> so much so, we have styed to issue a microclimate weather alert. it will be an interesting way to kick off your sunday. temperatures as far as that goes are mild in the 50s this morning. 54 degrees in san jose. 57 in oakland. as a matter of fact, it's pretty calm out there right now. we're not expecting winds to kick up until the afternoon, but regardless, we're still under a red flag warning and more or less through monday morning for the north bay mountains, mt. diablo, locally gusty conditions, low humidity, especially as we head into the overnight hours into tonight as well. the gustiest conditions are expected to be in the north bay mountains which is why there is a wind advisory in effect, winds upwards of 30 plus-mile-per-hour gusts, 50 miles per hour so something everybody needs to be aware of as we head into the afternoon. lot of people like to head out on a sunday afternoon, but no type of burning allowed. i

i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. we have been bringing live breaking coverage of the fire danger all morning long. meteorologist kari hall starts off our team coverage right now. kari, what does it look like out there? >> we do still have the red flag warning in effect for all of our inland hills into these areas shaded in red. that continues for one more hour. we do still have some very low humidity, and the winds are starting to calm down, which is great news after having these high wind gusts yesterday evening around mt. st. helena, reaching 72 miles per hour. mt. diablo had a 62-mile-an-hour gust. and even in orinda, high wind speeds at 45 miles per hour. in parts of yountville, napa, that area, 37-mile-an-hour winds. the humidity still very low, but will gradually come up as we go through the day. and we'll see our winds going from offshore to more of a northerly wind, and a slight onshore breeze that's going to bring up the humidity, especially for areas around marin and parts of napa county. so we are going to

marcus is off but we're delighted scott mcgrew is in. i'm laura. at the forecast. >> it will be warmer for the afternoon. live look outside in san jose with our temperatures in the low 50s starting out this morning. all clear skies and as we head toward noon we'll be at 73 degrees, and heading over to martinez, for our temperature trend, check that out. it will be in the low 80s today and we're coming out of those 70s that we've had for the past couple of days, so i'll talk about a hotter weekend ahead and

scott mcgrew sifting through all the information.about 15 minutes he'll take us in depth during our "checks & balances" segment. >>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> right now we want to head over to meteorologist kari hall. we can start looking towards the weekend and clear skies? >> yes. it's fleet week and there's a lot going on in the bay area. let's get a live look at san jose. we had light rain overnight. did you get any? as we look at san sta teresa, i will be muggy and cloudy. here's a look at the school forecast. we'll head into the low 70s. looking at a slight chance of rain for the north bay. i'll break it down on what to expect for the weekend coming up. mike is checking out the build in your commutes. >> don't be alarmed but we have a lot of lights behind me. westbound 92. the taillights and sometimes the brake lights brighten up there. not a lot of brake tapping. just more volume. that slows the speeds across the peninsula for 92 and 84. 880 coming down hayward, into union city and fremont, that's the patt

i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington got his birthday weekend started early, and kari is in here to tell us about the weather. >> it's going to be a great weekend. but very warm. we're going back to summer this weekend and we're looking at temperatures that will start out cool and really heat up. here is a live look outside in san jose, and checking out our temperature trend for sunnyvale, we'll be at 59 degrees at 9:00 this morning and some low 80s. we're going to be abovedegrs, a way out the door, heading for right around saratoga, it will be a very cool morning, but whatever you have to do, get it done early. we'll talk about our weekend forecast in a few minutes, and mike, you have a later start now in oakland. >> getting this bay bridge done early would have helped if you went through the bay bridge already, you would have seen a very light flow of traffic, just about 5:50. they turned on the metering lights, as we saw from the last shot we saw, the fast track lanes filling in, and now finally at 6

. >> and i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. let's check the high winds and kari, good morning. >> good morning. the red flag morning continues through about noon today, due to the low humidity and the high winds across parts of the inland east bay as well as the north bay. all of the areas shaded in red under the red flag warning, meaning that any small sparks could spread rapidly. if you see any suspicious activity, make sure you report that immediately and the no burning today, also no mowing. any high-profile vehicles will be impacted. make sure you have a tight grip on the steering wheel and there will be the potential of downed trees as the winds gust up to 50 to 60 miles per hour throughout the next several hours. it's also going to be a very warm day as the winds start to council down, our high temperatures for the inland areas will be heading up to the mid 80s. we're looking at a high of 83 degrees in san jose, and 85 in antioch. san francisco reaching 78 degrees. >>> now mike, the monday commute, is it happening yet? >

of course our scott mcgrew is tracking latest as well and will join us with his checks and balances segment in 45 minutes. >> 5:04 right now. >>> drivers caught in a major back yum on highway 17 in los gatos overnight may wake up to more traffic nightmares this morning thanks to a big rig accident that damaged an overpass. >> "today in the bay's" tom jensen is live at blossom hill road where workers and students could be headed for a headache. it takes a while for the road to get back to normal. >> reporter: it does. highway 17 at least all lanes both on highway 17 southbound are now open, so that's a big relief for commuters, but blossom hill road here is still closed on both sides of highway 17, and this could create some big headaches for parents bringing their kids to raymond fisher middle school, which is just down the street here, especially for those folks trying to get across highway 17 to get over here. that big rig carrying excavators was not able to make it under the overpass at blossom hill road, damaging the bridge decking and causing some inspections overnight. we still do not

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. of traffic but first a check of your monday morning weather. >> the big story over the weekend was the red flag warning, high fire danger through the inland hills. that continues through noon wind gusts in the mountains, over 60 miles per hour. in the east bay we're looking at wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour and as we look at what to expect as we go throughout the day, the winds will gradually calm down and we

>> and i'm scott mcgrew. with shall whereby h marcus washington has the day off. kari hall has been monitoring the high winds. >> the high fire danger over the weekend and low humidity this morning and we still have the potential of any flames spreading rapidly. here is the way we start out in the south bay. mostly calm continues as you get ready to step out the door. as we head to east san jose to the neighborhood of evergreen we'll be at 51 degrees. it's going to be a chilly start to the day, but then heating up, look at that, at 1:00, we're at 80 degrees and check out some of these top wind gusts we've had around the bay area, especially in the north bay and the east bay hills. mt. st. helena reaching 72-mile-per-hour gusts and mt. diablo is 62. we'll continue to monditor thos wind gusts and talk about the wildfire danger coming up. mike, now you have a note for bay bridge commuters. >> not just about the backup at the toll plaza which you would expect. once you get across here and this is the standard backup and across the span itself moving smoothly we have t

i'm scott mcgrew. the ceo of google will meet with the hughes judiciary committee next month. there is debate at google about creating a censored version and about the role helping the defense department interpret data for the battlefield. google employees are famously loudly voicing all kinds of opinions about sex, culture, and race. the man at the very top is john hennessey, the chairman of the board at alphabet, the parent company of google. a man known in silicon valley for his intelligence and his patience. john just wrote a book about leadership style called leading matters. it's a damn good book. here is here to talk about the bookkeeper. he is seasoned to know i am going to hijack a little bit of the conversation. i should as if being chairman of stanford university for 16 years as well. hold that business journal "e michael litke of associated press." chairman at google, was my assessment of google fairly accurate? it is a rambunctious group, isn't it? >> it's a very open culture. employees really participate. where friday afternoon all hands meetings were common. and

i'm scott mcgrew. i am going to be straight with you. put everything on the table. i am 51. i drive a ford fusion plug-in hybrid. i'm looking to buy a new refrigerator. i take medication for mild arthritis and i bank at chase bank. now if you are google or facebook or run ads on the internet, you already knew that about me based on my internet habits. the google and facebook know so much about our personal lives it's starting to really bother a lot of americans. you recall facebook ceo mark zuckerberg was hauled before congress and congress asked him what they should do about it. clearly congress is not ready to help protect our privacy. and while net neutrality is not the same as net privacy, very few of us trust the fcc to do what's best for the consumer. so a growing number of americans are doing what people in police states do, they're hiding who they are on the internet using something called a vpn. anchor free has seen a huge uptick in interest from consumers and capital. david gioranski just landed $295 million in capital. what does it say about the state of affairs t

i'm scott mcgrew. when you think of a silicon valley start-up ceo, you usually think of someone like the fictional richard hendrics, the ceo of pied piper in the hbo show "silicon valley." brilliant but entirely inexperienced in leadership. an engineer who found himself an administrator for the very first time. this morning, the opposite scenario. robert, ceo of start-up message bird, the fellow in the beard, has never not been a ceo. he founded a string of start-ups and took leadership roles in each of them, meaning the leader of message bird's employees has never himself been an employee. i thought it was so interesting, robert might want to expound on that. robert, the ceo of message bird, a company that splits its employees between silicon valley and amsterdam. i have your resume, ceo of message bird, ceo of zeipay, and then you ran a television show, and before that, you ran a car wash. do i have that right? >> that's about correct. >> tell me about the car wash. >> um, it was a very simple busine

to read more on f scott mcgrew has been taking time off. in georgia, read more on scoot mcgrew tv. new for you. get married or get out. the u.s. department, state department says it will not issue visas for same sex partners of u.s.-based organizations unless they lega g most countries in the world do not allow same sexnon- same sex partners to get a spousal visa suspect. this morning, we're seeing and hearing the dramatic moments. >> out a little bit. regaining control. >> a little play-by-play there. the chase started in the fernando valley area monday night the driver narrowly missing several vehicles. at one point hitting trash bins in the street. eventually the driver got out and started running. >> he is going to be stopping here at a park. you see the driver. he is running for you. he will give it a little more. maybe carjacking this person, oh, no, he is trying to get into the silver vehicle, pulling the dreraway in this honda, he's off. >> he didn't get far, though, ments later. >> here are the police officers, boom. >> boom, there

scott mcgrew mcwatching the latest. >> mike pompeo has been to get some shuttle he diplomacy. pompeo has been criticized for taking too light a hand in all of this, at least in public. at one point saying not only had the saudis not given him any facts, he didn't ask. the exact quote -- i don't want to talk about the facts and the saudis didn't want to talk about them, either a turk irnewspaper has released more information. the report say he was attacked only minutes after he arrived and they cut his fingers off one by one before beheading him. reportedly the video was -- more and more clear that's not the case, but that the turks had the consulate bugged. and at the end of all this, he has to trust the turkish government, which itself has a bad record of human rights. this is in america, in 2016. with all the various crises in washington, it's easy to miss the other stories. i do want to take a ma'am to show you this. the medal of honor to sergeant major john kanelly. our thanks to sergeant kanelly. >>> president trump is headed back to montana. we'll monitor that. you can f

. >> scott mcgrew has been watching the latest. >> good morning. pompeo, as you know, has been doing some shuttle diplomacy, meeting with the royal family, then with the turkish government in turkey. pompeo has been criticized for taking too light a hand, at least in public, at one point saying not only have the saudis not given facts, he hadn't asked for them. the exact quote -- i don't president to taxi talk about the facts and the saudis don't want to, either. the reports say he was attacked within minutes. it's becoming more and more clear that the turks likely had the saudi consulate bugged. it puts president trump in a tough position. does he protect our ally liance, or he human rights? and does he trust the turkish government? with all various crises in washington, it's easy to miss the other stories. i want to take a moment to show you this. president trump awarding the medal of honor to retired marine sergeant major canley. our thanks to sergeant canley. >>> we examine the president's tweets, executives orders, and you can follow me every

scott mcgrew joins us. >> a perfect timing for president trump.aravan of people he says contains criminals and mariners, in his words. he says he's alerted the american military about this. we have talked to the pope. leaders there say they have not been given any new instructions, nor is there any evidence that the refugees are anything butt. here is the president repeating the claim that the group is not what it seems. >> take your camera, go into the middle and search. you will find ms-13, middle eastern, you will find everything, and guess what? we're not allowing them in our country. we want safety. >> reporter: cameras and reporters are in the middle of the caravan. they say they have seen nothing. that. and we point out there's nothing wrong with being middle eastern. obviously the president is implying there are islamic terrorists in the middle. the caravan is located about here. the president of turkey made a major speech this morning formally accusing the saudis in the middle of the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi. he also says

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. just ahead of the midterm. >> it really is perfect timing, a caravan of people he says contains criminals and in his words d. mariners, and it's headed to the american border. president trump says he has alerted the american military about this. we talked to the pentagon. leaders there say they have not been given any new instructions, nor is there any evidence that the refugees are anything but refugees. here is the president repeats his claim that the group is not what it seems. >> take your camera, go into the middle and search guess what? we're not allows them in our country. we want safety. >> reporter: reporters say no one they can find are middle eastern, it's mostly women and children from guatemala, and there is nothing wrong with being middle eastern, the president obviously complying there's islamic extremists amid the he group. the president of turkey made a major speech this morning formally accusing the saudis in the murder service "the washington post" writer jamal khas

. >> and the president is back on the campaign trail, scott mcgrew. >> yes, he after a stop in pittsburgh, laura, to visit the scene of the terrible shooting on saturday. there were mixed feelings about the president and the first lady coming to the scene so the mayor of pittsburgh asked them to wait until after the investigation and the funerals were complete. the president received largely respectful welcome at the of life synagogue. >>> the president is back on the campaign trail, pushed a number of ideasople minds off right win to immigration, and other issues. in the meantime, let's talk about the accusations against special counsel robert mueller, a man famous for making these sorts of accusations, jack burkeman, has called a press conference for tomorrow. burkeman says "we will refeel the first reveal special kocounsel robert mueller sex assault problems. they point to sewerfire intelligence as the source of the allegations against mueller. just like there's a dossier against trump, now there's a dossier against mueller except sewerfire intelligence was quickly outed as a fake. rep

scott mcgrew - the president says the group is full of criminals. and even mysterious middle-easterners. this according to the president. the video we )ve seen is mostly of women and children. there is no independent evidence any of these people are hardened criminals.. as the president calls them. he says they )re "mixed into" te crowd. nor is there any objective evidence any of them are from the middle east. the caravan got its start in guatamala.. and has since made its way north into mexico. the president tweeted this morning sadly, it looks like mexic way north into mexico. the president tweeted this thise "sadly it looks like mexico's police and military are unable to stop the caravan heading to the southern border m of the united states.ave al criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in. i have alerted border patrol and the military that this is a vans national emergency. we must change the laws!" the main part of the caravan is nowhere near america.olonel it's barely out of guatemala, about right here.egular m we've talked to the pe

our coverage continues with scott mcgrew in his checks and balances segment at 5:45. >>> authorities in millbrae this morning revealing few details about a man who died after a violent confrontation with deputies. investigators still have a lot to sort out. it 911 abo busut m el camino real. the san mateo sheriff's office says the man ahe firstdeputy. as that deputy tried to remove him from traffic. at some point the deputy tased one witness says the man got up and kept moving. >> i kept saying to him, you know, just sit down, don't do this. sit down. and he continued to run down the street. he had a look of either he was -- to me it was either mentally challenged or he was on something. >> that's when the officer pretty much jumped on him, when they all fell. >> the responding deputies also deployed their tasers. investigators say mace was used. still an unidentified man died at the hospital. one deputy injured in the mayhem was also taken to the hospital. we don't know his condition this morning. >>> fairfield police this morning offering $500 reward for credible information about

here's nbc bay area's scott mcgrew with more. >> reporter: prop 5 is officially called the property tax transfer initiative, and it sounds complicated. it's actually pretty easy to understand. prop 5 would allow any californian 55 or older and certain other people including those with severe disabilities to move their old property tax to a new home, even a more expensive home. now, there are a bunch of asterisks here. there's some math involved. you have to pay more for more expensive homes but for all intents and purposes that's the idea. under current california law some people can already do this. prop 5 bo let anybody 55 or older and some disabilities do it as many times as they wish to any home. less expensive, more expensive, doesn't matter. who likes this? realtors. realtors imagine all kinds of home sales. in fact, realtors are really the only major organization supporting yes on 5. >> folks just can't make choices right now. they're handcuffed to the homes they're in now because of their property tax bill. proposition 5 is going to open up a whole bunch of opportunities for the

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. both laura and marcus have the day off this morning. we welcome you to the morning news. bay area companies lg therapeutics and -- both -- on the nasdaq and plan on the nyse. a tough day to make your debut. another company bailed out of the ipo after it saw what the markets were doing. kris was talking about the big board. you can see the dow industrials up 73 points. little bit of red in that graph during the middle of the morning. we started to move to the negative. tech stocks have been hit particularly hard. hard for analysts it figure out why some of the high flyers have been hit. >> i think the market has changed a lot over the last ten years, 20 years. so i think there's a emotionless selling with stocks taken down for no reason. that kind of thing doesn't happen unless there's a human panic or a software program with no sentimental attachment whatsoever. >> let's talk about an a plan. the company based in san francisco. the chief financial officer came from tesla. that stock doing really well. they're on the left. up 30%. when p

. >> this, scott mcgrew as more evidence points to top saudi intelligence officers. >> disappearance, almost certainly a murder. good morning. nbc news and other agencies obtained passport scans of the saudis who flew in to istanbul just before the disappearance of jamal khashoggi and threw out hours later and "new york times" did incredible detective work looking for those same men in past photographs and video, finding them, showing the men suspected of killing the journalist near or at times next to the saudi crowned prince mohammad bin salman. u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo met with the crowned prince yesterday. the saudi royal family says it has no connection to the suspected murder but more and more evidence is pointing that direction. in an interview with the associated press about the connection between the crowned prince and the murder, president trump lashed out saying "here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent" and then compared the accusations of murder with the confirmation of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. the president a few minut

scott mcgrew has been following this, a relief compared to yesterday. >> reporter: yeah, when the dow fell more than 800 points, its worst day since last february, nasdaq had its worst day yesterday since the british broke up with the eu. you know, you've got to feel sorry for the folks at livent, an all-tech company that debuted on the market this morning, like showing up for a party and showing up too late when everyone else has left. a terrible day to ipo. let's take you out to the big board this morning, dow industrials down just 159 points there, and can you see sort of the gas coming off as this could turn positive in a short period of time. yet a couple of things going on here where we had the tough day yesterday and then the tougher -- a tough day today as well. rising interest rates makes bonds more attractive so the money moves. remember, you may have lost money in your 401(k), but money doesn't cease to exist. it just goes from place to place. >> right. >> the other thing are tech stocks, definitely affected by a relationship with china which does not seem to be getting bet

. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. on a lighter note, a story people are talking about at the water coolers all over offices this morning, someone in the bay area is a big winner. a mega millions ticket was sold at a safeway in san francisco, and we're learning the winner is an employee at that safeway. nbc bay area's pete suratos joins us live from san francisco with how he found out. good morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, scott. a very lucky dude here. like you said, he was working here at this safeway. actually came into work at 5:00 a.m. he works as a baker here. and again, no clue he was a winner. it was actually a colleague that pointed out to him he may have a winning ticket, at least matching five out of those six numbers. then he goes over to the customer service center in that area, he showed them the ticket and guess what, guys, he's a winner. and now he has that $1.9 million lottery ticket. we're finding out it was actually going to be a measly $1.2 million after the taxes. still plenty of mon

. >> and scott mcgrew, this apparently caught the president off guard. >> that's right. that's what our reporters in the white house tell us, marcus. the obvious question is why. and i'll let ambassador haley speak for herself. >> i don't have anything set on where i'm going to go. i think that the main thing was, i was governor for six years, and we dealt with a hurricane, a thousand-year flood, a church shooting, a school shooting, it was a lot. and to do two years of russia and iran and north korea, it's been eight years of intense time, and i'm a believer in term limits. i think you have to be selfless enough to know when you step aside and allow someone else to do the job. so thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> it's been an honor of a lifetime. >> haley, along with defense secretary, james mattis, are very well thought of by democrats and republicans alike. and well thought of by world leaders who are looking for stability and clear signals from washington. now one group who may be pleased by this development is the russians. haley was very difficult on russi

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. the firstparis, november 11th, celebrating the end of the first world war. we just learned that putin has been invited to the white house. president trump's relations with russia of course in fact, it's the subject of a major investigation. during their last meeting in helsinki, the presidents met with two other people in the room, two translators, and we do not know what was said. u.s. national security adviser john bolton said president putin has been invited to the white house. the kremlin in the past said it would accept an invitation but we don't know about times or dates. >>> the investigation into the pipe bombs continues. just moments ago, we got word that senator cory booker's office may have gotten one of these suspicious packages. meanwhile you look at video out of florida. some of the packages passed through a mail sorting facility near miami. so far ten, correction 11 packages have been mailed to homes and offices. one to cnn. here is cnn's jim acosta in san jose last nig

and scott mcgrew.. there may be more. there may be. the post office actually takes a picture of every package as it goes through the system.. and that )s how they tracked down the package they located this morning. ..at a postal facility in new castle, delaware. on its way to former vice president joe biden. one of two sent to mr. biden. meanwhile.. in new york city.. another package.. looking nearly identical.. was confiscated by police at actor robert de niro )s restauant.. in manhattan. an employee there called police after he saw pictures of other envelopes.. and realized he had seen that same envelope at work. no one was hurt.. in either case. postal officials are comparing pictures of the known packages.. to anything else that may be in the system. now.. not every package was mailed. several were stamped.. but hand delivered. so far.. what appear to be bombs have been sent to former president obama former vice president biden hillary clinton former cia director john brenan former attorney general eric holder two.. to congresswoma

. >> scott mcgrew wants to change the rules to prevent some of those children from actually gaining citizenship. >> yeah, pete touched on this. babies born in america, right here, to certain immigrants. the president says, if a mother is here illegally, like an undocumented immigrant gives birth, that child ought not automatically gain american citizenship. here is the president talking to reporters from the blog axios. >> in the process, it will happen. in the executive order. that's what you're talking about, right? i didn't any anybody knew that but me. i thought i was the only one. >> the question is covered by the constitution. the 14th amendment. here it is. but let's drill down to these few words. all persons born in the united states are citizens. period. you think this is pretty clear. but, in fact, this has been challenged in court before. back in the 1800s, the government tried to deny citizenship to this man born in san francisco to chinese parents living here legally. he took his case to the court and won. the court agreed. the children of foreigners living here legally are citizen

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. >> and i'm scott mcgrew.arcus washington got his birthday weekend started early, and kari is in here to tell us about the weather. >> it's going to be a great weekend. but very warm. we're going back to summer this weekend and we're looking at temperatures that will start out cool and really heat up. here is a live look outside in san jose, and checking out our temperature trend for sunnyvale, we'll be at 59 degrees at 9:00 this morning and some low 80s. we're going to be abovedegrs, a way out the door, heading for right around saratoga, it will be a very cool morning, but whatever you have to do, get it done early. we'll talk about our

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scott mcgrew? >> they started with a moment of silence, in fact, recognizing the attack on the tree of life synagogue, the worst attack on americans of the jewish faith in our country's history. a the nasdaq marketplace also held a similar moment of silence. live look at the big board this morning. dow industrials down again, fell 3% last week, as well. you can blame a lot of generally lackluster financial reports for the stock market malaise. we've still got a couple ahead of us, facebook and apple this week. also friday we get the latest unemployment numbers. they have been very good lately. in fact, the unemployment rate is the lowest in nearly 50 years. i mentioned facebook. the company has blocked more accounts, sending out fake ads like these, preying on our racial and political disagreements. this time, the alleged posters are from iran. facebook, of course, under a lot of pressure as people discuss the social media's role in three politically motivated or racially motivated attacks over the

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. he left turkey as turkish police searched his home. >> reporter: the top saudi diplomat in istanbul has left the country as turkish police moved to search his home for evidence in the disappearance and suspected murder of "washington post" writer jamal khashoggi. this is video of the saudi counsel's official residence. we have not heard if turkish police have found anything. the turks inspected the actual consulate yesterday. the suspected site of the possible murder. the saudis insist they did not kill khashoggi. we have not heard what turkish police found, but take a look at this. just a couple hours before the inspectors inspected, the saudis open the front door of the consulate for a cleaning crew who carried in mops and several boxes of what appear to be bleach and other cleaning chemicals. secretary of state mike pompeo met with the king of saudi arabia this morning in saudi arabia to get the saudis' royal family side of the story. all smiles here, but we suspect there were seri

scott mcgrew.. senators are debating right now in washington. the rules say they can debate for 30-hours. so if they take the whole time.. >> reporter: indeed they are. the rules say they can debate for 30 hours. so if they take the whole time, we're looking a final vote on cou kavanaugh saturday afternoon. let's go live to washington under way ebate iss right now as we speak. we're pretty sure, 96 senators have already made up their minds. but democrats and republicans are still speaking their minds at this moment. now, the four who have not fully made up their minds, or at least haven't been totally public are flake, murkowski, collins and manchin. sounds like murkowski may be a no. sher said kavanaugh may not be the right man for the job. and collins said she would announce her decision at noon our time. so very soon. now, if every democrat and the two independents who caucus as democrats and then just two republicanss vote no, kavanaugh is sunk. and that could be collins and kavanaugh. or murkowski. kavanaugh knows the vote is thin. this mor

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. the saudis may be about to say the same thing. >> that's what sources are telling nbc news. the saudis probably have to admit that jamal khashoggi is dead and he was killed inside their consulate. there's really no other explanation that kind of fits the evidence. secretary of state mike pompeo just concluded a meeting with the king of saudi arabia in saudi arabia. all smiles here, but we suspect there were very serious talks behind the scenes. khashoggi, a writer for "the washington post," entered the saudi consulate in istanbul, turkey, this month, to get paperwork -- wedding and never back. the turks came after the saudis insisted he didn't kill khashoggi, in fact, "he left the consulate unharmed" they said. we haven't heard what police found. few hours before turkish inspectors inspected, the saudis open the front door of the consulate for a cleaning crew, who carried in mops and several boxes of what appeared to be bleach or other cleaning chemicals. president trump speculated ye

. >> scott mcgrew, he's back to calling the media the enemy of the people. >> yes, in a tweet this morningod morning, he said if the fake media stopped being so hostile, that would put out the flame, in his words. the president condemned the tree of life shooting at a rally on saturday, a rally he thought about canceling. >> i could have had a little bit of an excuse. there was no excuses. we have our lives, we have our schedules, and nobody's going to change it, okay? so we're here. so let's have a good time. >> the president said he decided to hold this rally inspired by the fact the new york stock exchange opened up right after the 9/11 attacks, except the stock market didn't. it remained closed for many days following 9/11. >>> there are growing criticisms the president's words are fanning violence. you mentioned with sayoc in court and there's bush who told police he tried to break into a black church but couldn't so he shot people in a grocery store, and of course, bowers, the tree of life synagogue, claiming members of the jewish faith were funding the caravan in mexico. there have

. >> scott mcgrew has been sworn in but he'll be sworn in again. >> this time in public, marcus, around0, we think, our time this afternoon. the senate voted to confirm kavanaugh saturday and as you point out he was sworn in for real on sunday. john roberts head of the court there did the honors. kavanaugh will be on the bench starting on tuesday. mitch mcconnell over the weekend said he thought all of the fuss, his words, about brett kavanaugh, would blow over soon. he said he'd also be open to confirming another nominee as late as 2020, the year of the next presidential election. when president obama was president, mcconnell said nobody should be nominated for the supreme court in a presidential election year and he blocked merritt garland. >> how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there, i don't remember? where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> that was president trump mocking dr. ford during a rally in mississippi last week. ford's attorneys this morning tell msnbc dr. ford was horrified to hear the president o

. >> scott mcgrew, he promises to tone down his own words. >> promised but a few minutes ago called cnn we shall see. at a rally over the weekend in illinois, there was a rally he considered canceling, considering it came hours after the killing of 11 people in a synagogue in pittsburgh. take a look. >> i could have had a little bit of an excuse. there was no excuses. we have our lives, we have our schedules, and nobody's going to change it, okay? so we're here. so let's have a good time. and if you don't mind, i'm going to tone it down just a little bit. is that okay? >> now the president also said he decided to hold this rally inspired by the fact the new york stock exchange opened up right after the 9/11 attacks, except the stock market didn't. it remained closed for many days following 9/11. the president either not telling the truth or misremembering the facts. now we do expect all three suspects, the alleged bomber, the two alleged shooters will be in court today. sayoc, bush, he's the one who tried to break into a black church, couldn't and shot people in a grocery store and bowe

vote begins at 7:30, and you can watch it right here on "today in the bay," and of course our scott mcgrew is tracking the latest details as well. he will join us again with another checks and balances segment in 45 minutes. >>> medical examiners now identify the man who died after a violent confrontation with deputies in millbrae. the incident stopped traffic on el camino reale wednesday afternoon. deputies saying that 36-year-old chindu okobi of redwood city would not stop running in and out of traffic. responding deputies eventually deployed their tasers. the exact cause of death has not been determined but firearms were never used. the deputy injured in the melee is now home from the hospital. >>> new this morning at 6:06, a convicted sex offender is facing new charges, after his arrest in the north bay. santa rosa police yesterday arrested benjamin schumate from rio nito, accused of having sex with a minor. he is already on parole for arranging to meet with a minor for sex in the san diego area and that happened three years ago. >>> a south bay volleyball coach is also accused of sexu

. >> scott mcgrew, the president has been somewhat noncommittal. >> he really has. he said he doesn't know much about this case, marcus. we have seen other branches of the american government speak out more forcibly about the disappearance of jamal could she ogee. he was getting documents for an upcoming marriage. the turks say he was murdered saudi agents. this is surveillance video of him walking in. but the turks say he never walked out. turkish officials say he was murdered and his body cut into pieces, though they're not offering any public proof of that. he was a frequent critic of his own saudi arabia, and its leader in particular, mohamed bin salman, or mbs, as people often call him. he met with president trump recently. president trump, for all this matter, has been, as you say, noncommittal. recently he said, right now nobody knows anything about it. but there is some pretty bad stories going around. i do not like it. we have also heard from vice president pence, as well. vice president pence has been much more firm with this, saying that the world deserve

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. president trump says brett kavanaugh is innocent of the allegations against him. >> president trump held a ceremonial swearing in for kavanaugh at the white house monday evening. kavanaugh will join the supreme court, which is already in session today. during the ceremony, the president apologized to kavanaugh for the long and very controversial confirmation process. >> on behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. >> kavanaugh was approved 50-48 in the senate, even after allegations by dr. christine blasey ford. some americans believe dr. ford's allegations. number of republicans have split the difference and said they believe dr. ford was attacked but not by brett kavanaugh, that she's not remembering it correctly somehow. the president in a rally yesterday declared the whole thing a hoax, and then said this monday evening. >> and with that, i must state that you, sir, under h

scott mcgrew, the dire warning came this weekend. >> it did and comes as early vote something under way districts. video from las vegas, where there is a critical election for a new senator. people lined up to cast their early ballots. 30,000 people voted on saturday, that's three times as many as last year, and another 17,000 on sunday. around the same time, the president tweeted "all levels of government and law enforcement are watching carefully for voter fraud, including during early voting. cheat at your own risk. violators will be subject to maximum penalties, both civil and criminal." obviously for an american to cheat at the ballot box is illegal. what the president said was not factually inaccurate, but many critics say the president's tweet smacks of joel time jim crow type intimidation. >> so democrats produce mobs. republicans produce jobs. that's become hashtag. right? that's called hashtag. that's a new hashtag. that's one. >> president trump rallied over the weekend and said a number of things that kind of need a follow-up. he said there are riots in california over sanct