trump tweeting this in response, 14 days for $28 million. $2 million a day. no collusion. a great day for america.

late last night president trump tweeted, the already discredited woodward book, so many lice and phony sources, has me calling jeff sessions mentally restarta and dumb southerner.

now, just in the past 90 minutes president trump tweeted judge kavanaugh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. democrats' search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct and resist.

. >>> president trump's tweet storm targeting labor unions on this labor day attacking his attorney general and taunting a potential presidential rival as his supreme court nominee prepares for his biggest test yet. in a controversial stand your ground shooting defiant in jail. >> i did not confront anyone. i was confronted. and i answered. >> tonight, how t victim's family is responding. >>> history up in flames. millions of priceless treasures lost in a massive inferno. >>> a family's outrage after a 27-year-old loed up for traffic tickets dies behind icars after pleading for m help. her body left in a cell for hours. >>> and those who serve on the battle field now serving it up at the u.s. open.

president trump aims an angry tweet at the attorney general he appointed. upset at the justice department for prosecuting two republican congressmen. is he suggesting that his own political allies are above the law? >>> trump versus mueller. the president's personal attorney said he may block the public release of the special counsel's final report. just the latest threat from the white house which continues to battle robert mueller every step of the way. >>> flipping al flipping alo ga. there's a top target of president trump's attacks aimed to discredit the entire russia investigation. >>> and hurricane warning. a hurricane warning has just been issued as did gulf coast braces for tropical storm gordon to intensify over the next 48 hours. we will have the latest on the storm's track. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm jim sciutto and you're in "the situation room." >>> this is "the situation room" special report. president trump attacks attorney general sessions for prosecuting two republican lawmakers ahead of the midterm elections. congressman collins and hu

because of competition from the airlines. >>> the white house top economic advisers talked about trump's latest tweets and said they were wrong about the economy. yesterday morning he used statistics to support strong growth due to economic policies but economic advisor kevin haskell said he doesn't know how mr. trump came up with the false information. at the same time, he strongly defended the trump administration and the economic accomplishments. >> let me say the history of how errors happen is not something i can engage in because from the initial fact to what the president said, i don't know what is true is that it's the highest in 10 years. >> president donald trump tweeted the gross domestic product rate is higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in over 100 years and several news organizations immediately reported that it was, quote, simply not true. >>> the time is 4:46 and a big part of the fisherman's wharf in san francisco will close and many employees will be laid off at the holiday inn. the 342-room main building on columbus avenue in san francisco will close at the end of

trump announcing he'll rally alongside cruz next month. tweeting i'm picking the biggest stadium in texas we can find. the president critics look to remind texas of the bitter feud that played out between trump and cruz. when he suggested his father was involved in the assassination of jfq. insulted his wife and branded him lying ted. >> he's crazy. lying ted. he doesn't have the temperament to do this. >> with the battle for the houts just weeks away. cnn latest house rates ratings show there are 30 seats considered to be toss up. 28 are held by republicans. and 12 are in areas hillary clinton won in the presidential election. asked recently if he fears impeachment if democrats win the house. trump saying i don't think they can impeach somebody that's doing a great job. now the white house is said president trump plans to be on the road 40 days at minimum between august 1 and election day. he is eager to get out and support the candidates. what we're told inside the white house is that the president's motivation for this is self-protection. he kno

trump tweeting two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. it all comes as president trump is gearing up to crisscross the country for critical gop seats, but he's also eyeing this election, including secretary of state john kerry. >> are you. >>> -- >> are you going to run in 2020? >> i'm not thinking about it. talking about 2020 is a total distraction and waste of time. >> reporter: the president pouncing. i see john kerry is thinking of running for president. i should only be so lucky although the field that's assembling looks really good for me. another potential in that field, former vice president joe biden, who was pressed by nbc on his own political prospects during a labor day parade in pittsburgh. >> it doesn't mean anything in my political future. i've been with these guys my whole life. >> reporter: a defining moment starts tomorrow with the confirmation hearing for judge brett kavanaugh for the supreme court in the spotlight the battle over abortion rights, voting rights and the limits of presidential power. solomon wiseberg worke

fas casualt >>> the bacash was swift after president trump tweeted abo why christine blasey ford waited four decades to come forward. she said if it was as bad as she said, charges would have been file immediately. >> people are using the hashtag why i didn't report toth share r own stories. >> reporter: the president tweets this morning about dr. ford raised the question if the assault really happened, aly didn't she the police. twitter exploded with tens of thousands ofwe a from sexual assault survivors using the hashtag why i didn't report like this one. i was 14. i wasn't where i supposed to be and i was scared of getting in trouble. because i got way in the end and didn't think attempted rape counted. because i didn't want to admwh happened even to myself. because of the hope that if i didn't talkbout it, it would go away. it didn't. the statistics are daunting. according to one victim advocacy group an american is sexually assaulted every 98 sends. statistics also suggest jausexu assault is one of the most underreported crimes. when it com to kids, the numbers are shocking. 88% of

donald trump tweeting he will be an extraordinary senator representing an extraordinary state.forward to working with him. a primary shocker in massachusetts, this is where a far left democrat in october 10th term congressman. beating mike upon oh by double digits, change is coming. is the republican primary for senate is the winner facing elizabeth warren in november and incumbent republican governor charlie baker held off his primary challenger. just moments ago, a high-stakes talk to meet with the country of new prime minister in an effort to reset relations, just days after the us cut $300 million of military aid. the trump administration blames pakistan for supporting the terror group has pull up. 70 years after he went missing in the korean war, the remains of a fallen american hero identified, herman faulk of new york was 22 years old when he was captured in south korea. the pentagon says he died in a prison camp in 1951. is remains were returned to the us from 1990-1994 and were identified through dna testing last month. the time, 12 minutes after the top of the hour. b

here is republican senator, susan collins, reacting to president trump's tweet. >> i was appalled by s tweet. i'm not saying that's what happened in this case. but we know that allegations of sexual assault are one of the most unreported crimes that exist. so i thought that the president's tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. >> what changed? the president had been showing relative restraint. now he is attacking dr. blasey ford and her parents for not having reported this crime. he clearly -- this alleged crime. he clearly thinks it didn't happen. >> he somewhere got a green light to start doing this. whether it was, you know, talking to people on the outside, or -- because clearly, he's no longer listening to his advisers, because what happened right there with senator collins is exactly what they were trying to avoid. alienating two women, in particular, susan collins and lisa murkowski, who are going to be critical votes. especially if they lose a lot of 9 red state democrats, because of what's happening right now. also, the image of the president of the united states bull

. >>> the white house top economist says president trump's tweets economy were wrong. this morning mr. trump used a pair of statistics to describe what he calle the continued strong economic growth in the united states. however, council of economic advisor kevin hasset says he doesn't know how mr. trump came up with that false information. at the same time hasset strongly defended the trump administration's economic accomplishments. >> let me say the history of thought of how errors happen is not something that i can engage in because like from the initial fact to what the president said, i don't know the whole chain of command. what is true is it's the highest in 10 years. >> mr. trump tweeted the gross domestic product rate is higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in over 100 years. several news organizations immediately published reports stating that was simply not true. >>> the latest book bywoodward . it looks at the inner workings the book'sp white house explosive claim that john mattis and kelly made disparaging remarks about the president. the two

two trump tweets have already hit washington d.c. and these are category four. cat gore four, this is bad. none of that lo level cofefeshit right here. the entire east coast is to be covered in the beulshit, by sunday i you can expect kellyanne conway coming out doing cleanup 2e8ing us how the president didn't mess up in puerto rico because there is no such thing as a puerto rico. and you are a racist for thinking there is. the bull, h, t is coming, man, kiss your family. >> trevor: thank you so much, roy. now let's turn to desi lydic who is tracking the mandatory-- mandatory he vk yaition of residents, how is it looking down there. >> trevor, the national guard is telling everyone to get out of cell phone range before any more tweets come. or if you can't do that then just download enough porn to get you through the weekend and then turn your wi-fi off. though not everyone is listeningment i spoke to one gentleman this morning who said he is just going to hunker down and read the president's tweets. trevor, that man is already dead. >> trevor: thank you so much

also looking at trump tweets and that risk is rising. it's great to see you. thank you very much.g up, pioneer cfo richard dealey will tell us how his company is dealing with rising gas to oil ratios. it is nerdy but cool. we discuss it on "bloomberg commodities edge." ♪ ♪ alix: i am alix steel and this is "bloomberg commodities edge." it is time now for the b-net brief, what you need to know in the world of alternative energy. this week, the global climate action summit kicked off in san francisco and with it, a number of landmark commitments. governor jerry brown unveiled one of the most ambitious climate targets yet. it would commit california to 100% use of zero carbon electricity by 2045. the governor took aim at president trump, saying that he has designated himself saboteur in charge. he has designated himself basically as an enemy of the people. joining me now from san francisco is colleen reagan. colleen, is that kind of goal, 100% clean energy by 2045, realistic? colleen: it's a stretch for california to get to 100% clean energy by 2045. there's two parts that happened o

anna: i have this chart, which shows trump's tweets. he tweets, calling for little -- lower oil prices, does it have an impact. it does not seem to. >> what i would say is he has done a good job keeping oil under $80 a barrel. >> that is down to him and his -- >> probably. there is recognition from the saudi's that is a key level to the americans. have tried to keep it that -- given below that -- keep it below that. that maybe her hard to achieve because of iranian sanctions in the months ahead. matt: i have the opec go page on the bloomberg. it is a great way to look at how much crude each country produces. with this chart you see it iran is the third biggest producer of oil. is donald trump wants to take them out of the picture, he has got to hope somebody else steps up with the spare capacity. you can see the spare capacity chart their. the only producer with any spare capacity left to put out seems to be saudi arabia. do they have enough spare capacity to make up for the decimation of oil production? you have put things very nicely.

alix: a fair point, and president trump tweeting that the chinese markets are collapsing as a resulthis hard-line stance. trade talks are not going anywhere necessarily. is that will we make of the selloff we are seeing in the oil price? amrita: today, there was reaction to the tweet. generally, any time there has been a tweet or a statement about trade wars, the market gets jittery. depending on how about the trade bar gets, you can lose between half a million barrels a day to a million barrels per day if this really becomes a global contagion. if china slows down, all of asia , given how trade dependent they are, will slow down. that's a big deal, and we need to watch out carefully. alix: let's go to the bull case, coming from the iea who says you could see oil plus 80 because you do not see saudi arabia making up for the losses in iran and venezuela. do you agree? amrita: yes, and we have held that view for a long time. yes, after the opec meeting, saudi arabia and its allies and russia, they increased production and the market got oversupplied, but that is because iran had not fa

president trump's last labor day weekend tweet was about syria.assad of syria must not recklessly attack idlib province. the russians and iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this tragedy. hundreds of thousands of people could be killed, don't let that happen. idlib is the last province remaining under rebel control in syria and assad's regime is expected to prepare for a new offensive to regain the area. reportedly with the aid of iranian troops and russian fighter jets. an estimated three million people, and civilians i should emphasize, live in idlib. joining me onset international correspondent cal perry. good to have you with us. talk to us about the situation on the ground and where the president's tweet fits into any of this. i mean is it anything other than a tweet? >> unclear. i mean, look, yesterday we have the iranian foreign minister in damascus. it could be prompted by that. clearly president trump has issues with iran. this is the last area rebels are in in syria. three million civilians there. about

john called on us to be bigger than that. >> reporter: only hours after the service a trump tweet servediet rebuttal, make america great again. all this setting the stage for confirmation hearings this week for president trump's supreme court nominee. >> i will nominate judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. >> reporter: his nomination is one of the bright spots for the white house as the president seeks to secure a more conservative legacy on the high court. now, those confirmation hearings will begin in the senate tuesday and will continue all week. many republicans hope this is a moment to unify them. of course he's done at the supreme court appointments as well as the federal court. but the president seems to be focusing on his own war with the justice department just months before the mid-term elections. >>. >> let's bring in scott lucas. always good to have you on the show. >> thank you, rosemary. >> so let's start with president trump's tweet criticizing jeff sessions for indicting two republican congressmen. mr. trump tweeted this. two easy wins now in doubt, g

just last night, trump tweeted, when trump visited the island territory last october, officials told him in a briefing 16 people had died from maria, according to "the washington post." this was long after the hurricane took place. over many months, it went to 64 people and like magic, 3,000 people killed. they hired gw research to tell them how many people had died in puerto rico. how would they not know this? this method never done with previous hurricanes because other jurisdictions know how many people were killed, 50 times last original number, no way. this latest tweet storm comes a day after trump accused democrats, yes, democrats of inflating the number just to make him look bad. of course, he offered no evidence to support his wild claim because there is none. that's a lie and it's a particularly odious one. here's the deal. this president, it appears, is incapable of expressing empathy, the basic human decency or even accepting reality when confronted with it. that's both disturbing and alarming but sadly what we've come to expect from him and it seems pointless to ask him

president trump tweeted, "i want to know where is the money for border security and the wall in this ridiculous spending bill? where will it come from after the midterms? democrats are obstructing law enforcement and border security. republicans must finally get tough." where is congress on the border wall funding? jennifer: when the president sent his budget request back in february for 2019, he asked for $1.6 billion in spending in the homeland security bill. the senate put that will request in their homeland security bill, before the house released theirs, there was a bit of a tense meeting at the white house "no, i actually want $5 billion." that is the amount included in the house homeland security bill. a little while ago, congressional leaders, including speaker paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, agreed with appropriators and white house staff, and as far as we were aware, president trump to hold that debate until after the midterms, and during the lame-duck session of congress, they would work out the issues. they would not have a public fight over the border wall before voters h

president trump tweeted on saturday may god be with them. how does the federal response to florence look right now? >> well, it continues. because we know that these hurricanes after they wreak their initial devastation, then there is the necessity of providing millions of meals, millions of liters of water. rescue efforts. trying to get people out of their homes if they are still trapped there, obviously. and also as the fema director brock long has noted, the rescue efforts continue for a very long time. we know that the devastation of hurricanes last for weeks, sometimes months. and that there is still flooding. i think the president almost ubiquitous activity on twitter has been incredibly helpful because he has the most robust considerable media platform probably in the world and for him to be directing folks about resources and about what they should and should not do, even this morning in both spanish and english he weighs directing people about their pets, about evacuations, about the dangers of flooding. so, we know that this takes

trump's first two supporters of his 2016 campaign. the president tweeted in part that, quote, two easy wins now in doubt because there's not enough time. good job, jeff. meaning jeff sessions. joining us now are phil mudd, cnn counterterrorism analyst, jackie kucinich and cnn political analyst, and cnn senior political analyst, john avlon. guys, i just want to fact check the president's tweet that he sent out yesterday afternoon that goes against jeff sessions, as though this is jeff sessions' fault. the department of justice is investigating these two men for misusing campaign funds and for insider trading. so, here it is, two long running obama era investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge just ahead of the midterms by the jeff sessions' justice department. okay, that's not a fact. those aren't true. these were investigations started by the justice department in 2017 when president trump was president. > yeah. let's not forget there is footage of congressman collins making -- taking a call about th

violet went oi'i and on trumped tweeting violet went on and some pictures emerging of if i could trumpatever it she was doing, it seems to have been a sort of great, one of the great groundswell is against the trump, sort of... even in death you can get revenge on a rival which is essentially whatjohn mccain seems to have done. to use a very broad term it brought the good guys together, the stuff that was said at the funeral byjohn mccain's daughter and barack obama, there's no need to make america great again, america has always been great at what it also showed us their lack of power, they are sitting there saying things, donald trump is still in the white house, he was on the golf course, that's what he does at the weekend but he still but one sitting there with the power... bit of an echo chamber. his supporters won't ca re echo chamber. his supporters won't care for people like barack obama say orjohn mccain's family said. absolutely. we are going to end off on the goodies, i don't know how many of our viewers remember them, james, you do, that's a story inside the observer and it

donald trump junior tweeted i loved his tone. it's no is to see a family fight for his honor and his family, and he called dr. ford's claims a political hit job by the democrats. >> the #believerher has been lighting up. this is where people were using it. you can see the bay areas, southern couldle cal and the new york/washington, d.c. area were the most active zones. also in the bay area, a lot of people using the hashtag kavanaugh hearings, and can you so palo alto very concentrated on this particular map. we're in palo alto where dr. ford's friends held a rally. robert? >> reporter: that's right. many of empeople who attended acted as though they were delivering a personal message, not a political statement. >> no matter the outcome, christine, we want you to be able to come home. ♪ i believe christine today >> reporter: the crowd that attended the rally seemed to direct their songs and chants to christine blasey ford personally arguing their friend neighbor had given up too much to be described as a splittial operative out t

president trump signaling he might leave canada out in the cold, tweeting, i love canada. but, they have taken advantage of our country many years. the president demanding concessions. >> if we don't make a deal with canada, it's just fine. we will see how it works out. >> reporter: u.s. officials are set to continue trade talks with counter parts this week, already reaching a tentative deal with mexico. the u.s./mexico deal calls for autocompanies to use more american made parts to avoid tariffs. good news for u.s. factory workers but could raise car prices. trade tensions between the u.s. and canada, flairing. home buildings aiming for the 20% tariff slapped on wood. >> you have the line of qualification. tack on $8,000 or $10,000 to the home, you price them out of the market. >> reporter: replacing nafta requires congressional approval. since canada is the largest trading partner, some members of congress saying, no canada, no deal. dara? >> jeff, thank you so much for that report. let's bring in kevin the correspondent from bloomberg tv and jonathan allen for nbc news

>> reporter: jeff, i want to get right to president trump's tweet that he posted minutes ago. it is the first and only time he has chimed in about this hearing today, saying judge kavanagh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. democrats' skpand destroy strat is disgraceful and this has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct and resist. the senate must vote. and you're right, all day white house officials say they were pleased with kavanagh's performance because he used such a defiant and strong tone, which is what they were waiting for after a reecent performance on news interview in which he was a more mechanical and subdued kavanagh. even though the president tweeted, he has not publicly spoken about the hearing. earlier today arriving back to washington from new york city where he spent the week, he ignored questions, but we can tell you he watched the hearing both aboard air force one and here at the white house when he returned. and just yesterday he said he was very much looking forward to it and he could be

but president trump's tweet do not inspire confidence. just imagine, just by the mentioning that there is this storm forming in the atlantic ocean, people in puerto rico rushed to every store. all those shelves are empty. this has taken an emotional toll on the people of puerto rico. the suicide rate continues to climb, and this is the response that we get from our president? we are better than this. thank you. rep. pelosi: thank you, ranking member velazquez. it's important to note that we planned this meeting with the press long before the president made his statement. we went to puerto rico. we stayed in touch with each other over the month of august to be up-to-date. we met last week as the delegation to talk about additional steps we would take whether it was with fema, whether small business administration, et cetera with the administration and what we needed to do in the congress. and so we plan to report a trip and what we want to do next. unfortunately, the president put in clear focus part of the challenge that is there in terms

president trump tweeted out progress of the oval office progress. and the question it will the millions along the coast follow suit and escape the storm. there are some tough days ahead this is beginning to recede a little bit. we're coming off high tide. the problem with the storm it may park over this region for so many long that we'll go through so many cycles of high and low tide it will make things worse and worse before things finally dry out. in alexandria, virginia, ktvu news. >>> with hurricane florence heading to the southeast coast, steve paulson is tracking the storm. >>> correct. doug is right, it may park there. but that will be the worst-case scenario. there are projections for 130 miles an hour-mile-an-hour winds in wilmington and 30 inches of rain. if you combine those two, you're going have catastrophic damage. and the track, it weakened a little bit down to 130 miles an hour. but i expect it to be a strong category 4 by the time tomorrow night and late thursday into friday begins to approach, some of the projections have it stalli

he used statistics to support his tweets but the economic advisor, kevin haskell didn't know how trump but defended the economic accomplishments. >> let me say the history of thought of how errors happen is not something i can engage in. from the initial fact to what the president said, i don't know the chain of command but what is true is that it is the highest in 10 years. >> president donald trump tweeted the gross domestic product rate is higher than the unemployment rate for the first time in 100 years in several organizations reported that is not true. >>> 5:45 and a big part of the fisherman's wharf in san francisco will climb a -- will close with 146 layoffs expected. the holiday inn on columbus avenue will close at the end of october. according to a state filing, they chose not to renew the lease for that building. there are two buildings at the holiday and fisherman's wharf. the others expected to stay open. >>> people are observing a moment of silence. this is part of the events commemorating 17 years since the 9/11 attacks and we are taking a live look at new york city. at

donald trump tweeted this a few hours ago. the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected president. i hope republican voters and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. mr. trump said the democrats resist and obstruct. they resist and obstruct. if the president pushes to make this an election issue, which he seems to be doing, could it work for him? or could it backfire when it comes to female voters over this very issue? >> there's so many issues that people are voting on. it is one issue but actually upholding roe v. wade is something that most of the -- not all, but most of the u.s. population is in favor of. and will probably backfire in terms of female voters. i don't think it will do much to affect his base. >> natasha lindstaedt, thank you for joining us. >>> south korea's president says the era of no war has started on the korean peninsula. during his summit with kim jong-un in pyongyang, he said both leaders worked to denuclearation. plans to link the railways and cooperate on health care

president trump tweeting a quote this morning saying quote, barack obama talked a lot about hope but donald trump delivered the american dream. continuing all the economic indicators, what's happening overseas, donald trump has proven to be far more successful than barack obama. president trump is delivering the american dream. races are heating up with candidates in places like missouri, florida, tennessee and texas find themselves locked in dead heats. >> he's hip and cool. >> ted cruz isn't hip and cool. his new trick is the go to those place, poll a rally, get people the show up and say the things they like to hear. >> i'm concerned about the polls. i don't necessarily know where they are polling people at. dpl there a >> are people coming out in el paso. >> i don't see one ted cruz sign. i'm concerned if ted cruz wants to win this race where's his people at. >> you go to some of the reddest places in texas, places like abile abilene, so reliablely red, you can sew it glowing from outer space. there's really something very special happening in texas right now. it may be reflected

president trump tweeted this a few hours ago. the supreme court is one of the main reasons i got elected president. i hope republicans and others are watching and studying the democrats' playbook. at a news conference on tuesday, the president said the democrats resist and obstruct. if the president is making this a political issue, then, does he run the risk of it possibly backfiring? it could work for him coming up to midterms. but it could backfire when it comes to the women's vote. >> rosemary, i didn't get the question. we have a technical problem. if i understand you correctly, you're asking if this could backfire? >> yes. i was talking about a tweet that the president put out. and we heard him talking about the democrats resisting and obstructing. in this tweet, he implies, you read into it, that he is wanting to make this an issue in the midterm elections. if that's the case, though, it could work for him or it could backfire. what do you think is the likely outcome? >> right. i think kellyanne conway has got this right.

imagine what christine blasey ford is going through right now. >> reporter: it was this tweet by president trump in part that she says led her to take a bold step. >> yeah, that was the trigger. that tweet -- i had so many other things that i had to do that day. i sat down at my computer and it was like a mad rage came out. i could not believe we're still talking about this. we're not in 1982 anymore, we're in 2018. >> reporter: blaming victims for their silence, she says, fueled her rage. so she penned an e-mail to the man she calls simply "my rapist." >> what i said to him was, i have borne the weight of this shame for 30 years on my own. and now it's time to share this burden. in so many words. i was shaking as i hit send, but i sent it it into the ether and i thought, either he won't answer, or he'll deny it, or -- i had no idea what to expect. and -- the most incredible -- he called within 20 minutes. >> tell me about the phone call. >> his first words were, "oh my god, deb, this is," and he said his name, "oh my god, i'm so sorry, i'm so sorry." and his voice was shaking. and i just immedi

one guy said he joinedtwitter just tokeep up with trump's tweets and now i start off every day in a badood. he said i don't pay attention now, i'm sick of paying attention. are we overdosing on trump ? maybe. the next time you feel overwhelmed and tired of winning, watch this and feel better . can't beat that. cat, you start off every day in a bad mood. have you noticed any difference? >> know. i wake up every day in a bad mood just because i'm alone but i think that if you're going to be devastated all the time, you should really be devastated about hunger or a loneliness or death. not like, i don't like the president. seems kind of ridiculous.a lot of conservatives did not like president obama, a lot of people reallydidn't like president obama but i didn't hear about people walking around unable to live their lives . i actually always liked fox. >> icrack myself up . >> i'm going to get an email tomorrow from someone. it's sunday go, they don't email onsunday unless they're really upset . >> you are a winner as well. >> i am a winner. when i wake up, usually i've got a kid going daddy

trump's candidacy. the president tweeting, two easy wins now in doubt. good job, jeff. mr. trump seemingly referring to chris collins of the new york and duncan hunter of california. collins is charged with insider trading and hunter was indicted by a federal grand jury for misusing more than $250,000 in campaign funds. both men have pleaded not guilty and both cases stem from investigations that began after president trump took office, despite mr. trump's tweet stating otherwise. republican senator ben sass blasting the president in a strongly-worded statement, writing, the united states is not some banana republic with a two tiered system of justice, one for the majority party and one for the minority party. congressman hunter is expected to appear in court later this afternoon and he is continuing to campaign for re-election, but congressman collins has suspended his re-election campaign. john and alisyn. >> sunlen for all of that background. let's discuss this with jeffrey toobin and david chalian. the president's tweet about how upset he is that his two long-time first

. >> following that comment, president trump fired off a number of tweets on the economy over the weekendcluding one siting comments from former house oversight jason chaffetz. president trump is delivering the american dream. but looking at one of the most closely watched economic indicators, job creation, it appears president obama has the advantage over president trump. so far this year an average of 206,000 jobs have been added per month under trump, an uptick from last year's average of 182,000. but during president obama's second term, he added an average of 250,000 jobs per month in his final three years. the white house continues its search for the eamon nous wriaa of last week's op ed in the "new york times." he wants attorney general sessions to investigate, suggesting the op ed amounts to treason. >> do you think jeff sessions could be investigating who the author of the op ed piece was? >> i would say jeff should be investigating who the author of that piece was, because i really believe it's national security. >> you said last night it's treason. are you serious about that? >

. >> reporter: after days of restraint, president trump tweeted friday morning challenging kavanaugh's accuser for the first time. if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed. i asked that she bring those filings forward so we can learn date, time and place. social media erupted wit with #whyididn'treport as thousands of women and men posted about sexual assault that many did not report. the political drama escalated friday when ford's lawyer responded with anger to senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley who set a 10:00 p.m. deadline. in a new letter, accused of bullying dr. ford and making a decision of life altering implications for her and her family. and claimed that ford is subjected to harassment and hate mail and death threats. kavanaugh said he would appear monday. i remain committed to defending my integrity. ford's sister-in-law says the pressure on her is heavy. >> she is under a lot of stress and her safety is at risk and all of us feel a certain amount of pressure from that. >> reporter: the initial response from

kevin corke had the tweet from donald trump jr. saying this is an attempt to undermine the president. i wonder if this is an attempt to undermine rod rosenstein. the times writes "in the end, the idea went nowhere, officials said, but they called mr. rosenstein's comments an example of how erratically that he was behaving." that sounds like a slam at rosenstein himself. you wonder whether this was leaked to perhaps shorten his tenure in the job. >> that's a good question. the only point i would make is, these are good reporters at the "new york times" and they wouldn't put this out there if they didn't think that rod rosenstein had seriously considered and brought this up with some of his colleagues at justice and the fbi. in other words, they're not just taking this and saying, well, somebody wants to take a shot at rod rosenstein. they're saying rosenstein was seriously talking about this in may of 2017, just at the time that james comey was fired by the president and just at the time that he, rosenstein, appointed robert mueller

>> i got to be honest, donald trump's tweet every time donald trump tweets and some of his tweets are seemingly outrageous but what is really outrageous is when we see these things he becomes more and were corrupted because this does look like targeting of the trump campaign, this was an individual the investigators went after with no definitive evidence or proof to connect them to the campaign in and of itself so it does appear it is a witchhunt every time we get more information from the fbi. it seems as though there is something there. >> this is all wrapped up in the midterms, politics, the president calls it a witchhunt, democrats trying to get to the truth, 2020 just down the way and i was struck to find out john kerry in 2004 was the nominee, had a rough time against george w. bush, he is leaving the door open to running in 2020. >> i hope he does, that would be great. i can't wait until that windsurfing elitist, we are sec compliant, it is so ridiculous they are exhuming these guys who failed and failed and failed. i hope to see john kerry fight it out with hillary clinton for

the hearing drew to a close, it became very clear that the white house was pleased, president trump tweetinge kavanaugh showed america exactly why i nominated him. his testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. democrats' search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct and resist. the senate must vote. a committee vote is scheduled for tomorrow morning and a vote from the full senate may happen as soon as next week. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> the emotional hearing made the partisan atmosphere of the senate even more intense. >> we get some analysis right now from abc's mary alice parks. >> good morning, kendis and stephanie. by the end of the day, it seemed like a tale of two different victims, judge brett kavanaugh and professor christine blasey ford. which one of the two seemed wronged seemed to depend on which side of the aisle the different senators sat. >> you have given america an amazing teaching moment. you have inspired and you have enlightened america. >> your brilliance shining light on to this, speaking you

last rebel stronghold in the country syrian forces are massing around the northwestern province trump tweeted that an offensive could cause quote human tragedy russia and iran are expected to back and in songs. and as typhoon gebbie moves across western japan authorities have advised around one million people in the coby and the osaka regions to evacuate hundreds of flights have been canceled and some bullet train line suspended it's thought to be the strongest storm to hit japan in a quarter of a century. officials in brazil are blaming chronic underfunding for the fire which has gutted the country's oldest and most prestigious museum the national museum in rio de janeiro housed twenty million items including the oldest human skull found in the america the cause of the place is not yet known but the institution had no sprinkler system and fire hydrants closest to the museum were dry. angry scenes the morning after the disastrous fire which ripped through brazil's historic national museum. protesters demanding to inspect the damage for themselves they want to see the museum rebuilt and punish

donald trump has disputed puerto rico's new official death toll from last september's hurricanes trump tweeted that democrats inflated the number to make him look bad last month authorities there raise the toll from sixty five to nearly three thousand based on a computer analysis of the death rate after the storms. an eighteen year old man has been killed by falling debris amid a series of gas explosions in the he was state of massachusetts dozens of blazes broke out in several towns north of boston injuring at least ten other people hundreds were evacuated from their homes investigators suspect an over a pressurized pipeline was to blame. thousands of city mayors business leaders and climate activists that gathered in san francisco to promote efforts to reduce global warming the global climate action summit was organized by california governor jerry brown he's a leading critic of the trump administration's decision to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement different countries in the world. now hope of escaping poverty and conflict has led millions of migrants from africa and the mid

night, president trump tweeted about one of your predecessors. saying that he was having illegal meetings with iranian s in an attemptr' to coach the iranians on how to toughernd your policies. i'm wondering if you share the view that these meetings are illegal. whether you do or not, if you have noticed in your attempts to get with europeans on board with the new u.s. policy, that efforts by secretary kerry or any other former official is interfering or undermining your efforts. sec. pompeo: what secretary kerry has done is unprecedented. this is a former secretary of state engaged with the world's largest state sponsor of terror, according to him, you don't have to take my word for it. these are his answers. he was telling them to wait out this administration. you can't find president for this in u.s. history. secretary kerry ought not to engage in that kind of behavior. it is inconsistent with what foreign policy in the united states is as directed by this president. it is beyond inappropriate for him to be engaged with this. i saw him in muni

message late on wednesday president donald trump tweeted in support of a boycott questioning the company's decision to side with the taken me campaign. many consumers are praising nike for its decision however claiming they are now more likely to purchase nike merchandise than ever before. i have always were new balance because they are white and now i would like to wear night because i would be proud to wear nike sports stars including serena williams and shocking griffin who both appear alongside cap'n he could never have also praised the message behind a campaign going beyond the sales and sporting aspects of the campaign it is believed the ad may play a role in the world of politics the n.f.l. season is about to begin. so the controversy will be front and center. donald trump in the midterm elections if he can sustain this ad campaign up through the actions. anything else anybody's talking about. in when they align with calling capper nick today. i said your updates more at the top of the hour eleven hundred three household business update in just about. earth. home to of species. a ho

despipita tweet from president trump. it would not be profitable because sales were fewer than 50,000 units. ford was responding to the president's tweet over the weekend with the import of chinese production would be moved to america. he said this can be built in the usa and now ford will pay no tariffs. president trump has imposed tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods, including automobiles. he says the tariffs are necessary to punish china for unfair trade practices. >>> all right. major business news ahead. ceo of cbs is out. his stunning downfall after 20 years at the top and the face of new sexual misconduct allegations. >>> 4:16 eastern time. cbs chief executive les moonves stepping down in the face of new sexual misconduct allegations. his forced departure ends a 20-year tenure at the network. it includes a months long battle for control of cbs for the shareholders. in a statement, moonves claims there are untrue allegations made against him and he is deeply saddened to leave the company. here is cnn's br

. >> reporter: the air strikes come just after president trump tweeted his warning. russia says they're in retaliation for weaponized drone attacks yesterday. they come as syria's bracing itself for a final showdown in the last remaining rebel stronghold. there are also nearly 3 million civilians in the area and the united nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if a massive assault goes ahead. president trump has urged russia and iran not to allow a reckless attack to occur. russia, iran and turkey will meet on friday to discuss it, which russia says is a nest of terrorists. syria has been amassing forces in preparation for a massive final assault. and here in turkey, which bor r bordeborde borders islib, turkish military reinforcements have been sent by the hundreds to the area. >> debora patta, thank you. >>> investigators in brass zil trying to determine what caused a huge fire that destroyed this museum. the flames destroyed much of the estimated 20 million artifacts in the rio museum. protesters blamed the fire on the government's neglect and lack of f

tweets, bob woodward is a liar. bob woodward says of the president -- >> because he can't tell the truth. >> reporter: president trumprt" with his pinocchio nose as he makes staffers take the test. former u.s. attorney preet bharara tweeted, if anyone in the administration has to take a lie detector test, it should be trump! back during the campaign, an impersonator on cbc played the candidate testing himself. >> i am gonna build a wall at the border. there is going to be a -- [ buzzer ] oh, yes, i am, buzzer, yes i am. you know who is going to pay for it? mexico [ buzzer ] >> reporter: although the lie detector got one big thing wrong. >> we are going to win this thing. [ buzzer ] >> reporter: comedian ricky engineer vgervais did an unscie survey, what would be the funniest test for trump to take. iq beat out lie detector. >> i'll ask you a few questions and you just answer truthfully. do you understand? >> yes. >> reporter: and while the president is looking for rats in the white house, nbc washington unearthed surveillance video they described as showing an actual rat pulling a fire alarm, forcing the evacuation o