ashley? ashley: i put in an assignment to request for the hawaii figure but they just laughed at me. grady, thank you very much. the roads are pretty good. ah. roads are pretty good in chicago. no snow. not that many vehicles. >>> let's get to another story we're talking about certainly here in new york. the winds may prevent the iconic big balloons at tomorrow's macy's thanksgiving day parade. what is the decision, lauren? lauren: macy's will make the decision tomorrow morning. if you're one of 3 1/2 million people that attend the raid, we could see them fly, a little bit lower or not at all. 92 years the balloons have flown in the macy's thanksgiving day parade. at one time they did not, 1927. at one time a woman was injured when the gusts were too strong, back in 1997. if the gusts are over 22 miles an hour, there may be a grounding. ashley: we brought awe number of social media influences. stu loves the story. we'll talk to one influencers buildings her following, making travel plans for

ashley: i'm ashley webster. lauren: how is your money moving this morning? we're of coming off of record highs, the dow down 23 points this morning, the s&p losing down 3 and-a-half after peter navarro said the final china-u.s. trade deal rests with president trump. ashley: in asia overnight, generally down. the nikkei in japan was up about a quarter of a percent. the shanghai, kospi slightly lower. lauren: in europe, this is how stocks have opened, a quarter percent across the board to the downside. ashley: now to the big story in politics, the 2020 field could be getting more crowded with former new york city mayor michael bloomburg opening the door to joining the 2020 race for the white house. lauren: with more, here's aishah hasnie. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and ashley. it's not official yet but michael bloomburg is expected to file paperwork for the alabama primary by the 5:00 deadline today. now, the former new york mayor would be running to so-called save the party. his team putting out a statement that reads, we now need to fini

ashley: love the police. good morning, i'm ashley webster in for cheryl casone. lauren: let's take a look at how your money is moving this tuesday. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 continue their push further into record territory this morning. the s&p enjoying its best year in six years, up 7 points this morning. ashley: take a look at the price of oil. opec says it will cut production, trying to get the price up. it's up marginally this morning, up 3 36-cents for crude. lauren: the japanese market is back he open this morning, up 1 and three quarters percent. the shanghai composite gaining half of 1%. ashley: europe is moving up, maybe on a potential trade deal between the u.s. and china. the ftse is up nearly 4/10 of a percent. lauren: the potential trade deal, china turning up the pressure on the u.s., both countries looking to sign phase one. beijing reportedly wants washington to drop some tariffs, specifically the 15% on $125 billion of chinese imports that took effect in september. the white house also expected to cancel another round of tariffs, that one set

there's a lot -- ashley. there's a lot of voices, you know, that have their say on this kind of thing. here's what we know. according to sources, this is all still being mapped out. of course, there is an acknowledgment today though that if there is a phase one trade deal, there is going to be a rollback, according to sources, in tariffs. this all got scattered with a spokesperson for -- started saying, quote: both sides agreed to remove the tariffs, if u.s. and china reach a phase one deal, both sides should roll back existing tariffs in the same proportion simultaneously. that was from beijing today. so far though no one within the trump administration, and that includes the u.s. trade representative's office which is leading these negotiations has put forth an official comment. however, a source familiar with the negotiations here at home says that the comments made in china today are on the correct course. so the question becomes which tariffs are in play, and when might they be rolled back. according to

it's ashley. it was like a blow. >> back in fort worth police were still rounding up people gathered outside ashley's apartment. not among them was april. they hadn't seen each other in a few days. their romance-hit a bit off a bump. >> that night we talked briefly about me coming over after i got off work but then i went home. >> but someone else was there. her name was alexis torres. >> she was the last person to see ashley alive and the actual last person to leave her apartment. >> certainly someone you would want to talk to? >> yes, sir. >> they went to an early thanks govern dinner with friends in the complex. but ash lahley's shift was that night. >> alexis agreed to kp come over during the time she was work withing to basically take care of oashley was dog. >> but then she told police and us she went back one more time after ashley got home from work. how long did you stay? >> i stayed for an hour. >> that would make the 4:00 a.m. but before they could check her story or anyone else's, a ne

ashley: i'm ashley webster in for cheryl casone. lauren: let's take a look at how the markets are trading this morning, small setback for stocks. we had a record for the dow and nasdaq yesterday, dow down 18 points, nasdaq giving up about 3. ashley: what's been going on in you asia while you've been snoring. mostly higher, the shanghai down half a percent, the nikkei, hang seng and kospi in south korea all slightly higher. lauren: flipping the board to europe, we got a strong surprisingly upbeat report on german factory activity but red arrows across the board. the dax down two-tenths of 1%. while you were sleeping, kentucky governor matt bevin not giving up just yet. >> our race, would it be a bevin race if it wasn't a squeaker? i mean, come on. really and truly. this is a close, close race. we are not conceding this race by any stretch. [ cheering and applause ] lauren: that's governor bevin refusing to concede his race against andy bashire, calling it too close to call. president trump made a last ditch stop in kentucky to drum u

cheryl, ashley. ashley: thank you very much. just a short time ago, congressman jeff van drew issued a statement, saying in part, without bipartisan support i believe this inquiry will further divide the country, tearing it apart at the seams, and will ultimately fail in the senate. cheryl: something that could move the markets today, the october jobs report. economists are looking for 89,000 jobs, that's down 47,000 from september's read of 136. now, a lot of this of course could be related to the strike at general motors, also production at boeing. the up employment rate expected to inch up to 3.6% from 3.5%, the he lowest in nearly 50 years. the sharp drop in hiring, many economists are talking about this, affected by the uaw strike, which is over and you had the boeing 737 max grounding. we'll have complete coverage and analysis of the october jobs report, "mornings with maria" the hour starts at easter 8:00 . eastern time today. china is expressing doubts there will be a long-term deal with the u.s. despite that, the white

ashley, take it away. ashley: i am ashley webster in for stuart varney this black friday. let's take a look at the futures before the markets get underway in about half an hour from now in an abbreviated session. the dow down 61 points, s&p and nasdaq also slightly lower. well, we celebrated thanksgiving yesterday, but so did protesters in hong kong. they praised america and president trump after he signed a pro-democracy supporting them. waving american flags in the streets in appreciation. what does this all mean for trade talks with china? we'll get into that. and it's going to be an online shopping bonanza this holiday season. adobe analytic es expecting 143.7 billion to be spent online alone. that's an amazing number. $4.4 billion is how much money we spent on thanksgiving day online alone, including our very own susan lee. what a way to kick start this holiday spending season. >>> all right. so with that said, let's get straight to it. it is black friday, and our lauren simonetti is at some luxury e outlets in bergin county, new jersey. lauren, what's going on? >> re

ashley: absolutely. melissa: more the merrier. ashley: on it with this story. charged with falsifying records. new fallout in the jeffrey epstein case, the two jail guards accused face an upcoming district trial. we're live at the district court with the latest development. target under pressure. we'll talk to one business owner why she is suing the retailer to protect the company. we'll be right back. support your community - from after school programs to the arts! so become a regular, more regularly. because for every dollar you spend at a small business, an average of 67 cents stays in the community. join me and american express on small business saturday, november 30th, and see how shopping small adds up. (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesn't love you back, stay smooth and fight heartburn fast with tums smoothies. ♪ tum tum-tum tum tums melissa: new twist in the case of jeffrey epstein. the u.s. district judge setting a trial date for the two jail guards accused of falsifying prison records after failing to check on th

ashley: i'm ashley webster in for connell mcshane. this is "after the bell." s&p 500 and nasdaq also closing in record territory. why not? by the way this is the s&p's 25th record of the year, nasdaq's 20th. you get the theme. more on big market movers. first here is what is new at this hour. ♪. melissa: florida homecoming. president trump just departing the white house, making his way to the sunshine state ahead of a rally tonight. the commander-in-chief will campaign in the key battleground state, announcing he will officially move his residency to palm beach from manhattan. that sounds pretty good to me. we're breaking down the key difference in the president's campaign strategy the second time around. >>> back on the campaign trail, michael bloomberg is speaking to reporters in phoenix. we're monitoring the former new york city mayor's remarks. we'll bring you any breaking headlines. >>> brutal weather threatening 100 million americans. how storms are expected to impact thanksgiving travel as you get ready to hit the road or the skies for the holiday wee

ashley: yes. stuart: striding the globe. ashley: juggernauts. stuart: no comparison with dot-coms at all. look at the dow industrials. we are in business for close to five minutes, down 50 points. there you have it. that's not a big loss. >>> pg & e going to cut power to maybe 150,000 customers in portions of eight counties in california because of fire risk. stock's down 1%. >>> check the ten-year treasury yield. this is an important indicator. it's down to 1.75%. that is considered by some a negative indicator for the overall market. it means that money's coming out of treasuries. no, money is going into treasuries. ashley: because prices are up. stuart: prices are up, yields are down. thank you, ashley. i've only been doing this 40 years. i have to learn a lot of it. >>> the price of oil makes no difference to the stock market. gold is down at $1470 today. again, oil, where are we? $54, $55 a barrel. okay. >>> boeing. yesterday it was reported they got a $6 billion order for max jets. today, we are reporting a $9 billion order for the dreamli

ashley: i think i do. stuart: killjoy. ashley "killjoy" webster. ashley k.j. webster. lauren: he just plays by the rules, stuart. i didn't know you were such a romantic. stuart: you didn't know that? lauren: i did not. stuart: okay. all right, all right. we haven't got time for the popeye's story because i took it up with mcdonald's. more after this. ♪ does your broker offer more than just free trades? fidelity has zero commissions for online u.s. equity trades and etfs, plus zero minimums to open a brokerage account. with value like this, there are zero reasons to invest anywhere else. fidelity. . . stuart: popeye's relaunched the chicken sandwich on sunday. there were lines around the block all over the country. you're looking at one of the lines. lauren, where am i going wrong? i don't understand it. >> we passed a popeye's on route 17 in new jersey. the line was on route 16. so many wanted chicken sandwich. did you try one. stuart: we bought one. i don't eat on camera. >> talk about a killjoy? stuart: oh, cheap shot. saving it for lunch it's a little cold. put it

ashley: yes. this day and age, yes. >> i agree if you put a rule in place, you have to follow the rule and apply it to everybody. i think the rule is too harsh in this day and age. but i think the stock selling off based on this creates an opportunity for people, because they are going to bring somebody in who can run the business. it's not going to have an impact for instance on same store sales. susan: easterbrook was good for the stock since he doubled it under his tenure in five years. that was with all-day breakfast, the modernization of mcdonald's restaurant. 200,000 employees in the company directly employed by mcdonald's. virtually everybody reports to you. shouldn't there be a rule about who's a direct and indirect report in the future, whether or not you can have a special relationship? ashley: if the ceo won't follow the rules, who will? stuart: okay. okay. okay. the office romance is absolutely dead. lawyers beat romance every time. that's a sad commentary on this brave new world of 20

ashley: it is, it is laughable. ashley: yes it is. stuart: when i look other news operations how they treat this president it has become a joke, frankly. that is what it has become here. all right. ashley: as for market, down 50 points. to your point, stu, the reaction to the market is kind of a reaction to the statement. he said, i haven't agreed yet. the chinese want to do a deal. a tepid comment, maybe not as positive as other comments we heard this week, pushed markets into record territory. so today a slight a slight pullback on a slight pull-back on the statement about the china deal. stuart: okay. susan: we'll see what happens. wants to make a deal more than i do, referring to china. interesting both sides are negotiating in public now, both china, commerce ministry and trump administration as well. stuart: okay. okay. we're going to get the tape from the president momentarily. before we get that tape, i have with me andy puzder and jon taffer. ashley: wow. stuart: both business guys. what i want to talk about with these two gu

ashley: no. stuart: no one will ever relate to the people and the press quite like this president, i'm sure of it. what a comment. on a similar note, let me move on to this, the only authorized biography of president trump hits the shelves today. the author has received multiple death threats. here is the author, doug weighed. he wrote the book, "inside trump's white house" the real story of his presidency. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. stuart: what did you say in the book that merritts death threats? >> i don't know how they got an advanced copy, would have known, a very elaborate threat, details about my life and my children. stuart: really? >> more followed. so it race very serious thing. i got one last night at the hotel where i was staying. stuart: somebody is tracking you the book is really all about the president and his family. you sat down and talked to them all. you could have moved the curtain aside so we could see them and your judgment was they are good people,

ashley: yes. deirdre: i got a call saying something about somebody had my social security number so i should call this number back. what i read online actually, because i did, i was like well, that sounds bad, i went online, it said the federal government will never, ever, ever contact you by phone. period. paragraph. if the government needs to get in touch, you will get something via mail. stuart: that's worth knowing. deirdre: it is worth knowing. ashley: me sending some money to the nigerian prince last week was a bad move? stuart: will you never learn? ashley: i will never learn. i send money to nigeria. what can i tell you? stuart: i'm going to call this an eye-rolling story from the formerly golden state. that would be california. the feds now have i'm going to call it a back door to your social security numbers. i guess through, what, the dmv in california? ashley: california department of motor vehicles. i spent many an hour myself in one of those. yes, they left the back door open for sev

ashley: okay. they went back to test the powder again and one of the labs did find trace amounts of asbestos but it was conducted in a room that they say was contaminated by an air conditioning unit. so went into another room and they found no traces of asbestos. the second lab in georgia also tested, found no traces but j & j put out a message saying we have done the testing when the one in georgia, according to the "wall street journal," hasn't even finished testing yet. so they jumped the gun a little. look, talcum powder is less than 1% of their total sales but it speaks to their credibility and their reputation. they have all these outstanding lawsuits. stuart: been used for decades by people around the world, for decades if not a half century. ashley: 6,000 lawsuits from women who say it gave them ovarian cancer. stuart: well, no, the lawsuit that won against j & j was one that said you didn't warn us. ashley: correct. stuart: you didn't have -- ashley: there are suits out there claiming a li

ashley, early 1980s was 16%. ashley: that was a steal. stuart: absolute steal. >> i remember trading fed funds at 20.25. it is amazing world which we live. stuart: it is. tell me, you said we'll keep on going up. the graph will go from lower left to the top right. can you put some numbers on this? are you prepared to tell me that the dow will hit 29,000 in january? can you say anything like that? >> if you do, you will only make a fool of yourself and i've been able to make a fool of myself on rather consistent basis over course of past 35, 40 years. putting a number on it, really down make any sense. the best one can do, the best in the market, get direction right. it's a bull market. it will continue to be a bull market. we'll walk in one day, you will open up 2 or 300 points higher. it will finish day 3 or 400 points lower. outside reversal day. that marks the top. until then it is still a bull market. it surprises me as i said this morning we're nose bleed territory. we'll get nose bleedier. stuart: that will live forever, dennis. i'm

ashley: wouldn't we all. >> wearing spandex. ashley: no, no. [buzzer] can we go to the break while we recover from that? stuart: i agree with the buzzer on that one. mike bloomberg is in the race. he owns "bloomberg news" a giant news operation. "bloomberg news" will not do any investigative pieces on bloomberg but they will continue to investigate president trump. howard kurtz, host of "media buzz" with us now. is that legit, lay off bloomberg the candidate but still go after mr. trump? >> stuart, this is a giant punt that went sailing out of bounds. "bloomberg news" always had oddly hands off approach to the boss. he was mayor of new york city for 12 years of course. to say that, okay we'll cover the campaign and anything that mike bloomberg says as a candidate, we'll not investigator particularly scrutinize him. then we'll not investigator scrutinize or other democratic candidates he is running against. that is unfair. but it is okay to do investigations against president trump is a maude dell. doesn't make anybody happy. stuart: it is entir

ashley: correct. stuart: the exact opposite of what america wants them to do. ashley: right. stuart: in the trade talks. ashley: no sign of that. stuart: we will ask mr. kudlow about that later on this morning. let's get corporate and talk about the revolution in entertainment which is streaming. apple tv plus debuts today. mark douglas with steel house knows a lot about this stuff and is with us now. it occurs to me that if i buy an apple device over the next year, i get this apple tv plus for free. which means you might have an installed base within a few months of 100 million people. that's a pretty good start. >> it's a pretty good start if you believe in giving away free content. stuart: they can afford it. >> they can afford it. stuart: if they establish a base of 100, 150 million and convince them to pay a subscription at the end of the year, i'd say that's pretty good. >> they are pretty good -- this is apple's long game. it's not about tv. it's about they want to offer the entire world and wh

ashley: exactly right. stuart: and california's done a ban -- ashley: they've sued on the angle of the teenagers. they say juul ran big tobacco's playbook, and the results were predictable. millions of teens, according to california, have been now using their product. stuart: and altria got a big stake in juul, they're down nearly 2%. that's a big drop. ashley: a lot of backlash. stuart: senators cory booker and bernie sanders propose a whole new agency to set drug prices. our favorite senator to talk health care is indiana senator mike brawn, and he's with us now. mr. senator, why is it that socialists always go for these gigantic new government bureaucracies? are they trying to turn the whole country into a dmvsome. >> i give them credit, they're generally out front on the issues, but this is not a bureaucracy or agency that they don't love. here's what the issue is. health care is a basket case. it costs us twice as much here in this country as it does anywhere else. the industry has been so obstructive

it wasn't enough for ashley's mom and stepdad. you wanted to see the death penalty. >> death penalty is what i wanted. it's what monica wanted and -- but it wasn't to be. >> reporter: and now, they cling to memories of their ashley. >> tell me about the last time you saw your daughter. physically, in person. >> it was november. >> reporter: about a week before she died, ashley had invited monica to play bingo. monica was busy, almost said no. but something told her to stop what she was doing and go. and, oh, is she glad she did. >> and i walk into the bingo hall. and, oh, my god. there set that little girl of mine. and i smile at her and i walk over and i kiss the side of her neck. and i tell her how much i love her. >> reporter: you remember every syllable. every moment of that day, don't you? >> yes. >> reporter: these days, monica is making new memories at the bingo parlor. remember how skittish she was around ashley's girlfriends at first? no longer. now, they're family. >> when monica and i go and get our nails done, they alw

mike ashley has hit back, this is the financial times story. the difference with donald trump is that donald trump had a pop at jeremy corbyn unprovoked, whereas mike ashley has been responding to jeremy corbyn's launch. he is the only one of the various business leaders who has bothered to respond at all. the rest have not bothered to comment. frankly, why would they? what he has said about them appears to bea what he has said about them appears to be a scattergun approach against wealth. if you look at the people he has attacked, on the one hand you have mike ashley, self educated at sports direct, on the other hand you have the duke of westminster, a title created in 1874, a property owner in london, certainly not a self—made man. what these two people have in common is wealth, and probably nothing else. sojeremy corbyn doesn't appear to be attacking crony capitalism or the non—payment of taxes or any of the things that you might be able to get some individuals for. he appears to have gone forjust some individuals for. he appears to have

>>reporting live here at the state capitol tonight, ashley zavala kron 4 news. >>thank you ashley and our coverage continues at kron 4 dot cothere you can read the governor's demand that the company compensate customers tracked the bankruptcy case and find out more about the december deadline to file claims against the mpany. it's all at kron 4 dot com. manager why that decision 70 comes >>controversy and a new program fight illegal dumping out to east bay counties are looking to solve that probleand up next a vacaville won dies of complications related to vaping. when she showed up in the ned emergency room. >>and we've got aot of clouds around the bay area right now >>north bay news, a 45 year-old from vacaville die from complications related to vaping she died at a marine county hospital rather in county health officer says th the death happened on friday the day after she showed up in the e r to kron four's maureen kelly now reports that officials are stilconducting tests to try to find out what kind of vaping productshe was using. >>this is the firs vaping-

ashley: what problem does the fate -- the state faced today? sen. manchin: the same problem as a lot of other states. than any more energy state in part of the world. and suddenly southern west virginia gets left behind. we have to diversify, natural gas has come on strong, you look at people -- butane, propane, and ethane, those of the building blocks for manufacturing. river and wehio can invigorate that with manufacturing and become energy for the united states. right now all of our energy is clustered around louisiana and texas. this is what we are fighting for . there's always going to be a certain amount of fossils. we could be showing the world how to use it in a much cleaner way. should not be running out of methane -- running off of methane. that could be captured for valuable resources. the same with coal, which can be burned in a cleaner way. we are finding new technologies for sequestration. if you believe you can change the climate by lamination you are living in a fantasy. the rest of the world is using more fossil than ever before. th

zavala joins us live from sacramento and ashley today you spoke with pg e seo. >>yeah the king grand i did pg e seo bill johnson along with other company executives and attorneys representing several wildfire victims all came together this morning at the state capitol inside the governor's office, the leader of the embattled utility responding to a government takeover. pg e executives tuesday walked into governor gavin newsom's office just days after the governor urged all parties in the company's bankruptcy to speed up the process. >>governor hoping to broker a deal between the groups major changes can't happen for fiji any until it's out of bankruptcy. the company under constant criticism and now in this proceeding for its role in wildfires, it's also under scrutiny for intentionally shooting off power to millions of people multiple times in october, the spokesman for the governor said in tuesday's meeting newsome reiterated what happened last month can never happen again like in the gala for. the g in the bankruptcy attorneys and the governor met for about 45

ashley: absolutely. so, with grip, we've told different utilities and co-ops who are advisory members to this project, because exactly, they're interested in the work we're doing and they realize any to integrate some of these solutions into their business plan. they're trying to also learn as we're doing this research how they can integrate that and utilize this, as well. taylor: this is a technology show, supported much every day i hear the word ai being thrown around. how are you using ai to help? ashley: a perfect example is using image recognition. a lot of utilities and co-ops are using drones to actually be able to run the wires, take photos of distribution poles, and identify, are they tilting one way, is it vegetation growth, could that be a fire hazard? and being able to monitor that in addition to human crews. creating more efficiency. taylor: if that is not a phd student, i don't know what is. ashley of grip, thank you so much for joining. facebook is doubling down on its decision not to ban

>>joining us now from the state capital com force ashley zavala ashley. what were the main expressions of fruration from those lawmakers today. >>so this wasn't really a grilling as we would normally see in me of these oversight hearings and it appears because a ceo bill johnson available to the lawmakers with a lot of concerns like senator mike mcguire who reesents a big part of the kincade fire affeed area. and senator bill died from napa again both of these men commented that i guess the p's ceo and as well the man who oversees a lot of this public safety power shutof regulations so meet seeing they've met. privately i gues to discuss their concerns s it really wasn't as huge grilling per se they still have a lot of questns. but overall it seemed to be that there was some understanding that pg really needs to work on hardening its grid. >>ashley how the new ceo respond was he a testy was he apologetic a you know he has been under fire r que some time now >>he has and i think what a lot of people forget is th he just started in april so while heid recei

ashley: it makes sense. they are your largest customer why wouldn't you do this and give them money to diversify operations? it is steady revenue and growth moving forward. for an aramco successful ipo, they need it. they are looking to large investors and interests outside of the country. not unexpected. i would be more surprised and heartened in the quality of the ipo had it not been the primary consumer. even russian companies might have made more of a surprise move. china was expected this whole time to be involved in some way or another. know over the last few years some major exchanges had conversations, possibly about a listing in canada had conversations. this will be an ipo at home. do you think at the end of the day we will see this business dusted on major exchanges around the world down the road? ashley: saudi aramco is an active participant in the price setting cartel. unless they acknowledge that fact and acknowledge the government uses the company to fund government operations outside of inves

>> ashley: when you meet people here, you know that you're seeing a direct descendant of a slave that was here after, um, the slaves were freed. >> anthony: ashley greene grew up on mosquito beach on james island in charleston. her mother owns the property, which has been in her family for generations. fact of the matter is in the old south back when the dishes, flavors and ingredients of southern cooking, which is to say american cooking as opposed to european, chances are that food was grown, gathered, produced and prepared by african slaves. chef b.j. dennis has made it a personal mission to celebrate and protect the culinary traditions his ancestors passed down to him. >> b.j.: so this is, um, some local blue crab, fresh in season. this is a play on some garlic crabs, but this is shrimp butter instead of garlic butter, and then you have that play of, you know, the french influence into the cuisine right here. >> anthony: the flavors and textures and food ways of west africa are all over southern cooking. and there are few better places to see how short the line between there and h

that's where we are at this point how do we think differently ashley. i think we have to just realize that our social norms are changing and we have to have a conversation about what that means what does accountability look like in the digital age what does it mean to teach kids what consent looks like at all levels not just about like physical touch but the idea that like our digital personas are an extension of our physical bodies so we have to define those conversations from the youngest age because the only way that we can actually change social norms and social mores is to start with children and it starts with you know the things i love seeing here and tell their kids you don't have to accept that hug from a relative you can just say no you decide who touches your body and that that can be with photos too you know children should have the right to say hey mom and dad you don't have to put my photos on the internet let me get to own there and have agency over there and i did i actually sing a couple generations away before some xs video was picture

let me go to ashley parker on this. ashley, this is a "times" story but what does this mean? >> it just adds another detail to this rapidly unfolding story, but it's one thing the white house and the president's allies have always said there's nothing untoward, there's no quid pro quo because the president ultimately released the aid. this now shows perhaps the reason he released the aid was because he knew he was in trouble, he knew there was a whistle-blower complaint coming and that is what prompted him, and it wasn't quite the picture they painted he put a hold on aid but of course they were always going to release it. it certainly raises the plausible question he had to be prompted by a whistle-blower complaint in a congressional investigation. >> ned, this is the argument made by the democrats on the house intel committee, he was caught. that's why i gave back the money. >> it's as simple as that. and there's a confluence of these two things that trump knew he was going to be in a political vice if not a legal vice. >> it was news of a whistle-blower complaint and congr

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala sat down with the cal office of emergency services director to talk about the lessons learned from that fire. >>you don't just people also rapidly. hello. yes, director mark ghilarducci reflecting on the state's deadliest and most destructive wildfire. he says the campfire highlighted the importance of situational awareness and staying on top of dangerous weather patterns we need to know where they're at so that we could preposition assets. or weaken the q a areas he says this new sense of awareness helped in pre evacuations for the recent kincade fire. so that firefighters could focus more on the fire as opposed to search and rescues you don't want >>overdoing and you don't want to. to a mass when there's not you know a legitimate threat and so that's where that situation awareness that good intelligence crosses over in the past as you know, we says we didn't have that great situation awareness and we went out in front of the event that people being we weee pre positioning resources to the degree that we are now. it was more reactive. this is

ashley o parker, pulitzer prize winning reporter for "the washington post." and peter braaker, co-author of the new book "impeachment, an american history." barbara, i've got to start with you. how big, how consequential or not is tonight's court ruling? >> the ruling with regard to the mcgahn testimony, i think, is very significant. it doesn't reallys come as a surprise, but it's a very important step because what's i says isrt that witnesses cannot hide behind this c concept of absolute immunity. the judge says it doesn't exist, and these witnesses do have to testify, including don mcgahn. now, as a practical matter, the department of justice says it willde appeal this decision, so think they have the ability to sort of run out the clock on this opinion with regard to mpicgahn. but it could be used to empower other witnesses to testify in the impeachment proceeding. the house committee can wave it around. it may not be binding on any other witness, but it's certainly persuasive authority that suggests they do have to testify when thcalled. >> ashley parker,

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getting reimbursed for all the time anresources it spent on the oeals our first capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>before may be getting some payback for t many resources that pulled together when pg cut power to millions of people last month our piece was managi the consequences of that and part of that. >>was ere responsible as well so we're holding them accountable for that as well aswhere they could not meet the need and it was a lot. we were stepping inwith which state asts and state resources to be able to do that aside from activating the emery operation center in king an all hands deck approach to the blackouts cal ohes, director mark ghilducci noted for the first time er. >>the state provided aircraft assets from the highway patrol and national guard to help eugenie assess its equipment to quickly restore power. fedel emergency management agency typically reimburses the state for emergency operations costs when disaster hits but because the blackouts were considered one taxpayers could be left wondering who's covering tho costs. there is some taking place by the utiliti

ashley, who in the hill designed your question inconsistency and we thought that pg e would use scalpel. >>in implementinthese planned blackouts and stead pg e has chosen. >>to use a sledgehammer pg any ceo facing frustrated lawmakers and monday senate october's power shut-offs ceo bill johnson maintaining the company's decision to cut down power millions of people for up to 5 days extme weather that prompted east to shut off was a one in 30 year events several tes throughout the hearing senators reminded utility leaders the power, the government has to take control. >>of and any response that seves the needs st of the people of northern california. now i do work for the shareholrs at the moment. so et's not get ourselves about that. >>and i actually think can keeping pg e is an integrated fferentompany is the best way to serve. >>lamakers also analyzed how the state's otheinvestor owned utilities more successfully handled smaller scale shut off by using section allies systems for microgrids pg leaders say they are workg towards sexualizing part of its gri to limit the sizof is shut off

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>the lights are back on a blue oak elementary school in the sierra foothills governor gavin newsome visiting one of many schools trying to make the most of it situation after multiple power shut off this month without power, we would not have fire alarms. so we plan to bring in. >>individuals who would a service a fire watch. >>despite the blackout the school stayed open this week using a couple smaller-scale generators, our of necessities like the internet state leaders met with school officials and students thursday to hear how they manage students say there was a boost in outdoor activities and time to read did you really feel like you like learned that day. >>the governor reiterated california regulators are investigating pg any for the blackouts that could schools in this situation in the first place or utilities. >>newsome wasn't specific. but says his office will soon reveal how the state will double down on forcing new protocols and operations for pg any in el dorado county a

ashley webster in for liz claman. it's really what we want, we want a stable market moving to the upside. i don't think it's too frothy and certainly not too exuberant. ashley: i'll do my best not to brow it in the last hour. [laughter] great tough. and, indeed, breaking news, markets at record highs but pulling back just slightly after reuters just reporting that the white house plan to roll back chinese tariffs is facing, apparently, fierce sperm op -- internal opposition. that taking some of the wind out of the sails with the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq all still on track to close at all-time highs after setting new intraday records. it's almost a daily occurrence now. the dow poised, as i said, to lock in its third record of the ek

it suggests they have to testify when called. >> ashley parker, let's talk about rudy giuliani. we heard the president about his good friend and great crime fighter from this very city. has his change -- as there been a change in rudy's standing that you've been able to detect on the inside? >> the distancing begun a little while ago. rudy giuliani is someone who in the president's orbit has very few allied except the president himself. there is long been us from strigs about what rudy would say on tv, say to reporters, descentally text to reporters, pocket text to reporters. in they got the president spun up about biden, ukraine and burisma. and so again, you saw the president's comments. he was supportive. rudy has one key ally and that is the president. the president is loyal until suddenly he is not. so that is a tricky spot for giuliani to be in. but it is one so far he's managed to navigate and again is safe and is fine until the president decides that something has changed. >> peter baker, i'd like to read you a quote that you know well. speaker of the house pelosi this w

we have white house reporter, ashley parker, plus former senior fbi official, chuck rosenberg, with us at the table, msnbc national affairs analyst and former managing editor for "time" magazine. you broke this news of sondland's planned reversal. take us inside the strategy. is he trying to avoid any questions about whether he perjured himself or had he forgotten these detailed interactions with the ukrainians? >> the explanation from sondland's side is basically that after all of these witnesses went in, he had a much better memory of what occurred. >> three weeks ago, right? september 1st? >> correct. if you look at the transcript that came out earlier today with that new testimony, you can see sondland saying that he did not believe that he thought that the military aid was tied to the investigation. obviously saying something very different today and leading many democrats into an interesting position. i think they like the fact that sondland has said this because he is seen as a trump ally, he's seen as someone who was close to the president and that sort of enhances their argume

ashley parker, my thanks to you for spending some time with us. good to see you as always. >> thank you. >>> after complaining for weeks about a lack of representation there is a very good chance trump won't be putting a lawyer in front of the judiciary committee. >>> and speaking of rudy giuliani, might he be in trouble with the president? the first sign of trump's i hardly knew him defense. >>> plus, say what you will about michael bloomberg's late entry into the 2020 race. but he's got a plan, one that threatens to change the way we think about primaries going forward, if it pays off. ard, if. >>> plus, say what you will >>> plus, say what you will >>> donald trump and his allies have long complained that the impeachment process isn't fair. they claim without legal representation he wasn't getting due process. but that defense is no longer valid because as the impeachment inquiry enters its next phase, the white house is welcome to participate. in a letter sent by jerry nadler, asked the president if he and his counsel would be attending next w

>>we're not going to either in sacramento, ashley zavala kro 4 news. >>it just opened for winter fast in santa clara on the ice ink is ready for skin. the theme park has more than 8 miion lights up on display in addition to a bunch of ifferent live holiday shows you can check out, especially if you're a peanuts fan. >>that's right you know we have our it's christmamovie i show in the theater.%it's definitely a fan favorite d a great place to warm up when you're here enjoyi winterfest and want to go relax on your off your feet for a little while. >>winter fest kicked off at 5 o'clck tonight it's open until 10 the event will last through december 31th. >>all right, let's get a check of the weather around the bay area one of the foot on the ice or elsewhere. yes me now for the 4 zone forecast with our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow this guy's here the weekend is here we go again things changing though for this holiday weekend is rizzi major storm move in just some partly cloudy skies. >>around the bay area right now the showers are tapering off you c

and our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains how they plan to help. >>after businesses across the state tossed money and time in last month's power shut off. state leaders are hoping to bring more rings to registers and sll shops across california, the main thing that day. >>he did is they can use is >>lenny mendonsa is governor gavin newsom's chief economic advisor he says this week the state is launching a social media campaign to urge visitors and californians to shop local >>ricci to believe that people. >>mendonsa says october's power shut-offs didn't have a huge impact on california's overall economy but says small businesses took big hits. >>particular jen we could not. in the busy part of the season. >>the state does offer grants to help those shops in need to really need is pele to coming shop. this weekend. the state will begin sharing the voices of those small businesses all over social media. >>in sacramento, ashley zavala kron 4 news. a couple big winter storm. >>saw on this thanksgiving weekend are affecting millions of americans from co

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>>ashley i'm last question is there any on focused on. what people are being paid all right, you know as far as their charges during that time and i've heard from some people that they were tually charged with their power was out heavy or anything on there. >>yeah i i think that is definitely discussion here senator wiener is actually one of the senators that's going to sit on the committee and investigative committee. that's going to look into pg any and how those powers played out of course if customers were charged, tt's definitely going to be something that in this hearing a certain t certainly ey'ro going to come up with some kind of idea to address that situation. >>well actually zavala there are and sacramento for us w really appreciate helier fact-finding missions. >>google says it wants to make banking for customers a smarter the latest on its nest venture and when you can start using it has the body of a korean war veteran finally comes home to northern reted to recving his mily remains at sfo. decades lar and nexts 6.30 is less

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