This is today. With lester holt and erica hill, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill. Alongside tom in for jenna. Dylan dreyer is with us too and we promise youll see her in a moment. It is very cold outside. Octobrrrr as you said. All up and down the east coast. Were looking at possibly record lows in some places. Could make for a chilly halloween. If you can, its a good morning to probably stay in bed. Tom and i noticed we broke out the flannels today. And feeling great. I went for wool and sweater. We all got the message and dylan will have more of that for us in a moment. We will talk about a legal bombshell. A grand jury wanted to indict Jonbenet Ramseys parents in her death. Well have to ask the question why they werent charged. Plus a man who will be king but Prince Charles is not ready to wear the crown any time soon. A revealing interview there. Later, a big mystery until a few days ago. A lot of pe
Killed 21 people across the state of california as families frantically search for the hundreds reported missing. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin this afternoon with the world lead. The Nuclear Standoff with north korea reaching another alarming level just a short time ago. North koreas foreign minister declaring that President Trumps, quote, insane warning at the united nations, quote, lit the wick of war. Moments ago, President Trump denied that he wants to increase the u. S. Nuclear stockpile as had been reported, but he did say the stockpile must be in perfect condition. We wont need an increase, but i want modernization and i want total rehabilitation. Its got to be in tip top shape. Briefed yet again by defense secretary james mattis and joseph dunford. Meanwhile, american b1 bombers conducted mock missile launches along the Korean Peninsula yesterday. Cnns Barbara Starr begins our coverage live from the pentagon. Reporter b1 bombers flying
Now . Top level allegedly slamming the president and woodward himself after some of those officials issued strong denials of the avarice that any of the things listed in books. We are digging into that. Hello and welcome to fox news at night, im Shannon Bream in washington. From the minute Chuck Grassley try to gamble in the Supreme Court nomination hearing for judge kavanaugh, it was clear that this would be no state capital capitol hill aff. Dozens of protesters pepper the hearings time and again. His allegations to the highest court would be abortions and even outright death. Mr. Chairman, id like to be recognized. If you are out of order, i will proceed. I would like to adjourn. Tom tillis asked whether the democrats response was scripted over a weekend Conference Call. In reviewing a tweet from nbc saying democrats plotted a coordinated response over the weekend and all agreed to protest and disrupt the hearing. One of the discussions yesterday was this whole question of whether t
Of stuff he can use against his domestic political opponents. I mean, the president s supporters and the white house tried for a while to argue it was okay, that he asked for that stuff from a Foreign Government because he was asking for it for free . There was no quid pro quo. They tried that for a while. It was kind of a besides the point argument because it doesnt matter if you agree to trade for information to use against your political opponents at home. It doesnt matter if you give them something in exchange. Youre just not loud to solicit that or ask for it at all whether or not theres a quid pro quo. Even still, though, that besides the point no quid pro quo argument fell apart like a paper suit in the rain when we started to get mutually corroborating testimony in the impeachment inquiry that, in fact, yes there was a quid pro quo and the president had insisted on it personally. Then, of course, the white house chief of staff just flatout admitted it to the press. So its just
The white house tried for a while to argue that it was okay, that he asked for that stuff from a Foreign Government because he was asking for it for free, there was no quid pro quo, and they tried that for a while. It was kind of a besides the point argument because it doesnt matter if you agreed to trade for information to use against your political opponents at home. It doesnt matter if you give them something in exchange for it. Youre just not allowed to solicit. Youre not legally allowed to ask for it at all whether or not theres a quid pro quo. Even still, though, that besides the point no quid pro quo argument fell apart like a paper suit in the rain, what we started to get mutually corroborating testimony in the impeachment inquiry, that in fact yes there was a quid pro quo and the president had insisted on it personally. Then of course the white house chief of staff just flat out admitted to the press. So its just been a mess. They have had to abandon any defense of the substan