the white house very much appears to be still supporting, even though now they have this information about kavanaugh that a senior u.s. senator thought was serious enough to refer to it the fbi. again, this is something that came out of left field there are still a lot of questions as to what the letter contains, where it came from, and whether the information in it is actually credible. i should tell you that nbc news reports late tonight, they reported this right before we got on the air tonight that they ve got a little bit about the content of this letter. here is what nbc news just reporting. quote, two sources say the allegation in the letter was sexual in nature, but both sources said the letter writer was not specific in describing kavanaugh s alleged behavior. one source tells nbc the conduct described in the letter could amount to an allegation of sexual assault or a lesser allegation, and added the individual making the allegation would have to be more specific with law enfo
the nominee that she has now referred to the fbi. now, i should tell you there is some anonymous source reporting out there tonight, including recently from nbc news about the supposed nature of this information about brett kavanaugh and why senator feinstein may have concluded that it was a matter for the fbi. but whatever the information that feinstein has handed over to the fbi we have not seen it. and the washington post is reporting that whatever the allegation is, the fbi has now notified the white house about it. now, the fbi, of course they do background checks on all federal judicial nominee, including supreme court nominees. whatever this new information is that has been referred to the fbi by dianne feinstein, the fbi says that they have contacted the white house about that information. they have added that new information they received from the senator to the background file, to the fbi background file
can see the surf is still very choppi choppy and the winds pick up at times. a very powerful storm, as we ve been discussing. this has the potential to be absolutely devastating for san juan, as you heard gadi just reporting. we were at that shelter yesterday as people were streaming in. the concern right now is this flooding. as the mayor was discussing, parts of san juan are taking on water. it s hard to see from our vantage point since we re having to stay and seek shelter through all this, but we expect this to continue for several more hours. we can tell you that we were experiencing those hurricane-force winds just an hour or two ago from our previous location. we saw parts of buildings being blown off, debris going on the street. thankfully on this side of the hotel it s a little quieter. we did see the wind shift direction as gadi was mentioning just a short time ago. so right now it doesn t seem too the position i m standing
on this. from our john king. let me read it to you in full. john king just reporting now that rex tillerson has told the president-elect that he would be honored to have the job of secretary of state. he said this as he left the meeting of the two of the men had today at trump tower. and he left that meeting, john king reports, believing he will be the pick. this is according to two sources familiar with his thinking. one of those sources telling our john king tillerson was told the president-elect will formalize his choice next week, in line with what the trump transition team said today. both sources telling our john king that, you know, they did not use their names. this was given on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the issue with their names. but, again, the headline there, rex tillerson left this meeting believing he s going to be the pick. i understand, ryan, that trump just gave an interview to chris