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and good friday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. president trump is back home but empty-handed after his north korea summit ended with no deal. and he returns to washington beleaguered by a new scandal and still reeling from the scathing testimony by his former attorney. michael cohen is set to appear before congress again next wednesday, exactly one week after his dramatic public hearing. and mr. trump's son-in-law jared kushner is at the center of a controversy over hissecuty agni from d.c. with the latest. susan, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. the president landed in washington just hours after his appearances before congressional committees. in dramatic testimony cohen painted his former boss as a racist con man who directed him to lie about extramarital affairs and about his business dealings in russia. president trump made an appearance on fox and had this to say last night about cohen. >> when you have an attorney, you're supposed to be able to

rely on your attorney. >> it's called the client -- >> but it's also called reliance. and he just was not much of an attorney. that i will tell you. i thought it was a terrible display of dishonesty, actually. >> meanwhile, a new report in the "new york times" says that the president ordered a top secret security clearance for his son-in-law jared kushner, . an fbi background check led to kushner being rejected for this high-level security clearance on concerns about possible russian influence on him. president trump has said he played no role in jared kushner's security clearance. the white house responding now "we don't comment onur for us. thank you. michael cohen's testimony also hinting at more legal troubles for president trump. in his hearing the formermedaw president. and unlike special counsel robert mueller, those prosecutors have no specific mandate and they can investigate

any crime brought to their attention. nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: robert mueller is nearly done, but michael cohen is now saying publicly what law enforcement officials have said privately. that federal prosecutors in new york are actively investigating donald trump's conduct as a businessman as well as his early days in the white house. cohen says they're looking at what trump and his aides said to him after the fbi searched his office last year. >> this topic is actually something that's being investigated right them not ud when mr. trump treatment from banks, but understated his company wealth to pay lower taxes. and they'rexaming hush money payments to two women. cohen says president trump was personally reimbursing him for that while in office. he trump's use of charity money to buy this portrait for himself. officials say prosecutors have also questioned cohen about whether foreign money helped way

for the trump inauguration. these investigations are under way even though justice department regulations say a sitting president cannot be indicted. >> they cannot charge a sitting president. but that doesn't mean that they can't continue to investigate. all sitting presidents become former presidents at some point. >> reporter: and there's word that the house intelligence committee plans to call allen weisselberg, the trump organization's chief financial officer. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >> and the president is facing bipartisan backlash this morning after defending kim jong un in connection to the death of an american student. the president says he doesn't believeto warmbier. the -yd was imprisoned by north korea in 2016 and died shortly after his release. nbc's hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: bipartisan backlash after a critics call naive and appalling. >> i don't think that the top leadership knew about it. >> reporter: president trump accepting kim jong un's claim he was unaware of the torture of

otto warmbier, the american student who was returned to the u.s. in a coma and died after 17 months in a north korean prison. >> he tells me that he didn't know about it. and i will take him at his word. >> reporter: hardly anyone else takes kim at his word. >> the blood of otto warmbier is on the hands of kim jong un. >> we shouldn't be naive about this regime. >> the love affair, kim jong un. our national reputation is being tarnished. >> reporter: it's not the first time the president has seemed willing to take the word of strongmen like after the death of journalist jamal khashoggi and on the issue of russian election interference. >> i will president strong and powerful in his denial today. >> reporter: to the warmbier family it's obvious, as they wrote announcing their lawsuit against the north korean government, "kim and his regime have intentionally destroyed our son's life." fred warmbier last year with lester made clear who he blames. >> i'm the voice of otto because

he can't be here. that was taken away from him by kim and his regime. >> and that was hallie jackson reporting. the florida highway patrol is searching for a driver involved in a serious hit-and-run crash. video shows a silver kia sedona turn left at an intersection to enter a parking lot and then hits the back corner of an audi, sending it flipping through the air. the driver of the kia then pulls back outan then crashing into a concrete wall. the 19-year-old driver of that car, jackson maxwell kelly, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. authorities are asking the iormation a kia sedona which l has front end damage. in florida new england patriots owner robert kraft has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor charges of soliciting prostitution. they are linked to two alleged visits by kraft to a massage parlor last month including one just before the super bowl. kraft's lawyer requested a non-jury trial. concerns are pouring in for actor luke perry. the "90210" and "riverdale" star

hospitalize after suffering a reported possible stroke at the age of just 52. we get details from nbc's morgan chesky. ♪ >> reporter: he broke hearts on one of the biggest shows of the '90s, turning troubled teen dylan mckay into a pop culture icon on whe are we going? >> field trip. >> reporter: but heartbreaking news for actor luke perry. parmtds racing to his neighborhood wednesday morning responding to a call about a stroke. >> need rescue 78. stroke. >> reporter: ray spokesman wouldn't confirm the 52-year-old had a stroke but said he is under observation at the hospital. at perry's age a stroke is unusual but not unheard of. the cdc says a third of all patients are under age 65. >> a stroke can happen to anybody anywhere anytime. you don't have to have a family history. you don't even have to have many risk factors. >> hey, are you stopping by the

site later? >> reporter: most recently perry starred on the hit cw show "riverdale." the news broke of a "beverly hills 90210" reboot. this former co-star sending heartfelt messages. shannen doherty sharing a hug from their old show, adding "my friend, holding you tight and giving you my strength. you got this." >> i can't tell you what else i'm thinking because your parents are in the room. >> reporter: perry has sign on to the new project, leaving friends and fans praying for his health and a return to the role that m chesky, nbc new angeles. some dramatic video to show you now. this rescue of a man call the in a flash flood near jerusalem. it happened thursday. you see this man there stuck on top of the car clinging to the roof as those flood waters rush through the streets. that rescue crew had to use a rubber raft attached to a rope to reach him. after pulling him to safety he was treated at the hospital for hypothermia. the rescue attempt was broadcast live across israeli media.he fl triggered by heavy rainfall in that area. >> wow. meanwhile, closer to home

northern california has faced some of its worst flooding in 20 years. mandatory evacuations were ordered and a state of emergency declared after the russian river rose 14 feet above its flood stage. authorities say one man was killed when he was overtaken by a current. he was trying to walk through five feet of water to his home where three children were trapped. deputies were able to rescue the children. there's been no access to the town of guerneville for days. the sonoma sheriff says they're trying get the roads open to residents only by noon today. >> let's see if it's going to be good for them to get to them. >> the water's going down. today's ain. hopefully they can at least assess what's going on there. and then another storm comes in on saturday. this storm is going to be a coast-to-coast one. it's going to affect millions of people from california all the way through boston by the time we get into monday morning. so here we are saturday morning heavy rain into california again. more snow at the high elevations. then during the day on saturday snow breaks out in the plains. i paused it 8:00 a.m. sunday.

waking up to snow in kansas city, possibly st. louis. there's always a fine line in the forecast. it gets very difficult between the snow and the rain. that will be somewhere around oklahoma city, possibly areas of the stourn ohio valley through kentucky. then by 4:00 p.m. on sunday snow breaking out in areas like pittsburgh and then it's going to be a wintry mess possibly. areas like d.c., philadelphia, new york, southern new england. our computer models are a little split on exactly who's going to get hit the hardest in new england. but there's at least the potential for significant snow from the rockies throughout the central plains, southern ohio valley and numerous areas in the rtt. february or march, your snowy end of winter continues. there's a little light snow this morning even around areas of new york city and philadelphia. i'll give you the rest of the weekend forecast coming up but it's messy. it's in like a lion as they say

for march. >> at least it's on the weekend so people don't have to get around work and school. when you're out and about today you might want to pick up a lottery ticket. there were no jackpot winners in this week's mega millions or powerball drawings. that means tonight's mega millions jackpot is worth $267 million while tomorrow night's powerball stands at $348 million. we're talking about a whopping $615 million up for grabs. od. come on, let's talk about we always tack abolk about the . maybe one of those. >> get your gamble on, people. coming up, spacex takes a small step toward their next giant leap. 25% of your mouth.

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action conference, or cpac, kicks off in maryland today. speakers include president trump, vice president mike pence, and right-wing commentator glenn beck. the world's most fshe idita in anchorage, alaska tomorrow. the race is now in its 47th year. it spans 1,000 miles. expected top prize of ea across that takes place annually on dr. seu seuss's birthday. but many schools will be celebrating today. >> leading the news this morning, something that most of us who are up at this hour can really relate to. being sleep deprived. but now doctors say if your strategy is to catch up on sleep on the weekends, could be even worse for your health. here's nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: monday to friday it's go, go, go. no time to stop and no time to sleep. we tell ourselves sleep is for the weekend. but a new study shows those extra hours on saturday and sunday, as good as they may feel, don't repair the damage done during the week. ? sleep lost can't be sleep gained. the younger you are you're more

likely to recover much sooner. but as you grow older in your 40s and your 50s it will take a lot more time to recover. >> reporter: people who don't sleep enough eat too much. the lure of late-night ice cream and potato chips too har disrup ability to regulate sugar, leading to diabetes, heart disease,ie rest easy. simple fix. put the pajamas on, the chips away, and to bed. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >> stephanie gosk trying to get us to quit our jobs. >> simple fix? what is she talking about? now where we are it's like 3:45 for us in the morning. come on. >> yeah. and to your credit, you don't even drink coffee, right? for me it's a lot of coffee and makeup, people. that's all we can do to make it work. >> a lot of face paint going on right here. still ahead, good news for "brooklyn nine nine" fans and an a-ha moment for jimmy fallon.

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they're at it mullets and m garb. that album is really good, though. the teal album from weezer. >> yeah. their covers -- they dropped ti think last month. total surprise to fans. billie jean. >> that was my favorite one. >> michael jackson. also eurythmics "sweet dreams." all kinds of good stuff. >> there you go. we've got a weezer commercial out. good, though. >> cast of "brooklyn nine nine" had a good reaction when they got some good news this week. watch this. >> you know how happy and proud we were to have you on nbc this season. and we are even happier to say that we would love to have you back next season. [ cheers and applause ] >> the cast and crew getting the news wednesday during a table read. this will be the seventh season from "brooklyn nine nine." but only its second with nbc, who picked up the show after it was canceled by fox in early ero see adam s

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she leads a $160 billion company that has revolutionized media. susan tells the story of google being launched litergaalge, bei employee of that company, and then spotting the potential of that startup called youtube. our sunday sit-down with susan icday. you can catch us in ng dvr and watch us anytime. for now i'll send it back to you, frances and phillip, and we'll see you on sunday morning. >> okay, willie, we will see you then. thank you. >> and bill karins is back with us to tell us about the weekend. >> sunday morning will be indoor day for a lost people too. another big storm comes to fast-moving system too. we'll see the snow and the rain pushing through the four corner region. some early morning snow, could even be heavy in portions of southern new england. pay attention to that forecast. then as we go into sunday that storm raced through the middle of the country. potential for flooding in the southeast. snow in the ohio valley. heading for the northeast sunday night. >> all right, bill, thank you.

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first latinas from texas elected to congress. she represents el paso, a citat country's immigration debate. >> i grew up very close to my family's dairy, escobary. soyy connected to el paso's history. >> reporter: and there's no place more connected to el paso than its sister city, juarez, mexico. >> the border is such a magical, complex place. you know, it's this place where two worlds are juxtaposed. there's pride and there's hard work and there's perseverance. and that is who we are as one community. >> reporter: a community that would find itself in the spotlight on the night of the state of the union. >> el paso, texas. used to have extremely high rates of violent crime. now with a powerful barrier in place el paso is one of the safest cities in ourtrh. but it's this constant attack on

eris bhinvigorating. >> reporter: since taking office border and detention centersred with her colleagues five times. on a recent saturday she hosted a town hall at her alma mater, bridges high school. >> which hairdo is yours? >> look for big hair. >> what do you remember from that time? >> what do i remember? >> yeah. what do you remember from that time? >> juarez. >> back when it was easier to come back and forth. >> right. yeah. >> your predecessor beto o'rourke, he said recently that he would be willing to go as far as to take down the wall. do you agree with him? >> i do. some kind of fencing i'm not averse to that. >> what can be done in the meantime? >> one of the most important things we can do is educate the public. the american public is going to need to decide if this status quo, this kind of governance, this kind ofnstitution is somet

congresswoman escobar voted to terminate president trump's national emergency declaration intended to pay for the border wall. the battle continues. for frances rivera i'm phillip for frances rivera i'm phillip mena.

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