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vanna white finally hosts "wheel of fortune" how she's stepping up to help pat sajak, today, tuesday, november 10th, 2019. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody, welcome to "today," thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning. we're talking about that cold air that's coming here. it ain't here yet. >> no. >> 58 degrees here in new york city. check out our crowd, you all. this is like. >> in shirt sleeves. >> they don't even need coats, it's a beautiful day but that is going to change. >> right now bundle down but then bundle up in a little bit. let's get to our top story, a historic day about to unfold in washington. democrats will announce two articles of impeachment, official charges against the president accusing him of using the power of the presidency to shake down a foreign government to help him in his next election.

at the same time, a long awaited department of justice watchdog report on the russia investigation is finally out and it found the investigation was not politically motivated and the fbi had legitimate reason to open it, but there were also findings of troubling misconduct within the fbi ranks and this morning, the president and his attorney general are seizing on that. we've got two reports, we'll start with nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. today is the day democrats have now introduced two articles of impeachment against president trump accusing him of violating his oath of office and abusing his power. it comes after 18 witnesses have provided roughly 50 hours of public testimony and now another history-making moment here in washington. this morning, house democrats making it official, introducing articles of impeachment against president trump. >> today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our

country, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> reporter: the two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> the president's misconduct goes to the heart of whether we can conduct a free and fair election in 2020. >> reporter: it comes after a marathon hearing monday, with both sides delivering their closing arguments. >> no matter his party or his politics, if the president places his own interests above those of the country, he betrays his oath of office. >> they can't get over the fact donald trump is president of the united states, and they don't have a candidate that they think can beat him. >> reporter: the proceedings lasted about nine hours, filled with tense partisan bickering and fiery exchanges. >> the gentleman will suspend. >> bang it harder, it doesn't make it better that your not doing it right.

>> as you did, mr. goldman. >> reporter: democrats say president trump abused his power, betrayed the national interests and tried to corrupt the 2020 election by withholding military aid to ukraine while asking for an investigation into the 2016 election and his political rival, joe biden. >> president trump's persistent and continuing effort to coerce a foreign country to help him cheat to win an election is a clear and present danger. >> reporter: republicans reject that, arguing the president's actions were not impeachable. they point to the fact that aid was eventually given to ukraine although that didn't happen until after the controversy erupted. still, republicans are lashing out at the entire process. >> impeach a president who 63 million people voted for over eight lines in a call transcript is baloney. >> it's outrageous that we're trying to remove a president with a kangaroo court like this. i yield back. >> reporter: president trump

this morning taking sharp aim, tweeting to impeach a president who has proven through results who has done nothing wrong is sheer political madness. overnight house speaker nancy pelosi was asked if she has the votes to impeach the president. >> on an issue like this, we don't count the votes. people will just make their voices known on it. i haven't counted votes nor will i. >> reporter: and the president tweeted moments ago, witch hunt. so what happens next? well, democrats could vote on impeachment by next week before they break for their winter recess. as for the president, white house officials say expect mr. trump to give a full-throated response at his rally tonight in hershey, pennsylvania. the president relishes the campaign trail and is using impeachment as a way to energize his base ahead of a tough re-election campaign. now, before the president leaves today, he'll meet with the russian foreign minister. it's the first visit by that official since 2017. savannah. >> all right, kristen, thank you. we will have live coverage of this morning's impeachment

announcement on most of these nbc stations. now to the other big headline out of washington concerning the russia investigation. the president has often claimed that the fbi's investigation into his 2016 campaign was an attempt to overthrow the government of but a new report from the justice department's internal watchdog, the inspector general, has found that there was no political bias in the starting of the probe and that the fbi was justified to look into it. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams joins us with more on that pete, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, the other part of this is that the report is harshly critical of how the fbi conducted one aspect of the case, and the fbi now says it's taking steps to make sure those mistakes don't happen again, but it did find no sign of political bias in how the fbi opened the investigation of the trump campaign the justice department's inspector general said the fbi followed the rules in july 2016 when it secretly opened an investigation into possible russian influence of the trump campaign.

>> the phoney witch hunt, phoney witch hunt just a total witch hunt. >> z this is the witch hunt. >> reporter: the report says there was no evidence of political bias and said the fbi had a legitimate purpose in looking at whether there was a threat to national security. but it was harshly critical of how the fbi handled an application for court permission to conduct surveillance on carter page, a former trump campaign adviser the fbi relied heavily on an unverified anti-trump dossier assembled by christopher steele, a former british spy the report says the fbi's court application made statements about steele that were, quote, inaccurate, incomplete and unsupported, overstating his value as a source and glossing over the fact that many claims he made were not checking out. president trump says the report confirms his worst suspicion that the fbi's investigation of his campaign was an attempted government takeover. >> this was something that we can never allow to happen again. the report actually, and especially when you look into it in the details of the report are

far worse than anything i would have imagined. >> reporter: james comey who was in charge of the fbi at the time said the report is largely good news for the fbi. >> there was no treason, there was no conspiracy, there was no tapping of trump's wires, there was no putting informants in the campaign, it was all nonsense. >> reporter: even so, the current fbi director, chris wray, is ordering changes in how the fbi applies for surveillance court orders attorney general william barr appointed a u.s. attorney in connecticut, john durham, to conduct a separate review months ago. and in a highly unusual statement given that his investigation isn't done, durham says that he does not agree with the inspector general about how the fbi's investigation was opened in the first place. attorney general barr says the report makes clear that the fbi launched an intrusive investigation of a u.s. presidential campaign on what he called the thinnest of suspicions that did not justify the steps the fbi took or in keeping the investigation going after donald trump became president. savannah.

>> disagreement with the inspector general, pete, thank you. also this morning, we're learning about the victims of that tragic volcano eruption in new zealand including americans, and questions are growing about just why those tourists were allowed on that island in the first place. nbc's janis mackey frayer joins us now from new zealand. hey, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. six people are confirmed dead this morning, eight are still missing. we now know there were nine americans on white island just 30 miles off the coast here. what isn't clear is how many made it back trapped by the erupting volcano, americans matthew and lauren urey were just married in october, on their dream honeymoon to new zealand then a late-night voice message to his mother, janet, in pennsylvania, that they had been on the island and were badly burned >> terrified, any horrible emotion you can imagine. i didn't even listen to the full message, i quickly called him

back, and at least got to hear his voice that he was at the hospital but his hands were severely burned, he really couldn't use the phone. >> reporter: and he couldn't find lauren. she was air lifted to auckland, both of them needing surgery all of the wounded now at burn units around the country. >> covered in ash, looking quite badly burned, obviously requiring transport by helicopter they were very sick anyway. >> reporter: rescue teams can't get near the island because it's so unstable and there's a small -- strong chance the volcano could erupt again. >> i would strongly suggest that there's no one that has survived on the island. >> reporter: among the dead a local tour guide, haden marshal inman. >> to those who have lost or are missing family and friends, we share in your grief and sorrow, and we are devastated. >> reporter: white island lies about 30 miles offshore from here, a popular spot with tourists. >> the agency that manages the alert system had warned the island was unstable.

the question now, why were tourists able to get on boats and go there this tour operator wasn't saying much today >> is this your boat, sir? >> skipper of the day. >> reporter: he took his boat back to rescue people stranded at the island, now smothered in 2 feet of ash. police here are hinting at a criminal investigation for now, janet urey just wants her family home. there have been warnings for weeks that the volcano was restless so why tourists, including children and retirees were even allowed to go there is now forming a bigger part of the investigation here although authorities can't even mount a recovery mission right now. tomorrow they'll try to fly drones over the island to test the gas levels there, and while police say they can never be 100% sure, there are no illusions they're going to find any survivors. hoda. >> janis mackey frayer for us in new zealand. thank you.

we have craig here now joining us with another story breaking overnight. >> savannah, hoda, good morning to you in new zealand to the urgent search underway off south america for a military plane that disappeared on a flight to antarctica, with 38 people on board. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. tom, what do we know at this point? >> reporter: eight planes, four ships are taking part in the search in a vast area of ocean called the drake passage between south america and antarctica, this plane was transporting personnel going on to a fuel pipeline, but lost radio contact shortly after 6:00 p.m disaster in the skies off chile after a military transport plane carrying 38 people disappeared overnight while headed from chile to antarctica, the aircraft now presumed to have crashed. officials say the chilean plane, a c-130 hercules, similar to

this one, was flying to a base in antarctica, transferring perpendicular el to inspect a floating fuel supply pipeline. the aircraft taking off shortly before 5:00 p.m. from the southern city of punta arenas, more than 18 miles from the capital of santiago, losing contact and the ocean between the tip of south america and antarctica the chilean air force said the plane had not been heard from in more than seven hours and likely would have run out of fuel around 12:40 a.m a spokesman telling local media a search was under way and a rescue ship was in the general area where the plane should have been when contact was lost we were talking with the vessel commander via satellite phone and he said that there were big waves, hard to sail, 17 crew members and 21 other passengers were on board on their way to perform logistical support tasks such as repairing the floating oil pipeline that provides fuel for the base this morning, as the search continues, the mystery grows about a plane that seems to have

vanished from the sky. >> anytime something like this happens one of the first questions is what was the weather like what do we know about the weather conditions when the plane went missing. >> the chilean military says the weather was good at the time search coordinators believe this plane was a little more than halfway through its 770-mile journey when it disappeared. by the way, the c-130 is a four-engine work horse of the military and u.s. around the world. it's been used since 1956 as anybody in the military knows, it transports troops and equipment and cargo, pretty good safety record overall. >> tom costello in washington. thank you. we have a lot to get to including new tributes this morning to a man who inspired the world. pete frates, and the founder of the ice bucket challenge that went viral in 2014 passed away yesterday. nbc's senior national correspondent kate snow looks back at his remarkable life and legacy >> a moment of silence for former boston college athlete

pete frates. >> reporter: at the boston celtics game last night, a moment of silence for the extraordinary man whose battle with als inspired millions of us to raise millions of dollars strong and agile, pete frates was a gifted athlete, playing hockey, football and baseball. in college he soared as captain of the boston college screaming eagles his coach mike gambino devastated that he is gone but thankful for all he did. >> he looked at his diagnosis as an opportunity. >> my name is pete frates. i'm 27 and i was recently diagnosed with als. >> reporter: inspect 2012, frates was diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease. he just started dating his now wife julie his parents nancy and john said they immediately called everyone for a family meeting what did he say >> he said i'm going to get this disease in front of philanthropists such as bill gates. >> and when he saw somebody

dumped an ice bucket over a golfer's head. >> you have 24 hours to respond, going to donate $100 to the als foundation >> reporter: pete told his family and friends to take the challenge and challenge three others it went viral. >> i want to accept this challenge. i want to do it better than it's been done. >> that's the only one i cried at you see bill gates he did it. he's a kid that is very determined and very goal oriented, and all those qualities brought this to bill gates. >> reporter: the challenge brought $220 million to als causes trials are now underway for more than a hundred potential therapies. when i met pete two years ago, he could only move his eyes. but that didn't matter to his daughter, lucy >> he's just a dad >> reporter: this morning, his

family calling him a noble fighter who inspired us all to use our talents and strengths in the service of others. for "today," kate snow, nbc news. >> you look at somebody who had so much impact and was so young. how many people, it's so extraordinary to have such a devastating diagnosis and say no, i'm going to find a way to fight it as long as i can. he had a vision, i'm going to get bill gates involved, and it happened >> it's amazing. >> he said a couple of years ago that it represented all that's right about this country, friends, family, fun family is more than $200 million for a cause. >> amazing >> our thoughts and prayers with his family this morning. let us take a turn dylan is over there for al checking a dangerous winter storm. good morning. >> good morning, guys, we are going to see mostly rain, especially today, up and down the east coast and extending back into texas but look on the northern edge of the storm that's where the colder air is located, and creeping closer and closer to dallas you'll start as rain and switch over to snow, and the whole

thing pulls away it's associated with the cold front. today it is going to be mostly rain up and down the east coast. watch what happens as we go into tomorrow morning the colder air surges in and we'll see a brief period of snow we're not looking at a whole lot of snow but it is the timing of the snow that's going to be difficult. it's mainly through tomorrow morning's commute, especially across the northeast today we'll likely see those delays because of the rain, in new york and newark, out towards jfk, baltimore will likely see delays as well as far as snowfall totals, i would say about 1 to 2 inches, mostly on the grassy surfaces. it's going to get warm today, we could break some records we're not looking for a whole lot of this is going to stick on the ground that's the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds (clown 1) sorry about that... (clown 2) apologies. (clown 1) ...didn't mean it. (clown 3) whoops. (stilts) sorry! (clowns) we're sorry!

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contractor. and look at your forecast and kari hall with that. >> we're starting out with some clouds right now. taking a live look right now in dublin. visibility not too bad and temperatures in the upper 40s as you head out the door. that will lead into some upper 50s as we go throughout the day with some times of sunshine. that is ahead of our next round of rain that will be moving into the north bay first later on this evening. we'll see some off and on rain throughout the day tomorrow. and a break tomorrow afternoon before more rain moves in early on thursday. none of this is pretty heavy at this point. more rain on saturday forecast and drying up by sunday. how are the roads now, mike? >> kari, a little more crowded now as we talk about the end of the year and towards thanksgiving and slide during the day and here's the backup getting a little bit heavier at the bay bridge toll plaza but nothing major.

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unveiled articles of impeachment against president trump. the announcement came during a news conference a short time ago. the articles included abuse of power and obstruction of congress it all comes after that nine-hour hearing monday with both sides delivering closing arguments. some republicans calling it an impeachment scam meanwhile, congress has reached a landmark agreement on paid parental leave for federal employees. this measure would give more than 2 million federal workers 12 weeks of paid leave to care for a newborn or adopted child, the same benefits given to members of the military. the agreement must still be passed by both chambers of congress before it goes to president trump for his signature. another possible scandal this morning for the new england patriots according to the cincinnati bengals, the nfl is investigating the patriots after a new england employee was seen filming the bengals sidelines on sunday during cincinnati's game against cleveland. word is that patriots employee was working with one of new england's advanced scouts working on a documentary about

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argue show how things are not changing fast enough with female directors totally snubbed, sparking outrage >> women have minds and souls, as well as just hearts. >> they are some of the most acclaimed movies of the year, "little women," "a beautiful day in the neighborhood," "hustlers," "the fair well" and "book smart," all directed by women, which is why critics pounced when five men earned the golden globe nominations for best director. it conjured up memories of what natalie portman said in this category at the 2018 awards show >> here are the all male nominees >> in the 77 year history of the globes, five women have been nominated for directing and one took home the trophy, barbara streisand in 1984. this year experts say there were more women-led features than ever before, yet no female directors were nominated it is incredibly frustrating, actress charlize theron told

"the l.a. times," that's why we can't stop the fight the times up foundation said the nominations show women and especially women of color continue to be pushed to the sidelines by a system that holds women back on screen and off in the tv acting categories, no women of color were nominated this year, while ava, was totally shut out also shut out, the four big broadcast networks for the first time ever, they didn't get a single nomination instead, 46% of the tv noms went to cable, and 54% to streaming services apple tv plus took its first bite out of the awards buffet scoring nods for "the morning show," while netflix beat everyone with 17 nominations for tv and 17 more for film, including best picture contenders like "marriage story" "dolemite is my name" and the "irishman," movies that can

already be watched at home. >> the criticism as the hollywood foreign press, have they responded at all? >> its president was asked about the issue with female directors and told "variety" quote, we don't vote by gender, we vote by film and accomplishment. the association that does vote on the globes is a small group of about 90 foreign journalists, which is why some of their picks are sometimes different than the oscars and the emmys those awards are voted on by much larger bodies of people, folks who actually work in the tv and movie industries. back to you guys. >> joe fryer, thank you very much. up next, an exclusive interview you really need to see. it's a former boeing employee who blew the whistle on safety concerns before those 737 max crashes. this morning, his concern for other planes that are still in the air. but first, these messages.

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public with his concerns about safety issues at the world's largest airplane manufacturer. the only factory in the world that makes the 737 line saying he warned the company about safety issues before both of the deadly 737 max crashes >> it's just tough, you know. >> reporter: for ten years, ed pierson worked on the 737 for a company he had long admired. the 737 was a magnificent airplane, great safety record, were you excited to work for the company? >> oh, yes, absolutely i mean, how could you not want to work for boeing, it's an amazing company. >> reporter: but a flawed one, he said. bottom line is you're worried about people dying in boeing planes. >> absolutely. >> reporter: after 30 years in the military, much of it spent in an airplane, ed pierson is a reluctant whistle-blower his concerns date back back to 2017 as production of the 737 max

ramped up, ed pierson said he started to see things that alarmed him, affecting not just the max but also the 737 n >> just out of control, and it was ridiculous >> reporter: the race to build the new planes and compete with europe's airbus, he says, pushed boeing's production schedule into overdrive instead of 47 planes a month, 52 were being built so how much overtime was going on at this point did it double? >> more than doubled. >> reporter: he says many people worked for weeks in a row without a day off, and some ended up doing jobs they had never trained for. he sent this email to the head of the 737 team in june, 2018, expressing his concern that workers were inadvertently embedding safety hazards into our airplanes. and his email included something else, even authorize damning >> you know, i said that all my internal warning bells are going off and that, you know, the first time in my life, i'm hesitant about putting my family on a boeing plane. >> reporter: pierson says he urged the boeing managers to shut down the factory just long

enough to straighten things out. and what was his reaction to that >> he said we can't shut down, and i kind of got mad and said, you know, i've seen military operations shut down for a lot less. >> reporter: what was his reply to that? >> something i'll never forget he said, well, the military is not a profit making organization. >> reporter: what words would you use to describe that factory at that point? >> dangerous taking unnecessary risk. chaotic. >> reporter: four months later, lion air crashed in indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. >> reporter: and the irony that when you wrote that first letter that lion airplane was on the factory floor. >> it was within our productiont system at the time when i saw that, that was i really can't say, i mean, i don't know how to describe it. i cried a lot. >> reporter: did you

>> yeah. i'm mad at myself because i felt like maybe i could have done more. >> reporter: over the next several months he reached out to boeing's ceo and the general counsel. 19 days after sending this letter to the boeing board, a second 737 max crashed the ethiopia airlines crash killed all 157 people on board afterwards, the 737 max was grounded worldwide lawyer eric havian has represented hundreds of whistle-blowers. ed pierson for free. he was shocked by how little interest regulators took in the information pierson gave them after the second deadly crash. >> i was at a loss to understand it >> reporter: is boeing too big to fail, is boeing too big to be regulated? >> that's a possibility. i mean, boeing certainly has received unusually favorable treatment from the faa and from government aviation regulators. >> reporter: pierson says he doesn't know if what he witnessed contributed to the

crashes but feels it's imperative that the production line is investigated to make sure >> somewhere in the end of my letter to the board i said no one wants to wake up one morning and hear of another accident, and that's exactly what happened >> reporter: while boeing has previously acknowledged mistakes including that their anti stall system contributed to both crashes, this morning boeing is pushing back strongly saying that the 737 is one of the safest planes flying and they say, quote, the suggestion by mr. pierson of a link between his concerns and the recent max accidents is completely unfounded and that so far no investigators have found production conditions in the factory contributed to the accidents. >> cynthia, apparently ed pierson is scheduled to testify before congress tomorrow any idea on what he's planning to say >> reporter: yeah, expect him to say that during late 2017 and '18, boeing was delivering less

than 10% of the 737s on time, leading management to push for speed over safety. his concerns are far broader than the much discussed laws in the mcas anti-stall system he is essentially concerned that any 737 made during this window may have safety flaws baked in there are hundreds of those planes flying right now. mr. pierson has shown us 13 safety incidents involving the new 737. some of them appear really concerning like losing an engine on takeoff craig. >> lots of folks will be paying close attention to what he says tomorrow, cynthia, thank you. thank you, cynthia, we'll turn to dylan with a check of the weather. in for al this morning. >> good morning again. we do have rain but it also comes with perhaps some record breaking temperatures, out ahead of this cold front, we are looking to tie or break records, especially up in boston with a forecast of 64 degrees if it hits that, it will tie a record set back in 1907. d.c. should hit 60, charlotte, 68 on the backside of this cold front it's only going to top out

at 2 degrees in minneapolis. this colder air will continue to surge in behind this cold front so tomorrow in boston, it drops to 34, pittsburgh, 31, detroit, 27, philly drops to 41 as we go into thursday it gets even colder. high temperatures stay in the 20s and 30s but we rebound back up to the 50s for the east coast good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as you look out the window, seeing a lot of clouds over the south bay and we're going to see some breaks in the clouds today ahead of our next round of rain. now, that rain starts to move first into the north bay later on this evening and rain on and off throughout the day and umbrellas going into thursday with lingering showers moving by. by friday we are clearing by and more rain in the forecast on saturday. it is looking good on sunday for that raiders final home game. >> dylan, thank you.

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good tuesday morning. right now at 7:56, we take a live look outside at dublin where we are seeing some patches of fog and low clouds. we will start to see that clearing out and we will have some rain coming in late tonight into early tomorrow and more rain in the forecast heading into the weekend. now as we take it hour by hour we will, once again, see some sun but by 8:00 to 9:00 tonight when it first moves into the north bay and then the rest of the bay area with off and on spotty and light showers and then more, again, early on thursday. heading into friday, we're crying ocry drying out and warming up to the low 60s and more scattered showers in the forecast on sunday. upper 60s then but clearing out in time for the 49ers and the raiders final home game on monday we will see more rain in the forecast.

let's head over to mike now for a look at the morning commute. >> not so bad, kari. slow 101. off of 85 at the bottom of your screen, overall looking pretty good for a tuesday. did jam up 101 at 92 and stretches from both directions. really focus on the 92 area there. other side of the bay, jammed up towards marina and the crash reported in the southbound direction so maybe and back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. happening now, house lawmakers two articles of impeachment against president trump. one for abuse of power and the other for obstruction of congress. the announcement came just about two hours ago and over the past hour, the president has posted at least four tweets, one of them calling on house judiciary chair jerry nadler. the other adam schiff. the president makes clear he believes democrats are making

the whole thing up. the latest responses from the president from our twitter feed and go to nbcbayarea.com for a full update.

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and listen to your every word. >> and good as gold. >> oh, my god, 20 years since i was nominated for "selena." >> how jennifer lopez is celebrating a golden globes nomination two decades in the making. today, tuesday, december 10th, 2019. >> good morning, deer valley. >> girls trip from college station, texas. >> hello, nashville, michigan. >> i married the love of my life 25 years ago today. >> what a beautiful couple. what a beautiful crowd, even the kid with her tongue stuck out. >> i would like to welcome you back to "today," we appreciate you being with us on this tuesday morning. >> make the most of your moment. >> stick around this week, we're about to take the season of giving to a whole new level. charlie puth is going to perform

live tomorrow in studio 1a. and then on thursday, ryan reynolds will be here. >> and hoda, you're going to catch up with the cast of the brady bunch to catch up on the christmas special. >> "a very brady christmas." a very hoda christmas. a big one in the house impeachment inquiry today. this morning, the democrats announced the specific articles of impeachment against the president. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest on how it will all play out this morning. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning to you. today is the day democrats have now introduced two articles of impeachment against president trump, accusing him of violating his oath of office and abusing his power. the two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. democrats say president trump abused his power, betrayed the national interest and tried to corrupt the 2020 election by withholding military aid to ukraine while asking for an investigation into his political rivals. republicans and the president

have rejected that, calling the entire process a sham. this morning democratic leaders called this moment solemn. >> today in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the house committee on the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united stat states, donald j. trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors. >> reporter: president trump took aim at democrats after the announcement calling the investigation a witch hunt. he also called the allegation that he tried to pressure ukraine ridiculous. in a statement, press secretary stephanie grisham said today in a baseless and partisan attempt to undermine a sitting president, speaker pelosi and house democrats announced the predetermined outcome of their sham impeachment, something they have been seeking since before president trump was inaugurated. for his part the president is expected to give a full-throated response at his event in hershey, pennsylvania, later

today. savannah. >> kristen welker, thank you. in new zealand this morning, we're learning americans are believed to be some of the missing and injured from that volcano eruption there yesterday. nine americans were among the 47 people on white island at the time. relatives of an american couple on their honeymoon say matthew and lauren urey are being treated for severe burns. one of the injured tourists has died bringing the death toll to six with eight people still missing. conditions on white island remain dangerous hampering search efforts. now to your health at 8:00. about one in three children in this country are either overweight or obese. this morning a new long-term study is pointing to a possible link between obesity in kids and brain differences that affect how they perform in school. nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar joins us with what we need to know. let's start with top lines here. what's the big takeaway? >> let's break this down. this data was taken from the

abcd study, adolescent brain cognitive development, the researchers analyzed over 3,000 kids, ages 9 to 10, performed mris, measurements of height and weight and also measurements of brain function. here were their takeaways. they founding that the children with the highest bmis that there was a link between the thinning of an area of the brain that's s called the prefrontal cortex it's involved in decision-making, impulse control, multi tasking this does not have anything to do with intellectual capacity, an important point the heaviest children also performed more poorly on computer-based cognitive testing. here is where we hit pause because like many studies we talk about, this was not a cause and effect this was merely an association and not only that, but they don't even know in which direction the association went, right, was it obesity leading to brain changes or was it preexisting brain structural

changes that actually led to obesity by not inhibiting certain behaviors and things like that. >> if you're a parent and you're watching this, is there something you can do and can your brain kind of fix itself? >> right i think the takeaway from this is that everyone needs to understand that there's a lot more complexity to childhood obesity than just meets the eye. and one of the things that the authors say and particularly experts that weighed in on this, it's incredibly important not to perpetuate the stigma of weight in these kids. it's incredibly important to recognize all the other factors that go into this. stress, nutrition, and physical activity were not measured here, so basically a building block for future research thinking is there some component of behavioral things or resilience that we can change up here that may affect obesity down the line. >> dr. natalie, thank you. you want to turn to a morning boost. >> of course. >> i think you're going to like this this is the touching result of a high school class assignment,

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coverage of international day of the girl, and more of jenna's trip she took with former first lady, michelle obama >> they spent time with students as a way to shine a spotlight on the importance of girls' education and they also sat down for a really candid conversation mrs. obama opening up about life as an empty nester now that her own girls, hard to believe, are both off to college, and also her thoughts on the 2020 election >> good morning from vietnam, we spent the day at this incredible school as mrs. obama shined a light on an issue she has been passionate about for over a decade michelle obama is wrapping up a whirlwind year, thousands of miles from home, in a classroom in rural vietnam

>> the fate of young women here at some point determines the fate of all of us. we need to tell their stories. we need for people around the world to see these girls go into their homes, to have them share their voices with us >> girls like 15-year-old neu. so this is where you sleep she's the oldest in a family of 12, all living under one roof. and a culture where girls are told their place is in the home or working in a factory. >> have there been times where people have wanted you to quit going to school? >> yes >> but today, neu is seated at the same table with two of the most influential women in the world, michelle obama and julia roberts. >> mrs. obama asked me to come on this trip i didn't realize the depth that i would find here. how much they put into the things we take for granted. >> with extra star power from

youtube, mrs. obama hopes to tell the world about these young girls. >> we are going to shine a light on you. >> after inspiring the girls, she sat down with us i read the night before your book came out, you thought this may be a flop. i mean when i read that, i was like is there a typo >> it was all very personal and i let it all out, right, but i hadn't yet until that point b deigned to step out on a stage and talk about what i had written. and i thought well, maybe i'm crazy, you know. everybody who knows me likes the book, maybe they didn't want to hurt my feelings, so yeah, you know, and i share that because there are so many young girls, young people who think that folks in big places, big important people don't have doubts, and we do. >> i read that your husband is writing his memoir on legal pads i mean, is that true but also are you showing him how

you sold a book. >> another book sold, how are you doing over there barack definitely writes longhand on a yellow pad with pen to paper, so he is a different kind of writer i could never work that way. but yes, he is working on his presidential book, his account of his eight years, his post-presidential book that all of the formers work on it is a torturous process. he's gotten feedback and, you know, it's looking good. it's going to be a wonderful book. >> i can't believe you all are empty nesters, i mean, i met your little girls when they were elementary age, and now you've just posted a picture and they're poised women >> so proud. so proud they're compassionate, they're smart. they're everything that i see in the girls that are here in vietnam and around the world i mean, that's one of the reasons i'm so passionate about girls' education because i see

myself, i see my daughters in these girls. they are no different. >> you dropped your youngest at college. >> yeah, yeah. >> were there tears? >> there were. we were really good about it you know, we didn't want to embarrass her because, you know, she had roommates and it was at the end after lunch when we said that final good-bye when we got into a car, me and barack and malia who was there with us and, sasha drove off on her own and said that last good-bye, that's when we were like. i'm excited for my girls to grow up and to become independent but it is, you feel a little melancholy that they will never be the little ones that sit on your lap and listen to your every word, and look at you adoringly, those days are over. >> there is an election going on i'm sure you know. >> yeah, i've heard. >> you've heard about it how involved do you plan to be

>> one of the biggest ways i can help is to make sure that people understand the importance of voting and the power of voting in a democracy that's one way that we will be involved forever when it comes to the candidate, we have to wait and see who's the victor, and then part of it is waiting to see do they want our help or do they want my help well, you know, i don't assume i didn't think i would sell a book, so i'm still that person i'll wait to be asked. >> i think you're friends with both ellen and my dad, and they sat next to each other which caused some sort of online backlash your husband recently talked about the dangers of cancel culture. what do you say to people that want to be closer with each other? >> i had an opportunity to sit by your father at a funeral, the highs and the lows and we shared stories about our kids and about our parents.

our values are the same. we disagree on policy, but we don't disagree on humanity we don't disagree about love and compassion i think that's true for all of us it's just that we get lost in our fear of what's different >> you've had a remarkable year, how would you describe 2019 as you wrap it up, in a few words >> wow, 2019, surprising, exciting, fun, inspiring can't wait for the next chapter. >> what are you looking forward to in 2020 >> oh, more of this. building up that next generation of leaders, replacing ourselves, you know getting out of the way and letting some young people sit in some of these seats we'll be doing that, barack and i, for the rest of our lives. >> and the obamas are off to malaysia where they're going to continue to talk about the importance of girls' education

and tomorrow we're going to introduce you to some incredible women who are proving the power of educating just one girl >> look forward to that. it's great to see the connection between jenna and mrs. obama, it's like watching two friends talk >> you feel like you get to ease -- eavesdrop on the whole conversation because they have known each other for years an known each other well. it's really cool >> and by the way that book that michelle obama wrote "becoming," that sold like a jillion copies, she's donating all the proceeds >> for the merchandise >> jenna is going to be here tomorrow i think she's flying all night we'll bring an extra coffee. >> dylan, you got a check of the weather. we're going to see a rainy day for the east coast, and this extends from maine all the way down to texas. back behind it is going to cool off enough we could see the rain transition to snow for a lot of folks overnight to the morning commute.

good morning, i'm kari hall, we have low clouds out there right now but that clears out and as we go through the day some science, bunshine, rain mo tonight for the north bay. the rest of the area will see off and on rain tomorrow. mostly spotty to light showers and more spotty rain into early thursday morning before we catch a break. we will see still some unsettled weather going into the weekend with a chance of showers on saturday and clearing out on sunday. >> but wait there's more "popstart." >> it's not even a holiday yet here we go jennifer lopez, all the buzz around her performance in "hustlers" clearly was warranted because j. lo has been nominated for a golden globe and posted her adorable and candid reaction to the news online >> i'm just waking up and i just

heard i got nominated for a best supporting actress for a golden globe oh, my god, it's been 20 years since i was nominated for "selena. i am humbled and so excited to be recognized for this role as ramona in "hustlers" thank you so much and i'll see you at the globes. she played >> yes >> it's like she reverse ages. >> she looks like the age she was when she played selena, 16, so cute. >> the best supporting actress with margot robbie, kathy bates and laura dern the globes air live on january 5th right here on nbc. and next up, jimmy kimmel, the late night host has officially a wax figure and decided to have fun scaring his staff, particularly kimmel's own cousin who works on the show. >> oh, my god.

that scared the hell out of me >> [ bleep ] >> geez, oh, my god. i love him but he keeps scaring me >> every time. jimmy decided to give his cousin one last scare with jimmy himself starnding in for the wax dummy. watch. >> oh, my god. you guys are nuts. this is so bizarre it is so crazy okay, come on, jimmy >> oh, my gosh >> that's fantastic. >> her poor phone. i can't believe it's still working.

>> that is amazing. >> so good >> poor cousin. >> i love it so good. next up, wonder woman, gal gadot is returning as the superhero in "wonder woman 1984," as the title reveals, this takes us to the '80s and the new trailer has the sound track to prove it. ♪ >> welcome to the future life is good, but it can be better >> why shouldn't it be >> all you need is to want it. >> are you so excited for that >> yes >> cannot wait. >> "wonder woman 1984" hits theaters in june. and finally, lizzo, we are

familiar with her hit song but there hasn't been a music video until now. here's a look at the video which features real students from louisiana southern university. ♪ hands up, check my nails, bab how you do ♪ ♪ hey y'all, check my nails, baby how you doing ♪ >> i mean, she went all out. >> perfect >> took some time with the video to get here, but worth the wait. >> absolutely. >> that's my jam right there >> we've got some powerhouse women in studio 1 a. looky looky who's coming to the table. idina menzel is in the house we have a live performance from idina. we have been serenaded by you this morning, we can't wait for everyone to hear it.

you've been amazing. >> also three people from "little women" in studio as well good morning, ladies >> good morning. >> i told you there was star power here we'll have that and a lot more after a check of your local news, your weather, and these messages your local news, your weather, and these messages. good morning, 8:26, i'm marcus washington. donald trump responding to house lawmakers announcing two articles of impeachment. one is abuse of power, the other is obstructing justice. president trump insists he did nothing wrong. one tweet calls out jerry nadler saying that snader will just said i pressured ukraine to interfere in the 2020 election and that subpoeis ridiculous. nadler and dems know this but we fuse to acknowledge it, can end

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it's a ten plus. i am looking for my crowd moment in this entire crowd where is -- where is peyton from rhode island where is peyton? oh, my word! wait a minute, okay, we're about to out peyton because peyton skipped school. with your mom. >> i'm a teacher too >> you're a teacher? >> hi 2nd graders, i love you. >> what's your school? >> westerly rhode island. >> hi mr. jesus. >> was it worth it >> yes, definitely. >> we're so happy you came here. >> thank you so much >> and one other quick thing, this one says my grandpa will give me 200 bucks if you say hi to me. what's your name >> mikaela >> pay up, grandpa >> you may have just started something there. >> a little scratch. >> coming up, you got the stars of what. >> we're going to talk to the

stars of "little women" about their must-see movie the characters still resonate across generations. what is that >> look, someone on the plaza gave me -- i have these glasses but i put them right over my glasses. they're festive. >> love those. >> does it help, can you see any better with those? >> i need to get my prescription in here, and i can wear them all season long. >> and stephanie ruhle is here with holiday shopping deals that we can snag this morning if you perhaps missed those black friday deals, cyber monday sales, green monday also a thing. >> travel tuesday, got them all. >> we got you covered. plus, broadway superstar idina menzel. she just released her new holiday album. you guys, she's going to get us all into the christmas spirit. she's got a festive performance live for us in just a bit. >> let's get a check of the weather. cute coat, by the way. love that. >> still a little bit chilly we are going to see temperatures possibly break some records. on the flip side of this cold front that's moving through, we

are looking at very cold temperatures, windchills could get as low as 35 degrees below 0. so look at tomorrow morning, fargo, 36 degrees below 0 when you factor in the wind, minneapolis feels like 19 below, chicago will feel like 4, and going into thursday morning, green bay will feel like 9, buffalo will feel like 12, new york will feel like 18 even though we're looking at tieing records, by the time we get to thursday, friday morning it's going to be brutally cold bitter windchills, caribou, maine 2 below, minneapolis gets up to 11 that's a little bit better but it is going to be cold as we finish off this good morning, i'm kari hall, we're seeing clouds and sunshine right now as we're looking at patches of fold rolling buy. all of that clearing out for today and more clouds moving in by this evening. we're going to see spotty

showers between tonight and throughout the day tomorrow and then again early on thursday. more rain clearing out on sunday. forecast, craig. dylan, thank you so much up next, the big retailers launching brand new daily holiday deals. stephanie ruhle is here. she's going to literally walk us through it step by step, what to buy now, but first, this is "today" on nbc fir is "today" on nbc. hey, come on.

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elliott. you came back! we are back with "today's" holiday consumer. maybe you missed the boat on black friday, maybe you missed the boat on cyber monday maybe you missed green monday. apparently that's a thing as well fear not, nbc's stephanie ruhle has the best holiday deals right now. sight for sore eyes, stephanie so here's the thing, green monday, didn't even know that was a thing.

>> there you go, if you've got an inbox, there's a deal, there's a promo for you. green monday was yesterday that is the second monday in december, the monday after cyber monday the term was coined by ebay. the point is retailers just want to keep the promos going so you buy more stuff it's working, they're still coming >> let's talk overall trends here what are we seeing big picture. >> two of the biggest retailers out there, amazon and best buy are smack in the middle of 12 days of deals, new promos every day, different items some are from their brick and more tan stores, best buy, some are online you have to check their web sites, best buy runs through december 20th, amazon runs through the 14th. >> let's start with amazon here, 12 days of deals, i have seen this everywhere for the most part >> clearly you've been online. theirs just goes until december 14th but let's talk alexa. let's say you want to dip your toe into the world of smart speakers

the echo dot, the most popular is currently 50% off if you suddenly want to get in that space, it's a good time to do it, but not just in smart speakers, air fryers, rumba robotic vacuums. big, big sales on amazon i don't want you to buy me a vacuum for christmas but it is a really good deal. >> why would i waste my money on that. >> i don't want a chore item for christmas. it's a great price if you're in the market for it. there's amazon, let's go to best buy now. what are we seeing at best buy they are doing daily deals >> they're doing daily deals but themes today's theme is for you, craig melvin, it is gifts for him. they have great deals on laptops, tablets, game consoles. tomorrow is gifts for me they have got cameras, and it's a big day overall for what people want. if you think about saturday, that is gifts, every gift you could possibly want from apple saturday is for apple lovers, i mentioned december 20th is their last day that's their gifts for everyone. they have one item that's a

great deal the samsung galaxy etablet that thing is only 99 bucks. not endorsing the product, but if you're in the market for it, that's a really good deal. >> and apple, their stuff rarely goes on sale >> rarely goes on sale let's talk walmart walmart is not having the 12 daily deals but having daily deal drops every day is a new deal on possibly a big ticket item and you're going to get free shipping on anything over $35 and you can easily get over $35 in minutes just clicking and it's also free in-store pickup they have got a 70 inch jvc tv, we're talking fully integrated, normally 899 bucks, now 529. i don't have anybody on my list that i'm going to spend $500 on, but if i did, that's a great deal for that tv >> i think it's 4k too, right? >> it is >> what if you're lazy like myself and you want to go the gift card route? >> i don't think that's lazy you might want to buy a gift card for yourself, here's why, it's a great value target has been offering 10% off

their cards for up to 300 bucks. let's say you know you're going to do a lot of shopping after christmas. 10% isn't a lot, it's a lot if you put it in your wallet now, then after christmas when they're having 40%, 50% off sales, boom, drop that gift card and you're saving 60%. >> stephanie ruhle, i appreciate the validation as well thank you my friend. by the way, we've got daily deals of our own on our web site, today.com/deals. go there to check them out oh, ms. kotb. >> lucky me. up next, three incredibly talented actresses, bringing some beloved characters to the big screen we're going to chat with the stars of "little women" but first, this is "today" on nbc.

welcome back, so excited right now, we're joined by three of the stars you'll see in the highly anticipated remake of "little women," florence pugh,

saoirse ronan and eliza scanlen. with their fathers serving in the civil war, the march sisters unite to survive through hardships and poverty. it's a journey that comes with few surprises along the way. take a look. >> is it fairy >> santa claus. >> sister lawrence sent it >> why >> he saw you giving your christmas breakfast away and he wanted you to enjoy the day. >> but i thought he was in the old man. >> so generous of him. >> his grandpa lori put the idea in his head. >> we should make friends with him. >> he scares me. that big old house scares me >> i had the pleasure of seeing this movie already, it's amazing florence, saoirse and eliza. yesterday was a big day, the golden globe nominations were announced. congratulations on your golden globe nomination how did that feel? >> it's fantastic.

it's a part i totally love to play, start to finish. it was fun and i'm glad that we're there to represent the film >> i liked your statement. i thought your statement was great. you said my performance in this film belongs to greta, speaking of greta gerwig who is the director, as much as it does to myself, and i share this recognition with her which brings up an important point. greta wasn't nominated in the golden globe categories. what did you think when you heard that news? >> i think we were all a bit shocked, really. >> she has made one of the best movies of the year, and i think, you know, laura made a really good point yesterday and that in a way it's sort of vital for something like this to happen because it reminds us of how far obviously we still need to go, and, yeah, she's has -- she's a really, really brilliant

filmmaker who, you know, we wouldn't be here without her and we've talked about how we're all sort of inextricably linked. our performances rely so much on one another. greta is the one that brought us all together, and she's the mastermind behind the whole thing. >> when i watched this i was like these guys were born to play sisters there's no question. did you like "little women" growing up. >> i thought you were going to say, did you guys like them, no. >> did you read the book, did you see the films before >> i had quite a special connection to it, my gram read it to me when i was younger, my favorite classics, so i would go around the house on the weekends and she would read me chapters. >> did she like amy, your role >> yes, she would read amy's part with this devilish grin. >> you guys have some pushing and shoving sister fights, is it true that you asked saoirse to, like, slap you before the scene? >> yes >> what are you talking about? >> whisper it in my ear.

>> it was one time. >> so what did you say, just hit me >> yes >> and saoirse >> i just said yes i did, i have a heart, i did say like are you sure you want this, do you know what you're asking for, and she's like, yes, hit me and it was our last take of this scene. and i think it was like the end of the day and we kind of just needed to. >> we had been wrestling all day. we were now finally on our last shot we actually made sure the camera was in the perfect position to get this hit, and when it happened, we just like screamed. >> i was a little nervous as well what if i like miss or what if it's too soft. what if i kill her. >> eliza, your character has to know how to play the piano. >> yes. >> did you literally have to learn or relearn how to play >> i basically had to relearn. i had been playing since i was 6

years old but i gave it up in high school because it just got too hard with all the scales and exams and everything but what's so great about this is i got to have a teacher and i got to practice more than an hour a day, and come back to something that i used to really love as a kid. >> you all are so outstanding in this role. i feel like you were born to play jo but i also love how before this thing was made, you were like i'm doing that role. what did you do? >> i just went up to greta at a party or award show or something that we were at for "lady bird" and i heard she was going to make this film, and i tapped her on the shoulder, greta, i know you're making "little women" i'm going to be jo, just wanted to let you know i'm so sort of irish about those things, if you want to give it to me, then grand, but up to you. but with this i was very sort of forward about it >> and what did she say? >> she said she would think about it >> that's what you recall.

>> and so anyway, a week later, she emailed me and said yes. >> you guys have made a masterful movie. it's so fun to watch, and i love that you can watch it yourselves or with your kids. you are terrific in your roles, i want to congratulate you congratulations again. you can see "little women" hits theaters on christmas day, check that one out. savannah, over to you. we have another holiday treat, idina menzel is here, a special live performance, a brand new holiday album, already on my repeat. >> it is >> a little fun for everybody. >> yeah, the song i'm about to sing, well, we'll tell you about it later, right. there's music for everybody. >> first, this is "today" on nbc. so, as you can see, saving can be quite simple. case in point, if you get xfinity internet and mobile together, big savings on your wireless bill.

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the citi concert series on "today" is proudly presented to you by citi. we are back with a power house actress and song writer, idina menzel she has a newly released holiday album

"christmas season of love." good morning. >> thanks, good morning. >> i feel like i have been seeing you everywhere, at the parade, at the tree lighting. >> i know. i have been working really hard. not harder than you obviously. >> do you love this time of year >> i love it i'm with frozen now, it's my snow queen season. >> "frozen," little girls everywhere, if my daughter was here, she'd be mesmerized. >> i don't know if she'd be confused >> no, no, no. she knows who elsa is. have you been excited about how the songs have been received >> everything it's just been an amazing time, and to have the holiday album out, partnering with all this is just amazing stuff. >> you're enough, but you do have ariana grande on this album. >> and josh gad who plays olaf billy porter. >> and my husband, incredible actor and singer, a song "i'll be home for christmas" is being played a lot on the radio. >> i know, it's so cute. so how was it performing together >> it was terrific i thought so maybe he thought i directed him

a little bit too much. >> that's so sweet, and one of the best holiday songs there are. >> it's beautiful. >> and i was saying before the tease, there's a little something for everybody. >> yeah, well, first of all, the season of love, the reason i went with that title is i got my start at the off broadway show rent, which seasons of love is a famous song from that, and i sort of rediscovered the sauj song as a holiday song and the song i'm going to sing is called "at this table" and it's actually an original song beenin cluesivity and acceptance and forgiveness. i wrote it for my friends out there who i feel don't feel comfortable coming home and being their true authentic selves so maybe during this divisive time and holidays, and all the negativities, we can try and find common ground. >> that's good holiday spirit to carry with us as well. i'll let you sing it, thank you,

idina, take it away. ♪ at this table everyone is welcome ♪ ♪ at this table everyone is here ♪ ♪ at this table everybody matters ♪ ♪ at this table you can say whatever ♪ ♪ at this table you can speak your mind ♪ ♪ at this t ♪ at this table everything's forgiven ♪ forgiven there's enough for everyone ♪ ♪ there's enough for everyone ♪ so come as you are

♪ remember that the door is always open ♪ ♪ yes, come as you are ♪ the perfect gift that you can bring is your heart ♪ bring is your heart so come, come as you are ♪ ♪ so come, come as you are ♪ at this table there will be n judgment ♪ ♪ at this table mercy has a seat ♪ ♪ at this table we're all sons and daughters ♪ ♪ there's no place i'd rather

i' be ♪ ♪ so come as you are ♪ remember that the door is always open ♪ ♪ come as you are ♪ the perfect gift that you can bring is your heart ♪ heart so come ♪ ♪ so come, come as you are ♪ come as you are come as you are ♪ ♪ come as you are ♪

♪ at this table everyone is welcome ♪ ♪ at this table everybody car cares ♪ ♪ at this table everybody matters ♪ ♪ come, pull up a chair [ applause ] >> beautiful, i think that's going to be a holiday classic. good morning, it is 8:56, i'm marcus washington. a san francisco neighborhood now back to normal after an early morning standoff at a home on 9th and juda. police say they saw a man with a gun and they called 911. officers stormed that home and took the man into custody. no word on the kind of charges

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