. good morning. breaking overnight, take her out. the new audio recording revealed with a that appears to be the president talk about the ousting of former ambassador of ukraine marie yovanovitch. >> take her out, okay? >> that recording turned over to house democts by an attorney for rudy giuliani associate lev parnas. what could it mean for the impeachment trial? the defense's turn. lawyers for president trump preparing to make their case for the first time in the president's trial as house democrats wrap up their opening arguments late friday pleading with senators to keep an open mind no matter the consequences. >> give america a fair trial.

she's worth it. >> reporter: worldwide spread. a second case of the coronavirus confirmed in the u.s. with dozens of others being tested for the disease. the death toll rising, pags showing up around the globe as tens of millions in china are under lock down. this morning what you need to know. all that plus taking the stand. rosy perez testifies in the rape trial against harvey weinstein. could her testimony help convict him? this girl is on fire. 15-year-old coco gauff reveling this morning after her series win over the defending champ in her third round of the australian open. >> honestly, what is my life? like oh, my gosh. >> reporter: and live long and prosper? president trump unveiling the new logo for the space force leaving some to say if there's a striking resem lblance to the sr trek symbol. today january 25, 2020.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker and dyl dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> i feel like william shatner may ask for royalties soon. >> as he should. >> can you do your greeting? >> i'm going to put my pen do. can you do it? >> i can only do west side. >> not as nimble over here. >> we'll be talking about that in a bit. first of course we want to get to our top story. the latest on the impeachment trial with president trump. it is set to kick off a bit later this morning at the capitol. the senate getting an earlier start today. here is the very latest. overnight house democrats wrapping up their arguments, closing out their 24 hours by focusing on the second article

of impeachment, obstruction of congress. >> congressman jerry nadler calls mr. trump a dictator. lawyers for president trump will begin making their case later this morning. they're only expected to speak for a few hours saving the majority of their hours for monday when there's a larger television audience. >> but this morning new questions about a potential piece of new evidence. an audio recording that appears to show the president speaking about firing the former ambassador to ukraine saying, quote, take her out. we have it all covered this morning including an conversation with one of the jurors at the impeachment trial, democratic presidential candidate senator amy klobuchar. but we want to begin with nbc's garret hake on capitol hill this morning. >> reporter: even as those democratic impeachment managers wrapped up their opening arguments late last night they still don't know if they'll be able to call additional witnesses or additional subpoenas but they are receiving new evidence. this morning the president's

lawyers are preparing to return fire on the senate floor amid the fall out of an explosive new recording. in a 2018 audio file obtained by nbc news president trump appears to be talking to lev parnas and others about removing the ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch, this after parnas raised red flags about her. >> i think we've got to get rid of the ambassador. she's leftover from the clinton administration. yeah, she's basically walking around telling everybody wait, he's going to get impeached. just wait. >> reporter: a man who sounds like the president then issues an ultimatum. >> get rid of her. get her out tomorrow. i don't care. get her out tomorrow. take her out, okay? >> i'll do it. >> reporter: nbc news has not heard the entire audio recording. the president has claimed he

does not know parnas and fired yovanovitch the next year. the president's allies are down-playing the importance of the newly revealed audio. >> it means nothing. he can fire anybody he wants to. he had lost confidence in her. >> reporter: the impeachment managers declined to comment on the recording shifting their focus from the allegations president trump abused his power. >> he is a dictator. >> reporter: and zeroing in on the second article of impeachment that he covered up that abuse by obstructing congress. >> absolute power corrupts absolutely. >> reporter: the managers arguing into the night that the president's blanket refusal to hand over documents and efforts to block witnesses from testifying constitute an impeachable offense on their own. >> added together the president's positions amount to a license to do anything he wants. >> reporter: democrats alleging an unprecedented presidential cover-up with republicans defending the president for doing his job. >> obstruction of congress is what the founders called separation of power. the case that the democrats are

making is ridiculous. >> reporter: closing out the last night an emotional congressman adam schiff once again setting the stage for the critical votes to come. to protect both congress -- >> if the congress cannot because the president prevents it investigate the president's own wrongdoing there will be no more impeachment power. it will be gone. it will be gone. >> reporter: -- and the country. >> give america a fair trial. she's worth it. >> reporter: the trial resumes again this morning at 10:00. it's still a few days yet until senators will vooto vote on whether they'd like to hear from additional witnesses. but beginning today the president's lawyers will try to convince them they've heard enough. >> garret, thank you. >> we want to turn now to the president's defense as his team of lawyers prepare to make their opening arguments in just a few

hours. today's hearing coming hours after the president spoke out about that potentially recording hearing that could link him to indicted associate lev parnas. >> reporter: the president is already expressing frustration claiming that his side is at a public relations disadvantage because he believes fewer people will watch the senate trial on a saturday morning compared to the prime time that the house democrats had. of course the 100 senators who will decide his fate will be there, and they will be hearing a very different version of events from the trump defense team. meanwhile the president is again distancing himself from a giuliani ally who claims he was part of a plot to remove a u.s. ambassador. denial and defiance from president trump over the fate of ousted u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch and his ties to indicted associate of rudy giuliani, lev parnas. in an interview airing late friday on fox news.

>> were you relying on lev parnas to get rid of your ambassador? >> no, but i have a lot of people and, you know, he's somebody that i guess based on pictures that i see goes to fund raisers, but i am not a fan of that ambassador. >> reporter: but the president did leave open giving giuliani an instruction about yovanovitch. >> would you tell parnas to get rid of her? >> well, i wouldn't have been saying that. i probably would have said it was rudy there or somebody. but i make no bones about it. i have every right. i want ambassadors that are chosen by me. >> reporter: today the president's defense gets its day, really its half day. on twitter the president maligned that schedule as lower viewership for his side. my lawyers will be forced to start on saturday, which is called death valley in tv. trump counsel jay sekulow spun the day in show biz terms. >> i guess we call it a trailer, coming atracks would be the best way to say it. >> reporter: sources close to

the legal team describe their planned defense as a strong rebuttal which will argue the president did nothing wrong in his actions toward ukraine, and expect the defense to raise joe and hunter biden claiming house managers already made them relevant at trial. in a pair of speeches friday the president steered clear of impeachment but hinted at the turmoil. >> they're coming after me because i am fighting for you, and we are fighting for those who have no voice. and we will win because we know how to win. >> reporter: and the president, again, argues that impeachment is political, intended by democrats to affect the 2020 election and prevent him from winning a second term. today the defense will really lay out on outline but expect that some of the bigger names the president has expressed interest in from cable like ken starr, the former independent counsel and allen dearthwits,

the former harvard professor will likely appear next week as part of the defense. and so far lawyers have been reluctant to give too much on strategy, but today will be our first look. >> it will be yet another busy day on washington. >> democratic presidential candidate senator amy klobuchar is also one of the impeachment jurors. good morning. >> good morning. it's great to be on. >> i want to ask you quickly about this new audio recording that appears to show the president speaking to the now indicted associate of rudy giuliani, lev parnas. does that change anything for you and either way should house democrats make this entire recording available to the public? >> i think they should. they're going to have to look at the nature of it and make sure there's no classified material. but listen to what's happening here. it's just one more piece of evidence. and for me the most chilling part of this whole trial so far has been hearing the words of the president. when he said to another leader things are going to happen to

her. and now what we see on tape reinforcing that where he says get rid of her. i know her. i spent time with her, days with her in ukraine with senator mccain when he planned a trip right after trump got elected, and he wanted to bring me and senator graham there to ukraine and to some other baltic nations to show those leaders that we stood with their democracy instead of standing with russia. and she literally spent hours with us talking about corruption going on, what she wanted us to focus on. she just does her job. and i will never forget at the end we're in a helicopter, freezing cold and we're in a blizzard on the front line, she gave us all these bulletproof vests to put on. she's helping me put it on and at the very end she says in the snow, here's your mittens, don't forget your mittens. she's just a gracious, gracious person and when you know someone like that the words are even more chilling. >> senator klobuchar, house

managers were widely praised for their presentation including by some republicans and yet there was some criticism, too. adam schiff in his closing arguments said republican senators were told to, quote, vote against the president and your head will be on a pike. that rubbed some moderate senators the wrong way. so was he effective? were house democrats effective in making their case or do you worry it could backfire? >> i think that he was effective and regardless of one sentence that they may not have agreed with, i think that sentence just showed what's been going on in general, that there's so much pressure on them to vote a certain way with the president. and as i've pointed out to them, they don't serve at the pleasure of the president. they were sent to their jobs by the people. and his main point to them was you know that donald trump does this stuff, you know he did this, and maybe he did it before to marie yovanovitch or goes after this whistle-blower who was just exercising his rights.

he's going to do it to you next. he knows no limits and he is not above the law. and i thought he was very effective in making that case to those of my republican colleagues who do care about our country, patriotism and care about our allies around the world. >> senator, you are a juror but also a presidential candidate right now. you're not the only one who's been stuck in the senate this week, will be there much of next week leading up to the iowa caucuses. does that put you at a disadvantage given the fact joe biden and pete buttigieg are running around the state right now? >> i am a competitive person and i know this is going on, but i've got to step back and say i've got my constitutional duty to fulfill. the people of iowa and the united states will understand that. i am literally leaving the minute we're done with this session today going back there doing three events tonight, four events tomorrow. and i've had my husband and daughter there, and no one else

is the head coach of -- yes, coach phil went down there for me and did a curling event at their curling center in des moines, so i've tried to be creative about this. i will do what it takes and that's what i've always done and what i will do for the people of this country as president. >> we appreciate your time. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> a programming note here nbc news's live coverage of the impeachment trial of president trump begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern anchored by lester holt. now for our big story the growing concerns for the coronavirus as the cdc says the second person here in the u.s. has tested positive for the virus and dozens of others are being monitored to see if they have it. this as multiple cities in china are on lock down to try and stop the spread. >> reporter: good morning. here in beijing the government has declared its highest level

public health emergency while the u.s. consulate in wuhan at the epicenter of the outbreak has said it will temporarily close its doors. it's new year's day here. it's supposed to be a joyous time of year. across china there are tens of millions of people. this morning quiet streets, tourist attractions closed, a somber new year holiday in a country fearing a pandemic. the death toll from the coronavirus rising to at least 41 all in china. more than 1,300 infected and 35 million people under lock down. in wuhan hospitals are overrun with people fearing symptoms of the pneumonia-like virus. china's military dispatching doctors with supplies to ease the strain on health care workers struggling to cope. at one hospital, patients isolated with doctors using two-way radios to treat them at

a distance. as officials race to build a thousand bed hospital for victims to be finished in just ten days. the crisis deepening here and the virus spreading reaching australia and europe and confirmed cases in france and nine other countries including the u.s. two patients are confirm today have the virus in washington and illinois. and health officials are watching more than 60 other possible cases across 22 states. >> we're working to prepare for the expect the unexpected and the unimaginable. >> reporter: in wuhan 11 million people are effectively quarantined. cars now banned in the center of the city. documenting the ordeal on facebook. >> i have a little bit of fruit, i have no vegetables. i am confident about china and the authorities here to be able to contain this? no, it has not been contained to begin with. >> reporter: videos and messages

showing a situation that's desperate in an outbreak zone that's expanding. the u.s. health officials say the immediate risk to americans in the u.s. st. still low, but there's a study that's raising some concerns suggesting that people could be carrying the virus is never show any symptoms at all. kristen? >> thank you for that reporting and we will have a lot more on the dangers of the coronavirus coming up here. >> want to get a check on the forecast where a wash out is expected on the east coast today. dave price is in for dylan thrpg. >> reporter: you're right, we have some heavy rains beginning to roll through sections of the northeast even through the ohio valley and great lakes. 1 to 2 inches of snow in some sections indeed wack to the great lakes and midwest. 14 million people affected here by the winter weather and

another 8 million people potentially by coastal flood alerts, so we'll watch that. this system continues to work its way through the 95 corridor. it's going to be a sloppy day from beginning to end. snow and ice for the great lakes and into northern new england. it all begins to push out tomorrow. it doesn't look like a big snowmaker, at the highest elevations and areas right around the great lakes we're seeing some fog and drizzle around the bay area, inud cloog san francisco. visibility less than a half mile. watch out for that this morning. north bay, a chance to see showers. showing up around midday and most of the shower chances today will be for areas north of san francisco. later tonight, showers move further south, clearing skies, midday tomorrow with sunshine to wrap up the week. more showers monday night into early tuesday morning. >> and that's a quick look alt your weather picture.

>> david, thank you very much. still to come right here rosy perez testifies in the harvey weinstein trial. will she sway the jury? plus music's biggest night the grammys just a day away and embroiled in controversy. we'll have the very

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we are back here on a saturday morning with the weeky download, our look back at the week that was. >> that's right and the impeachment trial was the top story in a week that also saw a deadly airplane clash in australia with americans onboard. a plane fighting those wildfires in australia crashed killing three american firefighters. the three victims were flying a fire fighting tanker in a remote part of south eastern australia when the plane lost contact, the

cause of it crash still under investigation. the united nations call for further investigation into the claims that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman was behind the hack of the phone of the richest man in the world, amazon founder and "the washington post" owner jeff bazos. >> part of an effort they say to influence if not silence "the washington post" reporting on the kingdom. >> reporter: zbl u.s. intelligence agencies believe the crown prince is responsible for ordering the murder of "the washington post" journalist jamal khashoggi last year. bazos has accused the saudis of accessing embarrassing photos on his phone months before the national enquirer revealed he was having an affair. the saudi foreign minister denied his country had any involvement. michelle carter, the teen convicted of involuntary manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself was released from jail this week. she had more than three months taken off her sentence because of good behavior. >> a spokesman called her a

model inmate who worked in the kitchen serving meals, attended programs and was extremely polite to the staff. a spacex rocket exploded in mid-flight but this wasn't an accident. it was on purpose. the reason, engineers wanted to test how a human crew could escape in the event of a catastrophic failure. nasa called the test a big success. it wasn't raining cats and dogs in south florida. instead it was pouring down frozen iguanas momentarily stunned by the cold there. >> the cold reptiles in shock unable to grip their perch in trees. the national weather service even issuing a falling iguana forecast. some of the week's wildest moments caught on camera. a winter storm caused sea foam to flood the streets of a town north of barcelona. high winds made it difficult to remove. a train collided with a semi-truck full of printer ink outside new york city.

luckily everyone on the train was safe and the truck driver escaped in time. and this father in north carolina tackled a high school wrestler after the wrestler performs an illegal move on the man's son. he was arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct. and finally some can nine calisthenics. it turns out the pathois in pretty great shape. i love that dog and he's actually doubling what everyone else in the room is doing. >> it's always bad when the dog beats you. >> my dog does pilates actually. look at that. >> yeah, you should always bring you pet to exercise. that's the lesson there. >> still to come taylor swift opens about her struggles with an eating disorder in a revealing new documentary. plus our conversation with 15-year-old tennis sensation

coco gauff about her big win in the australian open but first these messages.

good saturday morning. it is 5:26. we are taking a live look outside over san jose. looks like cloudy skies out there. even some drizzle you could be waking up to right now. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. we have a look at the microclimate forecast. >> a view from san francisco shows -- >> oh -- nothing. >> the lights on the top of the buildings and worse in the north bay where visibility is less than a half a mile. you can see a lot of clouds that will stream across the bay area today. good enough for a few midday showers but look at the high. mid to upper 60s around san

jose. so in terms of the showers, looks like mid afternoon for areas north of san francisco. the best bet for rain this weekend is going to happen early tomorrow morning, some 3:00 to sun rise sunday and then tomorrow afternoon, skies clear. showers, morning fog and some mist but looks like a sunny finish to sunday and actually a drier and warmer second half of the seven-day forecast through next week. >> a beautiful forecast. rob, thank you. it is safe to drive once again, the man accused of terrorizing drivers for months on south 101 made his first court appearance yesterday. officers arrested this man, charles lafferty this week. investigators say she launched marbles at nearly 70 cars. prosecutors charged him with nine counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon and there may be more charges, at least five people were hurt. police are not revealing why he was targeting cars.

a pittsburgh family is calling for action after a driver nearly drowns when her car plunges into a canal at the very same spot their loved one died five years ago. it is a curve in pittsburgh, subtle enough they don't realize it's coming and happened five years ago when dennis went into the canal. at the time, his family asked the ski to put up a barrier to prevent that from happening again. >> put a barrier up, please. let my dad's death be the last so nobody would die. >> the city says it plans to add for safety measures along the curve including rumble strips and lighting. turning the tide now on martins beach after years of legal wrangling over public access, tech billionaire files a lawsuit against the san mateo sheriff. he is suing the sheriff for keeping the beach open to the public. it is the latest move in the

ongoing fight of the billionaire and the county. a few weeks ago the state sued him for blocking access to the beach. he lives on martins beach and repeatedly put up no trespassing signs to keep away the public but the california coastal access beaches are open to the public. it is 5:29. coming up, the impeachment trial continues with president trump's lawyers launching their defense. if you're looking for local news, we will have the new cast with the latest stories and weather on the website. we hope to see you there. in the meantime, we'll send you back to the "today" show. america isn't just sick of donald trump, america's getting sicker. there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without health coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. while capping fees to lower costs. as mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. and championed women's reproductive health.

as president, he'll give access to everyone. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. by the way, congratulations on your show. >> thank you very much. >> they made a very wise decision. >> thank you very much. >> we're back on this saturday morning january 25, 220, those well wishes still coming in for our friend kristen welker. this time the president taking a moment out of his news conference this week in switzerland to congratulations kristen on her new job today. >> suffice it to say i was not expecting that but we're working on that interview. >> 3-in-1 day he's saying good job, we're working on that

promotion -- as long as he's watching, mr. president, we're still waiting on that interview. we want to start this hour with a check of the led lines. the impeachment trial set to resume this morning with the president's defense team getting ready to make its case. this is question around the impact of new audio recording. it appears to show the president talking about the removal of former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. >> get rid of her. i don't care. get her out tomorrow. kick her out, okay? do it. >> the president there appears to be talking to indicted rudy giuliani associate lev parnas, the man the president has said repeatedly he never knew. and breaking this morning a u.s. navy helicopter has gone down off the coast of japan. it crashed while conducting routine operations in the philippines. there were five crew members onboard.

all were recovered safely and are in stable condition. on friday president trump revealed the logo for the newest branch for the armed forces. the president tweeting out the official logo for the branch for the existing u.s. air force. many quickly noticing similarity tuesday the another interstellar star fleet from star trek. actor george takei joking we're expecting royalties. harvey weinstein trial in recess this morning a day after compelling testimony from actress ro actress rosie perez. good morning, good to see you. >> kristen, good morning. another hollywood actress anabella sciorra told jurors this week harvey weinstein raped her in the mid-90s. too long ago to bring charges but prosecutors say her testimony is critical to bolstering the charge of predatory sexual assault. and now sciorra's friend rosie

perez is backing her up. in court friday actress rosie perez testified against harvey weinstein corroborating the rape allegation made by her friend fellow actress anabella sciorra. perez testifying in late 1993 she called sciorra late one night and noticed something was wrong. i said what's wrong with you, perez told the court. she said something bad happened. she said i think i was raped and her voice started shaking. i said who did it, according to perez sciorra wouldn't say only responding, i can't, i can't. months later when pressed sciorra admitted she had been raped by harvey weinstein. she swore me never to tell anybody, perez said. i told her to go to the police and she says i can't, he's destroying me, he's going to destroy my career. the defense suggested perez and sciorra coordinated their stories, something perez denied.

on thursday sciorra recalled the alleged rape in excruciating detail claiming weinstein pushed his way inside her apartment. telling the jury in part he shoved plea on the bed, i was perching him, i was kicking him, it was just so disgusting my body started to shake in a way that was very unusual. >> she was extremely courageous to have to recall events which for her are very, very troubling, very upsetting. the memory brings back quite a bit of pain. the jury was able to observe that. >> reporter: the defense argues the sex was consensual and questioned sciorra's memory pointing out she didn't know to the hospital or to the doctor, that it was years before she went to the police. also on friday prosecutors called a forensic psychologist barbara viv. she said for rape victims memory loss is the norm.

she's also not evaluated any of weinstein's accusers which is point seized upon by the defense. the red carpet is out for music's biggest night tomorrow, but this year's grammy award show is marred by controversy concerned over allegations of rigging. nbc's sarah harmon in los angeles with how all this could affect the show. >> the grammys are famous for coming up with some unpredictable and controversial winners often accused of being too male and too white. ousted ceo debra dugan says the reason is it's manipulated and the big question now what does all this mean? for music's biggest night controversy takes center stage. >> it's rigged. >> embattled recording academy debra dugan taking aim at the nomination process. >> i was show shocked when i got there at the level of sexism i found at the recording academy.

>> reporter: dugan suspended after less than six months on the job filed a discrimination complaint alleging sexual misconduct and vote rigging. sharon osborn whose husband won a grammy in 1994 sounding off on cbs's the talk despite being a presenter at the ceremony. >> the grammys unfortunately is run by middle-aged white wanna bees with no creative talent at all. >> reporter: the academy vigorously denies allegations of corruption calling them c categorically false, misleading and wrong. insiders will be closely watching the ceremony to see if anyone else joins the growing chorus of criticism. all eyes are on returning host alicia keys. >> i do believe her voice is needed at this time.

if she doesn't say anything it'll be not just the elephant in the room, it'll be like the elephant around the world. >> reporter: last year drake used his acceptance speech to speak out. sunday we'll see performances, the industries biggest voices belting out chart toppers even as the recording academy takes a hit. the recording academy says there are no plans to address the controversy during sunday's ceremony. but it's anyone's guess how thes will handle it. last year just under 20 million people watched the grammys on tv. so if anyone does speak out, they will have an enormous audience. >> sarah, thanks so much. interesting to see if alicia keys says something as the host. >> stars are always unpredictable. dave price is back with another check of the forecast. you're tracking a storm out in the northwest. >> we are indeed and predictability is my specialty.

another storm beginning to roll through the northwest in spokane on track actually to have one of the ten wettest januarys on record. indeed if it gets about an inch and a half of rain it's going to wind up breaking a record set all the way back in 1899. another unsettling storm system begins to roll through, heavy coastal rain today into tomorrow. those showers continue on already saturated soil. concern being possible stream and river flooding. and as well once you saturate all that area you have to watch out for land slides and in higher elevations you're talking about the possibili and the story of the morning, low clouds and fog and drizzle in a few spots and see visibility in the north bay is less than half a mile at times so watch out for that. for the afternoon, few showers passing by. temperatures in the mid-60s around san jose and the timing of the showers looks like 3:00 to 4:00 this afternoon with the

better chance of some brief rain overnight tonight into tomorrow morning with partly cloudy skies to wrap up the week. another chance of showers lat monday into tuesday. and that's what's happening in the weather department. >> all right, dave, thank you for that. and still to come art at the bottom of the ocean? we'll take you to a new museum deep in the sea. plus the latest on that deadly coronavirus putting parts of china on lock down and spreading here to the u.s. how concerned you should be and ♪ when we see you enter through our doors. we don't see who you're against, or for. whether tomorrow will be light or dark. all we see in you, is a spark. we see your kindness and humanity. the strength of each community. the more we look the more we find the sparks that make america shine. ♪

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sars epidemic. they expect it to spread -- and the world health organization and cdc said expect more cases. >> it's the lack of information that can make this stuff scary which we're trying to put to rest here. so who in particular are most at risk? >> in both cases both people can get it, healthy people and not healthy. but like any other cold, virus or flu, if you're old or very young it can cause a problem. let me break down some statistics of the ones are sick 42% of are over the age of 40, 52% are male, of those that died 40% had underlying disease meaning high blood pressure, cardiovascular or underlying disease. so the virus spreads exactly like the cold or flu, any of those types of things.

so it spreads through droplets. >> easily? >> not as easily as the flu at this point. if i'm coughing and those droplets go towards you around 3 to 6 feet that can cause some problems. so it's spread by close contact. they have to be sick. the only people that have gotten sick so far are either family members taking care of someone that's sick or health care workers taking care of someone that's sick. >> if you have those symptoms how do you known it's flu or coronavirus and how do you prevent this from getting you? >> number one thing it's going to act just like the flu. flu, fever, cough you're going to start getting respiratory symptoms and that shortness of breath is going to be a big key. if you've been to wuhan china or you're around somebody what the cdc is saying call your doctor first before you go in, that way

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good saturday morning. taking a live look outside for you over walnut creek. low clouds hanging around. thank you so much for joining us. meteorologist rob mayeda is in with a look at the microclimate forecast. drizzly out there. >> especially around san francisco. low clouds and this morning you see it right there. temperatures thanks to low clouds kind of mild. 54 degrees. not all that chilly outside and watch out for the morning drive, especially the north bay. less than a half mile visibility right now. midday san francisco northward as you will see hour by hour with a chance of a few showers for today best odds in the north

bay and then going to bed tonight just before sun rise tomorrow, a best bet of showers early sunday and then sunday afternoon wrap up the weekend with clearing skies. so the forecast for the weekend includes morning mist and fog for the morning. showers for the north bay, briefly during the day today and then a few showers overnight and tomorrow we should see clearing skies, another chance of showers tuesday and after that actually temperatures start to warm up as much as ten to 15 degrees above average. >> wow. >> toward the end of next week. >> looks nice. >> warming up. >> why not? all right. thank you so much. well, the man accused of terrorizing drivers for months on southbound 101 made his first court appearance yesterday. officers arrested this man, charles lafferty this past week. investigators say he used a slingshot to launch glass marbles at nearly 70 cars on 101 south of gill roy. prosecutors charged him with nine counts of felony assault with a deadly weapon and there

may be more charges coming. at least five people have been hurt. police are not revealing why he was targeting cars. a pittsburgh family is calling for action after a driver nearly drowned after her car plunged in a canal at the very same spot their loved one died five years ago. the curve on west leland road is subtle enough that some drivers don't realize it is coming and saw the car go off there. that's what happened five years ago, too, when dennis sandoval veered off the road into the canal. the family asked the city to put up a barrier to prevent anyone else from dying at tt time. >> put a barrier up, please. let me dad's death be the last so nobody would die. >> the city says it plan to add more safety measures along the curve including rumble strips and lighting. after years of legal wrangling over public access, a billionaire filed a lawsuit against the san mateo sheriff.

she is now suing the sheriff for keeping the beach open to the public. it is the latest move in the ongoing fight between the billionaire and san mateo county. a few weeks ago the state sued him for blocking access to the beach. he lives on martins beach and repeatedly put up no trespassing signs to keep the public away but the california coastal access california beaches must remain open to the public. coming up this morning on "today" in the bay no city in the bay, impeachment of president trump continues with the lawyers launching their defense. we will have local news with stories and weather on the website. i would declare a state of emergency on day 1. congress has never passed an important climate bill, ever. this is a problem that continues to get worse. i've spent a decade fighting and beating oil companies... stopping pipelines... stopping fossil fuel plants, ensuring clean energy across the country.

how are we going to pull this country together? we take on the biggest challenge in history, we save the world and do it together. good morning. breaking overnight, take her out. the new audio recording revealed with a voice that appears to be the president talking about ousting the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. >> take her out, okay? >> that recording turned over to house democrats by an attorney for rudy giuliani associate lev parnas. what could it mean for the impeachment trial as the president's defense get set to deliver their opening arguments today. worldwide spread. patients showing up around the

globe. ten of millions in china under lock down. this morning what you need to know. and this girl is on fire. 15-year-old coco gauff revving this morning after her big win over the defending champ in the third round of the australian open. >> is it still hard to believe all of this? >> yeah, i mean every tournament is huge debelief. >> and now the tennis phenom is getting ready for the next round. >> happy birthday to me. >> we're representing girls with beauty and brains. >> we left the boys and kids at home. >> celebrating my 13th birthday. >> happy birthday! >> hi to my second graders. >> this is my 16th year of

coming to "today" here on nbc. >> look, mom, i'm on tv. >> good morning. welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning. what a fantastic crowd we have outside braving a little bit of cold weather to be here. we can't wait to get out and talk to them. i also cannot wait to hear from coco gauff. >> this girl is something else. for some perspective she's 15. that means she was born in 2004. let that sink in for a moment. she is already on her way in the australian open. we wish her a lot of luck and look forward to hearing from her. we begin with a potential piece of new evidence that could impact the impeachment trial of president trump, but audio recording that appears to show the president talking about firing the former ambassador of ukraine saying, quote, take her out. >> this morning president trump's defense lawyers are getting ready to make their case, but they're only expected to speak for a few hours, saving

the majority of their argument for monday when there's a larger tv audience. we have it all covered this morning. let's begin with nbc's garret hake on capitol hill. good morning to you. >> reporter: even as the democratic impeachment managers were wrapping up their opening arguments last night they still don't know whether they'll have the opportunity to call additional witnesses or subpoena additional documents. but even at this late stage in the impeachment process, they are still receiving new evidence. this morning the president's lawyers are preparing to return fire on the senate floor amid the fall out of an explosive new recording. in a 2018 audio file obtained by nbc news president trump appears to be talking to rudy giuliani associate lev parnas and others about removing u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. this after parnas raised red flags about her. >> the biggest problem there where i think you need to start is we've got to get rid of the ambassador. she's still leftover from the

clinton administration. basically talking about telling everybody wait, he's going to get impeached. >> reporter: a man who sounds like the president then issues an ultimatum. >> get rid of her. i don't care. get her out tomorrow. take her out, okay? do it. >> reporter: nbc news has not heard the entire audio recording. an attorney for parnas turned the recording over to house democrats. the president has claimed he does not know parnas and fired yovanovitch the next year. the president's allies are down-playing the importance of the newly revealed audio. >> it means nothing. he can fire anybody he wants to. he had lost confidence in her. >> reporter: even the impeachment managers declined to comment on the recording shifting their focus from the allegations president trump abused his power. and swreering in on the second article of impeachment he covered up that abuse by obstructing congress. >> absolute power corrupts

absolutely. >> reporter: the managers arguing into the night that the president's blanket refusal to hand over documents and efforts to block witnesses from testifying constitute an impeachable offense on their own. >> added together the president's positions amount to a license to do anything he wants. >> reporter: democrats alleging an unprecedented presidential cover-up with republicans defending the president for doing his job. >> obstruction of congress is what the founders call separation of power. the case that the democrats are making is ridiculous. >> reporter: closing out the last night an emotional congressman adam schiff once again setting the stakes for the critical votes to come to protect both congress -- >> if the congress cannot because the president prevents it investigate the president's own wrongdoing there will be no more impeachment power. it will be gone. it will be gone. >> reporter: -- and the country. >> give america a fair trial.

she's worth it. >> reporter: the trial picks up again this morning at 10:00. beginning today we'll start to hear from the white house attorneys who will be trying to convince these senators they've heard enough and they don't need to hear from additional witnesses. >> garret hake gearing for another busy day. thank you for that. earlier today we spoke to presidential candidate senator amy klobuchar. she's also one of the jurors in the president's impeachment trial. we asked her about that new recording and whether it should be made public. >> it's just one more piece of evidence, and for me the most chilling part of this whole trial so far has been hearing the words of the president when he said to another leader things are going to happen to her. and now what we see on tape reinforcing that where he says get rid of her. >> that was amy klobuchar this morning on "today." in just a few hours the president's lawyers will make their opening arguments at the impeachment trial. today's hearing comes just hours

after the president spoke out about that audio recording. nbc's kelly o'donnell is at the white house with the very latest. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. president trump said in another new interview that aired this morning on cable he expects the whole thing to be over fairly quickly referring to impeachment. today his defense lawyers make their first arguments in what will be about a 3-hour session far shorter than the marathons we've seen, and the president is still distancing himself from a giuliani associate who claims he was part of a pressure scheme on ukraine. denial and defiance from president trump over the fate of ousted u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch and his ties to indicted associate of rudy giuliani, lev parnas. in an interview airing late friday on fox news. >> were you relying on lev parnas to get rid of your ambassador? >> no, but i have a lot of people and, you know, he's somebody that i guess based on pictures that i see goes to fund raisers, but i am not a fan of

that ambassador. >> reporter: but the president did leave open giving giuliani an instruction about yovanovitch. >> were you telling parnas to get rid of her? >> i wouldn't say that. i probably would have said it was rudy there or somebody. i have every right. i want ambassadors that are chosen by me. >> reporter: today the president's defense gets its day really its half day. on twitter the president maligned that schedule as lower viewership for his side. "my lawyers will be forced to start on saturday which is called death valley in tv." trump counsel jay sekulow spun the day in show biz terms. >> i guess we call it a trailer, coming atracks would be the best way to say it. >> reporter: sources close to the legal team describe their planned defense as a strong rebuttal which will argue the president did nothing wrong in his actions towards ukraine and expects the defense to rose joe

and hunter biden, claiming house managers already made them relevant at trial. in a pair of speeches friday the president steered clear of impeachment but hinted at the turmoil. >> they are coming after me because i am fighting for you, and we are fighting for those who have no voice. and we will win because we know how to win. >> reporter: also in a new interview airing today the president said he likes, respects and in some cases loves republican senators and believes they're being supportive of him in the impeachment trial. of course they're a part of that jury. the president also says he expects that his legal team will fight back forcefully. they will get their chance today, and they will argue that the president did nothing wrong. peter? >> kelly o'donnell at the white house this morning. kelly, thanks. >> and also this morning concerns are growing over the deadly coronavirus as millions across the world celebrate the chinese new year.

the cdc confirmed a second person in the u.s. tested positive for the virus. overnight the death toll in china rose to 41 with more than 1,300 people infected and 35 million people are now under lock down there to try and stop the spread. the first player caught in the houston astros signed stealing scandal has now apologized. the pitcher apologized on friday after the team was punished by major legal baseball for using technology to illegally steal signs during the astros playoff run to the 2017 world series title. >> it's just what the state of baseball was at that point in time. was it against the rules? yes, it was. and i'm personally sorry for what's come about, the whole situation, but it is what it is and we've got to move past that so i never thought anything would have come like it did. and i myself am sorry. >> no players have been punished

for their role in the scandal but the astros general manager and their manager a.j. hinch were suspended and fired after the mlb's investigation. all right, that was the news. how about a weekend morning boost? want to do it? all right, one fedex worker decided to go above and beyond his call of duty this week when making a delivery and the act of kindness has now gone viral. the worker delivered a package when he saw the snow had piled up in front of the door and he decided to take an extra minute out of his day and shovel the stoop. the homeowner wasn't there at the time but was so touched when she got the alert on her fon and saw the good deed. she posted the video to facebook and wrote there are good people out there who do self-less acts. >> i love it was all captured because of her phone. she would have missed it if not for our phone. coming up next a 15-year-old coco gauff is her name.

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relaxed and her confidence has grown and it shows. it doesn't take a tennis expert to tell this was one for the books. defending champion naomi soosaka falling to 15-year-old coco gauff, now the youngest professional era player to ever eliminate the tournament's reining champ. and the most surprised may be coco herself. is it still hard to believe all of this? >> yeah. i mean every tournament it's like a huge dedisbelief right after the u.s. open and winning my first title and now this. it's really crazy for me. >> reporter: the past few months has been one heck of a ride. the world first met coco at wimbledon, later at the u.s. open sailing to round three before her first meeting with osaka ended in defeat, and this

moment that touched millions. what was different this time? >> i last time i was putting too much pressure on myself. and this time coming in i told myself i was going to have fun and try to play my best tennis and feed off the crowd. and i think that shows how i played today. watching her in action it's easy to forget she's not even old enough to drive, but the telltale teen signs are there including a pesky little thing called homework. >> my teachers, they're giving me some time because considering the circumstances, they're letting me submit some assignments late, so that's okay. >> reporter: and i'd say she's got a pretty good excuse, guys. so coco's already won her doubles match today. she's going onto play her round 4 singles match on sunday. i've got to say it's been such a joy to have covered her from wimbledon to now. when i was talking to her

earlier this week she said one of her favorite parts of all this is connecting with her fans. she says she loves it when people reach out to her on social mead you, and she says if she could inspire one person with what she's doing on the court, then that's more important to her than any match. >> she's so poised every time she speaks. imagine being 15 years old. >> to be clear she's not inspiring one fan, she's inspiring millions. >> they gave her a little bit of time. a pass, just that once. >> dave, what's happening? >> reporter: we've got a fine crowd out here and lots of people representing. nice to see you. let's take a check and see what's happening all across the country. a lot of warmth actually beginning to overspread sections of the great lakes into the northeast. and as we head into sunday those warm temperatures continue all the way through maine up through

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calling for action after a driver nearly drowned when the car plunged into a canal. the crash happened at the very same spot where their father died. five years ago. the curve on west leland road is subtle enough that some drivers don't realize it is coming. that's what happened five years when dennis sandoval veered off the curve and died. the family asked the city to put up a barrier to prevent that from happening again. >> put a barrier up, please. let me dad's death be the last so nobody would die. >> the city says it plan to add more safety measures along the curve including rumble strips and more lighting. after legal wrangling over public access, a tech billionaire fired a lawsuit against the san mateo county sheriff. he is suing the sheriff for keeping the beach open to the public. it's the latest move in the ongoing fight between the

billionaire and the county. just a few weeks ago the state sued him for blocking access to the beach. he lives on martins beach and repeatedly put up no trespassing signs to keep the public away. however, the california coastal act says california beaches are open to the public. and 6:29, coming up this morning, the impeachment trial continues here on nbc bay area with president trump's lawyers launching their defense. if you're looking for local news, we will have the new cast with the latest stories and weather on the website nbc bay area.com right around 7:00 a.m. we hope to see you there.

a little chilly. >> somebody needs a hand warmer. here's a hand warmer. >> you get a hand warmer. >> everyone gets a hand warmer today. >> hey, we're back on a saturday morning, january 25, 2020. we have a good crowd out here. >> and still to come in this half-hour of "today," as january comes to a close are you finding it harder and harder to stick to that new year's resolution you guys made at the beginning of the month? well, we have some great tips to help you and to keep the resolutions going strong all yearlong.

>> and then we're going to do something neat. we're going to take you inside a massive warehouse full of movie props that have used in popular science fiction movies and tv shows. very cool. >> and a little bit later i'm looking forward to this, we're going to head into the kitchen for some easy one pot winter comfort foods that are full on flavor and not on fat. that's the key that they are easy. but first peter, you've got a little shout out recently in mens health. >> that's not me. >> that's right, this is not you. while you're in d.c. and during election year. there you are. you're drinking something green. >> unfortunately as someone who works with me in the white house booth knows that's not the first time that's happened but it looks good in the photo. we want to talk about in this wild era how you try to find

some calm. >> yes, spending time with the girls, right? peter likes hot chocolate, that's the truth. >> i was drinking something green there. now we want to get to one of the coolest art displays you might ever see. >> it's an under water museum and the only way to see it is by going deep beneath the see. >> reporter: less than a mile in the florida panhandle 60 feet down a first of its kind off the u.s. coast, art exhibit. sculptures like the deer with antlers, the skull, the giant octopus. curated artworks that are also an artificial reef. >> those are trigger fish and they're feeding on crustaceans and mollusks. >> reporter: this all began in the wake of the disaster 10

years ago. bp paid more than $10 billion in damages. and the hope is this so-called museum with seven exhibits will someday have more than a thousand. >> it's a stainless steel structure. >> reporter: up next to submerge this gem. >> it's a beautiful place i think to have a moment of introspection, but most importantly diving and art have an intersection in creating wonder. >> is this something that could only be here? >> no, it could be anywhere. all it takes is a conservationist with a lot of will power and you could make a difference. >> it's the one museum where they hope the art does not take your breath away. for today kerry sanders, nbc news off greaten beach, florida. >> if there's an under water story kerry sanders will find

it. >> he has all the fun. well, outside is still pretty chilly. dave, you have another check of the weather. >> nice to see you. good to be with you, everybody. yeah, it's a little bit chilly here in the northeast not because of the temperature but the winds are kicking up and the air is humid so it feels a little unkfrptable especially out here on the wind driven plaza, right? let's take a check on the weather across the country. could see some interior snow through the great lakes and northeast and soggy in the pacific northwest. sunny skies for the midsection of the country. heading into tomorrow a bit of snow lingers as the storm system works its way out of the northeast. rain and thunderstorms for the gulf states, and that next storm begins to move onshore out in the west. beautiful in hawaii. temperatures in the zeros to negative numbers in good saturday morning. starting off with low clouds,

patchy fog and misty skies and highs in the mid-60s, closer to san jose. we'll see midday a chance of a few showers coming on through from 2:00 do 4:00. better chance of showers actually after midnight tonight into very early sunday morning. and then just like that, skies clear. heading into sunday afternoon for a dry finish to the weekend. few more showers early tuesday and then trending warmer and drier for the second half of next week. hey, remember those hand warmers we gave out, if anyone's not using them i could use a pair. >> thank you for that. well, coming up next how to stick with those new year's resolutions well beyond january. but first these messages. ♪ ♪ ♪ i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my symptoms were keeping me from being there. so, i talked to my doctor and learned humira is for people who still have symptoms

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this morning in "today," wellness. a staggering 80% of people who take up a new year's resolution fail to stick to them for longer than six weeks. that means that deadline is quickly approaching. so how do you keep it going when you're ready to give up? adam bornstein is the chief officer at ladder, a wellness company founded by lebron james. so why is it so tough to keep these resolutions. >> the issue is resolutions themselves is great for motivation but not soigate f gr achieving your goals. it milwaukees it easier to do all those things that will get you the results. >> so let's walk through this if we can for a second. first, working out a lot of people say hey do i need to join a gym or get some sort sof

membership to be able to stick with that. >> i tell the first thing you need to do is build this consistency. a lot of people spend so much time focusing on the things they actually don't need to be worried about. they worry about what work out i can do, the best time to work out is the time that works within your schedule. the way you can do that is build an accountability for anyone is use your phone. use a reminder within your calendar that tells you when to work out, you pick your time. and the key thing here in order to make a ritual stick you need to make sure you have some sort of incentive. for me it's a reminder of go work out out now and do it because i get to and do it so i can be healthy for my kids. >> you almost have to convince yourself why you want to do this. >> and you're not going to object to being healthy for your kids. >> being healthy good ways to cut down on calories. >> this is big one and food is

delicious. everyone loves food and there's so many meals during the course of it day but everyone has that one meal the most difficult for them. researchers looked at if you substitute that big meal with a protein shake you can win the day. and most people think of protein as this thing that just builds muscle and it does but it also helps with fat loss because it's more metabolically active and you burn more calories and keeps you fuller for longer. we created this program and the big thing is 130 calories you eat less but more importantly you don't have that one meal that throws you off the rest of your day. >> i'm glad you're going to help me, how to stress less in the new year. >> my beautiful wife rachel has always told me i should teach a class on stress production because i appear to have mastered it. before the stress hits what you've got to do is take a deep belly breath. when the stress hits it's like

hyperventilating. take a deep belly breath. take about six seconds per breath, it will lower your heart rate. if that doesn't work if stress hits i want you to get coffee but here's the key, go do it with a friend. researchers in england found it's obviously not the coffee, it's people. being around people induces hormones that will make you feel better and get out that stress. >> whenever you can make a shout out to the good wife rachel. coming up next right now we're going to go back to the future with a look at iconic prop

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we are back on a saturday morning. if you ever wanted to own a piece of science fiction history, here's your chance. >> the owner of hundreds and

hundreds of props used on movie and tv sets is closing up shop and nearly everything is now for sale. nbc's sarah harman has that story. >> it really feels like you're taking a walk through the future. >> yeah, there's a lot of future right here. >> reporter: for decades this cavernous warehouse in los angeles is where hollywood directors came when they needed to create the future. john's been making film props for more than 40 years. his specialty, sci-fi films. the eyeball fabrication machine in blade runner, john said he made that. the sicokinetic meter in ghost busters, that's john again. and pretty much gg in the background of star trek, yeah john. walking around his modern props warehouse everything looks vaguely familiar. >> this is from robo cop.

>> reporter: can i fit in that? >> yeah, you can. you, sure. >> reporter: does it do anything? that's not exactly what i was expecting. >> it can actually go completely 360 degrees. >> door there's even more. remember these chairs from men in black? >> let's get going. >> reporter: agent x reporting for duty. john moved to los angeles in the early '70s. one day he happened to be on a film set and saw a prop break. the rookie told the producer he could make a better one. the rest is history. >> this is one of the oldest machines i have. >> reporter: perhaps more than anyone else his vision of the future has helped to shape our own ideas. but even he's sometimes surprised by which props become iconic. >> it's been in 200 productions. >> reporter: a youtube fan lovingly dubbed it the most important device in the

universe. okay, so what is it? >> i think the guys call it the dual axis generator. >> reporter: but what does it do? what is it for? >> it just does this. >> all i found is these red lights keep moving back and forth. aside from that this thing seems to have no other function whatsoever. >> reporter: a lot has changed in that time. the rise of computer animation and special effects have made many old-fashioned props obsolete. does it make you sad? >> i think there's a little bit of sadness to it but i think everything changes. >> reporter: so he's retiring this month. he's auctions off his props but his hope is that a museum will take some of his more well-known pieces. he's not planning to keep much for himself. >> i'm not such a fan of the future anymore. >> reporter: after a lifetime of channelling the future he's finally content to live in the present. for "today," sarah harman, nbc news, los angeles. >> when you think about the world of cool jobs that has to be pretty much at the top of it.

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good morning to you. thank you for being here. >> good morning. i'm so excited. >> so this is my first segment of the weekend today host cooking segment so thank you for being the first one here to do this. and this is really focused on quick, easy healthy meals. so many are busy like myself, don't have a lot of time to prepare. so talk us through the first dish you have. >> so the first dish is purely vegetarian. a lot of people think how am i going to be satisfied but here you will be. we're going to start with some oil that's already warmed, some cumin seeds. the great thing about the spices in this dish is not only do they add flavor but also help digestibility. a lot of people will say i can't do chickpeas because they're hard to digest, and the spices will help you break these down better. so we're sizzling the cumin and

adding the paste. >> how do you make sure you don't overspice it? >> there's a recipe. right, you can over spice. some spices you can get away with more. some spices you have to be careful with the right amount. so the spices you want to throw into the warm oil because that is going to wake them up. if you have an old spice sitting in it back of your pantry, heat it up with some fat and it's going to enliven those amazing flavors and volatile compounds. so here we're making this spice paste if you will. >> for the record this is spectacular. >> so they're already tasting. and it's filling, right? that was the big question. vegetarian and filling. >> and we're going to throw in some pure aid tomatoes and if you want to pass me the chickpeas. it's really one of those dump,

stir, cover you're done which is what i feel like all i have time for. >> 20 minutes. >> and these are precooked chickpeas and bay leaves are going to help foster digestion and creates this smoky flavor that makes you not miss meat. >> well, it looks really hearty. >> i want to try this next one. >> so water, done and then that's what it looks like. >> delicious. >> so next one is inspired by a brazilian seafood stew but i spiced it up and threw in more vegetables. so we have some fish here, halibut, any form fish will do. >> and you can do a salmon, a halibut. >> you could also technically skip the fish if you wanted to keep it entirely vegetarian or do some chicken. so we've got some garlic in there and ginger, again a lot of really warming spices. people think healthy meals don't taste good, but all these spices really don't make you think

you're eelting something yucky. >> and talk about this. about those health benefits particularly in the middle of the winter. >> so immune boosting, anti-inflammatory and mood boosting going to do so many great things for you, packed with anti-oxidants. we've got some tomato paste you can throw in there, you've got tomatoes. all these, coke nut milk people think rish dish. >> this is big one for me because i don't do dairy but coconut milk is great substitute. >> and for people who want to do a creamy situation without dairy, people can use cashew milk as well. so the last one is cinnamon scented beef stew. people don't think of cinnamon as savory but it's a match made in heaven. cooked down really cook, forget about it, eat it. >> delicious. guys, that last one good?

>> everything good. >> we're taking it to go. >> all right, i'm going to try some. is there something i can try? >> yeah, how's that cold going? >> all right, guys, thank you very much. that was fantastic. thank you. appreciate it. and if you want want these recipes head to today.com/foods. >> that's going to do it for us today. tomorrow on sunday willy sits down with josh gadd and the tony nominated role, the book of mormon and his newgood morning,a

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lester holt to take over any moment now. if you are looking for local news, we will have a newscast with the latest stories and weather on the website in just a few minutes we'll send it to lester holt now. this is an nbc news special report. the trial of donald j. trump. here is lester holt. >> good morning, everyone. it is 10:00 in the east. 7:00 in the west. coming back on the air to bring you nbc news live coverage of the senate impeachment trial of president trump, a rare saturday session for the senate and today for the first time, the president's defenders take center stage. it's their turn. for the pastdays, democratic house managers, the prosecution laid out the case against the president. now the defense team led by white house lawyer jay sekulow will respond for several hours today and then again at greater length next week and we will see whether the defense team will continue to