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>> trying to stem the rising tide of frustration. >> his angry rhetoric was reckless. >> i'm looking for a peaceful transfer of power. if something else happens, all options would be on the table. another sitting cabinet member, education secretary betsy devos resigns, as more officials jump ship. >> i can't stay. >> straight ahead, where the president and the republican party go from here. single worst day ever. more than 4,000 americans killed by the coronavirus in just 24 hours. the deadliest day of the pandemic so far. >> we are in the fight of our lives for americans in this country. >> this morning, the unimaginable toll, the nation's newest hot spots, and the desperate new plea from the front lines for help. behind bars. the woman who tackled the black teenager she falsely accused of stealing her phone, arrested in california. officials saying she resisted and was uncooperative. we'll hear from her attorney.

all of that, plus billion dollar weekend. the combined powerball and mega millions jackpot soaring to rare heights and the next big drawing just hours away. today, friday, january 8th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everybody. welcome to this split edition of "today" from here in washington, d.c. and in new york on a friday morning. it's good to have you with us. >> good to see you. we want to get right to our top story. the newest development tied to that violent siege on the u.s. capitol, citing the riots, more members of trump's administration stepping down in protest, including the first cabinet members. education secretary betsy devos, and transportation secretary elaine chao. >> and just this morning, the "wall street journal's"

conservative editorial board is calling on president trump to resign, writing in part, he has cost republicans the house, and the white house and the senate and worse, his loyal supporters by lying to them about the election and ability of congress and mr. pence to overturn it. he has refused to accept the basic bargain of democracy which is to accept the result win or lose. if he goes away quietly. well, for his part, the president again saying in a taped message he released yesterday, there will be a smooth transfer of power. >> as we mentioned, a capitol police officer has now died from the injuries he suffered when that mob stormed the capitol. that is the fifth death connected to the violence. >> and new arrests are being made in connection with that violent mob. more than 80 arrests so far, and investigators this morning, they are poring through videos and images casting about for leads. they want to identify more suspects.

that's where we will start our coverage this morning. tom costello joining us from capitol hill. good morning, tom. >> hey, savannah. good morning. we know that capitol police were completely outmanned in this fight against insurrectionists who came here at the urging of president trump, and we know many officers behaved and performed heroically, battling these people, and now we know it has taken a tragic turn. >> reporter: overnight, a fifth death announced from the siege of the u.s. capitol. capitol police say officer brian sicknick was injured while engaging with protesters. he was taken to a local hospital before dying of his injuries around 9:30 thursday night. capitol police releasing a statement saying the entire department expresses its deepest sympathies to officer sicknick's family and friends on their loss and mourned the loss of a friend and colleague. sicknick's death is being investigated by the d.c. metropolitan police department's homicide branch, along with u.s. capitol police and their federal

partners. it comes as hundreds of d.c. police and fbi personnel are poring over hours of video and hundreds of photos of the mob, using facial recognition software to identify suspects and make arrests. and working more than 4,000 tips from the public. federal prosecutors have now brought cases against 55 people. the charges include rioting, unlawful entry, assaulting police officers, theft, and eight weapons cases. one suspect arrested with a semiautomatic rifle and 11 molotov cocktails. the fbi also investigating whether sensitive national security information may have been stolen from congressional offices. several of the people seen in images from the raid have gone viral and have already identified themselves. 60-year-old richard barnett of arkansas, pictured with his feet on the desk in nancy pelosi's office and holding one of her letters and the man seen in face

paint and a horned hat, confronting law enforcement, holding a spear, jake angelle, who has been featured at other trump rallies. meanwhile, the house and sergeant in arms have resigned under pressure, and the capitol police chief steven sund said he will resign saturday, january 16th. making no mention of wednesday's riots in the resignation letter. he faced growing pressure to step down including from house speaker nancy pelosi. >> i'll calling for the resignation of the chief of the capitol police, mr. sund. >> the capitol police union also called for the chief to resign, writing in a statement, once the brief of the capitol building was inevitable, we prioritized lives over property, leading people to safety. not one member of congress or their staff was injured. our officers did their jobs. our leadership did not. despite months of warnings about just such an attack and the president's own encouragement, members of congress and law enforcement veterans are

questioning how and why capitol police officers were so quickly overwhelmed. >> they had no leadership, no preparation. everyone knew this would happen. >> savannah, police are making a big distinction here, and also the people here that day that the individual officers really performed heroically in most case, but there is a distinction being made of those people actually leading the police department and that they had failed to plan for something so well telegraphed in advance. i also want to draw your attention on this big fence behind me, and it is about nine feet tall circling the capitol building. savannah? >> and one officer gave his life trying to protect the capitol. thank you very much. hoda. >> thank you, savannah.

>> yeah, and one police officer in the wake of the capitol building riot, a wave of trump administration officials, even two cabinet members, have announced they're leaving their post. and a growing course of lawmakers calling on president trump to resign or be removed from office. peter alexander at the white house for us. >> good morning to you. after a day of public silence, president trump overnight delivering a recorded, scripted statement saying to those who broke the law, you will pay. unlike that video just a day earlier where he praised his supporters. these last 48 hours, as you know, have been the final straw for some of the highest ranking members of the trump administration. transportation secretary elaine chao resigning as well as education secretary betsy devos. devos in her resignation letter to the president writing blunt there is no mistake the impact of your rhetoric had on the situation. >> i would like to begin -- >> reporter: president trump doing the an about face facing enormous pressure to condemn the violence he's accuse of

inciting. >> the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. you do not represent our country. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. >> it comes more than 24 hours after the president released this video filmed as the attack was taking place. >> we love you. you're very special. >> and after the president addressed the massive crowd ahead of the capitol attack. >> and after this, we're going to walk down, and i'll be there with you. >> in the short video produced by the white house, president trump gets as close as he's come to a concession. >> a new administration will be inaugurated on january 20th. my focus now turns to insuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power. >> but the president's critics do not want to wait, with calls growing for president trump to be removed from office immediately. >> we are in a very difficult place in our country, as long as donald trump still sits in the white house. >> more than 200 democratic lawmakers and 1 republican calling for impeachment or the president's removal through the 25th amendment that would require the support of the vice president and at least eight members of the president's cabinet. the "wall street journal's" editorial board overnight urging

president trump to resign to avoid impeachment. republican senator ted cruz, who faced blame for amplifying the outrage and objecting to president-elect biden's legitimate win offering this rare criticism of president trump. >> i do believe that his rhetoric has been over the line and it is irresponsible and reckless. >> biden slamming the attack, comparing the response of authorities now compared to last summer's against racial injustice. >> no one can tell me had it been a group of black lives matter protesters yesterday, they wouldn't have been treated very differently. >> former attorney general bill barr blasting the president's conduct as a betrayal of his office and supporters. president trump in that new video never congratulating or mentioning joe biden's name once. it is unclear whether the president is going to attend

biden's inauguration, but those close to the vice president say that the vice president is expected to attend. savannah. >> all right, peter, thank you very much. for more on the political fallout from the riots on wednesday, we welcome in chuck todd. good morning. >> good morning. >> so where is this all headed? because there's talk of the 25th amendment. there's talk of impeachment. but what are republicans -- whatever happens, it's what republicans decide to do. where are republicans' heads this morning? >> right now, protect the president from himself. so for instance, there's been a concerted campaign, and i have talked to a couple longtime national security folks in republican circles who have helped lead a campaign to convince the current national security adviser robert o'brien, don't resign. his deputy, matthew pottinger, was one of the first to resign. don't resign. it is my understanding that the national security adviser is willing to stay until 20th, and be the adult supervision or however you want to look at it. he said that i could get fired,

and so he is the bullwork and that is the sort of -- he's the bulwark, and that's the concern now, because frankly, the 25th amendment issues, i talked to one person inside the administration who admitted, with all the acting secretaries, it's not even clear that it could work. and then there's a concern it would turn him into a martyr with some of his supporters and it would almost being self-defeating. the real campaign right now inside the republican party is essentially to protect the president from himself. >> it's so interesting because you are seeing longtime allies who before would not dare speak one word against the president start to at least tip-toe across the line, even someone like ted cruz or lindsey graham. you saw the "wall street journal" editorial board. it's conservative. it's not never trump, but it isn't necessarily pro trump, but for the editorial board of the "wall street journal" to say he should resign is pretty extraordinary. >> it is, and let's remember to who owns "the wall street journal," rupert murdoch. one of the conservative media

icons who owned fox news. "new york post" turned on trump last week when it came to his behavior. but the "wall street journal" editorial page means a lot to senate republicans. i always say if you were to put the media as the avatar for a republican leader, mitch mcconnell and the "wall street journal" editorial page are probably each other's avatar. the editorial page gives cover to other elected republicans to essentially say the same thing. and what it does is it create an environment that sort of both isolates the president but perhaps keeps the republican party intact. >> here's the thing, trump supporters are devoted. that we know, and it makes up -- it's not a fringe group. it's a huge amount of people in this country that believe his claims about the election and support him. >> this is why you talk to a lot of republicans, and they think that maybe this is a third -- it's going to be three parties. because the elected republican leadership does not have a connection with the rank and file and the grassroots of what is the republican party. look, the president called in to the rnc, the republican national committee yesterday, and got

roaring applause. you know, in the places, the house republicans, the grassroots of the republican party, it's still donald trump's party. it isn't the "wall street journal" or mitch mcconnell's party. >> we'll continue to watch it. in our next hour, former secretary of state colin powell will join us live. in the meantime, as members of congress weigh the political impact of wednesday's siege on the capitol, many are also grappling with the personal trauma they experienced. these were men and women simply going about their work in what was supposed to be one of the most secure places in the world, and in an instant, chaos. i spoke with congressman jason crow of colorado. a former army ranger trapped inside the house gallery when rioters breached the final police barrier outside. >> the security came in, capitol police came in and whisked away the speaker and the leadership, and then started to evacuate. >> you were stuck in the gallery with other members. >> we were stuck in the gallery, about 15 or 20 of us there. within a few minutes, we heard yelling and screaming. grenades going off. the next thing i know, the

police actually were shutting and locking the doors, locking us in to the chamber and starting to grab furniture and stack it against the windows and the doors. and that's when i knew that we were in trouble. i called my wife and told her that i loved her and to tell the kids that i loved them. we were putting our gas masks on, and i was helping the other members do that because that's something i had done hundreds of time in the army. i had a pen in my pocket and was thinking about how we were going to fight our way out. >> there's an image that has really gone around the world today of you comforting one of your colleagues. what happened in that moment? >> the police had their guns drawn and had barricaded the walls. we thought that they were going to be able to make it in. susan is a friend of mine and i did what any friend would do, and susan did the same. we were comforting each other, and i was thinking of how we were going to get ourselves out of it. >> you're a veteran, a combat

veteran. did you ever think you would feel like that in the capitol? >> what i felt in the capitol behind us is something i haven't felt since i was in afghanistan as an army ranger. to think as a member of congress in 2021 in the u.s. capitol on the house floor that i was preparing to fight my way out of the people's house against a mob is just beyond troubling. >> are you angry that this was able to happen? >> i am angry. i'm tired. i'm very angry at donald trump, who bears primary responsibility for this. i'm angry at his enablers because donald trump isn't really the story anymore. we know him. there's no surprise he would do this. what this is about now are the people around him, his advisers, the members of congress and others that have allowed ts to ppen. this was a catastrophic security failure. if this had been a military operation, all of the commanders would have been instantly relieved of duty. >> do you support other democrats, some republicans who are talking about the 25th amendment, talking about removal

from office, talking about impeachment if for no other reason, to send a message? >> absolutely. for a long time have said we know who donald trump is. he is a dangerous man. about a year ago, i was an impeachment manager making the case for his removal. i knew the danger that he presented and i knew this could happen. and here we are a year later, and it's happened. the cabinet officials, the vice president, they bear responsibility here. they have allowed this to happen, and they can assume that responsibility and make it right by invoking the 25th amendment. >> how are you feeling? as you try to just deal with the emotions of what has happened in this sacred place? >> i want to get back to my family. i want to hug my kids. be with them for a little while, but i'm also feeling tremendous esolve. the insurrectionists tried to derail our democracy. they failed because our government, our democracy is bigger than any one of them.

we have dark times ahead and a lot of work ahead of us. after i go home and spend time with my kids, i'm going roll my sleeves up and we're going do that work. >> hoda, we have a lot of recent veterans who are now serving. they decided they're going to now serve their country by serving in congress. it's simultaneously inspiring and heartbreaking that so many of them had to return to that mindset, that battle mode, how can i fight my way out, protect my colleagues and staffers here? >> you interviewed him for a couple of minutes yesterday and i'm so glad that you went in depth to hear him say that he only felt that way in afghanistan was so jarring, but his resolve just made me have my back a little straighter. that was an extraordinary interview. >> these veterans are the best of us. no question. >> yeah. all right, we have 18 minutes past the hour. savannah, what do you say we head to mr. roker and get a check of the weather. hey, al. >> it makes us proud to see folks like that. let's show you what we've got going on. 14 million people up for winter

weather advisories, winter storm warnings as the system pushes its way off the carolina coast, bringing snow to the mountains, rain along the coast. we're talking about 3 to 4 inches in some of the mountains in the western north carolina, we're also looking at a quarter inch to a half inch in eastern south carolina. we have three storms backed up here friday, one coming in today in the pacific northwest. another one making its way in, and even out in the sea of japan, the third storm. these are going to keep firing up into parts of the pacific northwest, bringing upwards of 3 to 6 inches of snow through tuesday, and in fact, seattle, this is your second wettest start to the year so far. we're getting to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. ♪ you get up and at 'em ♪

♪ i'm ♪ ♪ oh, crossin' all your borders ♪ ♪ freein' freein' all the smalls ♪ ♪ good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall taking a look at light rain moving through. spotty, light showers moving out of here fairly quickly as we go into today. and once this storm system clears we have sunshine. we're already seeing that in the south bay and don't expect a lot of rain with this round. we're going to go back to some dry weather in the rest of the forecast. temperatures will be warming up for our inland valleys reaching into the upper 60s. san francisco will also warm. we'll be watching out for king tides early next week. >> and that is your latest weather. hoda >> all right, al, thank you. still ahead, the other big story, inside the unthinkable new toll from the coronavirus surge in america more than 4,000 deaths in a single day just ahead, the new call for

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>> reporter: i'm bob redell. protesters are expected to rally against president trump tomorrow in san francisco and other cities throughout the country. the groups organizing the rallies is called the youth fascism to protest the riot on wednesday. they are outraged how police treated trump supporters compared to tactics used on people in black lives matter protests. time for a look at our forecast and meteorologist kari hall. a nice looking day ahead? yes. so we're starting out with some light rain across parts of the bay area. we can see that on storm ranger. hit or miss. some of the rain moving through the north bay will gradually clear and we'll have a nice day ahead. i wanted to show you this view in walnut creek. you can barely see anything. later today it will be partly cloudy. we'll see the sun peeking out. temperatures in the low 60s and

a nice weekend as we dry out. but it's going to warm up next week into the upper 60s by next wednesday. laura? wow. what a turnaround. thanks, kari. thank you for joining us as well. another local news update in half an hour.

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7:39, with in depth today, and more on the investigations into that siege on capitol hill, savannah >> authorities piece together p groups like qanon. what fuels their unwavering and increasingly aggressive support for him, and h what led to wednesday's mob insurrection, there is new scrutiny. this morning on the president's appeal to extremist groups like qanon. what fuels their unwavering and increasingly aggressive support for him, and how do these conspiracy theories shape the republican party gabe gutierrez took a closer look this morning. gabe, good morning >> good morning. wednesday's storming of the capitol by trump supporters included many followers of conspiracy theory groups like qanon. now there are growing concerns about the president's connections to these groups and their plans to continue inciting chaos in the wake of his election defeat. there are some of the most shocking images from the capitol breach

one pro-trump rioter in face paint and a horned hat, confronting law enforcement, holding a spear. the man now identified as jake angelle, flaunted the raid in an interview with nbc news saying the fact we had a bunch of our traitors in office hunker down, put on their gas masks and retreat into their underground bunker, i consider that a win. police say he's a known qanon conspiracy theorist who has been seen at previous trump rallies qanon is a far-right extremist group that among other outlandish things believed democrats are running a satanic pedophile ring out of a d.c. pizza parlor savannah asked president trump about his stance on qanon in october. >> it is this theory that democrats are a satanic pedophile ring and you are the savior of that now, can you just once and for all state that that is completely not true?

and disavow qanon in its entirety >> i know nothing about qanon. i do know they are very much against pedophilia >> those comments came after the president said this in august. >> i don't know much about the movement other than i understand they like me very much which i appreciate i have heard these are people that love our country. >> ashli babbitt, the woman shot and killed in the riots, was another qanon follower a day before, she tweeted, nothing will stop us they can try and try and try, but the storm is here. the storm, a reference to a qanon fantasy in which trump punishes democrats for their supposed misdeeds. >> groups like this have a long history in this country of being sort of anti-government and feeling oppressed. when the sitting head of government says, yes, you're right, the government is against you, then it's just gasoline on a fire >> it all comes amid major concerns about misinformation, social media, and the republican party.

the social media site parler gaining popularity among trump supporters, touting in its guidelines in no case will parler decide what content will be removed or filtered cable channel newsmax pushing to debunk theories about election fraud scored a brief ratings win over fox news. and while some of those who violently stormed the capitol were extremists, some of the peaceful protesters in washington on wednesday still believe similar stories. >> we're going to walk down and i'll be there with you >> an analysis of online activity lists qanon as one of the many far-right groups calling for violence at the capitol for weeks. themselves a council linked to the group calling on followers to arm themselves calling january 6th independence day. this follower telling us she was at the capitol riot and got to the steps. >> we had a wonderful, wonderful gathering, because every gathering of president donald j. trump is like going to church. >> is qanon dangerous for the

united states? >> the only reason it's dangerous is because the people who are the liars and the thieves from this country, president trump speaks the way i speak, the truth >> this fall, the department of homeland security warned in its annual assessment that domestic violent extremists could mobilize quickly to engage in violence after the 2020 presidential election. the agency calling the groups the most persistent and lethal threat to the homeland, savannah >> all right, gabe, thank you very much. and what does the future hold for these extremist groups and the republican party we're joined by rich lowry, editor of the conservative national review. and rich, good morning you know, these ideas, i normally wouldn't have a political analyst on to discuss something like this. but these ideas that used to be fringe and in the dark corners of the internet have spilled out, taken hold. we saw what happened on wednesday. and a not insignificant portion of your party, the republican party, folks believe these

theories how concerned are you about that >> i'm quite concerned the president of the united states has emboldened these people he's given them legitimacy, and obviously, the backdrop to the storming of the capitol is that if you take seriously and believe what the president has been saying about our election that it was stolen from us by a nefarious and corrupt elite and that our democracy no longer exists, that would justify, if it were true, violent revolution. and sadly, a lot of people who broke into the capitol believed it quite sincerely. so i think it's incumbent upon all republicans to tell the truth, to denounce the president's lies, to denounce his conduct since the election, and denounce his responsibility for what happened on wednesday >> you make a good point because here you have this young woman, ashli babbitt, a former veteran who served our country, believing it so much that she gave her life. she went to the capitol.

we don't know the circumstances, but ended up with a bullet and lost her life because she believed this. >> yeah. and she was betrayed by a lot of people not just the president there's a whole infrastructure soul searching devoted, some people who are genuinely kooks, some who are cynics and think this is a way to make a buck, who promoted this stuff. and it's deeply wrong, and the republican party has a lot of soul searching to do it's going to be a lot of work taking it back fully from these sort of folks. >> well, there's the qanon, which is, you know, you read about some of the things they believe, it's really out there but then there are a large number of republicans who believe because the president has told them that this was a fraudulent election, that it was stolen, that there's something wrong with what happened with ballots or fraud they really believe this i mean, good-hearted people who believe this because they have been told this by the president.

what do you do about that? >> again, the only answer is telling the truth. and i think a lot of republicans are too quiet too long about what the president was saying and doing the last two months. that said, i think the real heroes in the senate were republicans, the republican state officials, local officials, republican judges, some of whom were appointed by president trump themselves, who when they had the ability to actually do his bidding and try to overturn the election, to a man and to a woman, said no. i think that's heartening. >> they looked at the evidence, and the president did get his day in court several days in court. you know, all the legal remedies were exhausted i guess that's the good news here >> yeah. and i think also, on wednesday in the senate, you only had six or seven republicans objecting to the electors. that's six or seven too many in my mind, but you had mitch

mcconnell standing up forcefully you had mike pence, which was a key element of what happened wednesday, was the president's anger at mike pence that he wouldn't try to abuse his office and declare trump the winner standing up, you know, at great political cost to himself. you had 2024 hopefuls like tom cotton saying no so i think all that's good but the party, there's going to be a long civil war within the party between the trump forces and the conservatives. >> that's a good conversation to have rich, thank you so much for your time this morning. we appreciate it >> thank you >> we're going to send it back to new york, get a check with al on the weather >> thanks so much. so the parade of storms we told you about in the pacific northwest, this storm moving onshore in the pacific right now. that's going to be causing rain and snow it dives south tomorrow from the rockies into texas now, it's going to have a lot of cold air plunging south. sunday's highs averaging 10 to 20 degrees below average look at the snow stretching from new mexico all the way into texas.

dallas could see some snow last time they had one inch of snowfall, march 15th, 2015 then that storm leaves the gulf and makes its way to the southeast. we'll watch this track carefully into early next week that's what's going good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're seeing the quick, early morning rain moving out of here, and we're in for sunshine the rest of the day. our temperatures will reach into the low 60s for the south bay below the tri-valley. antioch 62 and 61 in santa rosa. throughout the weekend more weather like this, cold mornings, sunshine during the afternoon, and for next week it's going to continue to warm up with a lack of rain in the forecast. we'll reach into the upper 60s by wednesday. >> and that is your weather. savvi. >> thank you and coming up. we'll have a live interview with former secretary of state colin powell his perspective on this week's events in washington, and what

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we are seeing the sunshine and this is what we'll enjoy, a few clouds will move in but not bring us any more showers. our temperatures will reach into the upper 50s and low 60s for today. slightly above normal as we warm up. we go into the weekend as well as early next week. we'll reach into the upper 60s. and by the middle of next week it will feel more like spring out there. for san francisco we're also going to be warming up, but we'll be watching out for some king tides. it will be possible starting on monday. laura? wow, sounds good. thanks so much, kari. thank you for joining us as well. back to the "today" show v. a great day.

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should happen next plus, showing her strength ten years after being shot in the head, we'll talk to former congresswoman gabby giffords about her incredible road to recovery >> what do you enjoy doing these days what's fun >> i'm still busy. a lot of zoom calls. work, work, work work, work, work. speech therapy a lot of homework. yoga twice a week. french horn. spanish lessons. riding a bike. walking on my treadmill. watching movies. it's groundhog's day >> just ahead, how she's moving forward and creating change. and that's what you said we'll reveal the finalists of our very own "office" bracket. did your favorite character make the cut? >> the hottest in the office award goes to -- >> today, friday, january 8th, 2021 >> and good morning. that will give you something to

smile about. welcome back to "today." we're in washington and new york this friday morning. we love a bracket on this show, don't we >> especially "the office. what a perfect combo craig has the morning off. if you're waking up, you know what we would like to say to you? good morning, and thank you for waking up with us. >> let's get right to your news at 8:00. unfortunately, a police officer has become the fifth person to die in connection with wednesday's rampage on capitol hill top security officials and the president himself now facing serious repercussions over the violence first, the investigation nbc's tom costello on the story. tom, good morning. >> savannah, good morning. 13-year veteran brian sicknick died overnight he was a capitol police officer who was assaulted during that m

maylay on wednesday. this has led to other dismissals within the entire hierarchy. the house and senate sergeant in arms have resigned under pressure so has the police chief for the capitol police department. meanwhile, the fbi and metropolitan police department say that they are poring over hundreds and thousands of photographs and video clips, identifying people in this melee and bringing charges against them federal officials say so far, 55 cases have been brought in federal cases including one individual who had an assault weapon and 11 molotov cocktails. so far, the public has called in 4,000 tips, trying to identify people who were, again, taking part in this riot. savannah >> all right, tom. thank you. hoda >> thank you, savannah president trump used his return to twitter last night to condemn the violence and acknowledge his election defeat. but he still faces the possibility of being forced out of office. weekend today coanchor and white house correspondent peter alexander has the latest on that >> president trump after that

day of public silence overnight delivering a recorded, scripted statement saying to those who broke the law, quote, you will pay, unlike the video a day earlier where he praised his supporters take a look at some of those >> to demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of american democracy. >> we love you you're very special. >> the president last night getting the closest he has come to a concession, saying he is focused on insuring an orderly transition of power. still no mention there -- no congratulation for president-elect joe biden. this morning, more than 200 democratic lawmakers, 1 republican as well, calling for the president to be removed immediately, either through impeachment or the 25th amendment that would require the backing of the vice president and a majority of his cabinet. already two of the president's cabinet secretaries have resigned, transportation secretary elaine chao and betsy devos both leaving their post. hoda

>> thank you, peter. joining us now, former secretary of state and retired four-star general colin powell secretary powell, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. how are you this morning >> i'm very well you know, we're so glad to have your perspective you're a former secretary of state. you're a general you know better than anyone the powers that the president has at his disposal how concerned are you about these final 12 days? >> well, i think they will unfold and 12 days from now he'll be out normally. but those who are suggesting impeachment or the article -- the 25th amendment, that's time consuming. i wish he would just do what nixon did and step down. somebody ought to go up there and say it's over. the plane is waiting for you, you're out that way he would not only step down he would in addition sort of cut the guts out from underneath this group of people who he has working for him. what he is responsible for is one of the most disgusting things i have ever seen in all my years as a government

employee here in the united states of america and in washington, d.c. he should be totally ashamed of himself, and he should take that shame and turn it into a resignation as quickly as possible >> you know, there are reports, chuck todd was reporting about it a little earlier, that some former officials have called over to the white house and said to the national security officials, those in the cabinet with national security positions, and saying please don't resign we have seen cabinet members who have resigned. education secretary, transportation secretary is that how you feel are you hoping those national security officials hold on for the last 12 days >> i'm not sure who they are which ones we're talking about i want to see the president step down and there's enough of a government remaining and officials remaining to run it.

we have a vice president who could take over for the next 12 days but right now, i think it's important that the president step down, and if he steps down, then i think we'll start to see all of these idiots who came out and did what they did two days ago beginning to step down because they no longer have a leader we have to face the reality that the president has been in charge of this. he's been the leader he has encouraged them at every step and that's brought us to this horrible situation i also deeply am troubled by the poor planning that went into getting ready for this operation. >> i want to get to that, but before we leave the first topic, because i kind of want to return to the first question. if he doesn't resign, i understand your position, he should just go, but if he doesn't, he does have 12 days. and he has incredible powers, including the nuclear codes, not to be an alarmist, but is there anything that concerns you about that given the behavior and the conduct we have seen >> no, not really, but i can never tell what this man is going to do. we have seen him do some crazy things let's not start dragging out things like nuclear codes. i was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and i can tell

you for sure if something like this ever happened and someone suddenly said we want to use the nuclear weapon, they would never get near it. >> let's talk about the security failure that you raised. the investigations will go on and we'll see what happened, but on its face, when you have throngs of people who are able to penetrate the united states congress at the very moment the vice president is there and they're performing a sacred constitutional duty, you have a security failure what went wrong in your mind what concerns you about this >> i talked to some people, and it seems like there was not a clear line of control or command. and who was in charge of it all, i ask. it was somebody who was not a military officer or an intelligence person, but somebody who was a civilian, and i think the justice department or something like that and that's not what we needed. we needed strong leadership, somebody who knew what to do, who understood the forces

available to them, and then do something about it i could have seen when the crowd started to build that we needed to call in the national guard and others then. and not wait for, what i don't know what they were waiting for. and i still don't understand how they could stay up on the landing, on the patio for hours. i know now that it was because they were trying to clear inside the government building, inside the capitol. and when i later saw images of inside the capitol, with the mobs that were just moving around as they chose, i could see why they had the problem but they shouldn't have that problem. it was enough warning coming that they should have known what was coming >> sorry to jump in here, but many, many americans are looking at the and seeing that the rioters were able to have their way with the capitol building for a period of hours, posing for pictures and putting their feet up on desks. michelle obama, former first lady, put out a statement, and she was really blunt about it.

one of the things she said was, the gulf between the responses to yesterday's riot and this summer's peaceful protests and the larger movement for racial justice is so painful it hurts i mean, she came right out and said it. if these had been black lives matters protesters, you would have a different story do you agree >> i don't know. i'm not a mind reader. i'm worried about what happened two days ago and let's -- i would not spend time trying to compare the two let's stick with the problem we have right now and that's the folks who went into our capitol two days ago, and i feel for black lives matter, and i'm not sure that was handled as well as it might have been, but we know darn well this was not handled as it could have been, might have been, and should have been >> finally, sir, i mean, you are our former secretary of state. you know how important america is not just its image but its actual importance around the world. what message do you think what happened on wednesday has sent to our adversaries and how

concerned are you about that >> it was a terrible message that was sent to our adversaries and more importantly it was sent to our friends and allies. i think it's reparable we can work on that and fix it because we have a new team coming in. we have a new president coming in, joe biden, who i have known for decades. and i think has a better understanding of the diplomacy and better understanding of reaching out and speaks with a normal tone and not the kind of tone that the president who is about to leave office used to speak all the time, insulting people constantly insulting people, our allies getting rid of agreements that made sense just because he wanted to. there was never any discussion about it that's on its way out in 13 days or before, if congress can figure out a way to make it before, but 13 days is what i see. >> all right, secretary colin powell, good to see you, good to have your perspective. thank you very much.

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reaching into the low 60s. expect more foggy mornings, cooler temperatures and some warm afternoons. it continues to warm as we go into our valleys. reaching into the upper 60s by wednesday. >> t hoda >> all right, al thank you. >> during the siege at the capitol, families of lawmakers waited for word on their loved ones >> among them, the wife of gabby giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot as she performed her duty she tweeted, as i sat waiting for information about mark's safety today, i couldn't stop thinking about what you must in fact, it was ten years ago today that a gunman rampaged that congressional event in tucson six people were killed 13 wounded, including gabby. it's been a long road to recovery one that is still going. and earlier this week, i sat down with gabby and her husband mark to talk about how she's found her voice again and how through great loss she intends to create great change >> as we approach the ten years

i do think back to that day often. there was a moment that where it was reported that gabby had died it was about 30 minutes. gabby's pretty - >> tough >> gabby's pretty tough. >> really tough. >> i knew there was a chance that that might not be true. and it turned out that was the case >> tough, courageous, unrelenting. gabby giffords has had to summon all of that within her and more in the last decade to just survive was not enough for this determined daughter of the desert >> how many miles are we going to do today? a couple hundred >> a hike like this one would near her hometown in tucson would have been unthinkable ten years ago on another january day. >> i believe gabby giffords was hit. >> good morning.

tragedy in tucson. a congresswoman fights for life. >> on january 8th, 2011, a gunman shot into a crowd at a local meet and greet with their congresswoman, gabby giffords, killing 6 and injured 13, including gabby, shot point blank in the head. >> people are just so sad, so shocked. and they really don't want the rest of the country and the world to look at tucson in this way. >> it drew national attention to tucson, arizona. my hometown, and the president himself, who visited gabby's hospital bedside >> a few minutes after we left her room and some of her colleagues in congress were in the room, gabby opened her eyes for the first time gabby opened her eyes for the first time >> i remember that speech when he said to the mchale center and the crowd, gabby opened her eyes did you ever go back and look at that did you ever see that? >> move ahead. move ahead >> we have talked about that right? we have talked about it a number of times, like would gabby want to watch all the coverage from that day and -- >> move ahead.

>> not really. >> i read that when she would hold your hand in the hospital bed, she would turn your wedding ring >> right she would spin it around like that, even when she was still kind of unconscious. >> what did that mean to you in. >> it meant that she was -- that you were - >> alive >> that. and you were still there >> yes >> hold up two fingers >> it was a grueling recovery process. hospitalized for months. having to relearn not just how to walk but how to talk. >> i'm from arizona. arizona. arizona. >> you're skipping a line. >> tucson, arizona >> years of pain and hard work and her continued struggle to speak have not diminished gabby's sparkle or her sass. >> i knew you a little bit before the shooting, and it always struck me that you had the gift of gab. you were so eloquent and

speaking came so easily to you and now, i see that you fight for every word you fight for it what is that like? what is your rehabilitation like >> really, really sucks. >> you still have -- you still have a way with words. >> yeah. >> tip of the tongue gabby giffords speaks, speaks, speaks so quiet now. >> but gabby, you know everything that's going on i can see it in your eyes. she's not missing anything >> and then when your name is gabby, quite ironic that you find yourself in this situation. >> what do you enjoy doing these days what's fun >> i'm so busy. a lot of zoom calls. work, work, work speech therapy a lot of homework. yoga twice a week. french horn, spanish lessons, riding a bike, walking on my

treadmill. watching movies. it's groundhog's day >> all over again. >> all over again. >> and something old that's new again for this couple, they're back in washington after gabby's husband mark, a retired navy captain and astronaut, was recently elected by the state of arizona to hold john mccain's former seat in the u.s. senate >> if i told you ten years ago you're going to be a senator, would you have believed that would you have believed that >> no. >> it was not in my plan >> and in your heart of hearts >> no. i had -- no. >> is there any part of you that thinks it should be her? >> absolutely. yeah i mean, gabby was a member of congress i often think to myself, if somebody would have happened to me, would gabby have become an astronaut? >> knowing gabby, probably >> yes >> it's that fearless spirit that led her to mark the third

anniversary of the shooting by jumping out of an airplane >> did you hold on tight >> not really. >> the same spirit which keeps her fighting tirelessly for gun reform, with her organization, giffords >> i thought about this last ten years, the progress that has been made. i also have to remember six of the worst mass shootings in our country have been in the last ten years. do you ever feel hopeless or get frustrated >> hope confronted inspires hope, hope, hope >> a message she worked months to deliver in a stunning speech at this year's democratic national convention. >> my recovery is a daily fight, but fighting makes me stronger. >> this a year that people are struggling for different reasons, and no, they didn't have to go through what you have had to go through, but what is

your message for people who are struggling or having a hard time >> be a leader set an example be passionate. be courageous. be your best >> gabby is so alive and she would want us to pay tribute to the six lives that were lost in tucson that day good morning. it's 8:26. i'm scott mcgrew. new statewide guidelines may speed up the rate of covid vaccines being administered. they recommend doses be given to lower priority groups before they expire when high demand subsides. that means once a county has offered and administered vaccines for one tier they should just move to the next tier while still offering vaccines to higher priority groups if they show up. health leaders say another million vaccines will be administered over the next ten days. let's get a look at your forecast with kari. >> yeah, we're starting out with some fog, some mist and drizzle.

light showers moving through. a live look outside in walnut creek, visibility is low. but once the fog clears out, the storm system has moved on, we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today and temperatures reaching into the upper 50s, low 60s. we'll also have a nice weekend ahead. chilly mornings but shaping up to be some nice days with highs in the upper 50s, low 60s and look how much it warms up next week. you'll see a lot more sun. no more rain in the forecast as we go into the next several days and for san francisco, watch out for king tides on monday. scott? >> more local news coming up in a half an hour. for all your news, check out nbcbayarea.com. ♪

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i have two of those reasons coming up on "popstart two new songs from taylor swift. >> plus, our favorite monk is with us, jay shetty. he has concrete ways to confront fear and anxiety it's been a tough week and hopefully jay will help us to find a more positive way about us. >> and later on in our third hour, we're going to get you ready for tomorrow's start of the nfl playoffs we've got hall of fame coach tony dungy and steve kornacki. >> what, steve kornacki? >> breaking down the games and as a bonus, your odds of striking it rich in tonight's megamillions drawing we have him at the big board really working overtime. >> we'll take a peek into next week while we're talking about what's coming up on "today." our schedule is packed with some of our favorite stars. they include justin timberlake,

gwen stefani and bobby flay. >> tomorrow, a decent day up and down the east coast, a southern chill through the southeast. the cold continues around the great lakes. snow in the rockies. as we move into sunday, sunday, it's sunny and cold from plains across the great lakes into the northeast and down to the southeast. texas storm firing up, possibly bringing appreciable snow to northern texas rain and snow into the pacific northwest. that's what's going on >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're looking at a lot of sunshine in san jose, but we've seen some fog and some mist and drizzle starting out in other spots. we'll see a nice day ahead. temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. look how much it warms up next week. the upper 60s. that's going to feel more like spring. with a lack of rain our temperatures will be warming up while san francisco will also be warming up. we'll also have some king tides which could cause some coastal flooding early next week. 's yout weather. we need this one it's super wild card weekend let's start with tomorrow.

we're talking about the buccaneers coming in to the fedex field, taking on the washington football team landover, maryland clear and cold, 36 then the weekend continues on sunday, heinz field, will cleveland be able to catch up with the steelers? partly cloudy. 30 degrees it's all big it's a super wild card weekend blow your mind this weekend, starting 7:30. arggggh. >> your buccaneer almost became a leprechaun >> i know. always after me lucky charms and i have a sword to protect them >> coming up next, andrea mitchell will join us with an insider's perspective on the rich history of capitol hill >> but first, this is "tod" on new year's resolutions come and go. so give your business more than resolutions... give it solutions, from comcast business. work more efficiently with fast internet and advanced wifi.

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many across the nation, especially those who know the capitol so well. >> indeed. one of them, of course, is our own andrea mitchell. she's covered congress and politics in washington for decades. andrea, good morning >> good morning, hoda. this week's riots shocked the soul of the nation especially the people who work in the capitol every day not just the lawmakers and the journalists who cover them, but thousands of others who saw their workplace invaded. >> reporter: it has stood for more than two centuries, a citadel of democracy, the people's house. at its best representing integrity, compromise and debate. in the old senate chamber where daniel webster debated henry clay such symbolism is what has made the brutal images of wednesday's riot, neonazi insignias and confederate flags darkening the hallowed halls, so shocking and

difficult to fathom. no matter which party occupied the white house, these are the corridors where political partisans work together. tip o'neal and jerry ford. teddy kennedy and dan quayle conservative john mccain and liberal russ feingold. >> he goes out of office as he came in, proud, stubborn, and eager to put up one last fight >> over 200 years this was the cradle that gave birth to historic advances in civil rights and social justice. the 19th amendment, the new deal the voting rights act. >> everybody stay down >> the sacred chambers where today's lawmakers were forced to shelter. >> watched as capitol police barricaded the doors with furniture and stood with guns drawn. it was incredibly traumatic. >> when abraham lincoln arrived for his first inaugural, a new grander dome was still being built. a poignant symbol of the unfinished work of a young nation that was about to be torn

asunder. under the dome, frescos painted by a greek roman artist depicting our fledgling nation's founding, defeating the british, discovering the mississippi, with the words "we hold these words to be self-evident" from the declaration of independence. and of course, the site of countless political moments that countless journalists have covered. >> incumbents from both parties who took savings and loan monies are in trouble from both campaigns. >> america's first black officials didn't arrive until post-civil war reconstruction. now raphael warnock, arrested for praying in the rotunda four years ago, now elected as the first democratic black senator from the south and beneath the lofty ceilings and endless maze of narrow passageways, revealing the bustling life of a hidden village. almost 20,000 unsung anonymous staffers catering to the famous names on the ballots and yard signs.

drafting the laws, running the elevators, the sandwich carry-out, the barber shop, the subway shuttle connecting the capitol with the office buildings. these are the people who do the work for all the rest of us. carrying on the nation's business with a newfound respect for the resiliency of the democracy on which it was founded, even when under siege for the people who work on the hill, the capitol is not a museum it's not a monument. it's a crucial third branch of government essential to making our democracy work >> andrea, a lot of people really maybe only know it because they have taken a tour through it, and you still feel the majesty even when you just walk through and marvel at it. for those who have worked there, boy, that was beautiful. a beautiful historical perspective. thank you so much. >> thanks. we're going to get more perspective and reflections on the week in washington ahead on our third hour from harry smith and presidential historian doris

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call or visit we're back. coming up we're back coming up on 8:42, with a much needed deep breath, everybody. after an extremely difficult two days, on the heels of a year like 2020, let's be honest, it's a lot. it's a lot to handle, so we did bring in some help >> maybe the best. jam shetty is a former monk turned storyteller sharing his wisdom to a community, a small community. 40 million followers online. his inspiring videos seen more than a few times 7 billion. and his book "think like a monk" has quickly become a worldwide best-seller. >> this morning, he has the monumental task of helping us all decompress jay, first, we want to say good morning. there's not a single person i

have spoken to who has not been incredibly stressed after what has bee been incredibly stresse after watching these images, and more than just the images, what's happening in washington. things are out of our control. that's how we feel and that makes us feel even more lost so if you're going to give someone their abcs of kind of calming down and getting control, what would you tell them >> i think that's so right, what you have said there, hoda, and i'm sure you agree that we're all in this space, just feeling this uncertainty we wanted this new start, this new year, and something like this makes us feel like it's a serious setback. but the first thing we have to do is we have to allow ourselves to understand it's okay to feel anxious now. it's normal to feel anxious right now. and instead of trying to stop that emotion, we have to shift towards self-care. and so a lot of the times we ask ourselves, you know, let's see what this year will bring. don't focus on what this year will bring you focus on what you will bring to this year. how do you want to show up with

self-care for this year? >> so jay, normally, we get together with friends and family obviously, that's really tough in this time of quarantine we would think, okay, maybe it's our spouse or our best friend. you say reach out to a bigger, wider circle >> yeah. we have become so siloed recently we discuss things, maybe on social media, with the masses. or we go off into our self-contained bubbles and just let things kind of bubble up inside of us but actually, what i want to encourage people to do is reach out to 5, 10, 15 people, and set up a community gathering online. and have a discussion. open up to each other. allow yourself to share real information, the right information. it makes you feel more accountable and vulnerable at the same time. and you feel this sense of community support. it's not about solving the problem or coming up with the best solution or idea. it's about feeling that sense of support and community.

and so i want to recommend to everyone who is watching right now that please, think about five people in your life, just five that you want to have more intimate, important conversations with and this week, and every week, set up this community call where you can all talk and share that time together. >> i'm glad you lowered it to five because i don't think i could get 15 together. jay, let's move on from establishing a sense of community to service when you say service, what do you mean >> service really means anything and everything, carson just wanting to help someone else in any way. it doesn't require lots of money or lots of resources it can simply be time, love, energy just trying to help someone in any way you can. >> jay, i feel like most of us are trying to transport ourselves out of where we are, whether you do it with drinking or whether you do it with exercise or eating like, it's like i don't want to deal with my problem i want to transport myself away from it. so is it best, and i don't even

know how to go about it, but is that healthy if i'm going to run instead of worry about my problems or get busy or scroll on my phone, anything to get myself away from where i am, is that an okay way of dealing sometimes >> i think whatever helps you deal in the moment is really important to discover. and like you said, for some people, it would be movement and exercise for some people, it will be watching a show or whatever it may be but that's why i recommend service so much, because service makes you feel a part of the solution when you're trying to create change, big or small, whatever it is you're trying to do, you may see more hurt, but you also see more healing when you're helping, you'll see more people healing. so even if you're helping in the smallest way, you'll start to focus on the impact and the growth more than the challenge >> what about gratitude, jay where does that fall in? >> yeah, al, that's a good question because it's a strange time to be talking about gratitude in some cases. i think some people feel a bit

hurt by even hearing the word and thinking, you know, how can you be grateful about this but i think that's why it's even more important right now because studies show that when you're present in gratitude, you can't be anywhere else if you're having a grateful thought, you can't have a worried thought. if you're having a grateful thought, you can't have an anxious thought. i want to try this with you, to talk about how that really is experienced. carson, i would love for you to name two friends of yours, real or imaginary names >> okay. how about matt and drew? >> okay. matt and drew. now, matt and drew, disclaimer, i don't know you, so none of this applies to you in real life but let's say once this is all over, carson throws a safe party at hisome, and matt and drew both come to the party and they have a great time. matt messages carson in the morning and says, had a great time thank you. but drew messages and says, carson, that was the best party ever i love your family the food was wonderful this made my year and it's been the best thing that's happened

to me. chances are that carson, you're grateful you'll be grateful to both of them, but studies show you'll be giving personalized and specific gratitude. when you're grateful this week, make it personal and specific and feel the benefit >> unfortunately, neither of those guys have an ounce of gratitude within them. >> maybe they will >> jay, you are fantastic. and it's always great having you on for more of jay's wisdom and your zoom setup and your shirt and your book and your 40 million, your hair, all of it. you can find "think like a monk" at today.com >> coming up next, carson is going to keep our positive vibes going. he has a good "popstart" coming up ♪

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we're back with something that most of us could use how about a little "popstart" and carson daly. >> first up, grab your mug

"the office" as we mentioned earlier, the beloved sitcom is streaming on peacock from our parent company, nbcuniversal, and to celebrate the launch, today.com asked fans to vote on the top moment from the "the office" and after four days of riveting days of voting it came down to finale versus dinner party. finale, of course, being a very emotional episode as the series came to a close. even seeing the return of carell's character, michael scott. in the end, it seems that you fans love a good laugh, which means dinner party is crowned the winner with 67% of the vote. probably one of the most wonderfully cringe-worthy episodes in "office" history, and allowed michael to show off his brand-new television >> i finally broke down and bought myself a plasma tv. check it out i actually hung this on the wall myself >> good. >> want to show you something. a lot of people in the room.

you need more space. voila. right into the wall. >> wow >> as a reminder, you can stream all episodes, extras, and never before seen clips of "the office" exclusively on peacock >> next up, here's a fun duo bruce springsteen and tim mcgraw got together for tim's apple music radio show, beyond the influence. a really great conversation. at one point, bruce springsteen recalled a nice moment back in 2003 when he ran into tim mcgraw backstage. >> i remember one thing you said to me, it was the night after we lost the grammy for "the rising" and i came into the dressing room and everybody was kind of down, in the mouth and you said, hey, what's the matter, man you're bruce springsteen." i always remember that. that really -- that picked me up. it was kind of a great moment.

>> that is a great moment. that's one way to cheer up you're bruce springsteen, man. never take that away from you. >> next up, 2020 was a great year to be a taylor swift fan. that's continuing here in the new year the singer/songwriter released her album "evermore" in december, including the deluxe version which featured two more songs. those two bonus tracks are officially available on streaming services they are called "it's time to go" and "right where you left me." they both follow that sort of i indie folk sound of "evermore" and we're going to play a clip of the track." >> there you go. >> that will be in savannah's headset on the way back from d.c. >> finally, rachel brosnahan is

gearing up for season four of the marvelous mrs. maisel, she joined willie's sunday sitdown, they did it on a double decker bus in new york city rachel talking about fans of the show are sometimes the most unexpected people. >> have you gotten used to since the explosion of mrs. maisel, the yelling on the streets and people knowing who you are, where you go >> i don't know. i'm not sure if that's something you can ever get used to, but it's always the most unexpected people always the 6 foot tall dude with this enormous beard who looks like he watches football you know, who goes, hey, man love the show. >> you can catch the entire interview this weekend on "sunday today with willie geist. it is always great. >> how creative is willie? who ever thought of doing that that was real good carson, thank you. we want to thank everybody have a wonderful weekend take a deep breath relax. we're going to be back with the third and fourth hours of "today" after your local news.

have a good weekend, everybody >.

8:56. i'm scott mcgrew. governor newsom unveils his budget today. one part of it is a $4 billion plan that includes $600 payments for those making less than $30,000 a year. that's about 4 million struggling californians. also proposing $4 billion in

stimulus grants and tax incentives. $575 million for small business. he also wants to spend about $1.5 billion to get people to buy electric vehicles and build more charging stations. happening now, the governor's address gets under way in about two hours. kris sanchez will be following it with a live report in our midday newscast and more at the top of nbc bay area.com. a lot of developments today in washington as you might imagine in the aftermath of wednesday's storming of the capitol. a fifth death tied to the siege. it's a police officer who was injured in a confrontation with rioters. he later collapsed. president trump this morning says he will not attend joe biden's inauguration january 20th. still a push in washington to have him removed from office before then more news coming up later.

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either with an advisor or online, through chase. after all, it's yours. chase. make more of what's yours. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza, this is the third hour of "today." >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to the third hour of "today" for a friday, january 8th. raig is off today, but i'm al along with dylan and sheinelle. and it has been -- >> what a week. >> a tough, tough, tough. >> yeah,ust hard to process everything that's happening. it's like, okay, we're going into the weekend. let's hope things can take a turn, but we have been saying that every weekend for the last -- we have been saying that for the last year. >> year and a half. >> coming up, much more on those events in washington. we'll talk with a former fbi assistant director about not