>> definitely a snowstorm of november, i guess. one to remember. >> stay warm. a good samaritan there. south dakota. yesterday rapid city saw the earliest snowfall since 1888 and saw single digit temperatures this morning. moving over to another part of the country further south down to texas, north texas specifically could see the first earlier than expected freeze tonight. we will take you to the thick of the storms across the country in a couple of minutes. overseas in beijing, awkwardness abounds. on day two of president obama's china trip. the president and russia's vladimir putin crossed paths including one 20-minute meeting that touched on a variety of life topics. i am thinking a spring wedding for those two. the president of china emerged

hopeful. >> the united states and china are able to work together effectively. >> over in south korea, the captain of a capsized ferry avoided the death penalty was acquitted of murder, but will serve 36 years in prison on charges of gross negligence. his face is blurred by court order. 300 people died when the ferry overturned off south korea's southern coast in april. most victims were high school students ordered to stay on board the ship as it sanction. the family members say they will ask for a harsher sentence and will seek an appeal. >> it's veterans day and we are honoring those who have served. are with the president overse overseas, vice president biden laid the breathe at the tomb of

the unknowns and paying tribute. >> you are the very spine of this nation. and as a nation, we pause today to thank more than 23 million surviving veterans who so bravely and faithfully protected our freedom. >> any minute now, that's a live picture you are looking at, defense secretary hagel will deliver live remarks at the vietnam memorial. he is headed to the podium now. he is the first enlisted combat veteran to lead the department. in the uk, the royal family turned out for armestice day ceremonies and poppies. thousands of people lined up to see the vivid iconic art installation. nearly a million ceramic poppies

make it up to honor those who paid the ultimate price. dr. craig spencer from doctors without borders is ebola-free. he asked those to remember the victims still wrestling with this. >> reported cases to date in west africa, the center of the outbreak where families are being torn apart and communities are destroyed. it is for this reason that i volunteered to work in guinea for doctors without borders. >> president obama's ebola czar told andrea mitchell about the significance of spencer's release this past hour. >> today's release is a milestone. it's a milestone obviously in his treatment. it's a milestone in showing that our strategy of identifying isolating and treating ebola patients could be successful and

it's a milestone because it's the first time a hospital other than one of the centers has successfully treated an ebola patient. >> in manhattan, thanks, ann. what about the people who came into contact with spencer in his treatment like his fiance. are they being monitored? >> some of them are. his fiance is still under quarantine and will be so until november 14th. she is in their hamilton heights apartment where we believe the doctor went after he was releaseed from bellevue. he had two friends who were quarantined who are out of quarantine, but they are still being monitored. they are under what is called active monitoring. the temperature is being taken twice a day. the 100 people here who came in contact with dr. spencer over his 19-day stay here, they too

will undergo active monitoring for 21 days and that is from the last day they had contact with him. while he is free, there still many people still being monitored to see if they have symptoms of the disease. >> really appreciate your being there. >> other ebola news to north. nurse kaci hick ox left her house after clearing the incubation period. she and her fiance plan to leave the state and presumably the news cycle. we will miss you, kaci. >> over in syria, we are getting a new exclusive glimpse at the fight for kobani. they have the besieged border town. they spoke to fighters putting everything on the line to confront isis. >> my family -- >> this 34-year-old is a top

field commander. her name means strength. now we run, she says. she'ds hung across intersections cloak the movements from enemy snipers. you stay low and run fast. she took us to the southern front. as kurdish women, she said, we are tied to our land and principals more than our lives. we follow her to ka banny's city hall, now a frontline position. the enemy is 20 yards away. >> richard engle is back in turkey and joins us to tell us about what is happening in kobani. richard, the fighters you spoke to, what are they saying about u.s. assistance? is it making a difference? >> it is making a difference. i think kobani would have been wiped out by isis a couple of weeks ago had not the u.s. helped send more weapons in and send more fighters in. not american troops, but they

facilitated the entry of iraqi kurds into kobani and the u.s. as carried out an air drop trying to facilitate through back channels to get supplies into kobani through turkey. without that it is likely that kobani would have fallen. i spoke to the military sources who say that kobani was a few hours away from falling to isis. they were almost out of ammunition and that u.s. military officials were calculating to the hour, calculating the current rate of fire how much longer the people had before they would have been overrun by isis. i think the u.s. role here has prevented a massacre in kobani so far. the city could still be overrun. it is still dependent on a supply of food, medicine, ammunition and almost everything has to come from the outside

because cobanny is surrounded. >> they are up against a lot. >> this is a fascinating inside look. i appreciate your take on the risks to get that story. >> you can watch richard engle's special the battle against isis here on msnbc. another troubling story in israel. that country on edge after an uptick in violence. two attacks are the latest in that story. both victims stabbed and killed. the first to be attacked was an israeli soldier killed at a tel aviv train station. the second, a young woman was killed at a bus stop in the west bank. they appear to have been palestinian and there have been swift responses. thank you so much. how are both sides responding to this latest uptick in violence? >> the israeli prime minister

gave a statement about half an hour ago in which he was clear. he described the attacks as terrorism and accused his opposite number of effectively encouraging that terrorism. he gave a speech this morning in which he accused israel of igniting holy war by tampering with the rules that govern wof ship. that very holy place in jerusalem. as it is known to jews. all of this rhetoric surrounding it is fueling tension and fueling violence which has marred in jerusalem and unrest pretty much every night punctuated by occasionally and brutal attacks, hit-and-run attacks in cars on passers by on the road and shooting a couple of weeks ago and the double stabbing. in tel aviv yesterday and one in the west bank.

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we have rare public remarks at the bush library in college station, texas. take a listen. >> one of the reasons nixon left office. that's not in his nature. ultimately history sorts things out and the truth is reveal and this is part of the process of getting people to see the truth of his presidency.

and his life. >> your dad also frequently was invited by presidents to take on the responsibilities. >> correct. >> sometimes the responsibilities ran counter to the expectation. people were suggesting maybe he shouldn't do things like that. >> yeah. >> i was struck how the noble servant gives the invitation that if the president wants to, you should find a way to say yes. >> correct. >> that is how he lived his and practiced. >> one angle is this. mother and dad are riding their bikes in beijing. a messenger comes up with a top secret message. it turns out it was gerald ford asking george bush to come back and run the cia. in other words, reenter the swamp of d.c. this is an ugly period for the

agency. post watergate and a lot of acrimony and low morale. you know, as i understand you wept. mom wept when she person she loved dearly was heading back in. he wrote in the book is the letter he wrote to kissinger and ford. talked about, you know, if the president asks, i have the responsibility to do. i asked him and clinton to run the tsunami relief. they did and did well, by the way. it ended up in one of the most unique friendships in our history. the guy who beat george bush in 92 would tell you that dad has become like a father figure to him. that speaks volumes for both. bill clinton's great respect for

george h.w. bush and george h.w. bush's great humility that he wouldn't allow an election to intercede in what is a unique friendship. i think it's remarkable and an amazing story. [ applause ] >> has that friendship spilled over to you? >> yeah. >> that's president george w. bush talking about his legacy in that discussion. we will bring you any interesting news. the interesting thing happening live right this moment. here in the spnt day they have tough news to contend with, predicting by the end of 2015, obamacare enrollment will be about 30% lower than initially projected. that is all over the headlines across the country.

leading with lower forecasts for health plans. the philly inquirer, change of hikes. the tampa bay times said it's time to explore health options. another controversy obamacare is mired in comes from an unexpected source. one of the laws, architects. mit economists emerged over the weekend. the viral furor surrounding it is brand-new. take a look at this. >> this bill was written in a tortured way to make sure they did not score the mandate as taxes. lack of the huge political advantage. basically the american voter and whatever. basically that was really, really critical. there things i wish i could change, but i would rather change the law. >> others have railed against the comments. is there a their to the

controversy and what did it reveal about the obstacles obama faces? thank you so much, professor, for taking the time. first of all, you haven't commented on this so far. do you stand by the comments in that video? >> the comments were made at a conference and i was speaking off the cuff and i spoke inappropriately and i regret having made those comments. >> the point you were making was quite nuanced. you were saying that due to political pressures, the language of obamacare had to be somewhat opaque and lacking in transparency. it's less palatable than doing things for the tax code. it would have made more sense to do obamacare the way we did in massachusetts which would be to give people money and toss up the cost of their health insurance.

that was infeasible and done to the tax code. that was the only point i was making. >> do you think the pressures politically led to language in the law that affected sustainability adversely? >> no,i don't. i think the pleasure led to an incomplete law with typos that led to the court case. i don't think it affects the sustainability. >> the supreme court agreeing to hear the challenge to obama care based on the ambiguity of the law. whether the federal exchange and not the state run ones can offer tax credits to low income americans. do you think the tortured language opened it up to legal attacks? >> it's not tortured language, but just typo. remember this law, the law that passes on the senate version was supposed to go to conference and when scott brown got elected, they had to pass the senate version which had typos in it.

this is a typo. it's not entirely clear if you look at the language whether what it means. way is that federal exchanges can't give subsidies. it's blatantly clear through the interpretation that congress completely intended these subsidies to be available to all the states. >> this is largely about the ambiguity of language and see whether the stream court is in the text or the intentions. when you look at the news today as well, the number of people covered will be lower than projected. is that within the range of variability you would expect or an ominous sign? >> i think that the administration is being conservative. the number is likely to be higher than that. i think there is one bit of good news which is they are finding that employers are les likely to drop health insurance that a budget office estimated.

part of the reason we get enrollees is because we have a number of employers dropping insurance. we are not seeing that as much. part of the reason the administration lowered the number. this is not really the relevant number. it's how many people gain health insurance coverage. that's what we care about. the number stands at about 10 million people and we will have to see where it goes. >> wherever you fall on the merits of the law, that is a game changer of the number. we will have to see how it plays out. really appreciate you taking the time. someone who knows the aca well. much of the country is following. it's cold here, but they are skimpyi i skimpying on that. take a look at this. states buried in more than a foot of snow. 13 inches of it in wisconsin and

cancelling classes there. it's not over yet. a foot or two expected over in minnesota. >> for me it's early, but there is not much we can do. >> being from minnesota, i kind of expect it. from time to time. i think it's great. >> god bless you, minnesotans. from rapid city, south dakota. a location under fire from this chill. weather channel meteorologist reynolds wolf. >> my friend, we have the cold temperatures. very differently from when we spoke yesterday. we had temperatures in the 20s and the wind felt like it was in the teens. we traded it. it's a bad trade too. with the temperatures in single digits and some locations below zero. it feels like 14 to 18 degrees below zero. the snow ended yesterday afternoon. and yesterday evening around 5:00. the roads here in rapid city are

in good shape. cars moving through with no major problems. the interstates are in good shape although there slick spots on parts of i-90. to stay on the transportation age. the airport was closed yesterday. flights canceled. it's open again today. a lot of people will have a hard time getting out. people staying here for the veteran's day parade. they canceled it this year due to the cold weather, but they will have a luncheon for those veterans here. for a certain length, we will see a drop in the temperatures and going back up into the nice warm roasty 30s by monday and tuesday. back to you, my man. >> our beloved weather channel meteorologist. our favorite chill of the day is of the diplomatic variety. going viral online. yes, a special china edition of the daily speck. first up, as world leaders hang

out for the apec summit, those leaders and chinese president are in traditional tchinese garments. all-star trek 4. a single vladimir putin at the state dinner helped wrap a small around her shoulders. chivalry is not dead. they caused a less warm reception from some. the guardian noting the heartthrob status and reportedly scrubbing the video from the internet. president obama cannot catch a break even in china. a lot of criticism after he was caught coming out of the limousine. and get this, chewing gum. the chinese media has not taking kindly to it.

one posting this on china's equivalent of twitter. we made it so luxurious, but obama chewing gum like an idler. words like daggars. after that, even more on the president's trip. we have the details on president obama and russian president vladimir putin talking not one, but three times today. plus one looming threat bedevilling the relationship that you want to know about. stay with us.

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listen in. >> at this location, at this memorial with veterans and their families. it is a high privilege. thank you. >> paying tribute to veterans and the comments he makes there. we will have a special tribute of our own as well. stay with us for that. first up, today in china. pop opened two days of talks with chinese president ping, telling the leader, when the u.s. and china are able to work together effectively, the world benefits. he met with vladimir putin and what did they discuss and are new sanction says around the kristen welker are following every beat. >> they met on the sidelines of the apec summit and lasting 15

to 20 minutes. white house officials say they discussed a range of issues including iran, syria and ukraine. president obama planning to press putin on the issue of ukraine. they imposed several rounds of sanctions for the incursions into ukraine and there no plans to impose a new round of sanctions every week. they are not taking that option off the table in the future. the frosty relationship between president obama and president putin. it's a stark contrast to the meetings with ping, designed to foster open conversation and closer relations between the two who have been at odds on a number of issues including human rights and cyber security. president obama and the president had several meetings including a walk in the garden and private dinner tonight. the two will have an official meeting tomorrow and we expect to hear from both after that meeting. this was part of the pivot to asia with some saying he hasn't

followed through on the promise to foster stronger ties with this region. the u.s. today touting two announcements including a trade deal with high tech goods, creating about 60,000 new jobs and also a new visa agreement that extends between the united states and china which promotes new business and trade. this is the first stop on president obama's three-nation tour. he heads to myanmar, also known as burma where efforts to transition to a democratic government has stalled. >> excellent reporting there with the president. this comes at a tense time in a specific confrontation between the u.s. and china. over cyber chest. you probably read about this. chinese government operatives hacking the u.s. postal service in a security breech that could

have compromised information for more than 800,000 workers. those are the reports circulating. joining me now is the senior editor and tech news and analysis and family here. me first of all, president obama supposedly has been raising cyber security. is he putting proposals on the table that would stop this activity or is this just a diplomatic conversation? >> it's a diplomatic conversation, but the fact of the matter is the president's trip to china is likely to be meaningless in terms of cyber security and the relations between the u.s. and china. i like to say that the u.s. and china are in an unofficial and undeclared state of cyber war. china has a unit of the army that has been cite said as the topic of numerous attacks. it's known as the advanced

persistent threat one. they have come after numerous companies and they are not going to stop. >> they are targeting the private sector and government agencies. we heard about a potential postal service attack. why can't the u.s. do more to stop it? >> the u.s. hands are not clean. as we learned by edward snowden. in one case in particular -- >> we are launching cyber attacks. >> we are good at it and have a different set of motivations. the chinese motivation typically is for the improvement of the economy. to assist and gather information. intellectual property. >> economic espionage. >> that's primarily the mo. it's usually national security and that sort of thing, but not true. there times when spies assist commercial endeavors in the

united states. >> not a lot of hopes that that will change. >> very few. the trip may open up new back channels in the way of a red phone between the two, but really, really no change. >> fascinating new facet of that relationship and not easy to contend with. great reporter on that issue. up next, as we honor the fallen this veterans day, take a closer look at a silent surge devastating u.s. veterans. we have a firsthand account of that next. don't go away. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach.

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washington. >> we stand here committed to show our respect to honor and to recognize our responsibility to care for all our veterans and for those who continue in harm's way as i speak to you today. >> the graves he walked through at arlington are a stark reminder of the physical casualties are war. countless others bear invisible scars. 80 minutes, every 80 minutes a veteran takes his or her own life. 239,000, 174 veterans have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress since 2001. that is diagnosed, the actual number exhibiting symptoms are likely far, far higher. one veteran tried to put a spotlight on this surge is iraq war veteran specialist joe col ups and his group, the families

united foundation. i appreciate your service and taking the time to be here. thank you so much. >> thank you for staying. >> this is not an easy topic to talk about. that's one reason i am grateful you are so candid. for those just getting familiar with the issue, explain the kind of trauma you face that can leave this lasting psychological burden. >> well, a few experiences that i went through when i got deployed, a small child got killed for no reason. he had a little wooden american flag on a stick in his own people and ran them down because he was waveing it at us and like we were a parade going by. i can remember another incident that we found iraqis that were laying mines down in a rock

quarry. there is three of them and we ended up getting into a firefight and those men lot of their lives. i was 19 years old when all this happened. i came back home after spending a year and one day in the country. i was just 20. as much time as i spent prepping myself and as much as the military has been training, i was a kid. nobody should have to go through the experiences. >> you can only imagine how they would stay with one. i'm sorry for what you have gone through. what effect has ptsd had in your life? >> luckily i have a supportive family and i thank god for that. it definitely cost me the past decade of my to go to treatment

and get counseling and spend money getting put into an inpatient facility. it's debilitating at the beginning of this. i was isolated and came out of my room maybe five to seven hours a week. that was to go to the counsellor and the therapist. it's taken a huge toll. one area that i am lucky at is i didn't have a family of my own. i pray for those to come back that are married with children. i can't imagine that kind of burden coming back and going through those issues when you have your own family that depends on you. >> for every person bearing this weight that you are talking about who seeks help and you mentioned counseling, countless

are struggling and have not sought help. that's one thing that you have struck me how hard it can be to square military culture with seeking help. >> well, you know there is two good reasons for that. one, when you are in the military and you go through all of those terrible things, you are sacrificing an enormous part of your life for your military career. the second you open your mouth, you get flagged down as a psychological case. you can lose your security clearance and it could stop possible promotions most likely and end up costing you your military career. that's one major reason a lot of people don't speak out. the other, some people don't really know that they have the illness.

they are not able to connect the dots. when i came home from my deployment, i actually i slept in the closet of my home and i had memory problems and paranoia and a major sleep disorder problem. i would go threw or four days without sleep. it's kind of two different battles being fought. and it's which sacrifice do you want to make. do you want to cost yourself a career by opening up or are you able to understand what's happening to you in the first place? >> thank you for your candor about these incredibly difficult issues. specialist joe collins, i'm sorry for the toll it has taken for your life and i'm grateful for your service. >> thank you for saying that. >> if you are moved by the story

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>> it just depends. your son is in the oval office. i walked over and it was a really dramatic moment. it meant a lot to me. >> it was very dramatic. we didn't say much. i walked in and said welcome, mr. president. he said thank you, mr. president. >> the former president describing a phone call to greet his son, also a president. that exclusive clip is from jenna bush haeger's interview from her dad and grand dad. we only had two father-son presidents. john and john quincy adams and the bushes. both of them, bush 43 releasing a book called 41, a portrait of my father. bush describes it as a love letter to his dad. i started by asking jenna what

surprised her most her dad's book. >> my dad used to not be able to talk about my grandfather without crying. ists shocked when i got to talk with himthat. and i think it's because he's researched this book and wrote this book and he was able to just think of him as a man, you know, not as this person that's given him unconditional love his whole life. the other thing i was shocked by was that my grandfather actually thought about not running for re-election. which, frankly, a sitting president, you know, it's always pretty obvious they're going to run again. and he thought about not running because of something that was going on in our family. something with my uncle. and i just think that really speaks to his character, that family has always come first. >> and one thing that you talk about, which i found striking, that's so tough for a family that's so much in the spotlight. obviously, i have a personal take on that myself. is just how hard it was for your dad to see his dad under the gun

for such brutal criticism all the time. what was your personal experience. we were talking about growing up in an age where the criticism is worse in the age of social media. >> it's hard, you know, it's hard to hear somebody say something about somebody that you love. when president obama was elected, my sister and i wrote a letter in "the wall street journal" to sasha and malia. the basis of that letter is that, you know, pundits and people will speak about your dad like they know him. but, obviously, knows your father like we do, like his daughters do. and so that's hard. i mean, i think we were lucky in that my parents really allowed us to grow up independently. to have our own views and to study in college and kind of ignore the fact they were president and first lady, which gave us time to sort of shut off the tv and not pay attention to really some of the mean things that were said. >> what was the hardest part of your father's presidency for you to deal with on a personal level? >> well, i mean, september 11th was really hard. it was hard for the entire country, though. a lot of times when people ask

barbara and me what was that like, we say it was pretty much what you went through. you know, what other people went through. but it was hard -- our dad was under so much pressure, you know, and he felt literally sick with -- with the fact that he was sending military into harm's way. i remember a night that we were in d.c., i guess away on break from college, and my dad was acting kind of grumpy. and we pushed him on it and pushed him on it to where he stood up and left the table. and my mom said, he just found out that a helicopter was shot down. you know, you all go in and apologize to him. we were teenage kids. we really didn't get the fact -- and i think that speaks to how he was as a dad, that we thought of him as our dad and not this person carrying this really heavy weight. >> one of the happier things that comes out in this interview and the book is the friendship between your grandfather and bill clinton. i want to actually take a listen to some sound about that. really striking here.

>> do you remember when you leaned over after my speech on september 14th at the national cathedral? a lot of people don't know this, but they had us organized chronologically, so it was me, clinton, then dad. but dad asked clinton to change seats with him right before the speech so he could be close to laura and me. and mom was there, of course. and, you know, i gave this speech. it was a pretty profound speech. and i finished -- first of all, i was happy to have made it through the speech without any emotional breakdown. one way i was able to do so was not look at dad and mom or your mom, my wife, laura. and, anyway, sat back down in the pew and i don't know if you remember, you reached over and grabbed my arm. awesome moment. >> do you get the sense from your father and your grandfather that there's more or less space for that kind of reaching across the aisle, those bipartisan friendships?

>> more space after you become president, i think, sadly. although i think it was a hope for my dad and my grandfather to have those types of administrations. i'll never forget when my dad was the governor of texas, bob bullock, lieutenant governor, a die-hard democrat, yellow dog democrat from texas, and they became best friends. we spent christmas eve together one year, because they both really believed in the state. and they wanted to make things happen and they did. so, i think my dad came into office thinking that was the legacy he was going to leave. president clinton has become a dear friend. we call him -- i call him a brother -- my dad calls him a brother from another mother. he didn't have a close relationship with his father. he didn't have a relationship with his father. so in some ways my grandfather has become like a surrogate father for him. >> does the same warmth extend to hillary clinton and a potential hillary clinton run? >> i guess it depends who she's running against, right? but we admire hillary clinton

very much. i mean, she -- as a woman, i admire her. she's done a lot for our country and she's a great public servant. i see her around new york and i'm always talking about chelsea's baby. and i think they have a personal friendship that my dad even said, you know, obviously if there's a bush/clinton part dechlt deux, that wouldn't ruin any friendships. >> has your grandmother changed your mind on jeb running? >> my grandmother is hilarious. i think what she means is he would be the best candidate but i think she's trying -- i talk about this with a lot of young people to get other people to want to run for public office. it's a hard thing. i mean, it's something barbara and i would never do after watching my grandfather and my father go through it. you know, we need smart people to lead our country. and so i think what she was meaning is that it doesn't have to be the same people from the same families all the time and to encourage other people to be

interested in public service. >> you say you and your sister wouldn't run. would you want on a personal level to see this for your uncle? >> sure, if it's what he wants, you know. he's obviously been in politics for a while. he was the governor of florida. he knows if his family can handle it or if not. he'll make that decision. as a teacher, as somebody that's taught in inner city d.c. and west baltimore, public charter schools, his education policy is something that i've always been really impressed with. so, as a family member, if he wants to run, you know, i think he would be great. but it's really up to him. >> is this book a one-off or are we go see more of a public emergence of your usually private dad? >> i think it's a one-off. it's funny, because they're doing a lot in dallas. he and my mom have gone to africa every summer. they go to africa, the two of them. and they work on the issues that the bush library promotes. but he doesn't need the

spotlight anymore. he doesn't crave media attention or, you know, sitting at the head table. he does it quietly, but it doesn't mean he's not working on meaningful work. >> the personal side of a presidential legacy, our thanks to jenna bush hager for that. we want to note quickly, those great sound bites of jenna and her family are all owned by the bush family. thanks to them for the courtesy of letting us use it at nbc. a final note of thanks to all the veterans out there on this veterans day and especially to specialist collins who joined us. really appreciate your service. thank you to all of you at home for taking the time to join "the reid report" is next. begins with the cloud. this is "titanfall," the first multi-player game built and run on microsoft azure. empowering gamers around the world to interact in ways they never thought possible. this cloud turns data into excitement. this is the microsoft cloud.

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