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that country's biggest diplomatic gathering since military rule ended to great fanfare and hopes in 2011. he met with the world leaders of the association of south east asian nations and called for myanmar to fight for true democracy. >> strong leadership and commitment, the attitude i have heard today continues in the years to come, but i am confident about a completely new day for myanmar. the work is not yet done. >> tomorrow the president is going to meet with the pro democracy leader. she is the subject of global hopes herself and currently unexpected disappointments. we have a look in a few minutes. back here at home, that's not just the chill of political inaction, but an arctic blast

hit nearly 2/3 of the country. it's 20 to 40 degrees above normal. if you live in new england or the great lakes, you could see snow today. these crazy record lows will stick around until at least next week. disturbing news as well in washington state. police have just released chilling 911 calls made during the deadly school shooting outside seattle. one of the calls was made from inside the marysville high school cafeteria as a freshman opened fire. the call frwas from a teacher w said she tried to stop the gunman from shooting himself. >> i need help now. shooter right here. he is wearing all black. i'm staring at him. i need help now! >> four could havictims died in shooting. the shooter also died at the

scene. you tube is in a place called vertigo. do you get that reference? most people don't listen to joshua tree you tube, but we do. bono's rear door fell off at 15,000 feet. it happened as they were traveling for dublin to berlin. the pilots didn't realize it happened. bono is okay and his friends are okay. they just lot of some luggage. good news for those of us who can't live with or without him. >> decision day as we speak. congress holding elections to pick leaders in each chamber. harry reid will be the minority leader and both parties in the senate and republicans in the house are holding ballots behind closed doors. senators incoupumbent and new.

he will be winning reelection too. break out a grass of red. casey hunt is with us from capitol hill following this. any surprises so far? >> i think the main theme for today really was just how unhappy some democrats are with harry reid and his leadership. the democratic meeting to pick the new leaders went much longer than it did for the republicans. you can hear applause and cheering out of the room. on the democratic side, more tense fences. i spoke to the senator as he was coming out and while senator reed is speaking, she was talking about how there was a lot of consternation in the room and a lot of voices saying we are showing the american people we can get something done. there was a lot of backlash against the leadership style. >> did that swing the out come? we know he was just reelected,

but is that creating that in any way? >> these elections are typically or often unanimous. this disagreement is fairly unusual. that said, reed was reelected obviously. the other interesting thing to note is he added elizabeth warren to his team and they created a new post for elizabeth warren and they will be doing outreach. aids said it gives her a seat at the sparking all kinds of chatter and what senator warren may want to do next. >> it may be a sign that rumors have been greatly exaggerated. >> we are following new developments out of missouri. a doctor hired by the michael brown family to do a private autopsy several months ago is testifying before a grand jury.

he performed one of the three examinations on brown's and said he found no evidence of a struggle. also in court, attorneys for michael brown's family spoke. they asked the public to stay calm regardless of how the grand jury shakes out. >> on behalf of the brown family, we do not condone acts of li on thing, looting or violence. we want to encourage all of those who support the justice for mike brown to remain vigilant, yet peaceful, calm, and dignified as we await and after we receive the grand jury decision. we also feel that it is equally important to implore law enforcement to exercise reasonable restraints when dealing with demonstrators. >> they could decide whether to indict the officer in brown's death. msnbc reporter tre main lee

joins me from outside the courthouse. how critical to the family's side of the case is this testimony from the doctor? >> the doctor's testimony is critical. there three autopsies that have been performed. by the department of justice and one by the medical examiner and one at the half family's behest. a leaked version of the official autopsy seems to corroborate what wilson said happened the day of the shooting. the autopsy report is very similar in terms of the gunshot wounds. there was to seven wounds and a few additional wounds. there also discrepancy depending on how far the gun was from michael brown when he was shot. this will be the first time they will tell the grand jury what he gleaned.

>> all really contenduous facts. eric holder spoke with the officers yesterday about what they are doing to prepare for any reaction to what comes out of the grand jury. thank you so much for helping us entertain this difficult situation. we will come back to this story. >> thank you. >> now to the favorite story of the day. the mission. scientists are boring over images and take a look at the first they are describing as a selfie. it shows it perched on one of the comet's clips. >> it is relatively small, barely wider than the island of manhattan. >> this is a look at how it compares to planet earth and lower manhattan. of course it probably has better parties. dramatic stuff. in germany to break down what

scientists are learning so far. >> this is a big deal for everybody out here and for the science community in general. the space science community. they are likening the landing to the moon walk except this is so much further out into space. millions of miles out there. 310 million miles to be exact. this is a decade-long journey in the making. they have been chasing this through four billion miles of space and trying to get close enough to it in order to figure out where they can land for the mission to orbit it itself. they got close enough in august and they mapped a landing spot and they sent down the probe. it did land yesterday. the landing didn't go exactly as they planned. it bounced once and twice and now it's sitting in what is potentially a cre vas and next to a side. there is a big black and white

rock. they believe that is a wall next to a bolder in a hold. they are not sure, but they are collecting quite a bit of data. they do believe this has been a very big success, even if they don't expect any more from this point forward from that lander. they will say this was a major success. a major step forward for space exploration. the mission, the orbiter should be staying with the comet for the next year as it hurdles towards the side. they will take a lot of data from that and try to answer with that data some of the life's biggest questions. how did we get here? are we alone in the universe? the comets carry the clues especially how the earth got water. we are a water-based planet and they hope with the information they get from this they will be able to get more insight into the very big questions that have been on everyone's mind since the beginning of time.

back to you. >> fascinating story. up ahead, don't go away. just in. breaking now. reports that the president will take action on a broad overhaul of the immigration policy. that has been rumored for a while, but we have brand-new evidence of what it might consist of and an interesting take. we will hear from one republican representative who is breaking the mold and championing immigration reform. after the break. i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyone has retirement questions. so ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. now you and your ameripise advisor.... can get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today.

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long 3r07promised action as soo next week with or without congress. they are saying that the plan will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many with work permits. this added to comments with congress to act on immigration. >> if the house does pass the bipartisan senate bill, the president would happily sign that into skplau if he moved forward, he would happily retract those so we could implement the senate bill. >> hooey is up against a lot. they have warned president obama not to go it alone say it couup isser in the next congress. he was the first republican to sign on to the democrat immigration bail last year. thank you for your time and insights. >> thanks for having me. >> setting aside this question

on whether speckative act is the right way, what is your reaction to the details of the plan? >> i think that there good goals and objectives in here, but doing it by executive order not only goes against the constitution, but a mist trust within congress and the people who want to see a full debate on the issue. >> the argument is obviously there has been such gridlock for so long within the house. isn't executive action the way to spur movement. >> not the only way. when the democrats had control of the house and the senate and the presidency, they could have made it a priority and passed the bill that the president wants. we are just asking for him to work with us and certainly there a number of us that have been involved in working groups that the president has not reached out to to see common ground. to do that flies in the face of the american public. >> how much of an outliar have

you found yourself to be on the issue. when you signed on to the democratic piece of legislation, was that a big risk to take? >> it was a political risk because i think the most of my conference do not trust the president that he would implement that law fairly. we believe we have to secure the border. we had over 50,000 unaccompanied minors and we passed a bill over to the senate. that's a great first step to have them understand the border is not secure and sign a bill that does just that. >> right. have you been in contact with the white house on this? >> no. the white house does not have a great track record of reaching out to republicans or democrats in the house. that makes it difficult to have that relationship or it actually to work on issues together. >> what do you think the most helpful thing they can do to cultivate a bipartisan solution

on the hill would be? >> border security would be the first bill out there today that we passed out of the house. that would be one easy way to at least dress an up front issue in lame duck. my enlist act is one of the more easily passible bills. a huge number of coauthors. if you graduated from the high schools. why wouldn't we want you to serve the country you know and love? >> there a lot of voters waiting for the message. we know in the last suddenly election. hispanic voters tend to not vote republican. your own district is 35 to 40% latino. pulling back to the bigger picture, what do you think needs to change with the gop and the image with latino voters. >> we need to be showing we are working on a variety of issues. we don't feel like the voters are monolithic on one issue. they are looking at jobs and looking at some of the lawsuit

malpractices in our community. and certainly how we address immigration is a big issue. we have to address all issues. when it comes to immigration, we need to look at top to bottom reform. those who have been in our country for a very long time, a guest worker and e verify. we have a number of issues that will not only address our long-term debt, but get people back to work and contribute to the greatness of america. we are an immigrant nation and time we started acting like one. >> i am just getting a report from our own sources that there several conservatives on the hill now proposing a government shut down to combat any potential action on this from the president. is that something you would support? >> no. i don't think you will see anything like that coming out of the house. certainly not out of the gop. we will be focused on getting a

good budget bill done. the executive order is i think meant to have a difficult election. >> this is freighted with a lot of politics and a lot of action. >> another update we have been following. they have been in a brutal fight that they have now ended. under that deal, they will set the prices for the set the deals. the terms are due to take effect. they will keep an eye on that game changer there. what is behind bill clinton and george w. bush's

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>> welcome back. we have a big and unexpected development earlier this year. that story is this country's backlog of untested rape kits. a new plan to clear that backlog and it's unusual. he is going to take forfeiture funds from prosecuting international banks up to $35 million of forfeiture to be exact and put those dollars towards ending the backlog on top of the $41 million being considered for this purpose on the hill. joe biden tweeted thanks to help end the rape kit backlog will put offenders behind bars and bring closures to victims.

i sat down with the man behind this move and asked him what he plans to do with that $35 million. >> by us providing these will help solve cases that remain open, victims in new york. dna is directed from the crime keen and not located or matched to an offender and gets matched when they commit another rape or assault or jurisdiction. >> we reached out to the chair woman of the appropriations committee for her comment. there $41 million right now on the hill separate from the money that you are pledging. this is relevant. testing is not enough. unfortunately this program will not be funded under a long-term continuing resolution. that's why i'm working on a bill reaching out, hands across the aisle and across the dome to

fund this program at $41 million to bring the perpetrators to justice and get victims services. what should they be looking at doing? is the bottleneck funds or does there need to be more oversight officials? >> our initiative is $35 million that equates to 70,000 kits. not the follow-up investigation. the crimes that may be revealed. i can't speak for congress, but i can say that we as a local jurisdiction believe that we have an ability to deal with a nationwide problem and affects all of our states and citizenry. i think congress is poised to provide the funding.

obviously i encourage them to do it and i hope they will do it and be papers with us. >> thank you for the work he is doing. an unusual move that could make a visit for this story. a web extra for you guys at home. much more on our website. ronan daily. we will continue to bring you developments in that too often overlooked story of america's untested rape kids. take a look at the other stories spiking on social media. russia and gutter cleared guy fifa in the convoluted bidding process in the 2018 and 2022 world cups. or have they been? right after the release of a summary committee reviewing this, one of the conclusions is there were numerous representations of the facts. corruption in sports? well, i never. bieber haircut having alex from

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can't and having visited this, what are the conditions like? >> i think they are hard to describe. most of them end up being a place of that kind with that deprivation. i remember writing about it before the time they were in asia. i contacted people i had seen photographs and when i went there, the affect was far more overwhelming than i could have imagined. precisely because you are up front and close with children who are starving and in

conditions that are not like the rest of the country. they are genuinely desperate and appreciative of people coming together and i would describe the feeling as desperate. >> the new reports of more fleeing and more attacks and what do you think is behind the up tick in violence? we will try to get him back on the line. we have done extensive reporting. ken's group has been at the van gard and thank you so much for doing this. right off the bad in the region on the ground tomorrow. what should be at the top of his

agenda? >> clearly the plight is a major topic. they are probably one of th most despised minorities in the world. they won't even talk about it. they tried to let people believe if they bring up the word, the door will be shut and there will be more north dialogue. when john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state visited in august, he didn't say the word. he waited until he got to his teach in hawaii. we have been pushing the white house that now that president obama is there, he shouldn't say these people are deserving of the citizenship and should not be confined to the horrible camps. >> we heard from other reporters on the ground that the continues in those camps are absolutely terrible and this is a matter of urgency. i want to talk about the u.s. ability to get the human rights

issues. alex wagner asked the security adviser about the u.s.'s ability to broach the subject of human rights and led our own track record. take a listen to this. >> the ban on torture in the united states and by the united states is categorical and unequivocal. what we are doing is working to make that policy clear. and again, to stand up against a type of abuses we have seen in a country like burma or any country in the world. >> ken, what's your thought on that? does the u.s. need to do anything different to lead by example and policy? >> obviously it does. if you take the topic of torture, for example, the obama administration's policy is to stop the bush torture and prohibit investigation of it let alone prosecution. today the administration is backing the efforts to sensor the senate intelligence report on the bush cia torture. that said, that doesn't stop the u.s. from promoting human rights around the world.

in burma, the u.s. would have been in a better position if under hillary clinton they hadn't lifted all the sanctions all at once. they should have lifted them gradually in return for gradual reform. >> there was a moment of excitement, a fever pitch coming out of imprisonment and improving a lot of high hopes. a lot more obstacles. emmanuel stokes, we have him back on the line. how much has changed based on your own time on the ground? >> it changed significantly. individual means with freedom to have a third graph. and they were arrest and that's a great freedom and there all sorts of freedoms where they are concerned about buying publicity. as we saw recently with those

who are using the a processities taking place. he disappeared and found with his marks of courture and being murdered by the military. there is a great space in the country due to the reforms. they have that clear beyond that. one of the major lines in the country. they are not willing to acknowledge the existence as a race, but also the human beings fundamentally. >> emmanuel, when we lot of you before, we were asking about the new reports about an uptick of violence and fleeing that violence. what are you hearing about that and what's behind that? >> essentially, i had just written an article about this. not to plug it, but there is important information there. the project which is along with

groups like the riots and the main monitors there. they have been and all three of the groups progressed. there has been a wave produced and particularly in the north. you can't monitor what it going on. they are driving out to people to see. twice as much as the same time this period last year. they normally leave atted the end of the rainy season. about 16,000. there is more revealed and the government local authorities with trafficking. >> troubling reports and applying to tens of thousands of people. this is a particularly urgent and desperate example, but for years, various administrations have been trying to make

progress on rights in myanmar and burma. what needs to change and what realistically can change? why hasn't there been breakthrough? >> it has been important. whether it's the end of formal military rule, but the prisoners were released and there is a free press and the nobel prize winner and opposition leader is now campaigning freely. what hasn't changed is that the military still is guaranteeing itself a veto over constitutional change. she is prohibited from running for president because her sons are not burm ease nationals. it's a broader rise in buddhist extremism. muslims are promoting nationalism and it's the military's efforts to embarrass them to make her choose and

human rights beliefs and hopefully to divide the opposition. >> a lot between the president and chi tomorrow. your reporters will be as well. thank you to emmanuel stokes for your insights on the ground. appreciate both of your time. up next, something lighter. al roker, our favorite weather man here in the building and something of a top chef on the "today" show is a guinness world record breaker. he is filibustering with the weather trying for the longest uninterrupted report ever. 34 hours, i think? is that right? we are live with the man himself after this break. the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta and the well-crafted all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season just about all you need is a finely tuned...

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let's ask the man himself. a scholar and a gentlemen. love of my life. how are you doing so far? >> i think we are doing okay. what helps is the fact that there is so much weather going on across such a bright expanse of the country. pacific northwest we have a major snowstorm in the making. my friends at weather channel, this thing has a potential of dropping a foot to two feet of snow. parts could see a foot and a half of snow. record breaking cold making its way from texas on into georgia. we are watching that and for tomorrow, more of the same. more of this activity making its way through. the deal is we keep repeating this pattern because the jet stream dips to the south and allows portions of the polar vortex to make its way south.

for tomorrow, more snow through the rockies. the lake effect snow will continue. we will start to moderate, but there is another chunk getting ready and poised to break off early next week. that is colder than this. even though winter is less than six weeks away officially, it's decided i'm here, deal with me. >> thankfully with the time to have the severe weather. thank you for that update. while i have you here, you are doing this for a good cause, right? >> we are trying to raise money for the uso. i went on a u.s. tour of the air force base with jay leno and realized how important it is to our armed forces both here and abroad. please go to crowdrise.com/roker and raise money for this

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hopefully have a law enforcement response that is appropriate and proportionate. >> attorney general eric holder just a few minutes ago about the grand jury investigation in missouri. testimony is being heard today in a courthouse in st. louis county. dr. michael baden, the doctor hired by michael brown's family to perform a third autopsy in that case, is appearing before that grand jury. this is testimony michael brown's parents wanted to happen because baden's autopsy conflicts with that of the state. he says he found no sign that brown struggled with officer darren wilson before he was shot. joining me with a forensic take, dr. lawrence cokobalinski. what we know is dr. baden's autopsy, which was separate from the state's, found brown was shot six times at a range of 30 feet was his conclusion. the state's leaked autopsy says he was shot at a closer range. what would you need to look at to conclude that one way or another? >> first of all, in my opinion,

you cannot tell distance that a gun was fired to its target beyond 18 inches or so. in other words, if you find gunshot residue or what we call stippling or tattooing, you know it's a close-in shot. beyond that you can't tell whether it was 15 feet, 20 feet, or 30 feet. it can't be done. the big difference between michael baden's autopsy report at least his conclusions and that of the st. louis medical examiner has to deal with the wound to the right palm. that is a questionable situation because in st. louis the medical examiner said there were -- there's evidence, microscopic evidence, of gunshot residue in the wound, in the tissue of the mound. that could only come about if the hand was in close proximity to the gun that fired presumably in the vehicle. in other words, it's consistent

with a close-in situation a struggle, not consistent with firing from 30 feet or 20 feet away. >> one thing we know is that dr. baden hasn't seen bal lis tis repor reports, hasn't seen the crime scene photos, hasn't seen his clothing. >> that is not unusual. medical examiners do autopsies. the crime lab examines the clothing. he would have to ask for that information. it's the same thing in st. louis, the medical examiner's office. they don't do this kind of ballistics work. they don't examine the clothing. it's the crime lab that does that. then all of this comes together to try to reconstruct the events. you can only have a partial determination without all those other missing pieces. >> that's an incredibly helpful piece of context. thank you so much. always helpful to get your insights. we'll be keeping an eye on that grand jury testimony.

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