breaking overnight. inunanimous cult leader, charles mansion has died. decades behind bars after dispatching followers to commit a series of murders in the 1960s. could deep red alabama be blue. weigh in on the allegations against the senate candidate. jared kushner is facing new scrutiny about contacts with russia. learning new details about his purported failure to disclose outreach from putin ally. good morning, everyone. it's monday november 20.

i'm ayman mohyeldin. breaking overnight. after spending decades in the bars, charles mansion cult leaders and master mind behind a string of murders has died. according to california's department of corrections mansion died of natural causes. 83 years old. schwartz has more on the man considered one of the world's most infamous criminals. >> reporter: the swastika on his forehead, unmistakable. wild jailhouse interviews, unforgettable. >> i'd take this book and beat you to death with it and wouldn't feel a thing. be like walking to the store. >> reporter: charles mansion. >> maybe i should have killed 4-500 people. then i would have felt better. >> started committed armed robberies at the age of 18. most of his early years were spent behind bars. >> i raised up in here. >> in 1967, he begged to be kept

in prison. >> i said i can't handle the maniacs outside. let me back in. >> but mansion was let out and went on to master mind crimes that led to a trial after a centu century. the mayhem known as helter-skelter began in a ranch outside of los angeles. brainwashing members of his cult preaching about a race war. then august 9, 1969, hollywood murder spree. raiding the beverly hills home. poe plan and was away and at a time eight months pregnant was stabbed to death. four others massacred. mansion later joining followers for another home invasion of a prominent grocery store owner. the couple killed and mutilated. during the trial, his followers staging bizarre protests. one cult member even tried to assassinate president gerald ford. >> if you had to put a picture

of the devil, you'd put it right on charlie's face. >> mansion should have died decades ago sentenced to death, but spared when apolished the death penalty. also survived an assassination attempt. now his death bringing closure for the families of those who were killed. >> remember the victims. remember what they were doing. remember what they suffered so horrifically. and remember justice. >> that justice, charles mansion imprisoned until his dying day. gotti schwartz. nbc news, los angeles. two just two weeks to election day. at cross roads about what to do with republican candidate roy moore. calling for moore to step aside as they worry about how the scandal could affect 2018 midterms. president isn't weighing in on

accusations that members of his team are. on "meet the press," attempted to explain the silence over the mounting allegations of past misconduct by roy moore. >> i do think the president has talked about roy moore. i think he said that he thinks the voters of alabama should decide. i think that's probably the most common sense way to look at it. he doesn't know who to believe. i think a lot of folks -- >> nine women have come out. many of them since the president came back from asia. said not a word. >> the allegations are very serious and should be taken seriously. ultimately up to the voters in the state. >> when asked on friday about trump's eagerness to comment on claims against senator al franken while refusing to comment on roy moore scandal, senior counsel to the president kellyanne conway had this to say. >> al franken was a frand new news story and the president weighed in. the roy moore is eight days old.

the president put out a statement in asia on that. since then press secretary has spoken on behalf of the president says he believes the people of alabama will sort out what to do with roy moore and the election. >> >> i've read his denials. listened to the interview. i did not find him to be credible. i hope the good voters of alabama decide not to send him to the united states senate. >> what i said in the past, i want to be very clear, the eelgeelgs allegations are stronger than the denial. roy moore should find something else to do. my way of suggesting he should not be in the race. i think with the possibility of a new candidate, proven conservative, we can win the race in the alabama. best interest of the country as well as alabama for roy moore to find something else to do.

>> we should be having a much larger conversation about what we expect of our elected leaders. and it should never be this lowest common denominator a voice will be voiced. that is outrageous statement to be said. we expect more. that's why the roy moore debate is top on the mind. he wants to be in senate. behavior is disqualifying. >> pressure against alabama senate candidate roy moore heats up, three of the state's newspapers endorsed democratic opponent. that endorsement ran in yesterday's birmingham news was stark. as you see here. even placed above, writes a vote for roy moore sends the worst kind of message to alabama yans struggling with abuse. if you do tell your stoiry,

alabama won't believe you or care. if we vote for roy moore, alabama will also show that we don't care about you if you're gay or muslim or catholic. if you're an atheist or immigrant. we only care about roy moore's definition of alabama and there's no room for the rest of us. alabama yans must show to be people. one candidate left in the race proven of representing alabama. doug jones. former lawmaker and banker official and vladimir putin ally wanting trump to attend an event

on the sidelines of nra convention in kentucky back in twhooex. suggested head wanted high level meeting with a trump campaign official. he may have had a message for then candidate trump and vladimir putin. sources say kushner rejected the request. advised the campaign to decline such meetings. alabamia alabamians. however one person close to donald trump did attend the may 2016 event and did speak with the future president's eldest son. terror torshshinorshin.

the lawyers confirm he spoke with putin loyalist. played down the encounter. writing quote, donald trump jr. was attending nra convention and having dinner when an acquaintance asked him to say hello to torshin and made an introduction. that is the extent of communication or contact. the other issue connecting them is wikileaks. one source familiar with testimony said he specifically denied under oath that he was familiar with any attempts by wikileaks to contact the campaign, but a source tells nbc news two things that don junior e-mailed kushner about twitter conversations with wikileaks, now well known. that kushner forwarded e-mail about conversations with communications director hope hicks. senate judiciary committee says kushner failed to disclose that

communication as well. kushner's lawyer responded in a letter to the committee's chairman and ranking member saying client had no contacts with wikileaks and was along with others forwarded an e-mail from donald trump jr. that has been wildly reported and deseminated. also said kushner did not respond. joining me now from washington is political co-daniel litman. co-author of politico playbook. that is the senate race in alabama. at this point, when it comes to roy moore, would they rather you think deal with a democratic senator from alabama for a few years and avoid this headache or would they rather have him in there for the legislative wins they need to get done. >> i think they would rather have him drop out in the first place and have someone else -- have a write in candidate or have jeff sessions back in office. he was a reliable republican. he would do things that mitch

mcconnell would approve of. i think in this situation, they would rather him win and then they would force him out. expel him. then have a new appointment by the governor, then have a new special election. it's kind of a complicated process. that's mump more preferable than doug jones winning the democratic. >> it would be historic to have the first democratic state of the level candidate winning something like that in decades. other side of the aisle, we have democrats dealing with how to respond to allegations against senator al franken. says he's not going to resign. as congress looks to show that they are taking this problem of sexual assault seriously and not playing partisan politics with it, what's likely to happen here. what are you hearing is going to take place with this ethics committee investigation. so there's going to be

hearings. there's going to be an investigation into seeing whether franken has harassed anyone else. you know, since he's been in office. you may get some type of senture by that committee. doesn't look like franken is going to resign. he says there's no more incidences like this. this speaks to the broader problem of sexual harassment on the hill. until last week, you really didn't have congress men gmen g trained of how to avoid these problems. all those young staffers, that's a big issue. that's a much more wider issue than just franken, which was ten plus years ago on a uso tour. >> that's a point that jackie spear has been making over and over. more than just the culture. daniel litman live in washington, d.c. this morning. good to see you. >> thank you. still ahead, "saturday night live's" ode to former president

barack obama. and steve mnuchin responds to criticism over dollar photo that went viral. those stories and a check on weather when we come back.

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potential for travel plans getting interrupted. feels like the 20 in pittsburgh, detroit. freezing in new york city. winds over the weekend not quite gone yet. strong winds throughout the morning today. may cause airport delays. afternoon expecting strong winds. it's cold as well in the south. freeze warning for atlanta georgia. despite the fact your highs today will get up to about 60 degrees. the windchill at this hour is 27. so that is really cold for the south. and back to areas of the great lakes in skprt eaand northeast. wanted to show you snow. light snow falling in syracuse at this time. winter is almost here. speaking of that, flurries across much of the great lakes with the cold air coming in behind the front. even though it's so mild it will be getting a little cooler, also look for strong winds behind the system as well.

warm air across the west. what a contrast. cold in the northeast and southeast. warm air spreading far to the north. across much of the central plains and into the midwest. highs sore well into the 60s. kansas, oklahoma and texas. very mild if you're travels are taking you to southwest like las vegas looking good. notice as we look ahead to travel days as we go forward. be looking at warmer weather going forward. see nice conditions, but watch out for unsettled weather in the northwest. ayman? >> we'll check in with you a little later on in the program. thanks for the update. after immediate public outcry, president trump indicated policy reversal on allowing remains of endangered african elephants. writing big game trophy decision will be next week. very hard pressed to change my mind this horror show in any way helps conservation of elephants or any other animal. cricket as statement last

wednesday from president trump's administration saying it would end obama era ban on importing trophy hunts in zimbabwe and zambia. writing big game trophy decision zambiashow of force aimed at no korea. coming after multiple deadly incidents involving american warships in the same area earlier this year. still ahead, all of the highlights from week 11 of the nfl. plus growing feud between trump and la bard ball. continues to escalate. tell you about it next in sports.

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the only scoring play the nfl best eagles would happen the first half. cowboys qb, dak prescott, had a rough game overall. three interceptions. 145 yards passing on the night. cowboys led 9-7 at half time. eagles must have drank the secret sauce. couldn't stop scores. later on prescott fumbles the ball and this was recovered and returned 37 yards as icing on the cake. carson wentz had two touchdowns on the night. remaining top team in the nfl with a #-1 record. president trump lashing out after the controversial father of one of the ucla players did not give him the credit he feels he deserves for the boy's release. when asked about trump's involvement last friday by espn. lavar ball, father of liangelo

ball, responded who, what, what was he over there for? don't tell me nothing. everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out. president trump responded in kind on sunday suggesting the son and two teammates should have remained in chinese custody. writing now that the three basketball players are out of china and safed from years in jail. unaccepting of what i did for z his son and shoplifting is no big deal. shoplifting is a very big deal in china, as it should be. five to ten years in jail, but not to father lavar. should have gotten his son out during my next trip to china instead. china told them why they were released. very ungrateful. still ahead. outspoken republican gets caught on microphone speaking out against president trump and hillary clinton and donald trump

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breaking overnight. charles mansion cult leader and master mind behind a string of murders in 1969 has died. spent decades behind bars after ordering followers to kill seven

people in the hollywood hills. among those killed was actor sharon at a time. according to department of corrections, mansion died of natural causes. president trump says that his administration will announce a decision next week on allowing the import of elephant hunting trophies from zimbabwe and zambia. calling elephant hunting a horror show. crick contradi contradict. senate candidate roy moore as the white house attempts to address the scandal. president trump is still not weighing in on the accusations directly against roy moore. nick mulvaney says he believes the women who have come forward and accused roy moore of assault, but actually stopped short of condemning moore. more than a year since the

2016 presidential election and the war of words between hillary clinton and donald trump continue. now calling trump a sexual assaulter. comments made during an interview on friday. clinton talked about the sexual harassment allegations made against trump during the campaign. take a listen. >> we have a man who is accused of sexual assault sitting in the oval office, don't we? and the very credible accusations against him have not been taken seriously. >> you just said that you have a sexual assaulter in the white house, how could you say that about president trump. >> based on the very credible statements that have come forward from i think now a dozen women, and really based on his own words. you know t hollywood access tape was not made up. he was describing sexual assault. >> trump hit clinton back tweeting crooked hillary clinton is the worst and biggest loser of all time. just can't stop.

good for the republican party. hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years. republican senator caught on a hot mic this friday speaking out about the danger president trump and gop senate candidate roy moore could pose for the future. at an event in mesa arizona, retired senator jeff flake overheard on tape saying this though the city's mayor. take a listen. >> come the party of roy moore and donald trump. we are toast. >> then another republican often critical of the president, nebraska senator ben sass told it will des moines register on friday his party lacks clarity of any long-term vision. went on to say both sides of the party, the more traditional wall street friendly side, and steve bannon style populist side remain unpersuasive to the type of voters they will need to be successful in the future. trump administration is signaling it may be willing to budge on stance over major

provision in republican tax plan taking aim at obamacare. speaking yesterday white house budget director mulvaney suggested while the administration wants to repeal mandate, open to dropping repeal from senate bill to make sure a final bill gets to president trump's desk which mulvaney says may take bending of the rules. >> we're using reconciliation so we only need 50 votes in the senate instead of #60. one of the ways to gain the system is to make things expire. bush tax cuts back in early 2000 did the same thing. if it's good policy, it will become permanent. if it's bad policy, it will become temporary. that's just the way it is. it's done to shoe horn the bill into the rules other than we think it's good policy. i don't think anybody doubts where the white house is on repealing and replacing obamacare. we absolutely want to do it.

if we can repeal part of obamacare as part of a tax bill and have a tax bill that is a good tax bill and pass, that's great. if it becomes an impediment to getting the best bill with committee, we're okay with taking it out. >> when asked if the current mandate was an obstacle, he said he didn't think so, but susan collins, a key vote on that bill, says she wants the repeal out of that legislation. >> can you vote for the bill that passed the senate finance committee. >> i want to see changes in that bill. and i think there will be changes. >> you can't vote for it as written. >> i haven't reached that conclusion yet because i think there are going to be further changes, but the biggest mistake was putting in a provision from the affordable care act into the senate bill that's not in the house bill. and i hope that will be dropped or that bills have been introduced by senator aaron hicks and murray and bill nelson

and myself will be adopted to mitigate the impact of those provisions. >> i think these bills are very reconcilable. on the big issues, there's some things. >> with or without the repeal of the obama individual mandate. >> depends where the votes are. >> back with me is daniel litman, good to have you back with us this hour. russia probe, let's talk about that for a quick second. closer to the president's inner circle in the last several days, what are you hearing from people in the administration? is anxiety there heightened? >> yes. people feel like this could drag on for many more months than ty cobb the president's lawyer has said. he thinks it's going to wrap up soon, but it shows no sign of that taking place. you even have this "washington post" report saying that they expect a long winter in the white house. you're going to have these headaches of investigations and

interviews of key aides and also some humor in the white house right now. people joke, are you wired. are we getting wiretapped. so they're trying to make light of a sticky situation. >> even jeff sessions cracked a joke during the speech at the federalist society where he asked if there were any russians in the room. let's talk about a piece that your colleagues at politico are putting together. about donald trump's first trip to moscow way back in 1987. tell us what you found out. >> sure. luke harding, a long time guardian journal itseist. wrote an excerpt on trump and russia. reveals the kgb played a big role in helping set up that visit that trump made in 1987. they were trying to cultivate americans as agents. there's no indication they were successful with trump, but for example, he stayed in one of a top hotel room in russia that

lennon stayed in 80 years before. one that was definitely bugged. so the theory of the case is that mueller and his investigation, they're also looking at some of trump's past history with russia as well. >> incredibly fascinating. before you go, sneak peek in what you're covering in playbook today. >> highlighting an important story about how the u.s. citizen and immigration service, they are cracking down on h 1 visas, for high skilled workers. used to bo the companies would submit applications for people to get hired for their companies, but now it's much harder and this is part of steven miller's crack down on immigration. even legal immigration. it's not just that border wall that we're all still waiting for it to get constructed on the mexican border. >> we're going to have a lot more on that story you're talking about in business segment.

daniel litman live in washington, d.c. this morning, thank you. >> thanks. palestinians have threatened to sever all communications with the kbrieunited states. comes in response to a threat last friday. if the palestinians do not agree to direct meaningful negotiations with israel. that followed a state department ruling that the palestinians have violated u.s. law after leader called on international criminal court to prosecute israelis for crimes against palestinians. one says the u.s. is disqualifying itself as a peace broker in the reegions. nato has issued multiple apologies to turkey and leader after he and founding leader were depicted as enemies during nato military drills in norway late last week. in response, erdogan pulled 40

soldiers participating in the exercises adding quote, there can be no such unity, no such alliance. turkey has nato's second largest army after the united states. individual who added pictures of erdogan to enemy chart reportedly is a norwegian. long time and at times brutal ruler, 93-year-old robert mchugh gay by delivered speech to nation yesterday. addressing the crisis, but not announcing the resignation which was wildly expected and reported by the router siting officials. happened hours after ruling party cut ties be mchugh gayuga one of the sparks to seize power last week. gave mchugh gay by a datelieadlf

noon to resign. ugabe a deadlin to resign. assuming roles in power not delegated to the office. meanwhile inle germa, in ge major blow to angela merkel. for the moment left without a majority in parliament. joining us live, good to have you with us. talk to us about what this means for merkel's future and that of germany at this stage. >> it's a big problem for chancellor angela merkel. probably the biggest test of political career. potentially the end of her era in power. how did all this happen? negotiations ended when the probusiness democrats party pulled out of negotiations with

merkel democratic union and green party of germany siting irreconcilable differences. something that sounds more like a divorce. basically signified the end of the talks that had been going on for four weeks. not being able to form a majority government is unchartered territory for germany and so is a minority government. and the president calling for a new general election would also be unchartered territory. this failure to form a coalition leaves merkel on rocky ground. personally has enjoyed strong public support since coming to power in 2005. now faced with political uncertainty. including pressure within her own party that analysts predict what appears to be the most likely outcome at this point would be to form a minority government, but whether or not she leads this government really is the big question. european leaders are expressing their hope that this is resolved and the instability is comes to

an end because this is europe's largest economy. send tremors across the eu. seen a dip this morning in the euro across certain markets. one of germany's far right politicians seizing the moment to claim some of the credit for negotiations failed after their stronger than usual results in the last election. >> a lot to watch for as a country builds itself as a stable ambassador of european economy somewhat teaters on that. still ahead, steve mnuchin speaks out on photo of him and his wife holding up a sheet of dollar bills that's gone viral and met with criticism. what he says about the photo op. plus details on the thanksgiving week forecast. millions of americans prepare to head out of town for the holiday.

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steve mnuchin is speaking out about that viral picture of him and his wife holding up a sheet of one dollar bills. a lot of scrutiny online. probably seen it by now. associated press photographer captured the moment of he and his wife posing with the sheet of dollar bills at the bureau of engraving and printing. first to include mnuchin's signature at the treasure secretary. speaking yesterday, he explained what they were thinking in striking what some have described as a villainous pose. >> some folks, i'm looking at the picture you can't see say you two look like villains from a james bond movie. my question is what were you thinking. >> i heard that. i never thought i would be quoted as looking like villains from the james bond. i guess i should take that as a compliment that i look like a villain in a great successful james bond movie. i didn't realize the pictures were public and going on the

internet and viral, but people have the right to do that. people can express what they want. that's the great thing about social media today. people can say and communicate what they want. >> a little lelttle less son th social media. bonnie, what do you have. we have snow out there this morning. we're seeing some of that in areas of the great lakes. check out temperatures. it's cold. feels like it's freezing in central park. feels like it's 20 degrees in detroit. here's light snow coming in across college and upstate new york. first snow of the season. we are looking at a little wintery weather. kind of a tease r of whatr of w come. look at the winds through the morning and afternoon that could bring about airport delays.

definitely be prepared for that if you're traveling. many are today. winds will stay strong through the afternoon especially in new england and along the coastline. temperatures, a cold morning. freeze warning in the atlanta. feels like 20s in georgia right now as well as alabama and mississippi. good news your temperatures will warm up to about 60 degrees. also getting a lot of warm air across much of the center of the country. northeast and southeast are so cold. big ridge of high pressure is allowing all the warm air to come up through the central and southern plains. the midwest, as far north as des moines your temperatures are well above normal. almost 20 degrees above normal. also mild if you're traveling to the southwest. 76 today in las vegas. that is warmer than what we typically see this time of year. speaking of warm, numbers on the rise not just for thanksgiving. black friday as well. great shopping weather. 71 trees.

75 in dallas. st. louis back in the 60s. unsettled weather across muslim of the northwest. looking at possibly up to five inches of rain in some spots. be prepared for downpours if you're heading in that direction. plenty of rain into california. snow at the higher elevations. pockets of snow on both sides of the country, reminding us winter isn't too far away. >> thanks for that. still ahead, one of the world's biggest banks offers optimistic economic outlook for 2018. plus trump administration adding new hurdles for businesses trying to hire foreign workers. details on those stories and many others driving your business day straight ahead.

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welcome back, everyone. the trump administration has been quietly facing scrutiny in the employment visa process, making it harder for employers to hire skilled foreign workers. joining us live from london, joumanna berchete, what can you tell us? >> the department of citizenship and immigration services about one in four h1b visas have been returned back, visas heavily

employed in the technology industry. two other changes coming up would prohibit spouses of h1b workers from getting a job in the united states and the other change would entail reducing the number of years that students in the science and technology sectors would be allowed to stay in the united states currently. that's at two years. let's switch a little bit to markets and talk about what the major focus for markets would be this week. clearly it's less about the data and all about shopping with black friday coming up. typically around two weeks of black friday, the retail sector does very well. going back to 2007, average gains about 5%, which tells you about the health of the consumer. let's see if it holds up again this year. all eyes on the passage and future of the tax reform now that it's gone through the house and whether or not it will change once it gets to the senate. >> nothing beats a black friday deal than being able to do it from the comfort of your home on

a laptop. 2017 in the next few weeks, goldman sachs offering a sunny outlook on what to expect for 2018. what might the global economy look like in this upcoming banking year? >> yes. goldman has said that 2017 has been a year where the global economy has beaten expectations and they expect to see more of the same going into twan and they see global growth of 4% for the year boosted by easing financial conditions and good momentum. they do see an 80% probability of tax reform getting passed in the u.s. and on back of that, they think that it will put the trump administration in a good position to renegotiate nafta. they also factored in four hikes of the f1c for next year. >> hopefully it will be a good report for everyone not just the 1%. joumanna, thank you. growing calls for republican senate roy moore to step down

from the special election as the white house tries to walk a tightrope around president trump's overall silence on the matter. new movements in the russia problem and increasing focus on jared kushner and new accusations he when would information on possible ties to moscow. "morning joe," everyone, moments away. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort)

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hello, mr. assange, i presume. >> i trust you came alone. >> my brother, eric, is waiting in the car. not to worry. i told him to honk the horn if he gets scared. now, mr. assange -- [ horn honking ] -- eric will be joining us. eric, this is mr. assange. >> he looks like draco malfoy. >> that's rude. what did we say about making fun of people's appearances, bud? >> that's dad's thing? >> yeah. >> let's get a quick check on the stories you'll be hearing about in your day ahead.

regulators in nebraska will hold a vote today on keystone xl pipeline. they'll decide whether to approve a proposed in-state pipeline, last regulatory hurdle for that project. former president bill clinton heads to puerto rico today to get a firsthand look at hurricane recovery efforts there. he will meet with the governor along with the mayor of san juan. clinton foundation has been providing assistance to puerto rico and the former president will try to assess ongoing needs there. >> christmas comes a little early to the white house today. first lady melania will accept the christmas tree. the first lady traditionally accepts the christmas tree the day after thanksgiving but the president and first lady are expecting to spend the weekend

in florida. i personally think he owes us a thank you. have you noticed you're not hearing too much about russia? to the president, i would say now is a good time to get some things done in congress. >> ooh. so the president of the united states hampered by questions of collusion should thank an accused pedophile and u.s. senate canned at a time for changing the conversation, for being the distraction. roy moore's wife thinks so and it's making republicans in washington very, very nervous this morning. good morning, everyone. it is monday, november 20th. welcome to "morning joe." hello, "morning joe." with us, we have veteran columnist mike barnicle. and associate editor of commentary magazine noah rothman. former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner and