conversations, as well as the glittering holiday decorations. >> i'm watching the baby melissa story and the evolution of it. it's a feel good terrible story, i guess. baby melissa, who had been kid napped at birth about a year old has been reewe fited with her team. she's in her 50s. i'm happy for that family. >> it's an amazing story out of texas. my final thought is for the interview with tyler adams, the captain today of the u.s. men's national team. on to the knockout round. much more impressively what an impress you have young man in the way he handled himself in that press conference a couple days ago. now on to take on the netherlands. go usa. that does it for us this morning. we'll see you right back here tomorrow morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m.

pacific. jose diaz-balart. house democrats will select the next generation of leadership. including a catastrophic rail strike that could threaten the u.s. economy before the holidays. in just a couple hours, we'll hear from the head of the federal reserve on the outlook of the u.s. economy. we'll ask american rescue coordinaor if a recession is inevitable. deadly weather down south. we'll bring you an update tornadoes ripped through the region last night. and at the world cup, team usa advances to the knock round after a major win against iran. we'll bring kbrou the latest from qatar. right now on capitol hill, leadership elections are underway for house the democrats as the party attempts to tackle a lengthy list of legislative goals in the lame duck session. also today the house will hold a vote on ratifying a rail

worlder's deal to stave off a strike that could pose major disruptions to the holiday shopping season. now that the senate has passed the bill to codify the right to same sex and interracial marriage, it will head to the house where it's expected to pass before it can be signed by president biden. here's what arizona senator kristen sinema, the first openly bisexual person elected to the senate, had to say. >> what i'm really proud of today is that we are able to send a message across the country that this is normal. these families are normal. these marriages are normal. i can't wait for people all across the country to be able to talk to their children and their children's children about the time in america when we made it completely normal for families to be together and love each other and take care of each other. >> joining us now is capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. also with us is the dean of the clinton school of public service

the at the university of arkansas. she's also an msnbc contributor. ali, away are we expecting from the leadership elections going on? >> reporter: very few surprises today in terms of what the new leadership of the democratic conference is going to look like. we're going to see hakeem jeffreys rise to the top position. this is shotgun that house speaker nancy pelosi, majority leader hoyer, jim clyburn, all of them have endorsed this new slate of leaders. so jeff i ris will be in the number one slot. katherine clark in the whip spot. and pete ag already in the number three slot. that's what we expect this wave to lack like. i was talking with hakeem jeffreys last night. he's aware they are coming in at a point of tan signatures, at a point where the the republican party has a very slim majority, but democrats are going to be in the minority. what he had to say was this is a

conference with a diverse set of viewpoints. they have a wide range of believes. but at the same point, jeffreys said nothing provides unity like being in the minority, sort of setting the tone for what he expects from the conference in the new phase of divided government in washington as we look ahead to january. >> meanwhile, the big issue that's facing legislators is what to do about the rail worker potential strike. what's on capitol hill on that? >> reporter: what house democrats are doing this morning is toggling between the plaus where i am right now where they are holding their leadership elections and going back across the way into the capitol to actually vote to avert this rail strike. they are going to do it in two phases. first rattying the initial agreement negotiated several weeks ago that president biden was a part of. ratifying that and taking a second separate vote on providing paid sick leave to these workers in the form of seven days. that's something that initially progressives had to agitate for,

eager to have more than just one paid sick leave day for rail workers who are essential to the american economy. now they have gotten away they want in getting more. the house was never going to be the problem here. it was always likely on a glide path because of the democratic majority. the real question is what ends up happening in the senate. we're sort of seeing some strange bedfellows here in terms of who could vote to back paid sick leave for rail workers. republicans like josh hawley and ted cruz saying they would go along with bernie sanders, who is putting forward amendment to provide workers the paid sick leave they want and need. >> and how does this position from the biden administration asking essentially congress to ratify what was apparently partially or almost all agreed to a couple weeks ago, but it isn't. so how does this jive with prounion workers. >> it's about how do we meet the

american public where they are. we are coming up on the holiday season. also think about all of the delays we have had because of covid over the last couple of years. so president biden, his administration, leaders in congress know that not only is it something that the union workers need in terms of a workable, humane, just package, but also figuring out how we also need the american public's needs. we just had an election. we saw the economy was a critical component of that. and tokes teal it in their pocketbook and they will voice that. >> meanwhile, where do things stand on the same sex bill in the house? >> reporter: we watched the way it went through the senate yesterday it went exactly as we expected this terms of 12 republicans still voting for that bill. the same 12 who voted for it on the first procedural step before thanksgiving. now what we're seeing is it moves thex to the house and

we'll expect them to pick that up as early as next tuesday. one of the things that they are more easily able to check off their to do list for this lame duck session, but make no concerns about it, there's going to be a celebration, i'm sure, ats the white house. this was a big democratic priority. just remember, jose, why they even made this push on same sex in the first place. all of it stems from the fact that roe and a right to abortion was protected from the supreme court for 49 years. international racial marriage has more years of that being a protection, but the decision that allowed for same-sex marriage in this country has less than a decade. so when you watch the logic that the supreme court applied to the roe decision in the form of the decision this summer, many lawmakers locked a the that and tried to put this act in place as a saufty net should the court come back to revisit those protections. >> and among legislative priorities, the biden administration is now just

planning for a post title xlii future at the border. how does this administration get something done on immigration, on the humanitarian crisis at the border during this lame duck session? >> right, so little time and also it is such a divisive issue. and i think what we're going to have to see is something that is piecemeal. the idea of having a comprehensive immigration reform has been a pipe treatment for so long. i think that both sides of the aisle need to come together and say what can we do, something is better than nothing. when you look at the crisis on the border, these are people's lives. these are people who have traveled thousands and thousands of miles and have been stuck in very dangerous situations. and aside from that, what is most worrisome in addition to the humanitarian piece, we're breaking our law. we have laws in place that provide asylum to folks skrks

we're not doing that. so i think something has to be done. quite frankly, i'll take something small opposed to nothing. >> the fact is if there were ways, legal ways where people could request asylum and do so without having to cross jungles through mexico, paying the cartels thousands of dollars, risking your own life, they would probably do it. there's to way that -- there's no legal way of doing it. that's part of the broken immigration system that we have in our country. thank you both for being with us. let's take a look at efforts to avoid the railroad strike in the next coming days. with us now is an attorney for the brotherhood of maintenance of way employees division and the brotherhood of rail suggestal unions. those unions are among the four that rejected the deal. thank you for being with us. a lot of questions to ask you. it was nearly three months ago

that there was an agreement at the white house to prevent a strike. now we're in a totally different position. we're looking at the verge of having congress impose this deal. what happened from then to now? >> good morning, thank you for having me on. so what happened in september was an effort by some of the unions to get certain improvements to the recommendations of the presidential emergency board that they deemed necessary to put the deal out for a vote to union membership. remember, unions are democratic institutions. members are the ultimate decision makers on whether or not to accept a deal. so what happened in september was for several of those unions to et get the deal across the threshold that it was enough to

put this front of their members. once the members looked at it, some of the unions ratified and said this is enough. but a lot of union members felt particularly in the wake of the pandemic that paid sick leave was something they had to have. railroad workers were considered essential workers and worked through the pandemic. people got sick. people got sick multiple times. people died. the railroads seemed to recognize then that they needed to have workers on paid time off to protect their workers. but there's no ongoing paid sick leave for railroad workers, unlike 86% of american workers who do have paid sick leave from their employers. so the unions where the members voted the deals down felt this needed to be a part of any ultimate agreement.

and we have been attempting to negotiate the railroads on that basis. we have made decreasing offers of amount of days of sick leave that we would accept as a deal. the railroads refused to budge from their position that they will not move off of the value of what the presidential emergency board report from august was. and will not add paid sick leave to it. that's brought us to this juncture. the railroads have now started beginning to tell customers they are phasing down in anticipation of a deadline that could be a strike or a lockout. in 1992 was the railroad locked out the workers. and they have ratcheted up the pressure on them to bring some action. >> i think it's important what you said there's so many things to talk about, but the fact is

that rail workers don't have paid sick leave at all. that's amazing. that's the big stumbling block. so what do you see doing forward on this? >> if congress is going to get involved and enact a resident lougs, we are urging congress to enact a resolution that adds paid sick leave to the ult hat agreements. we're urging them to dpo that way. and give workers things that most american workers have. they work really hard in very dangerous jobs. many of them work outside exposed to the elements and chemicals and they need paid sick leave. >> it's amazing we have gotten to this point. >> i would add it's important -- it would be valuable to the railroads, it's useful for them to make sure somebody who is sick doesn't come to work and

infect the rest of the workforce to help them to be able to operate effectively. >> i thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. and now to a deadly night of dangerous weather across the south. there were more than 20 reports of tornadoes in louisiana, alabama, and mississippi last night. officials report two people were killed in alabama after a tornado hit overnight. sam brock joins us now from mississippi. what are you seeing there? . >> reporter: good morning. 17 of the reports were right here in mississippi. you just think about the death, the pain that's been wrougt from natural disasters. you can add this to the list. the two confirmed fatalities from alabama. here in mississippi, it's miraculous. no reports of injuries or deaths so far here. look over my shoulder. this was one man's livelihood. a workshop for his bikes. he had tool there is.

a fishing boat he used to catch bass. now it's all heaps of rubble. i'm joined by that man now. he's lived here for about 15 years. he's from the area originally. you were not home last night, with us that was not concern of your safety. it was your father's safety. what happened? >> i left to go over to my dad's house to stay with him because he's 92. my mom is 86. he gets upset when the storm came through. >> you. ed to calm him down because he was so upset. >> yeah. the sirens were going off. it upsets him bad. >> you were able to help him and save your own life. there's a pole that's penetrated the side of your house. when you see that, does it feel like that could be the difference between life and death? sdm yeah, very much so. it could have been very bad. >> is it almost the part of wait of life knowing that there is a

tornado season in the spring. traditionally not november, but you have to deal with this on a regular basis. >> yes, tornado season runs from november -- really over into may here and we have to keep alert and watch the news and. >> we're glad you did. thank you for sharing your story with us. people are waking up and trying to process the fact that their lives are going to be different. it's not just this house. . you have a dozen plus, probably 20 or 30 that sustained some level of damage on this stretch. it's not a wide area, but those hit were hit really bad lu. >> i'm thinking of the tornado that went over 100 miles a year ago coming up in december. this is a situation that is so troubling. i thank you. >> we're learning more about that dinner between president

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seething you. let me ask what is seditious conspiracy were. >> it's a conspiracy to use force to overthrow the government or to impede the official functions of the government. the use of force is absolutely critical to the definiion of seditious conspiracy, which is why we see in yesterday's verdicts some split among the defendants. stewart rhodes, guilty, others, not guilty. >> so it's rare for prosecutors how rare to secure this? >> it's rare to charge it at all. the last time it was charged before january 6th was in 2012, the case involved a far right christian militia in michigan. the case was brought by barbara mcquaid. those charges did not materialize to a conviction. before that it was in 1995 here in manhattan. stemming from a plot to blow up

the fbi building, multiple bridges and tunnels after the world trade center bombing. >> five defendants were found guilty of obstruction of official proceeding. how significant was that as far as the jury's decision? >> it's extremely significant because it doesn't bode well not only for the proud boys trial coming up, but other uncharged defendants that we have heard about extensively. it's an easy narrative for the department of justice to tell. did these people attempt to impede or um paid the functioning of an official proceeding in congress, and they did. >> could that include former president trump? >> absolutely. >> what would the link be? >> i'm not sure president trump's conduct links up directly with those of the proud boys, but we can see, for example, through the january 6th hearings and public reporting how president trump took steps to make sure that the congressional proceedings on

january 6th didn't go as planned. that's everything from trying to get state legislatures to send alternate certificatety indications to congress to trying to get vice president pence, as he has now detailed in his memoir, to be the soul decider and say these votes don't count. >> there's a way to link all of that to this. and what's the effect on the leader of the proud boys upcoming trial? >> i think the fact that rhodes was found guilty of seditious conspiracy certainly makes the department of justice more comfortable going into the trial. now rhodes did not step toot on the capitol beyond the capitol grounds. it's a more complex situation because he was already in jail on january 6th. so it's going to be a harder case for the department of justice to show he conspired to use force on that day. but the rhodes conviction shows you don't have to have gone into the capitol and littered in the

office to be guilty. it's enough to lay the ground work for it and encourage other people to do it and make clear you want to use force to accomplish your objectives. >> thank you. it's great to see you in person. turning now to the fallout from former president trump's controversial din with kanye west and nick fuentes, a white nationalist. a trump adviser says, the master troll got trolled and kanye punked trump he did thot know anything about fuentes. mitch mcconnell responded to the controversy while avoiding answering whether he would support trump if he won the nomination in 2024. >> anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the united states. >> joining us now is mark

caputo. when i read your story, i keep thinking this is out of one of the turkish tales. just amazing stuff. what did you learn about that dinner? >> as mar-a-lago turns. it does lock like trump didn't know who nick fuentes was. according to to this, they had intentionally slipped him in there knowing that trump would see ye, was scheduled to have a private dinner and would want to make it public to get some sort of welcome from his members. and that nick would be able to tag along, as long as they could slip him in there and apparently that's what they did. now it's sort of all blew up on donald trump. >> so let me ask you. this wasn't a dinner that was

held in the residential part of mar-a-lago. this was the club part of mar-a-lago? >> right. from what we gather, this is according to ye's people ask trump's people, this was supposed to be a private dinner. they have been talking for weeks, it not a month about them sitting down. and ye shows up instead of being alone, he has three other people with him. one of them is nick fuentes. trump says, hey, do your friends want to join us for dinner or offers it up as possibility and leaves it inniest's hands. he says yes and he says let's have dinner on the patio, which is out in the open. he has a special table. when trump walks into the dining hall, emp stands up and apluds him. there's nothing subtle about this. at the time that trump had scheduled this dinner with kanye west and his staff had thought and hoped it would be private,

it was known that kanye west had made many anti-semitic remarks. so nick or not, he was planning to be seen public with someone who goes with this ideology. it was known to trump. so nick tagging along meant there wasn't just one antisemite at the dining table, there were two. >> and how are things changing or are they chaning in how people are filtered through? >> in order to get nick fuentes in, this political adviser was able to talk her way in with them. not so hard when you have someone like kanye west because he's a superstar. he was on a list. she was sort of on a list. but going forward, his staff says they are instituting new vetting procedures to ensure that donald trump is not going to be left alone in situations like this, and anyone who comes

in his presence is known, therefore, in the future nick wouldn't wind up at dinner with president trump. would a kanye west in the future, that's a good question. because donald trump doesn't like to be gate kept or managed. he likes to do what he wants to do. >> mark, thank you very much. good to see you. >> thank you. up next, the u.s. men's soccer team beats iran in the world cup. we'll hear from the team's captain about his thoughts before and after the game and go live to get all the latest. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." st you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. it's nice to unwind after a long week of telling people how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. showtime. whoo! i'm on fire tonight. (limu squawks) yes! limu, you're a natural. we're not counting that. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪

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live for us. are the hopes high going forward? >> there is a lot of optimism here. why not? this is a tournament we have seen so many upsets. is the american teem team favored to win, no. they are taking on the netherlands on saturday. they are ranked 8th. team usa is ranked 16th. but tyler adams said from the beginning, it's all about mind set. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we have made a lot of progress in the past four years. we have grown and matured a lot as a tale. we knew we were going to be underdogs in a the lot of of these games. we were never going to come in saying we have the most quality or the most talent. although for u.s. soccer, we probably have more talent than ever. >> so this is a young, energetic team that's incredibly tall want. they have every chance to make some waves on the field when they take on the netherlands. but also in a separate issue, there's been a lot of talk.

we have been speaking with a lot of experts today. there's some concern for the iranian team as they return back to iran. there's some concern about what may or may not happen to them. the move that they made on this global stage of not sing issing their national anthem was just such a strong move, to stand in solidarity with the women of their country. a lot of experts we have been talking to say pay close attention to that team. because anything is possible. >> so concerned about them, thank you so much. appreciate it. world cup matches are happening as we speak. the highly anticipated matchup between mexico and saudi arabia starts in just a couple hours at 2:00 p.m. eastern. and we're just hours away from an important update on how that's going. but also on the economy from the fed chair. we'll get our own preview, next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports."

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see the economy continue to grow, continue to create jobs at more stable rates as we saw prices come down. so today people are seeing that growth was near 3% in the third quarter. it seems a long time ago people were talking about were we at risk of a downturn going up from 2.6 to 2.9. people have seen gas prices go down to $3.49. the most common gas price in the country being $2.99. that is $1.53 lower than the highs in the summer. it's an extra $200 for american families. and i think a lot of families went out and still bought, as we saw during the black friday and the beginning of the christmas season. i think a lot of them were seeing lower prices and discounting. so again, we're going to keep

watching, but we're seeing some encouraging resilience in the american economy. >> just the black friday and the monday, $9 billion on friday. $11 billion on monday, it certainly shows the consumer is coming out. along with record-shattering jobs, there's also record-shattering inflation. how does the inflation variable play into the future of our economy. >> there's no question, average families know the federal reserve here and central banks around the world are dealing with exceptal global inflation. we're probably more middle of the pack, but it's significant. we know federal reserves are taking significant actions and raising interest prices. but what we're seeing and what one hopes in economic turns is soft landing. but what that means for us is a

return to more stable job growth, more stable growth while we see prices coming down. so today is a day where again we're seeing some relief for the consumer on prices. we're seeing gas prices averaging $3.49 and even belw $3 in many places in the country. at the same time, we're getting encouragement that our economy is still growing. and i don't know. none of us know what the job numbers are going to be the next couple months, but already, and this is extraordinary, we're over 4 million jobs in the first 10 hos of this year. it is the greatest job growth other than last year in the history of the country. so we have already secured the 2022 remains at historically strong year for workers and job growth. >> speaking of workers, your boss, president biden, has asked congress to pass a bill to impose the september agreement for rail unit on workers to

avoid a strike at end of next week. how did we get to this point? >> well, you're right. the president bears ultimate responsibility in this case. and i think everyone agrees that to allow a rail strike right now maybe the word catastrophe is too strong, but it would be dramatic. you see 800,000 people lose their jobs. you'd see dangers in clean water, potential food shortages. you talk about spike increases. so this is just the type of economic hardship, emergency that we have to act. and we did. there was a tentative rail agreement. all 12 unon leaders agreed. eight have ratified.

we know this is not perfect. this president believes in paid leave for everyone and would love to work to get a bipartisan deal. but right now, we have an agreement that has a 24% wage hike for workers. this is just the time where we have to protect the overall economy, overall workers, overall families, overall basic health and safety by averting a rail strike. >> they all agree to vote on an agreement and apparently four decided no the not to. thank you for being with us. i really appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you for having us. up next, andrea mitchell sat down with secretary of state. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." watching diaz-balart reports. 'tis the season to switch to verizon. they'll give you the new iphone 14 pro. (scrooge) amazing phone! (vo) this holiday season verizon gives you the new iphone 14 pro. plus an apple gift, like apple watch se,

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national security adviser jake sullivan will brief top senators on the need for more money to provide ukraine with military assistance. that's according to a report from punch bowl news. hours ago secretary of state antony blinken told andrea mitchell that the u.s. is doing all it can to help rebuild and

strengthen ukraine's power grid. >> we are getting to ukraine what it needs to repair, replace, to make hr resilient its energy and electricity infrastructure. we also need to make sure to the best of our ability that ukrainians can defend that infrastructure. otherwise you get into a cycle where stuff is destroyed. we help them replace it, it gets destroyed again and that gets repeated. >> with us now to talk more about this is nato supreme commander admiral, always a pleasure to see you. i'm just wondering, and the secretary of state was talking about that. how can ukraine's infrastructure be hardened so that there isn't that rebuild, destroy, reconstruct, destroy pattern? >> secretary blinken is exactly right. it's a two-step move here. point one is we can -- as we rebuild, we can harden the

installations. we can make them more resilient in the face of explosives. we have a lot we can do in that regard in the reconstruction. the second step in the move is increase the air defense. help the ukrainians close the sky to russian aircraft, russian missiles, that maybe patriot, surface to air missile batteries. it may also bes fighter aircraft provided to them. that is under consideration. harden as we rebuild and provide air defense. >> i want to take your gaze towards china. cracked down on protests that took place across the country. first talking about covid lockdowns but then asking for freedom. what do you make of what's been happening in china? >> it's a direct reaction to the zero covid policy which has led

to these unsustainable simply locking down cities with tens of millions of people. the people of china are sick and tired of it and it's not going to work for xi jingping to simply try and crush this. he's going to have to find a middle path between the kind of absolutist crackdowns that have been used and slowly easing these covid-19 restrictions and getting a working vaccine. they really don't have a chinese-produced one. a lot of work ahead. i see unrest, but i'll close with this, jose, i don't think this is going to rise to the level of regime change or throwing out xi jingping. china as too many tools and they'll use them to avoid that. >> and those tools can sometimes be completely terror. embassy staff in moscow are

trying to find out what happened to paul whelan after his family says he didn't call them on thanksgiving. secretary blinken told anderson mitchell the last time a u.s. official talked to paul whelan was two weeks ago. is this unusual? >> it's unusual when the detainee is in a system within a nation like russia with whom we have many, many disagreements. but we do have paths of diplomacy. we do have contact. we have an embassy. so, yes, i think it's unusual. we ought to be pressing that very hard. put that on a separate track for our disagreements over ukraine. it's not just paul whelan, but it's brittney griner and many other american hostages held around the world. >> admiral, it's always a pleasure to see you. thank you for your time this morning. >> you bet. a programming note, andrea mitchell will have more of her extensive interview with secretary antony blinken at noon

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group of international soldiers to haiti. gang violence is rampant, hunger is on the rise and cholera is spreading. with us now is natalie kitro. thanks for being with us. what's the situation many haiti today? >> haiti is facing a humanitarian disaster at the moment. there's cholera that is spreading in part because gangs are preventing doctors from being able to effectively deliver basically care in some of the poorest neighborhoods. you have thousands of people who have fled this gang violence who are living on the streets right now. and the gangs are taking over, ever-growing sections of the capital. it's a crisis and it's gotten worse and worse. >> and it seems like the word just doesn't focus on this. these are people who are suffering normally and it's getting worse, as you say, by the day.

despite fearing that the crisis in haiti will push people to flee to the united states, officials don't want apparently u.s. troops to be part of a multinational force that could go into haiti. what is the administration thinking about this, do you think? >> the administration has become concerned that the crisis in haiti has spiraled to the extent that it is no longer contained within the country's borders. there's a growing concern within the administration that this humanitarian disaster could spur mass migration from haiti to the united states. and that is part of what has prompted this growing sense that sending a multinational force is necessary. but the u.s. does not want to send u.s. troops and it hasn't been able to convince any other country to take up this mission. the request for troops which came from haiti's government has been met with skepticism by

critics of the government and it's been something that the biden administration has had a tough time responding to up until now. >> sending troops into haiti is -- if you look at the past of u.s. intervention in the americas, not oftentimes very successful. but in haiti, there have been so many different attempts of going in there. i'm thinking of the re-establishment of -- and so many other times that things haven't worked out. this situation is getting worse by the day and we have to keep our focus on the people who are suffering enormously. >> i talked to people who said they were drinking, you know, salt water. they were boiling leaves, drinking rain water. for the first time ever in haiti, the u.n. recorded catastrophic levels of hunger. that means that thousands of people are facing famine-like

conditions. this is a situation in which people are struggling to survive and, yes, haiti has a long and brutal history of intervention from abroad. so these questions are extremely complex. but there's no doubt that the suffering happening right now is at an extreme level. >> thank you so much for being with us and thank you for keeping the light on this very important humanitarian crisis that is happening right where we live and just so close to us. i thank you for being with us. >> appreciate it. the holiday season kicks off tonight. the annual rockefeller center christmas tree lighting, this is a live look at the tree. the tree is waving back. it's 812 feet tall. it will stay lit from now until the new year. the event kicks off at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific tonight on nbc and there are tens of thousands of people all around. that wrapping up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privile