making news in america this morning, not guilty. the undocumented immigrant charged with killing katie steinle is acquitted of murder. >> from day one, this case was used as a means to foment hate. >> this morning the president's response and the new action that could bring it back into the spotlight. tax plan setback. a late night drama on capitol hill after a new estimate reel veries how much the republican tax cuts will add to the deficit. this morning the frustrating for a deal and the word one lawmaker is using to describe the process. new details in the matt lauer sexual misconduct scandal has more accusers come forward. th

coming to his defense. parenting alert. new evidence that being addicted to their smartphone can alter a teenager's brain. what it could mean for their behavior and health. and -- ♪ tell me how to get to sesame street ♪ >> headed to "sesame street." how an extra credit project just landed these two young men a special deal with the legendary kids' show. good morning to you all. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. we begin with that agonizing not guilty verdict for the family of kate steinle. he admits to shooting steinle on a san francisco pier two years ago but says the gun went off by accident. >> kate steinle's family is saddened by the verdict. after

years for kate steinle's family a verdict many did not expect. jose garcia found not guilt in the shooting death of the 32-year-old on the san francisco peer in july of 2015. >> we believe the verdict is a correct and accurate reflection of the law. >> reporter: he maintained his innocence saying he found the gun under a chair on the pier and when he examined it it accide accidentally fired. the bullet ricocheted hitting steinle as she walked with her father about 90 feet away but garcia was in the country illegally after being deported five times. weeks before he was awaiting a sixth deportation from the sheriff's department released him instead. >> from day one this case was used as a means to foment hate. >> reporter: during the presidential campaign then candidate donald trump used the case to promote his border wall and a crackdown on sanctuary cities.

and we're going to stop the drugs, the gangs and the violence from pouring into colorado and from pouring into our country. we're going to shut down the sanctuary cities that have led the preventable deaths of so, so many. cases like kate steinle murdered in san francisco by a five-time deported illegal immigrant. >> reporter: overnight president trump tweeted a disgraceful verdict in the kate steinle case. no wonder the people of our country are so angry with illegal immigration. attorney general jeff sessions reacted writing in a statement that he would not have been on the streets of france in the city simply honored an i.c.e. detainer adding the department of justice will continue to ensure that all jurisdictions place the safety and security of their communities above the convenience of criminal aliens.

this really is about the steinle family. they've shown incredible resolve during this whole process and our hears go out to them. >> garcia was found guilty of possessing a firearm waiting to be sentenced. the justice department says it could now pursue federal charges against him. and now to the other big story overnight. senate republicans are scrambling to make last-minute changes to their tax reform plan if that is because a new report found it would add a trillion dollars to the debt and wall street is watching. on thursday the dow had its best day since march surging 332 points. but that's when it looked like the plan would sail through the senate. now things have hit a snag and arlette saenz has new details live in washington. good morning, arlette. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and diane. it was a bit of a hectic scene over in the senate last night, senators were ducking on and off the senate floor even squeezing in a few bites of pizza. republicans started the day optimistic about passing a tax plan. but now t

the drawing board to win over some hold-outs. senate republicans are working in overdrive hammering out the final details of their tax plan. >> failure is not an option. we need a tax cut. >> reporter: the package got a big boost from senator john mccain. the summer he sank the gop health care bill. now he's on board for taxes. but republicans are scrambling to win over the hold-outs. >> do you think there's any chance you don't pass the bill? >> i think it's likely to pass. >> reporter: one of those hold-outs is senator bob corker. seen here on the senate floor huddling with gop leaders. corker's concerned about how much the plan adds to the federal deficit. >> not finished. >> reporter: senator ron johnson is also withholding his support. he wants more tax cuts for business owners. the plan cuts tax rates for individuals and corporations. the corporate tax cuts are permanent but the individual rates go back up in a decade. a recent congressional budget office analysis found those earning over

will benefit the most. and in ten years lower and middle income americans lose out. senate democrats are blasting the bill. >> what this is is a grab bag full of special interest goodies for multinational corporations. >> reporter: on cnn independent senator angus king criticized the process. >> to call this a circus would be an insult to circuses. >> reporter: the senate will vote this morning but it's unclear what exactly they'll be voting on. kenneth and diane, those negotiations will be playing out in the coming hours. >> it'll be interesting to see if the lawmakers know what they're voting coming up. rex tillerson is expected to join president trump for lunch at the white house today amid reports that tillerson is about to be replaced. sources say a plan is in the works to push tillerson out by the end of the year possibly replacing him with cia director mike

is here and his press secretary gave a similar response. >> can we deduce from that the president has confidence in the secretary of state? >> i think i addressed that pretty clearly just now. >> is that a yes? >> as i just said and as we've said many times before when it comes to questions like this of senior taff and cabinet seconds when the president loses confidence in somebody they'll no longer be here. >> the president has undercut tillerson on several occasions and tillerson has refused to confirm or deny a report that he once called the president a moron. now to a new report about the russia investigation. "the new york times" reports the president has repeatedly urged top republican senators including the chairman of the senate intelligence committee to end the investigation. sources say the president expressed similar concerns to other lawmakers last summer but they downplayed it. democratic leaders in congress are now urging john conyers to resign as he faces sexual harassment claims. cobb was hospitalized yesterday

house minority leader nancy pelosi called for his resignation at a news conference but conyers' attorney says it's not pelosi's decision to make. texas congressman joe barton now says he will not seek re-election after his nude photo was made public. and in the senate an ethics investigation is under way after six women accuse al franken of misconduct. time now for a look at your weather this friday morning. preparations under way across the country for what's likely to be much colder conditions by the end of next week. millions on the east coast will see windchills below zero. and forecasters say don't be surprised if those chilly conditions stick around for some time. but for now most of the country is enjoying mild to warm temperatures with highs in the 40s and 50s. most northern states 60s and 70s in the

into the 80s. 81 down there, nearly 80 in phoenix. well, coming up the controversial t-shirt that walmart will no longer be selling. the mystery death of a border patrol agent in texas. the pro football now facing a lawsuit accused of seducing an

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baritone singing voice. nabers spent 60 years as a performer. he was 87. authorities in texas say there is a new theory about last month's death of a border patrol agent. rogelio martinez died after he and his partner were found. they may have been hit by a tractor trailer. president trump and other leaders have said the agents were attacked. the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history is now taking an economic toll on las vegas. tourism is down more than 4% and game something down more than 6% since the attack. the visitors authority reports more cancer layings after the shooting on october 1st when a gunman killed 58 people at a music festival. meanwhile, las vegas police have released new surveillance video of a suspect in disguise during the robbery at the bellagio tuesday. he was carrying a gun that he used to hold up the cashier at the poker cage. he then got away in a stolen car. police say the owner of the car was tied up

escaped. people in the east coast are bracing for potential aftershocks following a rare 4.1 magnitude earthquake. it was centered in delaware yesterday but shook homes as far away as new york and virginia. no damage has been reported. walmart has removed a controversial t-shirt from its website. the writing suggests that journalists should be lynched. walmart says the shirt is from a third party seller and violates corporate policy. the fda has cleared the way for a new accessory for the apple watch that can monitor the electronic electrical rhythms in your heart that pairs with an app which can detect abnormal heart rhythms. it snaps on to the watch's band. all the user has to do is up to it for an ekg and that can be sent to a doctor. >> pretty cool. definitely. coming up why chocolate milk is making a comeback. first matt lauer's ex-wife speaks out for the first time about the sexual

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free at anoro.com. we're back with new details in the matt lauer sexual harassment scandal. he was seen here at his $30 million estate in the hamptons and reportedly met with his lawyer. the fired "today" show host is facing as many as eight accusers as we get his first public reaction to the shock allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. >> lauer issued an apology saying he's embarrassed ashamed and truly sorry and now his ex-wife is coming to his defense. nancy alspaugh told "entertainment tonight" i never saw him as a power monger or sob who would abuse his position. she went on to describe, quote, the selfless giving part of him which people tend to forget whenever this kind of a situation comes up. he would give you the shirt off his back. meanwhile, the scandal could cost lauer an expensive property he bought oversees. contract the guardian" says he may be forced to sell his farm in

are required to be of good character. and outrage is growing in london over president trump's retweeting of several anti-muslim videos. they're calling on the government to cancel trump's state visit next year. those anti-muslim videos were originally posted by a far right british group opposed to immigration. members of parliament say trump is not welcome in the uk. >> action is needed now. not a slap on the wrist. cancel the state visit. >> by sharing it he is either a racist, incompetent or unthinkable or all three. >> british prime minister theresa may says no date for president trump's visit to great lakes has been sent and calls those retweets the wrong thing to do. a major development this morning in the mystery surrounding the unsolved murder of a baltimore police detective. sean suiter shot in the head the day befo h

fellow officers in a corruption case and now prosecutors say decorative suiter was unknowingly used in a scheme by other officers to plant drugs in a suspect's car. suiter was killed at a scene with his partner last month. no arrests made despite a $215,000 reward. city leaders are now asking the fbi to investigate. it's official. school lunch rules will be changing in time for the start of next school year. the trump administration is loosening the regulations imposed during the obama years that means chock milk will be making a comeback and schools can opt out of providing whole grain products. they'll also be able to keep sodium levels the same instead of reducing them. and there's now scientific evidence that constantly spending time on a cell phone can change the chemistry of a teenager's brain. a small study of teen boys found those who were thought to be addicted to them had an imbalance caused by a chemical that slows down their neurons and it made them

to pay attention and stay focused. the same teens were more prone to anxiety and impulsive behavior. a player on the philadelphia eagles is facing a lawsuit this morning. he's accused of seducing another man's wife. fletcher cox is a two-time pro bowl defensive lineman. he's being sued by joshua jeffords who claims cox destroyed his marriage. jeffords says cox met his wife katherine in march and they had an affair before staying in touch on social media and by tech. >> i found some pictures that he had sent to her that i found highly inappropriate. i know that she texted him after i found out and only thing she texted was he knows. >> reporter: jeffords split with his wife after confronting her. he's seeking at least $50,000 in damage. cox signed a contract with the eagles worth more than $100 million. he has yet to comment on this case. up next in "the pulse," the student whose project helpe

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kids about cells. julian has announced that he and his sister, his younger brother, i should say became two of the youngest filmmakers to ever be commissioned to produce a preliminary for "sesame street." it will be featured in the 2018/2019 season. >> very cool. people across the country have some strange guess for google. >> at&t has compiled a list of the top why do questions searched in each state. in louisiana the top question people ask google is why do people yawn? >> well, in washington, d.c., the top search is why do i sweat so much? and in arizona, people are googling why do people lie? >> ooh. one question, number one in several states, why do dogs eat grass? why do people yawn? that part seems pretty easy. >> it's a rough life for the dogs. >> especially when we're up early. >> tired. all right, well, a secret something man took matters into his own hands when he got the late night munchies. >>

and the staff, they were asleep. so bowen jumped into the kitchen, fired up the griddle, made his own breakfast, scattered, diced, hash browns, he went on facebook, snapped some selfies, even cleaned up after he left, diane. >> said he scraped down the grill. >> finally a near disaster narrowly averted on live television. >> doing a liquid nitrogen experiment when one of the hosts was nearly hit by a soda bottle. check that out. just within inches of her face. >> so close. >> the host claims shehere is q this morning's top stories. a controversial murder trial, ends with a not guilty verdict. jose garcia zarate acquitted of shooting kate steinle on a pier in san francisico. garcia zarate says the gun went off by accident, sending a bullet riccocheing off the ground, before striking the

garcia zarate is an illegal immigrant who had been deported several times. he will be deported again after his release. president trump-- seeing the bright side of a possible government shutdown. according to the washington post-- president trump has told confidants that a government shutdown could be good for him politically. the post also reports that the president told advisers that it is important that he is seen as tough on immigration, and if there is a shutdown, he will put the blame on democrats. good morning washington. toss to eileen - sunny & seasonable start to december (and meteorological winter) - dry & cool weekend; nice

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congressman makes a decision on his political future, following the release of a lewd picture. republican joe barton says he is not running for re-election. in a statement barton thanked his constituents for their support and friendship. all this after a nude photo of him surfaced online earlier this month. last week, barton apologized for not using better judgment while separated from his wife and in consensual relationships with women. all six baltimore police officers who were charged... in the arrest and death of freddie gray... are now back on the job. a spokesman for the department says -- none of the officers are on patrol duty -- but

police powers. three officers were acquitted of the charges against them -- the other three had the charges dropped. some sense of relief -- your holiday flight plans - could be saved. american airlines -- saying that it's found pilots for nearly all the flights that were left unstaffed due to a computer glitch. the glitch- allowed too many pilots to take time off around the busy holiday travel season. so american offered a 50-percent salary bump to any pilots willing to work those days... getting most of those flights back in the air. the union representing those pilots says -- it's seriously concerned that flights could still be delayed as a result of the glitch... but american insists - it has more than enough pilots... ready to fill the void. when cat owners and dog owners debate about which pet is smarter-- they us

well, cats and dogs. but good news-- scientists are weighing in to help settle this debate. a new study suggests dogs are number one. researchers at vanderbilt university found the cerebral cortex of a dog has about twice as many neurons as a cat. those neurons are brain cells used for thought, planning and behavior. it turns out dogs have about 530 million cortical neurons, while cats have 250 million. in case you were wondering, humans typically have about 16 billion of them. it's xx and we're just getting started. a controversial end to a polarizing murder trial. now the nation is to a polarizing murder trial. now the nation is reacting-- including president trump. what he said.. moments after the verdict. good morning washington.

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