>> donald trump takes a jabbed at u.s. intelligence officials for the alleged briefing deal over possible russian hacking. school uproar, outrage after a stool officer is seen slamming a girl to the ground. >> four died, four hospitalized, an accident and fatal mistake that's led to tragedy. >> severe storms on the way and a bad day for one ski er. early today starts right now. >> i'm francessive era. the president heads to the

making a last ditch effort to save the affordable care act. he was travel to capitol hill to meet with democrats in hopes of charlting out a path to take out the efforts to dismantle his signature achievement. his visit follows a reversal from republicans after they made an abrupt about face. ambitious to do list the first day of the 115th congress quickly went off the rails. gop lawmakers made a full retreat going into damage control mowed following the attempt -- the change came after president-elect trump called out some of his fellow republicans for what he says was a badly timed move. saying republicans should focus their energy on other issues. while quickly overshad doed the agenda as paul ryan took the speaker's gavel once again. high on the agenda repealing and replacing the law obama is in

tracy pots in washington. as the president heads to the hill so does president-elect -- >> it's interesting they're both here nor the strategy sessions to figure out to to repeal or save obamacare, the affordable care act. interestingly, republicans amongst themselves disagree on how to deal with it. >> a senate debate begins on health care behind closed doors this morning. president obama with democrats trying to save the act and vice president elect mike pence. >> we'll focus on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> meeting with republicans determined to get rid of it. >> we hear you. we will do right by you. and we will deliver. >> reporter: but with no replacement, the game plan may be repeal and delay. >> it is not acceptable to repeal the law, throw our health care system into ch

leave the hard work for another day. >> reporter: some republicans are under pressure from constituents who would lose their ability to lose a doctor. president-elect trump says he wants to keep protections like covering preexisting conditions, and allowing young adults to remain on their parents' insurance. >> he is committed to retaining the pieces his advisers will say are working zplr at risk government subsidies for low income americans who cannot afford rising premium. >> reporter: the concern there is without those extra patients in the system, without people getting those subsidies that insurers could decide to pull out of it all together. >> a lot to watch on the hill. tracy, thank you. president-elect trump announced that he will hold his first news conference since winning the lech. in fact, it will be his first formal press conference since july 27. it's said for january 11th, hours after

address. he announced via twitter and announced delay with intelligence officials to discuss the interference with the election. he announced the update writing, the intelligence briefing on so-called russia hacking was delayed until friday. perhaps more time needed to build a case, very strong. that reiterating his skepticism of the intelligence community. chuck schumer has tough words for trump regarding that tweet. >> you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from sunday at getting back at you, so even for a practical supposedly hard-nosed businessman he is being really dumb to do this. from what i am told they are very upset with how he has treated them and talked about them. >> and this morning a u.s. intel official is firing back saying there has been no delay whatsoever. meanwhile, nbc news learned trump will name lawyer jay clayton to head the securities and exchange commission as early as today. that's a

from the apprentice is set to join the staff, focusing on public engagement, according to the associated press. >> we have word that hillary clinton will be on hand for his inauguration attending the january 20th ceremony with bill clinton. it will mark clinton's first face-to-face with trump since their third and final presidential debate. george w. bush, jimmy carter will is be in a tendency, george h.w. and bhaarbara not able to attend. >> an officer seem slamming a female student to the ground as other students look on. they're are questions about the events leading up to the incident. carrie sanders has the details. >> to twitter with the title this is not okay, a uniformed resource

air and to says haddsses her to ground. as that video was going viral another longer video posted online. it appears to have been recorded before he body slammed the female student. that appears to show a fight between two other female students. the mayor in roseville telling nbc news the resource officer is on paid administrative leave x the officials say the officer who worked at the school for four years was wearing a body camera. whatever was recorded will not be released until an investigation into the incident is completed. more than a year ago someone claiming to be a teacher at the school posted a claim on the web, the vast majority of students at rhs are disrespectful of teachers and do not come to school to learn. a snip pit of a moment that hayes students,

miami. >> new this morning, the gunman behind the attack in istanbul has been established. movements ago the foreign minister made the public announcement but didn't release the attacker's name. the state run media says five suspected isis militants have been arrested in connection with the attack. that brings the total number of those detained to around 20. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack which left 39 dead and dozens others injured, meanwhile more and more video is emerging of the suspected killer as the manhunt continues. charles manson has reportedly been hospitalized. according to the la times, two sources said that the infamous consu cult leader taken to the hospital. he was seriously ill. corrections officials declined to comment on whether he was

state laws protecting inmate's medical information. he is serving life in prison in california for measured erri de people. >> a baby boy for janet jackson, confirming that she gave birth to her first child yesterday. they said she had a stress free and healthy delivery. she has been married since 2012, in april of 2016, jackson stopped her unbreakable world tour explaining that the couple was planning a family. >> well the hollywood reporter says a private joint funeral will be held in los angeles on thursday for carrie fisher and debbie reynolds, the due yes died last week one day apart. a public memorial is also in the works. scream queen ack tros, the daughter of carrie fisher thanked well-wishers,

your love and support mean the world to me. >> paul ryan gets caught off-guard by -- scarey moments for a young boy. the witness who shot the video says the back back got taught as he was unloading. you can see here in minutes they used a ladder to hoist the boy back into the chair. good thing, they weren't too high up, so given that at least he is okay. want to check in with meteorologist, has details of a big storm. >> some areas 2 to 3 feet. you can see it's like a hose coming into central california and getting lifted into snow in the high elevations. it will be three big storms in the next ten days, one today and one this weekend. and the blue here shows you where the snow is in the area of the seer erwa mountain chain. the rain tapers off, we have in

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prepared for the day ahead. >> news 4 today starts now. and first there's this. new video of what it could look like on your commute if you're heading on the roads

foggy start in some parts of the area. >> that is the capital building, if you couldn't tell. somewhere in there, right? >> i'm aaron gill crest. >> the gang's back together. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. we should sing "reunited." ♪ reunited and it feels so good ♪ >> all right. we don't know the rest. >> we owe somebody a thousand dollars for that and an apology. fog out the door early this morning. temperatures are actually already near an average high for this time of the year. average high is 44. washington national is 48 already this morning. indeed a mild start. lots of low fogs around early this morning. there's a lot of wet leaves and roads early this morning so the combination of wet pavement and reduced visibility means you need to take it

we'll be stuck in the 40s for the remainder of the morning. but i think we may be back in the mid-50s this afternoon and of course a look into the weekend too. starting with a look at the fog this morning. 270 at 370. really yucky in some spots. be careful. use the low beams here and there. outer loop of the beltway, look gz there. bay bridge do have fog across the bay bridge. 66 and 95 no big issues but westbound 7 just after the tole road had that work done with the right lane the only thing getting by. >> you cut it off. you're going to be prosecuted. you cut it off, there will be consequences. today d.c. officials will close a loophole in a law dealing with criminals and gps ankle

>> the new law has roots in an assault of october 2015. a man brutally raped andeat a woman. he was supposed to be wearing a gps ankle bracelet as a provision of surprised release. they found the cut off monitor in his backpack but he was not sent back to jail. the suspect in the murder of d.c. yoga instructor was ordered to wear a gps monitor but never reported to the court house to pick it up. it is the first full day of the 115th session of congress. and just a few hours, law makers will head to capital hill to get to work and with republicans controlling both chambers, they're already working on repealing the affordable care act. that will be the focus of president obama's trip to capital hill.

he's to stratgize. good morning from the u.s. senate. president obama appears at 9:00 a.m. to talk about how to protect the affordable care act from repeal when the new administration takes over. u.s. house republicans during the first day of proceedings say the law needs to be repealed and replaced with an alternative. on his first day from the u.s. senator from maryland. >> we have 400,000 marylanders who have access to affordable care today because of the affordable care act. you can't wipe that out and tell people that some time down the road you're going to replace it. >> reporter: this new 115th congress to take up the department of veteran affairs. but others with a bit of a holding pattern for the new congress today with just 16 days until the trump administration takes over. at the u.s. senate, scott