good morning. rough start. a plan to gut an independent ethics office blows up in the face of the new republican congress. the idea tabled after a course of criticism from democrats, republicans -- >> it is the dumbest friggin thing i've ever heard. >> evenhe president-elect. the new priority dismantling obamacare. the president making a rare appearance on capitol hill today in a last-ditch effort to save his signature law. polar plunge. a fresh blast of arctic air set to impact tens of millions of people coast to coast. how low will it go where you are? al has your forecast. excessive force?

ground at a north carolina high school. her outraged mother vowing to press charges. >> she's only 100 pounds. he could have killed her. >> why the disturbing video may not tell the whole story. and no dabbing. a congressman's teenage son tries to have fun during a swearing in photo opt. house speaker paul ryan having fun of it. >> you all right? do you -- can you put your hand down? >> okay, i'm sorry. >> the father got his dab free photo, and the kid, he's grounded today, wednesday, january 4th, 2017. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a

still happy to have katie couric as our guest co-host while savannah is on maternity leave. >> nice to see you, matt. the dabbing story is funny. i didn't know that much about dabbing. it's like that? >> yeah, don't do that. >> like this, right? >> yeah. >> apparently, someone told me they're teaching kids in school to do it, to sneeze into their arm so they won't spread germs. >> maybe that's what the young man was doing so we shouldn't ground him afterall. i would have had a long talking to, to that young man, had he been my son. >> he did get grounded. >> we'll tal >> let us get to our top story today today. this is turmoil overshadowing congress. day two promising the more of the same with the battle over obamacare coming up. we have hallie jackson on capitol hill. >> good morning to you and katie both. the political drama dealing with dueling morning meetings ay

set the visit the hill to rally their troops in different ways over the healthcare law. this is the day two headline that republicans wanted to see on day one of the new session of congress when it was a flip-flop over an ethics office that ended up stealing the spotlight. dueling meetings on capitol hill setting up a showdown politically. president obama and vice president elect mike pence one fighting to protect the healthcare law the other trying to tear it down. >> healthcare in america is a privilege not for a few but a right for everybody. today our uninsured rate is at the lowest records on record. >> for the president the white house is calling a strategy session to explain how a pr push of the popular parts of the law to put the public on democrat's side. administration officials calling repeal and replace bait and switch instead. >>

you repeal the aca, what are you going to do to protect these 30 million people? >> the gop has no replacement plan to announce yet or a way to pay for it. still willing to make good on a promise to kill the law. >> the first job the new congress will have is to repeal obamacare. >> taking the first steps on the first day of the new congress. it's a time line that could stretch to 2018 or beyond. >> experts say it could take years. >> a top source close to mike pence says the incoming administration has their back. it's a counterpoint to president obama's rare trip down pennsylvania avenue. republican leaders looking for a day two this session after a rocky start on day one. coming under fire, then scrapping plans to defang an independent congressional ethics wa

after backlash not just for the public but some congressional colleagues. >> it's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. >> when i got into office, the first phone call i picked up was a citizen in my district that was so upset that the republican majority would have made this decision. >> president elect trump, not criticizing the move itself just the timing of it. firing off a tweet, asking congress instead to focus on tax reform, healthcare and so many other things of far greater importance, adding hashtag drain the swamp. the last time president obama visited the hill was back in june of 2015 to lobby members of congress on a trade bill. >> thanks very much. that tweet aimed at house republicans wasn't the only one that president elect trump fired

intelligence community and the auto industry. nbc's kristen welker is at trumpatory witrump tower. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. president elect donald trump has been at odds with the intelligence communities for weeks, but now his latest tweet may be inflaming the situation even more. and that is just one of the many twitter battles he's picked this week. president elect donald trump may be opening up an even larger rift with the intelligence agencies he's about to lead. tweeting overnight the intelligence briefing on so-called russian hacking was delayed until friday. perhaps more time need today build a case. very strange. an intelligence official tells nbc news the meeting was always scheduled for friday and called trump's tweet disturbing. the president elect repeatedly questioning intelligence assessments that russia meddled in the election. and he may have gotten an

from julian assange who told fox news. >> repeatedly over the last two months that our source is not the russian government and it is not state party. >> reporter: trump taking aim at the u.s. auto industry. singling out gm for manufacturing cars in mexico and importing them to the u.s. tax free. gm's stock plummeted and the company was force today defend itself. arguing only a small number of its cars are made overseas. trump retweeted e-mails taking credit for ford's announcement yesterday. canceling plans to move a plant to mexico and creating 700 new job in the u.s. trump railed against the company. >> ford just announced it's moving all of its small car production to mexico also. not good, not good. >> reporter: ford's ceo insisted he didn't cut a deal with the

acknowledged. >> the policies that president elect trump has been talking about and pursue did play a factor. >> reporter: new details emerging about trump's inauguration, just 16 days away. hillary clinton and her husband former president bill clinton announced they'll attend along with former president george w. bush and laura bush. creating a dramatic back drop to an unprecedented moment in history. mr. trump announced he'll hold a news conference next wednesday to discuss how he'll disinhangal himself from his business empire. it will be his first news conference since july. >> all right. kristen welker, thank you. >> let us bring in mark halperin and steve kornacki. let's start with the republican controlled congress and what happened yesterday. this was supposed to be their big day, the day they had the

senate, soon to be the white house. instead of a victory lap yesterday -- >> #fail. >> they're forced to reverse course on the ethics office. it's a big fumble. who is to blame? >> it's a stumble, not a fumble. they can move on if they learn the lesson. they have to understand the biggest message of the election people don't want business as usual in washington. they don't want politicians getting special treatment. the decisions they made the change the rule was absurd. it was reversed because of constituents and donald trump teaming up to say no way. if they learn the lessons there won't be any calls. >> paul ryan didn't like the call but house members said yeah, yeah, yeah, thanks. when donald trump said he didn't like it and basically everything changed. is this a sign of things to come of the dynamics between paul ryan and president elect trump? is he going to be saying congress jump and they'll be asking how high? >> nothing gets everyone's attention w

election they all thought you were going to lose. think back to the dynamic last year. paul ryan was communicating in every way possible he thought donald trump was a sure loser. all his political instincts told him that. there he is telling house republicans my political instincts are telling me this is a bad thing to do. donald trump comes out a few hours later, his political instincts were validated in the grandest way possible in this election. he ussays my instincts this is d politics. they'll listen to him, at least for a little while. >> obamacare, of course is front and center today, president obama going to capitol hill. does he have anything to gain by doing this in a repu controlled congress? is this a pr move? is he speaking to the american people? >> this is a debate the public will have. a lot of you have healthcare now because of this law -- >> 20 million people. >> keep it in place. the republicans will

years and every election we've run against this law we can do a better job. the debate today on capitol hill will get a lot of attention. it will play out over months as both sides try to make the argument. do you want the current law or something different. republicans are obligated to do something different -- >> it's going to take, forever right? >> they own the issue now. let's talk about the donald trump and the intelligence community. he tweets last night the intelligence briefing on so-called russian hacking was delayed until friday perhaps more time needed to build a case. very strange. you don't have to read between the lines. he's saying the intelligence briefers are cooking the books, they're part of a conspiracy. what is possibly to gain by this 16 days before you take the oath of office? >> i think it's two things. this is donald trump. he sees the coverage and persistence of the story. he sees it as his opponents and the media trying to

really win the election. in terms of what he's tapping into and why politically he's getting away. his campaign capitalized on not trusting major institutions. >> when he says these things like i know more about anything else or i know more about isis and the generals -- >> this or that -- >> does he understand how much scrutiny every word he says is going to receive once he takes -- >> or the impact. >> he's never in his time on the national stage as a politician. never paid a real price for it because he won the white house. when he's president of the united states and makes these types of claims, i think there will be a different standard. i think he'll have to learn a different lesson. he came make claims at president of the united states that don't hold up. >> maybe he'll step away from the twitter. >> oh, no he won't do that but he might think twice before he hits sends. >> good to see you.

attack at an istanbul night club. officials in turkey have now identified the gunman who killed 39 people during a new year's celebration. he has not been publicly named and is still at large. meantime, police have detained five alleged isis members in connection with that attack. isis has claimed responsibility for the shooting. which also wounded nearly 70 people. here at home a north carolina officer is on administrative leave today after video shows him slamming a femafif female high school student to the ground. >> good morning, katie, that video of a school resource officer body slamming a 15-year-old is the talk of the town especially here at this high school. this morning the girl's mother says she plans to do everything she can to have charges brought against the officer as well as school officers.

this morning 15-year-old jasmine darwin, the high school student being slammed to the ground by a resource officer on the video is speaking out is. >> when i watch the video, i get really angry. like you did not have to slam me like that. you could have pulled me away. >> reporter: darwin was takebn o the hospital. her mother says she suffered a concussion a bruised wrist and other injuries. >> i am upset, angry. he could have killed my daughter. >> reporter: but the nine second cell phone video does not tell the full story. jasmine says the incident started when she saw her older sister fighting and tried to break it up. this video allegedly shows that fight. the officer involved has been at the school for four years. he could not be reached for comment but is now on paid administrative leave. which is department policy. social media exploded when the video was released. this is vile, this is not

body slam a girl, a third your size. so many people have no concept of the challenges working in public schools. similar incidents have gone viral. this confrontation between a school resource officer and a student in south carolina a year ago. that officer was fired, but no charges against him. and in texas this 12-year-old slammed by an officer. he was fired. the principal sent an audio message to parents. >> i am deeply concerned about what i saw in the video. the safety of our students has always been a top priority. >> reporter: the police chief is asking the community for patience. >> we will work diligently to review any and all pertinent information so we can provide an accurate account of the event. >> reporter: harrison isn't sending either of her daughters back to the school. >> the school is supposed to protect children when they to

my child was not protected. >> reporter: jasmine's mother says her daughter is now scheduled to see a neurologist later today. matt, katie? >> thank you. sentencing begins today in charleston, south carolina for dylann roof, the 22-year-old convicted of killing nine people at a church there. the same jury that found roof guilty will decide whether he'll get the death penalty or life in prison. roof is representing himself. he said he plans to call no witnesses or introduce any evidence. seven crew members were hospitalized tuesday after complaining about toxic fumes on an american airlines flight from charlotte to orlando. they say they developed headaches. the airline inspected the plane but did not find the source. >> mr. roque

us. >> by the end of this week, 90% of the can't will be below normal. we have a cold blast of air coming out of canada. look at the temperatures, right now it feels like 29 below in bismarck. 25 blow in minneapolis, chicago, you feel like eight below. as the week moves on, the cold air spreads east. it will feel like 8 tomorrow in cleveland. 23 below in minneapolis. denver will feel like minus three. as we make our way toward the weekend, it gets into the east. new york city wind chill of 18. atlanta, wind chill of 31. look at the weekend. atlanta you'll see a high of 35 degrees on saturday, louisville 30. dallas 40, indianapolis you're toastiest day is sunday with a temperature of 14. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning, everybody, there is a fog hanging over the potomac early this morning. a nice looking sky and skies will be clearing out. we'll have plenty of sunshine later. temperatures are in the mid40s, certainly not cold by january standards. bus stop temps 40s this morning. low to mid 50s later on this afternoon. nothing to worry about there. have your coat and a scarf on. high today up near 54. i learned something about al, his morning jam

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7:26 is your time on this wednesday, january 4th, 2017, good morning to you i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. in the news, more problems with the washington monument. the national park service is on the mall working to figure out why the lights failed. the monument went dark last night. the park service believes the problem is in the automated lighting system. you can get brand-new advanced passes for the smithsonian african-american history museum. it will release advanced passes for april starting at 9:00. these can go quickly. make sure you're at your computer at 9:00. let's check in with melissa mollet to see if the weather is

impacting your traffic. >> right now, 66, looking better looking both directions. southbound 270 a crash is on both shoulders, not slowing things too much. eastbound 66 before 29, due have a crash there with two left lanes blocked. i wanted to give you warning about that one. braddock road east of pleasant valley we have a crash with some lanes broke down. >> we'll check your forecast now, stay with us.

good morning, everybody, it depends on where you live. you're either socked in with the fog or you've got sunshine coming through. this is the view of our city camera. quite a bit of fog early this morning. temperatures are mild by early january starndards. most areas will get into the mid 50s. getting breezy, northwest winds

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because i did push the gas pedal instead of the brake because i had never driven one before. >> you couldn't get a sense of that in that video. she came at me like a rocket and missed by what, two feet? >> maybe even two inches, it was so scary. then i had this crazy maniacal laugh. i was actually really terrified because i did almost kill you. >> and also you used to love to torture me. it was fun. isn't it great to look back? meanwhile if you -- >> all those wonderful memories. >> if you were truly a friend why didn't you pull aside at some point and say i need to talk to you about your hair. that bouffant thing you got working is not going well. >> it looked good at the time. right back at you. that was when i tried to cut my hair like winona wooryder. i learned a lesson if you don't look like winona ryder don't

>> we're thrilled to have katie here while savannah is on maternity leave. >> it's actually very exciting week for me to be here because it is matt's 20th anniversary as host of the today show -- is that alexa? we'll be marking that occasion friday on today. first, a check of the headlines this morning, president obama is making a rare appearance on capitol hill today. he'll meet with democratic lawmakers to discuss ways to save at least part of his signature healthcare reform. republican leaders have already started working on legislation to dismantle the law. >> the manhunt is intensifying for a rhode island prisoner who escaped. james morales climbed on top of a basketball hoop and back board to get on a roof and scaled a

he has a long criminal history. >> a scary moment at a utah ski resort. a young boy had to be rescued after he was left dangling from a chair lift. the boy was skiing with friends when the chair lift snagged his back pack. operators stopped the lift and jumped into action. they used a ladder to pull the boy to safety. this is the second time in the past two weeks a skier's back pack has been caught on a back pack. >> i worry about things like that everything time. there are reports that charles manson is out of prison and in a california hospital. nbc's gaudy schwartz is in los angeles with the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning, reports this morning that 82-year-old charles manson is seriously ill. the department of corrections refusing to confirm or deny citing patient privacy laws. only telling us he's still

die in prison. sentenced to death in 1971 but saved from execution when california abolished the death penalty. every day that he's lived out that sentence, a painful reminder to victims' families. >> he's been a curse to our family. and to the tate family and to the la bianca family. i'm sure it would be nice to have that door closed that manson would die. >> reporter: manson is in a california hospital being treated for an undisclosed illness. the 82-year-old manson serving life in prison for his role in a killing spree. seven people were shot and stabbed in 1969. the words rise death to pigs and helter-skelter written in blood. among the victims, an heir to the folger fortune

sharon tate. he was the self-proclaimed leader of a group known as the manson family. a cult aimed at starting a race war. during his trial his followers staged bizarre sit ins. after his conviction, his interviews shocked the nation. >> maybe i should have killed 400, 500 people i would have felt better. i offered society something. you know, if i wanted to kill somebody, i'd kick this book and beat you to death with it and i wouldn't feel a thing. it would be just like walking to the drugstore. >> reporter: manson has been denied parole 12 times. the next time he can appear before a parole board is 2027 when he'll be 92. >> thank you. and now to the latest on that frightening yet remarkable video we showed you on tuesday, a toddler coming to his twin brother's rescue after a dresser fell on topf

this morning, their mom is speaking out. nbc's national correspondent miguel almanguer has more on that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, at first parents were apprehensive about releasing the video, especially for them, it is so difficult to watch. but they hope other parents take away a valuable lesson. one that could save a life. they were doing what toddlers do, the twins climbing a bedroom dresser when it comes crashing down. little brock pinned beneath the heavy furniture. his brother hearing the cry for help, but their parents, who say they were upstairs had no idea what it just happened. >> we did have a really close call. >> reporter: trapped for nearly two minutes bode tries to lift the 155 pound dresser off his brother, managing to push it off his tiny brother. brock, shaken but incredibly not seriously hurt. >> that was crazy. we are lucky. >> reporter: their mother says th

old, but bode knew his brother was in trouble. >> the twin bond is 100% real. he assessed the situation like how can i help brock. my brother is hurting, he's crying i need to help him. >> reporter: their sharing their nanny cam video so parents can prevent an accident just like this one. >> i hope that people watching the video will -- it will -- they'll react to it and it will make them feel a little bit something. >> reporter: the consumer products safety commission says every two weeks a child is killed by falling furniture or a television. in june, ikea recalled 29 million chests and dressers after three accidental tip over deaths. ikea reached a $50 million settlement with the families. it includes restraints with its products. a free and easy fix.

you can't baby proof your house 100%. you've got to take the small steps and just do it. >> reporter: this morning they have bolted their dresser to the wall. now they hope parents everywhere do the same. so this never happens again. they tell us they bought their dresser from ikea but it wouldn't part of the recall. they don't blame the furniture company and say it was their fault for not securing the unit. matte a >> miguel almanguer did i say it right? thank you miguel. >> you're talking about temperatures going down, winds picking up. >> that's right, lake effect snow. out west we have developing severe weather going on right now. we start here in the east, lake effect snow, the colder air coming across the warmer waters of the lake. we're talking about anywhere from one to two feet, but upwards of three feet of snow between syracuse and watertown, new york,

friday. out west we've got an atmospheric river coming in from the pacific. already there are flash flood watches out. san francisco, they're reporting -- the 101 underwater. big delays at san francisco airport, we'll be watching that. all this rain coming in central and southern california. feet of snow for the sierra. the good news is, it is helping with their drought. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, everybody. it's a bit of a foggy start out there. in fact, the fog is coming back into downtown washington just a few minutes ago you could see the whole monument. the lower half of the monument is obscured and the jefferson memorial is also wrapped up in the fog. be careful, there are areas of thick fog first thing this morning. temperatures in the 40s now will be in the 50s later today. chance for snow early friday morning and a very cold weekend is on the way. >> get that weather anytime you

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they're preparing to follow him to the nation's capital. we're getting the first look at their recently renovated new home literally around the corner from where the obamas will live. just as soon as they leave the white house. getting to the white house is expensive and getting a white house in this part of washington can be pricey too. ivanka trump and jared kushner's home selling for $5.5 million. sources familiar with the mansion confirmed to nbc news that trump, kushner and their three children are uv mooing in, it's unclear whether they're renting or buying. the six bedroom boat sprawling interiors with an impressive dining room and a modern kitchen. outside a small yard, not quite the south lawn. two miles from pennsylvania avenue, the mansion is set in d.c.'s exclusive neighborhood. just around the corner from where bill and hillary clinton have a home. and barely two blocks from the obamas' next residence. in case ivanka's family needs to borrow milk and

neighborhood when obama and trumps move into small area. >> there are a lot of past presidents that have lived in our neighborhood. three former presidents have lived there. >> presidents taft, hoover, and wilson lived here. the wash tonian first reported the news. its president herself a neighbor in this powerful corner of d.c. >> the yemen ambassador, the afghanistany ambassador. >> all in this morning? >> yes. >> an orthodox synagogue a must for kushner and trump who converted before marrying her husband in 2009. security shouldn't be a problem. ivanka trump has secret service protection. still their move is a rarity. ivanka trump will be the first adult child of a president elect to live in washington. since george w. bush moved his family to support his father in 1988. >> i do

>> 12 years later we know how things turned out. politics makes unique neighbors. sources still aren't confirming the move as the power couple is finalizing its plans for how best to support president trump when he takes office. the bottom line is there will be a second white house in washington. >> peter thank you. that's a very nice neighborhood. very swanky. >> apparently. who mariah carey is bleemia for her melt down. >> you probably shouldn't dab in front of the speaker of the house. first, these messages.

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room like no other. he did not disappoint at his eighth and final senate swearing in ceremony on tuesday. from babies to the selfies, to the irresistible charm. let's have a look at the best moments. >> i want to know what you're drinking. >> my dad used to say keep the boys away from your sister. keep the boys away from your sister. fathers are hard to raise. fathers are hard to raise. kiss me. thank you. 14 days and he'll say hi to me. >> the best one was the baby. the baby ducked little head out of the way. let's flip over to the house swearing in ceremony. for a moment very confused with representative roger marshall's son tried to dab on it during there photo op. at one point the speaker asked the boy if he was

put his arm down as you see there and the boy's father followed up online writing just so you know, speaker ryan, he's grounded. ryan followed back up on twitter writing, just finished swearing in photos, nearly 300 members countless cute kids still don't get what dabbing is. you started this morning not knowing what dabbing is. do you feel like you're caught up now? >> i do, i do. >> there it is. >> if you don't do it right -- >> i feel like i'm doing the heisman. >> i know. >> anyway, carson, thank you. >> you got it. >> see you in a little while. you know, we've been talking about how much fun we're having with katie. this is not her day job anymore. you can actually see great interviews that she's been doing for yahoo at yahoo.com/katiecouric. she's had great conversations recently with everyone from the vice president, joe biden to edward snowden to the cast of hidden figures and of course you're going to be covering the inauguration 16 days from

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7:56 is your time right now, good morning i'm eun yang. we want to get to melissa mollet for your first 4 traffic. >> good morning, i'm taking a look right now at a new problem, 95 northbound before prince william roadway have a crash. rest of 95 looking okay in virginia. maryland, southbound 95 before the beltway has the crash out of the roadway. still have delays though. overall beltway not looking so back. inner loop is a little bit slow and then braddock road. east of pleasant valley was shut down, that crash is cleared out of the way. >> we'll take a quick break and chuck bell will be back with your forecast.

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good morning, everybody, the fog is getting a little deeper and deeper with time. the top of the monument now visible. 15 minutes ago we could see the whole thing. dealing with areas of thick fog first thing this morning. temperatures are in the 40s. we'll be in the 50s today. back to cloudy skies and cold tomorrow, maybe a little snow early on friday. >> all right, chuck, thank you. another local news update for you in 25 minutes. for now, back to the today show.

8:00 on today. coming up, showdown on capitol hill. president obama and vice president elect pence take the battle over obamacare to congress. as the parties face off over the future of the controversial healthcare law. plus, fresh start. >> i feel like my best years are ahead. and i just want my body to keep up. >> football season. and there's nothing good. >> i love cheese so much. you could bury me in br i e. >> we're kicking off our start today challenge. you'll meet the coaches to whip their diets, workouts and minds into shape for the new year. >> i don't see this so much as a competition with my

as an competition with my colleagues. >> and breaking her silence, mariah carey opens up. what she's saying and who she's blaming, today january 4th, 2017. >> we're on "the today show." >> today's my birthday. >> hey, everybody in dallas. ♪ >> good morning, chicago. we watch "the today show" every morning before school. >> we love "the today show." >> to our friends and family hope you're watching us on today. >> oh,

we've got katie couric in for savannah while savannah continues on maternity leave. however, katie has felt -- >> where is she -- >> cameras, can you give me another pan of the crowd? thank you, thank you. camera ten, can you get tight on to matt. >> it only took two threes. >> not that close. >> back up. >> come to me, come to mama. >> you feeling at home down there, katie? >> this is why i love being down here with all my old friends. >> aren't you supposed to be on the back deck producing. >> i'm doing that too, direct and produce, i do it all, al. >> doing it all. >> as long as you're directing, will you do me a favor, ask the technical director to put up graphic b online. >> erica? >> yeah. >> no. >> the other guy. >> sorry. >> graphic b. >> here you go, here's

kelly. >> that is megyn kelly and she's coming to nbc news, the respected and very popular journalist, tv anchor and author is coming to be part of our family a little later this year. and megyn, we cannot wait for you to join us. we can't wait to welcome you. >> very excited about megyn kelly. >> can't wait for her first time on trending. >> i e-mailed megyn last night and i said you're going to love nbc. she didn't e-mail me back though. >> we'll get you out of the director's chair in a second. >> i like it here. >> while you're down there let's take a check of the headlines. time for the news today. >> good morning, we begin this morning with a democratic dual here on capitol hill. president obama and vice president elect mike pence setting up a showdown over healthcare on their meetings with congress set to happen today. all of it on day two of the new session. after an embarrassing flip-flop on an ethics office dominated

president obama and vice president elect mike pence in a dual today on capitol hill. the president scrambling to save his signature healthcare law holding what the white house calls a strategy session. for mike pence, a counterpunch. meeting with house republicans at the same time to try to tear it down. a year's long effort by the gop. but no alternative yet. already, just 24 hours in, rocky start for republicans in the new congress. after making moves to gut the office of congressional ethics. a bipartisan watchdog that investigates lawmakers accused of misconduct. >> i mean, it's the dumbest thing i've ever heard. >> republicans under fire, flipping. >> it's been withdrawn. >> quickly reversing their decision as president elect trump criticized their timing on twitter. quote, with all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent

their number one act in priority? trump's tirade didn't start there. also calling out general motors for manufacturing cars in mexico and importing them to the u.s. tax free. quote, make in usa or pay big border tax trump warned. gm firing back. telling nbc news, all chevrolet sedans sold in the u.s. are built in ohio. of the 190,000 sold last year, fewer than 2.5% were made in mexico. as trump blasted gm on mexican made cars, rival ford committed $700 million to a u.s. plant. >> we're looking at some of the pro growth policies that he's been talking about. so, you know, clearly this is a vote of confidence he can deliver on that. >> reporter: that wasn't the only olive branch offered to trump tuesday. turns out, former rival hillary clinton will attend the president elect's inauguration. with her husband, former

also in attendance, former president george w. bush and laura bush, too. the president elect is busy on twitter. overnight he wrote the intelligence briefing he was set to receive on russia interfered with the election has been delayed until friday. perhaps more time need today build a case, adding very strange. a senior intelligence official calls that tweet adversarial telling nbc news that intelligence briefing with top officials was always planned for friday. >> all right, thank you very much. we have a sad follow up now to a story we told you about on tuesday. searchers looking for a 6-year-old david puckett have found the body of a child in an icy pond in aurora, colorado. officials are working to positively identify that body. police and the fbi and also hundreds of volunteers began searching for that boy soon after he apparently wandered away from his hope on new year's

a high school resource officer in north carolina is on paid administrative leave this morning after a frightening incident. 15-year-old jasmine darwin was slammed to the floor. cell phone video does not show what led up to the incident. she said she was trying to break up a fight. her mother says her daughter suffer suffered a concussion and other injuries and plans to press charges. coming up, janet jackson welcomed her first child at the age of 50. carson's going to have the details on that in pop start. >> we'll introduce you to our start today coaches ready to whit hoda, jenna and all of you into shape in this new year. a look back at katie's very first cooking segment on today. and that outfit. >> easy. back off. >> we'll see how far she's come in the kitchen since then. first these message. >> i like your collar. >> i know, right and my shoulder bags. ore. i've eaten everything i love. ore.

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8:12, the gang's here let's trend, okay? >> i want to know what you would do, there's a guy, a dad in michigan, he has an 18-year-old daughter and the daughter without his permission used his credit card to buy an airplane ticket $1,200, to go see her boyfriend in germany. all right. what would you do? >> does he like the boyfriend? >> i don't really know. i don't know. but definitely the daughter did not have permission. >> she did it without telling him. >> if you're a parent maybe you're -- >> no. >> no. >> never. >> you obviously d

teenagers yet. >> back to the part where she used the credit card without his permission. >> she stole the credit card to go to germany. >> lock her up? >> yeah. >> i would definitely -- yeah. >> ground? >> ground. >> how do you ground an 18-year-old, she's an adult? >> i don't know. >> let me give you a hint what happened, the girl when she got on the plane was pulled off by tsa. because her father alerted the authorities to the large purchase and police are recommending charges for credit card fraud. he is going to press charges. >> now, that's tough love. >> i was joking with the charge. >> if i did that carrie would be serving a life sentence. >> i agree with pulling off off the plane. >> you could wreck her future with a charge like that. >> a criminal record, yeah. >> okay. >> anyway, meanwhile, everyone has been talking about amazon's drone delivery service. last month, the company actually made its first drone deliv

england. this next idea will bring their service to new heights. amazon has won a patent for an airborne fulfillment center which founds like a wellness spa. basically a warehouse in a blimp and it will fly at 45,000 feet and be a mothership for their drone delivery program. >> what could go wrong? >> that's a lot being delivered. >> they'll have a warehouse thing up there? >> do you have an alexa? you know what we have one here. w we got one for christmas. i'm worried my husband is becoming too fond of alexa. he talks to her all the time. >> she knows everything. >> i know. he asks her questions, talks to her about football teams. >> he purchased her lingerie. >> not yet. apparently a little girl was talking to her and

some kind of a pornographic response. they're trying to work on that issue. >> i guess so. >> twinkle twinkle and some adult things were going on. >> wow. >> i don't even know what that means. >> this went from the blimp to -- >> wow, we missed you. >> i just like to say porn. >> well, you did. >> nicely done. >> thank you. >> we have you been in our lives? on tuesday we told you that chokers are making a comeback, right? we're talking about chokers for women. i don't know if you all knew this but chokers for men are a thing, too. >> cool. >> a wide selection of male chokers, some in velvet others in cotton. but they're late to the game. because, guys, i have been wearing a choker for years. i'm not kidding. >> get out of here. >> for years. look at this.

yeah. you're the one -- >> wait a minute. >> i'm going to say this is a thing for an ellen bit. >> bringing it to new heights. you used to wear a dog collar. >> how many chokers do you have? >> when i worked with you i did. yes, i did. and a leash. >> and a dickey. >> i've worn a dickey or two in my life. people don't even know what dickeys are. >> it's a thing you wear under your shirt and looks like a turtleneck but goes like this. >> i have a whole new view of the hard news you did this morning knowing you were wearing that underneath everything. >> let's get to pop start. >> not yet. >> bring you up to date on instagraming this young lady has been doing. this one, you put up this morning, you're in the mirror taking selfies. >> wow. >> oh, that's so scary. >> day three of the today show, time to make the donuts. >>

>> your husband says this might be overshare. >> what did he ask alexa? >> i'm sure he'll be talking to alexa. >> carson? >> okay. good news, janet jackson is officially a mom, the 50-year-old and her husband announcing the birth of their son eissa. it was a stress free and healthy delivery. speculation over the meaning of the baby's name is running rampant. congratulations to the jackson family. mariah carey has broken her silence. the pop star telling entertainment weekly dick clark never would have allowed an artist to go through what she did on stage. she said she is less trusting of working with anybody outside of her team. she's sticking with her claims that the production clean sabotaged the performance. the last point as the show's co-host fuming. she said any

the window when she accused dick clark productions of sabotage. drama keeps on going. and fire up your instagrams, or delete it depending on how you feel about it. kim kardashian has return today social media. the reality star posting the family photo to her account after three months of silence where she went completely dark on social media after being robbed at gunpoint in paris. kim also uploaded the family video through her official app. it shows kanye and their two kids saint and north, speculating this was maybe posted to combat any rumors of potential divorce. a check of the weather. >> we're looking at a southern storm that may cause big problems for the northeast this weekend. we have cold air in place, depending on the track and timing of this double barrel low pressure system we could be looking at a decent amount of snow, especially

the american model right now through saturday calling for the heaviest rain, i should say snow, in the midatlantic and southeastern atlantic states. but the european model brings the heavier snow up a little further and you can see that we've got heavier snow from boston, new york, philadelphia, all the way down to washington, d.c. it's still early. we don't want to get anybody worked up about this. but giving you an update this might be happening this weekend. we'll continue to fine tune it as we get toward friday. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, to you, everybody, it is a quiet wednesday morning. temperatures are in the 40s. you can still see the tip of the washington monument down there. a lot of fog hanging over the u potom potomac. visibility a half mile. much better visibility when you get away from the waterways. temperatures today, which are in the 40s now will get into the 50s this morning with a gusty northwest wind

later today. that makes it colder tomorrow and maybe a chance for snow on friday morning and a chance over the weekend. thank you very much. a little earlier this month we kicked off our live to 100 series. all month we'll be working with three teams of coaching to get their bodies and minds right in 2017. we want to join along with you. in a moment we'll meet the coaches. first let's hear from our ginny pigs, so to speak. >> my whole life is disarray. i can't remember what i'm supposed to do. i eat when i'm stress. >> when you're younger, you can eat anything. now, you know, i go out and have a big lunch and the next day it's like oh, crap. >> i'm hoping to use fitness and meditation to start to feel good in 2017. >> the hardest part about january will probably be not eating the things i love. when you see me

januar january 2nd i'll be starving. >> i do like to eat. and you know, i like to have a beer from time to time. >> i have two girls that eat perfectly healthy. meanwhile their mother is having a waffle with peanut butter for dinner. >> i'm the girl who buys, you know, the cake, you know, the one? >> a good fillet, a good rib eye, medium. simple. >> and i slice it thin and i'm going to take a little tiny slice. >> i love cheese so much. you could bury me in brie. >> it's football season. there's nothing like a good wing. >> halfway through the night you taken care of half the cake. >> maybe we should push start today to february, after the super bowl. you know? >> sinarra queso and i'll miss you. >> it's going to be a long month. >> if this wasn't on, this is

of it, like that. i know it sounds weird but at 52 i feel like my best years are ahead. and i just want my body to keep up. >> i want to try exercises i've never tried before. i want to break up the monotony. like a lot of folks i fall into a pattern of doing the same thing over and over and over. >> there will be days i want to cry. so that's what i'm sort of dreading. i'm also excited for that. i don't know if that makes me a masochist. >> one of the things that i think this job does is it turns you into like someone has a difficult time concentrating. there are a few things more frustrating than trying to, you know enjoy precious time with a little one and all of a sudden thinking about the e-mail. i really want to become more present. >> i feel like there's days where i have a thousand different things

all moms. i don't want my daughters to grow up so fast and me not to appreciate the little moments. because i'm constantly stressed. >> sometimes it's just like i'm riding the train and i'm not stopping. i'm never taking a minute to take a breath and go -- if you've woken up and opened your eyes and you were stressed and your day hasn't started yet. oh, my god what's going on. you should open your eyes and say hey, it's monday. you know? i want that. >> i'm hoping to feel healthier and happier. i'm really in the sweetest part of my life with two hilarious awesome little girls. and i want to appreciate every moment with them and with my husband. >> team hoda. are you guys ready? it's you and me, we're doing this together. our bodies are going to look bumping -- is that a word? who cares, we're doing it. >> team jenna, for all of you moms out there, please join along with me. i had to do my

it's scary. >> team craig, let's go. we'll eat better. we'll exercise a little. and we'll get our minds right. i want to add i don't see this so much as a competition with my colleagues, i see this as an -- i see this as a competition with my colleagues. if you want to win, this is the team. >> he throws down the gauntlet at the end there. we got our competitors and our teams all lined up. >> slow down. >> we really do want people to kind of join in this and get their live and their minds and their bodies in shape. >> definitely. >> just looking at everyone, everyone looks terrific. it's really about how you feel. >> we may not feel good. >> exactly. >> this really is about boosting overall health. i'm glad you mentioned that and also mindfulness and that great stuff. >> and as hoda said bumping bodies. 2017. >> we talked to all the coaches

is in charge of getting hoda's mind right? come here. good luck. good luck. all right. >> the newest fashions to keep you warm and cozy all winter long, plus more of katie couric. first your local news.

good morning, it's 8:26 now on this wednesday, january 4th i'm aaron gilchrist. we want to start with a check on the morning commute. melissa mollet is in first 4 traffic. >> 270 southbound at montgomery village avenue before montgomery village we have a crash, very hard to see in the distance we do have a little bit of a slowdown there. 95 northbound, crash still on both sides of the roadway. doesn't look as bad as it did. it's definitely improving. eastbound river road, crash with the right lane getting by there near the whole foods. otherwise today, beltway looking pretty good. aaron? >> all right. thank you, we will get a check on the forecast when we come back. stay with us.

good morning, everybody, depending on where you live you either have sunshine or you have thick fog. there's quite the fog bank hanging right on top of the potomac, the washington monument is right there and the top of the monument disappeare

temperatures will get into the 50s. a gusty northwest wind this afternoon makes it kohlcolder tomorrow. >> get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app.

♪ we're back now, 8:30 on this wednesday morning, fourth day of january, 2017. charlie has made an appearance on the plaza again. we have a nice crowd, we thank you for hanging out with us. >> hey babe, how are you? >> your line. >> we're going to meet the coaches, we're going to whip jenna craig and myself into shape this month. they are fantastic. >> all right. also we're going to check out the newest winter gear. >> what is he

so cute. >> also we're going to take a trip down memory lane, my very first cooking segment back in 1990. don't judge me. look at that outfit. oh, my god. that's one of my favorite chefs and people. he's coming back 26 years later. that looks depressing. he's going to update the recipe we made. it's much healthier. look, michael hasn't aged a bit. >> can we go back to that. we had a fish tank? >> yeah. >> do you see that? >> i don't remember that. >> that's not the winona ryder look. what are you doing there? >> i don't know, carson. it was very boosty though. >> we also had a dungeon. >> mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> all right. let's see what we have for you starting with today, arctic cold air making its way through the plains. lake effect snow developing around the great lakes. heavy rain a sn moving into central and northern california. they've got flood watches, they've got big airport delays in san fran

tomorrow, the cold air makes its way to the east. we're looking at more lake effect snow. some places could be looking at three feet of snow in upstate new york, more snow through the rockies and plenty of sunshine through the gulf coast. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. oh, i like your glasses. hello. hello. how great is it having katie back? >> so great. >> look at that, yeah. you missed this part, didn't you

>> it's so nice. people are so nice to stand out here and -- what's your name? jordan. i signed her poster. >> where you from? >> florida. >> all right. >> nice to see you. >> thank you very much. now to start today live to 100. in our last half hour jenna and hoda and craig revealed their goals. we want you to follow a plan so you can kick off the new year as well. hoda let's start with your team. i hand picked each individual. >> you know what she wants in terms of physical well-being. how do you accomplish it? >> the first thing we'll look on is her energy level, raise h

strength and energy level and sustain it through the the day. we'll build her muscle mass. >> because i have like a lot of -- >> no. don't do that to yourself. fortify her bones which is important for women and increase metabolism so she can look fabulous. >> angie, all right, you're going to work on the mind. >> yes, i am. >> how do you go about that to get it right? >> it's going to be quite the journey, but we're going to teach her how to say no without any guilt. we're going to teach her to be more organized. oh, my gosh, they don't believe me. >> they don't believe you. >> we're going to teach you how to be more patient with not just yourself but with other people. >> we'll reduce your stress level. what are you going to worth on? >> i'm putting hoda on an mediterranean eating plan and to nix habits. sugar ov

we'll rein in cravings, impulse eating. i'm going to show you how to cheat without wrecking your diet. >> i love my team. >> let's go over to katie. >> up next, craig's team, all right, so i know that you've got bob harper. very tatted up i might add. he's going to put you on a fitness plan. what is the game plan, coach? >> i'm going to get him excited about working out again. >> have you gotten kind of blase about it? >> same thing over and over, treadmills, elliptical. >> i want to turn his body into a fat burning machine. >> really? how do you do that, bob? >> that means working out very intensely and working closely with joy. >> i had my first workout with bob, i nearly passed out. >> really? what were you doing. >> at one point he was like, i got to sit down, i'm like that's the warm up, craig. >> good luck to you. andy is going to be w

mindfulness. something we were talking about. how are you going to help him live in the present and be more in the moment? >> one less stress, one to be more present, and three to have more time for others. we're going to be doing a daily meditation using an app and we'll have a daily mindfulness moment. >> there is so many apps that can help. what are you going to do with craig's diet? >> he's a big meat eating guy. he likes burgers, steak. >> carnivore. i love meat. >> craig is going to be a v vegetarian for the next four weeks. i'll teach him how to embrace tofu and beans. >> come on. >> if that weren't hard enough craig is going to lose the booze and go dry for the month. >> okay. all right. >> that's going to be harder

>> high hopes. >> let's go to carson. >> we have team jenna here, let's go, jenna. joy is making her way over to join the coaches. let's start with the work you'll be doing physically. what's the finish plan, joe? >> i'm big on body composition, quality of life and making sure she moves properly. losing those inches, getting those energy levels up and you got to move well. it's going to be a -- >> joe actually measured me and it was one of the scariest days of my life. i carry a lot in my trunk. i didn't even know that was a word. a lot of mom who have had babies need to lose inches there. >> what are you going to do with jenna? >> she wants to be more grounded. time with the kids is important to her, we're going to do that. she wants to learn how to meditate. we're going to teach her how to do it. it's not that hard. she's on her phone too much. we need a tech cleanse. let's get time wac

phone. >> i'm taking off the apps, by the way. >> you're on triple duty. >> okay jenna is busy, she does not have time to slave in the kitchen. and like so many moms she takes care of everybody else except herself. this is your month. i'm going to show you tricks to whip up healthy meals for the whole family, including you jenna. >> cooking for me. >> very quickly and organized. also you've been feeling worn down and sick in 2016. i'll build in immune boosting foods so you're running on all cylinders. >> team jenna is going to be the winner. >> we'll be checking in throughout the month. to follow along, you can take a quiz for what plan you should follow. >> carson you're following mine. >> totally i'm about team jenna. coming up next the hottest fashions to provide the cold of winter. first this is today on nbc.

we're back. >> sorry, katie my fault. >> it has kirk lauer. everything you need to stay warm and cozy. he's so sick of me. >> we have a style editor and contributor to e news fashion. and she's a correspondent, she's here with trends that fit the bill whether you're curled up inside like they all are or braving the outdoors. nice to see you. >> nice to see you you look so cozy. >> let's talk about the items we have here. al, you know what burns my butt? fireplace about that high. let's talk about what carson is wearing here. >> carson is wearing an original penguin robe and this is fleece lined and flannel. so it's super duper cozy. if you get a good robe, you are golden and

inexpensive. how does that feel? >> feels great. >> i would wear that. >> it's really soft. >> what about the throws? >> the ladies i don't think they'll want to get out of these. these are restoration hardware and it feels really silky, right? >> yes, it does. >> they are a really great investment and will look great in the house even though you're not covered under them. >> cozy. >> cozy. >> faux, faux, faux. >> i was going to say, because honestly it feels so super soft. >> you look very glamorous, hoda. >> check out mr. roker's tootsies there what are we looking at? >> these slippers, they're heat controlled. the temperature is controlled so you won't get hot feet. indoor outdoor soles. he can go outside and get the paper or check the weather. >> we're going to go outside for a second. >> thank you, sir. >> more than welcome.

putting on. >> this is a patgonia coat. it's a great investment. it actually 100% organic cotton. and 100% recycled inside. >> okay how much is that? >> this is actually $250. but the company patgonia are extre extremely ethical and they give back a percentage of their profits. >> these hand warmers are cool because they're reusable hand warmers, house does it work? >> you snap the little plate in here and all the crystals -- watch this go. t the crystals swell out and heat to 130 degrees. you can get a pack of eight for under $30. outside on set, wherever you're going to be. >> we go through so many hand warmers here and it's expensive and i'm not sure it's great for the environment. to be able to reuse them is w

>> no ear warmers. we have fantastic models, hi, guys. >> talk about this coat, this is beautiful. >> we have this gorgeous faux fur jacket. faux fur instantly updates an outfit. keep it stream lined on the bottom. she's wearing heat tech underneath. that warms with your body's heat. it keeps you uber warm so you can look fashionable on the outside. if you're going to invest in a pair of boots, get these. this are always pants with a fleece leaning. again, stream lined so it's not too bulky. you don't want to be the snow man. he's got the beanie on and awesome gloves for the extremities. they have touch pads on the fingers so you can still use your phone. >> by the way, those pants are really reasonable. they're so warm and so reasonable. this young lady, what is she wearing? >> hi, clara. she looks fantastic. obviously for kids, this is an investment

with kids. it has a tab and it extends the arms and the length. the little beanie is important for children, you lose most of your heat out of your head. plus the hood, fantastic and these boots from target which you cannot go wrong there. $20. >> can i tell you these hand warmers are cooking, they are really cooking. these are fantastic. >> put them in your pockets. >> thank you so much sdplcht thanks, guys. >> this was fun for more on these you can check out today.com/style. next we'll flash back to katie's first cooking segment and ask the question what was she wearing? first this is today on nbc. wearing? first, this is "today" on nbc.

and welcome back. we're here with today's food, this morning we're hitting

rewind to the first cooking segment i did on "the today show" back on july 2nd, 1990. yikes. take a look. >> i enjoyed watching cooking show and julia child was a great influence and inspired me to go on and do it later on in life. >> you don't try to talk like her. >> no, at all. >> no, you don't. >> cheddar soup is something we do. and to take a soup which is -- looks -- you might think it's heavy like a chowder and make it a light dish. >> this is better than velveeta? >> we don't want to get into that. >> i like velveeta. more than 26 years later, one of my favorite people is back with an updated recipe. he's the chef and owner of porterhouse bar and grill here in new york city. >> how are you? >> nice to see you. >> all right, listen i'm excited to cook with you today. because that was 26 years ago now you have a version of the recipe, but it's much lighter and healthier, correct? a little bit? >> yes. to all

natural. you know, just great fresh ingredients. that's the most important thing. we learned that counting calories is important. but whole natural ingredients are the best thing. the corn chowder really begins with corn. and you may not find fresh ears of corn, but you can use frozen ears of corn. the reason why i like the whole corn is because the corn -- we're going to grill them in a grill pan. >> so you don't have to steam them or do anything, grill them on that pan and they'll be cooked enough? >> they're going into the chowder at the end so they'll cook some more. use a broiler, broil these. just to get the char, the flavor, the nice smoky flavor. the thing about the corn is that the cob, the cob is important to -- just cutting the corn, the grilled corn off the cob. the cob itself adds great flavor. and also adds a creaminess to the dish. so we just love our corn chowder anytime of year. >> i love

of course a healthy dose of bacon which is good for any healthy dish. i love bacon so much. it's an addiction i have a problem. >> there's so many great bakens. >> i know, that bacon anonymous? >> the bacon adds great flavor. i'm taking out and i'm going to put in some onion and celery, and a little bit of butter to go in here. you know, even joy bauer would say the fats are healthy in moderation. >> they've gotten a bad name, but studies have shown they leave you much more satisfied and you're not hungry between meals if you do indulge and have a little bit of fat here and there. >> this is a dish that's a meal in itself. here we have our vegetables that are wilted, our celery and onion, i'll add cumin and coriander to that which is great

we're going to add some chicken broth. >> i want to go down stairs because everybody's tasting some of this corn chowder that you made. what do you guys think? >> we were just saying it's been so long since someone in a cooking segment said studies show. >> okay, but it's true. >> really good. >> is it good? is it tasty you guys? >> really good. >> you taste the smokiness of the corn? al you're a big bacon person. al gave me bacon of the month one christmas. it was my favorite present i have ever gotten in life. >> take the corncobs out. and we're going to put those -- we can discard them. >> al gave me one of those, too. one of those food musher thingies. >> an immersion blender. >> of course. >> i couldn't live without it. that way you don't have to transfer hot soup to a blender.

you start it. we're going to add our corn and cheese. cheese goes in which is cheddar cheese. aged cheddar. and the bacon and let that cook for another five or six minutes and some cream. if you don't want the cream, use yogurt. this is enough for eight people. >> also this is a meal. real quickly, i know we don't have much time. you like to serve it with waldorf salad. i think of it as being mayonnaise laden. >> you could make your own mayonnai mayonnaise, if you wanted to use yogurt instead you could do that. >> apple grapes, lemon juice, pecans or walnuts. >> exactly. we need to -- we can combine this to make our dressing. >> i'm going to let you work on that. i'm going to ask the folks down stairs did you try the salad as well? >> loving. >> really

>> okay. good. so good to see you. i'm really hungry. i'm not used to these hours and i'm starving. you can find the recipe at today.com/food. we'll be back in a moment, this is today on nbc. i'll help you.

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lovely folks like millie of new york. she is 100 years old. she was a nursery school teacher for over 50 years. will robinson of maryland, celebrating 100 years. she lives watching football and cheering for her baltimore ravens. happy 102nd birthday to kenneth, this world war ii veteran is from naperville illinois. this guy, he played golf till he was 98. >> good for him. >> that's right. something to strive for. >> flora coal of new port richey florida is 100 years old. to celebrate flora and her family are going on a cruise. mary, 100 years old, this tech savvy grandma from massachusetts loves to play candy crush on her ipad. and happy 100th birthday to lee of port st. lucie flori

the secret to longevity is fishing and telling tall tales. if you know someone we should we celebrating go to today.com/celebrates. >> you were good in that cooking segment. >> by the way, i hear they forgot the cheese in the corn chowder. i'm sorry, you guys have to try this because it really is delicious. >> coming up at 9:00 we've got hairy conic jr. co-hosting. 8:56 is your time now on this wednesday january 4th, 2017. good morning i'm eun yang. we want to check on your morning commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. >> we have a brand-new crash on the beltway, northbound 395 there at boundary channel have a crash there as well. riding out a little bit southbound 295 before pennsylvania have that cleared

270 southbound at montgomery village looks like that's gotten a bit better. >> we'll take a quick break and check your forecast when we come back. stay with us.

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good morning, everybody, we still have a lot of fog hanging over the potomac. can't even see the washington monument anymore. we could a little while ago but there's enough sunshine out there now a combination of sunshine and a gusty northwest wind later on this afternoon will make for a mostly sunny and mild day today. a whole lot colder tomorrow and chance for some snow early friday morning. maybe up to an inch, we'll have to follow that very closely. we'll have the latest for you tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> chuck, thank you. get the latest news and weather anytime in the nbc washington app.

this this morning on today's take, harry connick jr., our celebrity co-host. plus, one of the most famous supermodels in the world, naomi campbell. and a one pot dinner using what you already have in the fridge. and welcome to today, wednesday morning, january 4th, 2017. i'm al, and we are so happy to have our good buddy back, mr. harry connick, jr. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. >> we've never met. >> i was about to say we only met you would never remember this. there was a time when

doing american idol and we talked to you with a satellite shop. i was obsessed with the du, du, du. >> if i did that i would be impressed too. >> this is a great way to start, my bad. it was some kind of chant from guy in new orleans. >> oh, you talking about big freida. >> here's what you actually have -- >> what? >> at the end of harry's show, can you do what she's backing up? >> shall i do it out here. >> i already started off the rails, why not. >> it's really easy. >> do i have to back it up. >> i'll do the subtle version. ♪ i've got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> on a wednesday, let's do it. do it with me. let's go. >> yeah. that's how you start a show. >> nice to meet you, harry. >> this is something that i

can we talk about sesame street? can we change the subject. >> we've got an exciting -- okay, the cast of sesame street is taking over our studio and joining us all morning long. >> how cute this? >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow? >> you'll be here for it. >> i love sesame street. >> this is the best part. >> you know on the regular today show, i do the birthdays the smuckers, 100-year-olds up. we're going to give you a chance to have elmo wish a happy first birthday to your little one. >> wow. pretty good. >> i want that to be my ring tone. >> head to our today's take facebook sppage. we'd love a great little fact about your little one. >> i was about to say can you imagine -- >> go

>> jill, look out. harry's coming home. >> this is something a child or at least the family will always remember. are you kidding me a shoutout from elmo on "the today show"? >> that would be really great. >> now it's creepy. i'm creepy elmo. a few years ago, the muppets took over "the today show" and it was a blast. they did muppets -- okay. >> is that you? >> that's the al roker muppet. i mean, they had a matt and a meredith muppet. >> we have so much coming up in the half hour i don't know where to begin. >> once you get started there's no stopping you. >> how cool is that? it doesn't matter how old you are, sesame street is such a classic. it makes adults smile, kids smile. >> sure. >> it was great. >> awesome. >> looking forward to that.

was looking forward to the start of the new year. >> it keeps going. >> it's january 4th. >> that's unusual it's keeping going. you know, normally these types of things fizzle out after a day, maybe two days. >> because it's it's a she said he said okay for those of you who didn't see. take a look at what happened new year's eve on dick clark's rocking new year's eve with ryan seacrest. ♪ >> all right. we didn't have something for this song. there was another line and that's what it is. okay. >> so there was, obviously, some sort of malfunction with an audio track. she said she couldn't hear her in ear monitors. then accuses the producers dick clark productions, of sabotaging here. she breaks her silence, telling entertainment weeklyll

incredible person. i was lucky to work with him when i started the music business. dick clark wouldn't let an artist go through with that. >> that's why it's back in the news. like you said it keeps going. when you're on the stage and you have your ear piece, is it a lot louder than -- >> i don't use the ear monitor and that's the main reason. >> that's interesting. >> i hear the music, i pick up the mike and i sing. if it doesn't work i keep going. not to judge mariah carey i was not in that position. that's one of the reasons i don't use them. i like to hear the audience. >> what's the benefit of them so she can hear the track? >> you can hear yourself clearly and get the mix exactly like you want. i just don't like them. >> maybe your genre of music it's a little different. >> any kind of genre. all genres of music don't use them. >> so i mean, listen i think she should have -- it happened, don't blame. just go

but because she's done this, it keeps going and jenny mccarthy -- >> she's weighing in. she said she had sympathy for the singer but my seympathy stopped when she accused dick clark productions. it keeps going back and forth. >> i say we stop it right now. let's talk about your ice coffee. this ice coffee, by the way, is the best i think i've ever had. you use your own ground chicory in it? >> it's from community coffee. they make a ground chicory. i use a tiny footprint cold brew coffee. comes whole beans i grind that and mike my own simple syrup that has vanilla, cinnamon, clove. >> it's so good. >> it's so good for people at home, how can i try it. >> is there a way you can get a recipe for it? >> i'll put it online. >> i don't like coffee and

do you know why because it's not bitter. >> cold brew coffee, when you heat coffee it releases all the acids. and it makes it unstable. cold brew because it sits in the water for 12-24 hours releases about 40% 50% less acid. once you make it, it's labor intensive, once you make it it can sit in the fridge for three weeks. i make 30 ounces at a time. you use four ounces per serving. >> speaking of good, here's a transition. good news if you don't like to work out so much so that you're sweating and out of breath and all over the place. apparently, there's a new workout, it might be good for you. this is in vogue magazine, the hot new workout, it's a low intensity steady state. it's low intens intensitity car of maximum heart rate. >> what we're doing right now? >> exactly. >> right now we're just -- our little booty worko

it goes to show -- >> how much would you burn off backing it up? >> exactly. >> do you do workouts? >> we do workouts. they have a thing called harry tries and i show up and don't know what's going to happen. truthfully i have no idea. they're surprising me with different types of food, different types of workouts. we do crazy work outs on my show. >> one of the craziest. you act like an animal or something like that? >> i guess it's -- >> that's all i know. is this it? >> jill, i'm coming home again. primal workout. >> are you serious? >> i mean, this is my job. >> what are you doing right now? >> a panther or something. i was feeling it though. >> oh. oh. >> i think the facial expression helps. >> i was feeling it. >> wolverine there. >> exactly. i was feeling it man. >> what's the point? >> those

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heroes, oprah winfrey? the one and only oprah winfrey was on steven colbert and revealed a secret to her oprah voice. >> let's take a listen. >> you can make any situation sound like something you should be content about. you can make things sound really nice. even if they're, you know, probably not even if they're that great. >> you know what -- >> you're very positive -- >> are you talking about all whole -- >> yeah, like you're going to lose weight. >> yes! well, you know, that started -- do you know how that start? >> no. >> john travolta was on my show many years ago. and i was -- i just loved john travolta. isn't he a great guy? he just is. there's just something about john travolta. and i said, coming up next, john travolta. and it just sounded so good.

i was just so happy to be talking to john travolta. >> wow. >> there you go. >> let's hear her say a few other names, why not? >> john travolta. john travolta. ricky martin. tyra banks. barbara streisand. whoopi goldberg. >> i love it. it's like, she's her own trumpet. and when you're coming out to that. can you imagine giving you that? >> all together it's super effective? it's very intense when you string eight of them together. >> i never thought about it until i hear it like that. it really is kind of her signature. >> that's her thing. i'm taking it for granted. you get car, you get car. it's part of who she is. >> she's so changed

there will be another oprah. and she came along at just the right time. because at the time when she started, you had phil donahue. >> absolutely. >> geraldo rivera. nobody was doing what she did and decided to make the turn into positivity. >> i remember the change. it wasn't as positive, right? it wasn't negative but it -- >> she was doing the same stuff. and consciously made a choice to celebrate the positive and to help and to empower and it changed everything. >> my take away from that, you can never be another oprah and be authenticing a and go with y gut. the rest was history. >> i'm surprised about this next study. there's a new study that shows if you make an error in the subject line of an e-mail, that is translates into a 5% decline that people would open the e-mail. >> i have no idea what you're talking

>> in the subject line of your e-mail. somebody sends you an e-mail. if there's a mistake in one of the words, a grammatical error would you just say this person is an idiot? >> i will spam it. >> i kind of see what they mean. i got an e-mail from a college student. it's not grammatical but she spelled my name wrong. i know it's a funky spelling. it was kind of like -- i responded, no problem. there's something about back in the day, you used to have to proof read your letters. >> somebody's name is different. >> that is a little different. if it's a friend in a text, but an e-mail. >> get the name right. >> that's a little different. >> that's right off the bat. there is autocorrect a lot of times you're typing fast. >> i'm shrine-like. >> yes. mine turned into oprah. oprah winfrey

weird. it's crazy. >> you're nuts. >> i think we should go back to pen and paper mindset. maybe we should proof. >> in fact, i found my old file, from 1986 i stopped using it in '9 '88 are your secrets in there. >> i started putting in it. >> you're old school now? >> i'm trying to go as analogue as possible. >> how long is that going to last? >> who knows. >> one week. >> we have magnetic weather maps right now. we're going old school. i'm going to draw on the weather map. >> with the -- remember those toys when you first to put all the -- >> oh, yeah, that's right. >> al, you should do that. >> back in the day, as we put the weather map up, with willard was doing weather, it was the side of our studio 3 b. it was literally 12 feet tall and 18 feet wide.

>> it was literally almost to scale. >> they have gadgets you put the gadgets on there like the sun? >> magnetics and we had an art department. that's old school. now it's all computers can tell us right now. single digits below zero in the plains, 70s and eights, the only warm spot in florida. today we're looking for lake effect snow in the great lakes. friday, some parts of new york could see three feet snow. heavy rain and snow in central and northern california. right now they got a big airport delays at san francisco airport and there are flood watches in effect as well. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. still a lot of very thick fog hanging over the potomac this morning. we can see the national cathedral but the national monument obscured by fog. as soon as you get 500 feet, the sun's out. it's a big spread of

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we're helping you get through the cold months ahead with our winter survival guide. >> today we're going to show you simple hacks to keep you warm and cozy with the help of today lifestyle contributor elizabeth mayhew. >> hi, guy. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we talked about oprah. >> i know. and the effect, i know. >> where should we start? >> red beans and rice, let's start there. >> this is label haittle hack i up. do you know the old socks you have hanging around. for this you don't need a match. i made home made hand warmers, take dry beans and stick it in a sock. rice works as well. stick it in your microwave for 30 seconds to a minute. it will heat up. you take them out and then i like to -- if you're using a big tube sock, knot it. we're not going to wait the whole time. you can already feel how they get a little bit warm. >> how long does it last? >> for an hour. >> really? >> youe

>> stick them in your pockets. >> can we put sausage in there, too? >> you can always add lavender or rosemary. >> great idea. >> there you go. it costs nothing pretty much. another way to stay warm, you know how you have those drafts that come in to your house or apartment. all i did, i need to show you guys this. but i took a piece of fabric i wrapped around a pool tube, so just cut that down to size. you might have these in your garage in the summer. then you wrap the piece of fabric around it. throw it under your door and pull -- >> i have door in my house i'm going to do that today. great idea. >> keeps the draft out. >> and it saves money. >> for sure. >> next thing, fans, people think fans create air and they cool you off. well that is true, if they're running counterclockwise. fans have switches where you turn it from counterclockwise

you can reach the fan there. >> one way it seems like it's blowing the other way it doesn't. >> clock wise. i don't know if it will actually work. i don't know if it's hooked up. there is a little switch up there. >> it's not a good feeling for a piano player to stick his hands up here. can i get back to the red beans? >> clock wise, what happens clock wise is it's -- you know how we hear that hot air rises, this pushes it down. another thing that goes along with cold weather are dry hands. one little trick i have i take a little hand cream. put it on your hands. when you put your gloves on and doing the dishes, it's like having a man cure. >> like when you go get a manicure. that we can do. >> lastly, wool, wool is the great -- wool is what you want to wear. no cotton whatsoever. wool repels cold and keeps heat in. then you just take little pieces of wool and put them in your shoe sdp

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good morning, everybody the fog is starting to thin out a little bit. the monument not visible 30 minutes ago now we can see the top of it. the fog will continue to dissipate and we'll be back to full sunshine and a breezy northwest wind later on this afternoon. much colder weather tomorrow and still a chance, maybe an inch of snow coming our way on friday morning. we'llep

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when you think about the word super model, only one name comes to mind too, me. naomi campbell. >> good morning, happy new year, everyone. >> she's also an actress and activist who has been part of pop culture for more than four decades walking runways, appearing in music videos and guest starring on tv shows like empire. >> it is good. naomi appears in fox's new show called star which follows talented singers from different backgrounds. she plays the mother of one of those singers, take a look. >> it's not a good look, darling. i've seen that. it's trash. >> would you two ladies like a drink?

>> me too. >> why did you tell those people i was dead? >> you might as well be. >> she looks like she could be your daughter. >> she does. >> little sister. >> yeah. >> there you go. >> all the girls are so great, ryan and jude and brittany. so great. it's a great energy on set. and queen latifah of course. and lenny, my husband. >> great cast. >> empire obviously was so huge. lee daniels, the creator brought you on you said i want you to play a different character. >> was in brazil when he called me. he facetimed he and he said here's your daughter and husband. i was like what am i doing now? basically what lee wanted to portray was he wanted it to be an african-american from a legitimate business and wealthy. opposed to

he wanted it to be two different types of scenarios. and my daughter, my husband is a rogue, he's all over the place. he's a rock star. and i'm trying to get her back. i'm very dependent on my daughter. i'm also very dependent on pills and alcohol. >> it's an intense role but it's got to be a lot of fun to play, right? >> it is. i mean, you know, it's challenging because i don't drink in real life and i to be a little bit drunk all the time. but i just find that it's like, you know, it's so much fun and lee is so great to work with. he's so -- i mean, he'll be on set with you and say use these words, just change them. it's whatever the feeling is. everyone is welcoming to me. i love queen latifah. she's just such a lady. >> how great is she? one of the things -- before we

amazing connection. >> yeah, i know. >> we have a crazy memory. i remember meeting naomi when i was playing at a hotel when i was 20 years old. you remember every detail about that. >> don't take those ginkgo pills. i should because i worry it's going to go away. everyone is like you should write a book now. i'm thinking about it. just about my journey. i'm not into gossip. i do want to share it. before my memory slips away. >> when did you come here? >> i came here in 1986 in december. >> you mentioned to us your first shoot was in new orleans? >> my first shoot i was 15 1/2 and they had to get my mother to sign a piece of paper allowing them to be responsible for me. >> do you remember what it was for? >> british elle. >> you should write a book. >> i don't know why i remember these things, but i do. you know, i'm -- it's very much like all

very much recently saying the same thing. i think this year, 2017, god willing may be the year with will start to write notes. >> or just do it with voice messages on your phone. i do that a lot. document it. >> i don't want a ghost writer, it's too detailed and it's never going to come -- >> you don't have to think about syntax and form. >> this fear comes over me when i think about -- i did a book last year and also i wrote about my work stuff. it was two books in one. and that took seven years. that was mostly because getting all the pictures and photographers some are no longer with us, it was difficult, the estates and foundation. >> the hardest part is starting it. >> and the -- >> hit the record button and go. >> it's good to see you. >> i hope you're going to like star, it comes on tonight. >> it's terrific. >> tonight on fox. and we're really excited about it. >> thank you so much for having me. >> skip the

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the containers, there was some glossy stuff but she had steamed brown rice. there is a lot of veggies in the lower shelf. i'm going to put together a one pan healthy chicken fried rice. okay. so first, in that lower drawer she had carrots which i chopped, an onion and a little bit of snow peas. move them over to the side, spray with a little oil, this is going to be three whole eggs and three egg whites. we're doing everything in one pan. >> three whole egg and then separately three egg whites. >> that will drive down the calories and saturated fat a little bit. exactly. keep the calories low. a you'll chop the eggs into piece and mix everything together. so that's what we did here. so the eggs cook, i mixed it all together. we now take that steamed brown rice. >> it's already been cooked.

gets the better it is. >> it has a little crunch to it. >> exactly. three cups in there and i took and shredded the rotisserie chicken, about two cups in there. mixed it all up. i put in a little light soy sauce. >> yum. >> and i put in sesame oil. chuck that in. >> nice and nutty. >> and a little bit of sesame -- scallions. chopped scallions, you could put anything in here. mix it all up. while i'm mixing i want you guys to sample out that. >> you can feed 40 people. >> 270 calories a serving. if you can imagine, 25 grams of protein. >> what else do we have? >> okay, our second fridge comes from tina and she's in arlington, virginia. so as soon as i saw the cottage cheese, she also had eggs in there. how funny she has chinese also y. didn't use it this time. i saw the bananas and whole wheat

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>> i didn't want you to turn it off. roll it. >> so it returns tonight, the finale left everybody with all these questions. what can we expect? >> 8:00 p.m. tonight, nbc some of the questions that were going to be asked at the end of the finale, so we're on the verge of catching a terrorist organization and they set us up and detonated a huge explosion. they've got a bigger plan. >> there's a lot of action, did you prepare for this, do some training for this? >> well, i did have a little bit of training on the good wife i had to use a baseball bat which was a lot of fun. >> therapeutic. >> extremely ththerapeutic. i have a little bit of experience in it, but certainly improved my -- >> could you beat harry up? >> absolutely. >> right before we came on, that's why i'm so quiet right now. >> i'd eat him for dinner. >>

a lot of fun on set. we have a few bloopers, we'll look at them and then we'll chat. >> action. >> [ bleep ]. >> we're on tape. we're on tape. >> i can say that. >> welcome to the show, kid. >> nothing better than that. i love that. >> the group of actors,b everybody looks so serious and intense. and they are such witty characters, such witty people. it's very difficult to keep a straight face. >> because the situation is so serious, it has to make it harder to restrain when you actually do start -- >> absolutely. it's intense. >> you pull it together quickly after you start giggling? >> i have been know to sometimes struggle as you saw there. a lot of the time it's down to their fault because they mess around lot. i try to be very serious. >> before the scene, are you pretty -- some

some people can screw around unu until they say action. >> one of th wy shingnd ea one triggers each other. >> i notice, especially in an intense show like this, everybody seems to speak like one octave lower. >> we should do it for the rest of the interview. >> we're talking about america here. >> i know. >> saving america. >> that's right. >> give me your props really quickly. >> we're just whispering now. >> can isk you about bend it like beckham. >> seriously, like it's tough investigative journalist. >> can we go to tape of bend it like beckham. >> where did you get your contacts? >> do you like them. >> my feonaiance don't like dye hair. laters. >> a little different. >> what a swing.

>> fun to watch. archie punjabi, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> all right. blindspot returns tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central here on nbc. we'll be back in a moment. first this is today on nbc. >> you're scaring me. >> okay. >> next we'll do the elmo voice. the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea

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9:57 is your time now on this wednesday january 4th, 2017. good morning i'm eun yang. the lights are back on at the washington monument after it went dark tuesday night. a spokesman for the national park service says the lights were back on when electricians arrived this morning. looks like the automated program that controls the iconic monument's lights are out of sync. the lights are expected to be on wednesday evening as usual.

hard to see with some of that fog we had earlier has it moved out completely? >> almost gone. you can see the silhouette of the monument reappearing through the otherwise thick fog. temperatures are mild for early january. we're above average in the upper 40s and low 50s. afternoon highs mid 50s. turning breezy this afternoon as colder air rushes in for tomorrow. cold enough to perhaps bring us snow early on friday morning. we'll be tracking the latest this afternoon. >> snow, chuck, thank you. coming up on news 4 midday we're talking about how cleanses and how they can help you keep your new year's resolution, see you at 11:00.

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