good morning. good morning. double dealing. did president trump'smp former gn chairman tell all to the president's legal team about his private talks with the specl prosecutor? the stunning new revelation raising the question why would paul manafort risk so much to help the president? is he angling for a last-minute pardon? >> i am not aware of any conversations. >> the latest on the unusual lealman ufrg just ahead. breaking overnight, making history. republican cindy hyde-smith you wins the runoff elect tn, state's first woman elect to congress. the aftermath. despair gsiws over mas layoffs at gm just before the holidays.

the president feeling the heat, now threatening to retaliate against the iconic automaker. all th, plus panic at one il the best knownitary hospitals in the nation. >> what was going through my mind was pureterror. io>> calls for an investign into the terrifying mistake that led to a false report of an active shooter on the loose. air scare. overnight aew report on that deadly crash of ara bnd new boeing 737. what we are now learning about the flight's final moments. and let's get lit. the iconic rockefeller center ready for the big moment as we get set to officially usher in the holiday season today, wednesday, 01 november 28, 28. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybod good morning. welcome to "today" and thank you

for joining us on a wednesdayrn mog. we have been up all nightg stringinhose lights, and tonight the christmas tree here in rockefeller center will be all bright and sunshine any fhi holidays. >> great music, a lot of great folks will show up on the plaza. we look forward to that moment in new york city. awesome.going to be this new revelation raising big questions about what i going in the russia investigation. with former campaign chairman paul manafort playing both sides in effect, talking to the special counsel's investigators, cooperating, and briefing the er president's laabout those discussions and what does it mean for him? peter alexander w dh theails this morning. good morning to you. >> good morning to you. paul manort had agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors so his decision after the fact to share details of those discussions with the president's legal team you can imagine is not sitting

well with robert mueller or his staff. tanafort's move a highly unusual brangement tha several legal experts believee a bid for a presidential pthdon. morning playing both sides, "the new york times" reporting overnight that paul manafort's lawyer repeatedly briefed pretty's lawyers about his client's discussions with mueller's team after the former campaign chairman already agreed to cooperate with the speciall. counse the prident's lawyer rudy giuliani, "the times" reports, acknowledging the arrangement d defending it source of valuable insight into the special counsel'sui i. those conversations inflamed tensions with mueller's prosecutors when they discovered them. the president seeming to hint on twitter at som knowledge of then stigation's inner workings. on tuesday, wait until it comes out how horribly and viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them,efusing to lie. democrats pouncing. >> i suspect they are dangling a pardon in front of manafort. the president should understand

that dangling a pardon in front of a witness like manafort is close to obstruction of justice. >> reporter: president trump insisting to "the washington post" he has noon inten of taking action to end the rinquiry. muels still there, he wouldn't have to be, but he is still there, so i have no intention of doing anything. it comes amid a report from the fwardian allegin eksecret talks between manafort and julian assange. manafort said he is considering all legal options against "the guardian." wikileaks going ap further tweeting, wikileaks is willing to bet "the guardian" $1 million and its editor's head that manafort never met assange. paul manafort is also now accused of breaching his plea agreement by lying to investigators. something manafort denies. as for the president's view of manafort when asked by "the e'washington post" whether do anything for his former campaign chairman, the president declined to comment on record.

back to you. >> all right. peter, thank you. let turn to nbc's justice correspondent pete williams. w paul manafor talking to prosecutors. he is cooperating with prosecutors and hanging over his head is whether or not he will get a long sentence and it all rests wcuh prors and the judge, of course, and at the same time he is talking to the president's lawyers, which is not illegal, but it's reay surprising. so what does this mean? do you think that manafort is angling for a pardon ephere? >> rter: you can't rule out that possibility. it rare for somebody to plead guilty and then agree to cooperate with the prosecutors to getighter sentence and then stop cooperating and let that dealvarate. and you have to assume that one possible explanation is he is hoping for a pardon. so that could be why, for example, his lawyer was briefing e trump lawyers on what the mueller team wanted to know. as you say, highly unusual for at stage of the prosecution. here's the thing. a pardon from would not get manafort home free. the president can pardon him for

federal crimes, but not sta ones. remember that manafort has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and bank fraud. if a state decided to prosecute him for that and he was convicted, noparesidential on could bail him out, savannah. >> without manafort, the i questi what happens to mueller's case? m does , mueller's t seem to have a lot of answers already. but no doubt p l manafort was valuable to them because he was in meetings that they want to knout. for example, that meeting in trump tower durin the campaign when russians promised to deliver dirt on hillary clinton. during the past several weeks the procutors repeatedly delayed telling the judge how things were going withanafort. so i seems clear they were hoping that he would eventually come around and answer all theii qus. so that says something about their desire to get the answers they wereouoping he have. >> all right. pete williams in d.c. pete, thank you. meantime, another note on the president. he is dismissing his administration's report on

climate change and warning of a comi catastrophe that report did. it detailshe impacts if drastic action isn't taken. he said oflimate change, i don't see it. he went on to say a lot of people like myself, we have high levels of intelligence, but we are not necessarily such believes. a high stakes runoff in mississippi finally closed the book on the midterm elections. publican cindy hyde-smith defeating her democratic challenger after a bruising and controversial campaign. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is joining us with that story. hey, kristin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. thendresident republicans are breathing a sigh of relief after cindy he-smith won that senate race in reliably redis mippi. her win was in doubt with her campaign racked byacial controversy. now republicans are claiming victory after expanding their advantage in theat s

this morning history in mississippi. voters there electing a woman to the senate for the first time ever. republican cindy hyde-smith thanking her supporters and the president. >> mr. president, thank you so much f all of your help. he reason we won is because mississippians know me and they know my heart and thank you for stepping up, mississippi. >> reporter: president trump tweeting his congratulations overnight adding, we are all very proudf you. hyde-smith had a fierce challenge in theub red state from democrat mike espy, an african-american former congressman and cabinet member. espy forcing hyde-smithnnto unprecedented runoff. in his concession speech saying he may havelost, but his work isn't finished. >> and this movement is not going to end for new mississippi where everyone, regardless of

race or party or religion feelr thei worth. thank you so much. >> reporter: hyde-smith delivering a win after republicans poured millions into the race and an 11th hour visit from the president. >> this is a very, very special person. >> reporter: who whipped up support with election rallies. an all hands on deck effort after hyde-smith faced tough questions for joking about attendina public hanging. and embracing the state's confederate past.ue lateay hyde-smith defended those comments. >> i'm a cgirl. when a cowgirl references stern movies that iave seen hundreds of and somebody twists it, you've got to roll with the punches. >> reporter: in the end, de-smith was able to overcome her controversies and help republans expand their majority in the senate. 53-47. a little bit of a reality check though.of ourse, democrats control the house, which means you can

expect some big battles on the president's agenda. everything from border wall honding to criminal justice reform. and savannah. >> kristen welker at the white s e. massive job cuts announced by general motors and t question, could they be just a start of a rough rd ahead for the u.s. auto industry. morgan ratfords at one of the plants in michigan set to close. morgan, good rning. >> reporter: savannah and hoda, morning. the factories affected like the one beside me are where they nufacture passenger vehicles. gm says part of the decision is a response to changing consumer preferences about cars, but the human tolls on the ground is real. lots of local business owners and employees wondering what's going to happen next.ni thisng president trump is oninhe offense a general motors. deflecting criticism and blaming rising interest rates after the auto giant announced monday it would close five plants, leavi

15,000 workers in limbo. the president now threatening to slash governmentdi sub to gm tweeting, very disappointed with neral motors and their ceo mary barra for closing plants. the u.s. saved general motors and this is the thanks we get. in a statement tuesday gm said it appreciates the actions it says the trump administration has taken to t improve competitiveness of u.s. manufacturing, adding my of the u.s. workers impacted will have t opportunity to shift to other gm plants. >> when you think aut this level of uncertainty so close to the holidays, what goes through your mind? >> it's hard. it hurts. it does. >> reporter: after 21 years as a gm employee, peggy jones is shocked by the news. the grandmother of five says she and her col lyrleagues are now unsure of their future. what is the feeling in this community? because it seeps like this plant -- seems like this plant was a major source of jobs?

>> yes. there is all the businesses around us. it's just rely, i mean we are still in shock mode right now. if. >> reporter: jes worked at the plant in hamtramck, michigan, miles away from gm headquarters. >> everything around you grew ut of the auto industry. >> reporter: president trump pledged to bring back american jobs on the seasonl. campaign tr >> if i'm elected, you won't lose one plant. you will have plants coming into this country. you are going to have jobs again. >> reporter: now many are worried that washington can't save them. >> this is going to affect metro detroit as a whole. >> reporter: they want gm to make a promise to their workers. >> invest in the u.s. invest in the american citizens who invested in you. >> reporter: citizens like peggy jones. >> can't give up. q can'tt. still have hope. >> reporter: well, workers like pegg jones are stillhowing up to work this morning. in fact, she

plant now as we speak. she says that general most said production will stop in june. they hen't announced when the last day will be. >> morgan, thank you. all right. craig has another breaking story this morning. >> good morning to you. a new report has jus been released on last month's crash of that line of scrimmage lilio. black box data revealing the pilot's struggle c totrol the brand new boeing 737 and raising new safety concerns. nbc's tom costello covers aviation. tom, wt do we know? >> indonesian investigators have reviewed the flight data recorder and they say that black box indicates the same plane arperienced simroblems with a new automatic safety system in the days before the crash. dhe other pilots managed to l safely. the 737 max is boeing's latest high-th passenger jet. it is selling fast around the world.

understanding why this brand new is a crashed in indonesia high priority for investigators. >> reporter: crash investigators a o record the flight d recorder say it tells the story of 11 minutes of terror as the pilots of lion air flight 610 fought aattle with the plane's computer to keep the plane in the air. up and down more than two dozen times. the plane'somputer pushing the nose towards the ocean. the pilots fighting to pull the nosam. finally losing the tattle ashe plane slammed into the ocean at 450 miles per hour. but the pilots may not have known their brand new 737 max had a new automated trim sysm called mcas. u.s. airlines say boeing never flagged the safety system which forces the nose down to avoid a potential stall even when the plane is being flownll man investigators believe mcas may have been activated after receiving bad data from the sensor or on board computers. >> that altitude from 6,000 to

the ground short so you need to do something immediately. >> reporter: veteran pilot ross aimer showed the system can be disabled by simply flipping too switches. waitingn too long deadly. >> i am in a nosedive. the airpola directly. >> reporter: in a press conference overght, indonesian investigators reported that the aircraft in question experienced similar issues the day before the fatal crash and that crew continued on to their destination after shuttingti do the tall system. authorities saying, quote, we think what happened was that the plane was unfit for flying. in a statement this morning, boeing says, in part safety is a core value for everyone at boeing, and that passengers had our assurance that the 737 max is as safe as any airplane that has eve flown the skies. lion air is also under scrutiny for allowing the plane to fly

despite therevious pilots porting they had problems. investigators have not recovered the cockpit voice recorder. meanwhile, airlines that fly the 737 max have sfent tpent the la weeks reminding pilots how to disable mcas. about 45 are flown in the u.s. right nowy various airlines. back to you. >> thank you. also this morning, tributes are pouring in for a man who may not be a household name but is empire. beloved stephen hillenburg, the countre of spongebob squarepants dd at the ageft of 57er a year long battle with als. ♪ who lives in a pineapple under the sea ♪ >> reporter:obody thoug a sponge could make such a plas. but his character spongebob squarepants and the friends of

bikini botto g will down as some of the most beloved cartoons of some time. >> i didn't know what i wanted to do. spongebob was a dcome dede, but it was inspired by me liking marine science. >> reporter: he introduced spongebob in the '80s using it as a teaching tool asduring his time as a marine biology instructor. it eventually led him down a different career path where he combined his love of marine life with animation. the first episode of spongebob squarepants airing on nickelodeon back in 1999. >> comg up, sir. >> carry on. >> reporteto the con soaking p o much success, its popularity extending to the big screen. first in 2004 and then again in fwooen 2015. >> whoa! >> do you know where we can get a crabbie pattie around here? >> reporter: the ever optimistic yellow character even making it

to the great white way in "the today 7 and show" plaza earlier this year. spongebob squarepants the broadway musical ening 12 tony nominations. this morning nick lowden tremembering hillenburg f sense of humor and innocence he brought to the show writing in a statement, his utterly original characters and the world of bikini bottom will long stand as a reminder of the value of optimism, friendship, and a limitless power of imagination. a visionary creator who helped shape popular culture. kristen dahlgren. nbc news, new york. >> still shaping it. a third spongebob movie is out in 2020. >> my son discovered sponge abobob a few months ago. >> you couldit there wit your kids, you could watch it. there was something for everybody. i have kids from 31 to 16, and we all watch it to the at the

same time. >> so cool. was e of the best lines they are not laughing at us, they are laughing next to us. >> that's like us every day. all right. let'shahow you w we have your weather r as is concerned. look at this. we have this lake-effect snow. the remnants of that system that moved through caused record snow making its way through the midwest earlier this week. now we are looking at snowfallt accumus anywhere from 2 to 6 inches, some as much as 8 in the tug hillau pla area of upstate new york.f a couple storms in the pacific northwest, northern fod central caia. rainfall amounts around the burn scars 2 to 3 inches. isolated 4 inches may cause debris flows and mudslides and snowfall in some of the upper elevations of the sierra nevada, a are looki upwards of 3 feet of snow. we are going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

good morning. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. temperatures are in the low across most of the area now and the winds are gusting over 30 miles per hour in many differenn loca so as a result wind chills are in the teens and 20s. bundle up. storm team4 weather alert for you today. winds could gusty as much as 50t miles per hos afternoon. highs today only just barely above 40 degrees. tracking a high chance for rain saturday afternoon and evening. > and that's your latest weather. guys. >> al, thank you.

coming up, outrage over the mistake that led to reports of an active shooter and panic at one of the btion'st known military hospitals. how does a drill go is wrong? what bill clinton is now saying about his marriage in the wake of that bombshell series on his affair with monica lewinsky. first, this is "toda on nbc. c.

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pampers the #1 choice of hospitals, nurses & parents this is a news4 today news break. >> 7:26 is your time on this wednesday, november8, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. our headlines this tmorning, ohe man accused if a deadly crash during ptests in charlottesville last year will go o trial. james fields allegedlyto drove a group of demonstrators on one woman was killed.e julicarey will be in the courtroom today. look for her live reports this stay with news4 at 5 as we bring you live national christmas tree lighting. news4 will be live outside ofe hite house. plan ahead for a big traffic mess. let's check in with melissa molett in your first4 traffic. melissa. >> good morning. so that kicks in at noon. 15th, 17th, between the maul and

pennsylvania avenue,ns cotution between 15 and 17, same thing every year. it comes as a surprise to some folks headed down there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway no major problems. right now 14th seet bridge inbound is slow because of an earlier ash. >> thau. and if you are going to the national christmas tree lighting it is a storm team4 weather alert day. >> a check of your forecast is next.

get ready for a windy and cold day. temperatures are in the mid-30s, but wind chills are in the mid-20s around town. winds 1 averagingbut already gusting over 30 miles per hour. winds in the shenandoah valley in the teens, teens to low 20s around here. so layer up. storm team4 weather alert because winds could gusty as much as 50 miles per hour this afternoo less wind tomorrow. a chance for a few showers late friday. best chance for rain over theur weekend is sy afternoon and evening.

>> thano you. er local news update in 25 minutes. >> for now back to "the today show" after this short break. have a great day.

back now. 7:30 on this fine wednesday morning, november 28, 2018. that baby, that iconic tree, gets lit for the holiday season, and you can see it live from the comfort of your cozy home. >> you can bee it, you can also hear great music. christmas i rockefeller center kicks off at 8/7 ctral. hoda, al, craig and i will be here. we will be your hosts. really gre performances, guys. diana ross, john legend, martina mcbride and hoda kotb. it's going to be great. it's so true, right? >> people are like, lift the mic. >> we will see you tonight. now we will start this half hour with a check of today's

he headlines. new allegations bringing more uncertainty to the russia investigation this morning. "the new york times" reporting overnight that paul manafort's lawyer repeatedly briefed lawyers about ' his private discussions with robert mueller's te this after the former campaign chairman already agreed to cooperate with the special prcounsel. theident's lawyer, rudy giuliani, acknowledged the arrangement and defended it as a, quote, source of valuable alsight into the spe counsel's inquiry. a week after the premier of that bombshell documentary series called the clinton affair, bill and hillary clinton kickedff a speaking tour in toronto last night. they made no mention ofmohe ca lewinsky scandal that nearly sank the clinton presidency 20 years ago, but bill clinton was asked to reflect on his marriage to hillary and what it's been through over all y thers. >> we have been dissected, psychoanalyzed, cut up and down, bu it's been the most interesting thing you can possiblyit imagine.

still interesting to me every day. >> the clintons weighed in on present trump and the way he has dealt with saudi arabia and climate change. that 13-city tour continues n tonightmontreal. four pedestrians were hurt this week when a giant billboard came crashing down on top of them. it was all caught on camera. it happened outside a shopping mall in northeast china. watch thi 20 foot tall billboard topple down. amazingly, nobodyas hurt although one person is still in the hospital. there were strong winds in the area at the time, but nethorities haven't deter what caused that accident. also this morning outrage and questions. lot of questions after a scare at walter reed medical center. the hospital placed on lockdown tuorday amid r of an active shooter tha turned out to be a drill. nbc's garrett haake has been following this. garrett, good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning. the report of an active shooter on the c of the nation's best known military hospital brought out a massive police

response yesterday all for a threat that the navy now says never existed at all. the first reports were terrifying. the reaction swift. an active shooter on the campus of walter reed national military medical center. a lackdown order. >> i was scared. li they said that there was someone inside the building. >> we had no information but just to stay in our offices. >> reporter: marylandre coman among those forced to hide. >> i was getting ready to leave. there is an active shooter. what? no, there is an active shooter. >> reporter: police arrived in force, closing off roads and searching building 19 where they sho thought the shooter entered. inside patients and employees f prepar the worst. >> what was going through my mind was pure terror. >> reporter:urses pulled kathryn bomb camp her marine husband and daughter into a room crowded with children and a door that didn't lock. her husband and another man held the door shut for the entire

90-minute lockdown, protecting those inside. >> stay away from the door. we were absolutely terrified a that point. and then, you know, knowing that ooe of the was an easy access point was just unbelievably frightenin t >> reporte massive police search turned up nothing. in fact, there was no shooter. just a drill being planned for another day,eh but s botched. the navy said on twitter, the alert was the result of the improper use of a mass notification system that had been inadvertently enacted without containing the words exercise or drill. an embarrassing mistake leaving a community of warriors and those who care for them fearful and frustrated and now demanding answers. >> somebody, in my opinion, really messed up bad and we are going to have toind out what happened. >> garrett, watching this out yesterday i thought, how could something like this happen? do we know who sent out that notification? >> reporr: craig, we really don't at this point.

there are a number of different groups who opete on this campus, and right now none of them have claimed responsibility forha sending out false alarm. you have the navy, at least one member of congress, and a l of patients and employees here who will be expecting that answer today. >> all right. garrett haake for us there in bethesda. thanks. let us get a check of the weather. what you got? >> cold air seeping as far south as parts o florida, the panhandle. we are talking about frost and freeze warnings today. wi igtlm 3s0.on 43 in tampa. 29 in tallahassee. it's so cold -- it's so cold we are causing fire t alarms in building. that's cold. anyway, we are looking at today. this morning freeze coming in the eastern half of theat u.s. tempes are going to be dropping down. richmond 44 today. 51 in savannah.53 n tallahassee. nashville 14 degrees cooler than average at 42. look at this. ursday chicago is 35. burlington 35 degrees.

the good news is we will start see temperature moderating by saturday. it's 48 in chicago. boston by sunday is 51. philly you're at 62. buffalo will even get up to 53 by sunday. that's what's going on around the counts. here's wha happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. right here in the washington area it is windy and it is cold5 ow in washington. sustained winds are already up over 15 miles per hour, but the wind gusts currently 43 miles per hour in hagerstown, 31 here in washington, 33 in prince george's county. so you add in the wind to thete erature and you get wind chills in the teens and low 20s now. wind chills will stay in all day today. cold and windy. gusts near 50 miles per hour possible. hold on tight to thosewh steeri ls. >> don't forget, check the batteries in your smoke detectoe as. >> good reminder, al. thank you. coming up, today in the wild, cara's encounter with africa's bigat and a couple

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this morning on "in-depth fu today," a pow new interview with bruce springsteen that will have a lot of people talking. course, he is opening up more than ever about some of the more diffict and painf times of his life. joe fryer has more on it. good morning. >> good morning. bruce springsteen is about to wrap up his impressive run on broadway. it's a personal show about his life and music that will soon appear on netflix. now the rock icon is speaking in great detail about his struggles with mental hlth andde ession, telling he is squaesqui magazine that medication keeps his balanced and opening up abou his complex relationshi with his father. in the trailer for his netflix special springsteen on broadway, he speaks candidly about his family. >> when i was a youngannd looking for a voice to tell my stories i chose my father's voice, my father was my hero, and my greatest foe. >> reporter: that complicated

relationship is playing a central role in springsteen's honest interview with esquire magazine. >> he spent his life kind of g battling tn his father's love. >> reporter: speaking about his fatherug springsteen told esquire he was very dismissive ofho i w and that sends you off o a lifelong quest to sor through that. he says his first emotional breakdown came in 1982 when h was 32 years old. around the release of his critically acclaimed album nebraska, he wrote about that time in his 2016 autobiography born to run. >> all i know is that as we age, the weight of our unsorted uchgage becomes heavier, heavier. with each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that >> reporter: a decade after the breakdown came a breakthrough.da ys before the birth of his first son, his father paid a visit. according to hesquire,e his

father tells him you have been very good to us. springdseen has no w he can only nod, and then his father says, and i wasn't very good >> bruce recounts this wi sth teators when s hes that because it's aen mom of his father acknowledging who he has become, what he has achieved. >> reporter: before his death, springsteen's father wasd diagnoith paranoid schizophrenia, which helped the singer understand his father's behavior and springsteen's own lifelong bat well depression. he says iav come close enough to mental illness where i know i am not completely well myself. i've had to deal with a lot of it over the years and i am on a variety of medications that keep me on an even keel. otherwise, i can sng rather dramatically and the wheels can come off wia little bit. >> my story, your story. >> reporter: for this famousci mu who is now 69, it's a tough story to share, but one he

hopes will help others who may be r strugglinlize they are not alone. he said he experienced a s major breakdown ten years ago. there were stretches when he cried every day but had no nswers for why he felt that way. the singer told the magazine he is grateful to his doctors for d prescribingine and for therapy. by the way, his one-man show ends decembe 15. the netflix special will be released the next day. back to you >> wow, pretty courageous to be so honest about what you have be y through. wh think about all that he has accomplishedvin spite of to really battle. >> that broadway show, which some of us had a chance to see, he is soling about his dad. i can't wait until it's on netflix so everyone sees i think any father and son will connect with it. >> wbsolutely. yoch it and the raw emotion battle nd obviously his for him is so, so raw. springsteen also apparently makes sure that his kids are

also okay in terms of their mental health. he is very concerned that this is something that is in his dna. >> a lot of good by speaking out. >> certainly up next, the american hoping to make history at today's dramat dramatic -- finale of the world chess championships. that's right after this. let's go. bye, mom. thanks for breakfast, mom. with quality ingredients like roasted hazelnuts and cocoa, nutella is sure to bring a smile to breakfast time. nutella. spread the happy. and now free decorating tools inside nutella holiday jars.

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with details. hey, lu, good morning. >> reporter: hey, guys, good morning. this is huge. pthe two bestyers in the entire world have been locked in battle for the last three weeks. this entire stadium has been sold out, tens of thousands watching online. at stake more than $1 million ha cash and thee to be number one. it's a high-stakes chess showdown. american fabiano caruana trying to dethrone the w number one, norway's magnus carlsen.af r more than 50 hours of play over three weeks, a historic deadlock. 12 games, 12 draws. the world chess championship winner determined today >> most certainly if you like the super bowl of chess, it's theame in the nba finals. it's a huge deal. this is a defining moment in their careers. >> reporter: an ameri hasn't claimed the title since 1972. >> good evening.

the world has new chess champion today. >> reporter: the crown from the soviet union's boris spassky. like fischer, caruana was raised in brooklyn and showed great skill at a young age. >> he startedgelaying at the of 5. by the age of 6 he was actually playingio s adult tournaments and he was actually beating adults. >> reporter:uphess fans are hoping caruana, like fischer before him, will spark another amer >> this is big. and if we have an american win, it wld just do wonders for the chess community ind the unite states. >> reporter: apps and digital technology have made chess more available and easier to play on the go. >> a game shifted from theel ant looking board, the track pads and touchscreens. t >> reporter: a tournaments smart boards and smart ptrces k and stream every move. while streang platforms like

twitch let fans folw their favorite players. >> i think that chess is definitely becoming cooler. >> reporter: the young prodigies proving that smart is sexy. 27-year-old carlsen models for g star. he once beat bill gates in just stne moves. and even gue starred on the simpsons. >> i'm world chess cmpion magnus carlsen. >> reporter: it's caruana's first t at a championship title. >> he approaches life with a really clear intent. >> reporter: carson mcvay, who played caruana when they were young, is confident the americal will turn the ate into a checkmate. these guys are under so much pressure. they are going to be facing off a series of increasingly fast tiebreakers, potentially ending inomethingalled an armageddon match. the game kicks off in just a few hours, and whatever the outcome

history is going to be made ght here at this table. guys. >>e wow! >> we excited. >> i'm all in. >> no pressure at all. >> is there a favorite? >> reporter: well, you know,is mean, s fabiano's first. not a single person hason a single one of the past 12 games, , guys. anyone's ga >> thank you. we are back after your local news. anyone's game after this. >> lucy, thank you. we're back after local news. .

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it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, playing both sides. a report says the president's former campaigchairman told president trump's attorneys about hit meetingsh the special counsel after striking a deal with robert mueller. this morning democratsg. pounc >> i suspect they are dangling it in front of manafort. >> what does it mean for the th. ♪ plus, bless the manes in africa. >> how close did you come to being killed? >> w heading into the wildh the husband and wife riskingsa everything t the endangered big cats. >> i feel blessed. >> how this harrowing experience

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on a beautiful chilly morning on the plaza. >> i love it when people reveal secrets on the plaza. lots to get to this morning. the news at the 8:00. a new report overnight raising questions about former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and which side he is really helping in the russia inve wigation. nbcte house correspondent peter alexander brings us up to date. peter, guchl. >> a bit ofea stunningine. "the new york times" reporting overnight that paul manafort's lawyer rep president trump's legal team on his client's discussions with robert mueller's invesgators evfter manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. according t times," rudy giuliani, one of the president's personal lawyers of course, acknowledged th acknowledged the highly unusual arrangement defending it as a uaurce of ve insight into mueller's inquiry and where i g wasng. giuliani in a text to nbc news ,ccused mueller's team of, in his words treating manafort like he is a, terrorist exerting ebessure that giuliani says

could tempt sy to lie to get out of jail. some legal experts suspect that manafort may be making a bid for al president pardon here, but that wouldn't necessarily get him off the hook. esident trump can pardon manafort for federal crimes, but not for state ones. back to you. >> thank you. her who inese resea claims he helped create the world's firstenetically -- he defended his work at a conference in hong kong. he said he was proud of altering the genes of twin girls earlier this morning so they could not contract hiv. his claims have not been independently verified. many scientists condemned the experiment and university and government groups are investigating. a seven-year-old that is the next big thing out of australia, it's a seven-year-old's fear. he towers above the herd. look at him. is 6'4", just shy of the

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from all ie have met and peo that i have talked to, i know darn well i did the right urthi. >> he did. a lot of those kids and teachers getting checks lost their homes. mr. wilson says he wanted to bring them comfort and a little hope for a better future. >> i love that. he is just watching the news and decided to do something. justt'ahead, today in the wild. >> look at these incredible creatures. >> keir simmons up close and personal with the big cats of africa. first, the inspiring story of a young basketball star breaking barriers to achieve his dreams right after this. peppermint mochas for lia.

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quote, a very hard time understanding andeh comprending people. constantly bullied, it wasn't until he discovered his love of basketball that bennett realized heould everycome his obstacles. beating the odds in spite of one therapist who sai he would never speak, sit, or walk, the basketball star later confronting that same therapist telling her, i hope you haven't told anybody else that because you could ruin their lives. bennett now taking all of the attention in stride, posting on twitter, ier had o before kent state and before prep school, but the recent kent state and others recruited me isn't because of mym. aut don't get me wrong, it's cool to make history, but they wanted me because i can hoop and i love playing basketball. the basketball sr an inspiration to all now making his hoop dreams a reality. >> we are all all feel love, al compassion, and thiss just

another step forward. >> i love hishing about i know it's cool that i'm the first but i'm here because i can hoop. >> he w obviouslyks really, really hard and earned it. >> he certainly has. the folks at s kent state they have a lot of tools to help him, help other kids with autism achieve success. and that therapist, i'm kind of glad he confronted he >> i know. seems like she needed a lesson from him. carson is still on "the voice." we will see him tomorrow. dylan has "popstart" in hand. >> a lot of fun stuff. first up, christmastime is here. everyone is beginning to decorate for the holidays, including joanna gaines. the fixer upper star posted to instagram,he asked whereo you put your favorite christmas tree when the second living room turned into a nur'sry. last ye tree in the left. now replaced by a crib and plant on the right. she put the tree in the master edroo >> whoa. >> i have a tree in my bedroom.

you do? >> it's warm and cozy. >> i love that. christmas tree or a tree? >> no, a christmas tree. i take it down after chrtmas. >> i like that. >> most people do. >> i d't know. there is the baby on the bed. >> the cutest. >> for the record, this is actually the family's second tree. their first is placed in the dining room. up next, the actor sat down with ellen degeneres and up about getting a screenmary poppins returns" ahead of the release date. he of course is married to emily blunt. he said he tried to prepare his children for the emotional film, but instead it was he who hall trouble contg his emotions. >> they give you a tissue box in kee screening room. i was that's nice. i don't have a cold. they screened the movie. 25 minutesnto the movie i stood up and went to the back of the room. emily said, do you not like it? i was pushing through all the, like, muffins and bagels in the

napkins.ing for i am like, i need anything to stop this crying. i c wasing so much. i blew through the tissue box mn utes, had to go to the napkins. when i ran out of the napkins, it was all sweater. it was, oh, it's so beautiful. >> so she did a great job? >> no. it's not her best. >> to watch the full interview with ellenen tune in later today. and savannah guthrie, her new digital series misite marathon with -- has her asking questions in six minutes. gr firstst was actor jeff gold blum. >> three things you cannot live without? human contact. music. your show. i have to see your show every day. >> do you google yourself?

>> oh, yeah, i'm an idiot. yeah, sometimes i go, jeff goldblum news, i see what news there is. but when i look at hashtag jeff goldblum on my instagram. >> so fun. i love this. >> hes amazing. >> six minutes of joy right there. we just started this, so we have --e we did th jen and barbara bush, who was really, really fun. who was the other pson? i just forgot. middle age is upon me. i had a senior vemoment. i no idea. >> shania twain. >> oh, my god,az g. we have another one today. it's really fun. >> cool.t >> i can't wo see it. >> watch, hd to today.com. >> i feel you. time for a clip? >> yes, a fun dille click. a norweigian tennis player is captivating the internet withs incredible no-look block. take a look at this. the two competirs have a rally e player on the right --

>> whoa! >> rather than give up, he blindly raises his paddle, ends up blocking the shot and earned himself thepoint. >> wow. >>hoa! >> the opponent was sow, shocke. no of course, it's a media sensation. viewers can't get enough of it. >> and i thought chess was exciting. fun. hitting all the big sports. al, sports or is it news -- the weather? >> weather. that's right. we don't do a tennis block like that. well, maybe. >> oh, boy. here we go. >>ane-yway,ct t sodayw w aeroun great lakes. heavy rain into northern and central california. warming up in texas. a morningeze down in the south. tonight we are talking about freezes for t christmas in rockefeller center lighting of the tree. 4:00 it will be 44 with a windchil of 34. bitterly cold winds, 32 the bndchill. at 10:00 it will a windchill of 28. make sure if you are coming down

toer rockefecenter, bundle up. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in f th. i'm storm team4 meteorologist chuck bell partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies and there are a few very light snow showers up across northern maryland. don't be sholkd to see a snowflake or two fly by. temperatures above freezing in most areas. the wind chills in the teens and low 20s and there will be precious little in the way of warming today. afternoon temperatures peeking around 40 grees and winnd cold all day today. the next chance for rain friday. and now to more of our ongoing series today in the wild. keir simmons getting up close and personal with nate and some of the most amazing animals on earth. keir, good morning. what doou have for u this time? >> reporter: good morning. aren't these incrediblecr tures? this is a love story about a husband and wife team, derrick and beverly, who saved these

lions from virtual wipe out in this rion and about, as you are to hear for the first time, last year derrick saved beverly's life. world famous filmmakers,hey have bee hunting big cats for decades armed only with cameras. theild of botswana, they showed us how torack animals they know so well. >> this is a coue of hours old. ep>> rr:orte m weheet t leop ods. >> a lot patience with the animals. >> reporter: their life in the wild as dangerous as it is beautiful. it was this animal, a buffalo, killed? >> yeah. so quite close. >> reporter: until now they have not spoken in detail about the night when a wounded buffalo attacked verly, impaling her.

>> and derrick kicked him pretty much in the area that he was wounded and i camein foff, crumpled on the ground. i remember a finger under my nose. it was derrick seeing if i was alive. >> she died three times in the field. so how close? whatever is beyond close. >> reporter: that night despite badly broken bones, derrick carried her to safety. heept her alive for 11 hours until a helicopter arrived. >> i am very lucky to be here. i feel rblessed. orter: this near-death experience has given their lives a new urgency. >> we recognize that we can't waste the time that we are on this planet. >> reporter: wasting time has never been their style. >> there is l aios.nn esride of lions derrick and beverly call family. their latesten docry with national geographic, their

12-year project filming 24/7 to capture generations of these majestic beasts. yo fim md onlmed one of the sce here? >> in the water over here. a wonderful scene where the females were struggling trying to get the cubs across this rir righthere. >> reporter: and as we watche that same incredible moment played out inro fnt of us. a lionness cajoling her cubs to take the plunge. yet when derrick and beverly first arrived, hunting could reduce the population to just two female lions. >>n and t two male lions arrive. >> reporter:ome 30 years later the lions are back. now over 100 and counting. you must be full of pride? >> we feel like part of the pride. >> reporter: through their passion a photographic work they have changed perceptions

and learned sos much. >> tionness, she is more scared of water than the others. you get these individual traits. u get left-handed and right-handed lions. when they go into the hunt they take the left flank or others that prefer buffalo. so these are indidual personalities and characters. >> reporter: many people would forge you if you said we have probably used up all of our nine lives. >> i think derrick and i havely actualone beyond nine lives. we realize that life can be taken in an instan we are just more determined.is our resolve stronger in trying to protect thesel beau places. >> reporter: a couple who knows how dangerous africa can be, but knows the real danger is from us humans. now, derrick a beverly must work to safeguard their life's quest. they say they get their strength from their love for peopeach ot

and their incredible motivation from love for these lions. back to you guys. >> wow. >> i could watch that all day long. just incredible. >> and to think, like you were saying, she after being wounded went back. couldn't wait to get back out there again. >> wow. >> we should mention produced these reports from africa.vi some include ps from nat go specials. it appears this sunday on nat geo wild. straight ahead, jill'ss" "steals & deor the women on your holiday gift list. and then get excitesed. the awaf-winning cast the marvelous mrs. maisel, a sneak peek at season 2. we areat excited to up with them. they are out there on our chilly plaza. more after your local news, weather, and these necessary ajs. messages

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we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. ♪ >> welcome, everybody. it is 8:30 on this fine wednesday morning. the big day out here on rockefeller plaza. re have got the lighting of that iconic christmas behind us. so make sure you join alls of at 8/7 central. we are going to host christmas in rockefeller plaza with a superstar line of performers. right, savannah? >> oh, savannah. >> oh, are we on tv? > we are. ll right. first, we are kicking off our 25th annual holiday toy drive. the cast of the marvelous mrs. maisel is helping gather up the first round of donations. we thank them f fdoing that.

we thank you for bringing an unwrapped toy to the plaza. they are going to give us the lowdn on season 2. >> all right. there are so many people out here, so many great crowd b moments, we have to say it'sho no question w stood out the most. >> oh, yes. >> we have two ladies who stood out above all else on our plaza. we have got carol ann and tisha. where are you from? >> shelby, north carolina. >>eid you mak these masterpieces yourself? we this? >> how long did it take to put that together? >> we startedn october. >> y'all look so cute. what does it do? does it light up? >> ready? >> oh, my gosh. all are lit. >> we are lit. >> i knew i liked them. you guys, merry christmas. >> we come to new york to get lit! >> there you go. >>an awesome. thyou for

>> they do it better. i like that. >> that was awesome. >> cool. >> we need those outfits. thanks for coming. >> by the way, from one great tree to another, we've got four vip tickets for you. > yes! he tree lighting tonight. >> awesome! >> also ahead this half hour, you thought that was an emotional reunion? how about a reunion for the cast of "s. doubtfire," shari memories of the beloved robin silliams as this movie that everybody ado turns 25. excited. so >> i wonder if they will stay dressed up. plus, we have reach the halfway point of our week-long steals and dealstoliday g guide. jill is back with big bargains on fashion, accessories and more for the women you need toho for. >> on the third hour of "today,"

remember kimmie gibbler on full house? she is grown up now. she is going to join us toell what it was like to slipac b into her famous role after all these years. first, mr. roker, a check of the weather. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by kay jewelers, for all the moments, for love, forever. >> all right. let's take a look, see what we've got for you. the rockefeller tree lighting tonight. by 10:00 it will be 38, it will feel 10 degrees colder. we are looking at heavy rain in northern california, warming up in texas. a morning freeze. as you get down into florida and the southeast, lake effect snows around the great lakes. gusty wds in new england. a flood threat northern california. showers and mild in the gulf coast and looking for snow through the rockies and the sierra nevada. that's what's going on around the country.ap here's what'sning in your neck of the woods. good morning, everybody.

it is a windy day. temperature now 35 at national airport, but a sustained wind averaging 25 miles per hour. now gusting to 40 mil per hour at national airport. that's what you should expect the rest of the day today and even a passing snow shower or a snowflake or two, but no snow accumulations to worry about. wind chills in the teens and 20s. prepare for an exceptionally windy and cold day today. a little bit better tomorrow. >> and that is your latest weather. hoda. >> al, i know you were obsessed about this s we all are. in "the marvelous mrs. maisel," rachel stars as a feisty and ha alented housewife who takes a gamble as a stand-up comedian. the aman comedy set in the late '50s is a humm hit. eight awards out of the gate. now season 2, and the family is struggling with new decisns.

>> thinkabout it. >> some people never have anything but bread soake in water. >> that's delicious. ♪ >> for the sins which we committed before you- >> the kids have been stuffing candy bars in his face the entire ceremony. he discovered chocolate. he looks like al -- >> be quiet. we are in temple. >> tt's right. we are talking about these are fabulous. >> i only they were edible. >> oh, you've got to get on train if you are not on it. rachel, tony, barre alex, michael, and kevin, welco, guys. >> hey. >> wait a minute. season 2 is off and running. i can't help but think of that emmy night. >> i went and rewatched it, you guys. it was a night where you guys c swept,aned up, won eight emmys. you justou will take us back to that moment for one second? one.on the show won. you won a ton of them.

what did it sfeel like in that moment? >> it was a complete whirlwind. i didn't k tw that we wet early in the show either. it was suddenly like, by the time i got up there, everyone was gone. you were backstage. amy was gone. i said hi to tony and blacked out. >> were you shocked about just how much people have fallen in o love with the >> it's interesting. it's an interesting time for the world tombrace a lot of jewish people. >> we'll just live there for a moment. >> yeah. >> and i was looking at thece of the rest of the people, of the audience. i think this is catchin on. tony, you guys, you two actually have shotseveral sce not just around here, but you have gone to the catslls, gone to paris. what are you finding about the show's popularity not here, but around the world? >> when we were in paris shoot the first two episodes we were surprised that a lot of our rew knewew, the french

and loved the show. we were being stopped on the street. and this is jedt b on just eight episodes of the first season. so it was amazing that it had -- the reach was that far, that broad. >> rachel, i feel likeour character was so ahead of her time. when i was watching this i found myself nodding. i found myselgo g, like you go girl, go out there and get it. what d think it is about her that is resonating with so many women? >> i think she is somebody who is inseichably curious. she is lf-empowered. she is asking questions about the world around her. i think, you know, she is aspirational in some ways because she shows it's never too late to head down the path to find your voice in different way. >> when this show started did you think, we got i hit, bab can feel it? did you feel that? >> no. all i thought was thank god i have ad job. started to hear what i was going to get to work wi, and i could be this one's wife and

this one's mom. to work with these people, honestly you are so honored to have a job. when you get to work that you get to work with them, you go, thank you. >> the chemistry is undeniable on the show. i don't know if it's you guys, the writing. what is going aron? e you guys all right off script? definitely us. >> all you? >> the writing ipretty good. >> because i guess a aeatdy s t and you miss each other. describe what this camaraderie is like. >> we spend aeot of t reminding each other this is amazing, right? this is crazy. we a t still int mode of eing astonished for the great words, for the great eight-page scene wonders. this kind ofoe work just't exist for the most part. >> we are just as curious as the audis to see what happens to the characters. >> you play the husband that waj thek. your name is joel. i have a joel, too. but i heard that the writers were saying that you were

of your own nillittle n ratin ratings box. yo tell how well the show would do by the chicks that came up to you on the streets? >> i have no idea what they are talking about. >> it's me. >> no, tony. >> i used to get people coming upndo me you're essentially the jerk from the show. now they tell me how much they lovet and it's so nice knowing that people are watching. they are enjoying it as much as are. >> i think he is the most handsome man on the show. >> sure. >> i was going to say, so quiet and such a scene stealer. when you show up, i wait for you o drop juan of your -- one your bombs. >> you want an f-bomb? finally, can i point out, too, caiegie d has created its own sandwich. they distributed them into your control room. >> what? >> yeah. it's a mael. >> they are already eating it. >> my better hf guess it was

a brisket. is that it? >> roast ef. >> oh. >> close enough. >> it only cost 50 cents? >> it cost 50 cents. exactly. thank you. the second seasons about to start.lo "the mar mrs. maisel" streams on december 5th on amazon prime video. if you haven't started watching it, you've got to getn the train. it's so well weirton worth it. next, jill's holidays"s als & deals" for the ladies in your life. first, this is "today" on nbc. nb

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at ross. yes for less. welcome back. lcome back. t's been # 5 years since "mrs. doubtfire." that up lifting family comedy features the late robin williams >> to mark the anniversary members of the cast are here to talk about williams' comedic genius. here is gadi schwartz. >> cld you make me a woman? >> honey, i'm so happy! >> reporter: it's been 25 years since t world fir met "mrs. doubtfire." >> hello! >> reporter: that unforgettable divorcee spending as much time with his kids by posing as a no-nonsense housekeeper. >>anhall we continuel labor? >> reporter: until his youngest

daughter brought families everywhere >> daddy?. >> reporter: these were the "mrs. doubtfire" child stars over two decades ago. mara wilson, lisa jakub.at we down to celebrate the film's 25th anniversary at a state restaurant in santa monica. when was the last time y'all saw each other? s> probably 25 years. >> reporter: whahat like? >> surreal a little bit. it's a bit of a time warp. there is a sense that no time has passed. >> coming here today, i went on my phone toooe the movie, and up came the restaurant scene. robin is there with mr "mrs. doubtfire," and he just unleashed. the craest innuendos about sally's character. >> i hope you are up for a little competition. >> i beg your pardon? ow she has a tool in the bedroom, dear.

it's her personal jet camera. she uses it like a prison movie. >> you look wonderfully uncomfortable from that scene. >> no acting required. >> reporter: how did you keep together across from some of the best ad-libbing around? >> really? >> yeah. we did a lot of takes. it would be oklike, , take 25 and robin would be different. every ti >> it was always something n and different and amazing. >> he had a hawaiian shirt on, big hairyrms, but he had the head of "mrs. doubtfire." it was so bizarre. oh, hello, pierce. you look so handsome. oh, give us a kiss. >> really? so is yourtan. >> reporter: "mrs. doubtfire" ups one of the first times we all saw your power of a smile. >> there it is.

>> reporter: what did this movie do for you? >> it kept me employed for that year. yes. i managed to pay the mortgage and look after m children. but i think it's very deeply ingrained in my heart because of the nature of the story, which is very empowering for young men and women ors familhat are divorced. i think it's a very healing film many ways. >> as a child of gorsed parents, watched this movie and it helped. it let you know there was light at the end of the tunnel. >> i hear that a lot. >> i do, too. it's incredible to know thatou had that impact, that you're able to help people. >> the kids need you. >> i need them. >> reporter: obviously, the loss of robin williams is indescribable. but what was your favorite part about working with robin? >> one of the most powerful things for me about working wit him ishat he was very open and honest with me, talking about his issues with addiction,

depression, and that was so powerful to me at 14. i have issuing struglstruggled y whole life. >> he was like a guiding force. he wld all of a sudden out of the blue g don't do drugs. they messed up my brain. i'm serious. do not do the i'm like, okay. >> no one has a smile like his. that vulnerability. it's like everybody is going to be just fine. >> i thinkt's sort of the message of the movie, too. >> i think it really showed that there are differentons of a happy ending. families might look different, but when there is love,hen ere is acceptance, all of those things, it's going to be okay. >> reporter: for "today," gadis artz, nbc news, los angeles. >> sounds like he really bonded with some of the young actors, too. >> nice to see them grown up.

>> more of the interview with the "mrs. doubtfire" cast on today.com. we are back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. on toda

coming up on the fourth hour, meghan fox arjt. >> and tonight we are going to light the rockefeller chrisas tree 8:0 eastern. first, your local news and weather. this is a news4 today news break. >> 8:56 is your time on this wednesday,ovember 28, 2018. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we want to check in with melissa molett and 4 your first traffic. what are you seeing,elsa? >> a situation in college park. route 1 at berwyn house road northbound/southbound closed, crash with an overturned vehicle. beltway slow. avenue a crash blocking the

right lane. there is a live look top of the beltway. we will check your worecast whencome back. stay with us.

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live, from studio 6a, this is "today." >> and a good wednesday morning to i'u. craig. here, of course, with mr. roker, dylan dreyer, our buddy, jacob hboroff in from the left coast. good toe you. >> you're based in l.a.? >> yeah. can you believe it?w >> i didn't k that. >> do you have a sleeping bag? i'll hang out tonight. >> you picked a good night to hang out. you know what's happening night? >> the tree lighting. that's why i came. >> a lot of parties on the east side of the abuilding. >>ot of extra security and buzz around the building. tonight, the holiday