>> good morning. bombshell. a stunning repos morning in the "new york times" that the fbi was so alarmed by president trump's firing of its director james comey, that it opened an i investigatioo whether the president was working for russia. the white house and president trump's lawyer slamminpo the re overnight. what's the fallout, and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're li has stunned the nation. > dismal record. this morning, the government shutdowns now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at one another. >> nancy pelosi saying it is immoral to have a wall. it is immoral to he all these people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine, i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> federal workers waking upon with ney in their

paycheck and fears this government shutdown won't end any time soon. we're live in a divided washington. in> picture of freedom. abducted wisconseenager jamie kloss seen for the first time since she escap captivity, after being hels three mon following the gruesome murder of her parents. this morning, the latest on how the teenager is heing, and t suspect in custody,eccused of terrible crime. all that, plus wild winter storm. 70 million people in the path of a major storm stretching all the way frothe rockies to the east coast. >> done deal. nbc news agrees to a split with former "today" anchor megyn kelly. and in the room where it happened. "hamilton" premieres in puerto rico overnight. lin-manuel miranda back in the title role to benefit his family's,homela after a hurricane destred the island. we'll take you there today, ua saturday,ry 12th, 2019.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with sheinelle jones, peter alexander, and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to "today." thank you for joining us on what is a chilly saturday morning. our friend sheinelle is under the weather, so we're thrilled to have, from washington, kristen welker. >> happy to be here. >> my colleague at the white house. dylan is here, too. we have this headline from overnight. bombshell report from the "new york times," claiming that the fbi lnched an invest baigation into president trump to see if he is workingagor russia and nst the united states. geoff bennett is house with the latest on this. geoff, this is a major headline. good morning. >> reporter: peter, good morning. it is hard to overstate how significant this is. times" is reporting fbi investigators had to grapple with this question, t whether presitrump's actions surrounding the firing

of fbi director james comey constitutedn anti-ameri activity and a possible threat to national security. this morning, a bombshell report by the "new york times" reveals w enforceme officials grew so alarmed bytr president ump's behavior in the a daysfter he fired fbi director james comey that they ban investigating whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. according to the "times," fbi officials became suspicious of mr. trums ties to russia during the 2016 campaign but held off on launching an investigation. >> they knew that the decision to either open an investigation into a candidate o into a president himself, trump, auld have bee enormous deal, and aat they needed to mee particular threshold to do that. >> reporter: the "times" reports two events left o fbiicials so unsettled and unnerved, they took the unprecented step of

launching a counterintelligence probe into the first, the president's plan to send a letter to james comey about his firing, but never di in which mr. trump explicitly mentioned the russia inveseigation. thend, the president's interview with lester, in which he appeared to say he fired comey because of the russia probe. >> k gwing there was nod time to do it. in fact, when i decided to just doit, i sai to myself, i said, you know, thissi r thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> reporter: the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, pushing back, telling nbc news, if t fbi investigation obtained any evidence, it would have resulted in some action beingtaken, or they are imperilling our national security. this shows how out of control they are. and white house press secretary sarah saers, in a statement to nbc, calling the report absurd. >> geoff, a lot of people k wan w what this means for the

russia investigation. we've increpringly seen ident trump lashing out at special counsel robert mueller. where do things stand right now between the president and bob mueller? >> reporter: well, rudy giuliani, the president's personal attorney, tells nbc that president trump will notny answer more questions from the special counsel. so itri appears theen answers the president submitted to the mueller team in november regarding the russia investigation willo have suffice. the "times" reports mueller took over the investigation into whether mr. trump is a russian ast. it is unclear whether the special counsel is still pursuing it. >> certainly a bombshell. geoff, thank you. >> let's talk more about this. chuck rosenberg,. former u attorney and senior fbi investiga investigator, now an nbc news analyst. >> good morning, peter. >> let's breck this down and take a moment for this to sink in. the fbi opene up an investigation into the president of the united states to see whether or nki he wasng on behalf of russia.

let me read the key graph from o this, soe can get it. it says, agents sought tode rmine whether mr. trump was knowingly working for russia or hadunwittingly fallen under moscow's influence. >>. i want to get your opinion on this, being a former fbi agent. >> first of all, this is a remarkle sentence you just read on national television. remarkable to think that a president of the united states would be the subject of a counterintelligence investigation.ak you have to a moment to digest that. your second question, can t fbi willy-nilly open an investigation? absolutely not. the unterintelligence division of the fbi, the men and women who work for it, wk under a very, very strict set of rules. there's nothing willy-nilly about it. their work is overseen internally and externally. they take great care in what they do. i can tell you, this was not a decision taken lightly. >> chuck, rudy gi

interview with nbc news overnight pushed back he said, look, if this is a counterintelligence investigation, if national security is at stake, why wasn't there a report? why don't wenow the findings of this? does he have a point there, chuck? >> shockingly, no, kristen. he doesn't have anything close to a point. in fact, he has it 0 degrees wrong. if it is a counterintelligence investigation, perfectly reasonable, perfectly likely you would never see the result of , at least not publicly. counterintelligence investigatioon are in secret. very few of them result in criminal charges. most oakthe time, we the fruits of those investigations to inform policymakers, perhaps to fashion a diplomatic response. but the notion we would s what happened as a result, as mr. nonsensesuggests, is >> there's a lot americans are trying to digest as it relates to the russia investigation ght now. i think the big question is

what, if anything, does this tell us about the mueller investigation, whether this is still something that's being pursued, and does this give us you anyetter indication the mueller investigation may be winding down? >> i don't thinkle you can that, peter, that it is winding down, from the fact they had counterintelligence investigation opened. look, i always thought of these things as intertwined, as braided, if you ll. counterintelligence and criminal investigations can run together. they can run simultaneously. here's a good example. when the mueller team indicted2 the russian gru military intelligence offiwars, tha a criminal case brought in federal district court. it was clearrom reading that indictment that there was also a significant counterintelligence investigation of those russian officials. the government can do many things with theharuits of investigation. they can put it into federal court as a criminal case, or they can just use the fruits of the investigation to ingmrm their jt and shape their

analysis. so these things run together. they're intertwined. >> chuck, thank you for your insights into this new layer to the russia investigation. appreciate it. a dubious record this morning. one government shutdown is now thest in this country's history. washington paralyzed. fedeorlrs going without pay. there is no end in sight. nbc's white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is covering that story for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter. it is the history no president or congress should want to make, but here we are. there is one possible option, controversial though it may be, the national emergency. that could chang things. the president says he doesn't want to take it. >> reporteha today, dubious record is the only shutdown-related brea breakthrough. >> i want the democrats to comeg back to washin and vote. >> reporter: even congress left town. no new negotiations are even scheduled. and the pr had been talking up his

authority to build his promised border wall by declang a national emergency -- >> probably, i will don't. i'd almost say definitely. we can declare a national emergency. >> reporter: abruptly backed off the option nfriday. >> i going to do it so fast. >> reporter: he now says using the emergency p would trigger a court battle and take pressure off congress. >> it's theay easy out, but congress should do this. simples too >> reporter: the impasse clearly getting personal between the president and the speaker. >> nancy pelosi saying it is immoral to have a wall. it is immoral to hav all these people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine. i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> reporter: friday, snepeaker pelosi put her signaturen the one bright spot. both parties agreed furloughed workers will get backpay for lost wages when the shutdown is over. still, there's anxiety for

federal workers across the country. >> it is a little scary. two kids, you know, don't know what the long-term is going to be. >> after threeweeks, i'm not going to be able to pay my bills. >> reporter: all smiles for ain vi woman, whose husband is furloughed. friday, she claim a lottery prize, a new car, and $100,000. we all need a little lady luck. the president says he will sign that t measuret will restore backpay. it was passed overwhelmingly friday. it covs not only this shutdown but future shutdowns. there are a handful ofawmakers in the house who opposed it, saying it'd have the unwanted o consequenc taking pressure off congress and, perhaps, allowing this shutdown or future shutdowns to go on even longer. peter? kristen? >> kelly o'donnell outside the west wing, thank you. we're joined by the white house bureau chief for the "washington post" and an nbc analyst. thank you for being here. as kelly laid out, the pain is real for so many people all

ross the country. they want to know, when is this going to end, and who feels more pressure to blink first? >>yeah, that's question we don't have an answer to at this hour because there seems to be no end in sight. at the white house, the president is struggling to figure out ann exit prom this shutdown, as it becomes the longest in history. the democrats are unwilling to give him the wall he demands. they view it as immoral. they view it as ineffective. there does not seem to be an end ramp, the way this government reopens quickly. >> phil, the president traveled to the border a couple days ago. you and i both traveled down there with him. you had a chance to pose questions to him alongrdhe bo there. he made it clear he thinks he has the absolute right to rgdeclare a national ecy here, which basically would allow the opportunity to reopen the government r.ht aw i guess my question is, what dvice is he getting? why hasn't hee this yet? the fact he's sort of waiting to declare a national emergency, doesn't that undercut the argument that there is, in fact,

a national emergency, if he's still thinking about it? right.tly if this were a true national emergency, he could have declared it immediately,ul and have declared it immediately. the problem is, the white house, the lawyers have into this, trying to figure out what their legal options are, and preparing for a legal challenge in the courts. it's not conclusive thar, that president would be able to do this. he's hesitant. we're hearing from key republican lawmakers on capitol hill who are s ing, holdon. don't do this. this would be a mistake. try to negotiate some sort of solution first. >> just following up on that point, the president's pushing back against t aracterizati characteri. said the republican party hasn't ever been more unified behindything. we know his base is. we've seen the establishment peel away a tiny bit. phil, is there any indication that his base would abandon him if the pain gets t tough in some of these red states? >> it is unclear, kristen, if the base would abandon him, but the problem is the republican

party is more than just trump's base. there ke some republican lawmakers, including lisa murkowski, the senator from alaska, cory gardner,yi , that's enough, let's get the government open. there are cracks. let's see if trump can keep more cracks from opening into next week. >> we've seen remarkable weeks, and this was another one. can you pull back the curtain? give us a sense of what it is like inside the west wing, inside the president's thinking, as best you can understand it right now. >> we hear about the west wing eing chaotic so often, but it is at thismoment. there does not seem to be a strategy for this shutdown. they decidedo enter the shutdown without a clear plan of how to get out from it. we're now three weeks, almost four weeks into it and, again, meere is no plan for how to reopen this gove and secure the funding for the border wall that the president has promised his supporters around the country. >> well, these 800,000 workers

who aren't getting paid ho this ends soon. ws yes. good ne, we're seeing wisconsinna tr jamie klossalive. nearly three months after her parent were killed and he was abducted. ron mott is injamie's hometown, b barron, wisconsin. this ehas t >> reporter: after this tragedy, jamie's family sorted out her future, which family members she'd live with, deal withrhe loss of parents, and the trauma wherever she had been taking. theyppever s believing that, one day, she'd be back where she belonged. >> my legsed to shake. it was awesomehi >> reporter:mornin ing jamie kloss safe at home with family. a photo with an aunt shows the smiling teenager. she endured three months as a fostage, an ordeal that began with the murderer parents, gunned down in the middle of the

night in october. officials say she esced when her alleged captor left the house where she had been kept. >> we believe the suspect was out looking for her when law enforcement made contact with him. >> reporter: under arrest, 21-year-old jake thomas n, patterue in court monday to face kidnapping and murder charges. authorities say they don't believe jamie had ever interacted with thesuspect, captured in his vehicle while police believed he was out looking for her. >> yes it was exhausting, thinking about it. >> reporter: her relieved and grateful relatives never lost hope. >> we knew that we had to bring what was left of my brother back, which is jamie. that's what we did. >> reporter: jamie's discovery in a rural neighborhood about 70 miles from her hometown, and the couple who called 911 were in disbelief. >> absoluty overwhelming. it was like -- it is starting to feel better now, but it was lika dream, when this was all going on. it did not seem real in the ightest bit. >> reporter: the couple says the 13-year-old showed little emotion while they waited for police to aririve and appeared o

be in good fisz cal citphysical. after 3,500 tips, one call helped crack the case. >> jamie is the hero in the case, no question abo r it. orter: officials say the suspect took care not to leave behind any trace a evidence the kloss home, including as you might have seen, shaving his head. police also say they recovered multiple weapons, including a shotgun that might have been used in this >> not often do you get to celebrate a happy conclusion to a story like this. ron, we thank you very much. >> remarkable. we want to turn now to another big story that we e tracking. dylan is here with the first check of the weather. dylan, a major storm, >> this is a major storm. missouri is getting hit hard now. slippery roads, heavy snow, making road cditions sobad, that police had to check on stranded drivers. they also closed several of the main interstates around st. louis late friday night. a plane skidded off the runway in columbia. no one was injured, fortunately. 6 1/2 inches of snow in

colora. st. louis, over 9 up inches of w in the city. arnd the snow,e have already a foot of snow, and it is still snowing. it is going to snow pretty much allay long across missouri, including st. louis. the snow is falling in illinois, diana, into ohio. we have winter weather advisories for 69 million people. winter storm warnings, as well. you can see through the midwest and also along the appalachians. this will become an eastern storm for parts of virginia into washington, d.c., as well.lo sts is in it today. we are going to see this slowly move eastward as we go through the day with snow eventually arriving in maryland, in washington, d.c. we're also goi to see some of the heavier rain down through orthhern virginia and into carolina right in between the rain/snow line, we could see some icing.au that could c downed power lines, downed trees, as well. as for travel delays today, it is going to be all backthcross midwest, through indiana, over into pittsburgh. r heavn could cause delays near atlanta. tomorrow, we're going to see this shift to the east.

be badi'm assuming, will near st. louis. we'll see delays likely inc. washington, as well. additional snowfall could be as high as 4 to 6 inches in parts of illinois, indiana, over in the appalachians and across parts ofwevirginia. ould see up to 6 inches of snow there, as well. it is going to be a mess this weekend. that's a look at the weather across the country. now, here's a peek out your window. good morning, everyone. let's get to it. as she said, a winter storm warning. winter storm warning for the metropolitan ares inte 66. the snow will be moving into the area. as we break it down to zones where you live, washington, 3 to 5. camp springs, andrews, spring geor prince geores, 4 to 7. now starts today. overnight tonight and doesn't end until tomorrow. ha a great weekend, everyone. be safe. >> and that's your latest forecast. >> peter and i will be camping out at your house this weekend. may not make it back to d.c.

>> that's a good point. doesn't look like much for you folks. >> not a train day. a huge pmiere for "hamilton" in port uerto rico, lin-manuel back in the title role. adeath-defying accent on the highway. plus, the week's biggest headlines. it i all in th "download" right after this. ople aren't talking about giant's

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rosenstein, a popular punching bag for president trump, set the leave his job. >> administration sources say he has decided to step down after a new attorney general is confirmed. they say it is rosenstein's decision, that he is not being forced out by the white house, despite sha criticism in the past from the president aco ress. >> a source close to rosenstein telling nbc news he plans to remain at the justice deptment until special counsel robert mueller's work is done. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburl missed ora arguments this week for the furst timeweever. >> r, she did work from home,here she's recovering from lung cancer surgery. court spokeswoman says ginsberg, who is 85, is usingracripts of the oral arguments and the case briefs to participate. two-time oscar winning actor kevin spacey appeareco in t, pleading not guilty to sexually abusing a teenager. >> indecent assault and battery on person 14 or over. >> during the ten-minute arraignment monday on nantucket

island, spacey was ordered not to have any contcut with his r, who says the actor groped him inside a popular bar two summers ago when he was 18 years old. the found ofmazon announced he's splitting with his wife, in what could become the world's most expensive divorce. >> jeff bos is now in a relationship with former news anchor lauren sanchez, according to multiple reports, including "people," which cites sources. he pair was spotted at the golden globes party. the 49-year-old is the former host of "good day l.a." reps for bezos andanchez have not confirmed their relationship tobc news. some of the week's scariest moments caughtn camera. a close call on n ohiohighway, when this car slammed into two police vehicles.o fortunately, n one was seriously hurt. in australia, this highway sign ke crashing down on an suv. incredibly, the driver suffered onlyinor injuries.

and a daring helicopter pilot rescued an injured skier in the french alps. without landing, the rotors comi dangerously close to the side of the mountain. jimmy fallon asked a group of celebrities to sing a kelly clarkson hit "since you've beeno ," wearing headphones. how did they do? you be the judge. ♪ since you'veeen gone ♪ i can breathe for thetiirst ♪ ♪ i'm so moving on, yeah, yeah ♪ you had your chance, you blew a ♪ >> we' been there, where you think nobody is listening. >> dylan, you can sing. >> no other american wants to see that happen to them. >> sometimes, jaws, incding your 5-year-old's, drops. >> jimmy fallon always nails t jah we hav that. nbc news and megyn kelly officially part ways. we have the details. the latest on chicago police

rushing to the home of controversial singer r. kelly amid reports two women were being held against their will. a report about how bad the fluim season is, anrtant advice on how you can avoid it. first, these messages. this is a "news 4 today" news break. >> 7:26 on this saturday, january 12th. good morning. i'm david culver. few stories we're following this morning on what is a storm team 4 weather alert day. crews in our area gearing up s before thenowstorm moves in. they're loading up trucks with salt. th've got roads being pre-treated in d.c., maryland, and virginia. today, you're going to notice the trucks parked along the major roadways. they'll start to plo t once snow builds up. in virginia, plows are ready, and v-dot warns therucks are big and slow. they prefeou stay inside while tha snow is coming down. happening right now, major interruptions to a couple of o linethe metro. all of this because of scheduled track work. blue and yellow lines shut down cuts off reagan national airp t

airport, the pentagon,entagon city, and crystal city, closed all weekend. an express shuttle will run between the airport and lafont plaza every five to ten minutes. we'llw see the s start coming down in a few hours. clay anderson is tracking how much you might see. right now, the best internet meets the best things to do on the internet. switch to fios, the 100% fiber-optic network, and get a year of amazon prime and an amazon echo on us. already have prime? we'll cover another year. it's all yours when you sign up for fios gigabit connection, plus tv, plus phone, all with a 2-year price guarantee, all for just $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. with fios and prime, you can stream prime originals in 4k, get free games with twitch prime, and get fast,

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step outside this morning, and it is colut there. clay anderson, in a few hours, you're expecting to see that snow start coming down. >> david, signs of things to come. good morning, everyone. came in about 3:00 this morning, and thena nat weather service took no time in adding the ngmetro, wasn, d.c. area to a winter storm prning. in theink, warning starts at 4:00 p.m. today.e areas to north, winter weather advisory. the reason for that, it is about to snow, david. 3 to 5 inside the district. many areas, 4 to 7.

we'll keep an eye on the snow as we continue in the afternoon. b>> clay, you'l tracking it closely. we'll be back in 25 minutes. we'll have more updates to your news. of course, clay will have an update to your weather. > we are back on this saturday morning, january 12th 2019. it is a chilly one here in new york city. our thanks to those folks braving the temperatures in the 20s. >> absolutely. >> good looking crowd out there on the plaza today. we will head outside a littlete to say a quick hello. i'm peter al sond exander. this is my friend, kristen lker, filling in for sheinelle. >> busy one. >> a shocking report out of washington, the som reporting the fbi investigated whether president trump was working for russia, against american interests. according to the "times the fbi opened the inquiry after the firing of director jamescomey. the white house and president trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani,

both blasting the report. 22 days and counting, the government shutdown is now the longest in history. fridayst was the f missed paycheck for 800,000 federal workers. president trump has backed alay from decng a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, but there's no agreement in sight with lawmakers who have gone home for the weekend. a massive explosion rocked paris this morning, killing at least four, including two re fifighters. another first responder is fighng forlife. police say at least ten others are in critical condition. this explosion leveled thend grouloor of a bakery, and it trapped people b inldings nearby. authorities believe a gas lea is to blame. and two of the nfl's hottest offenses are in action today, as football's divisional playoff round gets underway. the rams and the cowboys annight. drew luck and the colts head to kansas city to square off with patrickahomes and the chiefs. you can watch all the pregame

sverage followed by the colts/chiefs gamerting at 3:00 p.m. eastern, right here on nbc.o don't want miss that. we want to turn to breaking news this morning. nbc news announcing it's reached an agreement with former "today" anchor megyn kelly to part ways. the matt bradley has overnight developments. >> el come to twelcome to the s. i'm megyn kelly. >> reporter: nbc oicially parted ways with megyn kelly, leaving her with the $30 million payout, most of the remainder of her contract. nbc cancelled the anchor's show foll her comments of wearing blackface in october of last year. >> if you're a white person putting on blackface, or a black person putting on whiteface, when i was a kid, it was okay, as long as you were dressing up as a character. >> reporter: kelly apologized to her staff and the public, but thn react was scathing. >> is there has never been a time in her 47 years that

blackface has been acceptable. >> while she apologized to the staff, she owes a bigger apology to folks color around the country. because this is a >>history. eporter: after months of negotiations with the tv host, nbc released this statement friday. the parties have resolved their differences, and megyn kelly is no longer an employee of nbc. nbc brought kelly over from fox news in 2017, giving her one the biggest salaries in television news. as for kelly'sfuture, she told tmz thursday night, you'll definitely see me back on air. a new year resolution that will keep many essing. for "today," matt bradley, nbc news. more trouble for r. kelly in the wake of a newnt documey, claiming he is a serial sexual abuser. oen frid on friday, apartment to investigate whether he was holding women against their will. morgan chesky is in los angeles ith what it means for the singer.

>> reporter: good morning. this series is prompting both sides to dig in here. multiple women saying the singer preyed upon them sexually, as the r&b star maintainsis innocence. the lifetime series "surviving r. kelly," now rompting authorities to take a closer look atns accusatf mental, physical, and sexual abuse, all of which kelly has denied. friday, police responded to the r&b singer's chicago home, after police received a call, claiming who women were being held against their kwill. >> thecked on the door. ey were let in. they met with the young ladies who lived there. they spoke to the young ladies.t they >> reporter: kelly's attorney says the claim only backs up his client's innocence.de >> we have ee that this entire show wasscripted, connived, and made up by the producers for their own financial ga f. >> reporte families of other alleged victims, this is not made up. >> i miss you so much. man, i love you.

i never gave up hope. >> reporter: alice hasn't heard from her daughter in year >> i just want you home. you can't believe nothing he's saying because he is a liar and manipular. >> reporter: on soe al media, thgrammy-award winner offering evidence of lif asnormal. videos show him dancing in a chicago nightclub wednesday night. >> no stice. >> npeace. >> reporter: backlash against the singer coming on the streets and online, with the #mute r. a kell a radio station pulls his music. for now, the singer, who has consistently denied all allegations, remains signed with rca records, fing a familiar tune that has yet to play out. >> there have been three or four different i timesn the past when i've thought, that's it, he's done. he manages to continue and rida it out e time. i'm not so sure that'll happen this time. >> reporter: r. kelly's lawyer appeared on abc this week, where

he defended the star but confirmed he did marry singer aaliyah when she was 15 years old. the lawyer claimed kelly had no idea that was her real we're also hearing reports of more potential accusations. the state attorney telling the "chicago tribune," her office received does zens of calls afta plea for more victims to come forward. >> thank you, morgan. dylan is back with another check of the weatheright now. dylan, it is starting to get real cold outside. >> man, it is really ll bone-cg cold, especially across the northeast. which we haven't seen all that much of so far this winter. it now does feel like winter. today, high temperatures will be running well belowge ave by about five to ten degrees. raleigh, high of 41. columbus, 31. this all sets the stage for the storm system that's moving in, for it to be cold enough for snow. st. louis, six degrees below average. tomorrow, it stays cold, but retively seasonally so, expect in boston, where temperatures will be 11 degrees below averag a high of only 26

degrees. add in wind, it feels colder. louisville, about 39. jackson, mississippi, 40s. as we go int next week we are going to see temperatures remain on the cooler side. 20s and 30s throughout the northeast and back to the great lakes. 40s in memphis. 55 in mobile, alabama. it i going to stayn the cooler side with warmer temperatures.ho those orangesng up across the upper midwest, that'll move to the upper midwest and the northern plains on monday.k that's a lt the weather across the country. now, here's a peek out your window. >> good morning, everyone. as we awake to snow temperatures in the washington area,o definitely ie 30s. the feels like wind chill temperatures are in the 20s. a good look at your neighborhood, again, here in the district, we're looking for 3 to 5 inches. surrounding the district, 4 to 7 inches of snow. to the north we go, 2 to 4 inches to the south and west, higher elcatione elevati elevations, 5 to 8. writt winter storm warning today and

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the food bank will have five pop-up markets. ags of workersan get groceries, no questions asked. they've got free produce and non-perishable items that will be distributed at sect giant stores. markets will be open from 9:00 until noon. brin your federal government or federal contractor id. sad news out of the redskini ortions this morning. the oldest son of former dskins coach joe gibbs has died. according to wtop, our news partner, j.d. gibbs died of complications flowing a degenerative neurological disorder. he was 49. the first significant snow fall of 2019, hours away. we'll check in with clayac anderson, trng how much we might see.

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it is a cold start to your saturdaymorning. clay anderson and the storm team 4 weather center with what is a weather alert day. you're tracking some snow. >> we're talking about big-,me sndavid. hi, everyone. in fact, we'll show you what to our neighborhood. 4 to 7 inches. it is a wide swath. inside the beltway, a bit less. areas from maryland to virginia, west virginia. higher elevations, 5 to 8 inches getting closer to the shenandoah valley. with th, iteels like outside, temperatures already in place, notice, the wind chill, 31 for us in town. 20s to go around. the snow will continue to move

across the area today, tonight, d david, into tomorrow. >> all right. a good day to be inside at the nbc 4/telemundo 44 health and fitness expo. we're back at 8:30. good morning. bombshell. a stunning report this morning in the "new york times" that the fbi was solarmed by president trump's firing of its director james comey, it opened investigation into whether the president was working for ru hia. the whiouse and president trump's lawyers slamming the report overnight. what's the fallout, and what does it mean for the mueller investigation? we're live with the story that has stunned the nation. dismal record. this morning, the government shutdown is now the longest in history. the president and congressional democrats still sniping at each other. >> nancy pelosi saying it is immoral to have a wall. it is immoral to have all these people killed. i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine. i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> federal workers waking u this morning with no money in

thei paychecks and fears this shutdown won't even any time soon. we're live in a divided washington. and in the room where it happened. "hamilton" premieres in puerto rico overnight. lin-manuel miranda back in the title le on the island o his hometown, after a reashurricanee through. ♪ i thank god every day that i woke up feeling this way ♪ ♪ i can't help loving myself >> mommy and daddy are on tv. >> supporting the sai ms for dad. >> my baby just turned 21. ♪ they want to be me too ♪ they want to be me too>> happy birthday, dad. >> happy birthday to my dad. >> co50tdown to >> celebrating sweet 16 with the "today" show. ♪ i goaight to vip >> impressive lip syncings.

welker. thank you for joining us. sheinelle is under the weather today. we hope she gets well soon. we have my colleague from the wh house kristen welker with us, alongside dylan dreyer, who will have the forecast in a moment. about the shutdown, it is worth saying, both of us flew into town. i was impressed by how efficient the tsareolks no paychecks but all smiles yesterday. we thank them and everybody else who kee us safe, even through the government shutdown. >> we tip our hats to everyone who has to work without getting paid. when you see the zeros on the paystub, it hits home. >> it. does we want to get to the top story. this is another significant one. a bombeell report from "new york times." it claims the fbi launched an sident gation into p trump to determine if he was working for russia. the president firing back this morning. nbc's geoff bentt is at the white house with the latest. geoff, good morning. what's he rying? orter: peter, good morning. this is a monumental story. the "new york times" is reporting that fbi investigators had to consider the explosive question of whether preside trump's actions surrounding the

firing of fbi director james comey constituted anti-american activity and at possible thr to national security. this morning, a bombshell report by the "new york times"reveals that law enforcement officials grew so alarmed by president vi trump's beha in the days after he fired fbi director james comey that they began investigating whether he was secretly working on behalf of russia. according to the "times," fbi officials became suspicious of mr. trump's ties to russia during the campaign, but held off on launching an invest bast inati investigation. ty k launching investigation against a candidate or president trump was a big deal. they needed to hit a threshold to do that. >> reporter: the two events left i officials so unsettled and unnerved, they took the te unprecedend step of launching

a counterintelligence probe into first, the president's plan to send a letter to james comey about his firing, but never did, explicitly trump mentioned the russia investigation. the second, the president's interview with lester, in which he appeared to say he fired comey because of the russia probe. >> knowing there was no good time to do it.ct in when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. reporter: the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, pushing back, telling nbc news if the fbi investigation obtained any idence, it would have had to resulted in some action being taken, or they are imperilling our national security. this shows how out of control and white house press secretary sarah sanders, in a statement to c, calling the report absurd. and president trump is now lashing out, tweeting, wow, just

learned in the failing "new york times" that the corrupt former leaders of the fb almost a fired or forced to leave the agency for some very bad reasons, opened up an ,investigation on for no reason, and with no proof, after i fired -- who the president calls -- lying james comey. well, the "new york times" reporting lays out the reasons the invtigation was launched. president trump, as we know, has changed his reason for firing comey. according to the "time," the mueller tea took over the investigation into whether or not mr. trump is a russian asset. " says it is unclear whether mueller is still pursuing it. >> geoff bennett on the north lawn at the whiouse with that, thank you. meanwhile, we're also tracking an unfortunate record this mornin the government shutdown now the longest ever in history. washington paralyzed. federal workers going without pay, and there is still no end in sigh nbc news white house correspondent kelly o'donnell is

co pring thatt of the story for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kriste this is t start of week four, if you can believe that. government services on i.c.e., -- ice, and one too president talked about the possibility of him using to try to fix this has put back on the elf. today, that dubious record is the only shutdown-related breakthrough. >> i want thera democ to come back to washington and vote. >> reporter: evenongress left town. no new negotiations are even scheduled. the president, who for days h been talking up his authority to build his promised border wall by decring a national emergency -- >> probably, i will do it. i would almost say definitely. we can declare a national emergency. >> reporter: -- abruptly backed off that option friday. >> i'm not going to do it so fast. >> reporter: he now says using the emergency power would trigger a court battle tnde

pressure off congress. >> it's the easy way congress should do this. this is too simple. >> reporter: the iasse clearly getting personal between the president and the speaker. >> nancy pelosi saying it is immoral to have sa wall. it is impormoral to have all th people killed. >> i'm a mother of five, grandmother of nine. i know a temper tantrum when i see one. >> reporter: friday, speaker pelosi put her signaturen t one bipartisan bright spot, both parties and the white house agreed furloughed workers will get backpay for lost wages whenever the shutdown is over. still, there's anxiety for federal wor trs acros country. >> it's a little scary. two kids, y know. don't know what the long-term is going to be. >> after three weeks, i'mgo not g to be able to pay my bills. >> reporter: all smiles for a virginia woman whose husband is furloughed. friday, carrie walls claimed a lottery prize, a new car and $100,000.

president trump says he will sign into law that backpay bill, which will restore money for federal workers, but not until it is over. it'd affect this shutdown and any future s.shutdo right now, the incriminations continue, but no talks are scheduled. uestion of who blinks first. kelly, thank you for that. now to joyful news,el foy, this morning. we are seeing wisconsin teenager jamie kloss for the first time since she was found alive after ing held in captivity for nearly three months following the murder of her parents. nbc's ron mott is in jamie's hometown, barron, wisconsin, with the details. ron, good morning. >> reporte good morning to you. this is great news indeed. obviously, everyone wanted this tyre of a result yesterday, the sheriff stood and answered a lot of reporter questions. did not have answers for everything, including, how did the suspect come to target jamie, as police say, and howd coe do that without setting off any alarms? >> my legs started to shake, man. it was -- it wasawesome. >> reporter: this morning, jamie

kloss safe at home with family, a reunion with an aunt posted to facebook shows a smiling teenager. the image belies what she endured. three months as a hostage. it began with ther mur of her parents gunned down inoctober. she escaped when her alleged captor left the house where s d been kept. >> we believe the suspect was out looking for her when law enforcement made contact with him. >> reporter: under arrest, 21-year-old jake thomas patterson, due in court monday nato face king and murder charges. authorities say they don't believe jamie has ever it interactedthe suspect, captured in his vehicle while police believed he was out looking for her. >> it was exhausting, thinking about it.r: >> reporer relieved and grateful relatives never lost hope. >> we just knew wead to bring what was left of my brother back, which is jamie. that's whate did. >> reporter: jamie's discovery 70 miles from her hometown had the couple who called 911 in

disbelief. >> it is starting to feel better now, but it wasike a dream. when it was going on, it didn't seem real. >> reporter: the couple said jamie show ed little emotion an was in good physical condition. after many tips, one call cracked the case. >> jamie is the hero in this case. there's no question about it. jamie's er: yesterday, aunt told me that the family would be very careful not to overwhelm her. they want to ease her back into what is now her new normal. in the meantime, the town of barron is ready to celebrate her safe return. the school superintendent was asked, would there be a public ceremony? she said, you better believe it. >> one hec of a homecoming. thank you very much. much more to get to this morning, including new fallout from the idrkland, flor shooting. sheriff scott israel was removed from officer byer gr desantis. the department was widely criticized when deputies did not

enter marjory stoneman douglas high school as the sho unfolded nearly a year ago. the democratic sheriff says he'll fight what he calls a politically motivated suspension by the republican governor nearly 500 sick passengers on board a caribbean cruise liner arrived back on land this morning. amlances met the ill passengers at the dock. on board, the crew of the oasis of the seas scrubbed the ship, trying to prevent the spread of what is believed to be knnorovis norovirus. the ship holds 8,000 people. royal caribbean is refunding everybody's money. the other big story we're watching, the weather. dylan is back with the latest on this major srm slamming the middle of the country. it'll be a big one. >> it is. it is already becoming a big one. st. louis already has more than 9 inches of snow on the ground. stede police respo to nearly 600 crashes in the past 24 hours. police had to check on stranded drivers and several of the roads were closed. the main interstates around st.

louis were closed late friday night. a plane skidded off the runway in columbia. no one was injured. good thing. 6 1/2 inches fell in parts of colorado. outside st. louis, we already have more ohan a foot snow on the ground, and the snow is still falling. ak is falling in st. louis. it is a bit of a bn kansas city. des mo seeing the snow. filling in across indiana, ohio. it'll move east tout the day. we have winter storm warnings, winter weather advisories. the appalachians will be another area we will see significant snowfall. here you see it continually moving e we'll also see the possibility of flooding across kentucky and tennessee. astoe go into rrow, we will see this storm stay mainly south of new york city. washington, d.c., we'll see the snow. most of virginia will see the snow, as well. maryland and delaware. icing is a possibility, especially across parts of north carolina and virginia. that could causes downed tr and poun liwer lines. if you're traveling, the airplanes will be pretty m

a standstill in st. louis, i indianapolis sh indi, as well. pittsburgh could have delays. tomorrow, r heaviern through the carolinas. we could see an additional 4 to 6 o inches snow back through the midwest and also, again, the appalachians and parts of virginia could end up with 6 to opossibly 8 inche snow. that's a look at the weather across the country. now, here's aeek out your window. >> good morn, everyone. we're seeing the glimpse of a large storm reaching our area. down from the south and west, 4 to 7 inches of snow expected. starting to see a bit of snow on the radar. not really reaching the ground as of yet. in the far western suosrbs. for the part, 4 to 7 inches. a big less to the north and to the east. we're just going to be careful for that because snow today, tonight, and intotomorrow. be safe, everyone. >> that's your >> dylan, thank you very much. cold outside, but it is the hottest ticket in town in puerto

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alexander hamilton in the san juan production. the it is all for a goode. ca lucky nbc's gabe gutierrez is there. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: dylan, good morning. this is the room where it happened. the long-awaited debut o "hamilton" in puerto rico. almost 16 months after hurricani slammed into this island, it was a night of celebration and triumph. [ applause ] it was an ovaon like none other. cathartic after so much pain. the ultimate tribute to puerto rico's resiliency. >> i'm in awe. i'm in awe of the people of puerto rico. i wish i could live in the opening number forever. >> reporter: more tafn two years ter stepping down from the role that catapulted his career to new heights, broadway superstarlin nuel miranda is reprising "hamilton," this time

on the isld where he spent childhood summers with his family. >> i love this island. i want it to beroud of me. >> reporter: hurricane maria ravaged puerto inrico, flo communities and leaving so many americans without clean water. >> sends a big messag a big lighthouse to say, puerto rico is open. puerto rico is t a placehat america needs to keep supporting. ♪ >> reporter:he tony-award winning show inal rehears for months is raising money to help promote the arts in puerto rico. >> this time, it isu personal. yoow what i mean? >> reporter: right. >> bringing this here, it t, abou you know, lin and what this island has meant to him and his family's life. >> reporter: alexander hamilton himself was born on a caribbean island and found his calling after a devastating hurricane. the parallels not lost on the die-hard fans who scored tickets to opening night. >> this will be the 58th time you've seen "hamilton"? >> i love it every single time. it is always so different for me. i enjoy it just as much, every

time. >> reporter: 58 shows. wow. i thought i was a fan. now, "hamiln" will continue its run here for three weeks. you might be asking, how much are tickets? g some weren out to local residents for $10 each. the special vip tickets, dylan, a cool $5,000. >> wow. >> reporter: back to you. >> totally worth it though, right, from everyone? >> indeed. >> gabe, thank you much. finally, choprand nick jonas, after tying the knot early in december, the newlyweds are finally taking their it long-a honeymoon in the caribbean. they're bringing social media followers along. they postematching photos on caption, mr. and mrs. romance. >> didn't happen if you don't post it. >> they have serious fashion. >> thank you very much. we'll be right back. hey! havertys is having a big sale.

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starts now. >> heavy snowfall is just hours away from blanketing our area. some places expected to be hit with more than/2 foot of snow. storm team 4 tracking how much you might see oner this wea alert saturday morning. plus, another day and no compromise we are now in the midst of the longest government shutrown the couny has ever experienced. with that embarrassing milestone, it does not appear to bring the white hour or congress any closer tho a deal. e>> today, you can avoid the cold weather, s money, and set yourself up for a healthy new year at the 26th nbc 4/telemundo 44 health and fitness expo. the doors are going to open in a few minutes from now.'r going to check in with doreen gentzler on this saturday morning later, too. > it is a weather alert day. we are preparing for some snow, the first snowfall of 2019. we look live outse, just a cold start for now. clay anderson, you say we're a few hours away from the fkes to start falling.

>> yes, david, the setup is rfect for snow. definite snow across the washington area. we tked about that all week long. cold air is in place. storm system nowcroaching areas western virginia. we have warngs and watches in place. outside, we'll talk about how much snow you are going to gr for yneighborhood. that includes the district of columbia, 3 to 5 inches inside the beltway. everyoneelse, for the most part, 4 to 7 inches of snow. the reason for the wide range if accumulation forecast is location, location. because of the size of the storm, you'll have plenty of overrunning, which t means precipitation or snow is going to be going on for a long event. today, tonit, and into tomorrow. outside, cold air, as i said, is in place. temperatures right now for the wind chill. this is what it feels lik sbo