loretta lynn is every bit the rebel.ng the boundaries of country for decades, writing rated x about the double standards women faced. ♪ you can't have a male friend ♪ when you're a has been ♪ or a woman you're rated x >> reporter: and writing "the pill" about birth control. ♪ making up for all those years ♪ ♪ yes i've got the pill >> reporter: you wrote about the pill. you wrote about war. people said you're a feminist. are you a feminist? >> i think so a certain point. i wrote them because that was what was on my mind at the time. >> reporter: when she released those songs, country music stations refused to play them. but loretta pushed forward to become the first lady of country music. we visited her at her tennessee compound to discuss that journey. >> this was my first furniture that i bought. i thought maybe we hit the jackpot. >> reporter: a massive estate with its own museum, post office, waterfall and gift shop. a long way from her humble beginnings in butcher hollow, kentucky, one of eight children. do you remem

lynn? >> ayman, thanks so much. >>> back here at home after taking herself out of the running as secretary of state, susan rice is keeping her eye on ball, meeting with the president at the white house today. on twitter last night, rice rallied followers under the hash tag let's go. saying we have a lot work to do for the american people and the world. and rice was even more specific in a "washington post" oh-ed, listing jobs, the deficit and national security among her top priorities. nbc's danielle lee as more. >> reporter: united nations ambassador susan rice was seen as president obama's favorite to follow secretary of state hillary clinton. now she has withdrawn her name from consideration. in an exclusive interview with nbc's brian williams for rock center, rice explained her decision. >> i didn't want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting and very disruptive, because there are so many things we need to get done as a country. >> repo

lynn. >>> tracie pots for us in washington. tracie, thanks. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is making a personal plea for federal disaster aid. the republican governor paid an unannounced visit to the white house to ask president obama for $83 billion in aid for new jersey, new york, and connecticut. he also met with members of congress. it was their first meeting since touring new jersey disaster areas in late october. >>> tea party leader and some same gop king maker senator jim demint of south carolina is stepping down from congress on january 1st. demint will become the head of the heritage foundation. that's a conservative think tank with an $80 million a year budget. demint is just two years into a second six-year term and south carolina governor nikki haley will appoint his successor. >>> well, it sure does sound like a plot out of a tom clancey cold war novel. a rogue navy sailor is accused of selling tracking technology to the russians. nbc affiliate reporter andy fox with wavy has that story. >> reporter: rober

mcdonnell, lynn. she said when anderson visited our house i showed him one of the picture books in martha's vineyard. i always said i took my photographs to be my children's eyes. i wanted them to remember everything from our adventuring together. now, i'm going to be grace's eyes but her voice. i feel fearless. i never felt any more pain than i do right now. i'm going to take on the world for our gracie girl. i myself have nothing to lose and everything to gain. jack and grace always said, you have to conquer your fear. i will not forget the mcdonnells or their amazing grace. you heard lynn talk about giving president obama one of the pictures. she gave me the same picture. a xerox copy of it, it's an owl. president obama said he would cherish it. i will cherish it as well. here are a few more pictures as we go to break. ♪ ♪ >>> a look at one of the many memorials for the victims here in newtown tonight. as we mentioned earlier, it's the first time since friday's tragedy newtown students returned to

i told lynn, it's one of my favorite songs. i hear it, i'll think of their amazing grace. lynn said she believes all the little children gone are holding hands in heaven, bright stars shining down over newtown. she said none of the kids had hate in their hearts. she acknowledged that the journey ahead is difficult but she'll let the children guide them. we'll leave you with a look at lynn and chris' amazing grace and all the others this town has lost. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found was blind but now i see ♪ ♪ through many dangers, toils and snares we have already come ♪ 'twas grace that brought us safe thus far and grace will lead us home ♪ ♪ amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ that saved a wretch like me i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see

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we were breaking down the disastrous romney campaign with lynn a couple of moments ago. >> bill: lynnrvard. >> igor volsky said careful this might trigger romnesia if we spend too much time talking about the romney campaign. fred wilder asks i wonder if lynn sweet is a cubs or white sox fan. inquiring minds want to know. >> you're on the spot. >> i'm going to try to make this -- >> bill: don't straddle the fence. >> i'm going to tell you i went back to the cubs once "the chicago tribune" sold them. so my allegiance once "the tribune" bought them many years ago and i was in washington. the nats weren't here yet. it was the os. nats were the nats which still have a prime place in my heart but once "the tribune" company bought the cubs, i could go back. once they sold the cubs -- >> bill: you could go back to the cubs. i think that makes sense. >> i had to and i could not -- somebody might say why not go to the white sox. i will quickly tell you the answer. many years ago the white sox did a deal in springfield illinois, the capital where they got -- i thought it was under the radar deal

that's our advocate, lynn. i will miss here contributions on the education committee for the years to come. she's fought tirelessly to protect the environment. most especially in the sonoma coast of san francisco bay and hopefully the president will follow her lead and designate further protections of our ocean and marine habitat in that area of our precious coast. i am very grateful for the members for the work they have done for america's middle class and the struggles -- those who struggle to join our middle class. the work they have done on behalf of their constituents and on behalf of the citizens of this country. they all came here to achieve accomplishments, to achieve success on behalf of their constituents, on behalf of this country, and they've succeeded. and i want to thank them so very much for their service, for their sacrifice, for the ingenuity, their innovation and i would say with these three for their spirited, tough, harsh, relentless pursuit of what they believed in terms of public policy an

but now she lives in scotland where her more lynn is from.eral judge ruled that she could take her back to scotland despite the father's objection. he says that she shouldn't be with her mother because lynn has a drinking problem. >> personally, i don't think someone with an alcohol issue like that can take care of a child. you know, definitely on their own. >> reporter: as evidence, this is a 2010 police video where lynn was charged with disorderly conduct. lynn says it was an isolated incident after a night out. >> you know, i had too much to drink and i apologized to the court when i was taken to the court. this is not a reflection on me. i wasn't drunk and in charge of my child. >> it's a classic he said, she said. >> i believe he set me up. >> reporter: lynn says it's a plot to get her deported sdple called the police on me on the 24th of december, christmas eve, and i was removed from the house. i was taken to a particular jail. >> reporter: something jeff denies. >> how could i get her deported? how is that even possible? >> reporter:

that's our advocate, lynn. i will miss here contributions on the education committee for the years to come. she's fought tirelessly to protect the environment. most especially in the sonoma coast of san francisco bay and hopefully the president will follow her lead and designate further protections of our ocean and marine habitat in that area of our precious coast. i am very grateful for the members for the work they have done for america's middle class and the struggles -- those who struggle to join our middle class. the work they have done on behalf of their constituents and on behalf of the citizens of this country. they all came here to achieve accomplishments, to achieve success on behalf of their constituents, on behalf of this country, and they've succeeded. and i want to thank them so very much for their service, for their sacrifice, for the ingenuity, their innovation and i would say with these three for their spirited, tough, harsh, relentless pursuit of what they believed in terms of public policy an

lynn? >> all right, tracie potts there for us on capitol hill, thanks. >>> congressman chris van hollen of maryland spoke to ed schultz last night and discussed what democrats are willing to give up if speaker john boehner accepts ending tax breaks for people making more than $250,000 a year. >> what the president has said is we need $1.6 trillion as part of an overall deficit reduction plan, because if you don't get those additional revenues, but you also try and reduce the deficit, you end up whacking everybody else much harder. and so, it's really important to have that revenue number as high as possible. >> sure. >> look, the president's already been clear, ed. on cuts, he will continue to implement over the next ten years over $1 trillion in cuts that he agreed to as part of the budget control act, 100% cuts. and at the time, he said we've got to come back and do revenue. he "life & style weeklalso call billion in cuts and laid out exactly what those should be. >> catch "the ed show" h

i'm lynn berry. well, this week president obama put syrian leader bashar al assad on notice specifically about the use of chemical weapons, and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news syria is preparing chemical weapons for their possible use against the syrian people in the form of aerial bombs. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military has now loaded the precursor chemicals for seron nerve gas into aerial bombs that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons site, like this one near homs. while u.s. officials confirmed the precursor chemicals are loaded and they must be mixed together to get the sarin gas. president obama and hillary clinton issued strong warning to syria's president bashar al assad. >> it's the point of no return. they're going to lose an

i'm lynn berry. there is a renewed sense urgency in washington as house members returned to town today with just 21 days left to avert that so-called fiscal cliff, and if the framework for an agreement isn't reached by the end of the week, lawmakers could be spending christmas in d.c. tracie potts has those good morning. >>> the president sitting down with john boehner, the staff sitting behind closed door, but today republican members come back to capitol hill and boehner may have a problem. >> all these members are going to come back to town, and they're going to want to play a role in these negotiations. >> the house is back today. that means conservative republicans who insist the wealthy keep this year's tax breaks could put the squeeze on their own party. that's the one thing president obama refuses to bend on. otherwise he says he's flexible. >> i understand, you know, people have a lot of different views. i'm willing to compromise a little bit. >> so are some republicans to save tax breaks fo

i'm lynn berry. this week president obama puts syrian leader bahsar al assad on notice about the use of chemical weapons. and now we know why. pentagon sources tell nbc news that syria is preparing chemical weapons for the possible use against the military people in the form of aerial bombs. jim miklaszewski reports. >> reporter: as the fighting grows more intense and syrian rebels close in on damascus, the syrian regime has turned increasingly desperate. u.s. officials tell nbc news the syrian military loaded the precursor chemicals for sarn nerve gas into aerial bombs. that could be dropped from dozens of syrian fighter bombers. this week u.s. intelligence detected a flurry of activity at chemical weapons sites like this one. while u.s. officials confirm the precursor chemicals are loaded, they must still be mixed together to create the deadly sarin gas. the development shook the world. president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton issued strong warnings to syria's president assad that the

jeremy lynn had a christmas gift. he took off against the vols. >>> it is not quite lynn -sanity, but he is taking off. they were giving and lynn was taking. he makes the steel and gets it to tony douglas for the basket. lynn with 11 assists. the former palo alto star pumped in 20 points. houston lead by 17 at the half. topped by james harden's five starters at double figures the rockets blowout the bulls 1 twenty-97. houston has won six of the last 7. at the staples center and fish burn and samuel l jackson both at courtside. the fans got to see world peace in action. that is meta world peace. he had 16 of his 20 points in the second quarter. this basket put them up by three early in the fourth. but they couldn't slow down kobe briept. kobe bryant. he scored 30 or more points. clinging to a three-point lead and gasol comes up big. the lakers get back to 500 with their fifth victory 100-94. right after that contest was over the court had to be converted so the clippers could host denver. show time is back, but they no

as lynn was saying, you said earlier, there is only 13 days left. i think in washington it is like, there are 13 days left. no need to do this in a hurry. i think it is clear that it is not going to get done until after christmas for sure. and i think it is likely to get done. you know, it is like theater, like watching a play and we're not quite at the point yet when you have the two sides come together for the curtain call. we're still in the stage where people are posturing for position before that final deal gets made. >> lynn, you pointed out one of the other things being negotiated right now is social security. and the white house signaled it might be willing to change the formula for how the payments were calculated. let me play what tom cole said. >> these are minor adjustments. they're things that people will hardly notice. but they add up over a decade to a lot of money. will you take political heat? sure. i think everybody is going to take political heat on all sides of this. >> there is political heat and then there is outrage. could thi

lynn sweet, one of my favorite ladies.ot get to ask you about your jesse jackson, but i would encourage folks to read on what you wrote over gesjesse jackson jr. over the past week or so. some very insightful reporting. >>> 31 days out to the fiscal cliff. we will go live to see what the president is saying to house leaders and whether that will keep us any further away from the edge. >>> also, how did the president capture the latino vote? was it as simple as embracing immigration reform or was it something else? we'll talk about that, as well. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills.

>> you know as lynn said, there is no answer, i mean, this is evil. we have been through this many times. i think we need a national commission on mass violence. not to be in place of anything else the president or congress or state governments might want to do but to make sure that heart break and the anger that we feel now is not dissipated over time or lost in legislative gridlock. i have got to tell you, this reminds me of the days and weeks after the terrorist attacks against us of 9/11. and at one point, john mccain and i turned to each other and said we can't let this just go. we have got to create a national commission to investigate exactly the questions we are asking about new town. how could this have happened and is there anything we can do to try to prevent it from happening again. >> there were forums after 9/11 and after the commission and the way that the intelligence community and the fbi shared information. it wasn't just let's wallow in our grief. >> no. >> chris: let me ask you a specific question. >> i want to say very quickly tha

and lynn liked that idea. she wanted to make sure that when you hear that song, you smile, that you don't cry. another thing that lynn said that gives her some comfort to think that grace died with her friends, and that they were holding hands when they died. she likes to think of them all in heaven, all 20 of those little children, all holding hands together right now. ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ ♪ that saved a wretch like me ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found ♪ ♪ was blind but now i see ♪ through many dangers, toils, and snares, we have already come ♪ ♪ twas grace that brought us safe thus far ♪ ♪ and grace will lead us home ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me ♪ ♪ i once was lost but now i'm found, was blind but now i see ♪ ♪ was grace that taught my heart

oops, post from lynn day. can believe they did that. right? and that launches a conversation. think what most tv executives would say, the social phenomenon is fueling the golden age of television, playing a very important and complimentary role some providing new opportunities to make it better. >> host: do you think we'll be designing our own television experience through social media? might have your friends on the facebook page, whatever the new facebook is in 20 years -- they're saying you should be watching honey boo-boo and this championship show, and this food show, and i have managed to link them all up and just click on my page and whether they're doing it through piracy or doing it through purchasing or this is the way programmers are suddenly connecting to more viewers and get their licensing through that. >> guest: yes, but some of it i think takes probably longer and is more complex than we think. i also think we shouldn't assume lightly all of that will be enjoyable to consumers. i think you magazine see other consumer backlash with i'm being too intimately trac

but police at lynn book are investigating.eputies plan to be out for at least three it four hours to make sure they do a full sweep, they don't know if this is a prank but they are just doing it to be caution. other schools we are told in the district are also being visited by deputies just to make sure that they are safe. reporting live. ktvu channel 2news. >> full update at noon. the schools we know that are canceled monta vista high school and lincoln elementary, next to each other in coopertino, those roads closed for a few more hours. sal what are you seeing? >> just want to check out the toll plaza. it's improving, about a 15 minute wait a minute. >> all right. mostly sunny. cool, cool and breezy. looks like increasing clouds, rain moves in friday and then again late saturday, early sunday. >> all right. >> chilly. >> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for trusting us. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to watch at noon for more on the threat that has shut down two schoolsw. are always he

i'm lynn berry. we're going to begin with breaking news out of the middle east. according to iran's state tv, the revolutionary guard captured a u.s. drone. the aircraft was flying in iran's airspace and brought down by electronic jamming. we're working to confirm this story. more details as soon as we have them. elsewhere, with only four weeks to go before we reach that fiscal cliff, republicans offer a proposal for a new deal. it had few specifics. the white house rejected it. tracie potts joins us from washington with the details. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. with a white house proposal and republican proposal on the table, you'd think we would have somewhere to begin negotiations. the white house says what republicans have offered isn't even a start. six governors, democrats, and republicans weigh in on the fiscal cliff today. what will they tell president obama about the spending cuts and tax increases now just 28 days away? >> we must reign in our out of control spending. >> reporter: republicans have an offer, $800 billion in new taxes, half what t

lynn woolsey's 10 terms, senior to me. i got elected six months after lynn got sworn in. i remember how proud i was of her background in local government and roles she played in sonoma and marin county. and she has spoken 440 times speaking for peace. going to be leaving this body known as the lady of peace and will be here in history forever and ever. and i remember bill clinton recognizing the backgrounds of people and lynn woolsey was the first woman elected to congress who as a single mom had to be on welfare and worked her way out of that and leading role to show that there are opportunities for you -- for all people in this great country. but the lady of peace is the most important of all. bob filner, background in local government. went back to local government after being involved in school districts and now the mayor of san diego and came here as a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement and led the veterans committee here. joe baca will be known as the captain of our baseball team and how he did so well in that, but had a proud background as the speaker sai

representative chris van hollen, lynn jenkins and javier becerra as well as sore orrin hatch with us. we'll hear from former treasury secretary altman and jeff greenfield. bill? >> stocks are trading off the highs of the day with less than an hour to go. final hour, really from the get-go. optimism about the cliff talks and senator harry reid made some comments this afternoon that put a damper on that real. we've lost about 30 points. in that time. up 74 on the dow at 13,244. the nasdaq is doing well today,

jeremy lynn had a christmas gift.ok off against the vols. [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. faster than mandy can hang up on mr. monday. you hang up first. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack-defying, satisfying totino's pizza rolls. [ ringing ] it's on. let's roll. aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition, honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmmm. [ female announcer ] make new traditions with pillsbury grands! cinnamon rolls. faster than mandy can hang up on mr. monday. you hang up first. [ female announcer ] in just 60 seconds, you've got snack-defying, satisfying totino's pizza rolls. [ ringing ] it's on. let's roll. -sanity, but he is taking off. they were giving and lynn was taking. he makes the steel and gets it to tony douglas for the basket. lynn with 11 assists. the former palo alto star pumped in 20 points. h

they were giving and lynn was taking.e makes the steel and gets it to tony douglas for the basket. lynn with 11 assists. the former palo alto star pumped in 20 points. houston lead by 17 at the half. topped by james harden's five starters at double figures the rockets blowout the bulls 1 twenty-97. houston has won six of the last 7. at the staples center and fish burn and samuel l jackson both at courtside. the fans got to see world peace in action. that is meta world peace. he had 16 of his 20 points in the second quarter. this basket put them up by three early in the fourth. but they couldn't slow down kobe briept. kobe bryant. he scored 30 or more points. clinging to a andthree-point lead and gasol comes up big. the lakers get back to 500 with their fifth victory 100-94. right after that contest was over the court had to be converted so the clippers could host denver. show time is back, but they now describe this l.a. team. now check out jordan with his own highlight real slam. they beat denver for their 14th win. 114*

. >> lynn mcdonnell say they are comforted by the fact that grace was in a place that she loved when she died. this little girl was all about peace. if you have an opportunity to find the interview, i strongly recommend it. it really is very, very powerful. >> it's so important for us to see these stories and faces. it gives us a chance to share what all those families are going through. >> and to end on a more positive note, how these children lived as opposed to how they died. >>> school this is newtown reopened yesterday with the exception of course of the sandy hook elementary school. still a crime scene there. the sandy hook kids will return to class in january after the winter break. they will be in a different building in a neighboring town and of course there will be 20 bright faces that will be missing. >>> the connecticut massacre caused a scare at a school in utah. officials in keerns say a sixth grader brought a handgun because he was worried about the events in connecticut. it turns out that the gun was not loaded. >>> 37 after the hour.

it was lynn mcdonnell, whose funeral you went to today, her daughter grace. do you think we'll be hearing from some of these mothers, some of these families in this, i guess what will be a battle down in washington? >> well, anderson, you and i were at grace mcdonnell's funeral today, and you saw the monsignor say at one point that he couldn't wait until these 40 parents were unleashed on washington, and he looked our way. i -- i think every parent is going to take their own time to figure out whether they want to be part of this process of change and what they believe the change should be. but i have a feeling that the majority of these parents are going to be marching on washington. are going to be demanding change, whether it be more help for the mentally ill or developmentally disabled or stricter gun control, and they're going to be the best spokesman for this issue because they want to make sure that these 20 kids' memory doesn't just vanish from the scene. there's something good that can come from this, and once the grieving process is over, i do think

lynn, the fact that we're talking about this, do we do it now through the prism of newtown?had also a weapon, the ar-15 rifle, one of the weapons that spangler used. do we look at it through the prism of newtown? >> newtown, virginia tech, columbine, northern illinois shootings, how many more do we need? so, you know, it's been said that newtown now might be the so-called tipping point. the -- i don't see yet and this will be an issue for the new congress coming in, because i can't imagine anything done in the lame duck session. what if i were wrong, that would be glad if there were some measures put in. i'm out front about that. the dynamic, i think, essentially has sadly probably not changed to spur congress to take action quickly on this. i'd like to be wrong on that. >> all right. so representative ron paul of texas distanced himself on monday from the nra proposal to put more armed guards in our nation's schools and paul said on his website it's another kind of violence. how do you think this conversation can be had logically in the new year if that's the only option th

ultimately lynn's lawyer says it all comes down to this. >> the welfare of the child.oing backwards and forwards between different countries. >> wow. joe johns, what a mess. how was the case argued before the supreme court this morning? >> well, you know, question is which direction are they going to go? the court never really tells you but you try to find things from their questions. the main issue is whether the treaty we were talking about cuts off all appeals that a child can be whisked out of the country immediately after one parent gets a judgment by a court, which is exactly what happened in aris' case. she was on a plane like two hours after a judge's ruling in alabama. so, today, it looked as though most of the justices who expressed at least some level of skepticism about cutting off all appeals had the potential to sort of mold and shape this, even chief justice john roberts suggested, brooke, it might be better to hold things up temporarily in a case like this, if there is going to be a rush to judgment by the party that wants to take the child out of the c