i've got a stepson, anthony. a lot of anthony's in our home. >> why did you decide to adopt? >> i believe that every child deserves the opportunity to be raised in a loving and caring home and at the time my wife and i were looking to expand our family and we knew there were many children who wanted, desired to be in a loving supportive family and without we could do that so we adopted jonathan. what a joy. we thought that we were doing jonathan somehow a favor by bringing him into we learned that the gift and the favor with all haste towards us because he's just been a wonderful addition to the family. >> and a mentor is for you throughout your political career? >> a few of them. first, my role model, not a political mentor, but it's mohammed ali, who i think all of us a few things if one is nothing comes easy and no matter how easy he made it though, he reminded us it took a lot of hard work and he used to say that he would run on the road before it got to dance under the lights and he worked hard. i also admire and respect him because he was willing to sacrifice what achie

father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepsister, stepbrother or half sister. >>> with only 11 days left in president obama's term, some will look back at his service as inspirational and historical. polls show that roughly or nearly 57% of americans agree and view president obama positively. his job approval rating was recently at 56%. so he's cruising in the high 50s. but don't forget he was accused of being a liar, a despot, a king, and the end did not come soon enough. >> he wants to say i'm not legal. not true. >> our political priority in the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. >> he thinks he can just win what he wants and go around congress. we don't have kings. >> i ask president obama not to divide us further by acting like an imperial president. >> and trump comes along and says birth certificate. he gave a birth certificate. whether or not that was a real certificate, because a lot of people question it -- i certainly question it. >> anyway, the gop threw up road bloc

smart was also given an additional charge of cruelty to children because his 6-year-old stepson was inhe house at the time the crime occurred. smart pled not guilty to all charges and said he believed his wife's injuries happened after a night of drinking. >> she could have fell and hit her head on things, got these bruises, whatever, on her head, so could the liver and spleen, if you fall into something hard enough. >> smart said he found his wife unconscious and that her internal injuries could also have resulted from his attempts to resuscitate her with cpr. >> as i started chest compressions, i could feel her chest caving and could feel the bones -- it felt like if you crack your knuckles, that's what it felt like and sounded like. >> but the medical examiner testified that the victim's injuries were far more widespread and severe. prosecutors also presented letters left behind by smart's wife in which she claimed that her husband beat her regularly. smart's past history of domestic violence did him no favors in the trial. over the past 18 years, smart pled guilty to and served tim

my stepson duncan says that there's some new blood at 15 division -- someone called ward. officer juliet ward. but she's not just an officer, is she? see, i checked. she's internal affairs. she is. yes. i assigned her. uh, it's hot in here. do you mind if we...just talk outside? [ sighs ] did i miss an e-mail, williams? well, there was an explosion in their evidence room, and a lot of cases were blown that day, so it made sense to put someone in there, make sure none of our people allowed that to happen. i think you're missing the point. why wasn't i informed? [ chuckling ] well, commissioner... you hired me to take the pressure off you. i can't help you if i'm pestering you about every single decision. delegate, right? that's what i'm here for. i figured that's what it was. mm-hmm. 'cause i am an optimist. [ both laugh ] i need to see a report. absolutely. just give me a week or two, put it together. anything you have. end of day is fine. yes, sir. sam: so, he's on to juliet. you think he's on to you? i don't know. but he wants a report at the end of today. okay. is that

. >> my stepson, three years ago, died of leukemia, just before obamacare went into effect. and had he had obamacare, perhaps we wouldn't have died. >> similar rallies will help yesterday and at least a half a dozen other new york cities including newark, new jersey, and boston. >>> coming up next, a tradition that's not quite as old as our democracy, but it's pretty darned old. 146 years in business, and now the greatest show on earth is no more. what was a tradition for so many is over. where? why? and what's next? a close call for one kansas highway patrol trooper... and it's caught on ca. >>> a close call for a kansas highway patrol trooper and it's all caught on camera. the officer was traveling on an interstate yesterday when the driver of a semi lost control. the highway patrol says the truck driver was going too fast for the icy conditions. no one was injured, but the crash could have ended up, we know, much differently. >> it's like the whole lane. i will say, people do crazy things in slick, wet, dangerous weather. >> i think they just -- they forget that, you know

that's my son and my stepson.s about 18 months ode right now and his name is ethan nomache, that means little man in indian. gives me hope and reason to pull through. when i get out i'll live with my dad to get myself on my feet before i can raise money to get my own place. i plan on being a father to my son, get to know him, be a better husband to my wife, hopefully start a future, you know? >> coming up empty in the laundry facility search, sergeant lawton and isu launch a full-scale investigation of the laundry workers cells in hopes of locating any dangerous contraband before it's used. >> these are actually some targeted cells that we're after, inmates that are assigned to the laundry. we'll follow up, see if we can find more metal, more contraband. go up to the cell, strip the inmates out, bring them out of the cell and complete our cell searches. get to the door, go ahead and pop them. >> pretty much looking for any kind of contraband, weapons, drugs -- >> turn around. >> you smell -- i'm telling you right

. >> my stepson died three years ago of leukemia just before obamacare went in effect. >> perhaps if he had obamacare, he would not have died. >> selma locke saw both hands how insurance can help. insurance that have saved lives. >> reporting from san francisco, nbc bay area news. we'll have much more coverage leading toup to the naug rainau we'll be there for washington, d.c. and we'll be covering the women's march on washington. that'll take place the following day. >>> more inauguration coverage to come and that includes an inside look for the preps to make sure the new first family is safe of all the festivities. a local business is making a decision to make a stand against the president-elect trump. >>> an attack against fake news, the new tour that facebook is rolling out ahead of germany election. >>> the most snow they have seen in decades but it is not all fun up in the sierra this holiday weekend. >> plan on some patchy fog and upper 30s tomorrow morning as we begin the count down to rain and gusty winds and likely high surf heading to the coast. the time line as we come ba

. >> my stepson three years ago died of leukemia, just before obamacare went into effect.ad he had obamacare, perhaps he would haven't died. >> san francisco was in the spotlight here, but similar rallies were held yesterday in about a half dozen other u.s. cities, including newark, new jersey, and boston. >>> 5:17. bombshell from ringling bros. the big top will be coming down for good this spring. over the weekend, ringling bros. owners informed employees after 146 years, the greatest show on earth will not go on. the reason is money and a steep drop in ticket prices. circus producers say the real decline started last spring after the elephants were retired to a conservation center. fans seeing the circus in florida yesterday reacted to the news. >> this is very disappointing. this is something i grew up and on my parents are here. we have three generations. >> animal rights group are calling ate victory and a sign of changing times. >>> happening right now, we have been reporting on all the severe weather here. how about what's going on right now in the great plains? an

. >> my stepson three years ago died of leukemia just before obamacare went into effect.nd had he had obamacare, perhaps he wouldn't have died. >> similar rallies were held yesterday in about a half dozen other u.s. cities, that include newark, new jersey, and boston. >>> well, journalists who cover the white house as part of the press corps have announced a formal objection to the trump transition team's idea to relocate the white house briefing room. vice president-elect mike pence and chief of staff reince priebus floated that plan out over the weekend. they say that moving the press corps to a larger location outside the white house would help to accommodate what they call extraordinary interest from the media. but critics call this an eviction, pure and simple. >>> president-elect trump has canceled his day trip to washington on this martin luther king jr. holiday the. it comes as the president-elect is in a public feud with civil rights icon, john lewis. >> that played out over twitter on the weekend. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joining us live in washington w

and his wife, mariana, who was the decedent of -- actually, desce descendant of george washington's stepsonshe inherited it and eventually they gave it up during the war. 1864, that piece of property, 1100 acres, was turned into the cemetery we see today. >> i remember from my tours there, it was almost seen as a sleight, right, they would start burying the dead o lee's property, you know it was done as sort of a, this is where we're going to put those who perish. >> it's the most hallowed space i've been to in this country. as a reporter with the military, when we would travel with the secretary of defense, we would go to lots of these different military cemeteries, in iowa, philippines, tu snees sooe nish- >> by the way, ash kaert was there. we have video, the outgoing paying his respects. >> no surprise. >> often the secretaries of state and joint chiefs will go. it's unannounced. the only way reporters find out about it is some ap photographer, a photo will pop up on the wire, to pay their respects quietly. sometimes they have connections with certain families or certain soldiers they k

us it was a treat when you got parents would say if you behave we take you to marked i talked to stepsonnald's he is like -- that is not real food it is a fascinating thing. >> millennial -- >> chicken mcnuggets. >> weaned on mcnuggets. >> moderation. >> never give up a one in five-year-old french man cycle record proved his former coach wrong. ♪ ♪ . dagen: and sports! russel westbrook accurate from -point range last night hit a target, he didn't want to jared max is here with details hey. >> he could have tried 10 times 25 times, and it wouldn't have happened again, but to the say tried do it would imply he meant to do it, of course -- judge for yourselves the end of the first quarter time-out last night in oklahoma city thunder guard through basketball to one of the officials but you saw what happened, the official got hit in the head! it was like quarterback thought he, yeah, he took off, pass got thrown gets intercepted by official's face westbrook aserviced a technical foul by different official was beside himself left for the locker room for a moment, after his teams lost to hornet