single port of entry an average of 20,000 people cross the border on foot legally, going to work,ol goingo school, visiting friends and family, or shopping. that's in addition to the 35,000 car crossings and the 2500 cargo trucks that cross each day just at the el paso port of entry. i often compare the united states and mexico to an old married couple that have occasional differences, but who can't get divorced. we depend on one another and we depend on a safe, secure, and both countries to live in harmony. but not everyone or everything attempted to cross the border is in our country's best interest. transnational criminals, drug smugglers, human traffickers, they try to take avenge of any opportunity, any gaps in a the border, and use it to infiltrate, threaten, and endanger ourn, communities. for too long our frontline officers and agents have a not d the tools and resources they need to do their job. whether it's outdated infrastructure, personal shortages or technology, the fact remains we need additional border security funding to empower these hard-working officers and agents to co

the crown prince, who has been touted as the reform crown prince, is he going to be the man who is goingoe sure that women have equal rights? mona: no. rahaf will be the one who will ensure that women get equal rights. the 15 to 17 feminists in saudi prison today being tortured because they want to get rid of the guardianship system are the ones who will bring women equal rights. it is not a crown prince, who has fooled the world, and sadly the world has bought his lies that he is an emancipator of women. he is not. he h not invented patriarchy, but he is the current one in a long line of what i call gender apartheid in saudi arabia, which limits almost every aspect of a woman's life. so if you want to talk about freedom for saudi women, iis the feminists in prison and it is this 18-year-old, incredibly courageous young woman who said "i deserve to be free." brent: all right. mona eltahawy joining us tonight from montreal in canada. mona, it is great to talk with you. we appreciate your insights tonight. hope to see you again. thank you. mona: thank you. brent: tonight, the government in

with the rain, we're goingo have 1 to 1 1/2 inches while lingering in the morning and midday w hoursll be keeping a close eye on creeks and streams and low-lying areas in the city that could see somein flo out there. the good news is we're going to e the area dry out before temperatures ing move in. check out your temperatures tomorrow. 5:00 a.m. we're at 58 degree. by about lunchtime we're in the low 50s. by 5:00 p.m. down the 43, and 8:00 tomorrow we'r at 37 degrees with wind chills out there in the 20s. road conditions tomorrow g, mornet roads out there, and i think we'll definitely have wind restrictions o the bay bridge tomorrow during the morning and midday hours. and as our western and mountain zones do startut to dry at that point, and by tomorrow night we're no longer worried about rain. the winds are starting to subside a little bit, but it's still breezy out there on friday. >> friday is another cold so it's back to the hats, the gloves, the dotes beuuse today idn't need all of those. by tomorrow night that cold air really comes in. 38 on friday, 39 on saturday. so a couple

light snow right now, but that is goingo ngg as we head occurreds the next couple days.e 40s and the 50s. a live picture as you can see, all the way across the bay. this will look different come wednesday afternoon and evening. drying saturday. the surnt systcurrent system is level one. breeze tow windy at times. tomorrow morning the commute is 5:00 a.m., pockets of moderate showers. spotty showers showing up as the system continues to march southward. watch what happens at noon time. you see heavy returns. santa cruz mountains and don't be surprised if you hear thunder or see an isolated thunderstorm see the alctivitweyil w through about tomorrow night at 11:00 p.m. the next patch is wednesday. have your umbrella and temperatures in the 40s and 50s tomorrow afternoon. you will see downpours and temperatures in the 40s and 50s. 5:00 a.m. wednesday, not a lot happening and light showers. it's wednesday afternoon. 3:30 and the oranges and yellows indicating heavy rain. the commute is going to be a mess. 7:30 wednesday night coming down hard. the atmospheric river. this is

. >> actually we're goingo talk about the reason for all of this nonsense, what we hav to do as a cause and effect. layer up with your warmest clothing before we go out. don't do what i did. i got mine. >> i'll have to lend you mine because it'shat kind of day. lat another it led to se car trouble for a man in washington. a quick trip to the store ended up staking much longer because his car couldn't start. a stranger stepped in to give him a jump and get his car going again. >> it'sterrific, really great. i feel like these types of communityrings everyone together as a community. >> they were able to get the car going again, but i'm sure we' going to see a whole lot of this throughout the day. >> it's way too cold. cars act up. >>> d.c. has activated a hypothermia alert because of the temperatures. homeless shelters are teaming up. staying out for several hours in weather like this, it causes hypothermia. >> we try to help each other in our predicament. >> if you see someone who needs shelter, call 311 or 911 if there's s an emergency. >>> furloughed federal workers are days away from

. >> can you tell from the live lookt is goingo be a frigid friday. you probably can't tell. it is trusme. we walked outside to get into the building and it was cold. >> we put the temperature on the screen. tell.n >> 29 degrees out there. it feels colder thanhat. if you bundle up, make sure you have t extra layers because you need them today. >> the cold weather comes as we prepare for another blast of wintry weather. many of the roads in our area have been pretreated ahead of tomorroget we want to check in with chuck for a look at the forecast. get us ready. >> you have all day today to get done whatever you need to get done. any snow chances don't alive until noontime tomorrow. and our s

that's goingo be the case for the next couple days. look at the country here. we are high and dry everywhere. the only exception,california. that's the storm for thursday into friday. that's going to make a little bitf a difference but that's not the big one. the big one is saturday into sunday.is here it this shows you just how big it is. from north dakota all the way down to the gulf of mexico, you can see the rain and snowci ased with this. i continue to watch more and more of the latest models. we may start off with snow, maybe a mix saturday at 2:00. watc what happens here a there's a lot of agreement with the models this time around. rain. that's what we'll deal with most of the day on saturday intond . now, sunday the cold air comes in. we see the rain changing back over to some snow possibly during the afternoon. but not a whole lot ofac mulation on the backside of this. this right now looks like a warmer rain eventeut we five to six days out. this could change. that's why we stay on top of it for you. 40ow degrees to, mostly sunny after a very cold sta

. >> can you tell from the live lookt is goingo be a frigid friday. you probably can't tell. it is trusme. we walked outside to get into the building and it was cold. >> we put the temperature on the screen. tell.n >> 29 degrees out there. it feels colder thanhat. if you bundle up, make sure you have t extra layers because you need them today. >> the cold weather comes as we prepare for another blast of wintry weather. many of the roads in our area have been pretreated ahead of tomorroget we want to check in with chuck for a look at the forecast. get us ready. >> you have all day today to get done whatever you need to get done. any snow chances don't alive until noontime tomorrow. and our snow chances remain very, very high. i was hoping that we could move up in theefinite category. but for the time, it is just very likely. 70%, ha80%e that everybody gets an inch. your best chances of seeing a accumulating snow is for spots here. there's a better likelihood at more snow i st. mary's county, than in hagerstown, maryland. remember the first snow we had on november 15th, more sn

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. >> we have a lot of rain on saturdayut it's goingo be the big chill that's in place. is the peak of it but it's still with us onaturday through the great lakes and the northern plains. we had a little clipper-type storm coming down as we go through sunday. usually they're weak srms with a little bit of light snow in them and behind them is usually r.really cold that's going to be the case. on sunday, snow in north carolina and also south dakot and a little bit through the ohio valley and northern portions of new england. we're not that bad though. temperatures aren't that bad. this cold is really confined to the great lakes, northern plains and the northeast. >> too bad if you're in that spot of the country. >> head south. >> it's a whole different ball game for the nfl players at the pro bowl. those travel sites but there was always a catch. like somehow you wind up getting less. but now that i book at hilton.com, and i get all these great perks. i got to select my room from the floor plan... very nice... i know, i'm good at picking stuff. free wi-fi... laptop by the

now, any sunshine early friday is goingo give way t plenty of clouds, and then rain arrives later in the day on friday, based on the latest information. rain looks to hold off until about 6:00, 7:00 p.m., maybe even a little later. but widespread rain will impact us overnight friday. check outtu your ay. a high of 52, about a 40% chance for some morning showers out there. going to be hit and miss. not a washout saturday morning, but if you have plans, you want to keep that in mind.ft saturdaynoon and evening are looking dry. sunday is looking nice. a high temperature of 57. we have p of sunshine in the forecast on sunday. for monday,tu tempes in the mid 50s, with a mix of clouds and sun. maybe some more rain showers out there on tuesday, a high of 57, but i mean, looking at the numbers, we're mainly in the 50s. >>r average high now about 44 degrees. see, i thought it was this old suit, moldy, but everybody -- >> i was going to say, your house. thanks, amelia. >>> hay, while you're thinking abouthe new year's resolutions, don't forget that th nbc 4 telemundo 44 health and fitness expo

eroding he's down belowow 40% in the pols now and the the r replican senators -- several of ththem are goingo be up foror reelectionn in - twenty twenty wiwillave to face the voters and there been some amazing things here that can be used against them even and read it we previously safafe districts so t that's making people nervous for the first time. and thehere may b be reasono believe ferment we there will be a deal to keep the gogovernment open. we heard him and the announcement praising the federal workers who have been -- either furloughed or working without pay for the last thirty five days saying that they didn't complain that they were even encouraging him. to continue -- but does this leave him. in an even worse negotiating spot than he was before thi- the shutdown began and have you seen any reaction from that far right base of the euro and cultures of the world to that sort of encouraged him to to go into the shut down in the first place. right well is so s several questions there -- first and the the the far right -- antagonise of his base will always push for this wall which is

looksed like he was goingo pass to ovechkin. uh-uh. he scores his first. 14th goal of the season.itals beat the flyers 5-3. >>> heading to the court, wizards ond. the r home and home with the 76ers. first quarter, wizards down twol bradley berives the lane, tuesday it off the glass and in. beal led the wizards with 28 points in thela game. ter in the quarter, sixers on the run. they throw it up for joel embiid and he throws it20 down. points, ten boards for embiid. tonight.d by a rookie couldn't miss. he knocked down eight three-pointers in the game,ni shing with a career-high 29 points. sixers beat the wizards 132-115. these two teams back at it tomorrow night in d.c. >>> now, maryland visiting minnesota hoping to fill out their dance card for march madness. a career night, second half. terps up six. on the drive high off the glass and in. career-high 27 for him. jaylen smith also with a big night. la smith with the fake then big takes it in for the slam. the freshman with 21 point in in the game. maryland beats minnesota on the road, 82-67. now 4-1 in the big 10. >>> maryland wo

are are not going to be receiving funds there's goingo be anger -- and there's no there's no end in sight -- for this am you know democrats on one side say. well every time we've had to nineteen ninety four ugh republican he been blamed so we're gonna winn this. one to the the president is saying this is exactly what my base wants i prosed them a wall of the mexican border and and that is what they want to they're going to see me as a hero. end in sight for this. an so it is the onus more and more on on the likes of of me and my colleagues journalists to get that job right to make sure but they keep across everything that is said. to make sure the call the president on everything that isn't. what doesn't appear to be 1100% true? eight you know and here's a cautionary note here. the media needs to be adversarial which means you need to seek the truth and report. the truth and especially where is -- of you know muddying up the facts. but into many instances were saying the media become oppositional which means. everything that the president does is wrong wrong all the time. do you see what

we're goingo fill you in on that storm team 4 forecast. >>> it's day 18 of the government shutdown.re working for you through it all. details on the president's primetime address tonight and how to get some extra help if you're one of the area's thousands of federal workers not being paid. that's ahead the next few minutes. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we want to get a check on your weather and traffic this morning. jack taylor is in for melissa and your first 4 traffic. >>> we begin with chuck bell t.d your forec >> one last chanc to enjoy the mild weather. the string of mild days has lastearly a month. it's going to come to an end tonight. by this time tomorrow morning, it will feel like january again. there are puddles te conten contended with after overnight rain drops. but temperatures close to 60 degrees. td more chances for showers coming in durin later part of the evening. and winter temperatures return tomorrow. right now, 36 inme mont county. your planner for today, more than enough sunshine to pus temperatures into the upper 50s. some spo

it's goingo be her spot coming up.e's goings to tell us a great story. you probably know this year marks the 50th anniversary of the ap palo moon landing. a huge undertaken, overseen the museum's fir female director, ellen stofan. she bonded with karlie over their mutual love of space and getting young women interested in science. >> walking into this museum, you're the direct. >> i have to tell you, whenever i look at thingsav that he been in space, it never fails t give me goose bumps. >> hard not to get goose bumps at the smithsonian air and space museum, from the hubble mockup to t lunar lander, to my hometown favorite, the spirit o. st. lo it's no surprise it's the most popular museum in the country. if there is a favorite exhibit for new dlekt tore dr. ellen stofan, it would be this one. >> a personal connection to the vikinglander. >> that's correct. because i saw the real viking lander launch to mars in 1975. my dad was in charge of the two rockets that were launching the missions to mars. an incredible emotion

these people making $35,000 a year, are struggling to figure out how theyre goingo pay the bills whilehey are supposed to be staffing tsa checkpoints nationwide. we have 13,000 air traffic controllersorking without pay. they have decided that they are going to do without pay. rtspectors are off the job right now. cen ntsb are off the job. we have thousands of fb fbi employeeser furloughed. abouts are working without pay. the agents are warning of national implications of all of this. so far, we have evidence that tsa officers are showing up to work. there's been some sickouts across the country. now, this is actually happened, they have come to work and not yctten a ck, will some of them decide they need to call off sick or lookor another job because i have to pay the bills because of the shutdown. >> tom costelloor us. thanks 800,000 furloughed workers are making tough decisions on what to pay for and what to go without. there is relief on the way. working 4 you with information from the capital area food bank. justin finch has information on the dpop-up f markets. what are they about

. >> lien, it's goingo be a beautiful day. so the redskins were playing today, b it wou gorgeous out there. list u, since a lot o won't be watching any games, let's all go outnd temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 's. you can already see it's beautiful out there. aujoy today b look at tomorrow. we're back around 40 degrees and then on tuesday we're back at 60 and then on wednesday that will likely be our midnight hi, so when you wake up on wednesday morning, probably not going to feel like that. we'r probably already be i the low 40s an it's also going to be so our on wednesday windchills on wednesday and thursday will be in the 20s and 30s so just prepare yourself for some crazy temperatures up and down as we gor oe next several days. nothing happening on the radar right now. a gorgeous day and especially if you're traveling. high pressure in charge of looking good on this sunday. shouldn't have any c delaysing out or into the area airport. current temperatures out there right now'r at 5 is near washington and ev

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we're goingo give you something to do during the weather. >>> we're going to segue back to doreen gentzler, who is down at the washingtonen conventionr giving us our first kind of sneak peek down there ahead of this weekend's n health and fitness expo. >> hi there, leon and erika, nobody here is worried about snow. we're busy setting up at th c. convention center. this place will be filled with 75, 8000 people over the weekend and we hope you will be among them. s there armany great reasons to come down and join us at the health expo. e number onereason, your health. taking care of your health. this afternoon we've beeng talk to some of our partners about just what they're offering. here's an opportunity for you to get some activity in doors thise weekend at th expo. this is the kaiser area. i'm on a stationary bicycle that tomorrow will be hooked up to create art work while you're peddling. we're so glad you guys are here for the fifth or sixth year. >> absolutely. thank you. welcome to the kaiser permanente neighborhood. >> you are all about community health. >> we support the health of

for others it's goingo impact the commute home tonight.et's get right to amelia draper, she's in the storm cent a. how long o affair are we oflking? >> here's a cheche radar where i'm tracking snow in parts maryland ckcounty, even loudoun. and back around the i-81 corridor. not picking up any rain now and temperatures along i-81 right at freezing. yoee can snow moving into the fauquier andpp cul counties. potentially some rain mixing in. withnd rain snow showers in the forecast tonight until about 2:00 to 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning the national weather service issued a winter weather advisory this includes all of the counties in purple. so most of the area. this is a low impact event but because of the timing and potential for miumr aation that's why we're in alert thmod. k some schools will be delayed tomorrow, especially north and west of washington where we'll see the biggest impacts. i'll have my latest snowfalls total map and for the weekend a bigger system moves in bringing cold and a flash freeze on sunday. i'll time that out coming

we're goingo start with chuck bell and this bitterly, bitterly ld weather outside, chuck. >> painfullyold. >> yes. our first realt of arctic air in the winter season. it's taken qui some time to get here. last year, the first full week had temperatures this cold. this year, after tomorrow, warmer air comes back in here for the middle of the week. that won't do you any good today.tu current tempes 10 in the shenandoah valley. 13 in clinton, maryland. windchills, that northwest wind is sti up. as a result, windchills are still down. clbee to 10 w zero in the shenandoah valley. between zero and 5 below for most of the metro area. you'll need all of your heaviest dinter coat. the northwest will stay up around 20 to 15 miles per hour. sunny and frigid through your entire monday. if you have the day off, best to stay inside and look out at it. >> i would think so. geta.ome co inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. no slowdowns here right now. we have something happening in new carrollton. inner loop before annapolis road. nothing is going to slow you too much. a crash and a big response.

ia to new york last they believe the sisters duct taped themselves together befori goingo the river. detectives say the two were desperate not to return to saudi arabia. >>> a judge is giving lawyers more time to put together an insanity defense for the man accuse of killing five people at the "capital gazette" newspaper this summer. jerry ramos was indicted o23 counts ofde mur ramos could serve out his sentence in a mental healthat facilityr than in prison. they say he was upset with the paper becau of an article. >>> there is apparently a linkn betw excessive social medi a usend depression among teens. researchers from the uk say while apps can be a helpful tool to connect with their friends, too much time on social media can come with downsides. e connection isuch stronger for girls than for boys. many teens spend nearl five hours a day glued toir the phones. experts say those teens showed a 35% increase in depressive symptoms among boys and a 50% increase in girls. >> i think more girls are trying to to forhat instagram aesthetic than boys reallyar about. >> you have a higher ima

we know we're goingo see an increase in water main breaks. because the colder than normal water is moving through the pipes and in a matter of speaking it shocks them. >> coming up in the days ahead i got down ithe trenches with water workers, my hat was off ts them, but it on. we'll show you what it takes to fix a broken water main and melve and keep the water flowing to your it's the next hand it to handily in february. >>> you can count on news4 to keep you ahead of any developing weather. get theorecast for any neighborhood in our nbc washington app. >>> there's some alarming health news about america's number one killer. a new report from the american heart association now finds nearly half of all americans have heart disease. that's more than 120 million people. joining us to put this in perspective is nbc's medical correspondent, dr. johns torres. those numberspe j because of the guidelines that classify high blood pressure and its dangers, correct? >> yes. every year the american heart association comes out with thi report. what hasn'

and david culver is nowin goingo oduce us to a few people trying to go from the government jobs to the front of the class. >> reporter: you're looking at a room filled with whais probably going to be the most qualified group of substitute teachers to step into fairfax unty schools. >> i thought if i can't make money doing the thing i do, i'm doing to make doneyng the thing i used to do. >> reporter: she taught third grade more than a decade ago and then took a government i.t. job. but she was furloughed with the shutdown. >> i thought money iasid this goes on a long time, i don't want to be puttering arou the house a day. >> a chance to use our talents instead of sitting at home ng clea >> has that been frustrating? >> yes. >> reporter: hannah is a geologist ready to share her knowledge. >> just trying to work out with your mortgage company what's going to happen february 1st. w individuals have expertise in various areas,ed wl ated as well and can contribute to our instructional epprocess. >> rter: in loudon county, leaders announcing several plans to easehe burden o federal workers a

we're goingo seeot only this but much colder air moving in. tomorrow we've got chills back towards fitchberg. right now we're at 39. degre 2nds out of the northwest at miles an hour. look at the wind gusts up to 3 to 34 miles per hour. 31 in d.c., 31 miles an hour in camp springs. wind chills right now in the 20s. 11:00, around 19 in d.c. wind chills in the lower teens by 7:00 a.m. so you're really going to need the coat. k ths at the bus stop tomorrow they haven't needed everything. they will need them tomorrow. even in d.c.e're in the 20s for wind chills. andrn tomorrow afn we're staying in the 20s all day. tomorrow is going to be the coldest day we've s fn so all winter as far as the wind chill is concerned. now we move onto the snow not friday but saturday. it's really going to be overnight saturday night into the day on sunday. and look at this. everybody getst. so are we going to seee snow in threa for the weekend? yes. how much are we going to s s? thatll the big thing. but i still think it's going to be enough to cover the grass. espec

that's why we think tomorrow morning delaying the schools is goingo be a good idea. again, we're right in this range. it will lead to frostbite in about 30 minutes. make sure the kids are bundled up. while we talk about this extreme cold and how it relates to the big picture, what we're seeing is less cold overall. but when we see these cold snaps they're really intense and don't last very long. but overall when we look at the erature trend the lowest temperature each year is going up now bybout 6 degrees. we're still getting the cold snaps, they're very intense, but they're not lting as lonn duration and overall we're seeing less cold. >> a dramatic scene outside of the willard intercontinental hotel this afternoon. a bloomberg photographer shared this video with us. a pair of protesters rushed members ofhe chinese trade delegation. and this isn't the only incident today involving these protesters. cory smith has the very latest for us. cory? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, pat. not the only incident that happened. the first one here at the willard intercontinental

. >> there is a bit of doubt what it's goingo react like.y obviouslasn't close enough to 100% that i felt comfortable it was for the betterment of the team. >> the caps practicing today in front of special guests, of the arlington police and fire departments and the sheriff's office, getting a chance to meet the stanley cup champs in anticipation of tuesday's first responders night. and yes, ov has a new four legged friend. >> to be able to get to meet some of them and shake their hands. some of them are bwnway meeting some of us. i think it goes unnoticederhat day they're putting their lives on the line for people. >> it was cool havg them out there and meeting a cple of them. obviously they got a tough job of -- a very imptant job and we're supernk thal for all they do out there in the world. >>t' cool to see a couple familiar faces. some guys you know fromeeing around here, downtown or various other events. ways good to see the dogs too. >> knowing people appreciate what we do, organizations like the capitals appreciate what we going to keep doing what we're doing.we got this a co

i'm goingo take you zone by zone first starting off in the d.c. metro zone. prince william, fairfax, montgomery county, the district, arlington and etienne kabong. if thyou're i d.c. metro zone you see rain moving in tomorrow ab 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and the chance to see snow, maybe a little bit of sl in the metro zone i'm seeing temperatures warm enough that we look at just wet roads out there. and if we doee any mix it's going to be all rain out there by about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. tomorrow evening. this event in the metro zonen winds d by 10:00 a.m. sunday morning. then we head to the southern, zo stafford, king george y county, for this is an all rain event with rain moving in between:0bout and 478 tomorrow and it's over by 10:00 a.m. on sunday. notust the southern zone but area wide we can see around an inch of rai and that could lead to some minor flooding out there. something we'll be keeping an eye on. taking you out to the western zone, frederick, loudoun, culpepper county, down through orange. you'll see a wintery mix tomorrow between 10:00 and 1:00

at's very deceiving, temperatures are goingo fall during the day on thursday. 38 for a high friday.nwatching a storm in this area here, between sunday and tuesday. what exactly are we going to see? that remains to be. se i'll track it for you and tracking another storm into next week. next week another very stormy week. >> doug, thank you. students left patrick henry school in alexandria last friday never to return again. instead, tomorrow they'll be attending the brand new prick henry k-8 school on the same property. the newee building has five years in the making. the classrooms are bigger, they're modern. there's a new indoor performance space and the city's new recreation center is attached. the school's teachers had a big part in the mid year ve. >> they've spent the entire weekend moving and we'll be t ready f students tomorrow and i'm so excited because when they walk into the building torrow morning it's a game changer for us, for the west side of the city, mys stu deserve a brand new school and i cannot wait to see their faces tomorrow. >> fresh s the he coming mon original

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we are goingo see on wednesday the next storm system gathering itself back through the rockies. the midwest, so this will set the stage for the next storm system that's through the country. this could also produce another round of heavy snow o and we'll have to keep a close eye ton as it approaches the e east coast on weekend. that's a look at the weather across the country and now here's aut peek your window. >> so far so good as far as the know is concerned. upwards of 6 inches of snow. so far in the d.c. area 4.0 in alexandria. once again going to continue to see the snow making its way throughout the day. i still thinkve w still got another couple of inches to go as we make our way on out there 2 to inches in d.c. that could bring our and we'll be here throughout the day coming up at 9:00. >> that's your latest >> that's your latest forecast. yo>> thank >>> next on "sunday today," ial media d s changing the face of tourism as all the likes add up to a flood of new tourists to instagram's hottest spots. a floodsf tourists to instagra floodsf tourists to instagra hottest spot.

i hyped it, i've left, i postured, because i was trying to call as much attention to whatever was goingo as possible. for votes. that is called politics. >> today, stone pled not guilty. those have been charges in court, perhaps remembering the advice of his other advisor who says, i don't write light letters, i don't plea bargain, i like to fight. and i guess tonight we will let the viewers decide whether richard nixon, mr. stone's other hero and mentor, would be proud. >> martha: thank you very much much. my next guest is directly tied to stone's political tactics, described as person one in robert mueller's indictment. author of the book, "silent no more, how i became a political prisoner of mueller's witch hunt." good to have you with us tonigh tonight. that is his defense, and that is essentially yours as well, that we engaged in politics, dirty tricks at times, and the time that roger stone learned on the nixon campaign. >> i didn't admit to any dirty tricks. i am confident he is going to wage of a vigorous defense. i don't expect him to roll over, and my association really was wit

u'reot goingo get th agaifor 100 ars. from thbeginnini saw ho thisob was.ts not abt helpin pple, isbout sumnses. >> whos targed mt? once yostart tting arrestedit goes your record. fors king way job wyers, fure cops olice ofcers a revue produng ant for the city >> the stem has change. >> wput our jobon the le. >> tir peoplin our commuty -- >> i believe in struggle. with struggle, change. amy: the nypd -- joint trailer for "crime + punishment." for more we're joined now by the , film's director and producer, stephen maing and the star of the film, lieutenant edwin raymond. lieutenant raymond is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a group of new york city police officers known as the nypd 12. today, he's speaking only in the capacity of a private citizen, not on behalf of the nypd. we welcome you both democracy now! talk about the significance of this film and why you made it, steve. >> first of all, thank you for having me. amy: and congratulations on being shortlisted for the oscars. >> we have been working on this beat for a must seven years now. what

. >> what we're looking for are young women chefs who are not only goingo rise to be great chefs, ownersestors, what have youbut also great activists for the next generation. >> reporter: fe female chefs from kentucky were selected in the inaugural year othe program. in addition to participating in group learning events througho the year, each woman spent a week being mentored by an established female chef elsewhere in the country. lindsey ofcacek is the lee initiative's managing director. >> we wanted a way to bridge the gap between women in leadership roles and won at the bottom of the restaurant industry. when you come in, you see a lot of women who are servers and backwaits and bussers and bartenders, but you don't meet a lot of women who are general managers, chefs and owners. >> repter: mentee nikkia rhodes studied under chef ann neatrano in atlanta, georgia. >> i'vr worked in a kitchen so diverse. from race to age to sex, it was really interesting and powerful sir me to see. ane doing this, i've realized i can't just be into ve work, i o be developing myself too. >> reporter: the

so i'm goingo get there. >> brown: now it's 40 pounds. ( laughter ) sorry...first met woods in 2017when he was an inmate at san quentin prison. he was serving a 31-year-to-life sentence for attempted second degree robbery. and, along with san francisc based artist nigel poor, he was the co-host of "ear hustle"-- the hit prx podcast produced entirely from san quentin that gave a rare and intimate feel for life behind bars. >> brown: with an on-airifapport like long friends, the pair gathered stories and interviewsh from inmates iyard. the show picked up millions of listeners over three seasons, and covered everything from cemates to death row. but perhaps the show's biggest moment came this past november: >> we got some breaking news, )arlonne. ( laughter it's the day before thanksgiving, and today you got some amazing news. >> after 21 years in prison, governor brown, the great governor of california... >> absolutely! >> ...decided that i served enough time in california state prison, and he commuted my sentence. b wn: woods has been paroled to oakland, where

i'm thinknking, he is not goingo hit me, he is getting a gun. close what did you do?> i grabbed the gun and i shot him. amy: that was cyntoia brown at 16. she is now 30 years old and a set to be released in august. for more, we're joined by mariame kaba organizer and educator who has worked on anti-domestic violence programa, as well as anti-incarceration and racial justice programs, since the late 1980's. she is the co-founder of survived and punished, an organization that supports survivors of violence who have been criminalized for defending themselves. she's a board member of critical resistance. mariame kaba, welcome to democracy now! talk about what is taken place in the case and the significance of the republican governor of tennessee granting her clemency. how did this happen? >> is important to know -- note that cyntoia has been's run of i support team up people for at least the past decade. in the beginning, she had a very is verye lawyer who supportive her and has become a lifelong friend and continues to support her. her subsequent lawyers were people who

they're about, hey, when are we actually goingo secure the border? when are we going to keep making this country safer? that's going to stay my focus. i'll consider whatever evidence is produced but i'm not going to base it on unsubstantiated media reports. >> how about on the forei relations committee, "the washington post" is reporting that the president is not sharing what he discusses with vladimir putin behind closed doors. do you think you guys in the senate ought to, for instance, subpoena translator so that you have a real readout of what the president and vladimir putie are saying th other? >> i think it's premature for that. i've seen the allegations. i want to find out a little bit more about what happened there. i want to learnan more just the allegations in the press. listen, i will say if you compare objectively president trump's policies to russia compared to president obama's policies to russia, by any measure pr mident obama wash easier, was much more gentle on russia. you and i both recall obama leaning ov on a hot mike and saying j

and i'm like -- i'm never goingo ear these clothes again. [ laughter ] t >> set hair was the key!oks. >> oh yeah. >> seth: but it looked very different from this. is it true you had a sinatra period? >> it is true. in high school, there was a mp karaoke ition at miriam high school. w n't my high school, so, i went to this school and there was a karaoke competition. i won the compenition, and - >> seth: what was your song? >> the song i sang there was "copacabana." >> seth: okay, gotcha. >> which is one of sinatra's be. >> seth: everybody agrees, yeah. [ laughter ] >> so, then i did that, and i sang another sinatra song in karaoke somewhere else and i was like, you know what, this music's pret good. [ light laughter ] so, i started listening to sinatra nonstop in my car. and then i went to ather, like, homecoming and the kids were like, "sam, sam, so, i went up and sang a song. and i was like, uh-oh, here we are. here the phase. i went to a graduation party that year, and there was a band there, and i was like, watch this. hey, guys. do you guys know "more" by frank sinatra? and th

.> i get that all the time but that is like me saying my interest rates may go up on my i'm goingo therefore to take some action to make sure i don't have to pay as much when that interest rate goes up. it's a positive loss thing. to theransferred purchaser of that timber to build those cabinets and those doors without having any increase in cost at that time for that lumber producer. am i right? >> increase in nominal cost, increase in opportunity cost and increase in -- went up. who havee economists not probably been into a wood pulling something out of their hip pocket and saying this may happen. >> if it is really speculative you would not expect to see much movement at all. if people are really expecting it is the likelihood. >> it is really hitting my district. people,tting other other companies who purchase lumber for whatever reason to build houses. i would appreciate if you could give some feedback on that. thank you so much. this concludes today's hearing. -- weal d mons, have to get to the floor to vote. this concludes today's hearing. thank you to the people in the audience for b

when you were on your what made you say this isn't going to be my last day trying, i'm goingo go oneot a chance. in my life i had family members eyat say one day, i wish i could have. never did it. they tell you i wish one day i would have done that. and they missed it. that's not going to be me. >> how did you get tt courage be like, you know what? i'm going for it. >> it started with ltle small things, the little chances you take, the little victories. i always tell everybody it's about starting small but thinking big. for me it was like -- perfect example, my mother was very, very strict. flint, vmichigan, wasy rough. she wouldn't let me do talent shows or perform. amom, how about host a talent show? she was like, sswell, i g you can do that. i hosted my high school talent show a all of audden -- i never saw that i would be hosting the biggest talent show inwohe d. >> full circle. >> i'm trying to tell you. it starts small. it's these kind of things that you don't know hav to risk it, take the chance to get out there and try it. unembarrassable. if you mess up, i messed up a wo d,

. >> i'm goingo trust salma. >> it's c. >> way to go, salma. believe. i trusted you.n. >> one more. >> i'm 0 for 4. >> speaking of fortnight, what is the currency used within fortnight. >> it's not bitcoin. >> b is v bucks -- >>t's b. >> nuts. >>> we're old. y we needr website. >> that's what we're here for. >> it's called stayhip? >> yes. >> clearly we need some work. just ahead, we are getting you ready for the nfl's big weekend. recipes for a gigantic feast. revealing d hoda their mystery wager on the eagles/saints game. t fihis is "today" on nbc. stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing everything in your power... and everything in ours. stronger, is changing even faster than they do. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. you have a lot of deadlines in your business, right? we miss deadlines, we don't get paid. what if you lost your network connection? you gotta be kidding me. chaotic.

. >> it's goingo good. busy morning, let's get right to the news.t shutdown as its impact becomes more widespread now. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker tells us ifn there's bny given at all. >> reporter: there hasn't been. good morning to you, the shutdown showdown is deepening despite a flurry of weekend meetings, the two sides deadlocked over the president's demand for $5 billion for h rder wall. the president now saying that the wall doesn't have to be made of concrete. remember, he repeatedly promiseh on the campaign trail. his new message, though, steel is just as good. so democrats, will it help? well, they've insisted they' not going to give any funding for a border wall no matter wha it's madof. president trump is threatening to declare a national emergency raand unilay send troops to the border. such a moveould undoubtedly face legal challenges and democrats fired back that that's a nonstarter. it's unlikely there will be any significant progress today because congress doesn't come back to washington until tuesday, and while pre

. >> if they don't release her test score, we are goingo explore every possible legal remedy, includingf her civil rights. >> reporter: the college board tells nbc news they cannot commen on individual cases but added, we do not cancel scores based on a score gain alone. we will only cancel after we e confident there iev substantial ence to do so. the incident for camila is an attack on her intelligence and inteity. >> to have your effort taken away from ym with the saying, oh well, we think you're cheating, it's n fair. >> t naacp is expected to hold aews conference today to increase credit on the college test scoreke the available to use it to apply to colleges. >> all right. thank you. >>> in the meantime, new developments to te t you about he case that have missing colorado mom who police believe was murdered by her own fiance. his morning we have g information, it's new, about a woman being investigated as part of this case. nbc's pet nbc's steve patters is in colorado. >> reporter: authorities have been tight-lipped about what lea them toe patrick frazee with first-degree murder,

it is goingo be a brutal start to the week as we're noticing.down south is below average. by the middle of the week it will start toarm up. with that next storm system mooefgsward, should osy rain east coast, upstate new york, interior pennsylvania. we'll see more of a wintry mix. we finish with that storm lingering,ef lakct snow possible and also a few flurries in the s,rockies. 50 60s, lots of sunshine. that feels awesome right now. i'm sure we could use some of that around here. quickly, that's a look at the weather going on across the country, now here is a peek out your window. >> good morning once again. it is a sunny but bitter cold day. you can tell flags are at full if you recal furl. wi0 to 30 miles an hour. temperatures low teens, windchills are below 0, between 5 and 10 below for most areas. today's high temperature, if you're going to call it that, only 22 degrees. down into thebe single n in the suburbs again tomorrow morning and rain in the middle of the week. >>> >> now you can all go home. go warm up. sheinelle. go home, go warm