bei bei. >> bei bei, you know, like a bei bei. the first ladies of the united states and china revealed the name at the national zoo this morning and into sue was there for all the -- and surae chinn there was for all the excitement. >> i think it's a great name. i might name my kid that someday. >> i think it's cute. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama and the first lady of china revealed the baby panda cub's name at the national zoo this morning, bei bei. the cub weighs under 3-pound and is growing every day. he's -- 3 pounds and is growing every day. he's usually snuggling with his mom. the most of name was submitted by panda keepers -- the chosen name was submitted by panda keepers at a zoo in china. it means peaceful and calm. >> it's definitely cute it's attributed to bei bei. i think it's a cute little duo. >> reporter: bao bao and bei bei, two of the most complimentary names you could find in china. in fact, the chinese people often mix the two together for terms of endearment or so

[applause] >> the first lady chose bei bei.ei was chosen by the keepers, the experts in the province because it means "precious treasure." maureen: the precious treasure announcement made by first lady michelle obama and china's first lady peng liyuan this morning. bei bei was born in august that you might remember. the zoo usually waits 100 days to name baby pandas but scrapped the tradition so it would include the first lady of the u.s. and of china. i hope he is happy with the name. it's a him, right? >> i believe so. that worked out well. maureen: what is going on? >> a lot of cloud cover. it shouldn't be raining where you are all weekend long. there are areas southwest of washington. and it may change. farther north you go, you don't have a good chance of rain at all. the entire weekend. doppler radar the last couple of hours through the heart of the metro. we had a little bit of light rain. sprinkles came where you are. in the last half hour to the hour the rain went away. 71 richmond. farther south. enough sun to take us

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>> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. the endangered bear is only the third cub to thrive at the zoo, less than 2,000 surviving in the wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam since he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. . we're waiting for him to wake up. >> reporter: you want him to wake up? >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. >>> gma and this week in the morning. we will see you tomorrow night. i'm cecilia vega in new york. have a great saturday.

meat bei-bei which means precious treasure. the first lady obama and the first lady china jointly announced the name. the giant panda cub is 4 1/2 weeks old and early this week, keepers weighed bei-bei when his mom left the den to eat. he weighs flee pounds but he will grow to weigh 280 pounds. he is getting cuter and cuter and even cute are by the day. in chinese and english it is the same. yo my baby, bei-bei. >> our next best has the best darn ears in the bay area. >> this is our perfect pet, soupy. mike will talk to you about what do a nasca comedian... and a professional golfer have in common? we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® has also been proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. i tried warfarin before, but

take a look at sweet bei bei and just settle into the adorable. bei bei oh bei. zoo goers going nuts over the debut of the 5-month-old giant panda cub. lining up the smithsonian zoo to catch the fluff ball in person. the shy baby bear spending most of his day snoozing away, but making a few public appearances with a little help from his handlers. bei bei was born back in august, whole lot cuter. bei bei is carrying on a family tradition, his older sister famous for the sneeze heard around the world, made her first appearance at the same zoo back in 2014. the smithsonian is one of four in the u.s. lucky enough to house the endangered bears. for those of us not likely enough to see bei bei in person, we still watch him on this panda cam 24 hours a day. you can watch bei bei. we have our ron claiborne cam. so, if you'd like to tune in and see what goes on with this cute and cuddly man named ron, you can tune in. >> can we adopt him? >> i love this sweater. i love this sweater. yes, that ice adorable. that's great. >> 24 hours a day, folks. >> my office is right next

a panda cub making his public first thing this sleepy baby meet bei bei. the national zoo's 5-month-old panda. >> my heart is melting! >> reporter: since his birth, bei bei has enjoyed babyhood in but today, thousands from all over the world waited for hours in line to see him for the very first time. >> it's panda-monium! >> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. third cub to thrive at the zoo, less than 2,000 surviving in the wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam since he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. . we're waiting for him to wake up. >> reporter: you want him to wake up? >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. >>> gma and this week in the morning. we will see you tomorrow night. i'm cecilia vega in new york. good night. before cont

they'll get and exclusive ichb peek of bei bei. the rest of us will have to wait until he makes his debut january 16th. mark your calendar. bei bei was born back in august. >> so stinking cute. >> i can't wait to get my hands on him. >> a reminder he'll scratch your eyes out. >> he's a bear. >> aaron and i agree on that. >> all four will be there at different times. >> i'll be there from 10:00 to 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. >> i'm doing a cooking demo at 2:00. >> i'll stick around for that. >> cawley flower. >> nobody's sticking around. >> a tasting way. >> you can't do anything to make it better. it's impossible oop. you can't even different in cheese and make it better. the cawley flower people will be against me. fog and drizzle in abundance. a little light rain this evening. temperatures don't move a whole lot. upper 30s. low 40s for much of the afternoon. here's what it looks like. a lot of low clouds and low visibility out there. no dense fog advisory just yet but low beams and speeds for you. half mile visibility or less

. >>> oh, bei bei. the public debut of washington's newest star, the picture of the day in black and white. "nightly news" begins now. night"nightly news" >>> good evening. we begin tonight with what appears to be a turning point in this country's relationship with iran. the u.s. confirming late today that iran is complying with the agreement reached last summer on reducing its that paved the way for the lifting of western sanctions against iran. it comes just hours after the regime released five american prisoners. the release of four of them, part of a prison swap. we start in vienna. >> reporter: good evening. the breakthrough was announced here and diplomats here are now calling in implementation day, the day the iran nuclear deal comes into effect, the day iran was welcomed back markets. it seemed like a sweetener in a nuclear deal worth billions to iran, and for five sweet indeed. they were finally >> we have received confirmation that five americans who had been unjustly detained in iran have bee

meet bei bei, the national zoo's five--month-old panda. >> my heart is like -- >> since his birth, bei bei has enjoyed babyhood in private. >> okay. >> but thousands from all over the world waited for hours in line to see him for the very first time. >> it's a pandemonium. >> reporter: bei bei's name means precious treasure in chinese. the endangered bear is only the third cub to be thrive at the zoo. wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the zoo's giant panda cam since he was important. >> he is immensely popular. >> said to be a charmer and a bit of rascal, he spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his >> we're waiting for him to wake up. >> we really want him to wake up. >> reporter: after all, being that adorable has got to be exhausting. gloria riviera, abc news, washington. brother, twin brother who passed away unfortunately. it's so hard for them to get pregnant and then for the child to survive. this is a really big deal. >> we've both been to that little enclosure at the national zoo. while it's really

what has veterinarians keeping a close eye on panda cub bei bei. we will tell you coming up. >> matt lauer has been terminatedded from nbc news. michelle: next, the growing response after the shocking firing announced on live john mccain called it wone of the most pristine and beautiful parts of the world. now donald trump and republican leaders have a tax scheme why? to pay for tax cuts for billionaires and big corporations. it's a bad deal. the top 1% get a tax cut. we pay the price. tell representative comstock, don't sell our wild lands to give billionaires a tax cut. jonathan: back now as baltimore saying a final farewell to fallen detective sean suiter. the procession included more than a thousand fellow officers. the 43-year-old shot and killed with his own gun almost two weeks ago. suiter a d.c. native joined the army out of high school. he was an 18-year veteran of the baltimore police. his killer by the way is still on the loose tonigh

bei's head. the 5-month-old couldn't have cared less if he was the day's biggest draw. he slept right through his debut. >> he sleeps about 90% of the day. >> reporter: of course that didn't stop the catch a glimpse of his rolyp roly-poly perfection. from the day he was born, bei bei's been a star. we've been mesmerized. his first steps, a healthy checkup. >> how long -- lungs sound good and clear. >> reporter: the first ladies of two countries came together to gave bei bei his name. and in a way, the 23-pound cub is carrying the weight of the world. the panda program an important diplomatic tie between washington and the u.s. bei bei will stay in washington for four years and then be sent to china. >> we're breeding pandas here and then the next generation of pandas will hopefully start to go back into the wild. >> reporter: bei bei's mission may be conservation, but for most it's all about cuteness. while not everyone got how could you not forgive this face? >> that's nbc "nightly news" for thi

oh, hey, bey. bey's here, she had a very big night. >> did she take the red eye?wards, and why we're talking about beyonce. herstory was made. >> with her award, beyonce just set the record for grammys won by a female artist and most by any performer. that's 28 victories for the queen. so "black parade", dropped for juneteenth. this happened during last summer, during the racial reckoning. for her to achieve this with "black parade", i think it makes it all the more special. she said last night, i believe it's my job as an artist to reflect our times, and it's been a difficult time. >> very monumental. then fellow houston native, megan thee stallion became the first to win for best new artist since lauryn hill. >> harry styles won for "watermelon sugar." the same song in which he kicked off the show. >> and earlier in the evening, before the primetime show, jay z and beyonce's 9-year-old daughter, blue ivy making a name for herself. she took home a grammy for "brown skin girl." it makes her the second youngest grammy winner behind a 7-year-old back in 2002. >> ver

>> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. the endangered bear is only the third cub to thrive at the zoo, less than 2,000 surviving in the wild. like any superstar worth his bamb, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam nce he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing ft on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. . we're waiting for him to wake up. wake up? >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. >>> gma and this week in the morning. we will see you tomorrow night. good night.accurate weather team and we start with your forecast first." bree: weather adlib: a wind chill warning will be in effect for our northern counties from 9pm tonight until noon sunday. our temperature roller coaster continues its slide down through the overnight. lows will be sub-zero across most of the state tonight with only far southern ia seeing temperatures

case of usef bey iv. he was convicted earlier on three first-degree murder counts for ordering the murder of three machine, including chauncey bailey. now in court there were emotional statements by two of the victims. families in this case. first on to speak was the mother of michael wills. she read a statement. she was gunned down also in 2007. according to the jury finding on the orders of usef bey gave an emotional statement about his life. then former wife, she got up and well and made a tearful statement. she looked directly at the defendants. only one of them. antoine mackey actually turned and looked at her. bey would occasionally turn around and look at her. she gave an emotional statement. talk about the waste of life not only of chauncey bailey but two young men. both sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. mackey did not make a statement nor did his attorney but bey's attorney did read his client's statement. in it, bey proclaims his innocence. he says he is innocent of

in bei bei shuai's case, 40 years.think that really helps to establish just what this policing means and how it is a very cruel and punitive turn tards contr of women. amy: youlso no, ofessor goodwin, that hospitals and hospital staff serve as surrogates of the state. i mean, i go back to the lizelle herrera case, the latina woman in texas who was charged with murder who apparently went to the hospital and they said had -- was dealing with a self-induced abortion. we don't know the details exactly. but it was clearly people in the hospital who is believed were involved with talking to the state that got her charged. the charges were dropped, because the public was so outraged by what happened to her. and this was very recent. >> that's right. it's another example. d it's an important example as to how doctors and nurses have essentially become snitches for the state -- not all doctors, but a significant enough number of the that in the state of alama, they kind of have a hotline relationship wi prosetors in that state.

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and china announcing the cub's name bei bei. it means precious treasures to big sister bao bao. >> bei bei. say it. >> bei bei. >> surae chinn reports from the smithsonian national zoo. >> reporter: bao bao and bei bei, two of the most complimentary names you could find in china and, in fact, the chinese people often mix the two together for terms of endearment or something they hold precious like their own children. the big reveal from first lady michelle obama and first lady of china madam jinping. >> i think that's a great name. >> i think it's cute. do you like it? >> reporter: but it may take some getting used to for others. >> i have trouble differentiating my daughters and they're very much further apart than bao bao and bei bei. >> reporter: little bei bei is nearly 3 pounds and growing bigger every day. his eyes are still closed and he can't walk. it will be a few more weeks before he can see. the panda bears had some competition, though. this group waited outside the zoo gates for hours to catch a few seconds of madam

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see your ford dealer today. >> osgood: oh, bei bei.l zoo, and this morning rita braver has some bei bei pictures for us. >> can you tug it? good boy. >> reporter: okay, moms, let's face it, this baby may be cuter than yours, and a lot more famous. he's bei bei, born at the smithsonian institution's national zoo in washington, d.c., last august. his arrival made headlines, even though he wasn't much to look at then. >> they are about 1/900th the size of the mother. >> reporter: you always say like a stick of butter. >> yes, but holding them in your hand, you're amazed how sturdy they feel. >> reporter: they're born hairless and blind? >> yes, they're blind and deaf. >> andy: a panda keeper is aided by 60 volunteers to keep the giant pandas happy and healthy. bei bei will stay with his mother until he's about two. his father and big sister have their own separate specially designed habitat as pandas are usually solitary creatures. almost every move they make is captured by the zoo's famous panda cams. remember when this video went viral

. >>> we want to wish panda bei bei a happy birthday. thena birthday petition over the weekend as crowded flocked to celebrate bei bei, bao bao and kim kim. each received a delicious birthday cake. it tells something about the cubs' future with them. some bottles were placed in front of the youngster as his mother chose the banner representing friendship and love. happy birthday, bei bei. >>> just ahead, new details in meteorologist bill karins with a check of the weather. good morning, bill. >> good morning, betty. after a stormy weekend in the east, we're looking good to at a beautiful start to your monday. high pressure is moving down. this is a taste of fall. and the other big story out there we're watching, is this big haboob that blew through arizona, the phoenix area, this caused delays, about 45 minutes at the airport. look at that dust encompassing the zesert southwest and downtown phoenix. monday afternoon, should be beautiful in areas. enjoy the low humidity after humid weather over the weekend. here's a closer look at the day

>> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. the endangered bear is only the third cub to thrive at the zoo, less than 2,000 surviving in the wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam since he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. . >> reporter: you want him to wake up? >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. >>>>gma and this week in the morning. we will see you tomorrow night. i'm cecilia vega in new york. have a great saturday. good night.advisory sioux city. don't forget the pets and stay bundled! temps in single digits, wind chills below 0. light snow tonight and subzero. details on snow and arctic blast in a few, here's deborah! " " deborah: good evening and us... i'i'deborah souverain today an american soldier whs souverain today an ameri

it's bei bei which means precious treasure. first lady michelle obama and the first lady of china were here at the zoo to help announce the new name and students from washington's yu ying charter school were here, too. zoo keepers at a panda reserve in china suggested the name bei bei and zoo coopers here at the national zoo suggested the name ping ping which means peaceful and calm. the first lady chose this which again means precious. this is such a surprise because the naming comes early and in the past the zoo waited 100 days to name newborn pandas, but with the historic visit this week of china's president and madam pong to the white house, the zoo decided that now was the time to commemorate more than 40 years of scientific collaboration and more than 40 years of handa preservation effort between the u.s. and china. kristin wright. >> it's our flash survey of the day. do you like the new name bei bei for the new panda cub? >> text 1 for yes, 2 means no. 3, if you wish. the public could have maded decision. >> president ob

>> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. less than 2,000 surviving in the wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social media darling. 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam since he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. >> we're waiting for him to wake up. >> reporter: you want him to wake up? >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. gloria riviera, abc, washington. >> yeah narks's a tough job. >>> gma and this week in the morning. we will see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> here they are. the luckiest family in america. they hit the jackpot. >>> then crash course. >> a plane just landed on the freeway. >> the lingerie model who was learning how to fly when this happened. >> may day may day. >>> see the olympic gold medal winner picabo street sent her father straight down the stairs. >>> and t

>> reporter: bei bei's name means 'precious treasure' in chinese. the endangered bear is only the third cub to thrive at the zoo, wild. like any superstar worth his bamboo, bei bei is a social 5 million hits and counting on the national zoo's giant panda cam since he was born. >> he is immensely popular. >> reporter: said to be a charmer and a bit of a rascal, bei bei spent most of his big day snoozing flat on his furry back, making his eager fans wait. >> we want him to wake up. >> reporter: you want him to wake up? >> i want him to wake up. >> reporter: that adorable has to be exhausting. >>> gna and this week in the morning. we will see outomorrow night. good night. >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for derm exclusive instant anti-aging, brought to you by beachbody. >> hi, everybody. i'm deborah norville. and i've got breaking news from the world of skincare. this time, there's a celebrity twist. you are not gonna want to miss

. >>> and say hello to bei bei. the national zoo and a big crowd getting ready to welcome the giant panda cub in person. it is a big day around here. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. >> i'm david culver. welcome to saturday morning. >> great to be here. >> bei bei, i feel like this is the u.s. version of the roiyal baby it feels like. >> it's a perfect day to see him, too. it will be warm today. can't be mad at that. >> no. let's get a check of the forecast as we start off on saturday. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, good morning, tom. >> you want to dress like bei bei this morning, we're starting off chilly, upper 30s to 40 degrees. the rain we had is long gone but the pavement is still wet. national harbor live camera showing some light fog over the metro area right now. some of the rural areas, the fog reduced visibility down to a quarter mile. the rain that we had from overnight is pulling off up into new england, pulling away, a few lingering sprinkles out here, north and west of the metro area, the panhandle

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