when the end, all of you are invited to the room upstairs and we will celebrate heather ann thompson at the book signing. with all of that out of the way, the history of the bookkeeping and everything, please join us in welcoming ta-nehisi coates in conversation with heather ann thompson. [applause] .. >> >> to say that we need to remember the history of thanksgiving of america but the tradition began the year with a did gregory. [laughter] so last the into fast dog thinks giving in remembrance of what happened in attica but i called him today he has proper scholarship with 100 pages of footnotes he said i'd give it a book before without no footnotes. [laughter] and i told him this and he wanted me to tell you that you are a hero he said no viking get through this because of the pain. this is a huge deal but i am just telling you. he is in the panther party after he left the party i we still people might earliest memory is black men in jail sendai pretty much mean that so to mcm to identify that as the enemy and attic l. was such a huge influence for those radicals who would say some

we get more from our chief of environmental affairs, ann thompson. >> reporter: gira. the center of african africa. their population dropping by 40% the last few years, giraffes are listed as vulnerable, living what one might call a silent extinction. "giraffe's flight," killed by poachers for their meat, hide and tail. >> these animals are in the consciousness of all of us. they're in the consciousness of basically the whole planet from childhood. >> reporter: at places like the bronx zoo, these improbable and inquisitive creatures spark wonder in schoolchildren. >> he opens his mouth a little bit. >> can you imitate them? >> reporter: up close, adults can't help but be awed. animated versions sell toys and moving pictures. beyond the fascination, if giraffes no longer roamed africa's grasslands, how would their disappearance impact nature? the director of the bronx zoo says giraffes stimulate growth on the acacia trees in which they feed. and ants, something that would change if the giraffes were gone. >> in the protected areas where giraffes currently live, ideally

ann thompson, nbc news new york. >>> life was never dull. that's "nbc nightly news" for saturday. >>> a reminder tomorrow morning on "meet the press," chuck todd will be joined by robert gates and john podesta, chairman of hillary clinton's campaign. i'm jose diaz balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. good night. >>> i stepped out in a t-shirt and these shorts and i was like, okay, i better grab something. >> yeah, you can feel it in the air. a cold snap all across the bay area. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm terry bunker. san francisco beautiful and clear, of course contributing to these extremely low temperatures. a microclimate weather alert is in effect. meteorologist rob mayeda is tanning btan i standing by. >> by 3:00 a.m. we'll drop to the lower 30s. notice locations inland, tri valley into the north bay, you could see upper 20s by 3:00 a.m. under those clear skies towards the tri valley. san jose temperatures, look at this,

here's nbc's anne thompson. >> reporter: the mumps virus, the scourge of american schools. from college campuses in new york -- >> obviously don't share drinks. elementary schools outside dallas. >> pumps is highly contagious. so it's kind of a new wrinkle. >> reporter: this mumps outbreak covers almost every state. 332 cases in counting. with flu-like symptoms, mumps is spread by infected saliva, where young people live, play, and learn in close quarters. >> they're sometimes started by those who are under-vaccinated or unvaccinated, and they're sustained by some who have waning immunity to the >> reporter: the vaccine works. the cdc says one dose is 78% effective and two doses, 88%. but over time, the effectiveness may diminish. >> so when you think about college students, it's been 10, 15 years since they had their kindergarten dose of vaccine. >> reporter: the university of missouri is urging its students to get a third dose of the vaccine. it's seen 193 cases this semester, including freshman antibiotics. claire was confined to her dorm room for five days. her roommate

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that's where we begin with nbc's ann thompson. >> reporter: a dazzling start to 2017. amid reminders of the ever-present danger. new york preparing with a record 7,000 officers in times square. how confident are you that you can keep >> i'm extremely confident. we are so well prepared to do this, this is something that the nypd does so well. >> reporter: people already waiting for hours. >> it's been on my bucket list since i was little. >> reporter: among the first sell branlts in the global party sydney, australia. fireworks illuminating the harbor bridge. the city's biggest display ever. hong kong, dubai, moscow lightening up their skies. ♪ in tokyo capturing the moment in a sea of selfie sticks. this year, concrete vehicles and heavy barriers are placed to block truck attacks. the carnage in nice in july and berlin two weeks ago. germany's capital flooded with extra police. in an unusual move, some carrying machine guns at the party near the brandon berg chance wi chancellor merkel calling islamic terrorism the test. there's the eternal of hope of peace. a more wor

anne thompson in berlin, richard engel inistanbul. what do they know? are they now getting closer to the conclusion that the man who was arrested is not the right man? >> reporter: well, they certainly have doubts about the man that is in custody, andrea, as to whether or not he is the man who drove the truck into that christmas market last night, killing 12 people and injuring 48. the man in custody is a 23-year-old pakistani refugee. he came to germany on december 31 of last year. he went to berlin in february. he's actually applied for asylum. his request has not been processed. he has told authorities that he didn't do it. now this happened -- they arrested him last night and about noon today, a little later, authorities started to express publically doubts that they had the right man. what is going on? we know they are looking at cctv footage, video footage around the area, to see what the truck did, to see who got out of the truck. perhaps that's leading to these doubts. they have also had a chance to go over the truck. they moved it from the mark

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christmas markets in berlin are closed today in a sign of i'm anne thompson in berlin. now back to you. >> before ministers of russia, iran and turkey met in moscow today, they are ready to guarantee a deal between the syrian government and the opposition. this comes a day after the deadly attack on shrussian ambassador which they say was meant to derail the process of normalizing the russia/turkey ties. he was speaking at an art gallery when he was shot in the back by a turkish police officer. he was killed by other officers. meanwhile, the d.c. police have this to say about your safety here in the nation's capital. in part they are monitoring and reviewing events and activities across the united states as well as the world for their potential impact here in washington. and we suggest that during your lunch break you might want to download the nbc washington app for all the latest updates on breaking news from around the world and right here at home as well. >>> the d.c. council will consider two paid family leave oio up to eight weeks of paid leave but as news 4's tom

nbc's ann thompson tells us about their love that lasted a lifetime. >> reporter: john and annie glennso intertwined, annie never knew life without john. >> i had known my husband since i was 2. and he and i were in love when we were in the eighth grade. and he promised me that life would never be dull. >> reporter: and it wasn't. >> hi there. i feel fine. >> reporter: but for all his accomplishments, astronaut, senator, presidential candidate, it was her triumph he celebrated. >> the first time she was able to speak normally compared to other people was in her late 50s. >> i stuttered ever since i can really remember. >> something annie coped with in their hometown of new concord, ohio. but the spotlight on the mercury 7 astronauts made it much more difficult. >> are you all right? tell me what's wrong. >> yeah. >> a dramatized in the movie "the right stuff". >> if you don't want the vice president or the tv networks or anybody else to come into the house, then that's it as far as i'm concerned. they are not coming in. >> a decade later, together they found a program for stutterer's t

joining me now, anne thompson in berlin. this is increasing the pace of the investigation. they initially arrested the wrong man. what can we learn from what the federal prosecutors will say about the suspect. >> reporter: they have lost about a day and a half on this investigation. not only searching the city of berlin but germany and, in fact, the continent of europe. for this man who is, again, identified as 24-year-old anis amry. we can put his picture up again so you can see him. born in tunisia. they announced a public man hunt. this is a case, i'm told under german law when they think they have enough evidence to make his name and picture public. what is the evidence they have? german media were reporting today that in the cab of the truck that plowed through the christmas market on monday night they found identity papers linked to this man. that apparently reportedly is the connection here. as far as the city of berlin goes, you know it's been interesting. berliners are stoic and they are going through this day or the ones we have talked to are determined that chris

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> parts of the northeast are still digging out tonight after the first big snowstorm of the season that caused numerous accidents and left thousands without power. morgan radford reports on the challenges going into this year's new year's weekend. >> reporter: tonight, millions of americans, scrambling to clear the streets. >> unless you have to go out, don't bother going out. it makes live easier for us. >> reporter: in upstate new york, plows clearing up to eight inches of snow. after the first major storm of the season clobbered the northeast. >> it's coming down pretty hard. it's very difficult to see. >> reporter: almost 100,000 people in maine without power which officials say may not come back for days. parts of that state saw more than two feet of snow. more than a foot in parts of new hampshire. tonight responders trying to prevent this. the aftermath of a forceful 24 hours. here in new hampshire, you can see melting snow still covering the streets. this is something quickly turn to ice as soon as the temperature drops. dangerous streets,

nbc's anne thompson joining us live from berlin. what more do we know about this guy and how he seemed to slip through the cracks even though he was known on different continents? >> reporter: chris, we just got a few more clues from a press conference held by angela merkel and interior minister who said they found fingerprints from amri in the cab of the truck that plowed through the christmas market on monday night. that and other clues are why they are searching so desperately, not just across this country, but across this continent for this 24-year-old tunisian man. from march of this year to september this year, he was under police surveillance. he had been identified by german authorities as a potential threat. this summer, he was arrested under suspicion of having false documents. but he was released and as you said, he was supposed to be deported but that got caught up in a paperwork snafu and didn't have a passport. that was two days before the attacks. that's why you can imagine this will give fuel to the controversy over

anne thompson live from trump tower here in new york.ot necessarily from the words of dr. carson on camera but someone close to him saying he didn't feel he had the classifications for it. paul ryan speaking out about this nomination and why he believes dr. carson would be the right fit. >> reporter: tamron, there's no question that this nomination is controversial. house minority leader nancy pelosi tweeting this morning that dr. ben carson is, quote, disturbingly unqualified to serve as secretary of housing and urban development. but then from the other side of the aisle as you mentioned, speaker paul ryan going to twitter and he tweeted this morning that the real ben carson, his twitter handle, a great choice for hud government or hud.gov. that's the secretary of housing and urban development. a shining example of overcoming poverty. he will focus on dignity rather than dependence but again, this question of what qualifications does dr. ben carson bring to run this agency that is critically important to the poor in this country and th

nbc's anne thompson reports. giraffes, watching out for trouble nearly two stories above earth.ow in trouble themselves. their numbers plummeting 40% in the last 30 years. such a dra mat hick drop the iucn that designates endangered species lists giraffes of vulnerable victims of what some call a silent extinction. >> it has gone ourn e under t-- under the radar. killed by poachers for their meat, hide and tails. >> they are in the consciousness of all of us and the whole planet from childhood. >> reporter: at places like the bronx zoo, these improbable and inquisitive creaturers spark wonder in school children. >> when they eat, they wiggle their mouth a little bit. >> can you imitate them? up close some adults can't help but be awed. animated versions sell toys and movie tickets. beyond the fascination, if giraffes no longer roamed africaafrica grasslands, how would it impact the balance of nature? dr. pat thomas the associate 0 director of the bronx zoo say that they stimulate growth in the trees on which they feed which provides home for bird and av ants. homes that would ch

. >>> joining me with the latest, ann thompson in berlin. the big question how did this guy get away from german authorities, how was he even on the loose after being on everyone's radar for some time? >> yeah, andrea, there are two big questions today. first of all, where is anis amri? first of all, where is he? so we've seen the raids, the raids here in berlin and the raid in dortmund overnight as police have searched for him. so far they've come up empty. the second question is why did amri slip through the cracks, as you said? he came to germany in july 2015. by march of this year police had him under surveillance. they had identified him as a potential threat to germany. and he was under surveillance for six months. they thought that he was actually going to rob some place, to try to get cash to buy guns, to execute an attack. that didn't happen. as when he was under surveillance, they did see him deal drugs in a park here in berlin and get into a fairly violent bar fight. but none of that manifested itself into an arrest. this summer,

anne thompson at trump tower for us. can you get a sense outside of jill stein and her supporters?ig is the appetite for these recounts? >> reporter: the appetite, at least here on the corner of fifth and 56th, is not very big for these recounts. about 30 feet to my left, the green party is holding a news conference. it is primarily attended by the media. there are some, i would say, 20 green party supporters there, people in favor of the recount. there's also a number of trump supporters who are there telling the green party supporters, look, you lost, get over it. but the green party is not getting over it. the headline from this press conference is that this morning they are going to federal court in pennsylvania to seek an emergency order to get a statewide recount in that state. now, as you'll remember, donald trump won pennsylvania by about 49,000 votes but today, the green party officials called the voting process in pennsylvania a disgrace and a disaster. saying it uses an antiquated voting system that doesn't even have a paper trail for the votes that are cast. and it says

nbc's ann thompson has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the manhunt is intensifying, as the person responsible for driving a truck at 40 miles per hour through a christmas market near memorial search is still at large. police warning people here to be particularly vigilant. as christmas markets are cautiously re-opened. it comes after an embarrassing day for the 23-year-old pakistani asylum seeker detained just hours before the attack released last night when police determined there wasn't enough evidence to connect him to the crime. the media arm of isis describing the attacker as a soldier of the islamic state, now claimi inini responsibility for the incident but offering no proof. authorities say they won't rest until the perpetrator of the horror is found. investigators going through cctv video and searching the truck for clues. in the cab, a man found shot. identified as the employee of the polish truck company. the attack wounding the holiday heart of the city. underneath the festive decorations, heavily armed security forces on alert for trouble. but also helping

i'm anne thompson in berlin. now back to you. >> controversial comments from president-elect donald trump. tonight, he's suggesting he's willing to engage in an arms race, a day after he tweeted the united states needs to greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. in a statement to msnbc today, he said, quote, let it be an arms race. we will path and outlast them all. end quote. russian president vladimir putin hopes to have a meeting with trump soon to discuss how to improve ties. that's coming up in a live report. >> two people found dead in fairfax county, and police are trying to figure out if the two cases are connected. police say a young man was murdered at his home in springfield last night, and hours later, a woman was found dead a couple miles away in burke. darcy spencer joins us live with the latest on the investigation. darcy. >> reporter: fairfax county police are investigating connections between these two murders and connections between these two victims. they say these crimes are not r

nbc's anne thompson live outside trump tower. nbc's janice fryer live in beijing because we are talking about china today. i want to start with you in new york. we have seen very interesting comings and goings in the last hour and a half or so. fill us in. >> it certainly has been an interesting parade of people here. the treasury secretary designate just walked in a few minutes ago. perhaps the most interesting person on the list is former vice president al gore. he went in to trump tower before 11:30. he was set to meet with ivanka trump who is reportedly deciding she wants to make climate change one of her signature issues. as you know, al gore is the nation's leading voice on climate change. gore just left the trump tower minutes ago. on his way out he spoke to reporters and said, he not only meat with ivanka but also with the president-elect donald trump. now i spoke to al gore during the campaign. i interviewed him back in may. he was very reluctant to criticize donald trump even though donald trump had said he thinks clima

nbc's anne thompson is live for us in berlin. what do we know about the person they're looking for?reporter: stephanie, they finished a press conference and he confirmed there is a suspect and they are investigating his immigration status. after yesterday's big mistake where they arrested a man who they originally thought was involved in the attack and then they found out they didn't have enough evidence to hold him, they said they are not going to identify this suspect until they are sure. what the interior ministry did say is they are searching throughout germany and across europe for this suspect. german media are reporting that the suspect is a tunisian man whose identity card was found inside the cab of that truck that went rampaging through that christmas market on monday night killing 12 and injuring 48. stephanie? >> now we know that isis is claiming credit for the attack, but is there any proof of that? >> not so far. it is isis's media arm that is claiming that the attacker is a soldier of the islamic state, but in their release they offered no proof. they didn't mention h

nbc's anne thompson has more. >> whose choice? >> my choice! >> reporter: the battleground over abortion rights is now in ohio. >> six-week abortion ban will allow it all together. >> lives are literally on the chopping blocks. >> reporter: this week the state legislature passed one of the most restrictive abortion bills in the nation. under the heartbeat bill, abortions in ohio could be banned after a fetal heartbeat is detected. that can happen as soon as six weeks with no exception for rape or incest. a frontal attack, court watchers say, on the u.s. supreme court, which ruled states can't ban abortions unless the fetus is viable outside the womb, generally at 24 weeks. ohio republicans say the impetus for the bill, the election of donald trump. >> so you think this will survive constitutional challenge now? >> i think it has a better chance than it did before. >> reporter: that's because trump made this pledge on "60 minutes" about his supreme court choices. >> i'm pro-life. the judges will be pro-life. >> reporter: but right now there is o

anne thompson is live with the latest. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. new york police say as many as 2 million people will ring in the new year in times square. all eyes looking up at the 11,000 pound ball to watch it drop amid tight security. what a way to say good-bye. the waterford crystal ball with color at dress rehearsal. the journey down the flag pole marking the end of 2016 and beginning of 2017. making memories for a lifetime. >> we always said on our 40th, if we didn't make it before then, we are going on our 50th. the year we turned 50, that was the plan. >> reporter: police say there is no direct terror threat. security is plentiful and visible. the new york city police department with 7,000 officers in the area. building what it hopes is a perimeter. with 65 sand trucks and 100 other blocker vehicles to stop deadly truck attacks that ruined holiday celebrations in nice, france and berlin. along with bomb-detecting k-9 understand units, there will be police officers watching the crowd as well as rooftop. efforts repeated around the united st

n thompson, nbc news, anne he gets a lot of compliments. his army hat, walks around with his army shirt looking all nice. and then people just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. male vo: comcast. at t.j.maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we've always believed the holidays should be about joy. where days are filled with magic, not madness. it's why we have amazing prices on thoughtful gifts, everyday. let's bring back the holidays. >>> good morning. cloudy, balmy, we're near 60 gree degrees on this sunday morning. a long line of rain showers stretching from new england to new orleans is advancing closer to us. going to be coming right into the metro area. first wave of some of that light rain coming in in about an hour. and then after that, another wave coming in later this morning and maybe another one early this afternoon. tempera

.>> to raise $13,000 to send chavez, his daughter, anne thompson to hawaii to attend pearl harbor wednesdayud to serve and that has, have told me that >> reporter: chavez knows this may be his last trip back. he only has one request. to go to dinner. >> more than 2400 americans died in the attack on pearl harbor. all most half of them, 1,177 e . now one of arizona survivors is telling his story in a book john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: the battleship arizona graces the back of donald stratton's classic truck. now at 9 hu-acraft gun. >> right there. >> a 19-year-old he fought the japanese sneak attack on pea in less than two hours american naval power in the pacific has been paralyzed. pilots waved at us and smiled. >> they were waving at you while shooting at you? >> that's right. we fired at them. but we could see our bursts in the sky and they they were way short. >> the arizona onef battleships under unrelenting japanese air strikes. >> just blew a fire ball, 600, 800 feet in the air. that engulfed us. >> i was like, bent over. strat his son. >> the phone goes off the he jum

. >> for more now, we want to bring in anne thompson, she's set outside trump tower where that meeting took place earlier. anne, this is something we've been getting indications of as donald trump takes these meetings there, travels elsewhere for others. he sits down sometimes with people who have been his opponents in the past and they emerge leaving all sorts of indications there's more common ground than expected. is that what happened with al gore and donald trump? >> reporter: well, i think yes, steve. wouldn't you have wanted to be a fly on the wall in that meeting? but i also think there's a danger in reading too much into this meeting. first of all, the former vice president, was slated to meet with ivanka trump, who reportedly has decided that she wants to make climate change one of her signature issues over the next four years. secondly, for the president-elect to have ignored a former vice president who was there to meet with his daughter would have been a tremendous breach of protocol. what i do think is interesting is that vice president gore said he spent the bulk of his

nbc's anne thompson has the very latest. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the drama ended some 650 miles south of berlin in a milan, ita italy, neighborhood, a routine police check at 3:00 in the morning and suddenly shots were fired. and just as quickly, an international manhunt was over. this morning, italian investigators gathering evidence at the scene of the shoot-out. the most wanted man in europe, 24-year-old amis amri, dead, killed after he was asked for i.d. by italian police. police say he immediately pulled a gun and started firing. there is no doubt, italy's interior minister told investigators, that the man is amri. the truck on the left of your screen at 40 miles an hour running over people and stalls in the market. the panic caught by a taxi's dash cam video. german authorities say they found amri's fingerprints inside and outside the truck's cab. italy was familiar territory to amri. after leaving his hometown in tunisia in 2011, amri spent more than three years in prison there for s

i'm anne thompson in berlin. now back to you. >>> in north carolina the effort to repeal the state's so-called bathroom bill has failed. lawmakers quit trying to repeal the law last night after more than nine hours of discussions. the law forces transgender people to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender at birth. it's led to protests and boycotts of the state by major businesses and entertainers. >>> happening right now, the quest for 20,000 points as we take a live look at the new york stock exchange where stocks opened slightly lower on wall street right now. right now down about 31 points. we'll keep you updated throughout the day. >>> state troopers say slick snow-covered roads were likely to blame for this schoolbus accident in montana last night. 35 kids were on board when the back wheels slipped into a ditch and the bus rolled over. fortunately there was only one minor injury and nobody went to the hospital. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin. and conditions for right now are pretty

determination inspired the gym and rotary club to raise $13,000 to send chavez, his daughter, anne thompson to hawaii to attend pearl harbor 75th anniversary ceremonies wednesday. >> i am very proud to serve and help, and, quite a few people that has, have told me that they, i inspire them. >> reporter: chavez knows this he only has one reap quest. to go to dinner. >> more than 2400 americans died in the attack on pearl harbor. all most half of them, 1,177 perished on the uss arizona. now one of arizona survivors is telling his story in a book called -- "all the gallant men." john blackstone has the story. >> reporter: the battleship arizona graces the back of donald stratton's classic truck. now at 94, he points out the anti-aircraft gun. >> right there. >> a 19-year-old he fought the japanese sneak attack on pearl harbor, december 7, 1941. in less than two hours american naval power in the pacific has been paralyzed. >> some of the pilots waved at us and smiled. >> they were waving at you while shooting at you? >> that's right. we fired at them. the sky and they they were way short. >> th

ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> tomorrow electors in state capitols around the country the voluntarily to choose the president. >> so a dry day on monday after the rain showers do move on through. storm team four 10 day outlook, afternoon temperatures will be near 40 with sunshine on tuesday. wednesday, into the upper 40s. and then maybe a few rain showers around on then friday and saturday, heading towards the christmas weekend, we'll try out with sunshine. maybe even mid 50s on saturday. christmas day, maybe right up or right around 50 degrees. now right now as we look at temperatures, it is balmy. we are in the mid 60s just to our south near 60 just to our north. and those rain showers are getting closer to us. thy'll be movinge i >>> check it queen elizabeth's 90th birthday, the british family released this photo of her with her son prince charles. it was released through social media. the picture was snapped on the last night of her birthday celebration in may at wind sore castle. congratulations to her on 90. that's great. >> yeah. she looks wonderful. they had a huge celebration

nbc's anne thompson is live at trump tower. anne, thank you. you're at the seat of the action tonight. trump tower. 57th and fifth avenue. so, the big story, is it still the who's going to be secretary of state, or is it, why did i call the president of taiwan? >> i think, actually, the big story here today, chris, has been, what was al gore doing here? the former vice president came here and met for about an hour and a half. you saw both ivanka trump and the president-elect. he was not scheduled to see the president-elect, but he told reporters afterwards that that is who he spent the bulk of his time with and we are told that they discussed climate. that had to be an interesting discussion, as you can imagine, because donald trump has said that climate change is a chinese hoax, in the past, and as you know, al gore won the nobel peace prize inefforts to get th attention to climate change. >> well, al gore talked briefly, anne, to reporters, as you said, after leaving trump tower. let's listen to the small bit we get from him, here. >> the bul

nbc's anne thompson has been covering this story. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. german authorities find themselves playing offense and defense this morning, aggressively pursuing the suspect while explaining how he eluded their grasp after they identified him as a potential threat earlier this year. he is the most wanted man in europe. 24 years old, now the focus of a manhunt for the murderous attack on a christmas market in berlin. german police executing raids in berlin and across the country looking for him. his papers found in the cab of the semi truck that barreled through this holiday spot at 40 miles per hour killing 12 people. amri is a tunisian national and reportedly of italy as well. described as armed and dangerous, amri is well known to german authorities. after arriving in germany in july 2015, amri was put under surveillance for six months, suspected of plotting an attack. this past august he was arrested on suspicion of having fake documents but was later released. he applied for asylum, b

ann thompson, nbc news new york. >>> life was never dull.'s n"nbc nightly news" for saturday. >>> tomorrow morning chuck todd will be joined by robert gates and john podesta. i'm jose diaz balart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. good night. >>> welcome, i'm dave spa darrow, we've dwot a fun-filled show for you. as the eagles prepare for the baltimore ravens on sunday. we're going to go off the field and find out more about the players on this team. defensive tackle fletcher cox takes us to the racing pits in alabama to follow one of his off-season passions and safety chris marigos goes back to his high school where his football jersey number is retired. >>> first we visit with a football team in the city that plays with all the grit and determination that we love. this team is unlike any other and here's why. >>> for many areas across the region, football fields are filled in june and july with teams getting ready for the season. this field is no different, but the players are. this is the home of the philad

ann thompson, nbc news new york. >>> life was never dull.'s n"nbc nightly news" for saturday. >>> tomorrow morning chuck todd will be joined by robert gates and john reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time. good night. >>> time has come for the redskins coaches show with jay gruden. carolina up on monday night. the playoff pressure mounts. the coaches answer all the questions and break it down with larry michael and chris cooley on a special edition of the show. >> what are the odds that we all wear different hoodies? >> i was thinking the same thing. >> and none of us paid for any of these. >> anders does a good job of mixing his up. >> there you go, coach, carolina, monday night they're 5-8. this seems like a pretty good football team, 15

let's go to ann thompson. ann, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. the drama ended some 650 miles south in berlin in a milan, italy neighborhood. just as quickly, an international man hunt was over. >> this morning italian investigators gathering evident at the scene of the shoot-out. the most wanted man in europe dead, killed after he was asked for id by italian police. he immediately killed a gun and started firing. there is no doubt that the dead man is amri. this is what officials believe he did at the christmas market. the truck is a mark menace on the street of holiday lights. at 40 miles an hour, running over people and stalls in the market, the panic caught by a taxi's dash cam video. they found his fingerprints inside and outside the truck's cab. after leaving his hometown in 2011, amri spent more than three years in prison there for setting fire to a refugee center. he was violent, but showed no signs of religious fundamentalism. at the berlin market, it is back to business. >> there is a kind of double sadness, but good people are everywhe

i'm ann thompson. back to you. >>> security is tighter at philadelphia's christmas market after the terror attack. >> monique braxton is live next to city hall. you have been speaking with people there so far this morning. what's the feeling? >> reporter: so far everyone is saying it is bitter cold out here. they are rurk shing to get to we ever they need to be. the shops are just beginning to open at 11:00. when i first learned about the attack i thought about philadelphia's own christmas village usually packed with shoppers. this village now surrounds city hall. you may recall at one time it was in -- we found police on foot patrol and others arriving. i did some digging and found many cities are increasing their police presence since the truck plowed into shoppers at a busy christmas village in berlin. we found video of a growing memorial placed where one dozen people died and 48 others were injured. police commissioner says they are take precautions but right now there is no credible threat here. >

nbc's anne thompson is in berlin for us. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it is a grey day here in berlin to match the city's mood. it's centuries' old tradition of a christmas market, apparently marred by a modern day act of terror. police this morning towing away the truck that last night was a mass murder weapon when it was driven in a murderous rampage into a berlin christmas market. a suspect seen here with his head covered was arrested and is being questioned by police. local media identified him overnight as a 23-year-old migrant who arrived from pakistan via austria nearly a year ago and who was already known to police for minor offenses. those reports could not be immediately confirmed by nbc news. a passenger in the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. he is believed to be the original driver of the truck. police said the driver crashed into the crowd intentionally calling it a suspected terror attack. the truck hurled into the market at speed without warning and with deadly force, kill

nbc's anne thompson is in berlin for us. anne, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. just moments ago, a somber chancellor angela merkel visited the attack site, for the people she assumes are victims of terror. police this morning towing away the truck that last night was a mass murder weapon when it was driven in a murderous rampage into a berlin christmas market. a suspect seen here with his head covered was arrested and is being questioned by police. local media identified him overnight as a 23-year-old migrant who arrived from pakistan via austria nearly a year ago and who was already german officials confirming the suspect is a man from pakistan who entered germany in december 2015, turned up in berlin in february and allied for asylum. however, this morning a newspaper is quoting a senior police chief as saying, "we have the wrong man, and, therefore, a new situation." a passenger in the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. he's believed to be the original driver of the truck. police said the driver

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