people who live in baltimore city don't feel safe in their own neighborhoods. own neighborhoods. and citizens all across the state are outraged by the daily reports of just rampant gang violence. we launched an aggressive, coordinated search to backup the beleaguered city police force. we sent 500 federal, state and local law enforcement officers into the city and made 1900 arrest. a few weeks ago, we announced that new comprehensive violent crime plan, which includes the opening of a violent crime joint operation center and a new strikeforce consisting of more than 200 additional law enforcement personnel from 16 federal and state law enforcement agencies, as well as local partners from the city and surrounding jurisdictions. and we announce other proposals, including assisting the city in recruiting and putting more officers into the communities. but all of these efforts won't be enough if we cannot keep these violent offenders off the streets. 60 percent of those convicted of gun crimes in baltimore city do not serve any serious jail time. and they are simply released to commi

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. >> mayor of baltimore city. >> mayor of albany new york. >> mayor of augusta, georgia. >> mayor of toledo, ohio. >> and, of course, you know mayor cranley who earlier introduced himself. we were very blessed in the city of gary this year to have

thing is if you want to spend $5.7 billion on a wall, -- you have seen the suffering in maryland, baltimore city. i am sure there are a lot of poor white people in poor black people in this country who are suffering, who do not have food

i mean, baltimore city, baltimore city six times the national average for blacks being arrested. times, if you are black in baltimore city you are six times more likely to be arrested. the national average is four. steve: major, i have read in baltimore, i think something like only one in four homicides are solved so the prosecutors say we want to devote the energies. >> well below the national average again. steve: indeed it is. robert, tell us why this idea of marilyn mosley in baltimore is a terrible idea? >> look, people are not in prison for possession. they are in prison for distribution. and so small amounts of marijuana possession is a false bowingy. distribution is the target. the reason is just the same reason it's a federal crime. the reason is it's addictive it leads to other drugs as elijah cummings from baltimore recently said i think last year end of last year. it is a gateway drug. it leads to higher potency use and that's what the harvard studies also indicated as neuroreceptors change people move over to opioids. in your blood system for 30 days. ultimately, at

does the city of baltimore have a pedestrian plan? >> yes, we do. we have a complete streets plan. >> what does that mean? >> that means making the city available for walkers, bikers, everybody. looking at all of our streets. we have a five year plan in terms of how we lay out our streets. i was teasing the other day. i said, we have gone from horse and carriages to cars, now to pikes and walkers and everyone, so people who live in inner-city neighborhoods, communities, in downtown, want to be able to move around the city in a very complete way, and we are trying to make it as easy as possible, taking a look at almost every street in baltimore to see how we make it accessible for pedestrians. >> is there a city out there that you look at as one that has wrestled with a lot of the problems that you are dealing with now, that you thought got it right, that you are taking some of the practices they had and using? i hate to say it, but is there a city you are envious of? >> no. i am part of 36 cities around the world, part of the bloomberg city team, and

[applause] citizen resident in baltimore city. to follow up on what you are saying, my attitude is throw all the bums out. term limits of got to be put into place. what do you all see as individuals would be the role you would have speaking to the people in washington because you know what the effect has been on your state directly or indirectly. what would you be saying besides throw all the bums out and let's start all over again? one of the major issues with i was getting more involved after the most recent presidential election was to be able to look at greater voter rich as a patient. gerrymandering is a huge issue. entrenched politicians is a huge issue. i am looking for people who will give me -- who can listen to me and give me the respect to be far more broad in their approach to the huge communities i feel are crucial to this country's future. i would like to see what you all are saying and can bring back to our friends in congress. >> beyond redistricting, what other advice would you have? >> i think the governors are s

we've invested millions of dollars in baltimore city. we've put -- funded our infrastructure, we passed adjustment reinvestment. we started a project called project core where we're tearing down buildings and redeveloping those communities, $800 million of redevelopment after tearing down thousands of vacated prots, focusing on the crime issues, helping the city. we got to invest in these communities and we're trying to provide more opportunities with job training, re-entry programs because the cities are important. and we want to make sure that everybody in the state has an opportunity not just the ones that are already working. we've lowered our unemployment, we've added 130,000 jobs but not everybody is succeeding in that prosperous, booming economy. we're trying to make sure every citizen has the opportunities they need. >> one other question. this is from an undergraduate. he's 19. hopkins undergrad. one of the most issues facing america is climate change. how have you worked across the aisle or do you plan to to start intimating or

there was an article about an important economic development project in baltimore city on the east side that could not move forward because hud cannot process the paperwork so we can go forward. getting hurt every day. senator van hollen mentioned date hundred thousand federal workers. about half are being asked to work every day without a paycheck. the others are being locked down. people are getting hurt. the taxpayers of this country expect government services from their agencies and they cannot get those services. contractors are being hurt. small businesses are being hurt. our economy is being hurt. the first order of business should be to take up these two bills. let's put aside what is currently pending. to that calendar immediately thereafter. we can do that. let's make sure we get these bills passed so we can open government now. the senate should not be --plicit this in the complicit in the senate president trump has passe cause. we can at least have a continuing resolution, continue our debate on border security but don't hold the american people hostage. that is what the pre

this morning in the sun paper, article about an important economic development project in baltimore city on the that can't move forward because hud can't process the paperwork so it can forward. we're getting hurt every day. holland mentioned the 800,000 federal workers. bout half are being asked to show up at work every day check. a pay the others are being locked out and furloughed without pay. getting hurt. taxpayers of this country expect to be able to get government agencies, om their and they can't get those services. they are being hurt. contractors are being hurt. small businesses are being hurt. hurt.r economy is being makes no sense whatsoever. the first order of business make sure that se, let's we get these bills passed so now.we can open government he senate should not be complicit in the shutdown that president trump caused. in good faith. open up government. negotiate board security. f we can't get that done quickly we can at least have a continuing resolution and continue our debate on border but don't hold the american people hostage. that's exactly what the united state

thing is if you want to spend $5.7 billion on a wall -- you have seen the suffering in maryland, baltimore city. i am sure there are a lot of poor white people in poor black -- and poor black people in this country who are suffering, who do not have food and do not have a lot of stuff that they could use for themselves. you can use that money to create jobs in these areas for these people and help them. instead, you want to build a $5.7 billion or however much it costs to spend on a cause which you know, in your hearts, does not work. this is the problem with you guys. you politicians who assail people to use simple solutions to complex problems. host:. your point. give the congressman a chance to respond. guest: well, warren obviously has the ability to look into my heart and see what i think. he is wrong. they do work. customs and border protection are the experts, he is not. the fact of the matter is your caller is ignorant about what works and what does not. walls and fences work. he is also ignorant to how congress works in we did put $5.7 billion into the bill, and chuck schumer and the d

does the city of baltimore have a pedestrian plan? >> we have a complete streets plan. >> what does that mean? >> making the city available for walkers, bikers, anyone on the street. we have a five year plan on how to lay out our streets. we have gone from horse and carriages to cars and now two bikes and walkers and everyone. people who live in inner-city neighborhoods and downtown want to be able to move around the city in a complete way. we are trying to make it as easy as possible. we are looking at every street in baltimore to see how we can make it accessible for pedestrians. >> is there a city you look at as one that has wrestled with a lot of the problems you are dealing with? now that you are taking practices they had and are using it -- is there a city you are envious of? >> no. let me just say, i am part of 36 cities around the world. bloomberg city team. we were the first class of mayors from around the country that got to share different ideas and things we are doing. there are cities that are doing it really well. denver

. >> mayor of baltimore city. >> mayor of albany new york. >> mayor of augusta, georgia. >> mayor of toledo, ohio. >> and, of course, you know mayor cranley who earlier introduced himself. we were very blessed in the city of gary this year to have a reduction in both homicides and gun related batteries. but what we know is that there is no one strategy. we have used a variety of strategies from lawsuits to ordinances, to the g v i strategy to any number of efforts that are community based. mayor bill peduto from pittsburgh will talk to us about some local ordinances that he has championed in the city of pittsburgh a little later at a later session around a hate crimes. he is going to talk about the terrible tragedy at the tree of life synagogue, and he may even mention it here today. but please welcome mayor peduto. >> thanks, mayor. [ applause ] >> just on the background, and just a little bit about myself, i grew up with guns. in my household there was always at least one .22 and a shotgun. my dad kept a clip in his bedroom drawer and a box of shells. i started out my college career

does the city of baltimore had a pedestrian plan? >> yes, we do. wewe have complete streets plan. >> what does that mean? >> that means making the city available for w walkers, bikers, everybody, looking at all of our street. we have a five-year plan in terms of how we lay out our streets. i was teasing the otherer day,ti said we've gone from horse and carriage is to cars and now the bikes and walkers and everyone. so people who live in inner-city neighborhoods and in downtown want to be able to be able to move around the city in a very complete way. and so we're trying to make it as easy as possible and so would take a lookev at almost every student in baltimore to -- >> is a one that is wrestled with a lot of the problems that you are dealing with now that you have got it right, now that you taking some of the practices that they had been using it? i hate to say it but is her city you are envious of. >> was no. let me say, i part of 36 cities cities around the world, part of the bloomberg city team. i think we with a first class of mayors from aro

baltimore city community college is free in our city. but johns hopkins has a $1.9 billion investment by bloomberg to make sure young people who come to that university don't leave in debt. morgan state university, another $5 million endowment for young people to go to college. we're also going to become, we call the cybersecurity of the east coast because where we're located and what's happening at port covingten with the 13 cybersecurity companies that already moved there. that's why the happen over street bridge is important to us. that's $150 million investment because it's between port covingten and 95 which will enhance. >> host: is john hopkins a good partner for you? >> yes it is. >> we did a form in baltimore, had faculty members from john hopkins who were saying themselves they were failing and doing some of the things they should do in outreach in the community. being -- that it's a reservoir of excellence but they shouldn't have done as much as they should. that's from them and i'm interested in whether you see they've been d

in 1940 when nancy pelosi was born there was a single woman that ever served on the baltimore city council. no women governors in america, there was one woman in the senate and a woman in the house. also essentially there because her husband or their husbands had preceded them and they'd taken over. when she arrived in washington in 1987, the number had tripled. they were 24 women in congress. by the time she came speaker the number was up now to 74. end of the special election, 75 or 76 now. still unbelievable minority when you think women are more than 50 percent of the electorate. another way of looking at this, one third of the women that had ever served in congress in the history of the country, are serving today when nancy pelosi become speaker. a generation ago this would have been unthinkable. she didn't necessarily suffer the same indignities other women, she is not the jackie robinson of congress. people came from denver, about her age but got to congress 15 years before hand. she arrived in congress i think was 1973 when she arrived there. she was an antiwar activist. she got to

>> i work in baltimore city and the community every single day.ople who actually support president trump who are just afraid to say it i think kanye west is making sure people know it's okay to be a free-thinker and support our president. when everybody supported barack obama that was fine. it's okay to support your president. this your country and that's who you should support. >> sandra: perhaps we should come together on one note. kim and kanye are pregnant with fourth child today. they are expecting another baby. >> congrats to them. >> yes. >> sandra: certainly a conversation that will continue and kanye west is clearly showing that he wants to stay somehow in the political sphere and certainly is he doing that by supporting the president at this moment. thanks to both of you. richard fowler and kimberly clay sick. good to see you. >> thank you. >> sandra: happy new year happy new year. great to see you all here tonight. i will see you bright and early tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. "america's newsroom" #from 9:00 to noon. martha returns tomorrow

another world nancy pelosi might not be the right person, but she is someone who came up through baltimore cityolitics, she is someone who her whole life has known what it's like to be a woman in a man's world. and if somebody's going to go up against donald trump and we know how that has gone for him when he goes up against strong women, she might just be the person. >> i absolutely agree with it. it's very smart to say i don't want the democrats owning the shutdown because that essentially would happen once it starts to bleed well into january of 2019 which is where we are. yes, donald trump owned it going into it, but the democrats then become in control of the house and start to get some ownership of it. she's smart to say let's take this off of our maplate and put the wall squarely within the purview of donald trump and republicans in the senate. i don't think there's as much energy for the wall in the senate as there is among republicans in the house. but the truth is donald trump's going to claim credit for anything that comes out, whether it's 5 billion or the 1.3 that has been thrown a

some success in baltimore, but challenges as well. in many citiesis a program model that jt has spent years working in baltimore on. it involves street outreach with very credible people, known people. jt hit the nail on the head with trust. it is all about trust in these relationships. this program model is first and foremost going to try to interrupt and mediate conflict. people get shot over things they really shouldn't get shot over. relatively minor disputes. it really is powerful to have somebody with credibility to come in and change those norms. the terminology is interrupt the violence. that program model was even made more powerful when in addition to that, you can think of it as an ems system. there is a crisis, we are going to try to keep people alive so nobody gets shot. that is what cure violence is best in. the roca model is the best thing to get people on a healthy, safer path, a trajectory recognizing all the trauma and challenges they have faced. those seem to be the key ingredients. it is always very risk focused. you have to go t

cure violence model for example that's had great success, some success in baltimore but challenges as well. and in many cities, this is the program model that j.t. spent years in baltimore working on. and it involves street outreach with known people. it's all about trust. and this program model is first and foremost going to try to interrupt and mediate conflict. people get short over things they shouldn't get shot over. and it's, to start to change the norms. and the terminology is interrupt the violence. that program model has been made more powerful. you can think of it almost like an ems system. there's a crisis, and we're going to try to keep people alive so nobody gets shot. that's what, the roca model does a good job of getting people on a healthy, safer path. recognizing the trauma and challenges that they face. those seem to be the key ingredients. you have to go to the people who are likely to be shot. if you're not touching the highest risk people you will not affect gun violence. it's very risk focused. it's build on the commitment to getting people on healthier paths. >> so listening to them car

i just think the city, and i'm not talking about baltimore call the cities that have this issue. we just have to take a stand and be harsh. i hate to say that but it's true. you get caught with an illegal gun, use a gun to commit a crime, i'm not anti-gun. but i do have a serious issue with people who use guns to commit crimes. when they get caught with the guns, i would hit them hard just for having the gun but that gets lost, they plea- bargain they drop the charge and get something else in the next thing you know you're locking up the same people over and over again and they go and commit crimes and they have rap sheets a mile long . >> on that point, you may do this already but what we do, if you have conviction, previous felony, the mere possession of a gun is a federal offense. unbelievably powerful law and, unfortunately, most u.s. attorneys don't want to deal with it, they want big terrorism cases and don't deal with everyday shootings. we luckily need to bring more cases. and two lawyers work full-time with the u.s. attorney, to bring more cases. there's two issues, one

i have to point out, people want to see racism they should look at cities like baltimore where city officials back on the violence and crime, thriving businesses and job opportunities out of the city, they are gearing up to demolish a housing project which will displace many black families and especially black senior citizens living on fixed income that can afford to live anywhere else. democrats made a mistake in 2016 pushing the racism card and they will make that mistake in 2020 because people vote on the amount of money in their pockets, not the amount of people claiming our president is racist without proof. heather: it would do the president well to do a townhall in a community in baltimore on racism in america and listen to what people have to say and that would benefit him. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. north korean missile warning turns out to be a horrific hoax after pranksters take control of a home security camera but it is more than fun and games. kurt the cyber guy has more on major security threats. >> bless me, fathe

i mean, i just think the city -- and i'm not talking about baltimore i'm talking about all the cities with this kind of issue. we have to just take a strong stand and just -- and be harsh. and i hate to say that but it's true. you get caught with an illegal gun you use a gun to commit a crime, i'm not trying to ban all guns. i'm not anti-gun. you know. but i do have a serious issue with people who use guns to commit crime. and when you get caught with the gun i mean, listen, if it was me i'd give you ten years for having a gun and now we talk about the robbery later on. and see how much time i'm giving you for that. but i would give you -- i would hit hem hard just for having the gun and then add on top of that whatever crime. but that gets lost. you got to get prosecutors in here because they plea away a lot of these things you get people with illegal guns through plea bargains they dr. platz the charge and give them something else. next thing you know you lock up the same people over and over again. and they go and commit the kriemgs and got rap sheets a mile long. >> on that point

this includes boston, hartford, providence, new york city, philadelphia, baltimore, washington, d.c. a lot of our major cities. the problem is the ground is still frozeownfrom our last cold outbreak and we have a torrential amount of rain from north florida all the way into the southeast through the mid-atlantic and now arriving intort the ast. snow and icy weather, a little bit in areas of maine and a little bit on theack side of e storm in areas of ohio. as far as the rainfall forecast is going to go, we think that some areas could potentially get one to two inches of rain, mostly from philadelphia to new york. some areas of connecticut get uo to inches of rain. in some placesmee've got snow plus frozen ground and heavy rain. it's going to be a lost problems on the roads. >> lots to deal with in thof ded winter. bill, thank you. >>> a suspected gunman is in custody after a tense standoff way s.w.a.t. team in sebring, florida. police say the suspect opened fire inside a suntrust bank killing all five people who were inside at the time. we're joined by nbc's kerry sand oresers, who is

cuts to medicaid and a gallup has been speaking to some of those affected in the east and us city of baltimore and joins us now tell us more about some of those who are missing their paychecks or who have been impacted by this shutdown. will light departments plus the department of homeland security are affected by this so think about those essential services provided by people like t.s.a. agents at this nation's airports who provide security at shafik controllers who also control the air space across the nation who say the longer this goes on the more dangerous it may be to fly and also because the dot department of homeland security's affected border guards along but u.s. southern border are also affected but it really goes beyond those departments the effects of this government shutdown and those people not being paid being felt widely and in the city of baltimore baltimore we looked at the human cost of what a partial government shutdown means. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the

maryland district an hour's drive to the north where he represents 700,000 people in most of the city baltimore born here 67 years ago to parents who had been share croppers before moving north for a better life. his father worked in a chemical plant. his mother was domestic. both were pent costal ministers. >> first religion, then education. he had a saying, if you miss one day of school, that meant you died the night before and he meant that. i did not miss one second of school between kindergarten and graduating high school. not one second. >> reporter: he graduatedify beta cappau before -- how long have you lived here? >> 37 years. >> reporter: he says he keep as campaign poster in the front window so people will know where to find him. so you like the be among your constituents? >> let me tell you something, man, if i don't do well in this block, i'm in trouble. if i lost in this block, i might as well stay home. >> reporter: and you can see the rest of the report including investigations he has planned for the trump administration in here is another laundry hack from home made simple. do

we're not throughout the city like most people would think. there's four sites in baltimore and we're really in hot spots in the diaz. and what we do is we go into communities and we find guys that's respected in the community on a street level. businesses may say don't give that man a job. but with our field we realized it's going to take that community to heal and fix that community. >> a lot of times when i interview mayors or leaders in cities that are having a crisis like a flood or a hurricane, right? a lot of times we ask them what do you need? what do you need? so i'm going to ask you, what do you need? >> honestly, me personally, i just need opportunity for my kids. be it educational, the workforce, or whatever. we've got to find ways to give our kids other avenues to succe success. like i say, if that happens, man, the sky's the limit for us. we're way too bright of a group of people. our minds expand way beyond anybody's imagination. that's not a problem. it's just the opportunities that we're given and provided need to change. and i say to me that will really cha

city. baltimore, new york, atlanta where the class sizes were 50 and plus we had tattered school books, buildings were torn down. the test scores of those blacks in those high schools, exceeded all of the test scores of whites in those same cities. even though we were spending less. the issue we ought to be talking about is why -- we ought to be black resilience. how did we achieve in the face of over oppression, legal segregation and why are we failing now post civil rights. >> tucker: no one seems to care about the system. thank you for that. china is clearly the top cyber threat to this country. what can be done about that? senator marco rubio of florida he has a plan for that. he join us to explain. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad. get e*trade's simplified technical analysis. ♪ ♪ . >> tucker: official washington has spent more than two here is in u

thing is if you want to spend $5.7 billion on a wall, -- you have seen the suffering in maryland, baltimore citye there are a lot of poor white people in poor black people in this country who are suffering, who do not have food and do not have a lot of stuff that they could use for themselves. you can use that money to create jobs in these areas for these people and help them. instead, you want to build a five $.7 billion or however much it cost to spend on a cause which you know, in your hearts, does not work. this is the problem with you guys. assailiticians who people to use simple solutions to complex problems. guest: well, warren obviously has the ability to look into my heart and see what i think. he is wrong. they do work. the fact of the matter is your caller is ignorant about what works and what does not. walls and fences work. he is also ignorant to how congress works the aid we did put five point $7 billion into the bill and chuck schumer and the democrats blocked it in the senate. until you get 60 votes in the senate or you get a senate minority leader who believes in border security

the baltimore city school board unanimously shot down a bill to allow police officers to carry guns intor hours of public debate and protests under the current law school police officers must keep their guns in locked boxes or in safes on the property. but it could be easier to bring a gun to church in the commonwealth of virginia. state senators are passing a bill to repeal a law that bans guns and knives at places of worship unless there is a good and sufficient reason. republicans say guns could help to prevent mass shootings, democrats argue it could make churches unsafe. the bill now heads to the state house. ainsley? ed? ed: thanks, steve. ainsley: is 1948 that novel becoming a reality? today we are seeing tweets like this following the covington controversy. one tv host saying have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid? ed: unreal there is a phrase from george orwell's famous novel sounds similar and social media is taking note of it. to wear an improper expression on your fac was itself punishable offense. there was even a word for it in newspeak face crime. >> good t

medicaid well and gallup has been speaking to some of the people affected in the eastern us city of baltimore and joins us now any one of some of these workers been telling you about the fact that they haven't received their salary this month and how will this is likely to impact them. well the impact is almost immediate you know this shutdown is now three weeks long and i think the realities really hit home for federal workers when on this on friday what should have been a payday they did not get anything at all but the impact goes way beyond federal workers it goes to contractors it goes to local business owners and we found out what the human cost here is in baltimore. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the impact on the streets close by is clear over the last few weeks mohammed although marie has seen his business declined sharply it's what's. he tells us who leave the area if things don't return to normal soon if you see you know lifestyle now it's one o'clock like nothing here you

well our series on the gallup has been to meet some of the people affected in the eastern us city of baltimore. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the impact on the streets close by is clear over the last few weeks mohammed although marie has seen his business declined sharply it's what's. he tells us who leave the area if things don't return to normal soon if you see you know lifestyle now it's one o'clock like nothing here you know it's like any is kind of a business and there have. been you know. darryl burton's been a federal employee for decades this isn't the first government shutdown he's lived through but the longer it lasts the harder it gets for his family or drop a gas in the car today or do our way to the weekend do i do buy groceries today or from the way to enough going to be a fill on some things that i can get a little bit cheaper in all twenty three thousand federal employees across maryland are either working without pay or of been furloughed it's one of the worst affec

city. baltimore, new yorkew and atlana where the class sizes were 50 plus.red schoolbooks, the buildings were torn down, but the test scores of those blacks in thoseho high schools exceeded all of the teste scores of whits and those same c cities. even though we were spending less. so the issue that we ought to be talking about is why -- we are to be talking about black resilience and that is how did we achieve in the face of oppression, legal segregation and wire we failing now post civil rights in cities -- education systems run by their own people? >> tucker: is a great question, no one even seems to care about the schools anymore. i know you do, thank you for that. super interesting. china is clearly the top cyber threat to this country. what can be done about that? first acknowledging a problem but senator marco rubio of florida says he has a plan after that and he joins us to explain. ♪ ♪ ♪ . >> tucker: official washington ha >> tucker: official washington has spent more than two years in utter hysteria over the threat that macedonian facebook users mi

thousand federal workers have been affected and gallagher sent us this report from its largest city baltimore. this government building in the heart of downtown baltimore is normally a hive of activity its doors are now closed its workers furloughed and the impact on the streets close by is clear over the last few weeks mohammed has seen his business declined sharply. he tells us he leave the area if things don't return to normal soon if you see you know. like nothing here you know it's like you're only as good in the business. as the bin you know. darryl burton's been a federal employee for decades this isn't the first government shutdown he's lived through but the longer it lasts the harder it gets for his family for a drop of gas in the car today or do our way to the weekend do i do buy groceries today or from a way to enough going to be a long from things that can get a little bit cheaper in all twenty three thousand federal employees across maryland are either working without pay or of been furloughed it's one of the worst affected states and the impact is widely felt when this partial g

next stop the kansas city >> up the road in baltimore, the ravens were hard at work this weekor prepping fheir playoff match against the charger. a team they beat two weeks ago in los angeles. the ravens arene of the hottest teams in the league, of their last seven games. and although they're led by rookie quarterback lamar jackson, he's up for the challenge as the playoffs present. >> you trying to get the championship iw. we'rn it now. we want the victory. to bet to love the sport able to compete. i love the sport with all my heart. you've been a rookie. you can't perform atve this i perform at your level, too. >> college hoops, georgetown wearing their throw bk blue jerseys hosting st. john's. hoyas up two. stjohn's forces a steal. figure rolia getsfree-throws. and after making the first, he nails the second for the line to tie it up. we head to overtime. in the extra speriod, john's took controlleri. game high 37 points here extends the lead togh the hoyas continue to battle. georgetown with a chance. akinjo throws up a ayer. hoyas save it. georgetown hangs tough but they fall 97-94.

maryland district, an hour's drive to the north, where he represents 700,000 people and most of the city of baltimore. he was born here 67 years ago to parents with fourth grade educations who'd been sharecroppers in south carolina before moving north for a better life. his father worked in a chemical plant, his mother was a domestic. both were pentecostal ministers. >> cummings: first it was religion, and then it was the education. my father, steve, had a saying. he said-- he told us, "if you miss one day of school, that meant you died the night before." and he meant that. i did not miss one second of school between kindergarten and graduating from high school. not one second. >> kroft: he graduated phi beta kappa from howard university before earning a law degree at maryland. he says he is one of the few congressmen who live in an inner city working class neighborhood. how long have you lived here? >> cummings: 37 years. >> kroft: he says he keeps a campaign poster in the front window so people will know where to find him. so you like to be among your constituents? >> cummings: i like to be among m

you've got to get an addiction in baltimore and detroit and other cities across the united states.got to look at the two largest cities. but the drugs that come through the southwest border tend to come through the ports of entry, hidden in compartments or trucks, on trains, individual passengers, that i come in by air, by submarine out of colombia into central america and then get moved three a border. the border shouldn't be open, it should be protected. but this is not the way you deal with a chronic problem of addiction in america. >> with the president declaring a national security and ordering it built, jack reed of rhode island says this. the idea that president trump is considering declaring a phony national emergency as a pretext to take billions of dollars away from our troops for his wall should alarm people. >> it looks to me like it's flat illegal. you can't spend money that's appropriated. that's what the constitution says. you can't use it as a domestic police function. this is not american values. if we want to enforce the law, add more money to customs and border p

she is a big city democrat from baltimore and he understands her. wave length with her. they are on such opposite polls and then the looming specter of possible impeachment depending on what special counsel robert mueller comes in with. this is a brand new world and a new challenge to get anything done for the country, the art of the deal will be essential on both sides. >> dealing with an immediate challenge heading to the 14th day. new congress has been sworn in. as we leave now, we will continue our coverage on abc news live. there is the picture. nancy pelosi speaker of the house twice making history twice. she is now the speaker of the house of the 63rd congress. much more tonight. have a good pick up those keypads. enter your votes now. [percussive music] ♪ all right, brenna. let's see what the audience thinks. >> okay, thank gosh. >> a solid 82% behind b. >> that's good, because-- >> that's probably where you were going. >> it was, and i was terrified that i was gonna think one thing and they would say the other, 'cause i don't know what i wo

city after midnight. you'll wake up to the rain. let's get into that weekend forecast and track it. it's a soggy first half of the day around d.c. to baltimoreus until mid afternoon, maybe toward the dinner hour. even central new england is going to be warm, 45 in boston. by the time we get to sunday, widespread warmth, 50s and 60s in the middle of the country, 40 in chicago. sunday we've got a football game in baltimore, should be around 50 degrees on sunday. again, unless you're in the mountain west or on the west coast on sunday it looks like a really nice day east of the rockies. >>> still ahead, top democrats begin to throw their support behind just some of the names expected to be in the mix for the 2020 presidential election. >>> plus, yes, this is real. president trump continues to lean on "game of thrones" to help push his agenda. we're going to break down the president's busy day of meme making next. busy day of meme making next. with my bladder leakage, the products i've tried just didn't fit right. they were too loose. it's getting in the way of our camping trips. but with a range of sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. with a

go online for a bunch of cities we'll be at. baltimore >> what's so funny about this is i can't believe that you and i have been doing that. we've been on that tour for a little more than four years. we couldn't, frankly, stand to do the old show any longer. >> but we probably performed before like 120,000 people. >> that's true. >> that's crazy. >> it's also nice because people are like, what do you guys do? what are you coming for? people leave happy. they like it. >> full release. >> in a little over an hour, the ball is going to drop in time square. in a moment we will talk with one of the folks who will push the button on the launch. >> gwen stefani in part's. we'll be right back. just hit me on the old horn. man: tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's a $10 cover? oh, okay. didn't see that on the website. he's been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritchard. how we doin'? hi, there. tom pritchard. can we get a round of jalapeño poppers for me and the bo

employees, and stop work federal contractors across this country from los angeles through kansas city and baltimore. it's a crisis that's hurting the lives of countless americans whose food won't be inspected, whose water may not be clean, whose flight may not be safe, and whose bills may not be paid. it's a crisis of the president's own making. right now we're on the verge of the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. a shameful display of what happens when the president governs solely to appeal to his political base rather than on behalf of all americans. and why are we here, mr. speaker? because the president's committed himself to a wall that many experts say is ineffective, it's ineffective, it's expensive, and it's down right absurd. it's become a vanity project. it began as an applause and a campaign speech which then candidate trump deemed the entire migration of people from the south rapists and criminals. it's clear the wall the only policy objective that matters to the president. he's willing to sit here and do anything to get it. he'll push hundreds of thousands of america

big tommy was the last big city mayor of baltimore.is daughter nancy and his other children about politics, and she is a maid of steel. and she is not going to give up. and so far she has won this fight. now we'll see what the president does. >> that would seem crazy. >> he's not that foolish. >> the guards -- what would a guard do when they can't admit people who are not admitted by the house of representatives in the senate to a joint session. he says i'm coming in. does the guard say, i'm not. no, it's a situation that the great riot in the east room after the elections this fall. when the president created a riot and joined in. among reporters. we're human. i think. but it's just something that couldn't happen. i don't know what he's going to do. he'll do something. you're right. he'll try to be the spotlight. he has the problem of appealing to people other than the base. the base doesn't care where he goes or what he says. but a lot of other people do and that's important. >> is there any kind of in a statesman like a george mitch

i thing about baltimore and all of the problems it has as a city which doesn't do enough to express the pride of the great library. i think we have some of the best libraries in the country. we think about it as a think about cities and where we should visit. and what's to be seen. we think about rarely do we ever measure how wonderful and beautiful the libraries are. i'm not a librarian i'm not library expert. i would have a civilian response to what a library is like. for many cities it is something that there ought to be a huge amount of pride associated with it. they also have lots of problems that they deal with. it's not an un- allied feeling of joy they are complicated places with issues that are in some cases intractable. i personally believe that we are on the brink of a real reimburse of libraries. as more more people work at home. they'll be looking at public spaces to enjoy. the entire generation of people under 30. probably won't work in offices. i don't know if this is true in baltimore but in la you can't get a seat in a starbucks. i think they will be rediscovered as the

look at it closer on big cities, d.c., baltimore, philadelphia, new york, boston and portland. his getting going in saturday afternoon for cities. you notice by saturday, 9:00 p.m., a little bit of snow here in new york. rain likely, in philadelphia and d.c. you're pretty much rain this entire time. right now the storm track goes a little farther in. that bringings little more area and more rain. snow across the interior ex-is. one other thing to tell you, most model guidance is decreasing storm totals a little bit from this. yesterday we were saying 24 plus inches of snow, now we're maybe saying 18 to 24. still a lot of snow but maybe not quite as much. you notice here, right there, along the i-95 corridor, maybe southern parts of connecticut we're talking a little bit of more rain with it. that would keep snowfall totals down a little bit. two most reliable models, a inch or so in new york. boston might be a little higher than that a big concern of this a lot of places will get that snow, some people see rain mixed in. that will create a slushy mess. look what happens as we mo

you've got to get addiction in baltimore and in detroit and other cities across the united states.ou've got to operate against mexican cartels who are the most organized criminal element in america's two largest cities. but the drugs that do come through the southwest border tend to come through the ports of entry, hidden in compartments in trucks, on trains, on individual passengers. they come in by air. they come in by submarine out of colombia into central america and then get moved in a different manner. so you simply can't deal with the drug issue through the border. the border shouldn't be open. it should be protected. we should -- we need a better way of managing asylum. but this is not the way you deal with a chronic problem of addiction in america. >> on this question of the president perhaps declaring a national emergency, and ordering it built, your fellow west pointer senator jack reed democrat rhode island says this the idea that president trump is considering declaring a phony national emergency as a pretext to take billions of dollars away from our troops and defense