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blain is at reagan international airport. blain, i understand you're with a furloughed federal employee, one of the people affected by this. >> you're absolutely right. we wanted to come out and show you the people who are directly affected by this partial shutdown. all eyes have been on capitol hill, but we came out here to the airport. thousands of tsa agents are having to report to work this morning without getting apy check. they will not get paid until this shutdown is over. so, yeah, holiday shopping can be stressful, but even more so for the agents who are working during the height of this busy holiday season and understandingly caught in the middle of this shutdown. i also met with another traveler who is dealing with all of this. sara, you and theo are on your way to charleston, west virginia, for the holiday season. you are among the 800,000 employees affected by this shutdown. how frustrating is this for you? >> it's frustrating, but i don't think i'm going let it affect the holiday spirit. i'm going to enjoy the h

blaine ewalexander, nbc ns, washington. >>> turn now to the weather. we enjoyed a mostly clear day today, and clear night tonight, as well. >> yeah, pretty nice out there. but those sunny skies are not going to last, lks. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking the big tomorrow.is tim all right, doug. >> guys, right now, we're dealing with cold renditions. y in the 20s in some locations. clear skies, a very nice night, but a cold night. dealing with some frost out there in some areas, too. tomorrow, pretty niceday, too, and then the rain moves in. take a look. clear skies currently, but all we have to do ist. widen look at all of this rain and severe weather back into parts of xas. this rainmaking its way our way and so is the warmer weather. tomorrow, a pretty nice afternoon, but then watch this, as the rain moves in. here it is back to the west motoday. ow, it moves right on our do ste doorstep. and 9:00 tomorrow night, it's already raining, before the main storm actually moves across our region on friday. we'll talk about how much rain we can

blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. the senate wil get that passed bill tomorrow at noon. >>> i'm leon harris at the live desk. washington is reacting to the added uncertainty brought on by defense secretary jim mattis' resignation. this comes the same day we t learned white house has asked the pentagon for options on withdrawing troops from afghanistan and one day after the president announced u.s. troops are leaving syria. mattis handed trump atwo-page long resignation letter today. it clearly criticizes the president's military judgment. it suggests that trump doesn't treat allies with respect or see bad actors for whate.hey really mattis then tells the president this, quote, because y have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better al oned with yours these and other subjects, i believe it is right for me to step down from myosition. democrats say mattis' resignation proves thest admition has lost control. >> everything that indicatesst ility, everything that end dates strength, everythinthat eni

and then there is blaine and his wife and son in another. the idea of circumventing the laws that are there and the laws that are there to protect people is really scary for me to think about this situation. and again, [bell ringing] they live in a five-bedroom home with a legal inlaw unit, so the idea of aging in place, they have that. this does not add a third unit, adding a roof deck, extending the lower units while evicting two different families from that building. something is really wrong here. i would urge you not to approve this. >> president hillis: thank you. >> which means take the d.r. and don't approve the project, yes. >> president hillis: thank you. next speaker, please. jonas, one more time, please. jerry, san francisco land use coalition. the proposed project is a monolithic structure that is a menace to the surrounding neighbors. as evidenced by the d.r., every floor of this building needs extensive remodel. not only the remodel would require the tenant to move, but the unit would lose 140 square feet. according to dbi tes

he does play, i'm going with the tennessee titans, if he doesn't play and they have to play with blainego with the colts. are you setting this, you are the rule maker now, is that ok? i'm fine with that. yeah mac that's a big difference. the last time he tried to do this was whether it would rain or not, which is, you know, so it's mario to play it, if marietta is out it's the colts. all rights, i will allow that, he's trailing, you know, the final one, the bears at the vikings. you might as well go first, because i know who you are going to say. i'm going with the vikings, i'm sorry mark, i know you're bears fan. their defence is playing well, they've got back to the running game when they fired the offence of court nader, they're going to have to run the ball and slow the game down. that's what they're going to have to do. beck is on success. it's going to bea do. beck is on success. it's going to be a battle. i suppose also, before you give your answer, it depends on how the rams are getting on, because they will going for second seat. if they beat the 49ers, do they start to pull th

former 49er blaine gabbard came in for mariota. threw the lone touchdown pass for the team. two yards to michael prewitt. the titans up three. josh johnson, quarterback for washington, threw a touchdown, had two picks including this one. the last play of the game by malcolm butler. takes it all the way back to the house. people in vegas very unhappy. 56 yards for the touchdown after once leading the division. washington has lost five of the last six games. the titans win it 25-16. >>> let's go bowling. birmingham bowl. deamon deacons' quarterback jamie neumann fights his way into the end zone for the three-point lead with 34 seconds left. memphis needed just one play to get into field goal range. and they had two time-outs and plenty of time to get in -- at least try for the end zone. instead they decided to kick the tying field goal. first, a false start. back it up five yards. riley patterson misses wide right on the 43-yard tying attempt. wake forest wins the birmingham bowl. 37-34. >>> we'll have complete highlights of the warriors game tonight at 11:00. the warriors, a

that's quarterback blaine gavert. subbed in for marcus mariota. nice 4th quarter come back score to michael pruitt. tennessee kept its play off hopes alive. 25-16 final in downtown nashville. >>> all rise. it's army football. ah, yes. the armed forces bowl. dark uniforms, and they hounded clayton toome. and a scoop and a 2nd quarter score. cameron jones to the house. and get this, army dropped 70 on these guys. win of the season. 17-14 final. uh-oh. look what we've got here. santa x from the south side of the north pole. you've got to be pretty busy soon. i don't know how you do it. the schedule is so tight, but i'm up for it. so many requests from winning lottery numbers to little david cobble, who asked me for a new stadium for his oakland a's. he's been persist incident. for the record, mark davis, not on my naughty list yet. >> yes. he's moving his team to vegas. it's been quite an issue. >> yes. that whole thing with the city of oakland. i hate to intervene. even santa x has his limitations. >> i see. anything else for the bay area? >> yes. i

blaine alexander is at reagan international airport in d.c. he has been talking with. so of those federal employees. let's get a sense of what the latest is there. are they disgruntled? do they know they have a job to keep people saves they travel for the holidays? how are they feeling. >> reporter: i spoke with one tsa agent not too long ago. he even told me look unfortunately he is kind of resigned to the fact that this is becoming almost something that they anticipate, something they have to get used to. he said he has been around for the past few shutdown and he say you just plan for it and keep going. but he did say there are a lot of his fellow agents who are a bit more upset than he is. of course all eyes right now are on capitol hill. i wanted to come out and he show you and introduce you to some of the people who are directly affected. we have been here at reagan national airport all day long. that's where here and around the country thousands of tsa agents are coming to work and they are not getting paid until the shutdown is over. keep in independent moo, as

police say he was riding in an sun someone shot at it near the corners of 54th and blaine streets in northeast. >> reporter: a woman who passed by moments after the shooting told news4 o camera that the young man she saw on the ground next to this black suv appears to have been shot in the face several times. police say an officer patrolling near the 200 block of 54th treet in northeast d.c. heard gunshots about2:30 p.m. and made the terribleiscovery. a man, an adult also in the suv is said to have a non-life threatening gunshot injury.ie d.c.'s police was asked if investigators have determined which of the victims were the target. >> it looks like both of the viims were inside of the vehicle with heavy tint. it appears like the vehicle was targeted. it would be hard to say which one of the folks inside was targeted. >> reporter: the double shooting hammond just a c happened just a couple of blocks where a 10-year-old was struck and killed by a stray bullet in july as walked to get ice cream. the district has seen a 44% increase in homicide this year. there has been an increase in th

this is the news line from berlin clashes on the streets of paris because of blaine's of riot policefile want to cannon tear gas of thousands of protesters angry at rising fuel prices more than one hundred people have been arrested so far all correspondence is live in the french capital. g. twenty leaders meet for talks on the phone.

blaine analr is live near capitol hill with the important documents that the spesal counsel expected to file. >> good morning to you both. certainly going to be looking for those documents. we're looking for three filings expected today that could shed some light on to what degree the president's former associate have been cooperating with the special counsel. so let's start with the esident's former campaign chairman, pau manafort. he served during the 2016 campaign and we know that mueller's team said they wantet scratch the plea deal they had with manafort because theye said was lying to investigators. we know some of these filings will be redacted bute do expect him to shed some light on manafort'sha behavior lead to the end of the plea deal. now the other document we're looking for and the othererson that's concerning is michael cohen. of course the president's one time confidant and his former attorney, the man that once said he would take a b trumident we know if the pan the past few he's signalled he is cooperating with robert mueller and provide hours of testimony and we exp

blaine gabbert comes in. fourth quarter, titans down. gabbert to pruitt. 19-16, tennessee.ying to lead them back, but he's picked off. titans win this one 25-16. that's all for sports. i'm dave. more news right after the break. i am a family man. i am a techie dad. i believe the best technology should feel effortless. like magic. at comcast, it's my job to develop, apps and tools that simplify your experience. my name is mike, i'm in product development at comcast. we're working to make things simple, easy and awesome. "norad", tweeted this picture, promising to continue its 63- >>> the government shutdown can't stop christmas or santa. norad promised to track santa on christmas eve. the program is made possible with several military personnel and about 1500 volunteers. the first lady says she'll also take part in the ptradition and call into norad on christmas eve. >>> how about a look at santa. here he is with the bells and the reindeer. he's starting his journey in finland. then he travels around the world until he gets to the bay area. hopefully the weather will be okay

blaine alexander is live from capitol hill. gm isownsizing not sitting well with lawmakers. >> chris and eun, you're absolutely right. gm really is under fire. that's why mary barra is coming to the hill for a second straight day, to try and meet f with lawmakee to face and to send the company's plan. what ty're doing is closing four plants in the u.s., another one in canada. that would result in theoss of some 15,000 jobs. now, gm says that it's a tough decision, of course, and they're focused on their workers, but they st it's one tha had to be made. the sedans just aren't garnering the interesthey used to, so they're shutting down production there. they're focusing on electric cars and moving the production of a number of suvs and trucks to mexico. well, lawmakers are not so forgiving about all of this, especially when you look at the timing. it comes during the same year that gm receid tax benefits from the president's tax plan and also comes eight years after, of course, taxpayers shelled out some $13 billion for e auto ba

senators blaine mohamed bin found money for the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi but can they force their president to drop his defense of the saudi royal this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm martine dennis six senior u.s. senators from across party lines have introduced a resolution which holds the saudi crown prince personally accountable for the murder of john this jamal khashoggi now this directly contradicts statements from president trump who's insisted repeatedly that there is no definitive evidence connecting the hamad bin sound man with the crime john hendren reports from washington. it's an extraordinary rebuke from the u.s. senate to a long time american ally a diverse group of senate leaders from both parties introduced a resolution that definitively blames the crown prince of saudi arabia for the murder of jamal khashoggi the measure which could be scheduled for a vote as soon as monday condemns kesho g.'s murder demands that the saudi arabian government negotiate an end to the war in yemen and an end to the political dispute with could talk and re

senators blaine mohammed bin sound man for the murder of john this jamal khashoggi but can they force their president to drop his defense of the saudi role and this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program my mouth seen dennis six senior u.s. senate is from across party lines have introduced a resolution.

but in the fourth quarter, tennessee back up, blaine gabbard hits michael pruitt witt four and a halo play. titans up 19-16. josh johnson aki the sns driving. under a minute and a half to go but johnson makes his first big mistake of the game, intercepted by kevin buyard. >> i wish victim that opportunity to dohat again but right now i can learn from it and we can move on to philadelphia. >> that's my frustration. we played a hell of a game. we fought to the end, offense, e, we fought. we just didn't make the plays we needed to do. >> this stings. e way these guys came out and played, their physical style of football game and left a couple -- i feelefike wet some plays on the fhald we could made. >> i feel we were the better team. and weust didn't do enough, you know? sol that hurts. it stings more when you know that you were better. >> the playoffop even slimmer for the redskins who now look to tend season with a win against the eagles. sherrie s,burrus news 4 sports. >>> it was still a huge night fo d.c.sports. the wizards shined on the court and won in triple ertime. they beat the

that's quarterback blaine gabbert. subbed in for marcus mar,ota. foiled the washington red skins' 4th quarter come back. tennessee kept its play-off hopes alive. 25-16 the final in downtown nashville. >>> and all rise, it's army football. yes, the armed forces bowl. dark uniforms, and they hounded the university of houston clayton toom. a stoop, and a 2nd quarter score. cameron jobs to the house. army dropped 70 on these guys. 11th win of the season, 2. 70- 14. look it here. amid the push ups, santa x now from the south side of the north pole. you've got to be pretty busy soon. i don't know how you do it. >> the schedule is so tight, but i'm up for it. so many requests from winning lottery numbers to david cobble, who asked me for a new stadium for his oakland a's. he's been persist incident. for the record, mark davis, not on my naughty list yet. >> yes, he's moving his team to vegas. it's been quite an issue. >> yes. that whole best with the city of oakland. i hate to intervene. everyone santa x has his limitations. >> anything else for the bay a

former 49er blaine gabbert in for marcus mariota. titans go up 19-16.ot johnson trying to make something happen for washington. he threw a touchdown and two interceptions including this hail mary to malcolm butler. last play of the game, and he's going to return it all the way 56 yards for the touchdown, making some people in vegas very unhappy. washington has lost five of their last six games. the titans win it 25-16. >>> let's go bowling. memphis and wake forest. birmingham bowl. demon deacons quarterback jamie newman barrels his way into the end zone. it's a three-point lead with 34 seconds left. memphis needs just one play to get into field goal range. nice play here. they had two time outs and plenty of time to go for the end zone. instead they try to kick the field goal. but they had a false start. so back it up five yards. riley patterson from 43 yards. just a bit outside. wake forest wins it 37-34. >>> hawaii and louisiana tech in the hawaii bowl. la tech scored 21 points in the third quarter. jamar smith dumps it off to dancy. he goes up the si

david soon found himself captured, along in the same weeks as this individual here, cecile blaine, who was 19 years old. the youngest individual in this squadron and he was to a t the classic rfc pilots, daredevil, young, rode a motorcycle very fast. showed up with his own plane and wanted to fight. the other individual who i'll talk about a lot is kasper kennard. kasper war -- casper was downed on this first flight in the air over the front they found themselves in germany in a world of p.o.w. camps. at this time, the allies and germans flood idea what they were getting themselves into with this war, in terms of the mass industrialized nature of it, particularly when it dame to p.o.w.s. their there were in 1916, in germany alone, 1.65 million p.o.w.s. a vast sea of men. and there were rules of course about what to do with p.o.w.s. that evolved over history, back in the bizzen teen days an emperor captured 14,000 soldiers and blinded a lot of them, had them match home led by wound out of every hundred who he only took a single eye. by 1916 that evolved. the haug convenings in 1899-1907

blain alex alex ander reports. >> reporter: this is a waste of taxpayer money it is embarrassing >> the president said this is something i believe in because i care about the american people. >> reporter: granting president trump's wish, passing a short-term spending bill with $5 billion for the border wall. >> the motion is adopted without objecti objection. >> reporter: but now back to the senate where members made clear this version has almost no chance of passing. >> today's events have made one thing clear. president trump is plunging the country into chaos >> reporter: today, president trump insisting it is not about politics >> any measure that funds the government must include border security has to not for political purposes, but for our country. >> reporter: but conservatives are turning up the pressure for him to stand up for his wall >> trump gets nothing and the democrats get everything >> trump would have been a joke presidency that scammed the american people. >> reporter: and with democrats taking house control in exactly two weeks, conservatives fear for border wall fun

let's get right to blaine anders >> reporter: good evening. we are watching all of it, especially the latest with the government shutdown. as you know,apitol hill has been largely empty over the holidays, but the senate excted to am could back tomorrow. keep in mind, democrats president trump both showing no signs of budging. today president trump making a surprise visit to u.s. troops in iraq. his first trip to a combat zone as commander and chief. something he faced criticism for not doing during his n years in office. the president and first lady oplania trump thanking t for their service. >> we came to al asad thi year our eternal gratitude for everything you do to keep america safe. >> reporter: but president trump also focused on the battle over border wall funding backom at as the partial government shutdown reaches day five. >> h long do you think the shutdo will last, mr. president? >> whatever it takes. we are going to have a wall. orter: something democra have said they will not fund and critics say will not work. >>pt will neither

blaine alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> east bay congressman mark desaulnier says a border wall isot a good use of taxpayer money. >> we should have immigration reform. we need to have more courts. we need to spend more money in central america to help them want to stay there because most of them don't want to do what they're doing. >> homeland security administrators have complained that money is being diverted to discourage unarmed asylum seekers instead of targeting "the bad guys." mr. trump maintains the wall is the only way to stop drugs and human traffickers from entering this country. >>> california lawmakers are concerned about how the fight over the border wall could be affecting camp fire relief efforts. last week fema said 600 workers on the front lines in paradise will stay on the job. that's because they're paid from a fund that is not affected by the shutdown. so fema recovery efforts would continue. but some administration workers are not on the job. some lawmakers say thas how the shutdown is slowing down recovery efforts. >> the administrative details that keep the

let's get right to blaine anders >> reporter: good evening.e are watching all of it, especially the latest with the government shutdown. as you know,apitol hill has been largely empty over the holidays, but the senate

hoover wrote to one of the state department functionaries of the last century and blain was a close confident of the then secretary of state and he wrote to lane, quote, from an extremely confident and delicate source i've been advised that the commissaryate, the election campaign and believed that it's victorious in his campaign and then the recognition of the soviet government will follow immediately and on supposition, they're to use their force and energy to aid the laviolette campaign and directed no official statement should be made and no personal opinions expressed in connection with the elections in general in order that the enemies of the soviet government may have no opportunity to say that the latter is interfering in the internal affairs of a foreign nation and conducting propaganda therein as stated above. this information was received from a seemingly delicate source. the very very next day we have a circumstances whereby-- there was a correction, there was a meeting at the white house that involves the secretary of state and he is involved in the president's reelection campaig