san jose, chp and another car involved in an accident on the tracks, vta tracks at first and brokaw, vta working to put a bus bridge in. so far just switching back now. >>> this morning traffic is back to normal on i-58 poe in oakland after being shutdown for a -- on i-580 in oakland after being shutdown for a gun battle between two cars on the gun battle ended with two cars crashing. when officers arrived they found both vehicles riddled with bullets people in the cars nowhere to be found. not known if anyone was injured. >>> in oakland, police investigating a homicide blocks from that freeway shooting. police were called to the scene 9:30 last night on hilton near seminary. no word on the circumstances involving the death of the victim, so far this case does not appear to be related to the freeway shooting. >>> happening now, volunteers at glide memorial are beginning final preparations to serve breakfast in one hour. live look now you can see they are busy, glide expects to serve more than 5,000 people for thanksgiving for the second year in a row. they will begin dinners at 9 a.m

it's so damn pills brokaw gave me! brokaw!ers and applause ) now, folks, with the balloons officially dropped, conventions can be over. can kerr and rob portman will be bubble wrapped and return to deep below yucca mountain. the nominees have all been nominated. the speeches spoken. the pageantry pageantrified. so after two weeks, what have we learned? for analysis of both conventions, we turn now to a different camera. ( laughter ) thanks, stephen. an honor to work with you. folks, we learned a lot these last two weeks. for instance, we learned that two political parties, hispanics are worth their weight in gold. ( laughter ) but most importantly, we learned that obama and romney are as different as black and white. folks, come on-- no, hey. that is not racial. i don't see race. not even my own. people tell me i'm white, and i believe them, because i like mitt romney. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so, i mean, i mean, there are clear distinctions between these two campaigns that both sides drove home. >> you are entitled to the cl

i'll ask tom brokaw this. there does seem to have been a degree of lying in this election, just bald-faced lying that occasion add whole new industry of fact checking that i don't remember. and at this degree it seems to be a difference of degree that's a difference in kind. is that your consensus, tom brokaw? >> i have not done a -- what i would call a qualitative study but one of the things that happened, though, is that everyone is paying much more attention to whatever is said at any given moment it pops up on the internet and the bloggers are all over in the a heart beat so we have a greater awareness of it, tom. but there's always been-- to put it kindly-- a stretching of claims in every election going back to our system. but what i think is -- the larger issue is in this election there was a narrowing of the constituency so that you really were operating within very confined space if you wanted to get the nomination on the republican side, for example. and even on the democratic side there was a lot of

san jose, chp and another car involved in an accident on the tracks, vta tracks at first and brokaw, vta working to put a bus bridge in. so far just switching back now. >>> this morning traffic is back to normal on i-58 poe in oakland after being shutdown for a -- on i-580 in oakland after being shutdown for a gun battle between two cars on the gun battle ended with two cars crashing. when officers arrived they found both vehicles riddled with bullets people in the cars nowhere to be found. not known if anyone was injured. >>> in oakland, police investigating a homicide

the rest of the cast, brokaw, you name it. we have david plouffe ahead, haley barbour. interesting to see what both of those gentlemen are thinking right now. for the president it's satellite interviews and basketball. for mitt romney it's ohio and pennsylvania. this is live coverage of election day 2012 from democracy plaza in new york city. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> with live pictures, that's obama's headquarters. no, that's not. i was told i was going to get live shots here. i get to blame keith. >> it's still his fault. >> that's fair. >> way to go, t. jchj. and they're not so neutral corners. "times" editor at large mark halperin, tom brokaw, the guru here at nbc and, of course, msnbc analyst michael steele. and i'm joined now from chicago by, what is the president referring to you, david plouffe? are you the architect? i know others call you the architect of the obama campaign. is that a fair description? >> i think it's how tonight goes what he refers to me as. >> let me ask you this, if you trust the exit polls, what's the first number on how the night will go? >> we have t

san jose first brokaw patrol car accident on the vta track between karina and metro airport station,a not reporting delays. >>> 5:41 now. >>> pentagon releases secret e-mails with about the death of osama bin laden what they are revealing about his burial at sea. >>> how not to cook a turkey. firefighters offer tips to keep things safe >>> new e-mails indicate the burial at sea of osama bin laden followed islamic procedures. the e-mails say the al-qaeda leader's body was washed, wrapped in a white sheet and placed in a weighted bag. military officer prepared religious re-marks before the body was allowed to slide into the sea off the deck of the uss carl vinson. >>> deep fryers and frying is a popular way to prepare turkeys these day. firefighters demonstrated how bad things can get if you are not properly prepared. >> reaction going to put water, try to put water on it. >> nobody wants to see that. here are the most important tips if you are frying a turkey, don't use a frozen bird, avoid too much oil, if there is a fire you want to use baking soda, not water to put out the fire. >>

tom brokaw joins me now.nging and the political party, the republicans at least, have not. >> i've been for the last year or so been going around the country and talking about the need for big ideas, bold ideas, we've always been at our best when we have that and what i do is turn the conversation to what goes on in silicon valley. we're transformed by the technology that comes out of it. we're in awe with it. i never see you without that in your hand. we used it last night. the mantra in silicon valley is be disruptive. change convention, challenge it. do things in a new way to adapt to the new world. and while we're all in awe of that and use it and spend money on it, when it comes to the other parts of our life, we're playing by the old rules and the republican party and this campaign especially was playing by the old rules. they got trapped in the primary season if which week after week it was this reality show of horror of proportions in which they would beat up on each other and move the party farther t

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tom brokaw will be with us tomorrow for our coverage, we'll be right back with more after this.cr: which do you believe? what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. >>> as we take one more look around democracy plaza, one last reminder, we are on the air at 7:00 eastern time, tomorrow night, that is 4:00 on the west coast. that is when election night coverage gets under way. and as we go along, we will find out the results together. for now, however, that is going to be our broadcast on a monday night, as we thank you for being with us. we want to remind everybody, so many people along the east coast of the united st

. >> tom brokaw, right now, a crippled city awaiting a snowfallen a deeply blue state. it erupted outside here. you're inside the studio on the third floor, what is your view? >> my thinking, a kind of sweetness about this for the obama campaign that goes beyond the magnitude of what the first african-american president has achieved. re-election when two years ago he was so soundly defeated in the midterm election, and a lot of people thought he couldn't recover from that because they were so motivated on the republican side. and the state that put him over tonight is not a state that is heavily populated by latinos, it does have an african-american population, but a white, working class statement. the state of ohio. no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. and tonight, governor romney, despite all of his investment there, according to our projections, is not going to win the state of ohio. this its an historic turn. what happens tomorrow and for the coming weeks. what does president obama do about avoiding the fiscal cliff. old reality will come

the accident is on north first and brokaw in san jose so avoid that. they have bus bridges set up to get folks where they need to go this morning. good news, most mass transit is on a holiday schedule lighter than usual on traffic, ace train no service today. >>> south bay freeways look good no delays to report. and if you are headed to the bay bridge toll plaza unfortunately our camera got shy there but things look good up the incline and clear across the upper deck, there it is, into san francisco. that's a look at traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 6:20. it's not sort of thing you would just toss away. fremont police are trying to find the owners of a briefcase with a wedding album inside. someone found it in the parking lot of a child care center then turned it in to police. the sikh wedding too many in 2008 and the couple's names are vijay and ranjit. a case like this is not a top priority in the big picture but it is important to someone. >> i had a wallet in his my desk for 20 years, i swear to god, and i finally found the owner of it.

thank you so much. >>> in this week's office politics, my conversation with tom brokaw.s this country has come to and what the history books may say about this election. but i began by asking tom how hurricane sandy compares with the many other natural disasters he has covered. >> you know, in an odd way, it reminded me of being in the big earthquake, the mountaintops and the things about this hurricane, obviously, is that it hit in our most concentrated centers of population. and our most crucial financial districts. so, it brought everything to a stop. now, how the rest of the country reacts to this, you know, it's hard to know. when it hits new york, and it hits new jersey, and hits connecticut, you're hitting the densest population mass that we have. and when everything comes to a stop, transportation services, small businesses, large businesses, it has a -- a reverberating effect across the country. so this one, i think, will be in the history books. >> sandy, the human tragedy, you hate to reduce it to political terms but there is no denying this in an election rig

and nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw. >>> live from nbc news election headquarters at democracy plaza in new york, this is a special edition of "meet the press." with david gregory. >>> and good sunday morning. this is it from our nbc news election headquarters at new york's recfeller plaza, now transformed into democracy plaza. we are just 48 hours away from election day, and these two candidates are in their final sprint. last night after a packed day, romney in colorado and obama in virginia trying to turn out their supporters and close the sale. back here in new york, meantime, areas near here in staten island, queens, long island, and new jersey still dealing with the devastating effects of hurricane sandy. nearly a week later, long gas lines, electricity still out for two million, and of course falling temperatures now. we've got it all covered this morning. to start things off, we have our final nbc news/"wall street journal" predetection poll numbers. let's go right to our political director chuck todd in his command center with the latest snapshot. >> good morning, davi

tom brokaw spoke about public and private sectors. we've talked about internationally the need to do ngs in partnership with people around the world. we got such a complex world, no nation can do in the the same way it used to be when we had a biolar world. >> i guess i'm struck by something i'm always struck by when i have lunch or breakfast or dinner with a member of congress or a politician. i always think reasonable and private. i think the quality of people in government now are as good as it's ever been. if you go back to the founding -- a little higher then, maybe barack obama, mitt romney, if you just met them on the street, you would be impressed by them. the house people coming in, there's a medal of honor here, someone who founded a community group there, district after district, really impressive people if you talk to the senators, much less likely to be drunk at lunch than 20 years ago. so i think the quality of the individuals is fine. it's the system that stinks. >> rose: would you change the system? >> some of it can b

thank you. >>> office politics is next with tom brokaw.alex witt" live from democracy plaza continues right after this. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> welcome back to democracy plaza on this sunday before election day. in today's office politics, tom brokaw expresses his hopes for election night and gives ad

brokaw in that same period of time claims that he caught 30. >> jimmy: 30?same period of time to my three. so, we get back to the camp, we're going to have lunch and ted is so desperate to get me off his property. he sits me down -- let me help you with that. he sits me down and pulls off my waders. he wants me gone -- >> jimmy: he undresses you? >> he took my waders off like there was a late fee on them or something. okay, i'll take those. bang, zoom, we were gone. >> jimmy: if you go fishing with me and huey lewis, we keep your waders on. >> i'm not going. i can't do that. >> jimmy: what about softball? wiffle ball? >> no. >> jimmy: what is it about your life you find unfulfilled? what can i do for you that you haven't been able to do for yourself? >> jimmy: just live with me for a month. [ laughter ] i think we -- >> i feel like that's what i'm doing tonight. >> jimmy: we're going to come back for although monnother mon david letterman. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] think you need to go to a department store counter to treat your toughest skin

bush getting 44% of the electoral vote, tom brokaw.be president elect. >> he would be president right now. >> president bush 43 came out of texas so they had a clearer understanding and a different kind of relationship than governor romney did with them. i think that a lot of damage was done in the republican primaries, quite honestly. that went on cable television night after night after night and those debates and every one of the debates got meaner and got smaller in terms of who they were trying to rechl and who they were trying to motivate and you saw what governor romney went through at that time especially when governor perry got in. >> remember, governor romney chose to do this. this was his decision. there are some things where the party -- it's the party's fault not romney's fault but in this case he said, no, no, no, i'm going to make my conservative stand on immigration. >> and he could have won the primary without going there, without trying to go to the right of rick perry. it's stunning what you said. if he had gotten th

which will be weird when one guy's like -- [ as tom brokaw ] "i'm tom brokaw, and i apologize for my're very comfy and cozy. they're flannel." [ laughter ] "they have little grippy things on the feet. keep me from slipping and sliding around." [ cheers and applause ] i don't know. why would he wear footy pajamas? >> steve: yeah, why would he? >> jimmy: did you guys see this? yesterday, paul ryan went tailgating at a packers game with two of mitt romney's sons. yeah, romney was going to go himself until someone told him what tailgating was. [ as romney ] "you mean people eat out of the trunk of a car like a hobo? no thanks." [ laughter ] it's fun, actually. this is cool. today, bruce springsteen got to fly on "air force one" while he traveled with -- campaign rally -- campaign trail with president obama. very cool. though it got kind of awkward when obama, springsteen and the pilot argued about who gets to be called the boss. [ laughter ] "it's my nickname." "well, i'm the president." "i'm the pilot." nobody calls the pilot the boss. confusing joke. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve:

. >> tom brokaw. >> if it ain't brokaw, you don't fix t. >> jose diaz-balart. [ speaking in spanish ] >> you'll be the first to know. >> hoda and kathie lee. >> we've been drinking since since the midterm. >> and me -- >> patrick stewart. >> "the daily show" election night coverage, this ends now. >> okay. did you see us? >> yeah. >> we were excellent. that was the most work. >> do we get paid for that? okay. there is a professional cuddler out there, you guys, a weird story. you want to know who is right and who is wrong first? that gnocchi, the squirrel. >> the squirrel. >> gotten so many of these political -- campaign -- he has called them, called the race the right way. >> there were two bowls of nuts, one for president obama, one for governor romney and he was supposed to pick the nuts and the nuts he ate were the winner. >> he ate more of the governor's nuts. [ laughter ] >> anyway, and also jimmy fallon's dog was incorrect. >> gary the girl was wrong, too. a lot of people were wrong a lot of people. just shows you how these things skew so weirdly. it ain't over. yogi barra was

the only man who has covered all those elections and more is tom brokaw. which of those three does this one remind you of most? >> the fact is i'm one of those that does not believe earlier elections are a kind of signature for this election. i think this one is unique. irng we' i think we're at a different time in america. we've never had an african-american president running against a mormon for president. that changes things. what was missing from those elections are all of this and also the internet. those two instrumentations, cable coverage and the internet and bloggers, have changed the dialogue in american presidential politics. to what end we'll find out tomorrow night. i think they'll have an impact. during those elections even though times were tough in many instances, there wasn't anything quite like what we've gone through in the last four years with economic downturn, which was the greatest since the great depression. when president obama took office, a lot of people thought, including his principle economic advisers, they could emerge from i

you're better than i am, because i, about 30 years ago, more than 30 years ago, tom brokaw, the formerdo you they call it? i don't know. he says, i'm going to teach you to fly fish. and, by the way, i don't like activities that require pointers and tips. >> jimmy: right. [ laughter ] >> you can either do it or you can't do it, but i don't like a lot of -- okay, straighten your elbow, no, keep your head down, spread your feet, now straighten your elbow, no, no, keep your head up. no, it's back here, it's 12 to 1, no, it's 12 to 3, you did 12 to 4, that's just not going to help me. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so tom and i go out to central park and there's a puddle or something and we're -- and i couldn't do it. i just couldn't do it. and i didn't care and then -- [ laughter ] and then tom said, you really ought to go to montana, go to montana. so, finally, just to shut tom up, i went to montana and that changed my life. and started to fly fish again and i'll tell you this, i've been doing it for 30 years and i am no good at it. and i don't care. i just like standing in the river. >> jimmy: right