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nbc's lester holt and chuck todd will join us in just moments. >> but we begin at the white house where blayne alexander is tracking this day's story for us. blayne? >> reporter: well, pat, jim, this latest development now brings this investigation closer to home for president trump. you'll remember that flynn was very much part of his inner circle during the campaign and came with him to the white house, working here as a national security advisor until he was forced to resign back in february. >>> today, a major development in the russia investigation. michael flynn pleading guilty to lying to the fbi about his communications with russia. the former national security advisor now the first person who worked inside the trump white house to face charges. >> this admission of guilt by the former national security advisor is a shattering moment for the trump presidency. >> reporter: flynn today saying his decision to cooperate was made, quote, in the best interests of my family and of our country, adding, i accept full responsibility for my actions. >> that tells you he has already provide

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chuck todd will break down last week's highly contested alabama senate race and what it really means for capitol hill. chuck will join us for a preview ? >>> and this is an exciting birthday. when you are the hope, you can have any kind of cake that you want especially when you live in italy, right? he likes it pizza style. there he is blowing out his birthday candle on an extra long pizza at the vatican. he turned 81 today. pope francised to t sicis told celebrating with him is eating all that pizza will help them grow. >> love the pope. and you know what, i wish that was really true. i love pizza. >> well, it does help you grow. just -- >> hey, the pope said it. >> not the way we all want to grow, but you grow. >> exactly. >> great birthday. >>> so a warmer sunday is on attach. perfect day to get out there, do might even see david culver in the mall. >>> also we'll take you out west. this is the situation that as we approach the holiday, you have to feel for these folks. the thomas fire is continuing to rage. we'll show you what is next for the firefighters as well as those who live

chuck todd, thank you, gabe gutierrez, sam stein, laura payne and mr. hillyard. thank you, all. >>> more than 50 congressional women members are calling for sexual misconduct allegations against the president. senator maisie hirono says this. >> he is a sexual predator and liar. the only thing that will stop him from attacking us because nobody is safe, is his resignation. >> congresswoman jackie speiers has been leading this charge. i want to show you a little tape we got in of roy moore today. >> mr. moore, do you regret what you said about the jewish lawyer? >> i'm talking about the allegations. we're done with that. get back to the issues in this state. >> senator cory gardner said as soon as you get to the senate, he wants you expelled. what would you do? >> we'll take it up when we get to the senate. i think they should go out and vote. we have a tremendous turnout. the nation is watching this. we have international people from overseas, different nations here today. this is a very important day for our country, our state and for the future. >> are you prep

that tees up this next conversation with chuck todd across town in our d.c. newsroom. if you're in the white house about now, what are you thinking? how worried are you about mike flynn cooperating with mueller? >> you're extremely worried because now out of all the four people that bob mueller has essentially turned here or dropped some charges on, this is the one that actually works in the white house. this not only brings it into the white house, this brings bob mueller into the trump family. remember, mike flynn was probably the most frequent traveling companion of this president during the campaign that wasn't a paid staffer, that wasn't paid to be next to the president. the president went through three campaign managers, but mike flynn was there the entire time. the information that mike flynn may have observed or spoken with or knew about, it has to do with dots that are above his head. and when you start thinking about who is above mike flynn during the campaign, during the transition, there's only a few dots to connect. one is jared kushner, one is donald trum

they're falsehoods. >> of all of the reviews you can give to chuck todd on "meet the press," overly dramatic is the single most unfair view chuck has ever gotten. he definitely stays under dramatic. but there are you are. i mean, chuck really hit it there with the alternative facts are not facts. they are falsehoods. >> he was completely right in calling that out and saying alternative facts aren't facts. you can't just rename things. this i think is a real problem. when we talk about donald trump's tenuous attachment to the truth, i mean certainly the fact that he catapulted himself in to political prominence through the whole birther thing, promoting the lie that barack obama was not born in the united states, he continued all of these other falsehoods with have talked about, about claiming he had a landslide victory. i guess we shouldn't have expected the day he became president he was going to have a come to jesus moment with the truth. at the same time, we can't allow the trump administration to turn the watch dogs on the press. which they don't like. they don't like to be held accounta

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chuck todd, thank you so much. we'll look for more this morning on "meet the press." ohio governor john kasich and joe manchin. >>> some other headlines this morning, a developing story in pakistan where at least eight people are dead and dozens more injured after an attack inside a methodist church. officials say two suicide bombers got inside during a prayer service. one was killed by police, the other managed to detonate his explosive vest. isis has now claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> the first day of the ski season at a pennsylvania resort got off to a rocky resort after a ski lift malfunctioned hours after the resort opened. several people hurt, none seriously, thank goodness, when five chairs came loose and slammed into each other. took firefighters an hour and a half to get everyone down. >>> here is a sight you don't see every day. brittain's newly engaged prince harry interviewing former president barack obama. >> do i have to speak faster? >> no, no. >> i'm a slow speaker. >> no. >> do i need the british accent? >> if you start using long pauses

chuck todd, the rare chuck todd hand over. very nice. nice to talk to the chief. >> ditto, man. good to see you. >> get back to that crazy white house. good luck there. >>> if it's thursday, it's time to face the tax man. >>> republicans are stepping on the gas to drive a tax bill across the finish line. >> congress acts by christmas, people are going to see gains very soon. >> we have to do that, and everybody knows it. >> but could the tax bill wind up being this year's version of obamacare 2010? >>> plus, why so many people are asking, is speaker ryan quitting? >> i'm not. >> finally, neutralizing net neutrality. >> look, the trump administration supports the fcc's effort to roll back burdensome regulations. >> the winners and losers in the battle to control the future of the internet. >>> this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> and good evening. i'm chuck todd. still here in new york city and welcome to "mtp daily." folks we know a democratic wave is building but could the gop tax plan make it a tsunami? demming learned in 2010 one way to turn it into an tsunami pas

so there is s >> let me bring in our political director meet the press, chuck todd. how does this, we don't know what he's going to say or if in fact he is cooperating, although it is presumed, how this might effect the white house wants to say, and this presidency? >> well, look, michael flynn, the reason bob mueller has a job as a special prosecutor is the president was desperate to protect michael flynn. he has gone out on a limb for michael flynn ch. the whole point of naming of bob mueller is he went to james comey then fbi director and asked for leniency on michael flynn. the president has acted as if he's very concerned about what michael flynn knows, what he may have to say. so, look, by the way, the president has himself, this has been a pretty erratic week with the president when it comes to his statements on twitter and everything, and if you this, lester, to when the president himself found out that flynn's lawyers were no longer cooperating, about ten days ago, since then the president has been on a terror, if you will on various issues, not just attacki

joining us momentarily, "washington post" columnist david ignatius, political analyst carol lee and chuck todd. pete, let's go to you first. from what we know about the documents filed in court, because there were several unnamed transition officials, and i want to go to chuck todd and follow up on that. >> okay, so this is basically about two separate occasions on which michael flynn had contacts with the russian ambassador before the president became the president in late december, and according to the fbi, when the fbi asked him about these conversations january 24th, four days after donald trump became president, he lied and denied having these conversations. but here's what he now has said, according to court documents and told robert mueller's investigators it happened. the first is december 22nd. a very senior member of the presidential transition -- it doesn't identify this person, just very senior member of the transition directed flynn to call foreign officials to talk to them about delaying or voting against a u.n. resolution that egypt had introduced about israeli settlements. flyn

. >> nbc's chuck todd joins us next reviechrevives his attack on the fbi and counsel. >> fire in the heart of georgetown that caused major delays for a lot of you this morning. >> plus convicted then compensated. why a local jury went out of their way to help a housekeeper >>> a live look storm team4 radar. the snow is gone, but it is still really cold out there. the big concern now is ice and the refreeze overnight. doug is back with a check on the conditions in just ten minutes. >> time now for a deeper look at some of the week's top political stories. >> tonight we are talking russia, russia, and russia. >> there is unsettling news from the washington post, report about the presidential daily briefing that cia briefers don't mention russia's interference in the presidential election for fear of angering mr. trump. >> questions are raised after public flattery from vladimir putin leez troubad president tr give him a call. >> they are doubling down. >> the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. welcome to the evening. >> very confusing. >> we

chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look for more on "meet the press." chuck will be joined by former trump campaign manager cory lewandows lewandowski. lewandowski will speak out about that pook tomorrow on "today." >>> some other headlines, abc news has suspended brian ross reporter for four weeks without pay for what the network is calling a serious error on his reporting. on friday, when michael flynn entered his guilty plea, ross incorrectly reported that flynn was prepared to testify that toig told him to make contact with the russians while he was still a candidate. the report rattled the financial markets. abc later issued a correction. >>> a florida teenager who was missing for nearly a week has been reunited with her parents after she was found more than 1,000 miles away from home. 17-year-old caitlyn frazina's parents flew to upstate new york after she was found on friday afternoon with her 27-year-old soccer coach ryan rodriguez. caitlyn's aunt says to nbc news she's doing well and eager to get back home. >>> scary moments in the middle of a c

legislatures, we're going to see a seat change, thanks to resignations in all of this. >> all right, chuck todd, thank you very much. we'll look for much more this morning on "meet the press." chuck will be joined by senators bernie sanders and tim scott. >>> some other headlines this morning, more than 150,000 people remain without power along the east coast a day after the snowstorm that pounded the south and raced up into the northeast. it dumped as much as 12 inches while dropping a half foot in other places across the south. while some of had is melting today, the roads could refreeze and be extremely dangerous. we'll get more from dylan as the storm makes its way through new england today. >>> more violence in the middle east this morning. a security guard was stabbed outside the central bus station in jerusalem. protests have erupted outside the u.s. embassy in lebanon this morning in response to the president's declaration of jerusalem as the capital of israel. hundreds of demonstrators threw rocks at security forces who responded with tear gas. several arrests have been made. >>> and c

charles todd now with us. chuck, besides scrambling to change everything that was going on "meet the press" later today and sunday, what do you think of all this? >> look. i think obviously the big news is the flip. there's a lot of focus on what it is that mike flynn has owned up to. more importantly, that's all mike flynn has to own up to. when you look at everything else on the side of the ledger he was facing here, this was a -- to quote pete williams, a pretty sweet deal he got on this one. now, what i'm curious about, though, already and i think it sort of limits the people here that we know could be next in the cross hairs. so mike flynn in a statement says he was directed by somebody in the trump transition. well, let's think about -- let's go back into our little time machine there in december. who would have flynn felt he could have been directed by into doing things? you have mike pence. but remember and stephanie you'll remember this well. you were covering on the economic side of things. pence was reall

"meet the press" moderator chuck todd joined us on set yesterday to talk about where exactly this story goes from here. >> to me, the bigger news isn't mike flynn pleading guilty. it is that flynn is cooperating with bob mueller. flynn was probably the president's most frequent traveling companion not being paid for by the campaign. he was with him through multiple campaign managers. he was there with corey lewandowski, paul manafort. all the guys came and went. mike flynn was there. at this point, the reason why there is a lot of nervousness, i think, in the white house today is there's not many more places above mike flynn to go in this probe. not many more dots to connect. the dots left are kushner, trump junior, trump. the consider mueller has a job is the president was trying to get james comey to drop an investigation on mike flynn. clearly, the president is nervous. you read the plea deal and realize mike flynn is saying, no, he got direction to talk about sanctions with the russian ambassador. the vice president of the united states and reince priebus went on television shows, o

chuck todd is going to have a look ahead on 2018, everything from what to expect from president trumpto the 2018 political landscape as democrats try to take back. nbc 4 starts at 10:30. >> it is been just over 100 days since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico. experts say it can take at least right now just over half of the nearly 1.5 million customers, that's the first time the government has released that statistic. the u.s. army foreign engineer says all power should be restored by may. >>> you may remember this touching story during hurricane harvey. this powerful video went viral. the man playing with his piano. eric harding and his family lost the piano. nearly four months later, he tried to replace what was destr destroyed. vanessa carleton saw the story and sent him a brand new piano. the happened. >> we have seen so much hardian family going through. >> it is always good to see the happy outcome. >> she's far from here though. >> hopefully, with better weather than we are having here. >> definitely. we saw snow this morning. if you thought it was cold today. >> we did.

chuck todd has more now on what it at stage there. >> the final weekend of the most unusual special senate election programs in modern history. what happens in alabama is not going to say here. roy moore or doug jones will have a colassal impact, but what is the perception of the republican party and what do republicans in washington want? do they want moore to win or do they hope he what about the democrats? do they want to have roy moore in the senate to run against him for the next couple years, or do they want that senate seat? that is how unusual, how odd, and how important this senate race is becoming and it will be the focus of a lot of "meet the press" this sunday. we hope to see you. >> that is not the only issue in the waters in washington. congressman trent franks reportedly offered an aide $5 million to carry his child as a surrogate. franks say he was stepping down now and not in january as originally planned because of his wife's health concerns, but franks repeatedly pressed her to have his child, making her uncomfortable. she says she was retaliated against after declining

we'll talk to chuck todd about where that race stands. >>> plus, extreme weather across t

"meet the press" moderator chuck todd joined us on set yesterday to talk about what's next. >> the bigting with bob mueller. mike flynn was probably the president's most frequent traveling companion not being paid for by the campaign. he was with them through multiple campaign managers, corey lewandowski, paul manafort. mike flynn was there. the reason there is nervousness in the white house today, i think, is there aren't many more places above flynn to go in the probe. there's not many more dots to left. it's kushner, trump jr., trump. the reason bob mooueller has a b is the president was trying to get james comey drop an investigation on mike flynn. clearly, the president is worri saying, no, he got direction to talk to the russian ambassador. the incoming chief of staff at the time and the vice president went on television shows, one was mine on sunday, and said unequivocally, mike flynn did not discuss sanctions in there. either they lied or flynn and somebody else is keeping stuff from pence and priebus, which is entirely possible. that tells you, oh, wow. there may be people tha

i'm katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." the president says he's going to get tough with russia. but is anyone taking him seriously? mr. trump today delivered a major national security address in washington laying out a wide-ranging strategy to protect the country. one of the pillars of that strategy, per the white house, is counter-to china and russia's use of technology and propaga a propaganda. here's what president trump said. >> we face rival powers, russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values and wealth. we will develop new ways to counter those who use new domains, such as cyber and social media, to attack our nation or threaten our society. we will stand up for ourselves and we will stand up for our country like we have never stood up before. >> like i said, is anyone taking this seriously, specifically when it comes to russia as the white house warns against russian propaganda, there is an active investigation into whether or not trump's campaign colluded with russia's efforts to spread it. t

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chuck todd will talk about the upset win. >>> breaking news we are following on the peninsula. a search for a carjacking suspect is under way following high-speed chase along 101 overnight. kris sanchez joins us live at the green hills country club this morning where that chase eventually came to an end. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura. the gate here is still damaged that the green hill country club. in the last hour, officers left the scene. in the last two hours, they confirmed they have three suspects in custody. they are suspected of carjacking and of course that wild chase. that ended here in millbury this morning. here is video of the search for the suspects. after they crashed into the gate, they took off on foot. you can see the county sheriff's deputies with rifles drawn alongside chp officers and k-9 officers tracking the suspects. the suspects took off on foot. after crashing into the fence and the back fence of a neighboring home. this is near the intersection of ludeman at lane. chp tells us all this started wh when officers spotted that silver, honda sedan that

until then i remain todd, chuck todd. i'm obsessed with the history of "meet the press."'m obsessed with ground hog day. rise and shine. don't forget to wear your boot yis because it's cold out there today. the idea of reliving something over and over and over again. it will not end. the two former candidates can't seem to let it go. just keep your calendar on november 2016, because it's going to feel like that's where we are over and over and over again. when you combine ancestry's dna test with its historical records... ...you could learn you're from ireland... ...donegal, ireland... ...and your ancestor was a fisherman. with blue eyes. just like you. begin your journey at ancestry.com >>> welcome back. we talked a lot about 2017 and a lot about 2018. i know you want some kentucky gon 20g gov 2019 news. but i'm going to skip that. all right, jennifer, we asked you all to pick sort of -- a obvious potential front running candidate and somebody behind -- you know, somebody people aren't talking about that you think we will be talking about. >> so the person that i think i

i'm steve kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. welcome to "mtp daily." did the president obstruct justice? can the president obstruct justice? the president's legal team is now arg dpui arguing the presidt obstruct justice ever. at the firestorm this tweet from president trump's tweet saying i had to fire general michael flynn because he lied to the president and the fbi. the president ousted flynn for lying to vice president pence about his contacts with russia and the president's lawyer said this weekend that the president was told that flynn gave the fbi the same story he gave pence. so if you put those two things together, it could lead you to the conclusion that the president knew that flynn had probably lied to the fbi, and that he knew flynn was in trouble when he directed fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into him. that was comey's testimony, saying he interpreted the conversation with trump that way. that looks like obstruction, but there are caveats. the president denies ever asking comey to drop the flynn probe and reiterated

chuck todd will break down last week's highly con on testtested senate race and what it really means for capitol hill. chuck will join us for a preview amounts later on >>> and let's take a live look outside. a warmer sunday on tap. that is a good thing. perfect day to get out and get a little last minute shopping started. >> i'm on it. we're getting there. >> larn ouryn will be back in a. >>> and we're watching the latest from southern california as that thomas fire continues to rage on. here we are now amidst the holidays and we'll tell you what is next for firefighters and those who live out west. streaming and gaming are only as good as your internet. so get the best internet - with the 100% fiber-optic network. with download speeds up to 940 megs - plus a fios custom tv package, with over 150 of your favorite tv channels, and phone, all for just $79.99 per month online. and thanks to our customers, fios by verizon won the j.d. power award for highest ranked by customers for residential internet service satisfaction five years in a row and residential television service satisfacti

you can join moderator chuck todd and his guests at 10:30 here on nbc 10. >>> the snow forced a lot of outdoor events to be canceled yesterday but not a holiday favorite in south jersey. the magic of christmas is an annual tradition at the old stone house historic village. they say the snow was no reason to stop the fun. >> it's the holiday season and just to see the kids come out and the smiles on their faces, tonight with the snow is priceless. >> a great way to entertain the kids while enjoying the snow. >>> this weekend santa is getting much-needed help from hard-working elves in south jersey. they handed out more than 1,200 toys one by one at the toy run. they went to patients. it's a dog's life especially when it snows. videos of tito as he raced around the yard in delaware. his owner shared the video on the nbc 10 facebook page telling us they just returned to delaware from california and had to leave because of the wildfires. >>> as a proud dog daddy myself i can relate to that. the problem comes into driving and walking on the sidewalks which are slippery. that's why we have t

she, of course, went on with chuck todd. talked about. and she seems to defend him on that basis. she backtracked pretty quickly when asked about the backlash and said conyers should resign outright. conyers no longer here in the congress as of today. andrea? >> kasie hunt, thank you. >>> coming up, dialing up president trump calling the leader a head of hamas. there are reports he's calling jerusalem the capital. xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. xeljanz xr can reduce pain, swelling and further joint damage, even without methotrexate. xeljanz xr can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. don't start xeljanz xr if you have an infection. tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. your doctor should perform blood tests before you start and while taking xeljanz xr, and monitor certain liver tests. tell your doctor if you were in a re

you have from ty cobb, trump's attorney and earlier today, speaking with chuck todd, our colleague onress," you have mark short saying this is never going to happen. this is not in the either, we are not talking of firing mueller. but, what do you think the chances are, given everything we are talking ability, laying a foundation of discrediting him. what do you think the chances are if it happens and if it were to happen, what are the consequences. richard painter earlier this hour said he would hope to see a president pence, you know, in the white house by the first of january. it would be that cataclysmic. >> trump is unpredictable, but the denials are significant. the reason democrats are saying there's a rumor trump could fire mueller is they want to get the white house and congressional republicans on the record saying that wouldn't happen or they thought it was a bad idea. that worked. you heard the senate majority whip, john cornyn say, he thinks trump won't fire mueller. doing so would be a mistake. even though there are guys in the house of representatives who say that muell

chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of meet the press. i know you are just back from alabama. i'm headed down there myself tomorrow. if we look at the real clear average which aggregates the most reliable polls they have roy moore with a four point lead. i talk to plenty of people inside the state of alabama who support roy moore. it's not that they wouldn't object to the allegations but they don't believe the women or the media or the sources of them so say support them. handicap the race for us. >> what was amazing was the lack of interest in wanting to talk about it. it's obviously -- i would say this campaign has cast appall over the state. people don't want to talk about it when the cameras are off. they are disgusted and anxious and can't wait for it to end. it has an unusual feel for the last few days of a campaign. i would say this. the last slice of undecided voter is this. there is somebody who will never pull the lever for doug jones. they have not voted democrat in their lives. they are trying to figure out whether they can st

bernie sanders and tim scott will join chuck todd. >>> a third day of violent clashes in israel today over president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital. bill neely was in the middle of today's protests in jerusalem. >> reporter: israel's response to palestinian rage. volleys of choking tear gas to stop protesters furious at president trump after his decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. riot police on horseback confronting palestinians. so far these skirmishes don't amount to much. the question is, will they gather momentum? are palestinians prepared for a long campaign of protests? funerals today for two hamas militants. killed by israeli warplanes that hit weapons factories. the air strikes coming hours after rockets were fired into israel. mahmoud abbas is directing his anger at the u.s. he'll snub vice president mike pence when he visits this month. >> they have no mandate to give away jerusalem to an occupying power. >> reporter: street violence and global pressure are unlikely to change president trump's mind. bill neely, nbc news, jerusalem. >

you said if it looks to me, and you were talking to chuck todd on "meet the press," if it looks to me, chuck, that they're adding one penny to the deficit, i'm not going to be for it, okay? i'm sorry, it is the greatest threat to our nation. the greatest threat to our nation. it's going to add a lot more than one penny, as you know. >> well, it could. there are also projections that show that's not the case, but i would have rather it have been tidied up and there have been absolutely no chance that was the case. but, wolf, i think at the end of the day, certainly that's the way i felt during that interview. as i've looked at this policy and looked at the benefits to us relative to growth, this is -- this is a decision i'm making. and, you know, i -- i've explained it over and over. i said when i voted against it when it came through the senate i was going to look at it again, which i've done, and as i've mentioned, i feel like in spite of my concerns that i expressed very clearly in that interview, i think that our nation is better off with this policy being in place, especially -- >

chuck todd, the rare chuck todd hand over. very nice. nice to talk to the chief. >> ditto, man.to that crazy white house. good luck there. >>> if it's thursday, it's time to face the tax man. >>> republicans are stepping on the gas to drive a tax bill across the finish line. >> congress acts by christmas, people are going to see gains very soon. >> we have to do that, and everybody knows it. >> but could the tax bill wind up being this year's version of obamacare 2010? >>> plus, why so many people are asking, is speaker ryan quitting? >> i'm not. >> finally, neutralizing net neutrality. >> look, the trump administration supports the fcc's effort to roll back burdensome regulations.

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meet the press mediator chuck todd to talk about where this story goes next. >> to me the bigger news today isn't mike flynn that pled guilty it's that he's cooperating. mike flynn was probably the president's most frequent traveling companion that wasn't being paid for through the campaign. he was with them when corey lieu wan do youski was there. at this point the reason why why there's a lot of nervousness in this white house today, there's not many more places above mike flynn to go. there's not much more dots to connect. the dots left are kushner, trump jr., trump. the reason bob mueller has a job is because the president was trying to get james comey to drop the investigation. clearly the president is nervous about what mike flynn knows. you read this plea deal and you realize that mike flynn got directions to talk sbangss. the vice president and the incoming chief-of-staff reince priebus both went on television shows, one of them was mine on sunday and said that mike flynn did not discuss sanctions in there. so either they lied or flynn and somebody else is keeping stuff om and

today "meet the press" moderator chuck todd is going to take a look back at 2017 and president trump's first year in office. some of the panel regulars will talk about the press and the commander in chief. that's is coming up with a special edition of "meet the press" starting at 10:30 on nbc4. >>> back to santa and get a check on santa. >> well, it looks like he's clearly over some not over the ocean. he's over china. china is a very big piece of land. >> it is. >> he's been over china for a while. he has to make a lot of stops there. but he's headed our way later today. check in with lauryn to see what kind of forecast santa is looking at when he z2m7ez z16fz y2m7ey y16fy >>> time right now is 10:09. it's game day at fedex field. the redskins taking on the bronco at 1:00 this afternoon. >> both teams have been eliminated from the playoffs so the best they can do is to at least try and finish strong, 8-8. and the broncos are known for their outstanding defense in the league creating a test for redskins quarterback kirk cousins today. >> by the way up until last week the broncos had no

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all of this just a portion of what chuck todd plans to cover sunday on "meet the press." >> a democratic wave is building going into 2018. the question now is, how big is it going to get? the results in alabama, along with a slew of other campaigns in 2017, do show us a few things. democratic voters are fired up. republicans are not. and the president is unpopular even in red states like alabama. stand now? how low can it go? we're going to have brand new numbers from our final nbc news/"wall street journal" poll of 2017. plus the escalating campaign to destroy the credibility of robert mueller and the fbi. president trump and his allies are attacking mueller and the institution of the fbi. calling for an investigation into the investigation. is this something that republicans are going to support if the president does, indeed, fire mueller? we'll talk about it all with democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia, republican governor john kasich of ohio and the president's chief congressional liaison mike short. see you sunday on "meet the press." >> right after "news 4 today." >>> t

join moderator chuck todd and his guests for "meet the press" tomorrow morning at 10:30 right here on nbc10. >>> philadelphia city council is giving a gift to drivers who have not paid their old parking tickets. a new bill forgives tickets issued before 2013. but there is a catch if you fall into this category, you have to pay off any ticket you received after 2013. say you have a dozen tickets from 2012 you don't have to pay them, but you have to pay anything after 2013, or you pay a $50 fee if you haven't gotten one since before 2013. mayor jim kenney still has to sign off the measure and the amnesty program starts in march. >>> talk business news now and get details on a big merger we're watching. cnbc's michelle ka has more. >> net neutrality appealed and interest rates rise all in the week that was. disney is bulking up to take on netflix. disney is buying most of 21st century fox for about $52 billion. disney gets fox's movie and tv studio as well as a number of cable channels. disney plans to use the combined studios to feed its upcoming streaming video offerings. government re

press" california senator dianne feinstein will sit down and discuss the flynn controversy with chuck todd. you can watch that right here on nbc bay area. >>> still to come, facing the music. a famous conductor facing some serious accusations tonight as another sexual misconduct investigation emerges. >>> happening now, we have showers moving across the by area from san francisco, san rafael into richmond. how much of this will stick around for your sunday forecast? the hour by hour outlook when we come right back. ( ♪ ) when it comes to holiday shopping, my wife loves style, my son is all about technology and my daughter? she just loves horses. don't you just love one-stop shopping? i do. ring in the holidays with buick. get up to 20% below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. that's over $7,100 on this buick envision essence. experience the new buick this holiday season. experience the new buick allegations involve the longtime conductor of new york )s metropolitan opera. >>> new at 11:00, the latest sexual misconduct allegations involve a long-time conductor of new york's metropolitan o