edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >> a field of dreams. we're getting a look inside the stadium where the super bowl will be played on sunday. the finishing touches and what makes the fan experience so unique. >>> picking sides. the eagles have an unlikely new supporter cheering them on for the super bowl. why a former nfl star thinks they'll win. >>> and bad blood. all new at 5:00 a.m., we are clearing the air with vikings fans in minnesota. >>> and good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now checking things out in westchester. so we have a disabled tractor-trailer right here. route 100 ramp to route 202 southbound, so that ramp is blocked right now. police activity on the scene. they have to tow this up and get it out of the way. also checking in with some mass transit. papco still on a modified service this morning following an earlier accident on monday and disruption yesterday. this will be similar this morning than it was yesterday but it'll be lasting all day, at least that's what they're reporting right now. so a h

edward lawrence has more on what he with can expect. good morning. >> good morning.ig question, the first question is will he stick to the script. he's a very different speaker on a teleprompter and off. the president expected to use this big stage to try to move past the russia probe. he's already started doing that an twitter, promoting the success of the economy saying that unemployment is near record low. you will hear that again and again over the next two days. >> we're doing incredibly on an economic basis, financial. stock market just hit another new high. we've had 84 since the election, 84 new market highs. what happened is we passed a tax bill, not easy to get, many people have tried to do it, they weren't able to do it, and this is the biggest one we've passed bigger than the reagan bill, and it's had a bigger impact than anybody even thought. >> reporter: and the economy or state of the union will focus on the economy but talk about bipartisan, a number of different issues, infrastructure, immigration, talk about trade, and also national security going f

into private sector investment to permanently fix the infrastructure deficit and we can do it >> edward lawrence is with us from washington, d.c given that president trump made that request for greater bipartisanship in congress, how have democrats reacted to the speech >> democrats did not applaud or stand up during the speech some of them had a silent sort of protest they were wearing all black for the metoo movement that has swept through the united states. but democrats on the whole say they were not impressed with this speech going forward. the president did call on democrats to come forward and work with republicans at least on immigration and other topics. but it wasn't very well received in the hall. >> i would like to ask about the infrastructure plan. he has a big goal to introduce the infrastructure plan. it's been in the pipeline for a couple months. is this going to happen this year would democrats be willing to support him on this measure? >> the president believes that democrats will come on board with this. in the past democrats have supported and called for infrastructure rebuil

nbc 10 national correspondent edward lawrence brings us the latest from the nation's capitol. >> the government shut down for a third day with the halls of congress a hot bed of activity, ahead of a critical vote. >> there have been literally nonstop talks discussions and negotiations. >> behind closed doors, lawmakers from both parties trying to find middle ground and trust. >> all they are wanting is a guarantee that there will be a process. >> republicans offering a plan to keep government funding for three more weeks and this olive branch for democrats. >> it would be my intention to take up legislation here in the >> the senate majority leader also offering to bring up disaster relief and defense funding to win over republicans. >> let's join together, put the filibuster behind us and get back to work for the american people. >> the president stoking the political flames on twitter, saying the democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favor of services and security for noncitizens. >> it's just like they can't get it together. >> federal workers coming in

. >> edward lawrence shows what this could mean for 2018. >> hello, everybody.happy new year. >> president trump spending new year eve in black tie at an event he hosted in mar-a-lago in florida. >> we are off to a great start with tax cuts and anwar and getting rid of the individual mandate. >> the president wakes up with another threat from north korea where its leader says he has the launch button on his desk and the nuclear missile can reach the u.s. mainland. president trump so far tight lipped about it. >> we'll see. we'll see. >> north korea also offering an olive branch saying for the upcoming winter olympics they're lgd to send a delegation to south korea for talks. the president with foreign policy on his mind today as violent protests ignited in iran. the president tweeting, "they are hungry for food and freedom, along with the human rights, the wealth of iran sidekick looted. time for change." former presidential advisers it might be better for the u.s. to sit the uprising out. >> we might taint the rufrgs and allow the regime to paint them at proxie

nbc's edward lawrence is in washington with the details. >> reporter: president trump ordered robert mueller fired last june when he learned the russia investigation wide end to obstruction of justice but later backed off when his white house counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out order. the president responding to a report "the new york times" later confirmed by nbc news. >> did you steek fieek to fire mueller. >> fake news, folks, fake news. >> the president's lawyer respond stating we declined to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. this comes on the heels of the president saying publicly he would go under oath and answer the special counsel's question. the white house also lays out the most detailed plan to give 1.8 million undocumented immigrants who came to this country has children citizenship over ten to 12 years. >> we must replace our current system of extended family chain migration where a merit-based sx admissions that selects new arrivals based on their ability to contribute to our economy. >> reporter: in a cnbc inte

that he ordered the firing of special counsel rob burt robert mueller lastdown but backed off edward lawrence>> special counsel robert mule we're have known that the president wanted him fire because of his investigators, and their conversations with the white house counsel. the president c, confirmed by nc news, ordered mueller fired after he learned that the russian investigation was widening to obstruction of justice, but backed off when the white house counsel threatened to resign rather than follow out that order the president within the last 45 minutes or so responded to that. >> did you seek to fire mueller? >> fake news, folks. fake news. typical "new york times" fake stories. >> the president's private attorney says that he wasn't going to -- he would decline to comment on the story out of respect for the office of the special counsel. democrats are pouncing on this already. senator richard bloomenthal coming out saying this president would stop at nothing to protect himself from obstruction of justice. republicans are a bit muted. because for them it is sort of no harm no foul. the

for more we go to nbc's edward lawrence. edward, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the president himself says the speech will cover a lot of territory. he's expected to use this speech to try and push past the russia probe and turn the page on year two of his presidency. the president expected to tout his, what he calls great successes and ignore the controversies. >> we worked on it hard, covered a lot of territory including our great success with the markets and with the tax cut and it's a big speech, important speech. we cover immigration. for many years for many, many years they've been talking immigration and never got anything done. we're going to get something done, we hope. it's going to be bipartisan because the republicans really don't have the votes to get it done in any other way so it has to be bipartisan. >> reporter: and that immigration would also include protecting undocumented workers brought here as children. now, eight democrats, at least eight democrats say they're going to boycott the speech because of what the president says and his politics.

edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> all right. what does this shutdown actually mean?uarter million federal workers will not see paychecks for the duration of the shutdown. national parks like yosemite will be open, but are not expected to be staffed. passport and visa processing will come to a halt. mortgage applications will be delayed, because the irs and federal housing administration workers are furloughed. they're considered nonessential employees. military, law enforcement and tsa workers will still work, because they are, quote, essential for public safety. however, they won't be paid until the funding bill passes. social security and medicare checks will still be mailed out. good news there. and the post office will continue to operate. >>> another live look for you at the hill. this, of course, will continue. the stalemate. until a deal has been reached. you might recall back in 2013 under president obama, the shutdown lasted 16 days. >>> now to the women's march. take two. last year, millions of people hit the streets across the country in the bay area for t

nbc 10 national correspondent edward lawrence has more from washington. >> reporter: mixed reaction toresident trump's state of the union address. some republicans picking up on its theme of unity. >> it was neither a liberal speech or a conservative speech, it really was all over the place. >> reporter: some democrats saw it as devicive. >> i think it was a more positive tone at the beginning. i think it turned pretty dark sords the end. >> reporter: some of the strongest reaction to his comments on immigration and the end to so-called family or chain migration. >> a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives. under our plan, we focus on the immediate family. >> reporter: there was a strong focus on the remembering, tax reform and foreign trade. >> the era of economic surrender is totally over. >> reporter: he also called for a $1.5 trillion investment in infrastructure. democrats calling in their response for an investment in american workers. >> our country will be judged by the promises we keep. that is the measure of our character. that is who w

edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, it is shaping up to be a pivotal week for president trump. >> reporter: laura, you could say that pretty much every week of this presidency. there is a lot going on here today ahead of the state of the union address. now, republicans will use that memo that you mentioned there to say that the wire taps of the trump campaign that started the russia investigation were politically motivated. >> it's a big speech. >> reporter: president trump critical of the russia investigation is getting what he has been pushing for for weeks, deputy fbi director andrew mccabe stepped aside effective immediately. >> i can tell you none of this decision was made by that of the white house and any specifics i would refer you to the fbi. >> reporter: the president previously tweeted that mccabe worked with a bias against him and for hillary clinton, pointing out that mccabe's wife's election bid received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a close friend of clinton. mccabe planned to retire in mar

edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> 6:06. happening today parents at marshall elementary school will meet to discuss a disturbing incident that reportedly happened on campus. listen to this. a popular teacher being charged with child endangerment after allegations surface that had an dress tobar held a young student over a second story balcony in campus back in december. tobar surrendered to police yesterday but some parents say they want him back in the classroom claiming they don't believe he would intentionally hurt a student. >> i don't think so. at least, i mean, not intentionally. i don't think he would do that. he would give his life for these kids. i don't think he would -- so i think it's being handled really unfair. >> the school district put tobar on paid leave. he is expected to answer to charges in court later this week. >>> a follow-up now, stanford university says its canceling plans to put a plaque on the campus site where a woman was sexually assaulted. the decision came after the two sides could not agree on

nbc's edward lawrence explains what this could mean for 2018. >> hello, everybody. year. >> reporter: president trump spending new year's eve in black tie at an event he hosted at mar-a-lago in florida. >> we're off to a very good start as you know with a great tax cuts and anwar, getting rid of the individual mandate. >> reporter: the president wakes up dealing with another threat from north korea. where its leader says he has the launch button on his desk and his nuclear missiles can reach the u.s. main land. president trump so far tight lipped about it. >> we'll see. we'll see. >> reporter: north korea also offering an olive branch saying for the upcoming winter olympics they are willing to send a delegation to south korea for talks. the president with foreign policy on his mind today as violent protests ignited in iran the president tweeting, they are hungry for food and for freedom, along with the human rights, the wealth of iran is being looted. time for change. former presidential advisors caution it might be better for the u.s. to sit this uprising out. >> w

edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >> so here's some of the ways the government shutdown might effect you. thousands government employees will be placed on furlough meaning won't report to work on monday. military will still report to duty. those in combat will potentially not be paid during the shutdown. special counsel robert mueller investigation team will continue to operate according to justice department spokesperson. but if you had any plans to visit national parks, as soon as or museum s, some will close an stay open. but we'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. >>> unsettled weather from the bay area to the seer yeah. that is postcard like. but big changes 24 hours as the weekend will wrap up with rain. here's rob. >> right now watching the high clouds making for beautiful sunset. san jose currently 55 degrees. and high clouds outer fringe of a storm system tapping into moisture stretching all the way back to hawaii. so always the potential rain. and precisely that setting up for the north bay as we head through late tomorrow. you can see some of these areas showing up in o

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence joins us live in washington, he's monitoring all the overnight developments for us. edward, the president calling this fake news. >> reporter: yeah, he's using that familiar term, laura, that he has used over and over and over again, calling this a fake "new york times" story. now, it's interesting that robert mueller, the special counsel, would have known actually that president trump wanted to fire him through conversations that his investigators had with the white house counsel. president trump ordered robert mueller fired last june when he learned the russia investigation widened to obstruction of justice. but later packed off when his white house counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the order. the president responding to a report by "the new york times," later confirmed by nbc news. >> mr. president, did you seek to fire robert mueller? >> fake news, folks. fake news. typical "new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: the president's lawyer responded, stating, we decline to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and i

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence joins us live from capitol hill this morning with a fight to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. you will hear a lot about immigration over the next two weeks as congress tries to make a deal. >> president trump has given congress a deadline of february 5th for an immigration plan to come to his desk. any plan would address protecting undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> to solve this problem we are going to have to have compromise. no one will get 100 brs of what they want but this solves the problem long-term and the president went there. >> reporter: some democrats are ready to make a deal adding the democratic base needs to get on the same page. >> i think the president did the right thing by laying out where he wants to go, where he thinks the starting point is. we've got to decide do we go large, medium or do we go small. >> reporter: the president says he wants funding for a southern border wall, changes to chain migration coming into the u.s.

"today in the bay's" edward lawrence joins us live from washington this morning, he has been followingall the developments for us. we've heard them say fake news before, edward. >> reporter: yes, we have, laura, and he loves to use that trays. now, this report was a surprise to many folks, but special counsel robert mueller would have actually known that the president wanted to fire him through conversations that his investigators had with the president's personal attorneys. president trump ordered robert mueller fired last june when he learned the russia investigation widened to obstruction of justice, but later backed off when his white house counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the order. the president responding to a report by "the new york times" later confirmed by nbc news. >> mr. president, did you seek to fire mueller? >> fake news, folks. fake news. typical "new york times" fake stories. >> reporter: the president's lawyer responded, stating, we decline to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. >> i would do it under oath. >

nbc's edward lawrence has more on what we can expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. the first big question he is will the president stick to the script. he is a different speaker on the teleprompter off the teleprompter. he is trying to use the speech to push past the russia probe touting the success of the economy, saying the unemployment is near record low. you'll hear this over and over again for the next two days. >> we're doing incredibly on an economic basis, financial, stock market just hit another new high. we've had 84 since the election, 84 new market highs. >>> what happened is we passed a tax bill, not easy to get. many people have tried to do it, they weren't able to do it. and this is the biggest one we've ever passed, bigger than the reagan bill and it's had a bigger impact than anybody even thought. >> reporter: and the student will talk about the economy. obviously the president will al ak push forward for a bipartisan solution. now, these are some of the other themes here that the white house has said

reporting live in washington, edward lawrence.now back to you, marcus, laura. >> thank you very much. >>> stay with nbc bay area for complete coverage of the state of the union. you can watch the president's address right here starting at 6:00 tonight. if you are on the go we will also be streaming it on our website nbcbayarea.com. >>> white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will be live on the "today" show later this morning as president trump prepares for his first state of the union address. it's coming up at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." >>> all new this morning we are going through a brand-new report examining bridges across the country. several in the bay area have been deemed structurally deficient. we will put them up on your screen right now. we counted nine, this he include major interstates and highways in santa clara, contra costa and san mateo counties. here are spots in alameda, marin, sonoma and solano counties. the report comes from the american road and transportation builders association. it say

reporting live in washington, edward lawrence. now back to you, marcus. >>> another live look at capitol hill this morning. we're going to have much more on that coverage, what's next with the daca program, plus a preview of president trump's first state of the union address. that's tomorrow and coming up we're going to have the checks and balances segment with scott mcgrew. he will have that for you around 5:45. >>> breaking news from southern california where people are evacuating over concerns about a six acre brush fire that broke out this morning. it's happening in malibu. authorities tell our sister station in los angeles the fire right now is under control and forward progress actually has been stopped, but they are not calling it a complete knock doun just yet. we are waiting to see if the mandatory evacuations for the area will be lifted. we will follow this breaking news and bring you new pictures and video as soon as it comes into us. >>> several people looking for a place to stay after an apartment fire in los gatos. f

>> edward lawrence, thank you. >>> and when it comes to the subject of russia the president made just a passing reference to the country, referring to it as a rival that challenges our interests. but he did make one russia-related headline as he was leaving the house chamber. caught commenting on that politically charged house intel memo about the russia investigation. take a listen to that. >> let's release the memo. >> 100%. >> don't worry, 100% is what the president said to a republican lawmaker when pressed on releasing that gop memo. the revelation coming as the white house reviews that gop report. set to decide on whether to make it public over the justice department's objections. with the fbi director even paying a personal visit to the white house to lob yit administration to keep the memo secret. nbc's peter alexander has more from washington. >> reporter: the release of that deeply divisive document would be unprecedented, relying on a never before used h aides say the president still hasn't seen the memo but he's expected to green light making it public within days. speaker

edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> tonight at least 12 people are dead in iran as escalatingrotests continue across the country. more and more countries are calling on officials to let the people march and demonstrate in peace. this started with small rallies over the country's economic issues but it's spread to a nationwide movement. protesters say they expected things to change after iran signed the nuclear deal but they are still frustrated with their government. >> well, it's been 100 days since hurricane maria ravaged puerto rico. the power authority says the system is generating at 70% of normal but there is no way of finding out how many people are actually getting power. that's because the system that measures that isn't working. the u.s. army corps of engineers say it will likely be may before the entire island gets its power back on. >>> let's get a check of your frigid forecast right now. this is the delaware river. temperatures will dip into the teens and single digits tonight. in the poconos, much colder there. live at cambelback mountain resort, skiers hitting t

let's get to nbc's edward lawrence on what to expect >> reporter: the president is going to be talkingut immigration among other things we're going to be hearing a lot about immigration over the next two weeks as congress tries to make a deal. president trump has given congress a deadline of february 5th for an immigration plan to come to his desk any plan would address protecting undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children known as d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> to solve this problem, we're going to have to have compromise no one's going to get 100% of what they want this solves the problem long term. >> reporter: some democrats are making a deal, adding the democratic base needs to get on the same page. >> i think the president did the right thing by laying out where he wants to be where he thinks the starting point is we've got to decide, do we want do go large, medium or small >> reporter: the president said he wants funding for a southern border wall. and changes to the u.s. and an end to the visa lottery program. in exchange, he said he would sign a bill giving so-called d.r.e

nbc 10 national reporter edward lawrence is in washington with a preview. >> on november 8th, a recordsident trump will talk about what he calls great economic successes so far in his first state of the union address. >> we worked ton hard, covered a lot of territory, including our great success with the markets and with the tax cut. >> reporter: cabinet members say the state of the union speech will be positive and the president will also reach across the aisle to ask democrats to deal on immigration reform, including protecting undocumented imgraits granmigra to this country as children. at least eight democrats will boycott the speech because of the president whaend says. >> and the state of the union is lawless, lawless has he tries to remove bob mueller through tactics like this. >> reporter: president trump will likely avoid talking about the controversies that surround the first term. andrew mccabe stepping aside immediately. >> he certainly has voiced some frustration with some of the actions by the deputy director, but the bigger issue is the president has full and complete co

nbc's edward lawrence has more reaction from capitol hill. >> it is not agreed to. >> the u.s. government officially shutdown, despite a flurry of last-minute negotiations that played out live during a critical vote on the senate floor. >> it was only one reason we ended up here. the shoe horning of illegal immigration into this debate. >> democrats holding firm in their demands for a picks on the policy protecting undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children. some republics worried about leaving government workers in the lurch. >> i believe a government shutton is a loser proposition for both parties. >> in a late night tweet, president trump accused democrats of wanting a shutdown to diminish hicks tax cuts. earlier at the white house, he and the senate's top democrats tried to cut a deal. >> he did not press his party in congress to accept it. >> all the while, government agencies dusted off their shutdown playbooks, getting ready to close. but some essential personnel expected to keep on working. >> the military will still go to work. they will not get paid.