i'm erica hill. donald trump hosting a fund-raiser for veterans while not showing up to the debate. >> donald trump has chosen not attend this evening's debate. what message do you think that shows to the voters of iowa? >> let me say -- i'm a maniac, and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly, and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> it's not about donald trump. he's an entertaining guy. this is the greatest show on earth. >> i kind of miss donald trump. he's a little teddy bear to me. we always had such a loving relationship in these debates and been tween in the tweets. i kind of miss him. i wish he was here. >> donald trump did pull back either. >> i didn't want to be here. i have to be honest. i wanted to be about five minutes away. you have to stick up for your rights. when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. you have to do it. i have to go a little step further and say that fox has been extremely nice,

erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. watching, and good >>> it's friday, january 29th, coming up on show "early today." the insults were flying and did the rest of the field manage to take any voetsz a tes away from the frontrunner. >>> cdc calls the zika virus a pandemic and creating a travel warning for everyone. >>> and a would be robber stopped dead. >>> and an olympic sized wearing michael phelps and much more. show early today starts right now. >>> and donald trump hosting a fund raiser for veterans while not showing up to the debate. >> donald trump has chosen not to show up. what message do you think that shows to the voters of iowa? >> let me say i'm a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat and ugly, and ben, you're a terrible surgeon. now that we've gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> he's the greatest show on earth. >> i kind of miss donald trump. he was a little teddy bear to me. we always had such a loving relationship in these debates and been tween in the tweets. i

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reporting tonight, erica hill. for millions of americans, this sunday is far from a day of rest. 88 million people across 24 directly affected by this weekend's massive storm. an impact that could linger for days. in the nation's capital, we'rening federal offices and schools will be closed tomorrow. the record-setting system brought 24 relentless hours of snow and winds to the region. leaving behind a major cleanup effort. along the jersey shore, some towns under several feet ofter today. residents anxiously monitoring the swollen streets. across the country, ing but routine. we begin our coverage tonight with miguel almaguer in washington. miguel? this is your typical street. it hasn't been plowed, only shovelled. that's by the people e here. look at the cars. three, four feet deep, thick snow. it is a mess in the but this is far from the biggest problem. [ sirens ]. >> reporter: tonight, the snowfall stopped but the life and death scramble has just begun. outside washington, d.c., first responders struggle to re

reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> good evening. in iowa tonight, it's a full court press. with the caucuses 48 hours away, candidates aren't wasting a moment, especially among the undecided. crisscrossing the state to make their to meet as many voters in a poll tonight, hillary clinton is leading bernie sanders, 45 to 42% in iowa. a virtual dead heat for the democrats. donald trump may be leading among republicans, 28%. ted cruz, 23. and marco rubio, 15%. nbc news has full coverage. we begin in cedar rapids with kristen welker. >> reporter: secretary clinton will look for votes here. she's bringing in her top surrogates, her husband and daughter chelsea. just a few miles away and in the exact same city, bernie sanders is making his final pitch in this race that is tight. hillary clinton and bernie sanders neck and neck, pulling out all the stops in the final hours before iowa voters weigh in. clinton facing new questions over her private e-mails. the state department releasing a new batch, withholding 22 now marked top secret. the highest level of classification. today, cl

reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> good evening. police and residents remain on high alert tonight as the manhunt for a gunman accused of opening fire on a busy tel aviv street enters now its second day. the man's father today imploring the 31-year-old to turn himself in as his family home is raided. two people were killed and several wounded in that attack on friday. one of the major why? keir simmons has the latest developments. >> reporter: panic moments after the tel aviv attack and more than 24 hours later the killer is still at large. identified by police at 31-year-old nassa'at mill 'em. he's been arrested before, seen here in court in 2007. one witness from new york says the hunt to find him began within minutes. >> we saw people get out of their cars and run towards the action. some of them grabbed their guns. >> reporter: in new surveillance footage day people dive for cover, a child plays until someone scrambles to pull the youngster to safety. while footage on israeli media appears to show the killer coolly walking down

but now as nbc's erica hill tells us, barbie is getting a whole new look. barbie, you're barbie debuted in 1959, she's tried just about every job. >> try it again. >> reporter: but one thing that never changed, her figure. until today. when toy maker mattel introduced three new barbie body types to better represent the shapes and sizes of real women. petite, tall, and curvy. >> i think it's about time that they changed shape. >> reporter: critics have long complained barbie's body was an impossible ideal, and there was growing pressure for more physically realistic dolls. mattel went back to the drawing board, building on additions made in 2015, which introduced more diverse options. >> society felt that a brand like barbie needs to be more in touch with the times and needs to be a better reflekds of the world girls are living in today. >> reporter: while barbie remained a best settler for matt lerks, 93% of girls have owned one of the 20% from 2012 to 2014, a slide that continued into 2015. >> more and more brands are recognizing that women and girls as co

here's erica hill. >> reporter: a final good-bye to a woman who touched the lives of so many.than a decade almost every soldier who passed through ft. hood was given a simple gist. >> thank you so much for being here. >> welcome back. >> an embrace from elizabeth blair. affectionately known as the hug lady. born into a military family she enlisted on her 18th birthday. >> i wanted to do my part for the country. >> reporter: long after serving, she continued to give back, welcoming soldiers, one by one. >> and then one day a soldier hugged me. well, there was another soldier. this one hugged me. that one needed a hug, too, so i gave him a hug. another one needed a hug, and so it went. >> reporter: since 2003, the hug lady was embraced more than a half a million heroes. >> my family is not here, per se, so that's why she fills in for them. >> reporter: in early november laird's ten-year battle with breast cancer landed her in the hospital. countless soldiers came to give her a hug and to thank her. on christmas eve laird passed away. a gofundme account established to help with m

i'm erica hill reporting from new york. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night.. >> "the weekend insider" from hollywood. your 24/7 celebrity conversation. >> governor sarah palin. >> are you ready to make americans read again? >> sarah gives trump the palin bump. >> that's part of the good week. >> bad week. >> you invite med so i can. over and stacey dashes ceg bash.

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reporting tonight, erica hill. >> it sounds like something out of a movie, and now we're learning a desire for fame on the big screen may have been drug kingpin "el chapo's" undoing. the notorious mexican cartel leader, one of the most wanted men in the world, is back behind bars tonight amid new questions about possible extradition to the u.s., where he faces multiple charges. gabe gutierrez is in mexico with more details for us tonight. >> reporter: the most wanted drug lord in the world paraded in front of cameras overnight. joaquin "el chapo" guzman, once one of the richest men on the planet, is back where security prison he vanished from six months ago, the daring escape from a sophisticated tunnel was straight out of a hollywood screen play. but it was his own desire for the spotlight that may have led to his dramatic recapture. the mexican attorney general revealing that the drug kingpin was trying to make a movie about himself and had his people contact producers and actors. at least one source says their movements were tracked as authorities closed in in his home state of sinaloa.

i'm erica hill reporting from new york. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. the excitment is building. two weeks from today -- super bowl 50 will be played at levi's stadium. but the buzz around the game and it's festivities -- is >>> tonight, the excitement is building. in two weeks the super bowl will be played at levi stadium and the buzz is just getting started. tomorrow morning's commute right here on the bay bridge could be a nightmare. people going back to work for the first time since the road closures went into effect. make way for super bowl city. major sections will be shut down for the festivities leading up to the game. traffic is not the only concern for people. nbc bay area

i'm erica hill reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc, thanks for watching and good night. right now at six: a storm heading to the bay area. rain expected as early as overnight -- and this could be the start of auch a storm heading to the bay area. rain expected as early as overnight and this could be the smart of a much bigger system. >>> but first -- >> something happened, water in the fuel or something and the boat, you know, stopped running. >> two fishermefishermen's luck as temperatures drip to near freezing temperatures. i'm terry mcswen gee. >> and i'm peggy bunker. those fishermen are going to have to wait a little longer to get their boat back in the water. early this morning the boat got stuck on some rocks near china state park in san rafael, that's where christie smith is live. the boat is perched quite sadly up on the rocks. >> reporter: it's still there right now, just a little too dark to see it. it does look like the boat won't be able to be moved until tomorrow. the good news the men were able

erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night.ester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. tonight -- we're getting a rare inside look at the fbi's covert security center while the super bowl is >>> secretly keeping you safe. we're getting a rare inside look at the fbi's covert security center while the super bowl is in town. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang in for jessica aguirre. >>> i'm raj mathai. law enforcement is security, the premiere event comes with a heavy dose of federal agents. we also have the other concerns as we approach super bowl week. pete suratos is following the story and we have the traffic and road closures. we start with kimmian knack a. you got a tour of the secret command post. what did you see? >> reporter: it wasn't just what we saw but what we lefrpd. the fbi doesn't want the command post out in the eye since it's the nucleus of their operation. if anything does go down during super bowl week or on gameday, agents say their next move will come from inside that co

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i'm erica hill reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. . >>> nbc bay area news. the jackpot is $900 million richer, as it reaches the largest jackpot ever. good evening, i'm terry mcsweeney, powerball fever going across the area. the retailers getting swamped with customers. they say all you need is $2 and a dream. well, marianne favro is live, for some, two dollars won't get it done. >> reporter: i'm here in san jose, terry, and people have been coming in here all day to buy their powerball tickets. but around 5:00 tonight the machine that processes those tickets went down and that left a lot of people running to find another place to buy the ticket. but we just heard a few minutes ago that now the machine is back up and running and they are selling the tickets. the lines were long all day with some people coming to this 7-eleven here because the california lottery here says this store is an historical lucky winner because it has produced at least twofe

. >> nbc's erica hill reports. barbie you're beautiful >> reporter: since barbie debuted in 1959 she's tried just about every job. but one thing that never changed, her figure, until today when toy maker mattel introduced three new barbie body types to better represent the shapes and sizes of real women. petite, tall and curvy. >> i think it's about time that they change shape. >> reporter: critics have long complained barbie's body was an impossible ideal and there was growing pressure for a more physically realistic doll. mattel went back to the drawingg board built on additions in 2015 which introduced mo diverse options. barbie needs to be more in touch with the times and more a reflection of the world we're living in today. >> reporter: 92% of american girls age 3s to 12 owned one of the dolls. saleses plunged 20% from 2012 to 2014, a slide that continues into 2015. >> more and more brands are recognizing women and girls as consumers and audiences, they need more, demand more, they want more and they'll spend

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erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc night.iowans are waiting in the cold... but not for tonight's debate... there's only one candidate they want to see... we'll take you there live. and a different debate fight on the democratic side... find out what it will take for bernie sanders to agree to a new hampshire debate with hillary clinton. s/michael buckendahl/grandfa ther :08 "i don't w long i would've been able to. i don't know if i'd be here the batman hat isn't just a logo... find out how this little hero helped rescue his grandfather. drake university is busy

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erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc news, thank you for night.republican debate before the iowa caucus taking place tonight - will the absence of the party's frontrunner impact the candidates during the debate? only time will tell. plus - a well known diner and political hot spot is soon to be sold for the first time since its opening. and - today marks 30 years since nasa suffered a spaceflight tragedy -- changing the space "you're watching kwwl, we've got you covered. this is the news at six." good evening everyone, i'm amanda goodman. ron is out on assignment. republicans will be battling for the

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erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> and that will do it for us on this thursday night. i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc news, thank you for night. >>> it will happen. >> surprise, tyra banks is a mom, so why did she keep it all secret? >> what we know about the newborn baby's father. >> that's myboyfriend, eric. >> eric, quick little turn around. hi, eric. >> what tyra's ban saying about her surrogate. >> and is her baby boy the >> and the donald.

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i'm erica hill reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news, thanks for night. thanks for joining us, i'm robert lowe. believe it or not, there's 23 days to go till the iowa caucus and supporters are making sure their voices are heard. virginia governor, terry mcauliffe is touring around iowa and today he stopped in sioux city. ktiv's tommie clark joins us live in the newsroom. tommie, you spoke with mcauliffe, what did he have to say? well robert, governor mcauliffe has known hillary clinton for 30 years, and he's supporting her campaign for the presidency. today he visited a hillary for iowa organizing office in sioux city where he spoke with iowans about what's at stake in this election. he spoke about why he believes clinton is the fighter iowa families need in the white house. as the 72nd governor of virginia, mcauliffe has focused on building the state's economy, expanding health care and reducing gun violence. he says clinton will fight for the working "i've seen her fight on these

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i'm erica hill reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today." for all of us at nbc news, thanks for night. >> you get shot out the barrel. >> golden globes, we've been hanging out with the nominees all week. >> awards season is officially on. >> march to the oscars. you make it sound like it's the death march or something. >> countdown with the hopeful. >> it never gets old. >> the first-timers. i wasn't in the moment.