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>> well, erin, thank you for having me on. at the out seth i have tremendous respect for the deposit of justice and fbi. i worked and with them for 18 of my professional years. so there is no member of congress that holds that department in higher esteem than i do. i have concerns about what was done in the spring and fall of 2016. and i'm not a critic of the department. not someone who alleged the department is corrupt. i'm a fan of the department. and i have concerns about what they did in 2016. so i would say this to my friend steven boyd, let's lower the rhetoric. i don't care if you see the memo. but let's be clear about this, erin, the memo was derived, distilled from information that the department gave us. so it's not like there is new information. everything in the memo they already have. what they don't know specifically is what are the complaints. and i'm fine to share them with them, but you can't possibly say a memo was reckless if you haven't read it. >> so let me ask you a crucial question here. have you seen th

erin. >> thank you, jessica.nd out front next, allegations of a payoff, hush money, secret accounts linked to sex, what do they have to do with stormy daniels, the porn star on your screen and donald trump. >>> and hope turning to doubt against trump loyal supporters. are they sorry they voted for trump or not? >> trump pulled the wool over their eyes. >> and they have most, and his base has not recognized it yet. ♪ a complete multivitamin specially formulated with key nutrients plus vitamin d for bone health support. your one a day is showing. (whispering) with the capital one venture card, you'll earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, every day. not just airline purchases. think about all the double miles you could be earning. (yelling) holy moly, that's a lot of miles! shh-h-h-h! ( ♪ ) shh! what's in your wallet? man: shh-h-h! thisreally passionate about- shh! i really want to help. i was on my way out of this life. there are patients out there that don't have a lot of time. finally, it was like the su

erin como and mike thomas talking about a warmup. although it will be a brief warmup or a for a brief period of time. >> you kind of have two and a half days to celebrate. the big warmup starts coming into play tomorrow. today, mix of sun and clouds cool temps. >> i'll gladly welcome in warmup. traffic is quiet. 295 looks great. bottom side of the beltway, i'll let you know if anything pops. >>> if you're just getting up with us, at 4:30, overnight, a dc cop car stolen with the suspect leading police on a high speed chase. it happened throughout the city. this started around 1:20 on the 600 block of pennsylvania avenue southeast near capitol hill. the chase reached speeds of more than 100 miles an hour before the suspect finally crashed into another dc police car, 3rd and south carolina southeast. two officers do have minor injuries, suspect is in custody. >>> tsunami me warnings for the caribbean islands have been cancelled. after a magnitude 7.6 quake struck north of honduras, only miles an hour damage was report the. >>> 4:31. bre

questions erin fox 5 dc on twitter. >>> 5:18 right now. it's sometime to take a look at the story users engaging with on social media >> wisdom back with a real time news tracker. >>> first up california senator diane feinstein releasing the transcript of a closed door senate interview on the trump russia. glen simpson, during the testimony last august, simpson said the author former british spy, christopher steel, took his findings to the fbi over concerns that a political candidate was being black the justice department to investigate steel claiming he may have made false statements. feinstein said she released the document that caused, quote, innuendo and misinformation circulating about the transcript, a part of a deeply troubling effort to undermine the investigation. >>> meanwhile, israeli prime minister ben netanyahu son is facing criticism, his son were released tuesday. now, he can be heard bragging about prostitutes and a $20 billion deal for his friend's dad, comes at a politically difficult time for the prime minister. who is a

erin?oncerned because even though a lot of schools are off there is a two-hour delay in lot of areas i'm worried when more people hit the road we'll see more fender benders right now we're just seeing icy conditions especially bridges, overpasses on and off-ramp and secondaries. 301 southbound down in southern maryland cheltenham a dice son road a jackknifed semi only the left lane gets by and yellow five and thirty four zero one through brandywine waldorf areas because of slick conditions and heavier snow. slowing us down. you can see right now again no traffic in this camera really. 32 miles per hour average just allow for extra time. now, outside the top side of the beltway in maryland 95 at 212 looking good in both directions north and southbound. if you happen to have an early morning night to catch take it easy take it slow on the way to bwi, reagan national and dulles and call your carrier ahead check and make sure everything is on time because you may today. 95 dale city to the belt

so erin, what is more plausible here? >> what i'm looking at is the white house statement on thursday after this report came out in "the washington post." a white house spokesman did not deny the report, further didn't push back against the report. that spokesman said the president feels like he is putting americans first by controlling who's allowed into the country. he said that the criteria is based on who best can fit in, prosper here, and assimilate. now, 12 hours later, we saw that narrative change. early in the morning, we saw the president come out and say, i didn't specifically use that language, but again, we have this strong statement from senator durbin saying unequivocally that he did. lindsey graham's statement can be taken to corroborate that. he even said that to his senator from his home state, tim scott. really, it's just a case of a lot of people saying we don't know, we don't remember, we don't recall specifically. remember that the president hasn't come forward and said he unequivocally denounces the

thanks so much erin.0 right now. >> still to come, the in next time you fly your experience might be different. find out what cost cutting efforts some airlines are taking now ahead in our business report. it is 6:20. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> 6:21 on this snowy thursday. welcome back. let's get you caught up on some of the day's business headlines. joining us tracee carrasco. good morning to you. first let's talk about some cost cutting measures at the airlines that are going to make us all a little more bored let me just say. >> reporter: yes, so the way that we are going to be entertained on flights will soon be changing. airlines getting rid of those seat back screens that we all really enjoy on those long flights. so, as you said, this is a cost saving move because it costs about $10,000 for these screens and in addition to being expensive, they're also bulky and add weight. they've become technologically obsolete. airlines are pushing for flyers to use their own devices, smartphones to download the airline apps

erin. >> thank you, very much, pamela. obviously significant though the president's strategy likes to say one thing and get credit for it we'll see as the negotiations go on. this goes on as source close to the white house says it's still possible trump could fire special counsel robert mueller. let me quote it, anyone who knows trump, this guy is a street fighter and he thinks this mueller investigation is bs. jeff zeleny out front in the white house, jeff, what do you know, those dmismissing this wl robert mueller, why do we care now? this is putting it back on the table right now. >> reporter: well, erin, never left the table at leesz in the president's mind. yes it cob a possibility. that does not mean it's going to be reality. many political impediments and red lines that republicans on capitol hill say that that would simply be too much to bear here. that the president if he fired bob mueller it would not put it a side as the white house wants it to do. it would simply deepen it. and also questions does he have the a

let's check in quickly with mike and erin. mike, we'll start with you. >> guys, watch for slick spots remaining on sidewalks and untreated roadways and parking spaces and major road raise are important in my opinion. sun comes up this afternoon and temperatures above preezing. something to look forward to. >> unfortunately this morning a mix of fog, slick spots and water main breaks impacting reagan national. i'll get you around all those issues and try to keep you safe this morning, guys. >> all right, thank you, erin. >> if you're waking up with us now at 5 a.m. the the big story now is hazardous road conditions depending where you live. some places are above freezing and some are below. >> with the ground still so cold, what's still wet on the roads and sbawkz could be a bit slick right now. melanie alnwick checking out things in great falls virginia where schools are delayed two hours. how is the ride so far, mel. >> well, so far the ride from d.c. off route 7 good most of the roads main roads have just been wet when you g

erin, i know you're not enjoying those road conditions. >> no.power we have a lot of traffic lights that are out. so that's going to cause some issues on the roads. in addition to what we're already facing with the rain. montgomery county new hampshire avenue at east randolph road, crash blocking part of the lanes in the intersection so please use caution in montgomery county. seeing some fog. tuck did you know it was foggy out. >> near the water. >> near the water yeah and along 270 some raised fog. if you encounter visibility problems use your low beams take it slow. 70 to 121 red zone. 21 minutes to get through that area and delays linger down toward the beltway there. now as you make your way out on 95 southbound from maryland, looking good even though volume is increasing. now here's a look at all the traffic lights that are out in northeast because of that power outage. d.c. police traffic just reminding everyone to treat those intersections as though you would a stop sign. take occurrence, use caution. and some of the bigger ones seventh a

erin? traffic is so bad this morning, we don't even have all that weather going on yet i'm really concerned for the afternoon ride home. outer loop between bradley boulevard and thomas bridge right near river road six vehicles involved blocking the right shoulder. they opened up several lanes but the delay is real. and in that backup the left lane is now blocked because outer loop before the 270 spur there's new crash. it was standstill traffic now everybody has to merge over to the right lane. left lane block an hour and 21 minutes to get from 95 on the outer loop in college park all the way to 270 spur and delays continue to pass river road. aside from that one we also have 270 southbound. it will take you an hour and ten minutes. back to you. >> ahead at 8:30 this morning, celebrities using the golden globes as platform to stand up against sexual harassment and inequality. all the highlights from the big night. >> we have a live look from new york. update on this. there's a big emergency

either side erin. >> thank you. so much very much. then presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library. april white house correspondent. and editor in chief of the daily beast. so you are sitting closest to me so you are first. does the white house truly believe americans are falling for this? what happened from the secretary of home land security today from senators cotton and purdue is stunning. >> it's pathetic and desperate because they want to deflect and dis miss and hoping they can turn the page. because they know they don't have allege to stand on. maybe they think they can fool part of their base which is incredible condemnation. bull we all know the white house didn't deny this report initially. they didn't until the next day with the president. so you have surrogating sucking up to the president trying to avoid the obvious, and it really shows how his influence ended up degrading their character and integrity. it's just a pathetic mess across the board. >> when you talk about

erin: it is a good sign! d.c. own two division champion lamont peterson takes on the undefeated welterweight on january 20 at the bar now lamont will turn 34 later this month. but he has won four of the last five outings. even though he is considered the underdog in this fight, he doesn't see it that way at all. >> i know it happens. but i feel like i could probably, you know, honestly. i don't feel like i took any back step. if anything i'm going for it to learn to prepare for a fight much better. >> a special night for the peterson family as lamont's younger brother will fight on the undercard. check it out on showtime to support the local fighters. >> cool. erin: you should see his son. 15 months old. i put on the twitter. he is hitting the bags. michelle: impressive. nancy: thanks. michelle: looking at tonight? josh: rain moves in but it's light for us. the heavier rain here tomorrow morning and then still mid60's and a nice afternoon tomorrow and co michelle: all right. "world news tonight" with david muir up

tumbling temperatures tomorrow, erin.e times fast. >> tumbling temperatures. >> that 50 will be at midnight. we might be in the 20's by tomorrow afternoon. look at sunday and of course martin luther king day monday is going to be very cold but plenty of sun. temperatures in the upper 20's low 30's. what you got. >> 7:26 right now. remember when we did morning meme and there was that animal posing and it said, tucker said 60 but it should say sexy or something like that. somebody did super impose your face on it and i can't unsee it. every time i look at you i think of that picture. i have to move to traffic. delays picking up on the legion bridge. good news is 66 to the legion bridge still just an eight minute trip green zone. please take your time this morning. 267 looks good. wide opened right now if you're headed to the dulles airport and we're pretty quiet. volume has been lighter this friday morning than what we've seen during the week. other weekdays. 21 minutes from the beltway to crash free. look at this out in vi

any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> 6:27 right now. erin thank you so much. this morning... >> some people aren't letting these really cold temperatures keep them from getting outside and still working out. steve has been talking about it. ahead at 6:00 we'll talk to a local gym about the dos and don'ts of working out when it is below freezing outside. >> ♪ ♪ music ♪ i was diagnosed with hiv in 2016, 't want my life to just...stop. i wondered if starting treatment would put my life on hold. my doctor and i chose triumeq, it seemed like the right fit for me. triumeq is one pill a day. any time of day. with or without food. now, i'm moving forward with triumeq. triumeq treats hiv-1 in adults, and does not cure hiv or aids. don't take triumeq by itself if you're resistant to any of it's ingredients. don't take triumeq at all if you're allergic to any of its ingredients, or have a certain gene variation. serious or fatal allergic reactions have occurred with triumeq and other abacavir containing medicines. symptoms may include fever, rash, nausea and vomiting. fo

erin, we met an israaid doctor last year, dr. iris adler. >> yeah. >> who came in with the consul general to talk about israaid's work. and one of the things that just really stayed with me is that she said that the refugees were really shocked when they found out that israelis were rescuing them from the ocean, 'cause they'd always been taught -- the syrian refugees have been taught to hate jews. >> right. >> so, there are so many messages in that alone. >> yeah, for sure. so, for so many of these people, it's the first time they've met an israeli or a jew. and one thing that we heard a lot was them saying, you know, "my worst enemy has become my best friend, and the people that i thought were trying to protect me are now killing me or chasing me out of my home." and so it's a really pivotal moment for them to see someone who they've been taught to hate. it's really an opportunity to use this crisis to build bridges between jews and muslims, between israelis and syrians and iraqis and afghans. so we'd like to think that disaster

erin: right! jonathan: take all of us with it. erin: for support. let's all go. michelle: word of the day. "cold." bill: you need to know what the weather is, too. jonathan: it's better than this. bill: don't forget us. we are warming up next week. for the first few days bitterly cold. bring pets in. if you can make sure the kids are not having to stand out. even a two-hour delay is going to be ridiculously cold at 10:00 in the morning. with david muir up next. jonathan: thank you for being with us. >>> tonight, the major winter storm. a bomb cyclone slamming into the east coast. blizzard warnings from maryland to maine tonight. emergency rescues under way at this hour. d.c., philly, new york, boston, all slammed. hundreds of accidents tonight. historic high tide. hurricane-force wind gusts and what's coming next. where schools are already closed tonight. >>> the airports tonight. flights cancelled. the new book steve bannon turning on the president and his family, saying don junior's meeting in trump tower was treasonous. tonight, as the president tries to stop

. >> hey, erin. >> i've been requesting beach party friday.it may be too extreme. >> i heard it will be 60 friday. >> and pouring rain. >> like the beach sometimes. >> we'll think about it unfortunately with bad weather comes bad traffic we have a traffic alert fairfax country water main break shutting down road near you can see the water billowing on to the road. and now as you move things over another water main break slowing you on way of reagan national and off ramle right now is closed. watch for slis spot. any questions erinfoxdc. if you want to get around that look at yellow on 2935. denser fog coming to 0. use caution. leave early use low beams and take it slow. watch for slick spots, bridges, overpasses and secondarys, 309 northbound john brown road a crash in queens town back to you. >> okay we're getting changing school closings and delays and spotsylvania county can was delayed is closed. spotsylvania country schools closed today. >> we'll let you know if we get more. everybody else seemed to be on a sdlai. trending daytime televis

we have erin mclaughlin outside the embassy. er erin, we were told this was a necessity.here needed to be better security and updated facilities. this is it. >> reporter: that's right, christine. the doors to the $1 billion new embassy opened this morning to very little fanfare. that is not surprising considering what president trump had to say on twitter last week. saying it was a product of the bad deal made by the obama administration. the move was made by the bush administration. the sale of the actual building, the old embassy was finalized under the obama administration. all of this putting the u.s. ambassador to the uk woody johnston in the position of having to defend the new embassy which he did in an op-ed saying this is bigger and better than the old location. adding it did not cost the u.s. taxpayer a single penny. it was funded by the sale of the proceeds of the sale of other u.s. properties here in london. british politicians, critics of president trump, taking the opportunity to call him out saying it wasn't cancelling because of the bad deal, but because o

guys. >> erin, thank you.ion on a plan to offer refunds when your metro trip takes too long. the proposal says that if you experience a delay of 15 minutes or more, during peak periods on rail or bus service, your fare will be refunded to your smart trip car. riders will have to fill out an online form for their refund and there would be times including bad weather where the refund policy would not be in effect. but it is part of metro' push to increase ridership. >>> the i-95 express lanes are expanding virginia terry mcauliffe announced the lanes will go down to fredericksburg. right now they stop at garr garrisonville road. the project will begin in the springtime and it should be set to open in the year >>> well super bowl 52 just couple weeks away right noun the nfl kneeling controversy obviously you can take center stage on millions of tv sets around the world. nbc airing the game it says they won't shy away from players who might decide to stage a protest during the national anthem. they'll keep the cam

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> "erin burnett outfront" next, trump versus bannon, the fight is on. the one-time allies now at war, bannon making explosive charges against the trump white house tonight. >>> and more breaking news, the story behind trump's fury in the past 48 hours. what is really getting under his skin. >>> plus, what steps would trump have to take to launch a nuclear weapon? let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, furious and disgusted. president trump ripping steve bannon tonight. bannon just one of the many trump insiders who are quoted in an explosive, new book that paints a personal portrait of an incapable, disinterested, distracted, paranoid, petty, pech petulant president of the united states. bannon's take was vicious, attacking his daughter and son-in-law on the record and jared kushner and paul manafort over an infamous meeting at trump tower, calling their meetings treasonist and unpatriotic. trump responded saying bannon has "lost his mind." the book dominating the white house press briefing. >>

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight breaking news wanted for questioning. special counsel wants to talk to the president of the united states in the next few weeks, that's according to the "washington post." and what's telling this hour is what robert mueller wants to talk about him about it. a source close to the investigation saying is mueller is seeking to determine whether there is a pattern of behavior by the president. first we knee mueller wants to talk about the firing of the former fbi director comey. according to the post, remember the white house said he was dismissed because of the email. but now we know it was because of the russia investigation. >> do you believe the russia investigation played a role? >> in why i was fired? >> yes. >> yes. because i've seen the president say so. >> okay. he did say the president say sochlt because the president of the united states in his own words explained that the reason he fired comey was bausz comey wouldn't bow to his pressure about russia. >> reg

at this point it seems unlikely, erin. >> that is for sure. of course another thing that is for sure is this book is a best seller. >>> outfront tonight, the white house deputy press secretary. i appreciate your time coming on to talk about this and give your side of the story. you heard sarah sanders downplaying the relationship between president trump and steve bannon today. the reality, you just saw it. bannon was in the room constantly. i was in a meeting, right, it was kellyanne conway, reince priebus, sean spicer, jared kushner, the president, at the time the president-elect, and steve bannon. he was there all the time. >> okay. i mean i'm looking at a picture now, you're showing multiple people in the same picture. it wasn't like the president was sitting alone with steve bannon plotting and deciding how to move forward. i mean obviously steve bannon was on the campaign. obviously he was in the white house. but he wasn't on the ballot. the people voted for donald trump. steve bannon was not some svengali for the campaign. donald trump w

>> reporter: yeah, that's right, erin. the white house officials who spoke today are framing this or selling this immigration plan as basically a compromise that represents where the american public is on immigration saying that it has, quote, dramatic concessions, pointing to the plan on daca, which provide a pathway to citizenship over 12 years for 1.8 million people, those who are registered under daca, and those who are not, who didn't register but would still be eligible for that. of course they would still have to meet the work and education requirements and have a clean history. and essentially exchange from that, erin, the administration in this plan is asking for $25 billion to build the wall as well as new technology. the white house officials also talked today about significant investments and northern border security. and also illegal loop holes which would make it easier to deport undocumented immigrants. as for the diversity lottery, white house officials here today said that that would be essentially ended a

good morning, erin. preparations are underway even though all is dry right here for the moment, those preparations happening throughout the area. we saw plow trucks driving around this morning, but they weren't laying down anything just yet. area schools also preparing for this wintry mix that's coming ahead. the boyer town school district has released middle and high school students at noon. the elementary students will go home, as well. o&j roberts school district in nearby chester will be dismissing secondary school students, starting at 10:15. and elementary students at 12:15. and here in pottstown, there will be a one-hour early dismissal that's underway. you're taking a live look at the roads here. again, things are looking fine right now. everything is dry, but a lot of people making their preparations ahead of this wintry mix. reporting live in potstown, i'm pamela osborn, nbc 10 news. >> the weather will also have an impact later this afternoon on philadelphia. you're looking live at eighth and

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news. president trump now refusing to commit to an interview with the special counsel. a stunning 180. why is he dodging bob mueller? plus, cork fest. the president's call to bring back earmarks igniting a fierce debate. what happened to draining the swamp? and trump's reality show. did he really refer to the white house as a studio? let's go "outfront." and good evening. tonight, the art of the dodge. dodging robert mueller. president trump refusing to commit to a special interview with the special counsel. an interview his own lawyers had been preparing for. an interview you would think he has no reason to avoid if he did nothing wrong, but how trump did answer the question is worth hearing in detail. he denieded collusion with the russians eight times. >> would you be willing to meet with him without condition? >> again, john, there has been no collusion between the trump campaign and russians or trump and russians. no collusion. when i watch you interviewing all the people leaving their