. >>> frozen nation. the most bitter blast yesterday. temperatures feel like 28 below.now on the way in places. al roker is here with more. >>> the power of plastic, hidden credit card perks that many people don't even know they have. how you can save money. you might be shocked. >>> and the incredible gift of giving. a holiday surprise. our friday

. >>> frozen nation. the most bitter blast yet. temperatures feel like 28 below. snow on the way in places. al roker is here with more. >>> the power of plastic, hidden credit card perks that many people don't even know they have. how you can save money. you might be shocked. >>> and the incredible gift of giving. a holiday surprise. our friday "inspiring america." "nightly news" begins right now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. president obama today defended his level of response to russian hacking, aimed at influencing the election, while for the first time appearing to directly point a finger of blame at vladimir putin. the white house blew the whistle on the hack in october without great detail. today acknowledging some of what we reported exclusively this week, the president said at the time, he wanted to play the information straight in the midst of a hyper partisan election. but nbc news has learned some details of secret operations to thwart further russian mettling. our chief

. >>> frozen nation. the most bitter blast yet. temperatures feel like 28 below. snow on the way in places. al roker is here with more. >>> the power of plastic, hidden credit card perks that many people don't even know they have. how you can save money. you might be shocked. >>> and the incredible gift of giving. a holiday surprise. our friday "inspiring america." "nightly news" begins gh

. >>> frozen nation. the most bitter blast yet. temperatures feel like 28 below. snow on the way in places. al roker is here with more. >>> the power of plastic, hidden credit card perks that many people don't even know they have. how you can save money. you might be shocked. >>> and the incredible gift of giving. a holiday surprise.

these are the astronauts on the national space station frozen. i guess they are floating.o do in zero gravity. thomas with the european space agency tweeted out the video saying that the astronauts usually have sundays off. this week, though, they decided to have fun with the lack of gravity. they pulled off the mannequin challenge. well done! >> yeah. jonathan: good stuff. all right. back on earth, a big message for a mother fighting to kick cancer. >> ♪ i'm going to see you out that door ♪ jonathan: that is awesome. michelle: these are her daughters. the daughters made changes to the n'sync, "bye, bye, bye" and recorded the video to lift her spirits. the daughters coring raphed it and they recorded it with their own vocals in one of the rounds of chemo. great distraction for them as well. because it's not easy for the other family memberses a watching that loved one go through it. jonathan: i imagine that cheered her up. e.m.s. d.c. fire helping an out of town visitor feel at home. hunter scar blow from alabama. hunter has a rare medical condition and hassed a bunch of s

frozen form. that's why the national weather service has issued winter storm warnings right on the peaks of the bigd. of course, that's indicated with a shading of pink there. the majority of hawaii just at the moment under a flash flood watch. that's valid from sunday morning right through the evening hours. something interesting to talk about at the water cooler. i want to bring you to the other side of the world. this is india. we're giving you a heads up if you're traveling to the region. we have the potential for a significant tropical cyclone over the next three to five days. it's forming. it's just exiting myanmar. but it does have the potential to bring much-needed rainfall to the eastern side of india. i'll end with this. you've got to see this awesome photo from the international space station. this is something they see every 90 minutes. 16 sunsets and 16 sunrises each day. this picture indicates the earth's atmospheric layers there. that thin sheet of orange, that's the trope sphere where the weather happens. astronauts say you can see how anyone the atmosphere and how fragile and delic

this comes as moscow blames the united states for frozen contacts between the two nations. the kremlin told cnn any dialogue between the two nations is minimal. want to go live to cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance in moscow. a number of developments on this with the kremlin speaking today. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. first of all, the funeral that took place today. president putin attending that, paying his last respects to the slain ambassador who was in place in turkey when he was assassinated so dramatically on television. that's horrified many russians and sent a very strong message to them that russia's involvement in the syrian conflict, since it's believed to have been connected with the syrian war, is not without its consequences and costs. the president of russia, putin, didn't speak at the funeral but did speak later to a meeting of defense personnel, at which the following incredible statistics were disclosed by his defense minister. they say since they started their involvement in the syrian campaign in september 2015, 35,000 terrorists

frozen in time. they recorded this video at -20 degrees. runners and 17 nations took part and stood for that, some of them may have really been frozen. >> yikes. >>> father's world war ii era ring thanks to a family in italy. the military confirms he was forced to bail over northern italy on a snowy christmas eve in 1943, but his parachute was tangled in a tree. two brothers came to his rescue reluctantly took him to a hospital. he left behind the goal ring we are blessed to have a father like this. i feel blessed the vfw was kind enough to verify that everything was true and correct and bring this back home. i know dad is looking down from heaven smiling. the only thing to make it better when was if he were here.>> an amazing story. he recovered from his injuries and survived more than hundred days as the ring was returned in a small wooden box made from the grow where the pilot was found all those years ago. >> that warms your heart. thank you for joining us. watch our morning news starting at 4:30 am. carrabba's new meatball magnifico. our gigantic meatball to

if she is talking about rogue nations stockpiling weapons, we stopped iran's program. that is frozen for a good 15 years. there is only one left, north korea has maybe 10. we have 5,000 in our stockpile. it doesn't make sense. it is thrown as the british reporter said the world into confusion. what is going on with america? >> you both invoked ronald reagan who rather famously said and i will paraphrase, the only reason to have these is to make sure you never use these. >> exactly. ronald reagan came to this not as rapidly as some would have wanted. nancy reagan had a lot to do with that with the means with gorbachev. when we asked why he had not met with three previous soviet leaders for the first nuclear summit, he said well, they all keep dying on me. they were elderly. this was a 50 something gorbachev and the first person who could do a deal. there were ups and downs and setbacks, but the fact is there has been a steady progression as joe pointed out towards reducing the weapons. they have too many and modernizing them is debatable whether they should be as high tech and miniatu

you get up towards lehigh county northampton county for the possibility of frozen precipitation now for that reason the nationaler service has put out a freezing rain advisory this is along i i-78, i80 if you have travel plans tomorrow morning heading to grandma's house or uncle and i wasn't's house just know we have some frozen precipitation expected to move n delay your travels to around one or 2:00 o'clock probably the better advisement because as this rain moves out of the ohio valley it will start to fall into the colder surfaces and unfortunately freeze things up. also, take notice of this blizzard warning being issue up towards the northern planes they'll get rocked with about a foot of snow with 60 miles an hour winds. so there's lost weather going on the next 24 hours. here back closer to philadelphia, not really dealing with more wintry weather because of these mild temperatures. it's near 60 degrees right now in nashville. southwest wind that's bringing in the mild conditions. let's look at fox future cast together by 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, we're going to see some maybe snow coming down in al

bus stop buddy celebrating flyers/sixers wins and also national pastry day. nice frozen croissant because it is so cold. it is only 31 degrees and feels like 22 thanks to the westerly winds at 2 miles an hour. what are wind doing to temperatures and other places? we have wind chills in the teens as you walk outside the door. eighteen what it feels like in wilmington. feels like nine in mount pocono. nineteen is your wind chill in atlantic city. sunshine, yeah, plenty of that today but we call it deceiving sunshine because wind chills will stay in the 20's, even though we will get to a high of 39 degrees, later on today and your sunsets at 4:36. it has been a cold start and very active start to the day, bob kelly, lots of problem this morning. >> just lots of problem. i want to point out with your weather forecast and how cold it is. be prepared to stand for trains and buses. lansdale/doylestown line 30 minute delays. sixty behind delays on the trenton line. that is wrong, it is trenton with 60 minute delays. new jersey transit, 30 minute delays on the northeast corridor.

frozen antarctic. records here show that sea ice has not suffered to the same degree as its northern counterpart. but even so, nationalscientists say that antarctic sea ice shrank november low. if you start removing the reflective sea ice cover than the ocean absorbs the heat instead. so what you see and instead now as winter comes, the arctic is very one, part about this because now the ocean has to release heat again during the summer, back to the atmosphere before the ice can form. the frozen antarctic. records here show that sea ice has not suffered to the same degree as its northern counterpart. but even so, national snow and ice data centre scientists say that antarctic sea ice shrank november low. a warming world does not mean the end of winter weather. in the usa in december, snow and ice caused damage and brought disruption to millions of people. then there is the occasional wintery surprise. such is here in tokyo. which had its first november snowfall in more than half a century. and this, from siberia, what looks like rocks on the shore, thousands of natural snowballs. formed from small pieces of ice rolled

national pastry day. >> it is. >> yes. >> croissant. >> yes, frozen croissant at this point because of course it is wind chills in the teens this morning, and we have a flyers win last night. >> yes. >> yes nice stocking cap with the flyers logo on it. he is all set for a cold, cold morning. it is six out of ten this your weather by the numbers today, look at precipitation, none around here but you can see lake effect snow off lake erie and ontario which means there is very cold air coming in here. how cold in 31 degrees feels like 21, in philadelphia right now, sunrise time is 7:11. we will see sunshine but with these wind and cold temperatures it will be deceiving. wind 13, 17, 12 miles an hour around the region and that makes it tiehl like the teens and 20's this morning. it feels like 15 degrees in lancaster and 19 in wilmington and 9-degree wind chill this mount pocono. with that sunshine we're only in the 30's by lunchtime. we will stay in the 30's, all daze, we may hit 40 degrees, but it is going to feel like the 20's all day long and get used to it, bob kelly this cold air is hanging around all weekend lo

national pastry day. >> it is. >> yes. >> croissant. >> yes, frozen croissant at this point because of course it is wind chills ineens this morning, and we have a flyers win last night. >> yes. >> yes nice stocking cap with the flyers logo on it. he is all set for a cold, cold morning. it is six out of ten this your weather by the numbers today, look at precipitation, none around here but you can see lake effect snow off lake erie and ontario which means there is very cold air coming in here. how cold in 31 degrees feels like 21, in philadelphia right now, sunrise time is 7:11.

nationals. one day after losing closer "fox sports" ken frozen thal say nats have legitimate chance of landing chris sale. gm rizzo says what will it take to acquire sailor any big name for that matter. >> we'll allocate resources in that's closure ur it's not if it's another position that's type. we're going to give ourselves best chance to get impact full player at the right place and use our dollars the best way we can. >> might want to think about outfielder too other news that may not be well received by fans could the team move on without bryce. signing unnamed team executive "usa today" says harper agent lookinging for ten years $400 million deal. according to some nats not interested he made $5 million last year. you go from $5 millionto $40 million that's a nice raise. and then do that again for ten years. >> why not? >> i cannot imagine nats without bryce harper. >> do you think they'll let him go. >> i think it all comes down to money in the sport. >> what do you think? >> i think if they offer him the money he would stay versus going another team. if they offer him substantial amount mor

frozen wilderness. karen kline was on a trip to the grand canyon national park with her husband and their 10-year-old sonps took them on a detour through service roads. the car became stuck though after they tried turning around. kline who is a triathlete had taken wilderness survival classes and went looking for help on thursday afternoon. she ended up walking more than 25 miles before she was found safe in a cabin on saturday. kline's twin sister spoke about her sister's bravery and said the two will celebrate their 47th birthdays next week. >> kept her going she said is that she didn't want her mother to bury her daughter. she didn't want her son to be without a mother. she didn't want her twin to be without a sister. so, she kept going. >> meanwhile kline's husband and son were able to call 911 after finding had i ever ground. karen kline did suffer some frost bite but she's expected to fully recover. >>> if you live in pennsylvania and you're running a little low on gas you should fill up sooner than later. the state's gas tax is going up in the new year which starts this sunday. drivers have to pay

nations or anyone in the west. the russians say our communication is frozen and the united states in all of the west are clearly frozen out of discussions on syria. practically speaking, that means bashar al assad will most certainly remain in power with russia's backing and support, his forces have murdered hundreds of thousands of syrian civilians and america's proxy war is all but abandoned and clearly lost. rich is live at the state department. what else are they saying about the frozen claims, rich? >> reporter: john kirby finds the statements peculiar by moscow. he does acknowledge, however, that the relations are strained and they have their differences but they talk, particularly on the middle east. >> the defense department acknowledged earlier that they held a deconfliction and certainly on the issues that matter most, i'm not sure what to make of his comment. >> however, the state department does acknowledge the u.s. was not invited to a meeting with iran, turkey and a broader cease-fire in syria. the administration denies this is a smnub. they are keeping john kerry up to date with information coming out o

nation. what went wrong in kansas city? derek carr.had his worst game of the season, and probably of his career.in the frozen arrowhead conditions. and an offense that's been so explosive all year.looked completely out of sync. carr threw for 117-yards.on 17- of-41 passing, which is the 2nd lowest output in nfl history when a quarterback has at least 40 pass attempts. the strongest evidence of his struggles came in the 4th quarter when he and amari cooper.missed on a wide open connection. and then again on the final play, when his lob to seth roberts was batted away. here is carr and jack del rio. speaking of big signings, the giants officially introduced their 62-million dollar acquisition. new closer mark melancon.met the bay area media this afternoon. the 31-year-old right hander is the team's latest significant free agent signing. and he's expected to provide some much needed relief to a bullpen that had a lot of problems last season. the giants set a record.with 30- blown saves. melancon, who signed a four- year deal, has bounced around the league and his most recent stint was with the nationals. finally, a cal women's bask

frozen antarctic. records here show sea ice has not suffered to the same degree as its northern counterpart. but even so, nationalthat antarctic sea ice shrank to a record november low. a warming world does not mean the end of winter weather. in the usa in december, snow and ice caused damage and brought disruption to millions of people. then there is the occasional wintry surprise, such as here in tokyo, which had its first november snowfall in more than half a century. and this, from siberia, what looks like rocks on the shore are thousands of natural snowballs, formed from small pieces of ice rolled ever larger by the wind and water. we saw earlier how to properly dress for the great outdoors, especially, of course, in winter, very important for humans. but you would think sheep, with their woolly coats, would be good to go, whatever the weather. but there is a unique experiment taking place here at the foot of snowdon which proves that they feel the weather, too. just like this one. come on. let's find you a friend. you are a bit heavier than i thought you would be! now, you may have noticed that this is not

national pastry day. how about aes from even croissant. anything left outside today will be frozen. we are seeing lake effect snow by lake ontario, and lake erie, and for us, it is no snow but just cold, cold temperatures. how cold? 30 degrees but it feels like 21, and that is in the city. sunrise time convenience time 7:00 is 11. it is thanks to these wind that are ten, 12, 15 miles an hour that it feels colder then it is. lets get right to the wind chills. eighteen, wind chill in pottstown. feels like 19 in wilmington. the feels like to 22 in wildwood, new jersey. a lot of sunshine but deceiving sunshine with temperatures staying in the 30's all daze long but wind chills in the 20's all day. remember your 20's bob kelly. >> i remember 209's. good old days. good morning everybody. we are jammo on the schuykill expressway. two separate accidents here, all eastbound. first accident occurred at the girard. this is second accident within that delay at montgomery drive. if you are getting ready to head out the trent door, again eastbound on that schuylkill expressway, we are bumper to b

nation. here. >> outside the garden fence is adorned with iron laced like medallions that resemble giant snowflakes frozenace for the holidays. inside the house an angel made of scrap pieces of metal is an enchanting work that a christmas stands for glory near the tree. a strikingly colorful harkens back it to colonial times in haiti, a grand party under way with music and dancing. no doubt there would have been the flavors of haiti's>>> decisional dishes, the savory and the sweet, the fish and the meat. >> and this? i like those. no haitians party without. >> in the dining room the table is set with the official seal of guests to know almost everything here is haitian made. >> we want the glamour. we hope that is a gift that will keep on giving. he says his hope and work is all the things haiti has to offer because they need visitors to come back not just for humanitarian work but to enjoy the beauty of this country. the children come to the drawing room for another holiday tradition the telling of the christmas story. >> mary was about to have a baby. >> the ambassador held his daughters who at 1 and 2

national cemetery for the annual tradition which began back in 1992. >>> now police rush to help after a serious call. they think a person is frozen inside a car.oming up at 11:00 here, wait until you hear was actually inside the vehicle and why the owner of the car is not at all happy tonight. >>> plus, thieves are caught on camera feeling outside of a celebrity's home. who lives here and what the suspects took. lauren. >> a foggy night with temperatures warming up. we'll have a mild morning but a soggy afternoon. we'll talk about that plus much colder air returning by monday. all the details in your full forecast just after this. >> ♪ >> we have breaking news tonight much police say a pizza delivery man shot one of two suspects who robbed him in northeast philadelphia. "eyewitness news" on the 1400 block of wellington street a short time ago. police say the delivery driver was lured to that location and ambushed by the suspects and they took his money and the victim shot one of the suspects in the ankle as they tried to get away from the scene. police arrested the suspects in a nearby house. investigators do believe this may be connected to s

national security team with general flynn and others. >> reporter: the kremlin said today the relations with the u.s. have frozen.hat president obama imposed new sanctions aimed at russia's involvement in crimea and ukraine. >> the next administration will have to make their own tgss about this. we hope they will come to see the wisdom in not conducting business as usual with russia. >> reporter: all leading to the greater question. how friendly will be incoming president be to vladimir putin? >> i think when he calls me brilliant, i'll take the compliment. >> he had to be more cautious with russia than he appears to be. he needs to understand that their interest and their attitude does not align with ours. >> reporter: nowhere may that more clear on the meeting on what to do next in syria. >> translator: all three countries here are united. >> reporter: the talks will not stop moscow from continuing its military operations in syria. but getting some of the national security jobs filled on the to do list. topping that list, maybe a domination for a director of national intelligence and for mr. trump to select his

people who supported this, the ten nations that supported this, will be punished whether it's economically, whether diplomatically or rhetorically, they will be frozen out for a period of time. that's clear from just the statements made already by president-elect trump. what can we do in the middle east? the first thing that has to be done -- i have been stating this again and again and again. i've told general flynn, other people on the transition team, look, the first thing we have to do is we have to win back our friends. there are people bleeding right now, muslims bleeding for us and for our values in the middle east. remember the jordanian fire pilot burnt alive. the nations of the middle east like jordan, egypt, have been neglected and abandoned sometimes by this administration. the first thing the new commander in chief has to do is to build back the relationships, because they have to trust us if we are going to stabilize the middle east. that's what i expect donald trump to do. >> tom? >> dr. gorka, i want to know why now? why do you think the administration is changing now? if they really meant it, why didn't they approach israel in this

nation. >> we're below freezing here. >> reporter: if there's any standing water leftover from sunday morning, look out it could be frozen. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows you there's no active precipitation adding to the problem. we have clouds over the airport early, but we're expecting a transition through a mix of clouds and sun today. it is cold across the region, though, in philadelphia, 28 degrees currently. the windchills making it feel like down around 19 currently. definitely winter coats and extra gear. winds out of the north at 9, not all that strong, but enough to give you a windchill that i mentioned. we have a couple of spots below freezing temperatures and any standing water, yeah, there could be a morning refreeze. that could be an issue behind the wheel and also under foot better chance of iciness in areas of sidewalks that didn't dry out overnight. there you're seeing cloud cover for now, we're seeing a break in western pennsylvania, though, that will move toward the east. overall we're expecting a mix of sun and clouds back and forth. 26 degrees by 8:00 a.m. 28 by 10:00 a.m. 31 by noon. the big

nation. people of philadelphia. insurers are leaving, premiums are soaring, doctors are quitting, deductibles go through the roof. hiring is frozen, totally frozen and wages are being slashed. obama care means higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality. our replacement plan includes health savings accounts, a nationwide insurance market where you can purchase across state lines and letting states manage medicaid dollars so much better. we will create quality, reliable affordable health care in a free market where parents can make the health care decisions that they really want to make for their families. it will be a much better health care at a much less expensive cost. i've led a great life and i truly love our country. so now i want to give back to the country that's been so good to me. that's why i'm doing this. all i see everywhere i travel in this nation, and i've been everywhere, is untapped potential waiting to be realized. the people are amazing. the people are amazing. if we unlock the potential of this country and its incredible people, no dream is outside of our reach. if we stop believing in our failed politician

frozen. ice on the wine barrels up in state elena this morning -- saint elena this morning. they might issue a frost advisory, the national service, for tuesday. that seems to be where the pattern is. now there's a lot of cloud cover up to the north. there's also some rain, snow, ice mix, so if you're traveling maybe you ought to head out early. if you're going north you'll encounter weather issues, weather advisories but most of this is about redding northward, ukiah, but the bulk is staying in washington, oregon. we'll see temperatures in the 40s and 50s today. it will be another very cold night. maybe the north bay will be a little bit warmer but it's dry, but a slightly warmer pattern. the days are so short now and the nights are so long. it's tough to budge this kind of cold air unless you can pick up a breeze or kind of a different air mass and i don't see that happening for a while. what i do see happening is possibility of some rain coming in. not until at least past thursday. if it does come in it might be friday to the north and watch what happens right here. we bring friday into saturday. society friday and chr

national security team with general flynn and others as well as formal. >> briefings come amid increasing global turmoil. kremlin said relations with the u.s. have frozen after president obama imposed new sanctions aimed at russia's involvement in crimea and ukraine. that incoming could reverse. new administration will have to make decisions. hope they see the wisdom of not business as usual with russia and how friendly will the incoming president be with vladimir putin? >> has to be more cautious about russia than he appears to be. he needs to understand their interest and attitude doesn't align with ours. >> nowhere more clear than when the meeting ofussian, iranian and turkish officials on what to do about syria. >> all are united. >> but believe the talks not stop moscow from continuing military operations in syria beyond aleppo. but getting some of the essential national security jobs filled still on the to do list. topping that list may be a nomination for a director of national intelligence and for mr. trump to select his white house advisers on homeland security and counterterrorism, perhaps all the more urgent given recent events. john? >> bar

national security team, with general flinn and others, as well as the formal pbd. >> reporter: the briefings amid increasing global turmoil. relations with the u.s. the kremlin says have frozen a day after president obama imposed new sanctioned aimed at russian's involvement with ukraine. >> the next administration will have to make their own decisions about this. we hope they will come to see in not conducting business as usual with russia. >> reporter: all leading to the greater question, how friendly will be the incoming president be to vladimir putin. >> when he calls me brilliant a i'll take the compliment. >> he has to be more conscious about russia than he is. he needs to understand their interest and attitude does not align with ours. >> reporter: nowhere more clear than the moscow meeting of russian, iranian and turkish officials on what to do next in syria. >> all three countries presented here are united. >> reporter: but u.s. officials still do not believe they will stop talks beyond aleppo. but getting some of the national security jobs filled still on the to-do list. topping that may be a nomination for director of national intelligence and for mr. trump to sel

nation definition nal politics. the one lawmaker said i'm voting no, it's unconstitutional. any law that bans transgender people from a bathroom would be considered unconstitutional. >>> the kremlin describes u.s.-russian relations frozen. what could president-elect donald trump do about russia. we'll discuss that next. >>> on wednesday the kremlin said that nearly all communication channels between russia and the united states have been quote frozen. the u.s. state department disputes that statement. let's bring in democratic representative from michigan congresswoman debbie dingle. good morning. >> good morning. >> the kremlin says that u.s.-ruu.s. u.s.-russian relations are frozen. what do you think about trying to thaw those. >> now no longer with trust what you're being told. the state department is telling us they're engaged with russia on a number of sumbjects. so i'm concerned about how much of this is hyper boll. but we need to be conscious of our relationship with them. we need to be aware of a country that is hacking us and tried to disrupt or election. >> mr. trump thinks it should serve the u.s. interests well as well as the globe to be friendlier to russia and to make them not an enemy. what concerns you?

national security team with general flynn and others, as well as the formal pbd. >> reporter: the briefings come amid increasing global turmoil. the kremlin today said relations with the u.s. have frozen, a day after president obama imposed new sanctions aimed at russia's involvement in crimea and ukraine. sanctions the incoming president could reverse. >> the next administration will obviously have to make their own decisions about this. we hope that they will come to see the wisdom in not conducting business as usual with russia. >> reporter: all leading to the greater question, how friendly will the incoming president be to vladamir putin? >> i think when he calls me brilliant, i'll take the compliment, okay? >> he sure has to be more cautious about russia than he appears to be. he needs to understand that their interests and their attitude does not align with ours. >> reporter: nowhere may that be more clear than the moscow reiting of russian, iranian, and turkish officials about what to do next in syria. >> translator: all three countries represented here are united. >> reporter: but u.s. officials believe that will not stop moscow from continuing military operations in syria bey

frozen. 2016 was a deadly year for law enforcement officers across the u.s. with 130 five killed across the line of duty, the highest level in five years according to the nationalwere shot and killed, up 41% from last year. nearly one in three officers fatally shot were killed in an ambush style attack. u.s. state colleges and universities are facing funding challenges. they are turning to tuition paying students from abroad. the institute of international education find the number of international students is up 85% from the past decade. it has helped keep u.s. public colleges of flow. -- afloat. 120red by more than countries. i am taylor riggs, this is bloomberg. julie: let us get a recap of today's market action. we saw three major averages pullback, but the dow and the s&p barely budging. the nasdaq budging a bit more, but we have seen a reversal of a lot of the trends we have seen since the election in the past week or so, including a little bit more weakness in stocks, in financials as well as weakness in the u.s. dollar and buying happening and bond markets. anchor: thanks, julie. "what'd you miss?" the u.s. could find itself at a trade war with china. w

hey, i'm not going to risk having my assets frozen there and maybe spend years in litigation in the courts? mr. graham: yes. i think the foreign policy of nations and the willingness to assist us as a nation is very much up in the air if we don't somehow modify this law because if you're doing business in the united states, and let's just pick saudi arabia, the claims can be brought against the saudi government if there's a judgment, those assets can be attached and they can be taken. if you're not doing business here, you don't have to worry about your assets being taken by a court. i want to stress this, that there can be a claim, but that claim has to be able to prove that the nation state, example saudi arabia, knew or should have known of the attack itself and aided the attack. now, if you can prove that, then we not only should allow lawsuits, we should really rethink our relationship with saudi arabia. and here's what the saudis tell me. if we actually did that, i don't blame you for rethinking the relationship with us. so the bottom line is what you say is very true, senator mccain. if this law stands in the united states, and this is a

national cocoa day with marshmallows in his hot chocolate. winter weather advisory for lehigh, northampton, carbon and monroe counties. they are only ones left where we see possibility of frozen precipitation. we are at 42 degrees in philadelphia close to freezing in pottstown and allentown, could be slippery there, 45 degrees in wildwood. high temperature of 50 degrees and we will dry out by the even of the morning, and we will talk about, the deep freeze, coming later on this week, in the seven day forecast, bob kelly. >> sueby good morning. rough go as you get ready to grab your cough east and keys and head out there. look at this multi vehicle crash, live look at the roosevelt boulevard, northbound at ninth street and an example of what we are dealing with this morning, the roads are wet, it is tough to have the stopping distance couple cars plowing into each other, and folks were stopped at a red light and obviously speed becomes a factor here. this is northbound boulevard at night. fifteen minute delays on septa 's paoli this thorndale line attributed to amtrak problems. john fenwick service plaza here on the new jersey turnpike, closed because of a gas main leak and th