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nbc's gabe gutierrez has that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight, worries over war protests from san francisco to washington to new york fears of retaliation. >> i think every american should be very worried this was an act of war. >> reporter: police around the u.s. are stepping up security. >> we also know that deterrence is achieved by being unpredictable. so if we think bag checks are necessary, we'll do bag checks. >> reporter: the department of homeland security says there are no specific credible threats here in the u.s., but law enforcement agencies such as the lapd say they're monitoring the situation, while some experts think a conventional attack on u.s. soil is unlikely since it would provoke even harsher retaliation. others warn iran has other options, such as attacks on americans abroad targeting allies with long-range missiles. notably, a cyberattack. experts point to 2016 when the justice department incited several iranians for hacking into the public websites of u.s. banks years earlier, and for breaking into the computer system of a small dam outside new york ci

here is gabe flights in and out of china.is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight the cdc is expanding its travel warning, urging americans to avoid nonessential travel to all parts of china, not just the outbreak's epicenter a senior administration official says the white house is considering more travel restrictions. tonight americans are scrambling to get out arte wflight organized by the state department >> i'm more than a little concerned about what would happen if one or both of us got sick and had no way to get to the hospital. >> reporter: for jacob wilson from louisiana who is working at a tech startup there -- >> don't cry, don't cry. >> reporter: a heart-wrenching realization. no space for him on the flight out >> if there was a bigger plane, they could fit everybody. i definitely want to be on it. >> reporter: that plane is now scheduled to arrive in california tomorrow. today the health and human services secretary said all options have to be on the table. >> americans should know that this is a potentially very s

gabe, you say no?him to start going after her on this specific issue that we have been talking about. he might as vaughn said talk about medicare for all but time and time again people around bernie sanders said this is the time to attack various people in the race and he's done it against joe biden, sort of against pete buttigieg. he refuses to with elizabeth warren and every single do it w elizabeth warren. and ever time he is asked about her and is given an obvious opportunity to do it, he has passed. there is reason for that. >> why? why does he not want to separate himself from her? does he like her so much? >> there is a genuine friendship between these two. they're not going to go out and have beers, but they do like each other and have long seen each other as allies in the senate there was a time before he decide he was going to run, he was calling her my favorite senator. when they sat down to talk, the thing they agreed is they were not going to go after each other. let's not forget, in 2016,

my name is gabe and i am of the team in commcore. -- concorde. we have other massachusetts royalty in the house. thank you for your support. i am in this fight with elizabeth because there are too many people in this country who are doing everything right, everything they are told they are supposed to do and they still not get ahead. candidateshe elizabeth has the most comprehensive diagnosis of what is wrong in this country and the most comprehensive vision for how to fix it. she is building the grassroots organization we need to win and i know she will not stop fighting until she does. we are getting down to the wire in new hampshire as i'm sure you have heard. 17 days left until primary. the work you are doing, the doors you will knock on today, is what is going to make the difference. this is the most important thing anyone could be doing at this stage in a primary. i am sure you have heard about 50% of new hampshire voters are undecided which means that the conversations you have and the impressions you leave at the doors are truly going to

gabe lacques of usa today.and edged out world champions west indies by four runs, in a dramatic first t20 between the sides in grenada. ireland batted first and scored a huge 208—7 — that's their third highest score of all time. paul sterling top scoring with 95 off 47 balls. and the west indies felljust short finshing on 204 for seven. ireland had suffered a 3—0 whitewash to west indies in their recent odi series, missing a glorious chance to take victory in the second match either side of heavy defeats. the final two t20 games will take place in st kitts and nevis on saturday and sunday. ben stokes is a little more decorated today too, after being named the men's cricketer of the year. it follows that 2019 with his heroics at headingley in the ashes and his match winning performance in the world cup final. he's with the rest of the england squad in port elizabeth — ahead of the third test against south africa. having some fun in training too by all accounts. jofra archer isn't expected to be fit to replace ja

gabe so president they're releasing a series of tweets warning iran about any response but most even saying that. yes a series of very incendiary tweets and he's even doing it again just within the last few minutes the president noted states tweeting more threats to iran should they strike back and retaliate against the united states for the u.s. assassination assassinating soleimani trump's tweeting just in the last few minutes that the u.s. will strike iran and hit them harder than they've ever been hit before those are the latest from the president this comes after other tweets from trump partially which you read there which he said that the u.s. has 52 different targets some of which are in iran planning that they have on their list to hit iran again should iran retaliate and in the one of those tweets earlier he said that some of the 52 targets are important cultural culturally to iran which really raises eyebrows of a lot of people because that iran has over 20 different cultural world unesco world heritage sites in the country over 20 of them and it's a war crime to target non

>> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> and just ahead, a ground-breaking new law, will it be a game changer for your online privacy >>> the terrifying video, a dog's leash caught in the elevator door. the neighbor that came to the rescue stay with us >>> tonight amid growing concerns of privacy there is a bigger say who can and cannot make money off your data stephanie gosk has the details. >> reporter: it should come as little surprise, nearly every click, search and download is being tracked and in some cases, that information sold to advertisers. but today in california, a new law goes into effect returning at least some control over that data back to consumers. r privacy to live and thrive in this digital age. >> reporter: the california comes at a time when an increasing number of americans are concerned with how their information is being collected and used. >> you'll be able to find out what companies are collecting about you and then you'll be able to say no, i don't want my data sold to third parties. >> reporter: legislation like this is a first step and far from perfect. among th

i want to take you live to gabe gutierrez live in richmond. of the rally. tell us what you're seeing on the ground there. >> hey, there, hallie. well people began to line up at the state capitol before dawn. thankfully so far it's been a peaceful protest. you can see behind me a massive crowd has shown up here outside of the perimeter set up by police here at the virginia state capital. you see in the distance there, we have seen throughout the morning a lot of trump 2020 banners. but people here that are really furious at what's doing on in the state legislature here and what they see as overreaching by the democratic led senate -- legislature here. so if we come over here i want to speak to one of the gun rights supporters. what's your name? >> c.b. mckenna. >> you're not from virginia? >> i'm from north carolina. >> so you drove eight hours to be here at this rally and i'm going to ask my cameraman to show you the crowd. why was it so important for you to be here today? >> i come to support our brothers and sisters in virginia. if the secon

our gabe gutierrez is there. >> reporter: from above, the makeshift tent cities tell you something. >> i've been seeing a lot of broken houses. >> reporter: captain carlos benitas has been rushing supplies to southwestern puerto rico much like he did after hurricane maria two years ago. >> i see people sleeping outside because they scared to sleep inside their own house. >> reporter: on the ground, we spoke with this lady minutes after the latest aftershock she and her wheelchair bound husband lost their home during the hurricane and rebuilt and fear it will buckle again. >> i don't know what i'm going to do right now because for me, it's hard. >> reporter: over the last few weeks, more than 1,000 tremors displaced some 8,000 people here. >> this is the closest power plant, the largest one in puerto rico it's still out of commission and authorities estimate it could take a year to repair. >> reporter: parts of puerto rico are still reeling from the hurricane. this week this 13-year-old died just off the mainland, and that island lost its main hospital >> we have to do something about

nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us from richmond. >> reporter: frances, good morning, this was originallyailed as a gun rights activists on martin luther king jr but finding chatter online throughout the country prompting the governor here in virginia to declare a state of emergency police in richmond are high alert fanning guns and torches, creating a perimeter at the state capital. even the faa is taking precautions, prohibiting drones from operating near the area monday >> i don't know the magnitude of it all how vim worried for the people r has declared a state of emergency, hoping to avoid a repeat of the deadly protests in charlottesville in 2017.t mayhem and violence to happen here. >> reporter: on friday came the arrest of four suspected neo-nazis connected to what authorities call the white supremacist group. it calls itself the base, the english translation of al qaeda. on thursday, officials arrested three members of that same group with weapons to attend the rally in richmond. but organizers insist the rally will be peaceful, meant to protest democrats taking control of the st

in the u.s., five confirmed cases but 110 being investigated in 26 states here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight worldwide fears of a coronavirus outbreak are mounting with the number of deaths in china rising to 81 more than 2,700 people have been infected in the u.s., just five confirmed cases but the cdc says 110 people are under investigation across 26 states. >> we all anticipate indeed that there will be yet further patients identified. >> reporter: today u.s. stocks tumbled much like they did during the sars wn more than 400 points the cdc says the immediate health risk here in the u.s. is low, but there interpretations from health officials how contagious this virus is over the weekend, china's health minister said people can spread the virus before they become symptomatic. today the cdc said it's found no evidence and highly unlikely the virus could survive on imported goods from china in wuhan where the virus originated, social media message urged people to chant from their balconies all at once under quarantine the state department now says it plans to evacuate consu

claims the awards are rigged and big-named artists may have been cheated out of nominations nbc's gabe gutierrez has that >> i'm so excited to be here with you this morning. >> reporter: just two months after announcing the grammy award nominations, the ousted ceo of the recording academy deborah dugan is claiming there's widespread corruption due to a boys club mental within the organization in her discrimination complaint dugan says committees added 30 of this year's possible nominees even though they had not made the cut in voting. she also claims one of this year's nominees for song of the year was voted 18th in the category but got a nomination anyway because he or she served on the nominating committee dugan did not identify other artists like sheeran and ariana grande missed out on nominations even though they had enough votes. what is most shocking to you about this complaint? >> i think what's most shocking to me about this complaint is that it's gone on for so long, and that there is no oversight over the voting committee, that you could actually vote for yourself ♪ >> report

airports gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york. >>> prince andrew is under new fire here in the u.s. an american prosecutor issuing the royal a rare public scolding in the investigation into his former friend the late jeffrey epstein. here is stephanie gosk. >> reporter: prince andrew's silence speaking volumes to american authorities in an unusual move today, the u.s. attorney called out the royal for refusing to answer questions in their investigation of his former friend jeffrey epstein. >> the southern district of new york and the fbi have contacted prince and to date, princ andrew has provided zero cooperation. >> reporter: in the fall, prince andrew denied having sex with accuser virginia when she was a teenager. >> would you be willing to testify or give a statement under oath if you were asked? >> i'm like everybody else i would have to take all the legal advice that there was before i was to do that sort of thing, but if push came to shove and the legal advice was to do so, then i would be duty bound to do so. >> reporter: days after the prince's widely panne interview, prin

of protesters to the state capital in virginia today but none of the violence that officials feared gabe gutierrez is in richmond. >> reporter: the crowd stretched for blocks a peaceful protest sounding off about proposed gun legislation in virginia. >> this is infringing on every right we have as far as gun rights >> reporter: security was tight with metal detectors, drone restrictions and a temporary ban of firearms on capitol grounds, but elsewhere, the second amendment was on full display. there are thousands of people and many protesters chose to stay here outside of the perimeter so they wouldn't have to give up their weapons >> law-abiding gun owners aren't the problem. >> reporter: virginia's governor declared a state of emergency, hoping to avoid a repeat of the deadly protest in charlottesville in 2017. last week, several suspected white supremacists were arrested several planned to attend today's rally. event as a call to action, tweeting the democratic party in virginia is working hard to take away your second amendment rights in the past few weeks, the democratic-led legisla

reported the state house will now consider those gun bills after the senate passed them lester >> gabe gutierrez tonight, thank you. >>> on this mlk jr. day, a rare display of solidarity for democrats in the race for key battleground and elizabeth warren and bernie sanders face-to-face in public for the first time since that tense debate moment. here is geoff bennett. >> reporter: a show of unity today as the democratic presidential contenders celebrated the reverend dr. martin luther king's legacy in south carolina bernie sanders and elizabeth warren putting their differences aside after their dispute of gender and electability. >> i marched down this street with optimism because i feel hope, i see hope. >> our job is not just to remember the history of dr. king it is to absorb his revolutionary spirit and apply it today >> folks we have a chance to rip out the systemic roots of racism in this country. >> reporter: "the new york times" passing biden by, announcing a dual endorsement for the first time ever, backing warren and amy klobuchar, calling them the best advocates for the demo

gabe gutierrez is following the development in all of this. gabe, it's pretty early into the investigation, but do we have any sense what might have led to this? >> weather may be a factor, according to the pennsylvania police. ntsb investigators are on their way to the scene right now. within the past hour or so, we learned more information about this crash. it happened just before 4:00 a.m. this morning. as you mentioned, five people sadly were killed. about 60 others were rushed to hospitals. we're told they do not have life-threatening injuries according to the police. but there is still an investigation as to how this happened. according to the pennsylvania state police, they say the weather changed shortly before the crash. that's what they were told by several passengers. that tour bus was coming down a steep hill and ended up on an embankment as it tried to make a turn. those two other tractor trailers ran into each other. there was a third as well as a passenger vehicle. about 60 people were injured. we are told by authorities that th

her to reconsider the choice of the controversial new novel american dirt for her book club here is gabe gutierrez. tie selection has struck an emotional cord >> reporter: oprah's latest book club pick struck such a chord the "american dirt publisher cancelled the book tour over safety concerns. flat iron books says while there are valid criticisms around the promotion, there is no excuse for threats of physical violence. the novel is about a mexican mother and her young son fleeing to the u.s. border, cummings is of irish and puerto rican descent. on social media, a firestorm. one person writing this book is a harmful stereotypical and inaccurate representation of mexican immigrants cummings responded to the backlash saying he did five years of research. >> voices of color and women's voices have been hijacked for a long time. >> reporter: this controversy comes after another for oprah earlier this month when she pulled out of a documentary with russell simmons with concerns it was being rushed to premiere at sundance >> i unequivocally say i did not pull out because of russell. >> repo

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, new york. >>> just three days before the super bowl and it turns out one of the officials this sunday has a controversial call in his past here is kerry sanders. >> reporter: the teams are ready and their fans excited. >> chiefs fan all the way. >> reporter: tonight a new controversy, this year's super bowl referee bill vinovich. he's accused of a spectacularly bad call at the end of last season that the new orleans saints believe cost them a slot at the 2019 super bowl. >> it's a game-changing call. >> reporter: nfl commissioner roger goodell didn't want to talk and refs are prohibited from commenting, but on twitter, fans stirred up bill vinovich shouldn't be allowed to ref a pop warner game others are more supportive. >> i think our officials do a great job. >> reporter: unlike the teams that got here winning games, officials are chosen for their role based largely on graded performances during the regular and postseason, and despite last year's controversial call, vinovich's grades this year earning him the top spot lester >> kerry, thank you. >>> next, t

lester >> a lot of people talking about it gabe, thank you. >>> a dangerously cold night across much of the south, and a new storm threatening to impact more than 30 states. al roker is here al, what are you watching >> lester, brutal wind chills for the southeast including florida where wind chills will feel like it's well below freezing and then we have this system pushing out of the rockies that is going to be bringing in really rough weather heavy rain in texas. a wintry mix to the north. by thursday, there is ice and snow in the upper midwest. slippery road and travel delays. friday it makes its way into the northeast with showers and thunderstorms from the southeast. snowfall amounts anywhere heavy from the plains on into the northeast and then look for the possibility of heavy rain through the southeast. lester >> all right, thanks, al >>> still ahead, chaos at a high school wrestling match when a parent charged on to the mat. we'll tell you what happened next >>> all right, we're back now with a high school wrestling match that took a disturbing turn when a dad rushes in and

claims the awards are rigged and big name artists have been cheated out of nominations here's nbc's gabeierrez with the story. >> i'm so excited to be here with you this morning. >> reporter: just two months after announcing the grammy award nominations, the ousted c.e.o. of the recording academy deb debra dougin claims there is widespread corruption due to boys club mentality. committees added 30 of this year's possible nominees, even though they had not made the cut in voting. she also claims one of this year's nominees for "song of the year" was voted 18th in that category, but got a nomination anyway because he or she served on the nominating committee. dougan did not identify the song, but other artists like ed sheeran and ariana grande missed out on nomination even though they had enough votes. >>> what is most shocking to you about this complaint >> i think what's most shocking to me about this complaint is that it's gone on for so long and that there is no oversight over the voting committee that you can actually vote for yourself >> reporter: the academy has not specifically add

reporter: the suspect in the stabbing attack is due in court here tomorrow has not yet enteredr. >> gabegutierrez, thank you. dead wildfire pthis evening, th catastrophe in australia where tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their home. the situation could get even worse janis mackey frayer is in the fire zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight authorities in australia declaring a state of emergency, with wildfires ravaging the southeastern coast forcing mass evacuation. entire towns and tourists with only hours to get out firefighters, many of them volunteers, trying to fight back the flames we made it to a town where firefighters are overwhelmed. >> we're not looking forward to tomorrow. that's all i can say >> reporter: why is that >> it gets scary sometimes. >> reporter: thousands can't leave, trapped on beaches, waiting to escape the to help communities that are utterly destroyed. >> the block we're on has been burned from one side to the other. there's not a blade of grass in it. >> reporter: at least 17 people have been killed at a firefighter's funeral today, a young boy a

stepped up security. >> wherever i walk, i walk with the pepper spray i'm afraid. >> our thanks to gabe gutierrez for that report. >>> this morning, a weeks-long state of emergency has been declared in parts of australia as deadly wildfires continue to ravage the country thousands of residents have evacuated from their homes there are thousands of firefighters continuing to battle over 100 fires that have killed at least 17 people. here's nbc's janis mackey frayer >> reporter: authorities in australia declaring a state of emergency with wildfires ravaging the southeastern coast. forcing a mass evacuation. entire towns and tourists with only hours to get out. firefighters, many of them volunteers, trying to fight back the flames we made it to this town where firefighters are overwhelmed. >> we're not looking forward to tomorrow that's all i can say >> why is that >> it gets scary ometimes. >> reporter: thousands can't leave, trapped on beaches waiting to escape. the military deployed to help communities that are utterly destroyed. >> the block that we're on has been burned from one side

in florida gabe >> caller: booyah, cramer. >> booyah, gabe. >> caller: i've been in facebook for a while. do you think it will continue to outperform -- >> i'm watching maybe fall i think people say that buy twitter because that is more opportunity or do people say the web is slowing so we have to hold that in abeyance and my travel trust sold some facebook and maybe not enough didn't want to take some taxes let me do work but i do happen to like twitter and i use it a lot obviously. a lot. to john in florida john. >> caller: hi jim. it is quite a while. this is john kay in eden, florida. >> how are you doing what is going on. >> caller: could you give me your insight on rite aid. >> this is a short squeeze when they reported the quarter. it went up big and then came back down. you know what, look, i like to -- i can't game short squeezes but i like cvs. that is charlie victor, not the pathetic cbs which is thousand buya come. larry merlot doing a fantastic job there. to richard in california richard? >> caller: hey, what is up cramer thanks i'm calling from oakland, home of the stormer

gabe thank you. well we're hearing from local media and israel the prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short his trip to greece to deal with the potential political fallout of all in mon khan joins us now from west jerusalem so he's cut his trip short him bron. what are they going to be thinking that might happen in reaction to these attacks well already the israelis have reacted now what's happened is there is a security cabinet meeting underway right now that happens as any crisis like this develops as a matter of routine they'll meet they'll discuss what they need to do they've already issued 3 directives firstly raising the alert to every single diplomatic mission abroad as a result of these events overnight they are also raising the alert on the border with lebanon and with syria because of this as well and. looking to see what they go to do next this is the neighborhood if there's going to be any reaction it will be within the middle east and israel clearly is in the middle of the middle

gabe gutierrez joins us now with the latest on what he's learning. what do you know? >> just within the past few minutes, we heard from one of the hospitals treating some of these victims. as you mentioned, about 60 people rushed to the hospital. most of them have been released, but five people have lost their lives. we had not known the makeup of these victims. we now know according to the hospital that the victims range in age in 15 years old to 6 7 years old. let's take a listen from the news conference that just wrapped up a short time ago. >> we had students. we had a numb of adolescents, which really concerned us considering they were deaths a at the scene. and we had some family members. we had a a brother and sister, a mother and son, mother and daughter, so it really was a combination of different people that really kind of interested in supporting each other coming into this tragic scene. >> so the information that we're hearing from pennsylvania state police is this crash happened around 4:00 this morning in mount pleasant, pennsylvania. a rural area about

gabe gutierrez is joining me with more. we heard from police a few minutes ago.an you give us an update why this happened? >> reporter: yeah. this is a devastating crash as you saw from the images, includes several vehicles, three tractor-trailers. you see the tour bus there as well as one other passenger vehicle. the new developments that we just heard from pennsylvania authorities is that five people have been killed, about 60 have been taken to the hospital. several have been treated and released. we just learned that this was a tour bus that was heading from new jersey to ohio. this crash happened just before 4:00 this morning. the national transportation safety board investigators are on their way to the scene. we're told by authorities that the people in the tour bus, included a lot of japanese and spanish speakers. many of the people in the bus were from outside the country. that's proven a little difficult to communicate exactly what happened leading up to the crash. authorities do say that around the time of the crash, they were told by some of the passe

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in new york's times square where one of those protests took place. what are people telling you about why they came out there, gabe? >> reporter: hi there, kendis. good afternoon. protests wrapped up here just a short time ago. not a huge protest. just more than 100 people, but they were very angry about the trump administration's justification about that air strike against general soleimani. protesters we spoke with were not only, did not buy the trump administration's justification for that, they also feared retaliation, and slal pimilar protests are expected across the country from san francisco to los angeles. here in new york as well as in washington, d.c. take a listen to some of what the protesters had to say. >> how worried about you about retaliation after the strike two days ago. >>> i mean, incredibly worried. i think every american should be very worried. this was an act of war. >> i'm horrified by everything trump is doing and certainly horrified by this. >> very concerned about iran's retaliation wherever it may be. and -- my reason for

my name is gabe. i am on elizabeth's team here in concord. thank you so much to congressman mcgovern for your words of inspiration. i know we have other massachusetts royalty in the house other representatives with , us. thank you for your support. i am in this fight with elizabeth, because there are too many people in this country who are doing everything right, everything that they are told they are supposed to do, and they still cannot get ahead, because there are structural obstacles in their place. of all the candidates, elizabeth has the most comprehensive diagnosis of what is wrong in this country and the most comprehensive vision for how to fix it. and she is building the grassroots organization that we need to win. and i know she won't stop fighting until she does. so we are getting down to the wire in new hampshire, as i'm sure you guys have heard. 17 days left until primary day. in the work that you are all doing, the doors that you will knock on to day, that is what will make the difference. this is the most important thing that a

limit gun rights but there are concerns that militant white supremacist groups also plan to attend gabe gutierrez has our report >> reporter: tonight, police in richmond are on hig alert banning guns and torches and creating a perimeter at the state capitol. even the faa is taking precautions prohibiting drones from operating near the area monday >> i don't know the magnitude of it all, how big it will be or how violent it could get. i'm worried for the people that will be there. >> reporter: virginia's governor declared a state of emergency hoping to avoid a repeat of the protest in 2017 >> we will not allow that mayhem and violence to happen here >> reporter: on friday four suspected neo-nazis connected to a white supremacist group were arrested it calls itself the base, the english translation of al qaeda on thursday the fbi arrested three other members of the statement group who officials say had weapons and discussed attending the rally in richmond but organizers insist the rally will be peaceful, meant to protest democrats taking control of the state legislature proposing several

mentor in the big brother program and i want to extend or deepest condolences to dawn, alex, nick and gabe and the rest i submit. >> supervisor pr -rbgeston. >> colleagues, today i am announcing plans to extend rent control protections to the tenants at midtown park apartments. this 139 unit-apartment complex located in the philmore is occupied by residents, particularly long-term african-american and immigrant tenants and for years, the tenants at mid-town believed they were cover bid th covered t control law and treated as such. in 2013, the city abruptly shifted gears. many received increases, including some as high as 300% of what they were previously paying. the tenants challenged the rent increases but the rent board ruled that the rent control law does not extend to midtown because the property is owned by the city. there are many issues to be resolved, including working out a longer term plan regarding the ownership and operation of midtown. thanks to organizing by the midtown tenant's association and allies, the city's original plan to demolish midtown is off the table. i look for

francisco just hired the league's first full-time female coach. 29-year-old tran41 will be an assistant on gabe kapler's staff. the former sacrament estate stop a player has a masters degree in sports management. she is been with the giants since 2014, starting as an intern. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi slamming facebook. coming up, what sparked her rent against the social network site. >>> a milestone that has only been accomplished four times in history. a bay area tech company just reached it. >>> coming up, 49ers playoff coverage continues. the bay area roots of one star player. america isn't just sick of donald trump, america's getting sicker. there are one million more uninsured americans every year under trump. and he's repeatedly tried to repeal obamacare. mike bloomberg will make sure everyone without health coverage can get it, and everyone who likes theirs, keep it. while capping fees to lower costs. as mayor, he helped expand coverage to seven hundred thousand more people. and championed women's reproductive health. as president, he'll give access to everyone. i'm mike bloomberg a

finn and gabe, posing like gangsters, holding knives, guns and bags of weeds and bottles of booze. elder admits, our boy ses no saint. he's been in trouble before with a fight. and he's had problems with marijuana. the instagram images of him have shamed us and him, too. but the idea that he went out that night, intending to kill a cop, as the prosecution states, is absurd. we contacted italian police and a spokesman tells us, they cannot make comments in this phase. finnigan denies demanding cocaine in return for the backpack. they wanted their money back. you can read the op-ed at abc news abc 7.com. >>> the fur was flying when people attending a furry convention helped restrain a man accused of beating his girlfriend. >> hey, hey. >> a strange scene. this started when a car stopped by a group that ascended fur-con. they can see a man in the passenger seat attack a woman who is driving. a stranger pulled the man out. others helped restrain him. he now faces charges. >>> let's move on and talk about the weather forecast. more rain coming. >> meteorologist sandhya patel has the for

nbc's gabe gutierrez spoke to one of the parents >> i did hear someone yell or you'll be terminated >> reporter: what did that mean? >> that they were about to kill us if we didn't provide that money. >> she says the breaches were not a result of hacking into company records. >> sicily tyson has more than 80 years in the industry. >>> it is my honor of a lifetime to induct you, my idol, colleague, friend, family in the television academy hall of fame. >> the 95-year-old actress was inducted into the television academy hall of fame and shonda rhimes presenting her with the honors tyson is the first black actor to star in a tv series >> we're just two days away from the super bowl and we're learning one of the officials has a controversial call in his past >> reporter: the teams are ready and their fans excited with a new controversy this year's super bowl referee >> crowd's going crazy >> reporter: he's accused of a spectacularly bad call at the end of last season the new orleans saints believe cost them a slot in the 2019 super bowl. roger goodell didn't want to talk and refs are proh

>> that is reassuring, gabe, thanks >> turning to brazil where 30,000 people have been displaced. the storms are triggers floods and land slides. 54 people have been killed and 18 more missing. over 120 cities and towns have declared a state of emncing now. here is bill carons. >> compared to that we are all right. slippery spot. areas of kansas and oklahoma, you can see the new storm system coming in to the middle of the country and the worst of it is areas of south, southern kansas and also, out in panhandle of oklahoma so, here is how it will play out today. the storm dives through texas, showers and thunderstorms throughout the day from dallas to houston air port delays will be possible we will see a bit of snow trying to make its way through oklahoma but during the daylight hours it will change to rain. by tomorrow morning we will raining in areas of southern louisiana and mississippi and by the storm in wednesday afternoon, will go through florida and georgia. by then, ww accumulations of southern and central missouri, the roads will be fine around kansas city and st. louis.

with more, here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight less than a week before the grammys, the show's ousted chief executive is fighting back. deborah dugan had been hired to help address gender inequality but last week she was placed on administrative leave today her attorney filed a complaint with the equal employment opportunity commission and compared the recording academy's treatment of dugan to those who defended harvey weinstein the attempt by the recording academy to impugn the character of deborah dugan is a transparent effort to shift the focus away from its own unlawful activity this blatant form of retaliation is all too common. even post-me too a source with direct knowledge of the event that told nbc news that dugan had been removed after the previous ceo's assistant of 20 years had accused her of a bullying management style dugan's attorneys say this all comes after dugan sent the memo to human resources where she voiced concerns about voting irregularities, financial mismanagement and conflicts of interesting among other things in today's bombshell complaint, dugan als

nbc's gabe gutierrez is there for us. good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning.ort time ago, michelle carter walked out of that building behind me a free woman. officials say she earned time off for good behavior. a striking departure from the image of a troubled teen who encouraged her boyfriend to end his life. this morning michelle carter is out of jail after earning time off for good behavior. a spokesman for the bristol county sheriff's office called her a model inmate who worked in the kitchen serving meals, attended programs and was extremely polite to the staff. originally, she was sentenced to 15 months behind bars after a judge found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old conrad roy iii. she served 11 months. in a statement, roy's family said her time in jail, no matter how long or short, will not change the outcome of a guilty verdict, which is thankfully being upheld. the case attracted national attention including a dateline hour, scripted lifetime movie and an hbo documentary "i love you, now die." over the two years cart

finn and gabe, posing like gangsters, holding knives, guns and bags of weeds and bottles of booze. elder admits, our boy ses no saint. he's been in trouble before with a fight. and he's had problems with marijuana. the instagram images of him have shamed us and him, too. but the idea that he went out that night, intending to kill a cop, as the prosecution states, is absurd. we contacted italian police and a spokesman tells us, they cannot make comments in this phase. finnigan denies demanding cocaine in return for the backpack. they wanted their money back. you can read the op-ed at at att news abc 7.com. >>> the fur was flying when people attending a furry convention helped restrain a man accused of beating his girlfriend. >> hey, hey. >> a strange scene. this started when a car stopped by a group that ascended fur-con. they can see a man in the passenger seat attack a woman who is driving. a stranger pulled the man out. others helped restrain him. he now faces charges. >>> let's move on and talk about the weather forecast. more rain coming. >> meteorologist sandhya patel has the

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gabe, before i let you go, because i want to get reporting from you.ly they're dancing at the idea of bernie sanders or elizabeth warren. that would be the dream ticket, of course, if they joined -- >> why are they working so hard to make it joe biden? or to take out joe biden? >> you know, they're really worried that trump world is worried joe biden will peel off, has the best chance of peeling off voters in pennsylvania, wisconsin, ohio. the industrial midwest that trump carried in 2016. that's historically been biden territory. >> are they scared of bloomberg? >> they're scared of his money and the idea that he can basically has an unlimited checkbook to fund attack ads against trump. i don't think anyone says bloomberg feels as an actual threat. >> bloomberg, any traction? >> no. steyer is doing better than he is in most polls. >> the only thing i will give bloomberg, he got a huge endorsement out of south carolina. that's a big endorsement. >> i asked the mayor, why did you do that? what was the kick? he said he believes bloomberg has a path to vi

gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> let's switch gears and get the forecast from al. >> we've been talkingd it is pushing in through the lower gulf and into the mid-mississippi river valley with temperatures today anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees below average. tomorrow though, temperatures warm up, chicago, detroit, pittsburgh, new york, boston all above average. for today though we have wintry travel especially in the mid-plains and the upper great lakes. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look at bay bridge where we see low clouds moving by. still mistle and drizzle but we'll get peeks of sunshine and temperatures from the upper 50s to lower 60s. the forecast will dry out and warm up, by the end of the week reaching low 60s inland and a mostly sunny sky. but more clouds move in on sunday. rain moves in late saturday night and continues throughout the day on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right look who's here. >> carson. >> hey, now. >> good news for yankee fans the captain is headed to coopers up cooperstown. coming up we'll show you his emotional resp

>> not yet but we'll continue to. >> thanks, gabe. >>> we're going to head back to mr. record what are we looking at, buddy? >> we are looking at this atmospheric river, it will bring a ton of rain to that area we are talking some places by sunday picking up to 7 inches or more in the puget sound. we will be watching that carefully. we have temperatures that are a mixed bag but milder along the milder tier of states from minneapolis to billings, new york city. cooler as you get into the southern tier states tomorrow temperatures start rising, chicago above normal, same for minneapolis and buffalo. as we get towards the week, weekend, temperatures start to >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're seeing a clear sky as we check out the golden gate bridge. no fog here but we've seen it in the inland areas ab here is the atmosphere al was talking about. we're going to continue on with dry weather. temperatures warming up so we're in the upper 60s for next couple of days and into the weekend it will cool off. early next week back in the upper 50s but still no rai

gabe it's hard to believe that a letter of such importance was leaked mistakenly and officials have been scrambling up there not to limit the fallout i mean this has been a pretty bad week for the pentagon. this is been a terrible week for the pentagon and monday was probably one of the worst days the pentagon has had in a very very long time i mean this was a problem that it was on multiple levels it wasn't just one little simple mistake here was this letter that was sent out on department of defense letterhead that was has the name of a general u.s. general based in iraq that was leaked and the letter is very clear it says sir in due diligence to the sovereignty of the republic of iraq and as requested by the iraqi parliament to the prime minister u.s. forces will be repositioning our forces over the course of the coming days and weeks to prepare for onward to movement i mean that was very clearly interpreted as u.s. troops are pulling out of iraq but that wasn't the case because as soon as this came out this started the report of the pentagon scrambled together to figure out what this