gutierrez: that is certainly a possibility. rules of origin, we have to be careful to make sure they are looked at on a product byproduct basis. more can do better buying from each other and improving and generating more employment in the region by doing that, by all means, let's do it. if that would allow us to export to other regions in the world, we can certainly do that. that's what the negotiating teams are looking at right now. shery: mexico has many trading partners. if nafta collapses, who would take the place of the united states? amb. gutierrez: let's just say that i don't think nafta will collapse. in the end, we will be able to get a deal that works for the three sites. mexico is an open economy. we have 40 trade agreements because we believe in free trade . we sure that view. it needs to be free and fair trade that guides us. it needs to be beneficial. shery: ambassador geronimo gutierrez, mexico's ambassador to the united states. david: coming up, we will have our exclusive interview with tom onrick, getting his t

luis gutierrez, s/john kelly, jefe de gabinete de la casa blanca s/cong. adriano espaillat, s/cong.paul ryan, s/randy serrano, @serranonews mitad de semana en la capital y aun no hay un acuerdo sobre daca. lo que si hubo en el congreso este miércoles más negociaciones y más reuniones. la primera del día fue entre el caucus hispano del congreso y el jefe de gabinete de la casa banca john kelly. s/cong. luis gutierrez, l dijo que el presidente firmar un proyecto de ley y que él está dispuesto a firmar lo que el congreso decida. pero donald trump ya rechazó el primer plan bipartidista sobre daca la semana pasada y en la reunión con kelly no se concretó un acuerdo. s/john kelly, jefe de gabinete de la casa blanca eso a pesar de que kelly dijo que tuvo buenas conversaciones con congresistas sobre el tema.. y de los detalles de dos proyectos de ley que se dieron a conocer esta semana uno en el senado y otro en la cámara baja que protegerían a los soñadores y aumentarían la seguridad fronteriza. s/cong. adriano espaillat, nosotros estamos dispuestos a ceder a cambio de que los soñadores es

gutierrez argument is sort of one of essentially class. rich. >> tucker: that's how i read it. not just gay marriage, it is global warming. it is one that they feel is central but doesn't rate for those making under 50 grand. do they care about the daca recipients? >> they should because if americans won't vote for you, you have to import people that will. that's why they need to be concerned about this issue. gutierrez is a perfect person to wage this civil war in the democratic party. his district, the 4th district is the definition of gerrymandering. it looks like an earmuff. he basically brought together these latino communities that he represents and if there's one thing that we know about this sort of collectized mentality, the collective group the left bring together, they don't really have much in common. a lot of puerto ricans and mexican-americans are maybe right on social issues. >> tucker: one of my least favorite qualities of the left is that people look-a-like are alike which is not true. thank you. >> thank you. >> tucker: j

and why are they cutting deals that include giving in, as luis gutierrez said, giving him even nominal money to build a wall across the southern border of the united states? why are democrats in the room? >> first of all, we have to save those 800,000 kids. and it shouldn't be related to the wall or anything else. but i just want to say, i'm insulted. i am insulted at his remarks. as a first-generation american on my mother's side escaped her family, escaped discrimination and hatred and death. i just want to say, donald trump abundantly clear there is no role for brown, tan, yellow, lgbt people in the future that he wants to create in america. >> senator boxer, why are democrats it cutting deals with him? one of the things that is interesting, it was apparently -- there's something on the democratic side that leaked out what he said. but why are democrats sitting across the table from somebody who has these views? he's said them for a very long time. and why are they cutting deals that include giving in, as luis gutierrez said, giving him even nominal money to build a wall across the

pedro: emilio gutiÉrrez, un periodista mexicano que se entregÓ junto a su hijo en un puerto internacionalno solamente hace a emilio. es una polÍtica de cero tolerancia. pedro: en un comunicado, las autoridades migratorias dicen que este asunto estÁ pendiente ante la junta de apelaciones de inmigraciÓn. segÚn el abogado, aunque una corte suspendiÓ su deportación ahora el gobierno usa una decisiÓn de deportación de cinco aÑos que le fue impuesta en 1999 para mantenerlo preso. >> no tiene nada que ver con las amenazas por el gobierno mexicano y la verdad que inmigraciÓn estÁ usando cualquier excusa. ped -- pedro: al aspecto preguntamos a emilio por telÉfono cÓmo se encuentra. >> [indiscernible] pedro: segÚn el abogado de emilio gutiÉrrez, él ingresÓ a este centro de detenciÓn el 7 de diciembre del 2017 yy su permanencia en esta instalaciÓn se podrÍa prolongar por varios meses. >> tuvimos una junta con el director de inmigraciÓn y le dijimos: seÑor, usted tiene que dejar a mi cliente antes de la navidad. es una injusticia lo que usted estÁ haciendo. y me dijo que no. pedro: esta es sÓlo una l

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, toledo, ohio. >>> thanks for being with us tonight. that is nightly news for tuesday. i'm lester holt. stay tuned for ourthis is at "sa scrapyard in richmond. a shelter in place order has been issued in the area. >>> we're following breaking news on the east bay. this is sims metal. a scrapyard in richmond. you can follow our twitter and facebook feed for the latest on this fire. >>> we're also just moments away from president trump's state of the union address. this is a live look inside the capitol building as we await his arrival just moments away. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we expect to hear about the economy and state of security. you can see there the first lady. we're now looking inside the house chamber. we now join lester holt for coverage of the state of the union. >> i have been very active in overturning a number of executive actions by my predecessors. >> i believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible. >> believe me, we have to close down our government with buil

nbc's gabe gutierrez now with some potentially life-saving advice. >> killing it already. >> reporter: the potillo family felt like they were under attack. how bad was it? >> it was pretty bad. our 11-year-old got it first and then two days later our 2-year-old got it and then two days later i got it. >> reporter: so you dropped like dominos. >> drop like dominos. >> reporter: amy and her husband frantically wiping down surfaces to stop the flu. >> it was really frightening because when my 2-year-old's fever got really high, i was afraid he might have a seizure. >> reporter: it's gotten so bad in alabama the governor's declared a public health emergency. last week this school closed. >> it's been a bad year. >> reporter: and children's of alabama had to divert patients from its packed e.r. >> right now, one-quarter of more of all the patients in our pediatric intensive care unit have influenza or influenza-associated complications. >> reporter: this year's outbreak now widespread in every state but hawaii, taking the life of this 10-year-old in connecticut and this mother of three in

luis gut gutierrez and mark meadows. congressman gutierrez, let me begin with you. has a poll that americans think it's more important to avoid a shut down, 56%, versus continuing daca, 34%. are you worried at all about democrats over playing their hand? >> let me start by saying this, look, i think the wall is a monumental waste of tax payer money. it's to build a monument to stupidity and it's just idiotic. having said that, if that's what it's going to take in order to put 800,000 young men and women in this country, d.r.e.a.m.ers, and put them in a safe place and put them on a course to full integration, if that's what the hostage takers of the d.r.e.a.m.ers, if that's their ransom call, i say pay it. >> i thought mexico was supposed to pay for the wall. >> next november we'll deal with the kidnappers at the election. let's reopen the government. that's what the president said. he said i want to wall. as despicable as it is, as hurtful as it is to people like me and others in this country, we're ready to sacrifice that so the d.r.e.a.m.ers can have freedom in th

and why are they cutting deals that include giving in, as luis gutierrez said, giving him even nominal money to build a wall across the southern border of the united states? why are democrats in the room? >> first of all, we have to save those 800,000 kids. and it shouldn't be related to the wall or anything else. but i just want to say, i'm insulted. i am insulted at his remarks. as a first-generation american on my mother's side escaped her family, escaped discrimination and hatred and death. i just want to say, donald trump has insulted every american, regardless of color. he has insulted my home state where we have no majority of a particular ethnic color. we all live together in harmony here. so he is anti-american. and this cuts to the core. and yes, i want to save daca. i don't want to have those 800,000 d.r.e.a.m.ers sent out. and we should insist, it should be a clean bill. he doesn't even know what a clean bill means. but the american people know what it means. you save those d.r.e.a.m.ers. why did they come here? through no fault of their own. why did my mother's family come

host: let me get your retooks your colleague, luis gutierrez, he said, democrats are still not willing to go to the mat to allow people in my community to live in our country legally. mr. connolly: it's easier to blame your friends than to actually hold the people who cause the problem. democrats didn't create this problem. it wasn't a democrat who resigneded the -- rescinded the executive order. i love luis but i have to disagree with him here. he's picking on the wrong people here. when we do that, i think we eat our own young and it sets the cause we all share back. host: nancy pelosi was critical of this deal. number one, do you think going forward into february, the next deadline that house democrats should have more of a say into whatever is struck and number two, luis gutierrez said he's willing to trade, he'll trade the trump wall far deal on dreamers. do you agree with that? mr. connolly: luis is disappointed in democrats for not somehow insisting the government stay shut until something happened. i don't know what that would be given the fact that we're in the minority. but h

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, san juan, puerto rico. >>> this week marks 50 years since the american navy ship, the "uss pueblo," was seized by north korea. the sailors were taken prisoner by the regime of kim jong-un's grandfather. that's the same family that rules to this day. the anniversary comes at a time when tensions between the u.s. and north korea remain high. keir simmons went inside north korea to file this report. >> reporter: inside north korea, an american navy intelligence ship captured 50 years ago, still on display here. a window into the past that still haunts retired marine sergeant bob chicker. >> all of a sudden something hits and, holy cow. >> reporter: on january 23rd, 1968, he was taken prisoner while on the "us "uss pueblo" 14 miles from north korean land. he remembers the ship surrounded and taking fire. >> it happened so fast, you don't know what's going on. it blew me off my feet. >> reporter: one crew member was killed in the attack, 82 others taken as prisoners. >> u.s. negotiators met for the third time today with north korean communists. >> reporter: 11 mon

tonight gabe gutierrez revisits a group of veterans who've gone above and beyond. >> reporter: in the mountains of puerto rico, clara bell santana sleeps in what's left of her shredded home. desperate, she says, struggling without power, hardship on top of heart ache. her sick father died on christmas day. >> they are americans. they deserve help. they deserve support. and they deserve not to be forgotten. >> reporter: we first met jason matty, an iraq war veteran in october. he and other volunteers rushed in supplies. >> people are hurting really bad right now. >> this social media post went viral. since then he's launched his own nonprofit. veteran disaster relief. among the new volunteers, jose lebron, a retired air force veteran from san antonio, and lysette gonzales, a cleveland police officer. >> i saw his post and contacted his wife and said how can i get involved? >> reporter: together they're traveling through the mountains, bringing food, water filters, and medical care to lines of people still waiting for help. 70-year-old israel ortiz strums his guitar to dull the pain. di

now to gabe gutierrez for more. >> reporter: from dubai to seoul, to hong kong, 2018 is already making a spectacular entrance. >> for new year's, i'm hoping to have a year full of love, happiness, laughter and help others where i can. >> reporter: new zealand greeted it with pyrotechniques. north korea put on an extravagant show. in australia, sydney harbor lit up, a colorful display, celebrating the recent legalization of same-sex marriage. as the rest of the world rings in the new year, police are on high alert. in turkey, 100 people arrested with links to militants, istanbul doubling the number of officers. in germ any, stricter security after 100 women were groped and robbed two years ago at a new year's party. >> i feel safe. i'm not scared. >> yeah, not scared. >> the thing is fear. you can't let that ruin your life. >> reporter: in london, no specific threats, but urging revelers to report suspicious activity. >> 31,000 police officers in london. 8 million londoners. i want londoners to be the eyes and ears of the police to keep us safe. >> reporter: around the world, 2017 is co

gabe gutierrez is there tonight with the latest. >> reporter: the chaos erupted just before 8:00 a.m.> marshall county high school. >> reporter: as students gathered in a common area. >> got one shot in the head, one in the back. >> reporter: hundreds of teenagers, running for their lives from marshall county high school in benton, kentucky. >> i heard, like two shots, and i turned around. and behind me i see this big figure of a person, and i just see like fire coming from a gun. >> reporter: 17 people injured, 14 of them shot. two 15-year-olds died. >> this is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal. >> reporter: police say a 15-year-old student barged into the school with a handgun and opened fire. >> he was apprehended. there's no way of knowing how far it would have went. >> reporter: this person was seen led away in handcuffs. how did you get out? >> well, i mean, we just ran. that's all i can say. >> reporter: this senior, his hands still shaking, says he and others had barricaded themselves in a classroom. >> i had seen one of the students that had been injured. i ha

i do one agree with luis gutierrez on anything.ut i've never, ever questioned his sincerity when it came to the daca recipients and dreamers. be honest to god wants to make a deal. the president should invite him to the white house. he seems like a far better, fairer burger than dick durbin who really wanted to blow up a deal and embarrass the president. >> so why is the wall so offensive? anywhere you go, any country that exists has borders and why is the wall offensive? i don't understand that at all. i'm all for immigration, they do it legally. trade to absolute common sense. we live in a world where left sees the borderless wall. they don't want these borders if they treated very differently. i love when chuck schumer talks about jell-o. people talk about that is unpredictability. rachel: we've always known that the solution for daca and the eventual solution for immigration reform is border security. if you are serious come you got to include border security. tree into the recipe is very simple. you get to be guilty of their a

we get details from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight a pay raise at the nation's biggest retailer. wages at walmart will now start at $11 an hour, up from $9. eligible employees will also get up to $1,000 bonus depending on their years of service. karina hanson in texas, works at walmart with her husband. >> any extra income, that bonus, is awesome. that just means we get to spend a little bit and put into savings account for our three kids for their future. >> reporter: but the news comes on the same day walmart announced it was closing dozens of sam's club stores. walmart's one of more than 100 companies passing on savings after congress cut the corporate tax rate to 21% including jetblue, southwest and american airlines, a handful of banks, at&t and nbc parent company comcast. >> our historic reductions to the business tax will raise annual household income by an average of $4,000. that's a tremendous number. >> reporter: policymakers are divided on how much of this financial optimism is due to tax cuts and how much is due to low unemployment. >> at the end of the day, we're ru

we sent our gabe gutierrez to the cdc headquarters for details. >> take a nice deep breath. >> reporter: tonight for the first time in 13 years the flu is just about everywhere in the continental u.s., widespread in 49 states, and the rate of hospitalization has nearly doubled since last week. the cdc is now reporting 20 pediatric deaths so far this season compared to 3 at the same time last year. jonah rieben was just 4 years old and had health problems, so he was more vulnerable. his family near dayton, ohio, is heartbroken. >> one of the most difficult things that i've ever had to do was to tell my other children on saturday morning that their little brother wasn't coming home. >> reporter: this year's dominant flu strain, h3-n2, is particularly dangerous for children and the elderly. the south is being hit especially hard. alabama's governor's declared a public health emergency. and in georgia at de kalb medical, doctors saw more patients in the first week of 2018 than all last month. how do you feel right now? >> awful. it's gotten hard. my body's aching so it makes it difficult to

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details. >> oh, my god. it's like right here. like you can see all the smoke. everybody's screaming and yelling. >> reporter: near costa rica's pacific coast, an eyewitness describes the horrifying scene, after a single engine plane crashed in the woods. 12 people killed, including ten americans and two local crew members. >> it like went up, and then all of a sudden just beared to the left and nosedived right in front of us. >> reporter: tonight in suburban new york, friends and family are mourning the loss of bruce and irene steinberg and their three sons, matthew, william and zachary. >> inconceivable that a whole family should meet with such a disaster. they were a lovely family. >> reporter: also among the dead, mitchell and leslie weiss from near tampa, florida, along with their two children. the charter plane belonged to nature air, which did not respond to a request for comment today. in september, two passengers, including an american, were killed when another one of its flights reportedly crashed into a river. authoriti

our gabe gutierrez has more from atlanta on the big game. >> reporter: in the deep south, neither rain -- >> let's go! >> reporter: -- nor sleet -- >> i ain't never seen no dog beat no elephant. >> reporter: -- that can stop these fans. >> family and football right at the same level. >> reporter: family and football. >> family and football, they're right there. >> reporter: georgia taking on alabama, a southern showdown for the ages. not only are they epic rivals, their campuses just four hours apart, tonight, it's literally brother against brother. crimson tide receiver calvin ridley facing off against bulldogs wideout riley ridley. >> roll tide. >> reporter: then there's mentee versus mentor. coaching legend nick saban, who's won four titles with alabama versus georgia coach kirby smart, one of his former assistants. >> it is personal when we have to compete against each other. >> reporter: it's a competition he's used to. saban's record against his former assistants, 11-0. in the past decade, the teams have only met three times. in 2012, georgia lost a squeaker. this time, alabama o

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >>> coming up here tonight, luck of the draw. why a hotly contested race was decided by chance. >>> if you ever needed a reminder that every vote counts, today a random drawing was held to decide the outcome of an election in the virginia house of delegates that was still died after a recount and legal battle. a republicans' name was chosen from a bowl giving him the seat and allowing the statehouse gop to hold a majority. but the democrat in the race has not conceded. under state law the loser in the drawing can demand a second recount. >>> the nation's cancer death rate has fallen again dropping 26% since 1991 according to a new report from the american cancer society. it cites significant decreases in death rates from the four major types, lung, breast, prostate and colorectal. the report credits huge declines in smoking and better treatment. >>> and baby, it's cold outside, but lotto fever couldn't be hotter. no winners in wednesday's mega million and powerball jackpots means they now total nearly a billion dollars combined w

nbc's gabe gutierrez now with more on the investigation into the crash. >> oh, my like i can just see all the smoke. everybody's screaming and yelling. >> reporter: near costa rica's pacific coast an eyewitness describes the horrifying scene after a single-engine plane crashed in the woods. 12 people killed, including 10 americans and two local crew members. >> it all of a sudden beared to the left and nose dived right in front of us. >> reporter: tonight in suburban new york friends and family are mourning the loss of bruce and irene steinberg and their three sons, matthew, william, and zachary. >> inconceivable that a whole family should meet with such a disaster. they were a lovely family. >> reporter: also among the dead mitchell and leslie weiss from near tampa, florida along with their two xharnlchildren. the charter plane belonged to nature air which did not respond to comment. flights crashed into a river. authorities say this aircraft had been inspected a month ago but strong winds had dlied its landing earlier on sunday. the california-based travel company that organized the

guest: i want to ask you a question, over the last 72 hours, luis gutierrez said he's open to a wallthough he doesn't like it, he would exchange dreamers for the wall. senator schumer said he's put that on the table. do you think that -- and that was not the case weeks and onths ago. do you think the chances of the wall getting approved with funding are rising significantly this year? >> we do think so. we think these democrats now understand that when we had a meeting two weeks ago in the cabinet room where a bipartisan group said we're going to talk about four issues, it wasn't just daca, but border security and the wall, ending the visa lottery and reforms to the extended family chain migration system. those are necessary when you look at daca, right. because the issue is that if you are sympathetic, and the president duds want to find a responsible solution, but if you give them legal status, you encourage more parents to come over a po rouse board we are minors. we don't want a situation three, five, 10 years from now where hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have been b

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much of anything that our president said and then, gutierrez storming out. a lot of this is them posturing, pandering, but i would like to reset the table and go back to 2009 when you had pelosi, harry reid, with 60 senators and obama and they did nothing for the undocumented workers. they did nothing for these kids that were in the country illegally, brought there by their parents, through no fault of their own. the daca issue was created when obama waited until august of 2012. he had been president 3 1/2 years. cohave fixed this in 2009 when they had a filibuster-proof senate. they could have raised minimum wage. a lot of things they're speaking now that are hot-button issues. they did not choose to deal with them. so in august of 2012, obama does the executive order which put all the daca kids in limbo. he did it as political ploy. he ran for re-election three months later. they politicized this issue and want to continue to do so. i reminded some "dreamers" come into my office, that it is trump and republicans trying to give them certainty so they never

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> all right. time to check back with nbc meteorologist bill karins who is keeping an eye on a new blizzard warning. >> let's talk about the northeast portion of this storm. this is mostly a thursday event. winter storm warnings now for norfolk, virginia beach areas, southern portions of maryland and we are still waiting to see the impacts how badly from d.c. to philly. as of now it looks like a little bit of snow. maybe something d.c., nothing philly. it is really i-95. and the areas of eastern new england that will be hit the hardest. possibly a foot of snow. 6 to 12 inches likely from hartford to providence to boston. again, pretty good cut off line in the dry air back in areas on a devastating bus crash at devils curve. r a quick and convt clean, try swiffer wetjet. there's no heavy bucket, or mop to wring out, because the absorb and lock technology traps dirt and liquid inside the pad. it's safe to use on all finished surfaces tile, laminate and hardwood. and it prevents streaks and hazing bet

gutierrez is a perfect person to wage a civil war in the democratic party.e most -- it's the most d country. if there's one thing we know, the collectivized mentality, the collective groups of the left brings together, they don't have a lot in common. they don't even like each other. something tells me a lot of puerto ricans and mexican americans -- >> tucker: my least favorite qualities of the left of the people that look alike are alike which is not true. people are very different in this world. that's a really and spiteful analysis. thank you. high school football coach joe kennedy lost his job in 2015. the ninth circuit just declined to hear his appeal surprisingly given us the ninth circuit. he plans to take the case on the way to the supreme court. coach kennedy drives us along with his lawyer mike berry. where does it leave you exactly? >> i wasn't surprised. i only go by what i hear from everybody else. it was a long shot to begin with. hopefully the supreme supreme t solemnly would actually hear the case. >> tucker: what's at stake here? is not just

nbc's gabe gutierrez has the story. >> oh, my god, like it is right here.u can see all the smoke. everybody is screaming and yelling. >> reporter: near costa rica's pacific coast, an eyewitness describes the horrifying scene after a single engine plane crashed in the woods. 12 people killed including 10 americans and two local crew members. >> it went up and it all of a sudden beared to the left and nose dived right in front of us. >> reporter: in suburban new york, friends and family are mourning the loss of bruce and irene steinberg and their three sons, matthew, william and zachary. >> inconceivable that a whole family should meet with such a disaster. they were a lovely family. >> reporter: also among the dead, mitchell and leslie weiss from near tampa, florida along with their two children. the charter plane belonged to nature air, which did not respond to a request for comment. in september, two passengers including an american were killed when another one of its flights reportedly crashed into a river. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: thrts

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: bailey holt was just 15 years old.music, art, and wanted to be a nurse. >> i miss everything about her already. she was just so beautiful and perfect. she had her future planned. >> reporter: bailey and preston cope were the two teenagers who died tuesday, when police say another student barged into kentucky's marshall county high school and opened fire. >> i know that she would have been the shooter's friend in a heartbeat if she knew that he needed someone to talk to. she was so beautiful and smart and perfect. and just such a loving big-hearted person. >> reporter: the assistant county attorney says he plans to try the 15-year-old suspected shooter as an adult, charging him with murder and assault. investigators have not yet publicly identified him. but eyewitnesses say he was a member of the school's band. >> are you looking at bullying as a possible motive here? >> i won't go into that. >> you think he was targeting the popular kids? >> i do. i truly do think that he was targeting a group of people. >> reporter: t

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta.>>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> the new day is on the horizon. >> i got chills. >> surprising words from stedman, and even a mandate from meryl. the globes speech that recharged the rally cry. could oprah 2020 actually be happening? >> what is oprah going to say?

let's get details from gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: christian mims loves lettuce. at least 30% of her diet, she says. >> romaine lettuce is my favorite. it's one of the ones that i really look for as a staple. >> reporter: but tonight a stern warning from consumer reports. stay away from romaine lettuce until health officials get to the bottom of what's causing an e. coli outbreak that's been linked to at least two deaths. in the u.s. the cdc reports 17 people in 13 states have gotten sick, in canada 41 pe government blames contaminated romaine lettuce. u.s. health officials are now interviewing people to find out what they ate in the week before they got sick. the cdc says because it has not yet identified the source, it can't recommend avoiding a particular food. >> we think the u.s. government should be warning consumers about eating romaine lettuce until they figure out where this problem is coming from. >> reporter: cooking usually kills food-borne bacteria such such as e. coli, but lettuce is not usually cooked. >> the best advice is simply not use the romain

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> we turn now to the flu epidemic that is already three times worse than this time last year and showing no signs of letting up anytime soon. and this year it's been deadly even for healthy people. not just the elderly or those with weak immune systems. nbc's anne thompson went to the front lines in this emergency talking with doctors to find out why. >> reporter: this 10-year-old, a fourth grader, loved hockey and the outdoors -- mourned today in connecticut. a victim of the swift and increasingly deadly flu. >> he was a strong, vibrant energetic kid. >> reporter: an active child dies just three days after feeling ill. it caught him off guard, his mother told "time" magazine. one of the healthy lives ended by this flu. >> why is it that someone who seems healthy can die so quickly from this disease? >> sometimes this -- this year's virus seems to be very strong and there are times when the body's own immune response is sometimes too vigorous. >> reporter: creating what doctors call a cytokine storm. it makes you sicker resulting in shock, sepsis and organ

gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >> all right. time to check back with nbc meteorologist bill karins who is keeping an eye on a new blizzard warning. >> let's talk about the northeast portion of this storm. this is mostly a thursday event. winter storm warnings now for norfolk, virginia beach areas, southern portions of maryland and we are still waiting to see the impacts how badly from d.c. to philly. as of now it looks like a little bit of snow. maybe something d.c., nothing philly. it is really i-95. and the areas of eastern new england that will be hit the hardest. possibly a foot of snow. 6 to 12 inches likely from hartford to providence to boston. again, pretty good cut off line in the dry air back in areas carolinas. the cold air is in place in southern areas of new england waiting for the storm late tonight. >>> of course one of the biggest dangers is going to be the high winds with the storm, power outages and the cold air behind it. i'll tell you how cold coming up. >> all right. a lot to watch. bill, thank you. >>> the

nbc's gabe gutierrez has more on the terrifying morning. >> reporter: the chaos erupted just before 8:00 a.m. >> marshall county high school active shooter. >> reporter: as students gathered in a common area. >> got one shot in the head. one to the back. one to the abdomen. >> reporter: hundreds of teenagers running for their lives from marshall county high school in benton, kentucky. >> i heard like two shots and i turned around and behind me i see like this big figure of a person and i just see like fire coming from a gun. >> reporter: two 15-year-olds died. >> this is a wound that is going to take a long time to heal. >> reporter: police a 15-year-old student barged into the school with a handgun and opened fire. >> and he was apprehended. there's no way to know at this point how much farther it would have went. >> reporter: investigators would not identify the shooter but this person was seen led away in handcuffs. >> how did you make it out? >> well, i mean, we just -- just ran. that's all i can say. >> reporter: senior brian but the butler, his hands still trembling, says he and

gabe gutierrez has this report. >> reporter: from dubai to seoul, to hong kong. 2018 making a spectacular entrance. >> for new year's i am hoping to have a year full of love, happiness, laughter and help others where i am. >> reporter: new zealand greeted it with pyrotechnics. scotland with bag pipes. north korea put on an extravagant show. in australia sidney harbor lit up. police in turkey arresting more than 100 people with suspected links to isis militants. in germany, stricter security after more than 100 women were groped and robbed two years ago at a new year's party. >> i am not scared. >> the biggest thing is fear that scarce people. >> reporter: authorities say there is no specific threat for tonight's fireworks but urging revellers to report any suspicious activity. >> i want londoners to be the eyes and ears of police and help keep us all safe. >> reporter: 2018 coming to a close with a cascade of lights. in japan, a celebration of new beginning and letting go. gabe gutierrez, nbc news. >>> hours from now more than 70 shops will be licensed to start selling marijuana in califo

. >>> let's bring in democratic congressman luis gutierrez. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you, as i've asked a number of democrats tonight, your decision to be there. some progressive democrats in particular decided they didn't want to be in the room tonight for the state of the union. you decided to attend. i wanted to ask if you're glad you did and whether that was a difficult decision for you. >> you know, i wanted to say to the world i'm present. this is still our house. it's the people's house. i didn't want to abandon my responsibility. i want to be there. and i also wanted to be a symbol of resistance in the room. i wanted donald trump to know that there are people that think that his racist and hate-filled words and policies and proposals are still being resisted in the congress and that we're there and that we're present and that we're not going to turn our backs to him. >> it's lawrence o'donnell here. did you hear anything in what the president had to say about immigration tonight and his four pillars