he is an attorney for hoda muthana's father. swift is a retired navy officer who retired in 2007 as a lieutenant commander in the judge advocate general's corps. he is best-known for winning the u.s. supreme court case hamdan versus rumsfeld. charlie swift, welcome to democracy now! explain the case of hoda muthana . is she a u.s. citizen? forell, first, thank you having me. second, yes, she is. you have hit on the pertinent facts. the 14th amendment gives anyone born in the united states or naturalized are subject to do -- jurisdiction courts, citizenship. subject to jurisdiction was a phrase that was used for diplomats. in other words, diplomats who have diplomatic immunity are not subject to jurisdiction of u.s. courts. father, hoda muthana's was discharged from that position. and diplomatic immunity is not personal. it is part of the position you hold. if you are diplomat in a foreign country, you have it by virtue of the position that you hold having been recognized by that country or in this country by the united states. c

hoda's back in new york with savannah and carson. hoda. >> hey, drew, how are you? see that repeat. i wish i didn't have to see it over and over again. drew, do you think that roger goodell did enough to kind of apologize for what went down on that day? >> well, i think it would have been nice he come out on monday or tuesday after the game and addressed it immediately. i think he basically waited until he absolutely had to, which was at his annual super bowl press conference. i don't really think he said much during most of that press conference. at the end of the day, again, for us as players we can only worry about the things we can control, so you understand that officials have a very tough job, and there's a lot of calls that are made and not made throughout the course of a game. it's just tough when something that meaningful happens at the end of the nfc championship game that arguably would have sent us to the super bowl, and the call wasn't made and it was a very obvious call. again we don't control that. we control the things that happen before and after th

hoda reaches day eight of her ten-day challenge while j. lo completes her journey and celebrates with a fabulous feast and a-rod. we'll check in with the superstar live as we help push hoda across the finish line today friday, february 1st, 2 9 2019. >> announcer: rom nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio in rockefeller plaza. in >> hi, good moand welcome to "today." it's friday morning. how does that sound? >> friday sounds awesome.da super bowl s sounds even better. i'm going to plant my face into a bowl of onion dip. >> al and craig are down in atlanta with proves, of course, when you care, your send your vebest. they're having a big pep rally to get everyone excited. good morning. >> good morning, ladies. >> this is very exciting. >> this is exciting. >> we've got their f male cheerleader this the super bowl ever with the rams. pat the patriot, come on over. >> rampage is here. >> we've got about a million people who have descended ona atlaor super bowl liii on the field. should be a fantastic ga

. >> mike pompeo saying, "miss hoda muthana is not a u.s.izen and will not be admitted into the u.s." >> glor: cbs news has exclusive photos of maintenance issues that have grounded dozens of southwest jets. >> it doesn't bode well for the safety of the airline. >> huge winter storm moving east. >> more than 200 million americans are in the path. >> snow and sleet have caused treacherous road conditions for travelers. >> all of the buses stopped, it's terrible weather. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. and this is our western edition. we're going to begin tonight in chicago where police are looking for jussie smollett. our cbs chicago station, wbbm, obtained surveillance video of two brothers who they say were hired by smollett buying items to help stage an attack. dean reynolds is on this story. >> reporter: in a stunning twist, jussie smollett, the 36- year-old actor, is now charged with disorderly conduct after filing a false police report about an attack he alleged happened to him in chicago on january 29. the offense is a felony and

hoda? >> miguel, thank you. >>> we're joined by legal expert ari melber, the host of "the beat" on msnbc. prosecutors decided to charge smollett with a felony. what do you think went into that decision, ari? >> they think they have overwhelming evidence. everyone knows the scrutiny on this case. and the reports that this was not a one off or a random day of occurrence but something much more planned out. >> chicago's homicide rate is 17%. we know there were at least a dozen officers dedicated to the smollett case. how much weight will prosecutors give the resources that have been used? how much will that determine how they proceed with this case. >> well, that's the thing. the allegation is stealing the government's time and resources that in chicago or any city could be better deployed on what the government is now calling other real crimes, not this alleged fake one. >> let's talk about what the police were saying. they're basically saying they planned this thing, they bought the masks, t

why in her family's view should hoda be allowed back in the u.s.? asking to stroll on home like nothing wrong happened. she's asking to be held accountable to our legal system, to have the due process any american citizen is entitled to. she was born in the united states. her father was not a diplomat at the time she was born. she is an american citizen. the great thing about america is we have a legal system. when people break the law they can be held accountable. we believe in our legal system. hoda is willing to pay the debt she owes to society including facing jail time for mistakes she made after she was brainwashed by isis. what's ironic is hoda is asking to pay the debt to society while trump is giving her a free pass. he's actually almost letting her go saying that the united states doesn't have jurisdiction over her. in doing that he's giving her a free pass and undermining birthright citizenship, something he's been trying to do for quite some time now. >> in terms of her willingness to accept responsibility, in an interview with abc news

hoda muthana ran away to join isis in syria several years ago but now wants to come them to. -- to comeome. holly williams has more. >> reporter: president trump tweeted that he'd instructed secretary of state mike pompeo not to allow hoda muthana back into the country. the state department said muthana had no right to return because she, quote, is not a u.s. citizen. but muthana's family say she is an american citizen. they've given us a copy of what they claim is her birth certificate showing she was born in hackensack, new jersey, in 1994, and they say she held a u.s. passport. muthana even seems to have tweeted a photograph of it in 2014 claiming she was going to burn it. hasson shibley is the family's lawyer. >> at the end of the day, she's a u.s. citizen. whether americans make crimes or not, that doesn't deprive them of their citizenship. >> reporter: if she's been stripped of u.s. citizenship, it's apparently news to her family. >> she's literally trying to turn herself in to the u.s. government, to be held accountable to our laws, to pay any debts she may have for society. >> r

hoda, over to you. >> we'll get our first check of the weather. ms. dylan is in. >> after a messy day yesterday, that storm is moving away. not even that cold o right now. in the mid atlantic and the northeast, temperatures above average. we have a little residual snow coming off down east maine and lake eontario, we h lake-effect snow with winds out of the northwest. we also have a slled front. while the rain has shifted farther south than it was for the most par yesterday, this is going to be an area where storms will develop along. as we gonto tomorrow and saturday, we're going to see ore rain start to fill in across western tennessee, into northwestern mississippi. this is an area where if ground is completely saturated. any additional rainfall could lead to some flood. we also have the potential o the chance of strong storms as we go into saturday, especially th enhanced area in darker orange here. 19 million people at risk for damaging winds, large hail and as of right now, we can't rule outtornadoes. we will iron down that forecast as we get cl

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savannah and hoda. >> thank you. or> let's focus some on what the president had to say about the border wall battle including a rather unexpected remark on immigration. hic's chief house correspondent hallie jackson has that part of the story. good morning. reporter: hi, hoda, good morning. it's partly what the president t say that's important here. he did not declare a national emergency that would let him basically go around congress and pay for the border wall he wants, but theresident still said plenty about an issue that has motivated his base and divided congress. took president trump 25 minutes to hit on immigration, but once he did, he hit it hard. >> as we speak large organized caravans are on the march to the united states. >> reporter: at that first mention of a migrant caravan, audible groans fromdemocrats. the house speaker signaling settle down to her colleagues. >> walls work and walls save lives. >> reporter: when the president pu hed for the walle wants, he again argued it's to stop drus and criminom

citizen. -- hoda muthana is not a u.s. citizen. >>> in the recently written note hoda muthana said she left as the 90 , angry and arrogant young woman but now says she misunderstood her beliefs. >>> the bay area travelers are caught up in a mess and my hundreds of flights are getting canceled nationwide. >>> here's a live look outside from the salesforce tower camera as we look to the west. >>> it is 4:41 am. we will be right back. >>> it is 4:43 am. >>> here is a live look at the minetta san jose international airport. the skies are not very friendly lately for travelers taking the southwest airlines that has declared an operational emergency crippling flights here at home and across the nation. there were tears at the minetto yesterday when southwest canceled 453 flights and 1000 delayed on wednesday due to the mechanical issue grounding dozens of planes. dixie tells us that both of her southwest flights out of minetta yesterday were canceled and she was trying for third time. >> i will get there at 11:00 tonight, 12 hou

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. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today." nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. >> washington, d.c. has got to get busy. they've just got a couple of days to figure this one out. >> clock is ticking again. that's our top story. this new twist in the push to avoid another government shutdown with friday's deadline fast approaching. the president unhappy with the compromise reached by republicans and democrats in congress but also saying he doesn't want to see another shutdown. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is on the story this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. three sources say it's anticipating he will sign the deal to avoid a shutdown. but nothing is set in stone.

hoda? >> thank you. and with that we bring in nbc news legal analyst arie melbourne who watched it all day long. >> nine hours of tm. lot of drama as we saw. and as i was watching i was thinking what are we learning? what did people take way from that whole show. >> this was extraordinary. it is the first time we've heard someone this close to donald trump and a mueller witness speak under oath in public. we learned he has evidence of the lengths donald trump went to cover up the hush payments. we learned donald trump jr. was directly involved, signing the checks. and we learned that the investigations are far from over. that michael cohen whose a cooperating witness to mueller has been providing that material and that's why they continue to rely on him. >> obviously he came to the hearing with some --. he's pled guilty many two different jurisdictions. was he able to overcome that? were democrats able to rehabilitate him so to speak. does the corroborative evidence in some ways enhance his

look, no one has sympathy for hoda muthana. budweiser case different? why not allow her to come back in if she was born in the u.s. and has a passport? and face justice here? >> she is a noncitizen terrorist. she has no legal basis for claim of u.s. citizenship. she is not coming back to the united states to create the risk that someday she will return to the battlefield and continue to put it risk american people, kids, boys and girls that were sent to help defeat isis. she put them at risk. she is not a u.s. citizen, she is not coming back. chris: even though she was born in the u.s.? i'm just trying to understand the issue. his issue that her father was a diplomat at the time, because they say he stopped being a diplomat before she was born. >> here is what i can tell you. we have a strong legal basis for a claim that she is not a citizen and is not coming back. chris: secretary pompeo, thank you. thanks for your time.

. >> reporter: hoda 123 musana was 20 years old when she left her home in hoover, alabama, in 2014 toighter in syria. now a mother and a widow, she's living in a refugee camp. >> i know i've ruined my future and my son's future and i deeply regret it. >> reporter: while studying business at the university of alabama, she told her family she was going on a school trip and instead flew to the middle east. in a letter to her family seen by cbs news, she wrote, "i was a naive, angry, and arrogant young woman. but seeing bloodshed up close changed me." musana is one of a small number of u.s. citizens who have joined isis. but america's syrian allies are thought to be holding around 800 foreign isis fighters along with their wives d dren. in same camps shamima begum who ran away from her home in london at 15 and had a child with an isis militant. >> i just want forgiveness really from the u.k. >> reporter: but unlike hoda, she hasn't expressed much remorse. the u.k. government said it would strip begum of her british citizenship. the u.s. government hasn't said what will happen to hoda musa

but unlike hoda muthana, she hasn't expressed much remorse, and today the u.k.trip begum of her british citizenship. the u.s. government hasn't said what will happen to hoda muthana, but america takes its nationals home from syria, where they can be arrested and charged. president trump has demanded that european countries do the same, but some governments are reluctant. the french government has reason to be worried about taking back a man like adrien guihal, who we interviewed in syria in june for "60 minutes." he'd been convicted of plotting to attack a police station before he even went to syria. a member of the group holding him insisted on sitting in on our interview. how do you think you deserve to be treated? "forgiveness" he said. "i would choose forgiveness, of course." that's a tall order after joining a terrorist group, but leaving foreign militants in the chaos of syria could mean they rejoin isis. taking them home may be the least-bad option. holly williams, cbs news, london. >> glor: still ahead here tonight, remembering a fashion icon. if you hav

we went to the tent where hoda muthana was staying.talk to us, eventually she agreed. we sat down with her and asked her not just about her legal disputes with the government. her father has now filed a suit in order to get her passport back so that she can go to the united states to face trial. we also asked her why did she come here, why did she go to isis territory, and why was her twitter account sending out inflammatory messages calling on americans to carry out attacks against fellow american citizens? she said her lawyer has advised her not to talk about her social media use. >> at the same time, you and i were both in munich, i'm sure you heard what i was hearing, real anger from the american officials there, republicans as well as democrats, but the troop withdrawal from syria, certainly from the allies. and now the white house says they're going to send or leave 200 troops there, they call them peacekeepers, more appropriately they are special forces, not u.n.-mandated peacekeepers. why do you think they're bending to this pr

hoda muthana hoe-dah moo- tah-na left her alabama home in 20-14 to become part of isis.the 24-year-oldn home.hoda muthana/isis bride"i almost cry myself to sleep every day, because i know that when i do get back, i probably will be sentenced to jail, for i don't know how much time."she called for the killings of americans on twitter but has since said she was brainwashed and regrets those statements. hassan shibly/attorney for hoda muthana's family"she's actually asking is to be held accountable to our legal system, to have the due process that any american citizen is entitled to." attorney hassan shibly says muthana was born in the u- s.....months after her father resigned as a diplomat for yemen.but secretary of state mike pompeo says muthana is not a u-s citizen.....and president trump doesn't want her to come back.hassan shibly/attorney for hoda muthana's family"he's saying the u.s. doesn't have jurisdiction over her and in doing that not only is he giving her a free pass but he's essentially undermining birthright citizenship. something he's been trying to do for quite some time n

savannah, hoda. >> hallie jackson at the white house, tnk you, and a ogramming note.ews will have live coverage of the president's state of the union address tomorro it starts at 9 eastern, 6c. paci >>> now to a tragic scene in southern california where a small plane crashed into a homi ki at least five people and injuring two others. nbc's morgan chesky is on the scene. good morning, what have you leard overnight? >> reporter: good morning.in we're still wato figure out why this plane went down. what we have learned is this debris field isex nsive. just in this home's front yard behind me, you can see pieces of that vy plane, including one of its engines. just part of the evidences investigat are now pouring over in a debris field spanning four blocks in this neighborhood. an unfamili sound before an unbelievable impact. something in the sky cing down in pieces. >> got a report of a possible plane crash. >> reporter: a residential neighborhood in flames. >> the whole house shook. >> when i came outside the door, my neighbor said watch out, there's still stuff coming

savannah and hoda. >>anne atatican city, thank you. >>> craig joins the table. >> r. kelly, the singer free on bond this mor after appearinca in a chigo courtroom and pleading not guilty to multiple charges of sexual abuse. m nbc's rt was there covering the case for us. good morning. >> good morning. three o the four alleged victims in the indictmentanded t last week were minors at the time. lawyer michael avenatti tweeted last night that additional charges could be filed in coming weeks. this morning r. kelly a fe man after spending the weekend in a chiceo jail. th singer posting $100,000 cash nto aon monday walking crush of media. his release coming hours after the&b star wearing an orange jumpsuit and surrounded by deputies pleaded not guilty to ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. attorney michael avenatti who represents two of kelly's alleged victims in the indictment told reporters he turned over a second video toha authors shows the entertainer abusing an underage girl. no comment from prosecutors on thetape. avenatti hinting a third video could be c

hoda and savannah. >> kristen, hang on. we'll get back to you in a moment. >>> cohen touted h self as one of the president's trust ed advisers. kate snow has a closer look. >> michael cohennce described himself as fiercely loyal to donald trump, the guy who would take a bullet for the president. til last summer the president was praising him until cohen started talking toprosecutors. a long time ago he did me a favor, a long time ago we did he a favor. >> reporter: their friendship goes back to the 2000s, michael cohen lived at the trump world tower across from the united nations and help trump win a fight with the do while mr. trump was starring on "theen apprce," cohen began working for his organization. >> it's a mr. trump pitfall. >> cohen sai he was close to the family, almost like another son. it was cohen who started shouldtrumprun.com before the election. >> more than 1.5 million people arer. begging m trump should run for thepr esidency. >> reporter: when mr. trump did run in 2016, cohen was frequently by his side.

hoda muthana hoda mutha na was hoda muthana was born in newjersey in 1994.o be a diplomat. she is a us citizen. she has a valid passport. she may have broken the law. she is asking for due process. we cannot get to the point where we simply strip citizenship on those who break the law. that is not what america is about. we have one of the greatest legal systems in the world and we have to abide by it. you'll find more background on the so—called islamic state and the efforts being made to destroy it, on our website. simply head to bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. the information available includes this report by our security correspondent frank gardiner about whether is could rebound from the brink of defeat. let's get some of the day's other news. supporters of venezuelan opposition leader, juan guaido, have taken control of the country's embassy in costa rica. police intervened when backers of venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, gathered outside the building in sanjose to protest. costa rica has recognised mr guaido as venezuela's i

>> reporte >> well, it can hoda and hoda savannah. it rea savannah and it comes down to president at this the president at this point.poi. if he waivers today, things could get complicated. overnight, one of the top negotiators, senator r if he wavers today, things coul get negotiated.. shelby, tweeted he talked to the pres but richard shelby said he ent talked to the president and he spirits. shelby saying was in good spirits. told the president the bil shelby saying the bill is a dow payment on his border wall..dow. you hear that talking point from you hear that talking point from conservatives.conservatives. what happens now? so what happens now the senate on the bill today. the house will likely take it is expected to vote on the bill tonight, which means if and the house will take it up tonight which means if oothly, bill will get t everything runs smoothly, the s bill will get to the president's desk before tomorrow's midnight deadline. back to you. >> kri desk before tomorrow's midnight deadline. r at the white house, thank you

ga> good morning, hoda. mostly rain moving in right now from the south.inter storm advisories acros the upper midwest through parts of the upper midwest and appalachians. the threat of heavy rain that could lead to flooding. the snowfall we're expecting through washington, d.c.,ma land, philadelphia tomorrow morning. that's going to make a mess of the commute. that snow arrives in new y the evening, making a mess of the evening commute. then it all changesnd to rain a exits by the time we go into thursday morning. new england will hang on to tome snow for a little while longer. through the upper midwest, six to nine inches of snow. two to four inches through the great lakes. in the northeast there is the possibility for dc, parts of the appalachians we could see fouri to inches of snow. new york only an inch or two and lesser amounts arthernorth. craig? >> dylan, thank you. >>> now to the battle over the president's border wall heading to the courts. 16 states are suing to block mrm s emergency declaration to fund the wall calling it a hyped cris to diver

good morning, dylan. >> good morning, again, hoda.ure will help boost up this system. we've got winter storm advisories across the upper midwest through parts of the mid-atlantic and the appalachians. also right in the middle we have the threat of really heavy rain, perhaps 3 to 4 inches of rain. that could lead to some flooding. want to significantly point out here just the snowfall we're expecting through washington, d.c., through maryland, through philadelphia tomorrow morning. that's going to make a mess of the commute. that snow arrives in new york in the evening, making a mess of the evening commute. then it all changes to rain and then exits by the time we go into thursday morning. new england will hang on to some of that snow for a little while longer. through the upper midwest, we're looking at about 6 to 9 inches of snow. we're looking at 2 to 4 inches through the great lakes, but in the northeast, there is the possibility for d.c., for parts of the appalachians, we could see about 4 to 6 inches of snow. new york only an inc

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hoda has been a gat inspiration for me i'll say.ht now. >> andy, i feel like we've seen you go through so much stun your life and so many emotions, but i swear we've vever, seen you with this look in your eye. >> i'm chill, hoda. i'm chill. >> how is he sleeping? tired.re >> you know, sleep is another story. i was never sleeping, but i just wasn't sleing forifferent reasons. now i feel a little -- now i kind of feel like, oh, this are the reasons i shouldn't b sleeping. >> congratulations. >> we're a big ball of mush for you, andy. so happy. >> thanks, guys. >> we love you, honey. >> and hoda is $30 an hour to baby-sit, the going te. andy will be here to tk more and hopefully will bring beautiful benjamin with you. the new issue of "people" hits stands you can see more pictures by going to people.com. >>> one of the stars of "this is seat.n the hot she played six minute marathon and didn't dippoint. >> would you rather give up alcohol for a year or your phone for a month? f >> alcohol a year. >> really? >> i feel a little too connec

so savannah, hoda, we showed you this guy yesterday in our story. well, here it is. we found it. >> that's awesome. >> reporter: this guy is 20 feet tall. almost as tall as this house. i was told it took two days to build, and the trick to getting it this big i was told was using a snow blower, believe it or not. >> that's pretty impressive. >> don't use a carrot for the nose, it's like a traffic cone. >> thanks to that guy in buffalo, minnesota. >> hard workers out there. >> how's it looking? >> we've got still some snow to deal with, 26 million people affected here in the northeast and the great lakes, more snow coming, and the heaviest right now going to be up into new england. we're talking about anywhere from six to eight inches of snow from watertown, new york, up into northern maine. we've got another coast to coast to deal with here. we've got that atmospheric moisture bringing a ton of rain and snow to parts of california. the foothills three to six inches of rain possible. as we head to the south, we're talking again the possibility of mudslides with three

in 2014, hoda muthana was a college student in alabama. she left for syria to join isis, married isis fighters, had a child. she said she would burn her u.s. passport and urged attacks on the united states, including memorial day parades. hoda muthana's legal rep says she wants to return to the u.s. now an answer for that. >> as an american citizen, hoda muthana herself and her family simply want to face our legal system. she's willing to pay whatever debt she has the society. she's even willing to spend years behind bars affect the debt she owes. she wants to speak out to ensure that other young women are not brainwashed and manipulated into committing the same horrible mistake that she has done. >> she is currently wading this out in a refugee camp in syria. as to the question of why she ever had an american passport, the state department official says that if a person acquires a u.s. passport and it's later determined that they are not or should not have been an american citizen, the state department can then revoke that passport. altho

hoda? savannah?> geoff in richmond, thank you. >>> the next government shutdown is potentially days away, and talks over border security have apparently broken down again. this as the president takes his push for a wall directly to the border today. we've got two reports this morning. we'll start with nbc white house correspondent kristen welker in el paso, texas. kristen, give us a sense of what the president is hoping to achieve today. >> reporter: hi savannah, good morning. this is president trump's first campaign style rally of the new year. he's going to be making a hard sell for his border wall. the focus is going to be the fencing here in el paso, about 16 feet high. it stretches about 40 miles long, and this event is coming at a critical moment. over the weekend, we learned that talks have stalled between lawmakers who are aiming to avert a second government shutdown, the key sticking points of course border wall funding, but also how many detention beds there should be for folks who have bee

i need to go back and see for myself. >> "what men want" hoda saw it over the weekend.ous stuff. i'm not complaining. i'm not complaining. i just would love to do slap some more. >> i never thought there would be such great comedy in sex scenes, but i have to tell you, taraji, watch for those. they are so much. >> congratulations. "what men want" hits theaters on friday. >> let's go to mr. roker for a check of the weather. >> big storm coming in to the pacific northwest and northern california. eventually southern california makes its way east. right now we're watching this system come across the plain. heavy downpours from chicago to cleveland. freezing rain in northern michigan. makes its way through the northeast tomorrow with light showers, rain will end by early evening but really heavy rain as you get to the mid-. and ohio river valleys anywhere from two to three inches but isolated five inch that's what's going on around the country. here's 's what happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. another heavy round of rain set t

much bigger than hoda.er of the president to simply declare without court process or due process somebody is not a citizen. we have courts for a reason. let's use the court system. >> martha: thank you very much. good to have you here tonight. hasan as the case goes on. here with more tammy bruce president of the independent women's voice and fox news contributor. tammy, you know, on the citizenship issue, first. >> sure. well, look, time line we can debate about. the issue is when it comes to the issue of diplomatic immunity if you will. were they in this country on a diplomatic visa when his work ended did that visa expire? did they oversay that visa? and is that issue about birthright citizenship only when you have a job. if you are here on a diplomatic visa. are you only a diplomat if you are employed at that moment? these, i'm sure, are questions the state department has looked at. mike pompeo seems to be very firm in his understanding of where this stands i think we will get more answers. this does ha

good morning, hoda, myself, the gang, we're excited.le but you have your own special twist on it? >> we love to deep fry our french toast. it creates like this creme brulee inside but like encrusted in like this crusty, toasty bread. >> you're talking about deep frying it in a vat of like oil? >> exactly. >> that's what we were hoping for. is the first part of the french toast the same? >> we have to soak it first. it's really important to take your eggs, beat them up. i'll pour this in here, get the sugar. >> chef, just for the folks at home, the overall ingredients that you need for this, we have the ingredients, they're pretty staples, right? >> yeah, it's pretty much super easy, the vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, the eggs. >> is this heavy cream or half and half? >> this is half and half. >> and the brioche is the key. >> look at this. powdered sugar, what's that, a little vanilla? >> a little vanilla. we like to soak it overnight. >> no kidding? >> the day before if you're prepared. if you're not prepared, do it for an hour or two. >>

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hoda?t, thank you. >>> one d after the president warned congress about investigating him, house democratsaunch a probe into his business and personal finances. the new chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, says the investigation will also look into the president's possible ties to russia. house speaker nancy pelosi says it is the responsibility of congress to exercise oversight. but the president calledhe investigation presidential harassment. >>> the trump administration is also ming to roll back obama-era restrictions on so-called payday loans. the rules require lenders to ty lect the borrower's abi to repay certain high interest loans which areften due withi 30 days. the trump administration says it wants to protect consumers' access to credit. critics say this type of lending can beto pre and struggle people into high fees and debt. >>> a construction elevatornd scaffolding collapsed. one worker left dangling off a e edge o building. fortunately he was wearing a saf

hoda muthana hoe-dah moo- tah-na left her alabama home in 20-14 to become part of isis.the 24-year-oldr of one tells a-b-c news she now wants to return home.hoda muthana/isis bride"i almost cry myself to sleep every day, because i know that when i do get back, i probably will be sentenced to jail, for i don't know how much time."she called for the killings of americans on twitter but has since said she was brainwashed and regrets those statements. hassan shibly/attorney for hoda muthana's family"she's actually asking is to be held accountable to our legal system, to have the due process that any american citizen is entitled to." attorney hassan shibly says muthana was born in the u- s.....months after her father resigned as a diplomat for yemen.but secretary of state mike pompeo says muthana is not a u-s citizen.....and president trump doesn't want her to come back.hassan shibly/attorney for hoda muthana's family"he's saying the u.s. doesn't have jurisdiction over her and in doing that not only is he giving her a free pass but he's essentially undermining birthright citizenship. someth

craig, hoda? t >> the high school student at the center of the viral confrontation at the lincoln memorial last month is suing the "washington post" for defz molestation claiming the newspaper accused him of racist acts. he seeks $215 million in damage. the suit claims the "washington post" waged malicious attacks on him by falsely accusing him of instigating the tense standoff with the native american activist nathan phillips. in a statement the "washington post" said we are reviewing a copy we plan to mount a vigorous defense. ph >>> also this morning, additional chaw a judge has rull hearing that revealed some trbl details in that case. nbc's steve patterson joins us with more on this story. steve, good morning. >> good morning to you, craig. for hours frazee remained mostly stoic in court as the gruesome details about his fiancee's aled murder were rattled off shedding some light on what prosecutors say happened. just a warning, some of the details you're about to hear are disturbing. >> repor

hoda muthana has a valid u.s.ckensack, new jersey, in october of 1994 months after her father stopped being a diplomat so, gail, what happens to her? who takes her. >> oh, my gosh. this is the question. this is an overnight crisis that has been years in the making, i saw in the 2017 some of these wives, some of these brides, some of the kids and wondered what in the the united states is stripping family members of their citizenship. there's no country that is going to want to take them in. there is not a sense that the syrian forces who is u.s. has brn backing has any capacity to hold the folks indefinitely. >> so i'm not hearing an answer. that's like the $1 million question is what happens to them. somebody said to me, what if they, you flow, she were to be brought back to the united states and be questioned. should she be an intel or is it too much of a risk? >> on the one hand are folks that say look, this is best counter terrorism source of information and public information you have. young people that saw th

>> a lot of speculation about that, hoda.peatedly knocking that .do they say they continue to talk to these two people of interest as well as jussie smollett and the iestigation is on going. >> all right, ron mott. thank you. >>> a new twist at the center of the bitter fight betweenam on's jeff bezos and the nation"national enquir. >> one of the big questions in this on goingda sk has been who leaked the racy photos and text messages shared by jeff bezos and his girlfriend lauren sanchez to the "national enquirer." sanchez's brother michael named as the leaker in multiple reports is speaking out. >> reporter: this morning, michael sanchez, the reported leaker in the jeff bezos /"national enquirer" leakage scandal is speaking out. nchez denies leaking racy, below the belt selfies o bezos to the enquirer. >> michael sanchez says his sister lauren frequently showed the pictures to people including himself and perhaps one of her girliends leaked the picture. >> reporter: it was soon after the en firer reported baezos wa having an

the attorney for hoda muthana's family says she has the right to come back home.te mike pompeo are saying about this. live report from the white house. also, her family's attorney is standing by. >> this is a woman who inflicted norma's risk on american soldiers, she is a terrorist. she is not coming back. about 50% of people with evesevere asthma k? have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. fasenra is an add-on injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. fasenra is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. fasenra is proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, improve breathing, and can lower oral steroid use. fasenra may cause allergic reactions. get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. don't stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection or your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may o

let's start with team hoda. al is not here, but hoda is. see how they do. >> get fit today! >> i'm ready. >> yay! here we go. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to give you a range on torque and your speed or your rpms. just try to stay in or around it, and the biggest thing is, have a little bit of fun, all right? >> yeah. >> all right! >> come on! ♪ >> i'm already sucking air. nobody else is? okay, good. >> go! >> you rock! >> yes! you're killing it! all right. >> it's killing me. >> ow! >> let's go, al! >> al, nobody's sweating but us. >> yeah. yeah. wow. >> there we go. you guys crushed it! yes! >> and that was the five-minute course. pretty good. how many miles have you biked so far? >> since we started, i think about 160. >> wow. >> how hard was that? >> you doubled up al. >> al did 80? >> he's always biking. >> if you follow him on instagram, he's up at like 5:00 in the morning on his bike. >> what we realized -- i did some classes, some 45-minute ones just to knock them out. because we had to do a 30-minute class every single day to make --

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hoda kotb is my guest tonight. plus we have daveed diggs, stand-up from mo ammer, and freestyling with the roots. it's a great show. done change the channel. >>> happening now, governor newsom has relocated to the sacramento area, and that means he is selling his marin county home. the kempfield property has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, a pool, and views of the around 6 million. back with more news in a moment. what's better than having fast, reliable wifi with coverage throughout your home? how about having internet that can help you save on wireless phone service? xfinity gives you the fastest speeds for all your devices. plus, now that xfinity mobile is included, you can switch your wireless carrier and save hundreds of dollars a year. talk and text as much as you want and only pay for data. now that's simple, easy, awesome. click, call or visit a store to >>> new at 11:00, cervical cancer may soon be a thing of the past. that's according to a study in australia. researchers looked at cancer data to predict the

hoda muthana is from hoover, alabama.dent, she traveled to syria and married three isis fighters, two of them were killed. now five years later muthana says she regrets what she did and she wants to come home. president trump tweeted this week he is not going to allow that. secretary of state mike pompeo reit rated the president's message in an interview on thursday. >> she is a terrorist. she is not a u.s. citizen. she ought not return to this country. >> because she was the daughter of a diplomat? >> that's right. >> to clarify that, children born in the united states to active diplomats, they do not get birth right citizenship since diplomats are under the jurisdiction of their home countries. but a family representative says hoda muthana was born in new jersey a month after her father was discharged from his position as diplomat. if she is allowed to return, muthana is prepared and willing she shenandoah to s she says to surrender to any charges. >>> officials say troops in syria will help with logistics, recognizance

me, hoda myself, we'reav excite.. it creates this creme brulee inside but encrusted in this toasty bread. deep frying it in a vat of oil? >> yes. >> yes! that's what we're hoping for. >> we have to soak it first. important to take your eggs, beat them up, i'll pour this in there. >> chef, just for the folks at home, theverall ingredients they're pretty much staples, right. >> super easy. nothing fancy, vanilla, cinnamon, nut meg, eggs, half and half and the brioche is key. >>ook at this. >> powder's sugar. a little vanilla. >> we like to soak it overnightd the before if you're really prepared. >> in the fridge? >> in the fridge. ifou're not epared, you can do it for an hour or two. >> am i pouring it on top. >> you cover it all the way? >> all the way. you want it to really soakin. make sure you do a flip here. >> look at that. >> imagine the benefit of the soak overnight. >> keeps it from being soggy. >> that's wha this stuff is for. >> i got excited. >> you want to start youres ap you want them to be nice -- >> wha

craig, hoda? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> the high school student at the center of the viral confrontation at the lincoln memorial is suing "the washington post" for defamation claiming the newspaper accused him of racist act. the lawsuit filed by the parents of nicholas sandman seeks $250 million damage. the suit claims "the washington post" waged malicious attacks on asandmann. intatement "the washington post" saide are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense. >>> also this morning,ti addional charges have now been filed against patrick frazee, the colorado man accused of murdering his fiancee. a judge has ruled he will trial following a day-long hearing that t revealedubling new details. steve patterson joins us with details. >> forhrhours,e zee remained mostly stoic in court as the gruesome details about his fiancee's murder were rattled off, shedding light on what prosecutors say happen. before weue contin just a warning, some of the det