the whole thing is the agenda -- the jenga tower. are they able to pay for this because they have strong business interests saying this could really up and this whole thing. scarlet: great visual for the jenga tower. laura davidson on capitol hill. let's check in one bloomberg first word news. mark: germany's prime minister added his voice to the chorus of warnings against the u.s. recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. moveid today that the would not call the crisis, but fuel it. use officials have said a possible recognition might come this week. triggering arab and muslim criticism across the middle east. he asked germany and its eu partners continue to support a two state solution. union's top diplomat says withhold in the landmark nuclear agreement with iran is a top priority for the block and warned that the un's withdrawal is counterproductive. he spoke in brussels today after a meeting with u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson. he warned against turning a blind eye to tehran's actions in the middle east. we also kno

oh, stay away from the jenga!pplause ] now, yesterday, while he was in las vegas, trump was asked about the tillerson story and his comments afterwards. he could not stop himself from attacking the media. watch as he keeps saying thank you as if to stop talking and then continues to ramble. >> yeah, i'm very honored by his comments. it was fake news. it was a totally phony story. thank you very much. it was made up. it was made up by nbc. they just made it up. thank you all. thank you. total confidence in rex. i have total confidence. thank you very much, everybody. >> seth: you can almost see the angel and devil on his shoulders wrestling for control. say it was fake news. no, say thank you and leave. call it a phony story! walk away, and don't throw chicken cans! throw the chicken! throw it! no, throw the paper towels, but not the chicken. throw the chickens, but wrap it in a paper towel so they think it's soft! [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] we're in a truly extraordinary situation where the president is

. >> like jenga. >> the lions i wish they showed half as much resilience when they played there. >>>ou may notice things have gotten more entertaining in the end zone. sunday afternoon in baltimore. ravens running back alex collins scored a touchdown and celebrated with a quick game of tug of war. collins took on his offensive linemen during the celebration. didn't take much nor the big guys to fall. it's all because the nfl finally relaxed rules against celebrating this season. the ravens ended up -- >> there should be a time limit. if they're going to >> i love the creativity. >> the coach says act live you've been there before. >> hand the ball to the officials. >> i got to tell you guys, you're going to enjoy today for the most part. but you've got to -- >> two thumbs up and then a whole other combination of fingers might be needed later in the week. nice -- raindrops coming. by thursday, it's going to be winter around here. be ready for it. maybe each our first chance of a snowflake coming up. >> speaking of winter, flu fears on the rise. why the illness outbreak could be strong

ecological effects on species that the penned on them and other words ecosystems in nature are a lot like jenga the more blocks you were moved the more you know everyone's played jungle but that's not the only appears on display at this year's conference because like flies on feces whenever words like manipulation mass destruction and extinction are thrown around you can bet your bottom dollar that the pentagon is not far behind me has the guardian has uncovered that the depends advanced research projects agency or darpa the good folks behind the creepy backflipping robots and other such horrifying things we've seen online well darpa has invested roughly one hundred million dollars into genetic extinction technologies making the us military now one of the biggest funders of gene drive research in the world think on that lovely lovely thought as we start watching the hawks. it's a. real.

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are those the large jenga blocks? >> yeah. >> is it fun? >> it is.ht from her. that's what we're going to do. >>> and to dive into comfort food. it's time to celebrate some football food for the holiday. those recipes and a lot more after a check of local news, weather and these messages. >>> good morning, it's 8:26. let take a look at the roads. how's it looking, dave? >> we're looking at a crash on the baltimore washington parkway. northbound near 197. initially called in blocking left lane. i-95 for that get away. you mentioned it. okay in mayoryland. in virginia, delays south bound at dumfries. heading in slow already. that's very latest. chris, back to you. >> thank you, dave. we'll get a check of the forecast as soon as we come back. stay with us. hey hgood, how was practice? must have been hot out there today, huh? yeah yeah- why don't you go put that stuff in the laundry room right now? okay. do your athletes bring home big odors? tide sport is super concentrated to beat even the toughest stains and odors. hey buddy! hey oooh- somebody ran la

they were stunned that the thing didn't fall down. >> those are giant jenga. >> is that fun?ad, let's go shopping. we still have time to order them or you can take them straight from cassie, which is what we're going to do. then dive into some italian comfort food. it is time to celebrate. football food for the holiday. those recipes, a lot more after the check off your local thus, your weather and these mess theages. news, weather and these messages. i )m ... in the last few moments - we )ve learned president trump has signed into law the massive tax cut bill approved by congress. >>> in the last few moments, we've learned president trump has signed into law the massive tax cut bill approved by congress. the president initially said he would wait until after the new year to sign it but later changed his mind. the signing ceremony took place in the oval office. >>> and two people are in the hospital after an early morning fire in hayward. this happened a little after 2 a.m. on menova street. the investigators say the fire started in the kitchen of that home when someone forgo

are those the large jenga blocks? >> yeah. >> is it fun? >> it is.hem. you can take them straight from her. that's what we're going to do. >>> and to dive into comfort food. it's time to celebrate some football food for the holiday. those recipes and a lot more after a check of local news, weather and these messages. >>> nbc 10 news starts now. >>> good morning. i'm rosemary connors. it's a few minutes before 8:30. meteorologist bill henley is tracking a dry start to the holiday weekend. >> yeah, dry, but we're seeing a lot of cloud cover. could see some breaks of sunshine, but mainly cloudy, dry and not all that cold. it's 37 in philadelphia, low 30s in pottstown. we're starting off in the 30s, but in spite of the clouds, the temperatures across the board will warm into the upper 40s and low 50s this afternoon. then with cloudy skies, it won't cool down much this evening. rain arrives late tonight and tomorrow. >>> katy zachry is watching the roads. looking good out there. >> it is looking good. this is 95 down into philadelphia international airpor

it's not going to be a big stack of jenga blocks where one thing collapses the republican party and democrats take back over in a wave. it's going to be a steady movement back by having good candidates, good issues, being anti-trump and also having their own positive agenda and building their party back to where it was a few years ago. >> david, for democrats at least somewhat it looks like the an - antanti anti- or resist trump thing is working. where do you see this going in 2018? >> on which side? listen, i think donald trump does have this economy working for him in a positive way. it hasn't totally lifted yet, but you have another six, seven, eight, nine months, this tax cut kicks it up to an even higher gear. he inherited a good economy from barack obama, but if he can get it up higher, that would make a major difference. i also think if he could find a resolution on issues like the d.r.e.a.m.ers, he could work with democrats on, if he could now shore up the health care system working with senator collins, for example, or working with lamar alexander and patty murray on their health car

border to try and block trump's border wall. [ cheers and applause ] while the company that makes "jengabid to build trump's border wall. it's like -- one piece -- [ cheers and applause ] "no one touches it." guys, christmas decorations are going up, which means it's also time for "elf on the shelf." now, if you're not familiar, that's the doll that gets like placed around the house before christmas to spy on kids and report to santa if they're being naughty or nice. and we actually have the elf on the shelf here to talk about it. are you there elf? >> hi, jimmy. >> jimmy: oh, hi. [ cheers and applause ] thank you for joining us. how's it going? >> i'm going to be straight with you. things have been pretty crazy. >> jimmy: yeah, how come? >> there are so many naughty people out there. >> jimmy: oh, there's a lot of naughty kids this year? >> oh, no. i'm actually the adult elf on the shelf. [ laughter ] yeah, it's my job to keep an eye on the grown-ups and report back. and let me tell ya, 2 2017 has been a bitch. >> jimmy: all right, whoa, whoa. [ applause ] elf on the shelf -- watch the