jennifer white talk to me what attracted harbor one bank to this organization. >> yeah, you're wondering what does the bank have to do with diabetes. but five years ago my predecessor and others really went out and did a needs assessment of what was facing the brockton community and diabetes is a major health crisis, and it was a community issue that was affecting our employees as well as customers. so we wanted to convene folks around this issue. get our employees out, and really be part of this coalition of as al mentioned 40 plus strong. but brockton is the tight-knit community. we've been there almost 100 years, and we feel strongly about really getting to the root causes of this issue. >> joyce dwyer, menaced menaced in our introduction that there's good news in the fight. talk to me about why the cdc contributed toward the coalition's efforts in this specific region. >> i think some of what al and jen has already said, and that is there's definitely a need for access to care and healthy living within brockton, as well as the way that that city with stoughton at this point has come

anna: jennifer described the white truck as having a really long exhaust pipe. steve: a wake county mother is charged with misdemeanor child abuse after her baby was found alone and locked inside a cold car the arrest warrant reveals there was no heat and a window was partially open. on top of that, police say there anna: a sinkhole could cause major delays tomorrow morning. chopper 11 hd was over jordan lake. commuters often use it as a cut through to get from barrington point road to highway 501. workers are trying to figure out not only the extent of the damage, but how long it will take to repair. emergency workers say it is likely the result of a clock direct -- clog directly under it. steve: now to the system failure that enrolled dozens of customers in the wrong health insurance. a blue cross blue shield customer who is also a medical provider coming forward to the i-team after taking his frustration straight corporate headquarters. joel brown is live in our new center. how did he finally get blue cross blue shield's attention? joel: you cannot ignore som

"the washington post's" columnist jennifer reuben. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sarah fagan. and "the washington post" columnist eugene robinson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. happy new year, 2016 is finally here. we can really focus now on the presidential race. i'm teasing of course. but it does mean one thing, the sprint to the opening presidential contest in iowa and new hampshire begins.

jennifer: the white house wants companies to release more information about their payrolls. a look at the new plan when we come back. >> i got the -- tom: efforts to recruit the next generation of loggers, as the industry struggles with growing pains. hayley: tracking a few light snow showers moving across the state this evening. then over the weekend some quieter weather before a big surge upwards with the temperatures. car repairs, home improvements, a family trip ...it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal and for five years rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipping major votes... all over the place on immigration... bad judgment. r tom: there's your video of the closing bell, provided by the new york stock exchange. thank goodness for a big uptick today on wall street, the month of january closes on an up note after a miserable month. tell you what, they sure needed that today. atlantic fish american will have to pay for

"the washington post's" columnist jennifer reuben. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sarah fagan. and "the washington post" columnist eugene robinson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with

"the washington post's" columnist jennifer reuben. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sarah fagan. and "the washington post" columnist eugene robinson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. happy new year, 2016 is finally here. presidential race. i'm teasing of course. but it does mean one thing, the sprint to the opening presidential contest in iowa and new hampshire begins. and we hope to learn the answers to at least these three questions. will trump voters show up? who's going to be the anti-trump and anti-cruz establishment candidate? and can democrats truly get excited about hillary clinton? just look at how packed this schedule is over the next seven days in iowa. the presidential candidates will hold a total of 44 events. that's just in the next week. by the way, 28 of those events are by ted cruz alone. an acknowledgment that iowa is must-win for the texas senator. in new hampshire the story is similar. 58 events scheduled in the n

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the "washington post" right turn columnist in jennifer rubin. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sara paying then and the "washington post" columnist it's "meet the press." >>> happy new year, 2016 is finally here. we can really focus now on the presidential race. teasing, of course, but it does mean the sprint to the contests in iowa and new hampshire begins and we hope to learn the answers to these three questions -- will trump voters show up? who will be the anti-trump and anti-cruz establishment candidates? can democrats truly get excited about hillary clinton? look how packed the schedule is over the next seven days in iowa. the presidential candidates will hold 44 event, 28 by ted cruz alone, anning a acknowledgment it's a must win for the senator. in new hampshire, an acknowledgment that more candidates view new hampshire as do or die than iowa. and the polling? it's catnip, but be cautious. in our most recent nbc/"wall trump led followed by ted cruz. democratic side hillary clinton ahead of bernie sander

"the washington post's" columnist jennifer reuben. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sarah fagan. and "the washington post" columnist eugene robinson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. happy new year, 2016 is finally here. we can really focus now on the presidential race. i'm teasing of course. but it does mean one thing, the sprint to the opening presidential contest in iowa and new hampshire begins. and we hope to learn the answers to at least these three questions. will trump voters show up? who's going to be the anti-trump and anti-cruz establishment candidate? and can democrats truly get excited about hillary clinton? just look at how packed this schedule is over the next seven days in iowa. the presidential candidates will hold a total of 44 events. that's just in the next week. by the way, 28 of those events are by ted cruz alone. an acknowledgment that iowa is must-win for the texas senator. in new hampshire the story is simila

meteorologist jennifer schack, did you notice the pretty pink and white cotton candy sky? jennifer: i was going to interpret a little orange there for the bengals today. jonathan: it's definitely a bengals day. it's a nice, varied hue out there. just blended, if you will. not a ton of color so far, but the temperatures 47. thicker clouds to roll in in the coming hours. a little bit of morning sun. good news for temperatures, upper 40s. mid 50s for highs today. soak it in the next couple days, highs in the 20s and 30s. we have a big drop-off for the second half of the weekend. the higher temperatures, some of the southern community, high temperatures, upper 50s to near 60 today. a mild start to the weak end, and most of today is dry thicker clouds for midday. no showers yet. we wait until late afternoon and evening. in time, rain returns it will come to an end tomorrow morning as snow. probably the first measurable snowfall for right season. we'll talk about how much coming up. temperatures falling through the day tomorrow. the single digits. next week, more snow to talk abo

. >> reporter: she is competing against cate blanchett, jennifer lawrence and others. >> a white wash in the racketing categories. >> reporter: the blockbuster "star wars: the force awakens" received five nods in technical categories as the count down begins to oscar sunday with the now, some were surprised straight out of compton wasn't nominated. on abc. reporting live in los angeles, brandi hitt. back to you. >> thank you, brandi. sandy kenyon is in hollywood. we will check with him on "eyewitness news first at 4:00" and we made it easy for you to find a list of the oscar nominations. head to abc7ny or the eyewitness news app. we got it there for you. >>> coming up next, a bus driver attacked. the frightening ordeal caught on camera as passengers stood there and watched the fight. why did no one call for help. >> a dog left inside a duffel shelter. >>> looking like a winter wonderland in upstate new york. streets in syracuse had a thick blanketed of snow overnight. commute. cars on the street made it difficult for the plows. the department of public works hopes people move vehicles

you're my hostage, they won't shoot a young black kid in the car if there's a pretty white girl inth passenger seat. jennifer: when they stopped for gas she was able to get away. after a high speed chase. jamie: 28 wins in 38 games, that's really good in the nhl and that's where the washington capitals stand ase approach the halfway point of the season. they also have the fifth leading goal scorer in the nhl, ovechkin. boston has lost four of their last five games. we caught up with the u.n.h. hockey team on the ice this afternoon in durham, practicing as they get ready to hos number 10u. mass lowell on friday night. wildcats will only play hockey east games from here on out. ande t lowell, b.c., b.u. and the champs fro providence, that's coming up at 6:00. the associated press ranks all 32 nfl teams, their weekly power rankings, though it would be interesting to see where the pats fall this week, number five. two afc teams are ahead of t denver and k.c. the last place tnessee titans won just three games. the pments lost four of their last six, number five overall tom: a special thank to you rescuers has com

. >> it was that hash tag all white oscars, we're looking at a list of 20 actors. christian bale. >> jennifer lawrence. >> and again it is an all white list. >> straight out of diversity, and pete hammond says the most jarring omissions that make 2016 the whitest oscars since, well, last year. >> i got something to say, straight out of compton is a disappointment. we thought that would get in the best picture. it got one nomination for screen play. those writers on the film are white. i have to say that the academy this year could have nominated beast of no nation. will smith and didn't. >> tell the truth. >> and for who is voting of the estimated 6000 members, it has been reported 94% are white. 77% are male. >> and a nominee i'm producing the show i still don't get it. you look at star wars with a black and woman in the lead. highest grossing film ever, ever, ever for them all to be shut out. >> can i add it is frustrating we're having the same conversation year after year when they come out. >> it is predominantly male and white. >>> a story that has a lot of you talking. how could that pl

reporter: she' s competing against jennifer lawrence, charlotte ramplane. >> it' s a whitewash. reporter: white actors represent all 20 acting nominations. many questioning by will smith or idris elba were not nominated. straight outta compton was also snubs. mad max, fury road receiving 10 the star wars the force awakens was also nominated five times in technical categories. watch the academy awards sunday channel 5. phil: starts right now. >> my main focus is becoming the best player i can be. anchor: and the new injury concern. get set for a wet start to your weekend and the changes that will follow. anchor: the colorful show of support for a teenager -- and billy joel's big plan for the fenway park. when you'll be hearing more of the music icon. breaking news, patriots star chandler jones at the center of a storm. what he's saying about the incident that sent him to the hospital. jones broke his silence on the issue after practice today. >> he faced reporters in the patriots' locker room. one of those, our bob halloran was there and he begins our live breaking news coverage at gillette stad

i' m really confused. in my field. against cate blanchett, jennifer lawrence, and sears sharon and -- categories. reporter: white actors resenting this year. the blockbuster star wars also received five nods in technical categories. s host chris rock. summer surprised "straight out of compton" was n ' t nominated for best picture or ridley scott for "the martian." awards sunday, february 28 at 5. emily: parts of new york state getting slammed with more snow. up to eight inches of snow fell in areas around buffalo last night. the bulk of it falling in just a three-hour time span. another inch or so is expected there today before a weekend warm-up. a rare and impressive feat in the event the ocean today. tropical storm alex is now a hurricane. his the first atlantic hurricane to form in january since 1938. hurricane season runs from june 1 through november 30 so any hurricane in january is certainly significant and really rare. mike: very unusual. you see it right there. in the target to hurricane season will start with b name. let me show you what it looks like. it' s way out in the atlantic. the azores are close

best actress nods to brie larson, jennifer lawrence, and saoirse ronan year - the hashtag "oscar's so white" on twitter... where many are actors, directors, and writers of color were nominated for oscars. a star of stage and screen who portrayed professor snape in the harry potter movies, among many other roles, has died. turn to page 394 alan rickman's family said today he died after a battle with cancer. rickman was often cast as a bad guy - known for his many roles like that of hans fruber in die hard, professor snape in the harry potter fil. he was 69 years old. we'll be right back. --------- --------- --------- (donkey noise) (elephant noise) (mic screech) there's a big difference betwtwn making noise... (mic tap) ...and making sense. (elephant noise) (donkey noise) when it comes to cial security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates!! enough talk. backstreet's back... in jail. nickckcarter of baccstreet boy fame is arrested for assault. drunk in asked to leave... he allegedly got mad

paul ryan is slamming the white house for proposal to reduce the naval fleet just when we need a strong navy. jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: the white house no longer talkses about redlines in the wake of the syrian debacle. leon panneta said the president's reversal in syria an chemical weapons were used sent the wrong message to the world. north korea tested a fourth nuclear equipment without fearing consequences kim jong-un signed the orders this week. and china brazenly landed a small cessnan and a large civilian airliner on the large islands in the south china sea that they dredged and built. many fear it would be a military base that could threaten maratime security. john kerry called the counterpart this week. >> they agreed that these activities continue to raise regional tensions. >> reporter: but otherwise there is relative silence from the white house and pent govenlt a navy destroyer was sent to it sail 12 miles to make a point. the chinese ignored the move. and the pentagon refused to confirm the flight. >> i can't confirm flights from here. i have seen reports

taraji sizzling in white. jennifer lawrence dazzling in red. with your favorite stars. >> do you want to borrow something? do you mind? >> to a joyous jennifer. that you can see only right here on "gma." >>> facebook's mark zuckerberg posting this picture with baby max. what he's said about vaccines. that's caused an outpouring of dr. ashton here live with what you need to know. i'm on top of the world, hey >>> and get ready for reboot camp this week. we're recharging your mind, body, and soul. starting with decluttering your closet, your wallet, and your mind. live longer, healthier, and better starting this morning. bang bang into the room >>> and the backstage access you can only get here. lara behind the scenes at the golden globes. as we say -- >> good morning, america! mwah. ground control to major tom >>> oh, thank you for starting the work week with us. david bowie. there he is. space oddity. just one of his many, many hits. the star changing the world of music. fashion. and more. you keep hearing these songs, you're like, oh, that's ri

specifically i wanted to go to jennifer's point about when she was in the white house and your experience when you were there. before i get to your actual question, if you can give us a tidbit with the steist the union when you brought it to life. dan: sure. it's the biggest audience you're going to have. but over the course of time, the state of the union audience viewership has dropped dramatically and that's because president obama has been in office for seven years now. you seen it before. but it's been going presim us toly before because people have more choices now. for decades it was to have more channels. now they have what's on their phone, what's on their tablet. people don't believe appointment television anymore where if you don't show up at 9:00 to watch a speech. you watch it when you want to watch it. you know, we thought in 2015 we would spend a lot of time thinking about how can we engage people more with the state of the union. we divided the viewers that we ve and try to design con tepttent -- content. the first people you make sure they know what's on tv. you write a g

and had gone to the store it get candy and snacks when what appeared to be a white pickup truck came down the road. jennifer schark says she heard the truck hit two people behind her including 16-year-old kyle strait and plow into her 13-year-old sister jessica. both kyle and jessica died at the scene and now as the family makes funeral arrangements the mother makes this plea. >> any little piece of information that you can remember about the vehicle or know about the vehicle, please help us to find this person so they can be punished for their actions. i won't get my daughter back but maybe it hrwill help the families. amber: jennifer also described that truck as having a very long exhaust pipe. if you know anything about this case you are asked to call the highway patrol. left her infant daughter in a car during cold weather will appear in court. this was saturday night on angier avenue in raleigh. police were called because of a rowdy crowd in the streets. according to the arrest warrant they discovered that a two-month-old baby girl was in a car with a window cracked, heat off and surrounded with alcoho

white . no growth-promoting antibiotics, jennifer: having your super bowl fun while helping families who have members of mental illnesses. joining us are the cofounders of this event. sounds like a successful event with an important message that you are focusing on. tell us about it. >> super bowl sunday is the touchstone for hope event. highlighting a mental health ohio. next week' in of foundation. we will find a fun event to bring in an find more money for genetic research. important? years? >> it' s a difficult topic. they come in for it in times of need. this is an event where really we can bring awareness to the topic , especially as mental health issues touch people in their own life every day. having an event like this it' s so close to home allows people to talk about something that had been hidden for a long time, saying we need help. i got involved just in time for helping out a friend of mine. jennifer: what does that entail? >> i got involved through terry. the tickets for that are $75 for a young professional and $125 you also get free larousse of pizza, skyline chili, and a ton

the driver was in a white truck when the teen were hit in night. jennifer schark took this photo with her 13-year-old sister -- jessica took this picture winter her jennifer schark saturday night. >> he was going to get candy and the truck ran down three of never stopped. just stomped on the gas and kept going. >> reporter: jennifer and a 16- year-old, kyle straight were killed. and kyle's mother had a heart attack on saturday when she learned of her son's death. >> it is a shame that the families are going through this. >> reporter: 14-year-old steven left families mourning and a message for the driver. >> turn yourself in because it is going to be worse in the end. there are a lot of people upset. >> anyone with information is asked to call the police. >>> wake county fire crews responded to a house fire and sunday night and it happened before 8:00 on meadowbrook road in garnish next no word on what caused that fire or if anyone was injured. >>> four people being helped by damaged yesterday afternoon before 3:00. the one story home on parkland side. lucki

saturday night going to the store to get candy when what appeared to be a white pickup truck game flying down the road. jennifer schark said she heard the truck hit two people and plow into her sister jessica. both died at the scene. now as they make funeral arrangements the mother makes this plea. >> anyone with a piece of information that we can remember about the vehicle or know about the vehicle, please help us to find this person. make them pay for their actions. i will never get my daughter back but maybe [inaudible]. amber: she described the white truck as a very long exhaust pipe. if you know anything about the case you are asked to call the highway patrol. john: this morning a woman who left her infant daughter in a car during cold weather will appear in court. it was saturday night on angier avenue in raleigh. police were called here because according to the arrest warrant, they discovered a two-month-old girl in a car with a window cracked. the heat was turned off and she was surrounded with alcohol eubgi can -- alcoholic beverages. her mother kaknosha pretty was arrested. barbara: a sink hole in cha

jennifer lawrence... charlotte rampling... news entertainment correspondent white actors -- representing all 20 acting nominations again this year. sot -- the blockbuster -- "star wars: the force awakens" -- also received five nods in technical categories... as the countdown now begins to oscar sunday... with this year's host... chris rock. some were surprised "straight outta compton" wasn't nominated for best picture... nor director ridley scott for "the martian." see who wins oscar gold -- february 28th -- on abc. brandi hitt -- abc news -- los angeles. someone in central iowa just got a few more dollars in his or her pocket. iowa lottery officials say a ticket sold in clive is worth two million dollars. they say the buyer matched the firsrsfive numbers, but missed the powerball to win a million dollar prize. the winner added on the power play to double the winnings. as for the big prize, three people are sharing the 1 point 6 billion dollar jackpot. tickets for the historic jackpot bought tickets in california, florida winnererdefied the odds of f 2 million to o

now to jennifer gray in freedom plaza in washington, d.c. that's pretty close to the white house. nick valencia in fairfax, virginia. jennifer, to you first. how many more hours can we expect these conditions? it looks so much better where you are now than it was a few hours ago. i wonder if the heavy winds are headed up here to new york and new jersey. >> well, we are finally starting to taper off in the d.c. area. i think we have another band or two of heavy snowfall before it is all said and done. it will be snowing here at least through the midnight hour and tapering off quickly after that. every now and then you will get one of the gusts, there it is like that. luckily, things have been better overall the last hour. this is 14th street right behind me. it has been regularly plowed. a couple of cars have gone by. pennsylvania avenue, not a chance. there's about a foot of snow over pennsylvania avenue, which is crazy considering this is the nation's capital. we haven't even been able to see the capitol or the white house because visibility has been so low. in fact, snowfall rate

jennifer johnson shows us what' s left now. recovery. as the dig-out from the monster blizzard begins. blue skies and quiet winds, a welcome change from the white-out that paralyzed >> it' stuff so it' s not that bad cleaning up. jennifer it will be days before : life gets back to normal. tractor trailer trucks and hundreds of cars need to be removed from highways from pennsylvania to kentucky. hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. >> there' s a great amount of work to be done to conduct damage assessments undercover from an events of this severity. jennifer new york' s airports are : open but the two washington-area airports remain closed. rail service along the east coast is limited. coastal flooding is improving. governors are still urging people to stay off the roads. >> the travel ban has been lifted. that does not mean people should go out and take a ride and see the sights. jennifer in virginia a buried : fire hydrant hampered efforts to save this house. this church in pennsylvania and the washington redskin' s training facility. but sunshine has led to celebration. a friendly snowball fight in washington' s dupont cir

jennifer: the sounds of recovery, as the date-out from the blizzard begins. blue skies and quiet winds, a welcome change from the white out that paralyzed millions. >> it's not that heavy, wet stuff. it is not that bad cleaning up. jennifer: tractor-trailers and hundreds of cars need to be removed from highways from pennsylvania to kentucky. hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. we have to conduct damage weather event of this severity. jennifer: new york airprpts are open, but washington airports remain closed. rail service along the east coast is limited. coastal flooding is improving. governors urge people to stay off the roads. lifted. that does not mean people should go out and take a ride and see the sights. jennifer: in virginia, a buried save a house. heavy snows collapsed roofs on a church in pennsylvania and a washington red training facility. a friendly snowball fight in washington, flooding around the capitol. a paralyzed east coast is finally moving again. jennifer johnson, nbc news, wawaington. mike: it is a big night for the panthers. we will go live to charlotte, >> second and short r

white house. we will talk to jennifer epstein in new york in just a minute. next week, president obama. they are trying to make this a big deal, even though it is his last year. does the white house seem on track to get attention in the midst of a presidential campaign? margaret: they are really trying to downplay it or up play it. something like that. his idea, his hope is that he can continue to harness some of the public's attention in this last year, when everyone else is moving on. he can finally set a path for his legacy going forward. shape -- andhe can somewhat, he can shape the 2016 elections. mark: what is your sense of what the headline will be tuesday morning after the speech? what would it be? margaret: "hope and change is still alive." mark: and then he is going to travel around the country. they're playing down legislative initiatives. what do they hope happens aside from hope and change? margaret: economic victory lap, that people still pay attention to him and that hillary doesn't run away with everything he is talking about. that is what the