>> i don't wanna spend two or three years doing this. >> so he and kristen approach kristen's dad withroposal. how about a massive auction, on-site at hemphill and across the world on the internet? >> they said, "well, what would you think about auctioning it?" and i thought, "boy, i don't know if dad would want that." and then i went home that night and i'm thinking, "well, i don't know why i didn't think of that earlier." >> so kristen and jim call in various auction houses. the immediate response -- "you're nuts." >> most of the auctioneers that jim and kristen talked to basically said, "we can't handle this. this is way too much for us." >> when i saw hemphill's collection, i was overwhelmed. this has got to be the largest collection that i've ever seen in my life. >> louis dakil of dakil auctions in oklahoma city, however, is up for the challenge. >> i've appraised everything in america that's ethical, moral, or legal. and i said, "if you can organize it, we can inventory it, and we can sell it." there's one saying we have in our industry -- you can't outlive iron. >> i have told

but i can tell you, kristen, everybody here is so psyched. i'm not even sure they noticed. kristen? >> i bet they are, matt, thank you for that report. lester will be out there in the weather tonight among the group invited to push the button for the ball drop in honor of press freedom. be sure to tune in. so how will that nasty weather impact your new year's plans? al roker is tracking it all for us. good evening, al. >> hey, good evening, kristen, and happy new year. and as we look at the radar, you can see we've got a pretty good line of showers and thunderstorms, especially down through the south and on into the southeast. and then as we move into the northeast, you can see heavy rain still pushing in. so it looks like it's going to be a soggy ball drop. snow making its way into northern new england. here is the forecast. we are looking for periods of rain, at least it's going to be warm. 40 degrees warmer than last year at this time. it was 9 degrees. the first time it's rained in 24 years. and tomorrow, for the rose parade out here in pasadena, the sun is going to be out but i

larry, kristen? >> dan, thank you so much. >>> it's been 18 years since pg&e filed for bankruptcy last time, losing millions of dollars monthly due to billions in energy contracts it couldn't cover. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie looks back to that 2001 bankruptcy and how pg&e may run into some similar problems this time around. david? >> that's right, larry and kristen. pg&e ran into financial problems back in 2001 because it couldn't pay $9 billion in energy contracts. this time the amount, as dan noyes pointed out, is about three times that amount, $30 billion in projected liability costs from wildland fires. there is one thing in common about these two bankruptcy. filing for bankruptcy again could make it difficult for pg&e to get credit, and that could be something that consumers might have to foot the bill on for years to come. the 2001 pg&e bankruptcy differs from what's developing now because the crisis then was rooted in california's deregulated energy markets. market manipulation by enr

and this is kristen welker rejoins us from the who us. countri white house.ad fallback positions but now they're really calling nancy pelosi's bluff, now she would have to affirmatively say don't come. and she controls the floor, she controls the venue, that's under her purview. >> that's absolutely right. the president is essentially saying, look, you invited me to speak and we are going to honor that initial invitation that you sent out. not altogether a surprise, andrea, because remember, he had tweeted several days ago "a contract is a contract." and yesterday, all signs pointed to the fact that he was in fact determined to deliver the state of the union address next tuesday at the capitol as was originally planned. so he is calling house speaker nancy pelosi's bluff to some exte extent. and the house says they've checked with the relevant people and there are no security concerns. so we await nancy pelosi's response. this is a president who is a former reality tv star. he understands the power of optics. when it comes to optics for the white house, for a

kristen? >> hans, it is a growing mystery. thank you for that report. >>> now to the terrifying moments for a family at a zoo in florida. a 2-year-old girl falling into a rhino enclosure and he airlifted to hospital. nbc's katick has the latest on this developing story. >> reporter: a family new year day trip to afl ida zoo turned terrifying, when a ye ar-old girl toppleinto a rhino exhibit. g a witness postinthis picture of a white shoe. the zoo in melbourne says during the educional experience with rhinos, children 3 years of age and older are led by a zookeeper and able to touch the 4,000 pound animals. separated by a series of steel polls. >> while the father was kneeling down and lding the child, the child stumbled nbackwards and fell betwhe bars. the father and mother brought the child out immediately. oft least one, if not two he rhinos made contact with their snout. >> reporter: the toddler airlifted to a hospital. the mother also nj treated for anury to her arm. thincident similar to

so, kristen, i don't know. would you sign the other appropriation bills?the government, let hundreds of thousands of people get paid, be able to pay their bills, and then negotiate on homeland security the way any other chief executive might do? that was pretty amazing. >> it was pretty amazing. and the president wasn't giving up trying to press john carl, put the question back to him. but ultimately, what you heard there was president trump effectively saying he's not going to. he said if you do that, you wouldn't be in my position because you'd never get anything done. >> he was basically saying, kristen, that it's all about the politics for him. he wants to satisfy his base, and he doesn't want to weaken his position with republicans on the hill, house and senate. >> right. and you also heard him say that some of these federal workers have reached out through social media to say that they support what he's doing. that also struck me because, remember, he's also cast the federal workers as mostly democrats. so sort of trying to have it both ways there. i

kristen? >> it's coming. spencer, thank you. you can get live doppler 7 weather and traffic conditions wherever you are. download the abc 7 news app and customize it to where you live. >>> you are watching a special 3:00 edition of abc 7 news. we're following all the latest commuter and weather issues this storm is causing. you're looking at san francisco where we just got word the great highway is closed from lincoln to they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland. . >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel with live doppler 7. i'm going to get you in closer to where it is pouring right now in the south bay. we're seeing heavy rain falling at this hour. you will notice right around benton street into cupertino, saratoga, blossom hill road. some of the rates in this area pretty intense. about a half an inch an hour. you'

kristen? >> remarkable. lucy, thank you for that report. >>> authorities have opened a terror investigation into a new year's eve stabbing spree that left three people injured, including a police officer at a train station in the uk. a witness says the suspect shouted terror related slogans during the attack in manchester. that suspect is under arrest. >>> and hopefully you got to ring in 2019 with family and friends. but in many parts of the globe, the new year got off to a chaotic and sometimes violent start. nbc's matt bradley has it all for us. >> happy new year! >> reporter: billions celebrated new year's eve last night, with huge parties, from paris to pyongyang. but in tokyo, celebrating took a stan bridge turn, when collapse in moscow sent revelers tumbling, injuring a huge bonfire nearly turned into a wildfire in the netherlands. and in france, eight people running in the new year stuck on a carnival ride. they had to be rescued by helicopter. in times square, cleanup is well under way after a soggy

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. >> reporter: i'm kristen welker. tonight the question, will he or won't he? the president doubling down on his threat to go around congress and declare a national emergency. >> i have the absolute right to do a national emergency if i want. my threshold will be if i can't make a deal with people that are unreasonable. >> reporter: what is a national emergency? passed in 1976, the national emergencies act gives presidents the broad authority to take action in a crisis and to redirect money already approved by congress. it was used after 9/11. and during the spread of swine flu in 2009. but can president trump issue one to build the border wall? experts say, maybe. >> can the presition emergency? absolutely. might that be challenged in court? probably. who will prevail? that's a very difficult question. >> reporter: democrats are already threatening a legal challenge and even some republicans warning mr. trump against it. >> that would be your last option, not your first. he may have the authority to do that, but i'm hopeful that the normal process of negotiati

kristen. i almost wish i was there with putin. ellison barber made her way to the north lawn of the white house despite the snow with more. >> according to a new report in the "washington post," president trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal the details of his conversation with russian president lavender curtain, taking possession of the notes from one of his interpreters telling the person not to discuss what occurred with other officials. the post reports the constraint that trump imposed are part of a broad pattern by the president of prohibiting high-ranking officials from knowing what he is told one of the united states main adversaries. as a result, u.s. officials say there is no detailed record event classified files of trump's face-to-face interactions with the russian leader at five locations over the past two years. white house press secretary sarah sanders calls the report outrageously inaccurate, but not the only report focusing on interactions with russia. a separate

ask a toddler and they'll say this. ♪ do do do >> reporter: kristen dalgren, nbc news, new york. >> asw "baby shark" quite well. henry, hope you're watching. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. stuck on the tarmac in od for hours. the passenger revolt that ended w >>> right now at 6:00 stuck on tarmac in oakland for hours. the passenger revolt that ended with deputies at the cabin door. >> this government shutdown is slowing down the inspection of food we eat. a silicon valley company is looking to capitalize. >> what was in the truck the new exclusive details about this crash that saw the south bay commute. >> the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. >> apple is one of the most secretive companies in the world. tonight we learned some of the secrets might have been exposed on 101 in san jose. part of a deadly crash in the wee hours of wednesday morning. chp is on the case. in san jose with the details. >> we have learned the driver and the passenger of the cargo t

. >>> and the not so nice confession dax shepard made about kristen bell. >> we had a couple of yearsf hating each other. >>> and celine dion talks about her new mystery man. >> let's get it straight here. >> the motivation behind her new look. >> please, leave me alone. >> and what she thinks of her teenage son's rapping career. ♪ you better appreciate the greatness ♪ >> this is "entertainment tonight." >>> welcome, everybody. well, our top story tonight is almost too disturbing for words. early this morning, "empire" star jussie smollett was viciously attacked. the victim of a suspected hate crime. jussie survived, but what police say happened to him was truly horrific. >> can you head over and check on a report regarding a friend that was assaulted and battered. he is supposed to be well known. a noose was placed over the friend's neck. >> the 35-year-old actor was brutally attacked in downtown chicago, not far from where jussie stays when "empire" shoots there. we're told two men yelled racial and homophobic slurs and repeatedly hit him. we're also told they poured a substance on

kristen dahlgren, nbc news. >> brave men. amazing everyone survived. >>> next, the secret tunnel and the plot police say it's linked to. >>> back to tell you about that underground mystery, a tunnel discovered leading right toward a bank. the fbi trying to figure out if there's an elaborate heist plot behind it. here's kerry sanders. >> reporter: at first it just looked like a small sinkhole. then the fbi found boots, a winch, a wagon, extension cords, a generator. a 50-yard tunnel leading to a bank. ld get into the bank, isn't the vault the real problem? >> i want to talk to them. i want to talk to them, yeah, these are great questions. >> reporter: the fbi looking for a suspect that one agent joked must be about the size of an abnormally fat gopher, able to fit in a space only two feet wide. agents say the caper was foiled by mother nature. the soil here in south florida is mostly a dirty sand, unable to support a tunnel after the ground was soaked by recent rains. like a movie, a mysterious tunnel, a criminal plot, a suspe

kristen, first to you, this is not the first time he's taken on the intelligence committee. hasn't done it in a while. this is pretty disparaging against, obviously, dan coats and gina haspel. >> andrea, you're absolutely right. this is not the first time we've seen this type of vitriol from president trump directed 59 his own intelligence community. of course it started during the early days, frankly, of hits administration, when he broke with them on a range of different issues including and especially russian meddling in the u.s. election. this is really extraordinary, though, because here you had yesterday these various intelligence chiefs testifying under capitol hill and breaking, contradicting with president trump on all of those different key issues that you ticked through. so president trump today firing back, as you pointed out, on iran, on afghanistan, on isis, on syria, also on north korea. i think his tweets on north korea were among the most notable, andrea, because of course president trump had declared over the summer that the nuclear threat was over from nor

kristen will stick around for the rest of the show. chuck, thank you very much. we'llook for much more when chuck is joined exclusion i recall by house majority leader stenny hoy her and republican senator susan collins of >> day 16 of the shutdown but in happier news it's day two of the nfl playoffs. wild cardic weekendd off with two big matchups. let's start with the late game inallas. the cowboys hosting the seattle seahawks. seattle led in the fourth quarter and dallas scored two late touchdowns and hung on for the -22ic vry. andrew luck and the colts domited the houston texans 2 is-7. two more games on tons, the baltimore ravens face the los angeles chargers while the chicago bears host the defending super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. you can so that game here on nbc with coverage beginning at 4:00 eastern. >>> and stay tuned after the game for hollywood's best party the 76th golden globe awards are tonight, and they could be a very big evening and the beginning of aig ards season run for bradley cooper and lady gaga. the duo in the hit movie "a star i

nbc's kristen dahlgren has the e tails. c reporter: everywhere you go, yourl phone is right there with you. but who else knows where you are? for a few hundred bucks, it could be anyone. in an investigation for mother board, reporter john cox was able to track a cell p through a bounty hunter for just $300. >> they sent me a google screen shot of the approximate area of where the phone was, and it was correct. >> reporter: many telecom compphies sell your e's location data to other companies for things like detecting fraud or roadsidesi ance. but those companies can resell the data, making it ailable to virtually anyone, showing your phone's location down to 1,500 feet or five square blocks. >> hackers can get this rm inion. identity thieves can get this information. all of this can be used t make your life miserable. >> reporter: an industry group representing the telecom companies declined our for comment. but fcc commissioner jessica rosen horsele says she's calling for an investi as soon as the government reopens. >> it

febreze one. >>> kristen welker has been kind enough to stick around.st one comes from stephanie in ohio. she wants to know our favorite golden globe nominated movies of the year. i will give you three. "a star is born," bradley cooper and lady gaga and i have to throw in "mary poppins." >> i am dying to see "a star is born" and "black panther" and "crazy rich asians." i don't have time to watch it. >> is the white house keeping you busy? >> she wants to know what's the strangest thing has happened to you covering the white house? >> i was meeting top officials, follow le me, i want to introdu you to other people. i walked in, and the vice president was there, i was so nervous and my knees started knocking but i started asking about healthcare. >> there you go. >> only in the trump's white house. charles from alabama, do you return your shopping cart to the proper location? >> i do, i am vigilant about it. >> i am vigilant about it unless it is raining >> kristin, thank you vwe are u weather alert. prepare for rain and strong winds across the bay area.

. >> kristen bell. why she has her husband in tears. >> you're crying too. >> you sit down, young lady. >> this is "entertainment tonight." hello, andwelcome, everyone to the beverly hilton hotel. we have news tonight on olivia newton john and the report that she has only weeks to live. >>> also news on the golden globe winner who's taking on one of america's biggest music festivals. >> the show begins today with andy samberg and sandra oh. >> just heard that lady ga go and bradley cooper are presenting. that lends itself to a quartet. a singing quartet. >> oh, i don't sing. >> neither does bradley cooper so you're in good company. >> kidding. >> the hosts rolled the red carpet this morning and talked to us in the middle of the noisy last-minute preps. >> this sound, this sound will be going on throughout the entire show. >> a lot of forklift action during the show. this is how they're going tell people off if their speeches go on for too long. they're going start breaking down the set. >> when did you

kristen holmes has this report from capitol hill. while a new congress is sworn in, the battle over funding for president trump's border wall remains at a stalemate and the government shutdown drags on.president donald trump: could be a long time and it could be quickly. lawmakers on both sides saying no progress was made during a meeting at the white house wednesday.rep. steny hoyer / -d- maryland: shutting down government is a stupid public policy.but as democrats take control of the house, likely speaker of the house nancy pelosi says they have a plan, rep. nancy pelosi / -d- house minority leader: we will bring to the floor legislation which will open up government. it will be based on actions taketh proposal includes a stop-gap measure to reopen the department of homeland security at its current $1.3 billion funding level through february 8.rep. nancy pelosi / -d- house minority leader: we're asking the prt to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it?according to a source familia

>> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> it's hard to bree through utdown drama consuming washington but the news late today that president trump's aw formerr, michael cohen, will testify publicly before coress did just that. as pete williams reports, it be coulne of the most dramatic moments of the trump presidency. >> reporter: michael cohen has age ed to appear before a ho committee february 7th, a month before he reports to prison. it's a powerful sign that democrats now control the housee calling as tir first blockbuster witness the man whoa it was his duty as donald trump's lawyer quote to cover up his dirty deeds. cohen says he'll give a full and credible account of the events which have transpired. he'll undoubtedly be a about efforts to build a trump tower in moscow he now says went on well into the campaign, and out arranging hush money payments to two women who claim they h affairs with mr. trump, something the president has denied. since pleading guilty last h, moohen has said he wants to turn his life around. >> i am done with the lying. i am done being yal to

dan, kristen? >>> we close out the night with a look at some of the final moments in office for california's longest serving governor jerry brown. >> one of his final group photos taken with his press office staff. he is known for his candor, and this group was responsible for helping him get the word out. >> that's right. colusa, california's former first dog has her own twitter account which posted this picture saying goodbyes are ruff. >> rou-o-u-g-hr-o-u-g-h. >> and former deputy first dog holly. >> out of office and into the outdoors. after serving a record 16 years as governor, we see this photo of governor brown on a ranch in california that his family has owned for roughly 150 years. so here is to the next chapter of jerry brown's life. >> a lot more time enjoying that ranch. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. i'mst sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for all of us here, we appreciate your time. see you again in half an hour. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. pr

nbc's kristen welker has a closer look at this issue. >> reporter: the question, will he or won't he? the president doubling down on his threat to go around congress and declare a national emergency. >> i have the absolute right to do a national emergency if i want. my threshold will be if i can't make a deal with people that are unreasonable. >> reporter: so what is a national emergency? passed in 1976, the national emergencies act gives presidents the broad authority to take action in a crisis and to redirect money already approved by congress. it was used after 9/11 and during the spread of swine flu in 2009. but can president trump issue one to build the border wall? experts say maybe. >> can the president declare a national emergency? absolutely. might that be challenged in court? probably. who will prevail? that's a very difficult threatening a legal challenge, and even some republicans warning mr. trump against it. >> that would be your last option, not your first. he may have the authority to do that, but i'm hopeful that the normal process of negotiating through the appropria

in washington, i'm kristen holmes. ( james ) thanks kristen. ( darya ) now lets get a check of weatheraffic... starting with john at the weather center. some more sunshine today but amid increasing cloud cover leading us into what will be a cloudy, windy and rainy weekend, most notably on saturday. temperatures will peak into a range of 50's again with little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay no major hot weekend. expected into the weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) ( james ) breaking overnight ... a man in oakland was killed in a fire ... that officials say likely started at or near a christmas tree. the fire broke out at around 6:30 last night ... at an apartment in the 65-hundred block of shattuck avenue when firefighters arrived ... they found the body of the 38- year-old man near the front door. there was a lot of smoke in the apartment ... coming from the tree. no one else was inside the apartment at the time. ( james ) if you have a christmas tree and you want to dispose of it p

in washington, i'm kristen holmes. ( james ) thanks kristen.)(darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... some more sunshine today but amid increasing cloud cover leading us into what will be a cloudy, windy and rainy weekend, most notably on saturday. temperatures will peak into a range of 50's again with little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (2-shot)( darya )breaking overnight... police are investigating a bulding fire that happened in vallejo.( james ) kron4's sara stinson is there now live with the details. ( james ) also breaking overnight ... a man in oakland was killed in a fire ... that officials say likely started at or near a christmas tree. the fire broke out at around 6:30 last night ... at an apartment in the 65-hundred block of shattuck avenue when firefighters arrived ... they found the body of the 38- year-old man near the front door

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. >> i'm kristen sze. the wind has calmed since this morning, but it's still whipping in downtown san francisco. >> it is. our reporter is live along the embarcadero now with a look at how this is affecting the fireworks preparations. >> reporter: you can tell that things are getting to get set up, you have the port-a-potties on one side and the barricades on the other. there was a crew loading the fireworks on a bridge earlier. it i san francisco. >> the racks over here, these are the orange ones. >> reporter: jeff thomas and his team are pushing through the elements, as they balance on a barge in the bay with wires and tools, to get these fireworks ready to blast for the big show. the barge is rocking enough give someone motion sickness. >> it's windier than normal. the barge itself, our launch platform is moving around. >> reporter: thomas says they may use two boats to hold it in place about 1,000 feet out from pier 14. >> we have coordinated with the coast guard and want to keep it this that position.

reporter kristen holmes has the latest. (darya)

host: we have the phone numbers on the screen for kristen brengel. we have a separate line just for recent national park visitors, if you have been there, tell us why you were there and what you saw. number48-8002is your --(202) 748-8002 is your number. and a separate line for our other guests. so what are you doing now? guest: we are trying to work with congress to get the parks open. we are advocating strongly the senate move to pass the interior appropriations bill, which passed in the house yesterday. but all of the parks need to be open with their staff. it is paramount that we get them parks back open. we work with our members across the country to advocate to make sure that parks are funded and well staffed. host: how many folks are affected? people who work at the parks around the country? guest: 15% of park rangers are on the job, so that leaves a large number who are not, 80% are not there. they are furloughed, they did not get paid yesterday. these are people who are dedicated public service -- servants who love the parks. they protect the

kristen welker? >> thank you. >>> authorities are looking for answers after a li escaped a locked enclosure and killed a 22-year-old intern and tonight, we're hearing from her friend about that shocking loss. nbc's catie beck has more. >> reporter: instead of celebration, new ar will begin in grief for family and friends ofyear-old alexandria black. >> she loved everybodyat th she met and all the animals she came across. >> reporter: tonight the north carolina tuary where she was killed by a lion remains closed to the public. investigators trying to understand how the nd animal got out killed black, an intern that started ten days ago. >> the person that was attacked, how bad are they hurt? >> incapacitated. >> reporter: the lion seen in this online video was shot and killed by deputies. now animal rights group peta urging the unaccredited centers closure calling it a road side o. they passed two recent inspection by the usda and has no reported safety complain black's former co-worker at an indiana

kristen, you called this ruling bs. >> yes. i call it a bs.cts of this republic, the constitution, the declaration of independence, everything, all the words we talk about liberty, individual liberty and protection from the government oppression. protection from the higher government. it's about the individual liberty. and that's what it is. the pursuit of happiness. you can talk about who we are as americans, and this just hasn't given a lot of us a chance. it needs to be opened up so we all have at least an equal shot. if i'm capable and i can do the job, then allow me to do that job. that's all we're asking. no special treatment. nothing special. if i'm transgender and like i said, stable, and they don't -- it doesn't cost them a dime, which is pretty much me, then i should be able to serve. and that's the point. >> and as we pointed out in our setup there, the policy doesn't necessarily affect everybody. the pentagon says the proposed policy, quote, is not a ban on service by transgender persons. it is critical that the department of defen

julia ainsley, kristen welker, appreciate that. you're looking at a live shot from our local affiliate of roger stone's house. we expect that given this court appearance is set for 11:00 eastern, which is an hour and 15 minutes from now, we expect we will see stone heading to the courthouse. we're going to keep an eye on that. we want to bring in now phil rucker, white house bureau chief for "the washington post." doug burn, former federal prosecutor. elliott williams, former deputy assistant general at the justice department. yamiche alconder, pbs "newshour." cynthia oxney is a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. we have an army, a cast of thousands here for this breaking news day. ellie, i'm going to start with you first. there's a lot to unpack here. let's start with that relationship between roger stone and the trump campaign. there's a significant passage on page nine of this indictment that says on or about october 7th, 2016, so a month before the election, wikileaks, organization one, released the first set of

kristen davis, i appreciate your perspective once again on this matter. all right. so look. there is a big question tonight and you just heard me talking to kristen davis about it. we know what the investigators believe roger stone was doing. but he was doing it for someone else. he was doing it for donald trump. maybe not directly the suggestion is that the president didn't know. but that's the key question. that's something we have done with people that have done these cases many, many times. cuomo's court is in session, next. wouldn't it be great to have epix? this is it guys. you ready? absolutely. woooo! you'd laugh. oh, ow. [ chuckles ] you'd cry. look, look, look, look, look, look, look,. maybe even laugh while crying. what the fertilizer? sounds pretty great, right? riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight! just say, "add epix" and it can all be yours. it's easy to upgrade. and you don't want to miss out on everything epix. >> thank the lord, good news, the government shutdown is over for now. but for the families that have been hung out to dry, this is good news. pr

kristen, take a first look at how the president is preparing to face-off against nancy pelosi and the new house majority. >> well, andrea, the president is a counter p puncher and you w it on full display yesterday, and that is the approach as he is preparing to go with this new reality and divided government for the first time since he has taken office, and he is going to have to deal with the democrats having control of the house. as you laid out at the top of the show, they will have the ability to launch investigations. nancy pelosi weighed in on that earlier today with savannah, and didn't rule out the possibility of impeachment. i asked kellyanne conway about that, and she took a swipe at democrats saying, look, they are focused on the politic, and we are focused on trying to reopen the government, and that is the line here at the white house today. and president trump tweeting about, this andrea, saying that the shutdown is only because of the 2020 presidential election, and the democrats know they can't win based on the achievements of trump and going all out on the wall and b

thank you so much, kathy park, kristen welker, garrett haake, thanks to all of you. joining me now is democratic congressman james clyburn, third ranking democrat in the house. a lot to ask you about today. which is it, what speaker pelosi said, that it's for security reasons that she's suggesting the president not come, or is it more than a suggestion, is she disinviting the president from the state of the union if the shutdown still going on, as steny hoyer said? >> well, thank you very much for having me, andrea. the problem we've got here is whether or not we are going to act as if this is a usual situation. we're in a very unusual situation. and we have to conduct ourselves that way. now, we have a lot of government employees who are working and not being paid. that raises all kinds of security issues involving the government. and government personnel. and we are concerned about that. so i support the speaker's letter. i think we ought to conduct ourselves as if we are in an unusual situation, and that is why i support her. i think that we have to get this gover

in washington, i'm kristen holmes. (grant) and the statement by robert mueller's office tonight doesn't cite any specific errors. spokesman peter carr says, "buzzfeed's description of specific statements to the special counsel's office, and characterization of documents and testimony obtained by this office, regarding michael cohen's congressional testimony are not accurate." (catherine) the second summit between president trump and north korea's kim jong un is a go. today, the white house announced another meeting is in the planning stages...and could happen near the end of february. this comes after the president met with north korea's lead negotiator on nuclear talks at the white house today. a meeting that lasted more than an hour and a half. press secretary sarah sanders says the president looks forward to meeting with kim jong un at a place to be announced later. trump had his first, historic meeting with kim jong un last june in singapore. (catherine) tonight at 5:30... kron4 is always tracking local stories. he

kristen davis, i appreciate your perspective once again on this matter. you very much. >> thanks, chris. >> all right. so look. there is a big question tonight and you just heard me talking to kristen davis about it. we know what the investigators believe roger stone was doing. but he was doing it for someone else. he was doing it for donald trump. maybe not directly the suggestion is that the president didn't know. but that's the key question. that's something we have done with people that have done these cases many, many times. cuomo's court is in session, next. because hotels.com lets me do me. where my dogs at? oh, here they are. hotels.com. you do you and get rewarded. amazon prime video so when you say words like... show me best of prime video into this... you'll see awesome stuff like this. discover prime originals like the emmy-winning the marvelous mrs. maisel... tom clancy's jack ryan... and the man in the high castle. all in the same place as your live tv. its all included with your amazon prime membership. that's how xfinity makes tv... simple

kelly, i know that your colleague, kristen welker, just spoke to rudy giuliani on the phone. what is he now saying about his response last night about whether or not there was any collusion with the campaign? sounds like he's flip-flopping once again. >> he's pushing back that if it appeared he was changing his position that was only subconsciously and he is focused on really trying to cling to the client relationship here. he has also sort of summarized his conversation with our colleague, kristen welker, with a now written statement in just the last several minutes where the former new york mayor and private counsel to the president says i represent only president trump, not the trump campaign. there was no collusion by president trump in any way, shape or form. likewise, i have no knowledge of any collusion by any of the thousands of people who worked for the campaign. and the only knowledge i have in this regard is the collusion of the clinton campaign with russia, which has so far been ignored. that is the latest statement from attorney rudy giuliani. so this is reframin

kristen holmes has more from texas where the president is expected later today.s the government shutdown drags on--president trump -- taking his case for a border wall -- to mcallen texas visiting the u-s mexico border city-- as negotiations between the white house and democrats to reopen the government remain stalled over the president's demand for wall fundingthe trip coming a day after president trump walked out of a meeting with democrats sen. chuck schumer/ -d- minority leader:"he asked speaker pelosi, 'will you agree to my wall?' she said no. and he just got up and said, 'then we have nothing to discuss,' and he just walked out."president trump later tweeting that the discussions were a total waste of timevice president pence defending the president's tacticsvice president mike pence: "what the president made clear today is he is going to stand firm to achieve his priorities to build a wall."while republicans on capitol hill seemed to be getting anxious sen. richard shelby/ -r- alabama:how can we resolve this? we owe it to the american people -- this is lik

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i think what kristen gillibrand is pitching to democratic voters is i'm the logical extension of 2018en we went through as a party, democrat, it was a female-powered election for the house of representatives and we won 40 seats and i am the bridge for that. 60% of grassroots democratic donors were female in the last cycle. kristen gillibrand is looking to tap into the female power. >> let's look at bernie sanders, please don't run. you'll fracture the democratic party, and this is a paper that endorsed him for the senate. they wanted him to be vermont senator, they say don't run for president. >> they endorsed hillary clinton. >> that's right. so they haven't, at least they want him to be a guy for the state, for the state level, right? is there growing pressure on him to stay out of the race or is that a one off? >> you've seen some quotes here and there and stories of packed supporters of bernie sanders who are questioning now is this really going to be the same sort of lightning in a bottle? is he going to capture it in bernie 2.0. he's obviously facing these questions about the 20

joining me now nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. washington post correspondent greg miller and international affairs analyst michael mcball former u.s. ambassador to russia and frank palusi, former fbi. >> you pressed the new york times about the fbi investigation and he gave what we consider to be a sprawling response. let's listen to a little bit of it. >> the people that saw to that investigation are mccabe who is a proven liar and was fired from the fbi. lisa paige who was forced to leave the fbi and her lover peter stros who we gauss, and a and i guess they started it because i fired comey which was a great thing i did for our country. so the people doing that investigation were people that have been caught that are known scoundrels. i guess you could say they're dirty cops. >> so, kristen, the president clearly taking the suggestion from republicans over the weekend to focus on the fbi here. what else did you hear from the president and how is the white house reacting behind the scenes? >> well, casey, the president was defian

we now go to senator kristen gillibrand. a democrat from new york and newest contender in the 2020 presidential primary. she joins us this morning from des moines. welcome to face, senator. >> thank you, margaret. brennan: you say you're a no on the president's proposal to end the shut down. why isn't three years enough of a start for you? >> well, he's the one who got rid of daca protection in the first place. to offer a temporary respite. if you talk to any daca recipient of daca today they're anxious, worried, concerned. they maybe at school, getting rried.ed the president has no compassion. i don't think you should consider this. three years just daca, why not all of the dreamers. why not a permanent pathway to citizenship for certainty about their lives. it shows lack of compassion and empathy for people that are suffering. i think it's a non starter. >> brennan: the says this morning in a tweet that amnesty could be part of a broader deal down the hoeupb do. you take him on his word on that. >> no i don't take his word

kristen? >> kelly o'donnell outside the west wing, thank you. >>> we're joined by the white house bureau chief for the "washington post" and an nbc analyst. thank you for being here. as kelly laid out, the pain is real for so many people all ross the country. they want to know, when is this going to end, and who feels more pressure to blink first? >>yeah, that's question we don't have an answer to at this hour because there seems to be no end in sight. at the white house, the president is struggling to figure out ann exit prom this shutdown, as it becomes the longest in history. the democrats are unwilling to give him the wall he demands. they view it as immoral. they view it as ineffective. there does not seem to be an end ramp, the way this government reopens quickly. >> phil, the president traveled to the border a couple days ago. you and i both traveled down there with him. you had a chance to pose questions to him alongrdhe bo there. he made it clear he thinks he has the absolute right to

ins you can see more from kristen welker c up on "today show." kristen thank you. >>> news 4 is working for y as the shutdown continues. >> news 4 justin finch continues our teamngoverage this mor in alexandria. justin, what's going on there today? >> reporter: hey there, aaron and eun. alexandria public schools hosting a job fair this evening from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. george washington middle school at mount vernon avenue here. they're looking for tutors and substitute teachers and encouraging furloughed workers to apply. also chef jose andres announcing his chefs for feds resource center will be open from a.m. to 5:00 p.m. day. that's 701 pennsylvania avenue in northw they're giving away food for furloughed workers and their families and we also found that furloughed workers are there, too, volunteering. >> it's devastating. it really is. it's going to take a long time for us to recover from this as a country. >> reporter: and looking now at furloughed workers brunch is being held today at noon put on by the city of praise family ministries h

. >> kristen, i want to get your reaction to a comment. from michael cohen, quote, i look forward to having a privilege to being afforded to have a platform to give full account of the events which have transpired, unquote. kevin is right, people who used to say don't listen to michael cohen now believe him and the roles are completely switched but he will be under oath. >> sure. and he already now knows the penalty of when you do say things under oath that are not quite true just how serious that is. plenty of people have gotten ensnared through the process of this special counsel investigation in saying things to the authorities thant tha aren't quite true then paying the price for it. if i was advising house republicans on this, i would advise them to try to put very tight barriers around what should be asked in this hearing. you know, michael cohen's statement there says i'm going to talk about the events that transpired. almost anything could fall under the events that transpired. >> that's everything. >> right. and things like the ru