kristen, your first run on the couch. what did you think? >> kristen: it was a blast.e than it looks on television. i feel like i could take a nap here. [laughter] >> melissa: absolutely! we sort of the politics, we recovered from the super bowl. we love it. we'll be back here at noon eastern tomorrow. now here's harris. >> harris: fox news alert, virginia's democratic governor's resistant growing pressure to step down over a racist yearbook photograph as some even bring up the idea of impeachment. we go "outnumbered overtime" now. i'm harris faulkner. governor ralph northam meeting with his top admin attrition officials today after several hours, days of shifting explanations over a racist photo that appeared in his 1984 medical school yearbook. northam claimed he was not in that picture despite previously apologizing for appearing in that picture. watch. >> i am deeply sorry. i cannot change the decisions i made, nor can i undo the harm that my behavior caused then and today. but i accept responsibility for my past actions

. >> okay, kristen. our storm has lost a little intensity, but flood concerns remain and showers as well. here is look at live doppler 7. at the moment we have very widely scattered showers. mostly light, but some brief downpours are scattered about there. here comes another frontal system swinging through later tonight. in just about three hours. it's going to bring more widespread and intense downpours. right now we're looking at a flood warning on the russian river near guerneville which will crest above flood stage around 2:00 a.m. and flooding along river banks is occurring right now. navarro river in mendocino county has a flood warning in effect until 7:00 p.m. the current storm ranks 2 on the scale, a storm of moderate intensity. more scattered downpours will continue tonight. flooding risks continue. isolated thunder is possible. 8:30, 9:00 tonight, we'll see the next wave of more more widespread and more intense storminess swinging through bay area. that will be followed by pockets of showers.

kristen: leland.eland: why are so many 2020 democratic presidential hopefuls signing up for alexandria ocasio-cortez new deal, including its war on every cow in america? and, gentlemen, start your engines. the daytona 500 gearing up for the start. rick reichmuth on the track as we speak. (ala♪m goes off) wake up sweetie. ♪ doctor dave. see ya. ♪ here's your order. ♪ hey. applebee's to go. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. >> a new york congresswoman blasting one of her own over the amazon canceled plans. she represents the area amazon would have had 25,000 jobs. and said sarcastically, now we're protesting jobs. alexandria ocasio-cortez responded. >> it's everyday people in the community stood up and they wanted a say in what was happening in their own back yard. leland: with that we're bringing in radio host, john, good to see you as well. has alexandria ocasio-cortez jumped the sharp and protesting now and celebrating if you will ending this project? >> you would have thought she jumped th

kristen? >> sandhya, thank you so much. >>> live doppler 7 is one of the most popular features on our website and the abc 7 news app. if you want to track the rain, click the blue live bar at the top. you can check the weather conditions where you live and enable push alerts to get the latest news as it happens. >>> in the east bay, the city of oakland is forming a partnership to increase transportation options for low income residents. it's a 1 million initiative that the city hopes will bridge the equity gap in underserved areas. here is abc 7 news reporter carlos salcedo. >> oakland's mayor libby schaaf met with community leaders who address transportation inequity. >> we hope this sets a precedent for other cities across america, that we in government have wronged low income communities of color by disinvesting in transportation options. >> the $1 million project sponsored by lyft looks at expanding bike sharing options in east oakland. lyft has already tapped into its own bike sharing sys

i'm kristen welker in washington. we'll get to andrea live in poland with more on her exclusive conversation with the vice president in just a moment. but we do begin with some promising signs from the white house. three sources familiar with the president's thinking tell nbc news this morning they anticipate president trump will sign the bipartisan border deal struck by congressional negotiators to avoid another partial government shutdown. white house insiders warn that nothing is official until pen meets paper. can you acknowledge here and confirm that he will sign it? >> again, we want to see what the final piece of legislation looks like. it's hard to say definitively whether or not the president is going to sign it until we know everything that's in it. there are some positive pieces of it. but one way or another, one thing you can be sure of is at the end of the day the president is going to build the wall. he said he was going to get it done and he will. >> and joining me now, my teammate over at the white hou

kristen? >> and on that note, kasie, thank you, and we know you'll continue to watch all of the developments from capitol hill. we'll keep checking back in with you as needed, thank you, kasie. >>> the one person we want to talk to about all of this recall new york republican congressman peter king who serves on the homeland security committee, he joins me for you. congressman, thank you for being here. >> thank you, kristen. >> let me get your reaction to this breaking news as we're watching the senate voting to confirm william barr as the next attorney general. he now gets to decide what happens to the mueller report, once it comes out. we've been reporting that it will likely come out sometime in february. so let me ask you here, congressman, because he has yet to commit to making it public. should the mueller report be made public? >> well, he shouldn't commit to making it public until he has a chance to look at it. there could be information there that discloses security. but otherwise, i

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hands of my colleague kristen welker, filling in for andrea mitchell. >> here it is, the national emergency declaration. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," false alarm. president trump makes the unprecedented move of declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, setting up a massive legal fight. >> we're talking about an invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs. i could do the wall over a longer period of time. i didn't need to do this. but i would rather do it much faster. >>> setting the barr. it's day one for the new attorney general who now controls the future of the mueller investigation. >> our know attorney general sitting in the front row, please stand up, bill. such an easy job he's got. he's got the easiest job in government. i want to wish our new attorney general great luck and speed and enjoy your life. >>> suicidal. after a week of attacks from the trump administration, the iranian foreign minister punches back in an exclusive interview with nbc's richard engel, issuing a stern warning to the united state

nbc's kristen dalgren has more on the backlash tonight. k >> reportesas judge michael gibbons under fire after reducing the sentence of a man who pleaded no contest to soliciting 13 and 14-year-old, saying the young girls are partly to blame. in court transcripts obtained by nbc news, gibbons says, i do find that the victims in this case in particular were more an aggressor than a participant, saying the girls went to 67-year-old raymond sotten's house voluntarily and took money for sex acts. the judge sentenced him to fivee years anmonths, eight years less than kansas sentencing guidelines. tonight le attorney todd thompson says they are looking into an appeal. >> these girls are definitely victims in this case. you know, they don't have the requirements necessary -- they'rchildren still. >> reporter: but in court the judge, who was just retained in a november vote, criticized the atminors for not showing uhe sentencing hearing. also questioning that one of them could have felt co ortable with mr. sotten touching her. >> there's a lot of

>> reporter: kristen, we've had our share of problems. maybe not as much as other regions, but we've had the high water, the trees down and of course, we've had nervous people watching to see what the next storm will bring to them. at the end much homestead avenue in walnut creek this morning, public works crews were busy cutting up and disposing of this huge tree that fell and blocked part of the road. the good news is no one was hurt and because the tree was actually on a private part of the road, traffic disruption was minimal. it was a reminder of what this kind of weather can bring. more public works crews were busy in castro valley where a 12-inch water main broke causing part of that street to collapse. unfortunately, this suv fell partially into the hole. the driver was not hurt. but the car had to be towed out. east bay mud says about 100 customers have had their water shut off while the repair work continues on the main. in pleasanton, nervous neighbors are keeping a close eye on a rain swollen creek on foothill avenue. in 2017,

kristen welker will pick more up in a moment. back in washington republicans are counting and recounting the votes. it's all about how many of them could jump on board with democrats to block the president's national emergency declaration. we are live on capitol hill ahead of a test that could see some senate republicans fighting the white house. that's next. t. ♪ feeling unsure? what if you had some help? introducing the new 2019 ford edge with the confidence of ford co-pilot360™ technology. the most available driver assist techonology in its class. the new 2019 ford edge so let's promote our spring ftravel deals, on choicehotels.com like this: (sneezes) earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or.. badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com. takes more mathan just investment advice. from insurance to savings to retirement, it takes someone with experience and knowledge who can help me build a complete plan. brian, my certified financial planner™ professional, is committed to working in my b

chuck todd, moderator of "meet the press" and joined by kristen welker. eegood morning, great toou both. >> chuck, let's start in virginia, you and i sat her a week ago and were not sure the governor is going to make it before he resigns. he says he's still standing. two sexual allegations against the lieutenant governor who alss e's not going anywhere until there is an fbi investigation. this has reached the presidential campaign with candidates willing asked about it and calling for fairfax resignati signation, where does it end in virginia? >> i think this new poll in the washington pos is going to reenforce governor northam believes that he made the right cision not to resign. there is a split in the middle of 47%. how are voters reacting to this. in many ways, that poll buys everybody time. it is going to relief som of the pressure off of northam. theext poll a majority of african-americans said he should stay in office. that should relief a littl bit of pressure. ,t adds more pressure to the lieutenant governven there i think you got to give, you go

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, denver. >>> there's more to come tonight. she fled america to marry an isis fighter. now she is pleading to come home. we'll have her story. >>> then trapped in quicksand. one hiker's amazing story of survival. >>> and the iconic photo from the end of world war ii. why so many are talking about it tonight. >>> next for us tonight, as isis makes its land stand in syria, two women, one american, one a brit, who fled their countries to become isis brides, now say they're desperate to come home. they're among more than 4,000 women who joined isis. nbc's kelly cobiella has the story. >> reporter: tonight hoda muthana, an isis bride from alabama, says she has a son and wants to come home. the british newspaper "the guardian" obtained an audio-only interview with her in syria. her father confirms it is his daughter's voice admitting she made a mistake. in the interview she says, i know i've ruined my future and my son's future, and i deeply, deeply regret it. muthana ran away, joining the islamic state in syria in 2014, urging terro

dan and kristen? >> thank you so much. let's get right to laura anthony live in the east bay at mount diablo state park. >> where there is snow falling today. laura? >> well, dan, this is one of those if you don't like the weather, wait ten minutes situations. here we're at the picnic area. this is just below the summit here on mt. diablo. just a few minutes ago, it was completely white here. but the way things are going, there will be snow flurries. then things will get wet. snow melt. so it's just been like that all day. you can see, though, it's cold. it's windy. and we understand there is more snow to come. this may be just a preview of coming attractions near the summit of mount diablo, where the snow came fast and heavy just after 3:00. the promise of snow and the flurries that preceded it were just enough to lure some up the mountain early to check it out. >> the beautiful snow in the bay area. we're coming to see it here. >> it's just starting. you haven't missed anything. >> that's cool. >> i was looking at my wea

kristen: now to one of the more bizarre stories of the week.attorneys for jussie smollett are pressing on claims of the actors staged his own assault after police released two men from custody that they say provided new information that change the course of their investigation. mike tobin joins us from chicago with more. what are you hearing? >> despite all the anonymous sourcing in this case, the official police spokesman told me last night that jussie smollett is no longer considered a bit done. as i suspect at least not yet. please want to get into the station asking more questions. a statement that came out last night that information received from individuals questioned by police early in the case has in fact shifted project tree of the investigation. we reached out to the cast members attorney to request a follow-up interview. individuals are a couple of brothers from nigeria. one of them worked on the show empire. one of them was his personal trainer picked up at o'hare airport in question by chicago police. official sources say the brot

kristen welker is live at the white house with the latest. >> reporter: good morning.cting attorney genera matt whitaker, will be heading to capitol hill later this morning to testify before the house judiciary committee. in comes after aloday-ng standoff thursday, with house democrats, who threatened to subpoena whi hker if didn't answer their questions. that move, an attempt by democrats to prevent whitaker from claiming executive privilege and avoidthnswering r questions about whitaker's private conversations with the president. the white house blasting democrats for t playing whaty called pointless political games. lie president weighing in thursday, c whitaker an outstanding person and saying that if whitaker does he will do very well. whitaker calling the subpoena threat unprecedented, unnecessary and premature. democrats are escalating the scrutiny of the president and the administration on a number of fronts. everything from russia to the policies at the border. we'll have more on that coming up o "today." back to you. >> kristen welker live for us at the white

>>right, kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> r&bge s r.xual abuse. nbc's ron mott is in chicago with more on the mmogul's arrest. good morning. >> reporter: hey, craig, good morning to you. k ly as you mentioned waking up for a third straight day out of jail here at cook county. he is due back in court in a few hours on those ten cnts of aggravated criminal sexual us e. this morning r&b star r. kelly behind bars unable t make bail this weekend. the 52-year-old singer first appearing i courtn saturday is expected to enter a plea of not guilty today on felony charges of sexual abuse. >>en counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving four victims. >> reporter: the 36-page indictment alleges that three of the victims were minors at the time of the alleged assaults. kelly, who was acquitted of child pornographyha crges in 2008, has consistently denied anyl sexua misconduct. >> he did not have sex with underaged girls. >> reporter:te attorney greenburg is representing kelly. >> he made people sign statements. he didn't ever knowingly cer

kristen dalgren, nbc news, new york. >> scrappy all-stars there. wish we could adopt them all.hat's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbcright now shots fired. new police body cam video shows what happened moments before officers shot and killed a man. plus: a close call... the new details about two planes that nearly collided near the oakland airport. but first: the rain is back. a live look at our radar as we )re in for a very wet and windy night. >>> the rain is back. a live look at the radar, and we are in for a wet and windy night. the news at 6:00 starts now. good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. we're getting hit by a sizable storm, and it's coming in right about now. we'll look outside, a live look across the bay area. the roads are slick during this friday evening commute. >> we have a team of reporters from the bay area to the sierra. we begin in studio with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. talk to us about the timing. >> it is just beginning now. we're starting to see moisture ahead of

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.

kristen holmes breaks down what we could expect from cohen -- and lawmakers.

kristen holmes has the washington. unhappy with a bipartisan deal to fund the government -- deciding to look for money elsewhere president trump: "we want to stop drugs from coming into our country."congress authorized 1-point-3-7-5 billion dollars to build a barrier along 55 miles of the southern border.the president signed that deal.but it's not enough.president trump: "because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people and it's unacceptable."by a series of actions, including declaring a national emergency -- the president is able to redirect more than six billion dollars from federal funds, including the defense and treasury departments --giving president trump more than eight billion dollars for a wall.rep. debbie wasserman schultz / -d- florida: "it is repulsive that a chicken hawk like president trump would steal money from our troops, damage our military readiness, and undermine our national security all in the name of going around congress because he didn't get his way."in a joint state

investigators are questioning why -- and how -- martin was able to obtain a gun.chief kristen ziman /urora police: "absolutely he was not supposed to be in possession of a firearm."in aurora, illinois, i'm camila bernal. (justine) senator kamala harris is making her rounds on the presidental campaign trail. the platforms she is running on and where she stopped today before her town hall. (justine) the president has signed the spending bill keeping the nation from entering into another government shutdown. but now.... he has declared a national emergency. the reason this action is leading the state of california... to sue the president. the house judiciary committee is launching an immediate investigation of president trump's new national security declaration at the border.(jrs) democratic leaders argue that he didn't ed action to build his border wall.but the president was clear during friday's announcement.jim acosta reports: trying to take a victory lap after a stinging defeat in congress, president trump declared a national emergency at the border to start tapping into administrati

kristen, you were tracking every minute of that dramatic hearing yesterday. tell us first of all about the president's reaction, reacting to the only one thing that michael cohen, that he pulled out of it, michael cohen clearing him of any russian collusion according to cohen. >> i thought it was remarkable to hear president trump responding in hanoi, andrea, because you heard him there say that michael cohen lied about everything except russian collusion. what michael cohen said was, look, i have no direct evidence suggesting that there was any collusion, at the same time i do have my suspicions. so he didn't rule it out. but the president pouncing on that statement by michael cohen and the fact that he said, look, he can't prove it, bottom line. but i think what's difficult for the president is how can he say that one statement is true and everything else is a lie. that becomes very difficult to argue. the president also strategically did what i think we heard from a number of republicans yesterday, which is to pounce on the fact that this hearing was held

>> kristen welker in el paso fo us toniganks. >>> as families brace for another hit from another possible government shutdown, we've al been reporting on the growing backlash against the president's -- president trump's tax changes as americans learn they're not getting the refunds they expected this tax season, but a growing number of people are also learning they owe the irs more money, largely because of where they live. here's tom costello. >> reporter: preparing her 2018 tax turns, gina ende is struggling with sticker shock. last year her family got a $10,000 refund. this year they owe $10,000. >> i felt like i failed my family. i thought i was following things closely enough. and i thought, where will we get the money toay a tax bill? >> reporter: the reason, their property taxes in new york are $18,500. while they used to be able to deduct all their state, local, and property taxes, the republican tax law capped those ductions at $10,000. the endes, with three kids in eg co owe $30,000 in taxes. their employer withheld $20,000. now they're on the hook for another $10,000. nsey're n

today and our kristen welker has the story. s reporter: from los ange-- >> this fake wall has got to g >> reporter: to denver. and just outside the white house. >> is there an emergency? >> no! >> reporter: backlash boiling over to the president's national emergency declaratio >> stand up fight back! >> reporter: the president planning to go around congress to get more money for his borde wacluding declaring an emergency to divert $3.6 billion from militarconstruction projects. >> we had certain funds that are bef g used at the discretion generals, at the discretion of the military.th some o haven't been allocated yet. nkd some of the generals t that this is more important. >> reporter: but now california will become the first state to sue, joining several advocacy groups who have already gone to court. >> no one is surprised that donald trump is acting beyond his authority. this is just another example. this is just a very egregious example ere he's testing the constitution and the separation of powers. >> reporter: the state'

our kristen welker is in el paso tonight. >> reporter: before heading to the border to build support for his signature wall, president trump taking new aim at democrats. >> they don't want to give us the space to detain murderers, criminals, drug dealers. >> reporter: the president blaming democrats for derailing negotiations. a new cap on detention beds for those arrested by i.c.e. agents. republicans say that's a nonstarter. also looming over the president's visit to el paso, his comments during the state of the union address. >> now with a powerful barrier in place, el paso is one of the safest cities in our country. >> reporter: but fact checkers and locals here were quick to point out crime was already on the decline in the years before this 40-mile-long barrier was built. the republican mayor among those challenging the president's claim. >> it's not the total panacea. it's part of an entire process, which needs manpower, technology, all of the above. >> reporter: adding urgency, a stunning split screen as native son, former congressman beto o'rourke, who is eyeing a 2020 presi

kristen dalgren, nbc news, new york. >> scrappy all-stars there. wish we could adopt them all.ay. i'm lester holt. >>> lights, camera, "access"! >> breaking news, everybody. >> it'sonfirmed, we're doing a 210. >> w >> you heard tory right, only on "access" as she gets very specific about how this beverly hills 90210

kristen, over at the united states capitol we're five days away from the shutdown. there's word president trump might be willing to bulge on the $5.7 billion request for the wall. will we going to get to a shutdown? >> it seems like they're moving towards a deal. the word around town is that there's measured optimism. the wild card is president trump. it seems like the contours of this deal would include some funding for some type of barrier. will president trump sign off on that? he's resigned i think. he can't shut the government down for a second time. politically he wouldn't be able to take that. however, he's kept it on the table the possibility of declaring a national emergency. will the pressure be so great from conservatives, will they sign off on a deal? he was about to sign off on a deal and then had members of his base saying he was caving on his campaign promise. measured optimism today. >> he's got to get something he can call a wall. >> that's right. it will come down to semantics. >> it's been a busy weekend in the democratic race for president. we ex

white house correspondent kristen welker following president trump. kristen, we haven't seen a rally like this from the president in a while. what can we expect tonight? >> reporter: well, craig, i think you hit the nail on the head. this is going to be president trump in his element. he thrives in these campaign style rallies. the focus tonight is going to be on this barrier here in el paso. it stretches about 40 miles, depending on where you're standing. it is anywhere from 16 to 18 feet long. president trump is going to aim to make the argument that this barrier makes el paso safer. it is an argument he first started to lay out during his state of the union address. he got some backlash. let's take a look at what the president said and remind our viewers. >> the border city of el paso, texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime. now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, el paso is one of the safest cities in our country. >> reporter: now, the last part of that is accurate. it is considered to be a safe cit

kristen, i want to start with you.lready packed, and at least several more announcements are expected. is this a case of the more the merrier, or do too many candidates risk splintering the party to the benefit of president trump? >> i mean, i think that i'm all for robust, healthy primaries, so i say the more the merrier. we need to have a discussion about where we are with the party, but i would also caution a lot of these candidates who are taking a hard left turn that we don't want to alienate a lot of those voters in the middle. what we learned from the midterms this year, one of the big takeaways was that the people, the candidates and the members that came through were actually the more pragmatic, centrist candidates, even though there are some on the far left that are very vocal. so, i would, you know, these candidates need to look at that, take a lesson and make sure they're not alienating the independent voters. >> and politico also has a report on the three democrats the trump campaign believes are the most

and the and kristen? >> sandhya, thank you so much. >>> the weather brought cold scattered rain across the north bay, and a bonus if you're in the right places a the right time. >> that's true. wayne freedman is live from a hilltop in san anselmo. >> it is a snow chase and it did happen today. it's roughly 4 degrees. that is mount tam over my shoulder. it tends to catch a lot of water at this time of year. cascade falls in mill valley, own a day when a torrent of rainwater rushed down mount tamalpais, we had another kind of precipitation in our sights. >> i don't think so. i don't think it's quite cold enough. >> she might want to think again. this is the summit of that same mount tam not much later. those really are snow flurries captured by a marin county fire surveillance camera at 2,572 feet. deputy chief mark brown showed us the live feed. the camera network covers 14 mountaintops, including mount saint helena at 4,431 feet. and there not only did the snow come down with authority, it also stuck to t

>> kristen welker at the white house. thank you. former campaign >>> now to shocking comments of the former acting director of f chairm the fbi.judge overseeing his andrew mccabe took over at president trump fired james crim comey and he's giving new inal details about his relationship with the president.l lly lied t not holding back about their interactions during the r strika investigation into possible tie. the p between the president and russia.out, and he could face dec nbc's justice correspondent pet bars. pete williams has been on t williams has the latest, pete, good morning.m the start. good >> savannah, good morning.g.>> . when paul manafort andrew mccabe took over as ple guilty last fall, he agr acting fbi director following cooperate with president trump's firing of mu investigators. in return, they would suggest a james comey and he says he was . now, the judge says he worried that the president bega keep his pushing from day one for the fb. to go easy on the russia investigation. lawyers said he d to answer

hey, kristen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. denuclearization north korea will rapidly become an economic power house. without it just more of the same. chairman kim will make a wise decision. still, his high stakes diplomacy will contend with political controversies here at home, among them the mounting anticipation for the report from special counsel robert mueller. the democratic chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, he's warning attorney general bill barr that anything less than full disclosure of mueller's eventual findings will set off a showdown with congress. schiff saying he will subpoena the court, if necessary. a senior justice department official telling nbc news the report is not expected to be released while the president is in vietnam this week. also on the horizon, the president's former fixer michael cohen set to testify before house and senate committees for three straight days. hoda. >> all right, kristen welker at the white house, thank you. >>> r&b singer r. kelly spent another night in

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(ken) kristen homles has the details from washington. president trump -- unhappy with a bipartisan deal to fund the government -- deciding to look for money elsewhere president trump: "we want to stop drugs from coming into our country."congress authorized 1-point-3-7-5 billion dollars to build a barrier along 55 miles of the southern border.the president signed that deal.but it's not enough.president trump: "because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people and it's unacceptable."by a series of actions, including declaring a national emergency -- the president is able to redirect more than six billion dollars from federal funds, including the defense and treasury departments --giving president trump more than eight billion dollars for a wall.rep. debbie wasserman schultz / -d- florida: "it is repulsive that a chicken hawk like president trump would steal money from our troops, damage our military readiness, and undermine our national security all in the name of going around congress because he didn't get his wa

kristen holmes has more.rt documents paint the coast guard lieutenant as a white supremacist with plans to conduct a mass killing. federal prosecutors say forty-nine year old christopher hasson planned to "murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country" before being arrested last week on gun and drug chargesinvestigators finding this stockpile of weapons-- 15 guns and morthan 1,000 rounds of ammunition in his maryland home.robert hur / maryland us attorney: "the sheer number and force of the weapons that were recovered from mr. hasson's residence in this case, coupled with disturbing nature of his writings, appear to reflect a very significant threat to the safety of our community, particularly given the position of trust that mr. hasson held with the united states government."also discovered -- a hit list-- including the names of prominent democrats like speaker pelosi, several 2020 democratic presidential candidates and notable journalists from cnn and msnbc. investigators believe hasson w

kristen tommy, you don't dig meallel -- kristen taught you don't dig parallel, you dig perpendicular. this allowed my family to sowhat my great-grandparents desperately wanted. to have theeful letters document their search for years and years, running the government agencies, the marine graves,riting to army saying we want to bring our son home to knoxville, tennessee. we decided if he were ever found, it was clear he needed to be where his family wanted him to be. ofwe have the privilege being on the tarmac here in september, 2015. privilege, the marines who do the funerals at arlington don't travel, but they traveled eight hours to perform military honors for my father. -- wasse on was the built by military reenactors and knoxville. -- in knoxville. that was quite a day. i'm guessing it won't have a day and good is that ever again in my life. we have two family members who were clergy do a short service. marines had been an great risk -- been at parade rest, so we could not do a full thing. honors inl military knoxville. marine aircraft in missing man formation. really begin this bo

kristen holmes explains from washington. president trump -- unhappy with a bipartisan deal to fund the government -- deciding to look for money elsewhere president trump: "we want to stop drugs from coming into our country."congress authorized 1-point-3-7-5 billion dollars to build a barrier along 55 miles of the southern border.the president signed that deal.but it's not enough.president trump: "because we have an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people and it's unacceptable."by a series of actions, including declaring a national emergency -- the president is able to redirect more than six billion dollars from federal funds, including the defense and treasury departments --giving president trump more than eight billion dollars for a wall.rep. debbie wasserman schultz / -d- florida: "it is repulsive that a chicken hawk like president trump would steal money from our troops, damage our military readiness, and undermine our national security all in the name of going around congress because he didn't get his wa

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i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the governor announced today he'll pull back hundreds of national guard troops from the border. >> abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in the newsroom with where those troops are headed instead. melanie? >> dan and kristen, governor newsom says the changes won't go into -- or rather, will go into effect by the end of march. 100 national guardsmen will be kept behind at the border. governor gavin newsom announcing today that hundreds of national guardsmen will be redeployed after the border who that what he calls more appropriate ven eyes, thing whole border action is manufactured. the crisis on the border is a manufactured crisis. >> the announcement comes as pesident donald trump continues to make his case for a border wall as another government shutdown looms. >> we need a wall. and all of the other things are nice to have, but without a wall, it's not going to work. >> governor newsom says border crossings are the lowest they've been since 1971. >> we're livings in a state

kristen, thank you so much in west palm beach.nalyze that, elie honig, is back, also with us, senior cnn political analyst, mark preston. mark, i want to start with you. as we have been outlining, the politics and the legal piece of this. on politics, so right now, democrats are preparing this joint resolution to repeal this national emergency. what are the chances it actually passes both chambers and lands on the president's desk, first of all? >> i think the case is very good. i mean, what you have right now is a very difficult situation for the likes of kevin mccarthy who leads the house republicans and mitch mcconnell who's the senate majority leader. they are trying to protect the president from himself but we have heard time and time again as we have just heard from kristen there about how many republicans have come out and have already said that this is not an emergency. and in fact, we have heard the president himself say that, so now, they have to go and either vote against this or have to try to protect them. if anything

kristen, both of you, have been getting briefings.o you expect when you hear about the shutdown from the president? what might he even say tomorrow in the state of the union about that? >> white house officials, andrea, are saying that the president will aim to strike a unifying note, the theme of his state of the union address is going to be choosing greatness, but that theme of unity will undoubtedly be undercut by exactly what you're asking about, andrea, the president discussing how to fund his border wall. in terms of the language that we are anticipating, i think a lot of the president's allies and advisers will be surprised if he actually declared a national emergency. at the same time i think they are expecting him to use some very firm language about the steps he's prepared to take to make sure that his border wall is built and that does include declaring a national emergency and it will be tough to try to strike a note of unity while making that type of a threat, and we'll have to see how he tries to thread the needle and we

>> kristen welker, thank you. >>> while president trump has vowed to remove all u.s. troops from syria, there's word tonight he's changing course. we have more on that from inside syria and the american-born isis bride fighting to return to the u.s. she speaks out to our richard engel. >> reporter: after promising to withdraw all american troops, the white house now says about 400 will remain in syria. >> it's a very small, tiny fraction of the people we have, and a lot of people like that idea. >> reporter: one of them, the commander of u.s. allied kurdish forces fighting isis. it's good for stability in the region, he said, but questions remain about the fate of thousands of isis family members, like u.s.-born hoda mew thundia, who left alabama to join the terror group, now living in a camp with her 1-year-old son. i showed her seblcretary of state pompeo's reaction to her plea to return. >> she's a terrorist, not a u.s. sit doesn't. she ought not return to this country. >> i'm a citizen. i have papers to prove it. i'm just as american as any blonde hair, blue-eyed

with more here's our kristen welker. >> reporter: as president trump hardens his line -- >> tolerance for illegal immigration is not compassionate. it is actually very >> reporr: a sweeping new report from "the washington post" shows that one of the president's favorite retreats in bedminster, new jersey, the magnitude of undocumented hires, like mariano quesada. "the post" said it spoke with 16 men and women from costa rica and other latin american countries who all say they were employed at bedminster, working for mr. trump without legal status, and they say their managers knew it. were so pervasive it created what the paper calls a pipeline. >> we found in costa rica was an entire town basically built on the labor of undocumented immigrants working for donald trump. >> reporter: after reports first surfaced last year about undocumented workers at multiple trump properties, the trump organization fired some of those without legal status. victorina morales said the issue was an open secret. she decided not to return to work after going public. >> translator: the only thing that they

kristen is extremely careful. she picked up tiny nylon sock threads, everything into an evidence bag. and i was blown away at how carefully people do this work, and with great dedication. this also is a little bit of video, this is kristin actually removing my grandfather's skull on may 29, 2015. i get asked a lot, what did it feel like in that moment? i had lots of reactions. mostly that i wanted time to stop, so that i can have those moments to myself, but that was not what was going on because these guys work professionals -- were professionals and they were at work and i was at work shooting video. as you can imagine, it was a powerful moment for me to really consider that after 71.5 years, my grandfather, who had been lost all that time, had been found. this is my grandfather's remains fully exposed from the top, and you can see there is another marine, they were very close together, getting close together in the trench. you can see the poncho and see there is not actually a poncho over my grandfather. but no

nbc's lester ht and kristen welker eluded to what is going on here. in just a few hours, we'll hear directly from the president's former lawyer and m fixerhael cohen for the first time. we learned new details about what cohen will say a will fill you in in just a few minutes. >>> first, good morng, everybody, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. it's a busy wednesday here at 6:31. we're working for you to get you all the information you need as you head out the door. >> that starts with a check on your commute and yourforecast. melissa mollet has your first 4 traffic but let's start things off with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. skies have been mainly clear overnight. that's allowed temperatures to fall into the 20s for most of the area. 25 now in poolsville, maryland. 27 in frederick,ry nd. 27 in manassas, virginia. 32 now at national airport. another freeze in thbo s. your forecast for today, plenty of sunshine early. we'll be innd out of cloud and sunshine for the remainder of the day. unlike yesterday