in a phone interview with nbc's kristen welker. the president elect weighed in with his plans to deal with the ban that may force the massively popular tiktok app to go dark at midnight. >> plus, we're just learning about new plans surrounding the president elect's signature issue immigration. >> it will all be very public and very soon. >> all of this and much more in this special hour. on the trump transition. >> we begin with the latest on preparations that are already underway for monday's presidential inauguration. >> at this hour, we are awaiting president elect trump's departure from florida and route to washington, d.c, where tonight he will kick off the inaugural festivities with a fireworks show at his virginia golf course. also at this hour, vice president elect jd vance is expected at an event with trump cabinet nominees. >> we're also following tens of thousands of protesters who are gathering for the people's march in the nation's capital. >> the marchers have been making their way through the streets of washington, d

please join me in welcoming kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen. good morning.at to see you as always. i had a complete set of other questions to ask you, but you had an exclusive phone call yesterday with president elect trump. he must have you on speed dial. at this point, i'm wondering what, if anything, he revealed to you about how this second term will begin, with that stark warning from biden. it was really an extensive conversation. kyra, i appreciate you're asking about it. to be fair, i did call him and was really grateful that he took some time to talk to me about his agenda. as you say, i asked him what we can expect on day one. he said he's going to sign a record number of executive actions. he also said, i said, will it be more than 100? he said it will basically be in that neighborhood. a lot of the focus will be on things like rolling back biden era regulations and of course, his mass deportation plans. i tried to really pin him down. what we will see, will we see, for example, raids start to be carried out in major cities, which is something that

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kristen welker is the moderator of "meet the press." kristen, good morning, good to see you as always. you had a phone interview with the incoming president, wide ranging, what stood out to you? >> well, willie, this was a pretty extensive conversation, you're absolutely right. we talked about his day one priorities. it's clear that mass deportations will be in focus. he said he's planning to sign a record number of executive actions. i asked him, what does record number look like? will it be more than 100? he said it's going to be in that neighborhood. i asked him for specifics on his border executive actions. he said that the deportations will begin very early and very quickly. that's significant. he wouldn't give me specifics about which cities will be targeted, willie, but it is clear that they are aiming to hit the ground running in that regard. now, in terms of other topics that we broached, we also did talk about tiktok. you just heard savannah address that. it's clear that he wants to find some type of resolution to this, some ty

ngerous >> kristen welker , thank you. there will be more from kristen's interview and with mike johnson, and hakeem jeffries tomorrow on meet the press. >>> much of the country is bracing for brutal cold and snow starting tonight. more than 100 million under alert for life-threatening extremes and temperatures that could feel like an astonishing 55 below zero for some. emily joins us now from new york city where they are expect dean snow, emily ? >> new york city is >> reporter: that is right, josi. new york city is bracing for more snow than it has seen in several years, with a 25 inche. officials warn of a a 25 inche. expected to fall tomorrow and eight inches outside of the city. there are more than 1600 snowplows at the ready across the state as officials warned of a one-two punch with frigid temperatures to follow and wind chills below 0 degrees next week, and the northeast is not alone. 80 million are under winter alerts and 110 million facing cold-weather alerts, stretching into texas, where temperatures could drop

"meet the press" moderator, kristen welker has a closer look. >> as president trump begins his secondete restoration of america and the revolution f common sense. >> a top campaign promise, changes at the southern border. >> we're going to have the largest depoation in the history of our country. >> but, is it your plan to deport everyone who is here illegally over the next four years? >> well, i think you have to do it. >> the plan would be expensive. one immigration advocacy groups saying could cost $88 billion a year, just to deport one million people. one potential impact? higher food prices, which already soared 28% since 2019. mr. trump has denied prices will go up further, saying, migrant workers will be allowed to legally enter the u.s. >> i want it on the border and on groceries. we're going to bring those prices way down. >> he told "time" magazine, it will be very hard to do that. it comes as he has promised tariffs on other countries as high or 10% or 20%. experts warn that gets passed on to consumers. can you guarantee american families won't pay more? >> i can't guarante

in an interview with kristen welker, our moderator of meet the press here at nbc. president elect donald trump saying that he's likely to put in place a 90 day extension when he enters office. he would he said he would likely do that on monday. and we're getting now reports from our friends over at cnbc that there could be a potential buyer in the wings in the form of perplexity. i this is an ai company. but again, a sale is not that simple. tiktok has said it doesn't want to sell, and also the chinese government could veto any sale. so it seems like tomorrow this app will likely go dark. what happens after that? it really depends on what president donald trump is able to do once he's inaugurated on monday. >> alex, can you give me a quick sense of the major economic impacts potentially here when it goes dark? >> yeah, substantial, because it's not just people dancing on the social media app. here are some stats for you. according to oxford economics, $24.2 billion in contribution to us gdp in 2023, $15 billion generated from small and medium sized businesses. a lo

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tonight, trump gave a phone interview to my nbc news colleague kristen welker. they spoke for a total of 11 minutes, and in fact, he told kristen that monday's inauguration will be about unity, strength and fairness. this after trump decided friday to move his inaugural ceremony indoors to the capitol rotunda. >> due to frigid cold temperatures and winds being forecasted throughout the day. >> today, he told kristen that he feels great about this decision and for his supporters, however, it's a bit of a slap in the face. >> it's actually something that we've been looking forward to for historical purposes and being a part of it. >> that's once in a lifetime, absolutely made all the plans, all the arrangements that come up and be a part of this event. >> there's going to be a viewing party at capital one arena for folks, but nobody's going to be outside now. >> what's your reaction to that? >> well, so we're not going to get to see it in person then. is that correct? that's right. well, i don't like it. i mean, we came all the way from washington, from oklahoma. a

donald trump, in a telephone interview today told nbc's meet the press moderator kristen welker he will most likely give tiktok a 90 day reprieve from the ban. one analyst told me a reprieve will not solve problems and concerns around the app. >> the next part of it is what happens really on monday. let's say even if there is an extension, it has to come to some sort of an american ownership. having a foreign country that, you know, has some sort of control over an application that goes to so many americans. it is both about data, but it's also about control of the content. >> trump also told nbc news he plans to visit california, probably by the end of his first week in office, to see the aftermath of the devastating wildfires in the greater los angeles area. he said he initially planned to visit friday, but decided it would be more appropriate to visit as president. and happening right now, thousands are converging on washington dc to protest trump's agenda. the people's march today expects crowds of up to 50,000 people, and we have reporters and analysts ready to go through all these

let me bring in kristen welker. the remarks took a turn into some warnings about the future for this country. >> lester, you are right. i thought that was one of the biggest headlines here. let me remind our viewers. president biden saying an oligarchy is taking shape that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. in some ways, this builds on the message, the themes we have heard from him that he is fighting for the soul of this nation. in other ways, this is really taking this argument to a whole other level, taking a shot clearly at elon musk and mark zuckerberg who have surrounded themselves around president-elect donald trump saying social media has given up on fact checking, a clear reference to the fact that mark zuckerberg of meta said it will no longer fact check the dangers he warned that are potentially embedded in that type of a move, without mentioning any of these people by name. i think this was a speech for the history books, les

. >>> kristen welker, president trump is claiming a mandate, he has a narrow lead. long is the honeymoon? >> only got two years for his agenda items, then the world would be focused on the midterms. mass deportation will require additional funds, $88 billion per year just to deport 1 million people by one estimate. he's proposed a slew of tax cuts, extending the trump era cuts as well. that's a challenge. and the majorities are narrow, particularly in the house. biggest thing he'll be judged on, can he bring prices down, that was number one issue for voters. >> hallie, you covered the first inauguration, how does this compare? >> the tone and tenor, he's out with force, shock and awe, signing more executive orders today than in his first week in office in the first term. the tone from the first inaugural to today. first the american carnage stops here. now america's decline is over. he said he would implement mass deportations and roll back biden era policies. he's doing so. he's shown us who he is and continuing on that path. >>> in 60 seconds, richard engel how ot

. >> and i'm joined now by kristen welker and hallie jackson. ten, president trump is claiming a mandate. he's got a narrow lead in the congress right now. how long does the honeymoon typically last? >> it's not going to last very long at all, lester. in fact, he's only got about two years to get his big agenda items finished and the entire political world will be focused on the midterm election. so he wants to get his mass deportation plan up and running. that's going to require some additional funds by congress. by one estimate, $88 billion per year just to deport one million people. he's also proposed a slew of tax cuts including extending the trump era tax cuts as well. that's going to be a challenge. and as you say, the majorities are quite narrow, particularly inhe house. the biggest thing he'll be judged on, can he bring prices down? that was the number one issue for voters, lester. >> let me turn to hallie right now. you covered the first trump inauguration and white house. how does all this compare? >> well, look at the tone and the teno

kristen welker, thanks so much. ill look for much more this morning on "meet the press" when kristen has that exclusive interview from jacob soboroff with california governor gavin newsom along with california's democratic senator alex padilla and senate republican james lankford of oklahoma. if you'd like to help the people of southern california, we have a list of vetted organizations at nbcnews.com, or you can scan the qr code that you see right there on your screen. >>> special counsel jack smith, who filed two sprawling criminal cases against president-elect trump, has resigned. his resignation comes as trump's team tries to block the release of smith's final report about election interference, which could come out as early as today. nbc's aaron gilchrist is at the white house with more. aaron, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. there is new legal action in that effort you just mentioned this morning. attorney general merrick garland told congress on wednesday that he does plan to release the elect

i want to bring in kristen welker, hallie jackson and senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnelln, let me begin with you. your reflections here as the nation says good-bye. >> reporter: i'm struck by the fact you have all the past presidents coming together, this rare showing of bipartisanship to honor the life and legacy of the late jimmy carter, the 39th president of the united states who, of course, served one term. he left after a defeat by ronald reagan. inflation was high. there were american hostages in iran. but his post-presidency in some ways, i think, has become such a critical part of his legacy. his focus on human rights, his focus on community, the carter foundation, building homes for those in need, fighting diseases. in fact, stomping out one disease throughout africa, and really having that be a model of what he wanted to be remembered for. and he really made the presidency, by the way, a shift towards one focussed on human rights globally. i think that will be a key part of the carter legacyas will, i think, the tone he tried to set here in washington. he didn't

please join me in welcoming kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen.at to see you as always. the reason i introduced you with governor newsom is because this morning you are sharing an exclusive interview with california's governor. he was on the ground with nbc correspondent jacob soboroff. the burning question does the governor answer the criticism? kira. first, i just want to say our thoughts are with all of you in california. everyone i know they're suffering and hurting. so please know that we're all thinking about you. and that was top of mind, certainly as we were putting this show together, including having governor gavin newsom and those really tough questions that you referenced are jacob soboroff does ask him about the response, the fact that he has called for an investigation into the water shortages, which you were just talking about, governor newsom saying he has some very serious questions. soboroff asks him, prpressesim, are you essentially trying to place blame on other officials by having this independent investigation? he says, absol

he was in ffice the president-elect repeatedly tried to scale back medicaid but recently told kristen welkerd not dodot. >> we have huge problems with chronic illness in adults that are costing the system a lot of money. cutting care for kids is just about the worst way to make the problem better. >> reporter: jabreel still hasn't resumed speech therapy. a reminder that even short gaps in health care can have long lasting effects. >> we will take a break. hidden messages set to be revealed at midnight when all of the confetti falls on times square. stay with us. be revealed at midnight when the confetti falls on times square. stay with us. are you 50 or older? well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against eumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. that grimy film on your teeth? dr. g? ♪♪ it's actually the buildup of plaque bacteria which can cause cavities. most toothpastes quit working in minutes. but crest pro-health's antibacterial fluoride protects

thanks so much. >>> kristen welker is moderator of "meet the press." good morning.has been a busy six days of trump's second term so far. so much coming at us including emptying the jails effectively of those convicts from january 6th and the attack on the capitol. but you've got some new reporting this morning on some of these nominees. pete hegseth getting by by the skin of his teeth with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president and three more controversial picks coming up this week. what are you hearing about the pressure the president and the white house is applying to congress to get those nominees through? >> willie, that's the exact right word, pressure. we are told -- and this is a joint report, garrett haake and myself, hearing from sources that there will be ramped up pressure on republican lawmakers to get behind the remaining nominees who are going to go before the senate this coming week. now it does come after that scare with pete hegseth who barely eked through. one white house official saying, quote, it's pass/fail. you either support everyone or

please join me in welcoming kristen welker, moderator of meet the press. hi, kristen. as always, great to see you this morning. i know as always, you have guests from both sides of the aisle. i'm wondering the feedback on how this new white house is reshaping the politics of the border. hi, kyra. it's so great to be with you. i think you hit the nail on the head. the president is trying to send a signal. he wants to move immediately on some of these campaign promises, including and especially the border, which is front and center. so he signed a slew of executive actions on day one, a lot of them related to the border, which give authorities more power to actually detain and deport those who are here and who are on documented. so that's a key part of my focus with my conversations with senator lindsey graham and senator adam schiff. the question is, will congress fund these priorities? that's where i think kira you're going to see all of the action now, senator lindsey graham saying he can't do this without money. so he thinks that the house and the senate should act i

administration's transformation of government will begin, with what the president-elect told kristen welker would be a record-setting number of executive orders. according to a document reviewed by nbc news and a person familiar with the planning, immigration raids are planned in the chicago area for later this week. that plan is now under review. >> chicago's not off the table. but we're reconcerting when and how we do it. >> and our thanks to garrett for that report. you can catch our full coverage of the second inauguration of donald j. trump right here on nbc this morning starting at 10:00 eastern. >>> president biden spent his final full day in office visiting an african-american history museum in charleston. this year, inauguration day is on the same day as martin luther king jr. day. president biden spoke about king's legacy. he also thanked his supporters in sth carolina. saying his presidency started, because of this movement. >> there's been a long line of black patriots who have helped make the promise of america real for all americans. >> president biden also delivered some fina

. >>> kristen welker is the moderator of "meet the press." president-elect wants to accomplish a lot the moment he is back in office. those margins are so tight. how hard is this going to be? is there any room for compromise at all across the aisle? >> well, joe, i think that's going to be the big question. vaughn did a fantastic job of laying out just how tough the road ahead may be for speaker johnson and for republicans. look, on friday, when that drama was unfolding in the house around the vote for speaker johnson, president-elect trump had to call the holdouts from the golf course, two of them to get them to flip their votes. he was able to do it. it underscores the fact this is going to be a tough road ahead. i had the opportunity, in fact, to interview the new senate majority leader john thune. he said johnson, quote, has a really tough job ahead with the razor thin majority. first, president-elect trump wants them to tackckle his bord plan, mass deportation and taxes all in one big bill. this is a huge test. will they be able to get i

even lindsey graham yesterday with kristen welker was a hard maybe. question is do republicans then follow suit? anyway, like we saw happen with pete hegseth and some of the more reluctant republicans, thom tillis and others coming around and ultimately pushing them through, i think a similar picture is going to happen with rfk jr, his hearing the same day as tulsi gabbard's hearing. it's going to be a busy one again. republicans certainly pushing back against him. the former vice president, mike pence, is no fan of rfk s policy, specifically when it comes to his views on abortion democrats. he might pick up votes on that side of the aisle in terms of his food policy stuff that he wants to do in that space. so a lot of interesting hearings that are coming this week. we'll see if republicans do shore up the votes to get them across the finish line. i think if hegseth was any reflection of that, they probably will. jose. >> and so, susan and basil. >> let me ask. >> you first, basil. >> gabbard, rfk jr patel. >> who do you see as. >> the. >> most. >> vu

he told our colleague kristen welker. no, but we'll see ultimately when he gets up to the podium.> thank you. >> earlier in the show, we asked you, why are you awake? pamela writes i'm on my final leg of travel back to florida after the people's march and women's march in d.c. that was one of just many events happening over the weekend here in the nation's capital, as thousands rallied for reproductive rights and other causes. another traveler emails, i'm up because i had to change my flight back to houston. you and many others. after houston announced plans to ground all flights starting tomorrow for the winter storm. stay safe out there. coming up next, the senate could begin voting on donald trump's cabinet nominees as early as this morning, just hours after he's inaugurated. we'll tell you who the two picks republicans are now hoping democrats will push through. and coming up on morning joe, live coverage of the out of the nation's capitol as trump is set to take the oath of office and kick off his second term in the white house. plus, a panel of presidential historians is sta

. >> well, i thought it was kind of interesting what lindsey graham had to say with kristen welker onday. let me play that. >> senator, can you say right now, are. >> you a yes on tulsi gabbard? >> i want to see how the hearing goes. i'm inclined to vote. >> yes on. >> everybody, but there are some questions she will be asked that. >> i. >> want. >> to hear the. >> answers to. >> so you're a we'll see. >> not a yes. >> we'll see. >> so i wonder if you think that that's a harbinger, or at least a harbinger of what might be to come. i know you already said that she's the one most talked about as possibly being in trouble, but is he somebody who you think kind of tells us where that's headed? >> it's an indication of why this candidacy, this nomination is weak at this point relative to others. lindsey graham is someone. >> who. >> no matter who the president is. to be fair, when there have been democratic presidents, he has shown great deference and approved many nominees that his fellow republicans have not. for him to be saying in this case, i have some concerns, i have some doubts. i'

. >> but in a new telephone interview today, trump told nbc's meet the press moderator kristen welker he will most likely give tiktok a 90 day reprieve from the ban in just minutes. >> we're going to weigh the national security pros and cons for you. >> also tomorrow, at around 1:30 a.m. eastern, the israel-hamas ceasefire and hostage release deal will go into effect even as both sides hammer out some small details and some new reaction today to both president biden and president elect trump taking credit for securing the deal. let's stop quibbling about who deserves credit. trump deserves some credit. biden deserves some credit. let's see the deal happen. and oh, by the way, two american hostages are being released tomorrow are supposed to be released. i don't think anybody's asking about their political affiliation, at least not yet. so let's get over that point. >> well taken there. >> we got a host of new and developing storylines at this hour. we also have correspondents and analysts in place with details and reaction. we're going to begin our coverage with nbc's vaughn hillyard

in office the president-elect repeatedly trying to scale back medicaid though he recently told kristen welkerement impact the. may take years to play out. >> we have few problems with chronic illness and adults that are costing the system a lot of money. cutting care for kids, the preventative kids that they need to grow into healthy adults is the worst way to make that problem better. >> jabril still has want resumed speech therapy. >> but he has the insurance back now. >> yeah, but there is a waitlist. a reminder that even a short lapse in health care can have long-lasting effects. jesse kirb, nbc news, washington. >> we'll take a break. the hidden messages set to be revealed at midnight when the confetti falls on times square. stay with us. are you 50 or older? well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you're healthy... you're 6 times more likely to be hospitalized. so, schedule at vaxassist.com. that grimy film on your teeth? dr. g? ♪♪ it's actually the buildup of plaque bacteria which can cause

our friend, kristen welker, has more on the history and what you can expect on inauguration day. >> reporter inauguration is a ceremony to mark the beginning of something. every four years, a presidential inauguration is held to mark a new term for the president of the united states. according to the 20th amendment of the u.s. constitution, the president and vice president begin their termrting at noon on january 20th. but if january 20th falls on a sunday, the public ceremony moves to january 21st. in 2013, president obama took the oath privately on the 20th and repeated it the next day in public. >> a presidential inauguration u used to be on the 4th of march, not the 20th of january, as it now is. the reason they made the change was there was a feeling that there was much too much time between an election in early november and an inauguration in early march. >> reporter: presidential inaugurations were first held in new york and philadelphia. the ceremony moved to the nation's capital in 1801. thomas jefferson was the first president to be sworn in in washington, d.c. the vice president e

in an exclusive phone conversation, president elect trump tells meet the press kristen welker he'll most likely give tiktok a 90 day reprieve from a potential ban in the u.s. following his inauguration monday, although he underscores he has not made a final decision. and that comes as the app is expected to go dark this weekend. tiktok's u.s. headquarters is in santa monica, and there are a couple of reports about when it could go offline, some as early as tonight. either way, the company says the app will shut down on sunday. that is, unless it gets guarantees from the white house that providers like apple or google won't be punished for carrying tiktok in their app stores. the supreme court upheld the ban in a ruling yesterday that says u.s. app stores must remove it unless its chinese parent company sells it by tomorrow. but now, democrats and republicans who both supported the ban say they may not enforce it. it should be noted that tiktok's ceo expected to attend the president's president elect's inauguration on monday. meanwhile, there are some last minute changes being made ahead

in a phone call with nbc's kristen welker, president elect trump said he would most likely implement0 day reprieve for tiktok, something he said he would announce as early as monday. you get the feeling that behind the scenes, he's talking to either well-heeled companies or well-heeled individuals to try to say, hey, if there's some way to buy the u.s. rights to this company and make it an american company, that he wants that to happen. in their final message, tiktok said they're fortunate that president trump said he'll work with them on a solution to reinstate tiktok once he takes office. please stay tuned. how that will take shape is yet to be seen in san jose. thom jensen, nbc, bay area news. in berkeley, three people stabbed and one of them is now dead. and now the incident have residents of this neighborhood asking why. tonight, police are investigating, saying it started off with a report of a stolen car. nbc bay area's alyssa goard explains. it was a chilling scene today in this berkeley neighborhood, as neighbors came out to this intersection and saw that three people had be

administration's transportation of government will begin, with what president-elect trump told kristen welkerill be a record setting number of executive orders, focused on energy production and addressing illegal immigration. according to a document reviewed by nbc news and a person familiar with the planning, immigration raids are planned in the chicago area later this week. that plan is now under review. >> chicago is not off the table, but we're reconverting when and how we do it. >> reporter: tonight a trump transition official says mr. trump will sign more than 50 executive orders tomorrow, including someme right he in this room as part of the program on their revamped inaugural parade. hallie? >> garrett haake, thank you. >>> we're back in a moment with our steve kornacki, breaking down the numbers on the nfl arterbacks changing the game by running the ball more than ever. and from the kelce brothers to "club shay shay," we're talking about hall of famer shannon sharpe about finding new fame moving from the pros to the podcasts. about hall of famer shannon sharpe about finding new fame

and hear more from governor newsom when he speaks exclusively with meet the press moderator kristen welkertomorrow. watch at 8 a.m. right here on nbc bay area. they are on the same page. that is what l.a. mayor karen bass said today about the relationship between her and the city's fire chief, christine crowley, after crowley made critical comments about city hall. the fire chief and i are focused on fighting these fires and saving lives, and any differences that we might have will be worked out in private. but right now, our first and most important obligation to angelenos is to get through this crisis. the mayor's comments come one day after she had a closed meeting with chief crowley. this right here is exclusive video from our nbc station in l.a. showing the chief walking into that meeting. it is unclear what they talked about, but chief crowley sat down with our sister station in l.a. to talk about the challenges her department has faced.d. this was yesterday. she says her department has been hit with nearly $18 million in budget cuts, which has had a significant impact on their respo

here's meet the press moderator kristen welker, with a preview of sunday's show. as deadly wildfires ravaged california. i'll speak exclusively with democratic senator alex padilla about recovery efforts in his state. plus, president elect trump is just one week away from returning to the oval office. i'll talk to republican senator james lankford of oklahoma about how congress will handle mr. trump's top legislative priorities. and in our meet the moment conversation, poet amanda gorman shares her thoughts ahead of inauguration week. it's all ahead this sunday on meet the press. and you can watch meet the press right here on nbc bay area. these are the special guests. it begins at 8 a.m. this sunday. and here's what's coming up right now on our 6:00 news. there is progress down in l.a. county. thousands of firefighters continue to fight flames that have wiped out entire neighborhoods and killed at least ten people. we have the latest updates and a look at conditions as we head into the weekend. a local fire survivor has a message for families in los angeles, and

here's meet the press moderator kristen welker with a preview of this week's show. president elect donald trump returns to the white house on monday. how are republicans preparing for what he'll do on day one? i'll sit down exclusively with house speaker mike johnson of louisiana. plus, how do democrats plan to work with the trump administration? i'll speak exclusively with house democratic leader hakeem jeffries of new york and meet the moment. how doctor martin luther king jr. s legacy lives on through his son, mlk the third. it's all ahead this sunday on meet the press. inauguration day and mlk jr day both falling on monday. and you can watch meet the press on sunday right here on nbc bay area. it begins at 8 a.m. a legendary restaurant is closing after more than a century in san francisco's chinatown. in less than two weeks, sam wo will serve its final customers, or so we think. the restaurant on clay and kearny streets has been open since 1908. the current chef, david ho, is retiring after nearly 45 years. the co-owners have spent the past year searching for a

here's meet the press moderator kristen welker, with a preview of this week's show. trump's return to office, new executive actions on immigration, and ongoing cabinet confirmation hearings. how is washington adjusting to president donald trump's first week back in the white house? i'll speak with republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. plus, pardons for the january 6th rioters. how are former members of the january 6th committee responding? i'll speak exclusively with democratic senator adam schiff of california. it's all ahead this sunday on meet the press. yes, meet the press sunday right here on nbc bay area. these are the guests, senator adam schiff and senator lindsey graham. it's at 8 a.m. on sunday here at nbc bay area. jessica aguirrere joins us now with what's coming up next. right now at six, two bay area students caught in the crossfire, both recovering after being shot while pumping gas in vallejo. the surveillance video, what it shows. also a surge in immigration arrests across the country. new information about the man taken into custody b

here's what he told my colleague kristen welker right after the election as well. >> president biden, when he came into office, said that he would be the most progressive president since fdr. and i think on domestic issues, not foreign policy on domestic issues, he has kept his word. and the agenda that he has pushed through has been an extraordinarily strong one. >> how do you square those two statements? on the one hand, the democrats have abandoned the working class. on the other hand, joe biden was the most progressive president since fdr. >> so when you look at abandoning working class, he's very upset about how kamala harris and the team ran that presidential campaign felt, you know, when boeing workers were on strike during the course of the kamala harris campaign, you didn't hear us talk about that. you didn't hear too many opportunities of going out and standing with the porch workers when they are on strike. during the campaign, you didn't hear a ton of a bold agenda of raising the minimum wage of what's the next iteration of canceling student debt? how are we going to expan

this comes as president elect trump tells meet the press kristen welker that he will most likely give tiktok tiktok a 90 day reprieve, although he underscores he has not made a final decision. and we should note the browser and app are still up as of news time. tiktok's u.s. headquarters is in santa monica, and there are a couple of reports about when it could go offline, some indicating as early as tonight. either way, the company says the app will shut down on sunday. tiktok says it wanted guarantees from the white house that providers like apple or google won't be punished for carrying tiktok in their app stores. this comes after the supreme court upheld the looming ban that says u.s. app stores must remove it unless its chinese parent company sells it by tomorrow. but now, democrats and republicans who both supported the ban say they may not enforce it. tiktok ceo expected to attend the president elect's inauguration monday. all right, bringing you back to the bay. an update now on the fire burning in moss landing that's just south of santa cruz. crews plan to keep the highway clo

prescriber about wegovy®. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: i want t to thanky guests, michelle yeoh, kristen welkerverybody! thanks for watching, everybody. we love you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ right now at 11, the fiery nightmare continues in southern california. tonight, a new blaze has crews scrambling. this is the huge fire burning in castaic, which is north of los angeles, not far from magic mountain right now. more than 30,000 people are under evacuation orders, and another 20,000 are under evacuation warnings. now, the fire broke out around 1030 this morning and just exploded. at last check, it had burned more than 10,000 acres. now, at one point, parts of i-5 were closed because of it. but the freeway is back open tonight. some other good news. within the last hour, we learned crews are making some progress. this fire, now 14% contained. needless to say, it has been an impossible few weeks for the people of southern california. several major wildfires breaking out in the middle of winter, two of them with devastating consequences. that has bay area firefighters concerned and san jose's ma

you can see him trying to have it both ways when you talk to nbc's kristen welker.ngsdon't change, things do change. just keeping the door flapping open in the wind, if not just open to whatever may happen, you know? i do think it puts his fda in the hot seat, if they, in fact, are the ones that don't argue against a ban on medication abortion and or puts the supreme court in the hot seat and puts them in the position of once again outlawing abortion, given the fact that you know, medication abortion is the most common method of abortion in the united states. are you -- i know what you think about trump and the fda. whether there is anything that might suggest they would be hesitant to do the thing that i think is tarnished their reputation in the eyes of some. >> so, i'll say the negative part first. the court kicked the can down the road by ruling unstanding. they left the door open for antiabortion extremists to file a different kind of case with more credibility. so, frankly, i'm very concerned about this court. this is the same court as you've pointed out that

host kristen welker asked him about pardons for insurrectionists. >> you promised to pardon those whopitol on january 6th. are you still vowing to follow through with that promise? >> we're looking at it right now. most likely, yeah. i'm gonna look at everything, we're gonna look at individual cases -- >> everyone? >> yeah. >> stephen: that's not great news, but it does make this the perfect time for my new buddy comedy about two guys who bond over their presidential pardons. this season on cbs, it's "buffalo hunter." "they fight crimes... that they cause." [applause] "buffalo hunter." trump explained why it's right for him to pardon the people who tried to overthrow our government. >> they've been in there for years, and they're in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn't even be allowed to be open. >> stephen: i didn't realize the january 6th rioters are being held in the bathroom of a white castle. [laughter] but trump doesn't just want to pardon criminals who attacked our government. he also wants to arrest the people who investigated the crime. because here's what he said about

not just what trump told kristen welker. kash patel and the list of folks, he made a list of people to go after. it's not just the folks in the january 6 committee. there is a lot of people in this administration and around the government who were worried about a retaliation for a lot of these folks just doing their job. the white house has until january 20. they have been looking into it. there's no indication of stop doing that. those conversations i think have continued. people trying to figure out if they want these kinds of pardons. a pardon means typically that you did something wrong and that continues the conspiracy theories. there is a lot to balance but this white house is concerned and there are folks the served on the january 6 committee concern to this day, and will be until donald trump leaves office. >> eugene, lastly and the time we have, i remember when the january 6 committee hearings happen. it is because of the work of bennie thompson and liz cheney in those committee members that we know as much as we do

listen to this revealing exchange between the top democrat in the senate and the nbc's kristen welker about joe biden and if democrats knew more than they let on about the president's mental acuity. >> what do you say to americans who feel as though you and other top democrats misled them about president biden's mental acuity? >> look, we didn't. and let's look at president biden. he's had an amazing record. when he stepped down, he did it on his own because he thought it was better not only for the democratic party but for america. >> do you feel as we have this conversation today that president biden could serve another four years had he stayed in the race and potentially won? >> well, i'm not going to speculate. >> some eyebrows raised at the table. van, what you make of that? >> that's foolish. look, obviously biden was in bad shape. and i was surprised and other people were surprised who were not having regular contact with biden. biden had done a good job in the interview with anderson cooper. so those of us at cnn -- but there are people who are close who must have known better

. >> johnson, who is going to be the senate majority leader, was asked by kristen welker what message it would send if these pardons happen. this is what he said. >> what message do you think it would send to give pardons to people who pleaded guilty to attacking police officers, who stormed this building four years ago? >> again, that's ultimately going to be a decision that the president of the united states, the pardon authority exist with him. that's four years ago. i think the american people are living in the present and they want the work we are doing to be done with an eye toward what we can do to improve their lives today. >> he is blowing off the idea of these pardons what he's talking about, what he's blowing off is potentially the person who tried to kill you, who called you the n word, somebody was violent toward you showing up at walmart while you are in line, walking around with you in the neighborhood grocery store, someone who tried to bear spray and kill officers literally being back in the neighborhood, armed with a pardon and immunity, and impunity. he thinks that'

. >> reporter: that is john thune talking to kristen welker.n thune has a point, he may not know the house as well as johnson does, but he knows the senate. even in the senate, he has a three seat majority to work with, plus j.d. vance, the vice president- elect, who can break any type. johnson can lose a couple of votes in a lot more members are to deal with. it will be a rocky road for the two men as they try to navigate trump, navigate trump's team and their conferences, which, as we saw yesterday, are going to give them a hard time. johnson managing to lose just one republican on that vote ultimately, but at least a dozen others have expressed concerns and have sent him a letter and express their points of view, one he johnson to make sure he gives deference to members and weakens his own leadership team in the process, something johnson, by the way, told us he wants >>. >> julie tsirkin on capitol hill, thank you for that, my friend. i want to bring in brendan buck and joined by melanie zanona, senior reporter for punch bowl news and msnbc

and when senate gop majority leader john thune was asked by kristen welker if he is a yes on all of trump'sinees, here's what he had to say. >> you prepared to vote yes on all of the nominees? >> well, that's a process. and we are going to -- what i promise is a fair process. as they go through the process, there will be opportunities throughout that where members, senators have opportunities to make sure they are getting their questions answered and we'll see. >> that's not exactly a ringing endorsement, my guy. like, it's not. you would think after trump's victory it would be smooth sailing for the republicans, but as inauguration day comes closer and closer, trump world is instead rife with infighting. take the maga civil war between first bro elon musk and steve bannon. musk has gotten ire from bannon and laura loomer for his support of h-1b visas. even after donald trump took musk's side in the feud, bannon had this to say. >> don't come up and go to the pulpit and your first week here and start lecturing people about the way things are going to be. if you do that, we are going to get

kristen welker asked senator chuck schumer about your op-ed. he seemed to agree with you.gave his thoughts what democrats can do differently on the economy moving forward. i want play that and talk about it with you. >> we talked about the mec hanis of the legislation and details of the legislation and didn't show the end of empathy and concern to average or show enough of it to average working families. so what we're going to do is spend a lot of time talking to working families, showing them how much we care about them, and not just talk about legislation, but talk about the conditions that have made so many working families worried about their futures. >> that sounds pretty good to me. we will see how it's implemented. what do you think? >> i think there is always a reason i kind of have some affection for senator schumer. he understands on the fly that we are not communicating, but we need benchmarks to tell people we care about them. america these a raise. let's raise it to $15 and a hour. workers are getting the shortened of the stick here. let's ask these billionair

. >> steve: kristen welker asked a great question. set up with schumer's own words. the reason he was dismissive of her premise because she was right. they, the people who protected joe biden want cognitive decline have been caught. that's why it's so curious if the guy is on -- you know, way out. he is spinning out of control. he is just not the guy he was four years ago. why is he still president? why didn't they, you know, invoke the 25th amendment months ago? >> lawrence: should have. >> steve: years ago will kamala harris would be president. >> brian: she wouldn't have beat trump. >> steve: 25th amendment had they replaced him. they have all been caught. everybody in democrat world, has got a lot of explaining to do and they will have to in the next year. >> ainsley: do they not love this country more than that know. i mean to lie to us and tell us he is fine. going to prop him up like weekend at bernie's and make us believe he was in the game and in the party? i mean, it's just -- it's not fair to the american people, it's not fair to the soldiers whose lives a

that's something that kristen welker pressed john tlun on and here's what he said. >> are you comfortablee to first off look at what happens if we don't act by the end of the year. that's a $4 trillion tax increase on the american people. that's essentially what you are talking about if we don't extend the 2017 tax law. the president had other suggestions and ideas with respect to he would like to do in the area of tax reform. we will take those into consideration. >> whether it's one track or two tracks, now it seems like one. speaker johnson said the timeline is april or may. pretty aggressive. the big picture of course is that this means republicans are not interested in working with democrats to get these things across the finish line. this isn't unique. democrats said the same thing when president biden first took office a couple of years ago with their legislative priorities. but we will see what happens here because it's a very long road and of course the republican margin is super fragile on both ends of this place. >> i am trying to figure out how many pages this will be to go th