. >> the woman determined to find luke a family. >> he is such a goof ball. it's so wonderful to see him enjoying his day. >> the buzz word for your chance to win a new ipad mini. and a dad buckled up with his son who is 4 years old. they are taking the road trip of a lifetime. >> this video demonstrates every parents' nightmare. setting something up for your kids and it goes all wrong two. kids on a trampoline. 9-year-old casey and her 10-year-old friend. her dad peter watson put them there to protect them. he's got fireworks they are looking at. the fireworks went the opposite way they were expected to and landed inside the trampoline. >> oh, no! >> now they're trapped inside. >> one of the fireworks went straight to the kid. did it hit him? >> casey makes her way out. she trips. the little boy was still inside while that firework was ricochetting off the side. luckily casey nor the boy were hurt. her dad said what happened was he aimed the fireworks opposite the house away from them but it fired in an opposite direction, hit the house and bounced into the

>> good morning, luke. there are really two competing factions. i would call the first one the mcconnell faction. they would want to fight tooth and nail. the leadership wants to fight the executive action. they don't want to shut down the government. they saw what happened. it hurt the republican brand. they'd rather fight via a lawsuit. fight through other legislative means. the other side is ted cruz, senator jeff sessions of alabama, they want to use the funding bill coming up in december as the battleground, as the means of dissent. >> manu, let's talk about that. mitch mcconnell, his entire sort of narrative when he was running was i went the senate to go back to normal. we don't want to have these prolonged fights. technically, he's still in the minority, but this is a pretty big test early on, whether or not he can control the ted cruz wing of his conference. >> i think you'll see him do that. i think mcconnell's making that very clear. i think boehner even though he's not saying that, you know, the government funding bill won't include a

two receivers, one in the slot, actually three to luke's left. haskins in the backfield with him on a second down and ten. and now they empty the backfield. luke del rio on what might be the final play of this civil war. buys himself some time. finally throws -- incomplete. and the ball game is over. so, oregon wins its 11th game of the year. they go on to play in the pac-12 championship against arizona. season and career over for sean mannion as they fall to 5-7. and a lopsided civil war, 47-19. there's the two quarterbacks. one had a tough night, one had a star-studded night, and he is with holly right now. >> holly: marcus, you have never lost in your career to this oregon state team. what was the key for you tonight? coach riley that he's saying thank you to. what was the key for you tonight to come out here in a rivalry game? >> just start fast. all week we prepared, picking up the tempo and playing to our tempo. we wanted to start fast and we played well tonight. >> holly: you have new people in new positions. new wide receiver, new center.

two receivers, one in the slot, actually three to luke's left. haskins in the backfield with him on a second down and ten. and now they empty the backfield. luke del rio on what might be the final play of this civil war. buys himself some time. finally throws -- incomplete. and the ball game is over. so, oregon wins its 11th game of the year. they go on to play in the pac-12 championship against arizona. season and career over for sean mannion as they fall to 5-7. and a lopsided civil war, 47-19. there's the two quarterbacks. one had a tough night, one had a star-studded night, and he is with holly right now. >> holly: marcus, you have never lost in your career to this oregon state team. what was the key for you tonight? coach riley that he's saying thank you to. what was the key for you tonight to come out here in a rivalry game? >> just start fast. all week we prepared, picking up the tempo and playing to our tempo. we wanted to start fast and we played well tonight. >> holly: you have new people in new positions. new wide receiver, new center.

and it all erupted from there as much, like luke told me to carry it on film.ionally laughing because it's so funny in a cintron him sort of way. then she actually tried to push it in the road. i had to stop so it didn't hit a car or drive into the car driving fast. when she was attacking me or whatever you want to calm it with the newspaper, it was, i didn't enjoy it, obviously, at one point she actually kicked me. you know, just hoped it would be over soon and tried to avoid getting hit too directly. i think she had completely lost control. >> at this point perry wonders, should he stop filming, do something to help luke? he makings up his mind when the woman comes after him, too. >> what are you doing? >> that's why the film stopped. i thought, well, i got to stop now. >> so just who is this female ball of terror scaring the bejesus out of her neighbors? >> my name is sally dun ham. i'm 63. i'm a mother of four and a grandmother of six and i'm 4' 10." and i don't really take it upon myself to hit everybody. but i'm afraid he got me in the wrong mood that mor

what if we sent luke to the game without us today? we can't do that.bad parents.

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but we would be idiotic not to -- >> but you're always wrong, luke. >> luke russert on the hill on this big day. >> reporter: welcome to the district, guys. have a d.c. half smoke. >> a half smoke, okay. you heard it here first. now buzz feed news, d.c. news, john stan, friend of the show. let's start with this issue of the big fight here and the timing. i was down on the hill this morning. obviously, there's plenty of interest in this and plenty of anger from republicans. yet that anger might reflect on the pure politics, where i want to start with you, john, this is good timing if the white house is ever going to do something like this. and an argument we heard from administration officials is, we have the authority, yeah we know they don't like it, but now the republicans are going to be tested because this is the beginning of the new period after they've won the election and they're going to have to show whether they're ready to govern or they just want to continue to focus on overheated rhetoric and what krystal mentioned from senator cruz, which is overheated obstruction. >> i thi

luke russert near d.c. sarah dallof at a parked laguardia airport in new york and wendy at o'hare and domenica davis is commanding the storm weather cycle and we begin with luke at reagan. looks pretty miserable out there. where is your coat? i thought you were smarter than this. >> i rock the polifleece. i have buffalo blood in me. this is easy. we are one buffalo, we are strong. but let's talk about the weather here at dca. as you see, a lot of precipitation. it's been falling steadily since about 11:00 a.m. this morning. the runway because it's not below freezing and still been wet and mobile. what we're seeing is delays up to 45 minutes whether it be arrival or departure and, also, because of this sort of frigid precipitation we have in the air, it means that planes have to be deiced before they can take off, which is adding to the delays. visibility around here is about five miles. about 30 miles from me around dulles airport, they took more snow, the brunt of the storm, shall we say. they are getting

luke schenn goes shoulder first into the boards. thank goodness he ducked his head.ve-minute major. patrick roy losing it. and the fliers cash in on that power play. that is a heck of a shot. 1-0 flyers. then second period, still on that same power play, wayne simmonds makes him pay. the flyers almost let a 4-0 lead slip away. the flyers hold on 4-3, and they are not happy about what happened to luke schenn. >> i thought he should have got kicked out the rest of the game. obviously the refs decided that it was just a five-minute. but that's their decision. can't do anything about that now. >> how many times do you go into a corner and you have a forward in front of you. if you push him, he goes head-first into the boards. you just don't do it. it's dangerous, he goes head-first. you know, he was lucky. he hurt his shoulder, but i think a hit like that, you've got to get thrown out of the game. it's not a question. >> and eagles kicker cody parky was at the flyers game. met with giroux and boar check after the game. they wished cody luck on monday night. eagles' offen

i was living -- >> buffalonians are optimistic by nature. >> i have found that about luke russert. boehner and mcconnell have been touting these 46 house bills and they passed and then went nowhere in the democratic senate. they're saying that's the place we should start in terms of economic policy. well, i went and looked at these bills to see if there was anything worth working with there. and you don't have to agree with this characterization, but most of what was there was either sort of irrelevant or nakedly ideological or downright counterproducti counterproductive. to give a couple of examples in the ideological cat gore, there was a bill called the preserving work for welfare requirements act. which actually solves a problem that they imagine exists, which is that states are opting out of welfare work requirements, which isn't a thing. there's the stop government abuse act, which seeks to limit bonuses to federal employees, which i don't really know what that has to do with jobs. and there's multiple provisions repealing health care or changing health care or undermining he

he contradicted his own book, luke.he'll be able to get away from being afraid of the far right. >> a few things. every establishment wants jeb bush to run. speaker boehner will say it to anyone who lives, jeb will be a great president. i think he has a really tough time in a primary. i want to go back to a few things you mentioned. number one, bush versus clinton. joe trippi said something ironic will, if it was bush versus clinton, it may be the only race with real issues. they may be more focus on the issues than something that happened in the past. i'll make two final points. abby, the point about the bushes being authentic, i have never heard of anyone who went to andover and yale who's a w.a.s.p., going to texas and is a cowboy hero. >> i agree with you there, luke. >> that was just being real. >> yes, yes, yes. in terms of relatable, having ray bea beer with, i agree. i don't think jeb bush runs for this reason, if jeb were to lose, that hurts george p.'s chance at moving forward. i think he wants his son to have

but it was luke bryan who crashed that party.details next with music insider bruno del grenado. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" co ♪ >>> last night was country music's biggest newt. the cma awards brought all of nashville's brightest stars and major acts in pop music. >> why pop music. the evening was filled with lots of great performances. with us to recap it all, music industry insider bruno del granado. who had a big night? >> the biggest night was luke bryan who won entertainer of the year. and nashville's power couple, blake sheltson and miranda lambert. >> it was a big night for miranda. is she the face of cannot music? >> she walked in with nine nominations and won the two biggest ones. fifth time she won best female artist. and she's had a huge year. massive album called "platinum." rightfully titled so. she's the only country artist to have five consecutive albums debut at number one. she's by far the biggest female artist in nashville. >> if you were just channel surfing, you might have

luke russert is there. what have you got, luke? >> reporter: well, ari, a busy day on capitol hill. the keystone pipeline construction bill passed out of the house by a margin of 252-161, included in that, 31 democrats supported the bill. it will now go to the senate where mary landrieu from louisiana wants to try to get it past. not sure if they'll have democratic support to break the votes and president obama said he will veto it. another one, immigration, detailing the fact that president obama is moving forward on executive action which is making a lot of republicans upset. i spoke to a few republicans today, guys, that said a government shutdown should remain on the table to prohibit the president from moving forward on executive action regarding immigration. that, of course, the deadline is december 11th. everyone thought this lame duck was going to be happy, cheery, all easy, but no sir, we're going to have some fireworks here ahead of december 11th. get your popcorn ready. >> thank you, luke. speaking of fireworks and the dysfunction, let's go to 1600 pennsylvania avenue whe

luke russert, thanks as always. here in new hampshire is getting downright nasty. here is the chair of the new hampshire gop. >> this is our time. we need to crush it. we need to grab it, run with it, push their heads under, over and over again until they cannot breathe anymore. >> more on the granite state, including what the candidates told me today, just ahead. wethey were a littlehorizons to mbit skeptical.ss, what they do actually is rocket science. but at ge capital we also bring expertise from across ge, like lean process engineers we asked who does what, when, where, and why that step first? ideas for improvement started pouring out. with a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. if you just need a loan, just call a bank. at ge capital, we're builders. and what we know... can help you grow. can i get my experian credit report...eport card" thing. like, the one the bank sees. sheesh, i feel like i'm being interrogated over here. she's onto us. dump her. (phone ringing) ...hello? oh, man

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luke schenn goes shoulder first into the boards. thank goodness he ducked his head.mckinnon gets a five-minute major. patrick roy losing it. and the flyers cash in on that power play. that is a heck of a shot. 1-0 flyers. then second period, still on that same power play, wayne simmonds makes him pay. the flyers almost let a 4-0 lead slip away. the flyers hold on 4-3, and they are not happy about what happened to luke schenn. >> i thought he should have got kicked out the rest of the game. obviously the refs decided that it was just a five-minute. but that's their decision. can't do anything about that now. >> how many times do you go into a corner and you have a forward in front of you. if you push him, he goes head-first into the boards. you just don't do it. it's dangerous, he goes head-first. you know, he was lucky. he hurt his shoulder, but i think a hit like that, you've got to get thrown out of the game. it's not a question. >> and eagles kicker cody parky was at the flyers game. met with giroux and borachek after the game. they wished cody luck on monday nigh

luke russert in iowa. perry bacon in kentucky. we start with msnbc in colorado where we've got another race to call and it is a big one. bengie. >> reporter: that's right. we can now project that governor hickenlooper, the democrat is the apparent winner in colorado. he has declared victory, though the results are not official. this is a rare bright spot for democrats in colorado and around the country. governors' races have not gone well for them. they lost open races in places like massachusetts, maryland, incumbents fell in places like illinois, scott walker in wisconsin. so this is definitely good news. but at the same time, it comes after colorado senator mark udall, another democratic incumbent fell by a significant margin compared to hickenlooper. one notable difference between the two, udall focused on social issues, particularly abortion. hickenlooper spent his time talking about the economic gains. they have a 4.7% unemployment rate which is much better than the national average. it's possible, an economic focus, message

luke russert in washington, d.c. let's go to o'hare airport in chicago where wendy wolf is following developments there p. wendy, any better in chicago? you don't have a cool hat, but i'm sure you have a great report for us. >> i'm thankful to be inside. i don't complain at all. things are great here at o'hare international airport. so far so good. it's pretty crowded as you can see behind me but peaceful and calm all morning. we've been here since 2:30 central time and busier now than it is now. the security lines are moving very smoothly. there has been a good ebb and flow all morning long. again, no real complaints from passengers here. a healthy economy and lower gas prices have given a real boost to these holiday travel lines. aaa has been reporting 46 people will travel by air or road this holiday weekend. as you well know, the weather is not cooperating where you are and, unfortunately, at some point i'm sure we're going to see some kind of a ripple effect as we look at the boards right now. we had a few fligh

luke schenn goes shoulder first into the boards right here. he does not return. nathan mackinnon gets a five-minute major. wow. avalanche coach patrick roy losing it. and the flyers cash in. they make the avalanche pay on the power play. claude giroux, what a shot. second period, flyers still on that same power play. wayne simmonds, the flyers almost let a 4-0 lead slip away. the avs outshoot the flyers 21-6 in the third period. but the flyers hold on, 4-3. they are not happy about what happened to luke schenn. >> i thought he should have got kicked auto the rest of the game. obviously the refs decided it was just a five-minute. but that's their decision. >> how many times in a quarter you have a forward in front of you -- if you push him, he goes head first in the boards, you just don't do it. things happen fast out there. it's dangerous. he goes head first. he was lucky. he hurt his shoulder. but a hit like that, you have to get thrown out of the game. it's not a question. >> how about eagles kicker cody parkie at the game, kicking it with the boys. they wished

luke russert in iowa. msnbc's perry bacon is in louisville, kentucky.e'll call this the whip-around. this certainly was not as close as we thought it might be. >> no, it certainly wasn't. really up until late last night, the mayor of atlanta was predicting we will see a runoff. but what wound up happening is that while michelle nunn in particular did fight to change the composition of the electorate and she won the constituents she needed to win, overwhelmingly with young voters, she won voters under 44. what wound up happening is the electorate didn't change enough for the democrats tonight. michelle nunn only getting 23% of the white vote. while 29% of the electorate was african-american. it just wasn't enough in the end. they just didn't have enough volume. while they did have the right composition. just not enough volume for nunn or carter last night. >> all right, joy, thanks very much. travel home safe. luke, in iowa, ernst, the one wou who put the republicans over the top. the latest? >> the latest from iowa is what type of republican will senato

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nbc's luke russert has managed to escape from capitol hill. he's in west des moines, iowa. luke, senate candidate -- republican senate candidate there joni ernst, one of the republicans' top recruit this is cycle, what do you think is happening there today in the hawkeye state? >> reporter: well, joni ernst is coming into election day with a lot of momentum. she had a seven-point lead with "the des moines register" poll. her opponent bruce braley made a series of missteps throughout the campaign. she seems to have capitalized on those. what's really interesting is there's been this question about who cares more about people like me. joni ernst in "the des moines register" poll tested better that for a democrat to do is quite surprising. today is election day. comes down to the voters. i want you to take a listen to what some voters said to me about how happy they were to reach this day, for one reason, those annoying ads. >> skip all the ads and then you do your homework on the day of the lengz, that's how you vote. >> some of the commercials did help, but i think the debat

thank you to everybody, luke and suzi. i'm joined by steve kornacki.want to tell you my assumption. you can tear it to bits if you want. i think we agree, there are three ways the democrats need to begin to win the evening. one, hold on to new hampshire. beat scott brown there. kay hagan has to hold on in north carolina. and a break with an independent who will probably go with them, greg orman, we just talked about. after that, i'm wondering how they get the two more they need. >> let's go to the big board. let's take a look at what i think would be the most likely path for the democrats to retain the senate. start with two assumptions. election, not a single one of them put the democrat ahead and yet they won by two points on election day. they say they missed the latino vote. two major variables. let's say the polls have missed that in colorado and democrats can pick it up. where else do they look? i think the next most likely one, believe it or not, is alaska. when they talk about states being tough to poll, they are talking about alaska. we've see

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the stars on stage, the extras a cheering crowd at a luke wheeler concert. their chairs were lined up and the stars were ready to work. scarlet o'connor and jeff fordham, they may be arch rivals on screen but they are friends. >> it will be crazy for luke, poor luke. >> you never know. >> i want to say i'm rooting for you -- >> but you are not. >> you and my mother. >> i'm on team decon. >> great. this is decon's house and it feels like a real one and we even let ourselves in. >> you went through the fridge. >> i noticed you were decorating. >> deconis putting a tree together. >> i'll have a blue christmas without you. >> the actors are all singers, song writers and real life musicians. every detail on the set so authentic, down to their real family photos. >> i'm serious -- >> your real baby picture? >> that is me as a boy in pennsylvania and my mother took that photo and on the back wrote joe hollywood. i don't know what she saw. >> she knew. >> i guess so. >> love it. and we'll be here all night catching up with the cast as they make their way down the re

desert scenes also suggest a return to luke's homeland. but the big questions, unanswered. >> i wonder if the speeder is going to be like luke's kid? >> the characters flying back and forth, awakening. what does that mean. >> reporter: where does the force awaken? playing this trailer over and over, and talked and talked. >> just feels like "star wars." that was my big concern. >> we see tatoonie or the snow. >> it's like scuffed. >> clearly seeing a teen that has listened and understands the importance of these little tiny details. >> reporter: this guy in l.a. hasn't seen it yet. >> i'm expecting, han, luke, and c-3po. and maybe some of the new cast members. >> reporter: for "good morning america," abc news, hollywood. >> those guys sitting around talking about the movie. that was serious nerdry. that was hard core. awesome. >> they were geeky. >> go for it. >> geeking out. and some of the originals, harrison ford coming back. you had chills, not just because of the weather. >> i was getting chills, the x-fighter, the updated r2-d2. kind

luke russert is standing by in des moines. luke, that had to be a stomach punch to democrats last night when the final poll came out with that margin. >> reporter: yeah. you are completely right, chuck. this poll, considered the gold standard ahead of elections here in iowa. real worrisome news for bruce braley. two things that stood out, braley will have to campaign to turn out the vote if he has any chance. the other thing, joni ernst, the republican, actually polling better on the issue of who cares more about people like me. that is something democrats ordinarily do better on. in this case, she's doing a good job. she also adds this novelty to her candidacy, she's a combat veteran. she would be the first woman sent to washington from iowa if she were to win. she's really been able to, through the powerful personality narrative, sort of make braley very washington and very unlikable. something to keep an eye on. if she is to win, she would be the number one surrogate any of those republican presidential candidates would wan

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. >> and nbc luke russert joins us from des moines. me play ernst reaction today from senator harkin. >> i was very offended that senator harkin would say that. i think it's unfortunate that he and many of their party believe that you can't be a real woman if you're conservative and you're female. if my name had been john ernst attacked to my resume, senator harkin would not have said those things. >> all right. that's catching a lot of attention. but in reality it's this poem that is showing up her 7 points, luke. >> yeah. i think of the bad things to happen to the braley campaign the last few days the des moines, iowa poll is force about taylor swift. in the poll it's the gold start they're more often right than wrong. nate silver gives them an a plus. it showed he lose on the issue does the person running care about me. it's often an issue democrats do better on. he's behind there. braley fell victim to the personal narrative. she's 44 years old. a younger woman on the republican sides. she's a veteran. she's someone a farmer here i

>> no, i am just going to relax and just peruse the sites. >> all right, thank you, luke lou, so much for hanging out with us. get home safely. again, tons of deals are out here, seeing a lot of 50% off, that's what people are really getting into. and i'm told you want to get out here now, because this is casino of a good time to buy, not a lot of crowds, but come 8:00 i think you might be seeing a lot more people. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right, thanks, jen. tell luke it is okay, we don't mind that he was wearing a yankees hat. >> door busters, discount, up to half off merchandise mall open since 6:00 last night, will stay open until 10:00 tonight. similar scene in moorestown mall in burlington county, new jersey, shoppers raised up and down the aisles looking for that perfect holiday gift. and, those eye-popping deals were plentifull. the mall also remains open through 10:00 o'clock tonight. >> door busters, right now, at toys "r" us locations in our area. "eyewitness news" is live inside the cherry hill location. digital tablets, frozen theme dolls, are something we'v

luke russert in iowa, thank you, sir. this is such a surprisingly unpredictable election when you see what the numbers we have nationally. we needed two panels to sort it all out. joining me now are some of the smartest minds in political analysis. charlie cook, amy walter and two of our nbc pollsters. fred yang, and bill, our republican pollster with public opinion strategies. you have just given us some brand new data. i appreciate that. here is our generic congressional ballot likely voters, say they prefer republican congress, but it's the slimmest of margins. and here is another surprising finding. in the ten senate battleground states which largely have leaned republican, the margin is the same, just one point, 47, 46. bill, your party thinks it has the wind at its back. i feel like republicans are trying to will a wave coming on. one piece of good news, then there's a step back. this is a tight election. >> it is a tight election. the senate seats are in the south. president obama's job approval is 23%. the negativ

luke schenn goes shoulder first into the boards. thank goodness he ducked his head.minute major. patrick roy losing it. and the flyers cash in on that power play. that is a heck of a shot. 1-0 flyers. then second period, still on that same power play, wayne simmonds makes him pay. the flyers almost let a 4-0 lead slip away. the flyers hold on 4-3, and they are not happy about what happened to luke schenn. >> i thought he should have got kicked out the rest of the game. obviously the refs decided that it was just a five-minute. but that's their decision. can't do anything about that now. >> how many times do you go into a corner and you have a forward in front of you. if you push him, he goes head-first into the boards. you just don't do it. it's dangerous, he goes head-first. you know, he was lucky. he hurt his shoulder, but i think a hit like that, you've got to get thrown out of the game. it's not a question. >> and eagles kicker cody parkey was at the flyers game. met with giroux and voracek after the game. they wished cody luck on monday night. eagles' offensive

we'll start in iowa where a new poll -- luke russert with a welcome back luke. this new "des moines register" poll shows joni ernst with a lead, what do you think he can do at this point to save his chances? >>. >> well, that would come down to turnout. with this new poll it puts joni ernst in the driver's seat. bruce braley desperately needs, he needs the turnout to come through in a big way. democrats have a very good campaign apparatus here on the ground. that's what they're known for. they use it in 2012. but when you look at it even the most optimistic democrats will say our ground game probably gets us three points at most, plus three. so this poll is true those points, you only get three on the ground, it's tough to see a path right now for bruce braley and that's because joni ernst has been able to play that out so well. and on the issue that republicans normally do poorly on and who cares more about me joni ernst beats him because braley modeled himself as i'm a fighter for you. but to show how important this race is nationally there's been a lot of sur

thank you to everybody, luke and suzi. i'm joined by steve kornacki. i want to tell you my assumption. you can tear it to bits if you want. i think we agree, there are three ways the democrats need to begin to win the evening. one, hold on to new hampshire. beat scott brown there. kay hagan has to hold on in north carolina. and a break with an independent who will probably go with them, greg orman, we just talked about. after that, i'm wondering how they get the two more they need. >> let's go to the big board. let's take a look at what i think would be the most likely path for the democrats to retain the senate. start with two assumptions. for the republicans, kentucky, looking good for mcconnell. and arkansas. move those over. new hampshire and north carolina, move that over. the big if in kansas, say orman wins and goes with the democrats. the republicans then at 47. this says 46. you have to remember, there are two independents, king in maine, sanders in vermont, caucusing with the dems. that's 48. add two. which means the democrats are two short o

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