. >> marc liverman in new york. thank you, marc. >>> meanwhile, lawyers for michael flynn are asking that flynn be spared prison time when he's sentenced next week. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about conversations with

anne-marie. >> marc liverman in new york. thank you, marc. >>> meanwhile, lawyers for michael flynn are asking that flynn be spared prison time when he's sentenced next week. flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about conversations with the then russian ambassador to the u.s. during the presidential transition. flynn's lawyers saying he has taken responsibility to an uncharacteristic error in judgment. last week special counsel robert mueller's office detailed flynn's cooperation in the russia investigation and said he was entitled to avoid prison time. >>> president trump says his oval office democratic meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer was very friendly, but the part that played out on tv looked like a shocking public clash including interruptions and insults. at issue was the border wall in mexico. mr. trump says he's willing to shut down the government to get his way. mola lenghi has our report. >> reporter: less than two weeks before a government shut down, nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were at the white h

marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. >>> a pilot was seriously injured when his fighter jet crashed off the coast of honolulu. yesterday's crash was captured on video. the 47-year-old pilot was an international guard civilian contractor taking part in a military exercise. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> british prime minister theresa may agreed to forego her political future to continue as leader. she survived a vote of confidence over her brexit plan after promising not to run for re-election in twenty twenty 2. may acknowledged that a significant number of her colleagues voted against her. her critics complained that her brexit deal failed to deliver the clean break with the european union they want. tina krause reports. >> reporter: prime minister theresa may spoke after surviving a no confident vote. >> we need to get on with the job of delivering brexit for the british people and building a better future for this country. >> reporter: the critical vote by law makers and her own

anne-marie. >> marc liverman here in new york. thank you so much. >>> well, we are following the storm and our meteorologist says the precipitation should start to wind down. >> it's the first storm of the system even though technically it's still autumn. but that did not stop mother nature from dropping massive amounts of snow across the mid atlanta pick. saluda, north carolina, close to 19 inches. 18 inches in linville, north carolina, western virginia getting in on the action. spring valley 15 1/2 inches. the western part of the state south carolina got 11 1/2 inches. you can imagine what that did to area roads and interstate. this is i-85, one of the largest, busiest interstates on the east coast looking like a ghost town with plenty of cars ending up on the side of roads. visibility very low as well. the large amounts of rain and snow are gone, however, there will still be some light rain and light snow possible on monday. as we look at the forecast map for monday, starting off very early, light rain overnight, could transiti

anne-marie. >> marc liverman here in new york. thank you, marc. >>> if you are one of the 20 million americans who gets health insurance through the affordable care act, nothing changes for you right now. despite a federal judge's ruling that the law is unconstitutional. law known as obamacare remains in place as the decision makes its way through the appeals court. judge ruled that because the so-called individual mandate is now meaningless, the rest of the law is invalid. democrats condemn the ruling. president trump is calling on congress to pass a strong law that promotes, quote, great healthcare. >>> and president trump's attorney rudy giuliani says mr. trump would not submit to an interview by special counsel robert mueller. giuliani said yesterday he was disgusted by mueller's tactics. >> when you say good luck, you're saying no way, no interview? >> they're a joke. over my >> mueller is investigating possible ties between the trump campaign and russia. if the president refuses an interview request, he could be then subpoena

anne-marie. >> marc liverman here in new york. thanks a lot, marc. >>> president trump says he'll pick a new defense secretary soon. jim mattis resigned yesterday after two years on the job and some profound disagreements with mr. trump. mattis was seen as a moderating force in the administration. politicians on both sides of the aisle are expressing regret and some say they fear for american military policy. weija jiang reports. >> reporter: secretary mattis explained why he was resigning in a letter to president trump, because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned th yours, ma wi believe it is right for me to step down from my position. the move comes one day after the president announced he plans to pull troops out of syria. shocking allies and even top advisers. for mattis, the withdrawal as the last straw. in his resignation letter he called for using all tools of the american power to provide for a common defense. president trump is now considering a drawdown of u.s. troops in afghan

marc liverman is here in new york. marc, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. republicans say even they haven't heard from the white house about a possible solution before friday night's deadline. for now the shutdown battle over the border wall continues. one week after president trump said he'd be proud to shut down the government -- >> i'm going to shut it down for border security. >> we believe you shouldn't shut it down -- >> reporter: he's no closer to a deal with congress stymied over funding for border security. decrats have offered $1.6 billion for fencing and other security measures, but the president wants $5 billion for a wall. >> president trump does not have the votes for his wall. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer says he hasn't heard from the white house since their explosive meeting. >> senate republican leadership has no idea what president trump wants. neither does house republican leadership. >> reporter: republicans admit that's true. >> if the white house has a plan, they're keeping it to themselves. >> reporter: aides to p

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marc liverman here in new york. thank you, marc. >>> the fbi and law enforcement officials across the country are working to unravel a nationwide bomb threat hoax. e-mail threats were sent to hundreds of schools, businesses, and government offices across the country. they said pay up or a bomb will explode. jeff reports on the extortion attempt. >> reporter: at this doctor's office in washington, d.c. and other locations across the country, the e-mailed bomb threats led to mass evacuations. in charlotte, firefighters were on the scene to help clear a downtown building. in san francisco, a threat shut down this jewish community center. all told, dozens of police departments in the u.s. and canada notified the public of the threat. the nypd said there were approximately 30 to 40 of these messages sent to schools, hospitals, and other locations in the city. officers responded to the different locations, but assessed the threats as likely not credible. a copy of the e-mailed threat shows that whoever sent it was asking

marc liverman is here in new york. marc, good morning. >> good morning. so far we haven't heard from the president on this plan. either way, the house and mr. trump will have to move quick with just over a day and a half before friday's midnight deadline. with just 48 hours to go before a partial government shutdown, the senate approved a short-term spending bill late wednesday night. >> all in favor say aye. >> aye. >> those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it, the motion is agreed to. >> later the house will vote opt gill which will keep the government open until february. if it passes there, it will go for the president's signe. he hasn't publicly weighed in on the plan which will not have the $5 billion he's asked for to build the bordered wall. it would fund border security at its current level of $1.3 billion. >> i'm sorry that my democratic colleagues couldn't put the partisanship aside and show the same good faith flexibility that the president has shown in order to provide the resources our nation needs to secure the inte

marc liverman is in new york with the latest. good morning, marc. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. originally we were hearing the president's announcement on who he'd name his next chief of staff would come yesterday. now it's possible we won't know until the end of this year. we do, though, have an updated list of who the likely candidates are after the apparent front-runner pulled himself from contention. >> i'm honored to be considered. >> reporter: north carolina congressman mark meadows is one of the front-runners to replace john kelly as president trump's chief of staff. >> any time that your name's floated to help the president of the united states accomplish things for the american people, it's flattering. >> reporter: also in the mix, budget director mick mulvaney, acting attorney general matthew whitaker, former deputy campaign manager dave bossy, and former new jersey governor chris christie. >> john kelly will be leaving -- >> reporter: the president abruptly announced kelly's departure saturday. >> we'll be anno

marc liverman is here in new york with details on that. marc, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this memorandum gives us new insight into what happens next into the investigation and why it maybe far from over. little to no jail time for michael flynn, that's what special counsel robert mueller is recommending. on tuesday, mueller released this memorandum. in it, he says the former national security adviser has offered, quote, substantial assistance in several ongoing investigations. >> he participated in 19 interviews and assisted with the special counsel's investigation concerning links and coordination potentially between the russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of donald trump. >> reporter: last december, flynn became the first high-ranking trump advisor to agree to formally cooperate with the special counsel's probe. mueller's memo credits flynn's early guilty plea with likely influencing others to also be forth coming with investigators. the details of what flynn has shared largely redablincted bec th

marc liverman is here in new york. what is going on and good morning? >> we are talking about big impacts, somewhere between nine and 15 cabinet level department and agencies would be affected and that would include homeland security. here's what's getting in the way of a deal. president trump appears to be standing firm on his demand for a border wall. last night he tweeted we are building artistically designed steel slats. it will ea >> we need border security. series of spending bills by friday night or about a quarter of the government will shutdown. last week the president said that's okay. >> i am proud to shutdown the government for border security. >> democrats have held firm againstny new border -- any new border wall money. yesterday the rejected a proposal for $1 billion to fund other issues. >> we cannot accept the offer they made of a billion dollars slush fund for the president to implement his very wrong immigration policies. >> sara sanders said they want to see what congress can pass, but in the meantime they're considering other option

marc liverman has the details on that. morning, marc. >> a difficult day for a lot of parents, a lot of families still just trying to reunite with their loved ones out in the midwest. the front end of this yellow school bus smashed in. it collided head on with this semitruck. police say the truck was headed the wrong way on i-74 between bloomington and downs, illinois. the bus was carrying a high school freshman girl's basketball team. both a volunteer and truck driver were killed. other passengers were rushed to different hospitals. another boy was killed and a student was injured when this flatbed truck slammed into a school bus carrying kids on a field . they were headed to see a christmas musical. >> here in this area we've had some tragic, tragic stories of late involving school buses. and it's just -- it's heartbreaking. >> police say the business had stopped at a railroad tracks intersection. it was starting to speed up when the truck rear end the bus. >> it was a busy, chaotic scene trying to figure out who everybo