bar he's going to go back to his voters and say hey, i still want on this other issue. >> nbc's mark murrayill, the team at the white house on nbc nightly new starting at 7:00. thanks, mark. >>> more fallout tonht and more calls for action because of a news 4 i-team investigation. >> members of congress are talking about what scott mcfarland reported last. nig a fairfax county kidnapper will soon be released from ison. >> there is concern now where the man is headed next. >> the chair of ase u.s. h subcommittee says she has grave concerns about what we found. on this broadcast last night we told you of scott tiry who's finishing a 16-year prison sentence. scott tiry pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl he'd lured online from her home pittsburgh. he held her captive at his home and sexually apuds her for ds until she was captured. the news 4 i-team learned the u.s. bureau of prisons transferred tiry from a prison in north carolina to a halfway house to prepare him for ultimate full release from custody. it's not in fairfax county or 4rth carolina, but in pittsburgh,iles from his v

nbc senior political editor mark murray and "boston globe" editor jason pindell. we know how interesting and different bernie's race was in 2016 and what a challenge and the bitterness that remains with some parts of the democratic party, and what he accomplished, which is amazing. but you also talked about kamala harris up there today. so tell us about her reactions as well. >> you're absolutely right, andrea. and frankly, bernie didn't seem to want to say this himself, but the reality is that the conversation that's going on in the democratic primary right now was the conversation that was started by bernie sanders in 2016. so those issues have very much been pushed to the forefront because of bernie sanders. but as you point out, those divisions were -- and as i have been reminded on twitter and elsewhere today, those divisions that were created during that primary were deep. they were ugly. they were very painful. and some of them haven't healed quite yet. i do think that the money that's poured in for bernie is a sign that many of those voters are still with

happening in the weeks or months ahead here. >> we will all be watching. >> and coveringsu for . >> mark murray. >> thank you mark. >>> now to a battle over uranium incohe onwealth. it is the material that fuels nuclear power plants. and it is currently mined in the western united states. but now virginia land owner wants to dig it out of his er pr. nbc's ann thompson takes us to the land in chatham where the idea is digging up controversy. >> reporte the roots of walter cole's family tree are deep in the soil of southwest virginia. >> these calculatttle have beene land for 50 years. >> reporter: 1,050 acres owned byix generations of coless. now walter wants to mine what' underneath. walking along this dirt road on the farm virginia tech geologist bob barner shows us what the eye can't see. a>> me might fin little rock. this is what the uraum ore looks like. >> reporter: to get at it he wants to build mes on his land. but radiation fears led to local opposition a a fight over state and local laws that's gone all the way to the supreme court. you are not a pariah in town? >> i went to cocktail p

ionbc's s political editor mark murray joins us. plus you can find a detailed look at both the presidens address and democratic response on our nbc washington app. search fact check. >>> all right, will do. >> if you've ever gten a speed camera ticket in maryland, this next one is for you. >> yes, coming up the new report showing why some of those fines should not have been issued. >>> plus, keeping kids fit. a new push to gets stude to ercise in prince george's county. but not everyone's onboard with this. why school officials are saying not so fast. >>> and we've got this rain moving in. moving in. timingt all out i so you finally got fios, huh? yep,bend wanna know what the part about it is? nope. gaming with less lag? nope. watching movies 4k? the best part about it is, right now, my mom is streaming classes... ...my dad is streaming games...t now, and because the fiber-optic network gives you insane speed and capacity... ...they don't have to ask you to get offline. exactly. you owe me so big time. 100% fiber-optic network. 100%

joining me now is msnbc contributor yamiche alcindor, mark murray, nbc senior news political editor, and alex seitz-wald. booker has a lot of advantages going in. >> he does, he has youth. he can win in the south and have a leg up in the delegate fight. the message that he was just talking about, about a common purpose, this is something i'm really fascinated by, andrea. outside even the policy debate, what kind of messages these democrats are actually sending. cory booker is almost like, common purpose, he talked about radical empathy, which i thought was really interesting. other people like elizabeth warren want to be fighters. i'm not sure that democrats have settled on a message. that word from cory booker that you heard today about common purpose is what he's trying to accomplish in this trump era. >> and let's play a little bit. is campaign video of the launch that he put out. yamiche, i'll ask you about it on the other side. >> it is not a matter of "can we." it's a matter of "do we have the collective will, the american well." i believe wexl do. together we will channel our

u, thank mark murray.e'll look for more on these topics on nbc "nightly news" with savannah guthrie this evening at7:00. >>> let's talk about the weather and wind out there. it's reallyy. cr >> spring is coming in like a lion. >> it is. spring starts march 1st, you think hey, that's when we start to get some warmer weather. that's not what's in the cards here as we start the first week of march. let's look at where we were today. the wind was the factor today. look at the peakd gusts, 44 in d.c. 58 in leesburg, 61 in cumberland, maryland. bitime winds acrosshe area. right now we're still seeing the winds. silver spring coming in at 60. gaithersburg coming in at 58. 65 in hagerstown. so some real strong winds moving on down. i love the fact, look at wintergreen, one of those ski resorts t our soutind gusts of 81 miles an hour. that's why we are in weather alert mode. you see that there. the next couple days what are we going to be seeing? the one thing we're watching is fact we'reoing to be seeing the tempe

. >> joining me mark murray and former congressman jill crowley and elize jordan back with me. thoughts on mark kelly is this going to be a touch race for mcsally? >> it was always going to be a tough race, particularly after the results where sinema the democrat wound up winning that very close contest. this say recruiting victory for democrats. if they want to be able to take back, control the united states senate after 2020 elections, they need to net at least a gain of three senate seats with the republicans holding a 53-47 majority. democrats feel good about their chances in a place like colorado. take on republican senator cory gardner. with mark kelly in arizona. targeting also susan collins in maine, perdue in georgia. with holding on to doug jones in alabama. that's your math, how you pick up three seats. it's not going to be easy. one task is to make sure this is a clear primary field for kelly. you saw the message he hasd, directed right in the middle of the electorate. the question is, will someone come in from the left to try to take him on when the conversation is

thank you, mark murray. >> thank you. >>> empire sistar, jsmollett went on stage for the first time sinceo. during his performance he took a moment to explain what happened. he said two men beat him,ia hurling racl and homophobic slurs at him. he thanked everyone for their support. police released a surveillance photo of two people of interest in the case. they have not found any footage, though, of the actual attack. >>> a neighborhood up in flames. a plane's engine lands on someone's front porch. >> coming up next at we learned about this deadly plane crash in california. >>> first a look ats whaw on news4 at 5:00. >>> we continue to follow the developments in the mess surrounding the governor's office in virginia. team coverage tonight a a look at what is next in the story. >>> also, all new at tonight, children adopted and given a better home with loving familiesere in the u.s. >> but a gap in a decade's old law haso the potential rip thousands of those families apart. >> the i team uncovers the issue and finds out why so many are stuck in legal limbo. we'll see you in a few on a busy

. >> i'm mark murray from nbc news. >> and i'm carrie dan. >> after president trump agreed to a borderealion for border fencing and barriers, for below what he was asking for, he declared a national emergencyd to f his wall. >> the emergency the president faces is far less a national emgency than a political one. >> crime on america's border cities is low.f apprehensionsundocumented immigrants at the border have been on the nddecline, illegal drugs cross the border at ports of entry, not a places where there would be a fence or a wall. >> why is the president doing this? he just suffered his most significant legeflativet since the healthcare fight of 2017 and he feels his base won'i forgive him he retreats on his wall. >> the trump action ghsrantees mond years of lawsuits. >> and it opens a political >> and it opens a political pandorat redfin, we charge you a 1% listing fee. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. than the one n

. >>> i'm mark murray. >> and i'm kerry. >> we'reo up eight candidates gi officily in the race. >> and the folk who aren't in yet, their window might be closing. where getting crowded and there is already more than one candidate trying to use ate similar stra to get the nod. >> for booker and northakamala , the path starts in iowa and through south carolina. >> for elizabeth warren and maybe bernie sanders, the crucial state will be new hampshire, which neighbors both of their home states of massachusetts and vermont. >> and there is at least one other main path to winning the nomination which would probably involve winning the more pragmatic voters and building a verse coalition. >> but if you are one of those >> but if you are one of those folks on the your favorite restaurants now it doesn't matter dash. where you are. ♪ it doesn't matter what you're hungry for. it doesn't even matter how many you are. ♪ restaurants come to you. delicious at your door. download doordash. first order, $1 delivery fee. >>> otle boy learned the hard way what not to do withre rks. take a look, this boy

. >> joining me now, nbc senior political editor mark murray, my friend tim o'brian and capitol hill sie hunt. all right, mark, did we see this coming, and do you think it will be different this time? it is a far different playing field. you can thank bernie sanders for that. >> yes. there were a lot of people within bernie sanders world who were gearing up for this kind of launch. there were some divisions on some people that believe this is going to be a much harder fight in 2020 than in 2016 where he had got to be the anti-hillary alternative. as you mentioned this time around, it is so much more crowded. not only do you have someone like elizabeth warren in this race, you also have tulsi gabbert and jeff merkley. so that world where you got to stand alone is being progressive in 2016 and the critic to hillary clinton, well this time around you are competing the elizabeth warrens, kamala harris. all of a sudden now, it seems to be a little bit more open than that liberal progressive one. >> following -- you were following sanders back in 2016. i know you are in new hampshire now fo

(ken) mark carpenter joins us in the studio. even though kyler murray made it known a few weeks ago that he's committed to football by declaring for the draft, there was still the outside possibility he could have a change of heart. but the former a's first round pick is sticking with the nfl. the reigning heisman trophy winning quarterback out of oklahoma...with a stiff arm to the major leagues and tweeted this morning... saying quote-- "moving forward, i am firmly and fully committing my life and time to becoming an nfl quarterback.' --this is the kind of declaration is kind of declaration is enormous for his football draft stock because executives would be cautious to select a player... that's on the fence about which sport he wants to play, especially at the quarterback position. --the a's took him 9th overall in last year's draft...and reports say he'll be forfeiting nearly all of his 4.6-million dollar signing bonus. --oakland general manager david forst understood the risk involved with drafting murray and is not shocked by the decision.

mark carpenter joins us to talk about kyler murray's decision to play football-- and what it means foroakland. (catherine) also -- another big storm is headed for the bay area-- crews are already preparing for flash flooding and mudslides. we'll have the latest after the break. tonight at 5:30... more wet weather is on the way... and this next storm has triggered a flash flood warning. (catherine) it could also cause mudslides. kron 4's charles clifford has details on what crews are doing to get ready for the heavy rain in contra costa county. well, we are expecting another atmospheric river to arrive around mid week. here in contra costa county, crews are doing what they can to get ready. here along marsh creek road they are removing rocks and dirt that's actually left over from the last storm. it's was partially blocking the road. here's what contra costa public works is doing across the countysotwhat we are doing is checking roads around the county and making sure and making sure any possible mudslides are being put at bay. the last storms created mudslides so we are going around th

whether he'd pursue a baseball or football career ----, a's prospect kyler murray has set his future course.. sports director mark carpenter joins us with the details mark? despite declaring for the nfl draft a few weeks ago, there was still some belief that he'd change his mind and go after a career in baseball. but oakland's former first round pick made it clear this morning, he's sticking with the nfl. the reigning heisman trophy winning quarterback out of oklahoma...with a stiff arm to the major leagues and tweeted this post... saying quote-- "moving forward, i am firmly and fully committing my life and time to becoming an nfl quarterback.' --this is the kind of declaration is enormous for his football draft stock beexecutives would be cautious to select a player... that's on the fence about which sport he wants to play, especially at the quarterback position. --the a's toasyea draft...and reports say he'll be forfeiting nearly all of his 4.6-million dollar signing bonus. --oakland general manager david forst understood the risk involved with drafting murray and is not shocked by the decision. "w

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the tweet in both farsi and english on monday as a rainy and marks the fortieth anniversary of the overthrow of the u.s. backed czar miss murray condemns donald trump saying her photo shouldn't be used by quote men in washington video agency ruptly spoke exclusively to the photojournalist. in your new twitter account and someone sent the picture to me i did not expect this picture to become viral i took this picture under some of the thirtieth twenty seventeen during a protest a tear on university against the economic situation in the country these photos are like a mirror which we should use for our society and if asked to see ourselves and think that these are our problems i'm upset as this issue has been used for other things and not to help our society this issue has bothered me for a long time you know dymo ira has always they were issued a lengthy statement in response to donald trump's tweet she says that u.s. sanctions are devastating the lives of ordinary iranians. as matter of fact my protest against this tweet can be defined as a social aspect and it mostly relates to family's personal life my family is in the us an

it would do what it says born alive infant, protect it and patty murray washington state, mark it downe proabortion the ninth month and this is who they are now. they are for 70% taxes. socialized medicine. abortion in the eighth and ninth month and so on. yes. brian: kellyanne, lastly the president used to go out on stage with a few remarks on the back of a piece of paper and just talk for an hour. will he be going off script? did he let everybody know i will read some of this and i will ad-lib some of this? do you expect him to go verbatim or mix it? >> well, the last two years the joint session in last year's state of the union the president was reading his -- the remarks that he had helped to craft and then once in a while he' stop for emphasis. he own his own personal flourish. remember, the address itself has a heavy hand from the president in it. he sharpy ited it all up. and these passages are his own. he has worked with his team and communications and speech-writing team, obviously. they have know his voice and the content and tone. but he will have have had so much input into

marked 139. and he said that that was a substation. and he went and tried and he said, "the door's locked." >> he said they would have to go down to the main murrayll that's kind of odd, but maybe he's undercover, and i got in. he headed down a side street, and then he suddenly pulled over up on the side of a curb by an elementary school, and that's when i just started freaking out, what are we doing? >> he stops the car and he attacks her. and she knows she's in the fight for her life. >> he grabbed my arm and got the one handcuff on one wrist, and he didn't get the other one on. and the one was just dangling. i had never been so frightened in my entire life. >> she jumped out of the car. the man jumped out waving what looked like a crowbar. she broke loose, ran to the street, flagged down a passing car, and an elderly couple drove daronch to the murray police station. the search for her abductor began. >> and so this is the first time we have an eyewitness of somebody who survives a bundy attack. >> sometimes the urges become such a compulsion that they can't control themselves, and that's when they make mistakes. his compulsion that day was so