archie mcfarland had been targeted and executed. and whoever killed him had escaped without leaving behind a murder weapon or fingerprints or a hair from what must have been a violent struggle. anyway, this was pre-dna. >> they just didn't have any physical piece of anything left on the driveway. that was the big focus. >> reporter: but there was a clue. oh, yes. and it was, frankly, very, very strange. >> one of the stab wounds was in the groin area. >> reporter: what did that tell you? >> it's personal. >> reporter: kind of like somebody sending a message? >> yes. >> reporter: maybe a sexual message? >> yes. >> reporter: about that on that crisp december morning as gary and his mother stood shivering and sobbing, the realization hit. >> i turned around and looked at my mom. i go, you know who did this. i just -- i immediately knew. i just -- it was like, there's no doubt in my mind what happened. >> coming up, there was someone else who also seemed to know who the killer was. e killer was he's been acting more and more like his da

mcfarland and his toeam clearly in over their heads.he festival as path is followed. >> it was this constant battle in my mind between is this guy a genius? or is he a madman? because he just would not take no for an answer and would not take advice. >> where do you stand now? >> he's a liar. >> there were so many great stories on the ground and witnessing the insanity around them. >> reporter: chris smith is the film's director. there are a number of people in the documentary raising red flags. >> they are also telling people we're about to close this $20 million investment. there was a lot of information coming from fyre that was making it seem like they were always on the verge of success. >> reporter: it's april 2017. festival goer mark crawford arrives. the promise of a luxe weekend with a private plane goes up in flames. >> we get off the plane, and i'm still looking for the private plane. >> oh, my god. >> this like yellow school bus pulls up in front of the airport. and i just thought it was like a school bus. and i remember som

because billy mcfarland said so? i would not believe that.ing that flows from his lips, let them come into court and say that they paid them $255,000, kendall jenner will say that i am going to fyre. because now you have to say it was an advertisement, i was not going, they were paying me to do so. they have a certain level of culpability if they had any idea that this was as fraudulent as it was. >> martha: i'm sure that there a lot of people out there that do not understand the extent to how much you can make being in instagram or -- influence on social media. for example, these are the top ten influencers on social media. kylie jenner at the top of the list, everybody knows that she is the youngest billionaire in the country. and selena gomez is on that list as well, if they wear a pair of shoes, she can get, kylie jenner can get $1 million for wearing a pair of shoes on instagram, right? >> insane, all it takes is one guy, who by the way, his claim to fame was some credit card company that most people complained about. he was a fraudster

hulu paid mcfarland for this interview. but two years later, those hurt the most were locals hired by the festival. >> i went through about $50,000 of my savings that i could have had for a rainy day. >> reporter: mary and ruhle has raised $200,000 through a gofundme page. and elliot tebele tweeted that he just gave every dollar his agency earned. >> in the movie, he says this will be a movie that will be case studied in the future. and i think he's right. >> our thanks to lindsey. >>> up next, sexualizing a serial killer? backlash against the ted bundy movie. movie. be right back. with moderate to severe crohn's disease, i was there, just not always where i needed to be. is she alright? i hope so. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira is for people who still have symptoms of crohn's disease after trying other medications. and the majority of people on humira saw significant symptom relief and many achieved remission in as little as 4 weeks. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tube

the organizer billy mcfarland pleaded guilty to fraud charges that cost investors and customers over. well, he appears now in one of these documentaries trying to explain why he promised a fantasy but delivered a fiasco. >> the actual experience exceeds all expectations. it is something that's hard to put in words. >> reporter: it was billed as a one-of-a-kind concert spectacular. promising concertgoers a one of a kind event with performances from bands like blink-182 on the beautiful island of exuma in the bahamas promoted by celebrities like bella hadid and kendall jenner. but when thousands arrived in the bahamas for the fyre festival, after paying up to $1500 for a ticket and $12,000 for a vip experience, they found a millennial nightmare. >> it was basically the exact opposite of everything we were promised. >> we had no electricity, no showers, no bathrooms. no like running water. >> it was about $4,000 and what we got was worth closer to say zero dollars. >> reporter: despite the lack of accommodations, food and entertainment, no one who attended the festival received a refund

authorities arrested billy mcfarland who co-founded it with pop star, jarule.d to six years in prison for defrauding investors. he's speaking out in the new hulu documentary "fyre fraud." >> i think it's easy to -- looking back. >> reporter: mcfarland, paid to participate in the film spoke about his relationship with jarule who was not charged with any crime. >> i was charged and so it was on me. >> he was there with you on the island frequently? >> yeah, he was on the island. >> did he say you need to cancel? >> i'm not going to talk about our private conversations but we had many conversations as with the rest of the team. these are the decisions we made. >> reporter: they blamed weather and infrastructure for the event failure. >> big storm came through and effected half of the housing tents. >> reporter: but the judge did not agree, calling him a serial fraudster and ordering him to pay 26 million in restitution in addition to his jail time. amy robach, abc news, new york. >>> so this is a tale of dueling fyre documentaries. hulu released this a few days be

billy mcfarland, the master mind behind this entire scam kept no financial records.r who's the trustee overseeing this bankruptcy case is just trying to get to the bottom of what happened. subpoenas are one way to get everyone to cooperate, so he's sending them out to any celebrity, any influencer, any public figure who was involved in this event and just trying to get to the bottom of how much they got paid, any correspondence between billy and the organizers of this event. >> how many million was he just like -- millions and millions and millions of dollars. >> he was making it rain all over the bahamas. $26 million has gone missing. 5 million alone to just the influencers. >> and what about -- okay. so having watched way too much of this, jarule who is all throughout these documentaries was billy's partner. >> partner in crime. >> how much trouble could he be in because so far not? >> he's not been charged with any criminal or civil charges. i wanted to get that language correct because i think it's important. his reputation has been destroyed, what was left of hi

we're seeing mcfarland get paid by hulu for this documentary.s that raise in your mind? >> look, it definitely raises ethical concerns. he's being paid both -- we all would like to say it's always for the videos that he gave but it's also for the interview that he did that he's being paid here. on the other hand, netflix paid the social media company that was involved in this and there are allegations that they should have known more or did know more than they're saying, so you have these dueling documentaries with both pointing fingers at the other saying they're more unethical than we were, both trying to tell a story about how unethical everything was. >> and all the legal action now in those civil suits. >> that's right. it's all civil right now and i think that there are going to be more civil lawsuits. in fact, a few people in north carolina have already won a lawsuit but, again i remind people, when you talk about the money that mcfarland made if he loses a lawsuit, that money could go back to those people anyway. >> dan abrams, thanks ve

the lesson gary is still learning from archie mcfarland. >> i still love my mother. i don't harbor bitterness or resentment. there are tons of questions you'd love to ask and get answers to, but i'm not in a position, nor in my opinion anyone is in a position, to completely understand what's going on in somebody else's heart. >> that's all for this edition >>> i'm craig melvin. >> and i'm natalie morales. >> this is "dateline." >> all of a sudden, i realized, what's going on? something definitely was wrong. he said, your family was in an accident. and my whole world just dropped out from underneath me. >> the scene told the story. >> what did you find? >> something i don't want to see again. >> a deadly crash on a dark road, two gone, one barely alive. a tragic accident. but look closer. in all the broken glass and twisted metal, was there a clue to a crime? >> the last thing i wanted was to have to take a double fatality and now treat it as a homicide. >> murder and accusation no one saw coming. >> i couldn't deal with it. >> two families in torment. >> we were both

in the newsroom, scott mcfarland.s 4. >> thank you, scott. >> give yourself some extra time for tomorrow'scommute. >> we are live on the road where the refreeze from this weekend's snin is startto set in. >> and we are just one commercial break away from revealing the final four folks in the pat collins snow stick allenge. >> ah. >> oh. we all love that, guys. you know what we don't like tonight is the refreeze, te look at these numbers. 28 college park. the rengeeze, begin right now. we'll talk much more about what to expect tomorrow morning then couple ofdays. our next storm system. see you in a few minutes. and now at 5:45. a new concern about temperatures going below freezing. every night this ek, back in a couple of minutes with more on what to expect. spectacular at stuff. don't with e? >> hi the first big snowfall of the season 2019 is our snow stick challenge. >> weot a lot of intrigue. but before we get to that, you have to narrow it down by looking at somebef the . >> it was no easy task, folks. our chief sn

scott mcfarland, news 4. >>> it's 6:26. coming up, the new year and new traffictrouble. we take a closer look at the construction projects that could cause a bitf chaos before improvement. lauren? > and we are looking at some nice and dry conditions this morning, but we do have rainth way over the next several days. not going to be raining the ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! ea the inter sale. wooooooo! save up to 50% off select items in store only december 26th to january 6th. ikea. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> it is just about 6:30 and we are taking a live look outside on the second day of 2019 as schools reopen, some of them in our area and many of you are heading back to work after this long holiday. tu may need bundle up again. 43 degrees ouide. that warm welcome short lived. no surprise there. > a little bit more like winter. >> you're not supposed to have the 60s in january. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. ricketts is in for chuck with the forecast. first, check in with melissa i first 4 traffic. >> this is a probl

abc's julia mcfarland is at buckingham palace. she has the very latest on this.ulia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. yes, that's right. prince philip's driving once again grabbing headlines. he was spotted out and about yesterday without a seatbelt, an offense here in the uk. this morning, photos appearing in the mail on sunday showing prince philip back behind the wheel just days after that violent crash left him trapped in this overturned land rover. authorities saying a woman was injured in another car that was also carrying a baby. >> his legs were a bit trapped. he was all a bit crushed. and then i saw his face and i realized who it was. >> reporter: the prince's return to the road not entirely surprising for the so-called iron duke, a man known for his fierce independence, but some questioning whether or not it's safe for the 97-year-old to continue driving. this morning, buckingham palace remains tight-lipped, not officially commenting on the new photos showing queen elizabeth's husband driving on a public road saturday, apparently without a

. >> reporter: 29-year-olds drew smith and sarah mcfarland linked by fate and desperation at university of chicago transplantation institute. both needed triple organ transplant, heart, liver and kidney and days before christmas, got them. >> it was just a miracle that these two separate donors came up at the same time. >> reporter: one suffering from an inflammatory disease attacking his organs got the word first. sarah's mother wasn't jealous she got the news. >> i go oh my god, he got the organ. i started hugging and she didn't know who i was. >> reporter: while operating, doctors learned there was a donor for sarah. >> we're in operation mode. we're going for it. >> reporter: a third chance at life for the michigan woman that had her first heart transplant at 12. >> i was just thrilled that there was a chance. they wanted to take on the opportunity and just how confident they are. >> reporter: darue ready to get him to his 3-year-old son. >> still i just want to take it day by day. i want to cherish this. >> reporter: new life made anne thompson, nbc news. >> no greater gift. >>> i'

billy mcfarland, the promoter, is the guy who's at fault here.o would not have gone if kendall jenner's social media post said i'm getting paid. they know she gets paid for whatever she puts on there. she's worth tens of millions of dollars. i don't think anybody would be deluded by that. >> the question is, is she being deceptive by not telling people that she's getting paid? i mean, is that fraudulent? the ftc, which is the federal agency responsible for protecting consumers like us from these deceptive practices, sent out letters to 90 influencers, 90 celebrities, saying, huh-uh, when you do this kind of thing, you are going to be held responsible. you must tell people this is a sponsorship ad. this is an advertisement. you are getting paid for it. >> exactly. >> absolutely. so she may be held responsible and i think there is a duty to tell us. >> again, i don't think anybody in real life who's planning to go would not have gone if they had known kendall jenner and the other models got paid. i don't think that's what the influencing is about.

scott mcfarland, news4. >>> it should be a good year for people filling up for the pump. for the firee time in years, gas prices are expected to go down this year. gas buddy predicts the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded will be about $2.70 this year. that's down from $2.73 last year. but it is stillly significa more than what we were paying back in 2016. this month is when prices will be at their lowest. prices generally peak in may around memorial day. >>> when it comes to food, it's more of a mixed bag. overall groceryrices are expected to go up 1% to 2% this year. that's still below the typical rate of inflation, which is just over 2%. the good news, some foods lik pork, eggs, oil and nonalcoholic beverages could actually be cheaper this year. >>> all right, clay, we had a pretty nice day today, but something tells us 's not going to last. >> no, jim, it's not going to last. actually, we had temperatures ose to a record. i had to do some research on that. we found out that the record high temperature today was 64 degrees -- our high today was 64, the r

scott mcfarland has what some say and oregon are rathers are against it. >> reporter: sam's town house sits in the shadow of i-270. no one is more closely watching the proposal to ease traffic on one of the nation's highways. >> i'm grateful that the governor is on record sing no homes or property will be demolished. we intend to hold him to that pledge. >> reporter: more tn a year ago the state said they would consider ambitious plans to ease congestion on 270 and the beltway. so far 15 proposals have been considered. hundreds of people haveent comments to the state trying to sway the decision. using the freedom of information act we asked for those e-mails and received them. we found an overwhelming number of those notes in opposition to any lane expansion including dozens in rockville. one writing major traffic congestion won't beved by any widening. another, i have many neighbors and favorite restaurants and affected.at will be one more saying please don't ruin rockville.su orters wrote, it's okay if it doesn't affect t property lues. one says i support expansion, present routes a

nbc's sco mcfarland joins us from d.c. with the latest. scott, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning to you. on a cold winter day here in washington feel the heat coming out of the capitol and the white house. no scheduled negotiations, no blic meetings with congress on the president's schedule. and as you referenced, the tensionsin are rising duo small part due to the president's decision to cancel speaker pelosi's trip with top democrats to egypt and then to afghanistan. heo wrote in a letterr, "it would be better if you were in washington negotiating with me." osi comes after speaker p in a letter recommended the president reschedule his state of thenion address, citing the furlough and the unpaid secret service workerseho would involved with the security regimen. right now here in capitol hill leaders are digging in and lashing out. >> i think the president's decision to disclose a trip the speaker's makingo a war zone was completely and utterly irresponsible in every way. >> being speaker of the house and leaving the countr

news 4's scott mcfarland says officials want more of your feedback. among the options, adding new las to eas congestion along the highways. scott uncovered thousands of comments from people. most of them are against widening the highways. many of those messages came from homeowners who live near the highway. state leaders will narrow the t lis spring. >>> there will soon be even more trains.n metro starting next week, metro customers will able to bring their bikes with them on the train at any time. met pro metro is ending a long-standing restrictio that prohibited bicycles during rush hour. it's expected to make metro rail more attractive to riders who want to take their bikes between their station and workplace. i would imagine that means less room to stand during rush hou >> on twitter i've seen a lot of people say ban the backpacks. there are these gigantic g backpacks th in the way, more so than the bikes. >> then you get rid of trists. tough thing to figure out. >>> all right. 4:10 now. happening toy, d.c. mayor muriel bowser will be breaking gr

scott mcfarland joins us now with an update. >> halfwa through the school year d.c. tells the i-team they're still wetking to more teachers licensed. this year we found oy 70% of d.c. teachers had licenses, but as ok this w the numbers are better. nearly 90% have a license or at least applied for a license. that leaves about 400 without certification as of tonight licenseture is required under d.c. law. and the office of the state superintendent of education they're working on a corrected action for teacher it isn't just an indication of training and certification, it's a safety issue. teachers who work without licenses are more difficult to track and mor difficult for future employers to weed out if they engage in misconduct with kids. neighboring school districts tell the i-team they do not employ any unlicensed educators as teachers. we're going to keep checking with d.c. officials with updates on this and we'll keep you posted. >> all right, scott, thank you. >>> another school announcement just coming in as we bring in doug calvert. tonight's going to be the col

the maryland department of transportation has received more than 2,000 comments only on 4 scott mcfarland has what some are saying and the fig why no highway. >> reporter: sam ellis's town house sits in the shadow of i-270. perhaps no one is morewa closel hing the governor's proposal to ease traffic on one of the nation'sost clogged highways. >> i am really grateful that governor hogan i on record saying that no homes or property will be demolished. we intend to hold him to that pledge. >> reporter: more than a year ago the governor announced ambitious plans to ease traffic on 270. so far 15 alternatives have been considered including reversible lanes and widening the highway. hundreds of people have sent comments to the tate trying to sway the decision. using the freedom of information act we asked for those e-mails and received them.ou we an overwhelming number of those notes in opposition to any lane expansion including dozens from people in rockville. one writing major traffic congestion won't be solved by any widening. another, i have many neighbors, favorite restaurants and stores t

. >> in a bizarre tale worthy of a thriller, iran's news agency reports that robert mcfarland, presidentecurity adviser, made a secret visit to tehran. iran says he came seeking help in freeing hostages held by pro iranian groups in lebanon. >> i couldn't believe the administration could be that clumsy. it seemed so unlike all it stood for and all it promised. >> why not dispel the spe speculation and tell us what happened, sir. >> in the name of god, would you just be responsible and back off. >> how are we to know what is responsible and what is not? first tattoo? yeah relax, amigo, it's gonna look ok. only ok? no worries boss, i'm one of the tattoo artists in the city. uh, aren't you supposed to draw it first? stay in your lane, bro. just ok is not ok. especially when it comes to your network. at&t is america's best wireless network, according to america's biggest test. now with 5g e. plus...buy a samsung galaxy s9 and get one free. only at at&t. [ snoring ] the volkswagen atlas. seats seven, sleeps six. life's as big as you make it. [ snoring ] ♪sit with me on a muddy clump,♪ ♪we'll

scott mcfarland joins us to explain. >>> d.c. officials tell the news 4 i-team they're stiking to get more of the district schoolteachers licensed. this summer we found only 75% of d.c. public schoolteachers had aliance. as of this week, nearly 90%a either hav license or have at least applied for a license that's 3,6eachers. a licenseture is required under d.c. law. correctedrking on a action plan with d.c. schools because of this. recent news 4 ini-team stigation shows for teachers licen licenseture is a safety issue. teachers who work without licenses are dckficult to t and weed out if they engage in misconduct with kids. we found neighboring school districts including prince george's county say they do not ouploy any unlicensed teachers. >> thank when we come right back on news 4 at 5:0drama involving a chineseel degation here in the district. >> protesters scuffling with security outside the willard hotel. and they didn't stop there. >> plus, disturbing new details in the mansion murders case. the at children's national, stro

chief rivera and captain mcfarland and others meet several times a week on site with d.p.w. awss update many of that is on going as well. that is also included in the 2019 easter bond. that's slated for $125 million. we are currently in discussions, internal discussions in terms of identifying what our priorities are. when i have more about that, i will give you more. in terms of the over all plan, the west side pipeline design schematics are complete. that is going to the p.u.c. commission on february 12th to discuss a 40 million-dollar allocation for that project. that's at the p.u.c. commission. again, the awss is a continuing project with the p.u.c. and we do need to look to interim measures. it would be wonderful if this capital money could be spent on host tenders but we're not permitted to do that. that would be a good interim measure we could take while this stuff is being built to acquire some post tender that's can pump with 5,000 feet of hose, four wheel drive and they can be operated by one person. it would be a great benefit to the city in the event of a disaste

mcfarland ken, let's take a bit into the substance of why they rejected this, why they recommended this rejected to begin with. >> sure, david just to emphasize the import and meaning of this story. two career security specialists decided that the president's son-in-law did not merit access to the nation's secrets, but their boss overruled him and he got it any way the questions about kushner are well known it had been reported his businesses his real estate empire has many foreign dealings he had a troubled building on 5th avenue in new york and he was in talks with foreign sovereign wealth funds about investments. and when he went to fill out his form for the security clearance initially he failed to list any foreign contacts these are all things that experts tell me would rule out a normal person for clearance. what happened is, you know, the fbi does a back dprouground chek they present their findings to these career people in the white house who have been doing this for years. two career people said, no, he doesn't deserve a top security clearance. they boss who had been brought in

but let's start with stt mcfarland to see where talks between the white house and congress nowstand. >> yeah, wepdy, good evening. that bipartisan group of lawmakers you mentionedre called the problem solvers cottess and include abigail spanberger. in a series of tweets she said she went in as a former cia officer to impress upon the white house the importance of reopening the government. she said she'd join any t conversati make that possible. and white house press secretary sarah sanders called the meeting constructive and said they'd look forward to more conversations. but that's essentially where it stops. house speaker nancy pelosi sent a different messageth twhite house this morning. the speaker sent a letter to president saying he might he delay his address citing security concerns in part, saying secret service and department of homeland security are not at this point being fully funded. or suggested he submit his "state of the union" address in writing. the stain has be"state of the u been scheduled for january 29th. they are not getting paid and the white house says preside

news 4's scott mcfarland says officials want more of your feedback. among the options, adding new lanes to ease congestion along the highways.co scott unred thousands of ts commrom people. most of them are against wideni the highways. many of those messages came from homeowners who live near the highway. state leaders will narrow the list this spring. >>> there will soon be even more wheels on metro trains. starting next week, metro customers will be able to bring their bikes with them on the train at any tim metro is ending a long-standing restriction that prohibited bicycles during rush hour. it's expected to me metro rail more attractive to riders who want to take their bikes between their station and workplace. >>> pell, hng today, d.c. mayor muriel bowser will break grnd on a new grocery store in the district. >> she said good food markets il grocery store provide fresh food and offer job opportunities. it's expected to open later this spring along south capitol street in southwest. the ground breaking starts this morning at 11:30. sounds like a

concerns over mike flynn, also mike flynn's son who worked on the transition, also flynn's deputy mcfarland that lied about communications with the government and another deputy of flynns who was reportedly rejected for a top security clearance while working as a senior figure under flynn under trump's security counsel. what was that about? you installed this person and that person could not qualify for a soak kecurity clearance? did you put the cart before the horse and inquired about kushner's clearance and the current national security advisor given his past interactions with maria butina who pled guilty for acting as a secret government trying to infiltrate the republican party. did y'all check out bolton with regard to butina before you made him national security advisor? did that go through the clearance process? did you know about the video h did for her group with the russian subtitles? we know the security clearance issue in the white house is a serious one and a live one. but what nbc news just broke tonight is about how the white house is apparently been subverting the title, it'

"today in the bay's" scott mcfarland is live in washington, d.c., where so far there's been no end in sight. >> this is what a stalemate looks like. congress is returning home this morning for the long weekend, and in the meantime, many workers, federal workers are ordered to return to their jobs, but without pay. three-quarters of a million federal workers start the day without the promise of a paycheck and the leaders who could put them back to work started the day without plans to negotiate. president trump has no meetings scheduled with members of congress and blames the top democrat in the house. >> while many democrats in the house and senate would like to make a deal, speaker pelosi will not let them negotiate. >> reporter: the president grounded today's overseas trip by the speaker and top democrats which included a secret visit with troops in afghanistan. in a letter he wrote "i am sorry to inform you that your trip to brussels, egypt and afghanistan has been postponed." >> we think this is a completely inappropriate action, this is obviously an action directed at the speaker

news 4's scott mcfarland says officials want more of your feedback. among the options, adding new lanes to ease congestion along i thways. scott uncovered thousands of comments from people. most of them are against dening the highways. many of those messages came from homeowners who live near the highway. state leaders will narrow the list this spring. >>> there will soon be even more wheels on metro trains. starting next week, metro customers will be able to bring their bikes with theon the train at any time. metro is ending a long-standing restriction that prohibited bicycles during rushour. it's expected to me metro rail more attracte to riders who want to take their bikes between their station and workplace. all about options, some people dould say. >>> still ah this morning, why keeping your kids on a sleep routine couldelp them in the battle of the bulge as they grow older. >>> plus, defending college test scores. what one florida student has to do after her s.a.t. scores went up. we'll explain the controversy. >>> and we have a few showers sout

all of the people who have been caught up in this clearance, jared kushner, mike flynn, katey mcfarlandanticipate, rob porter. the list of people who have had access to classified information as well as the same time question about whether foreign government know more than the american government, seems to me a real flashing red light. >> it's a terrible problem. the reason for security clearances, you know, you don't go through that process just not for nothing. it's to prevent people who are actively working with a foreign power access to information, but also to keep people who are blackmailable from handling information. >> i have been investigated twice for both of my -- i was in the government, i left to do the campaign. i was investigated a second time. i had a higher security clearance. what do you in person is you wear there's nothing in your past that can be used against not you -- they don't care about you. it's not about you, jared, it's about the u.s. government. it seems like this is a crowd of people donald trump ripping up notes of his meetings that don't ever have the c

jenner and the others may have to testify about payments they received from willie mcfarland.pleaded guilty and is now serving six years in prison. coming up, cardi versus conservatives, firing back contradiction of her video twerk. >> you are watching video of world news now. world news non world news no"world news now." you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. . cardi, cardi, she has been everywhere. she has been on a recent super bowl ad. she has been calling for the recent shutdown. some call for her to deliver the state of the union rebuttal. >> we love cardi around here. ♪ if you want success >> reporter: she is the brash and bold star behind chart topping hits like bold yellow and i like it. cardi b. the former stripper turned household name is no stranger to red carpets or controversy. the megastar with a monster following throwing down two online twitter s. agnst a conservative over the government shutdown. th

mcfarland who also reportedly lied to the fbi about communications with the russian government also another deputy of flynn's rejected while working as a senior figure under flynn on trump's national security council. what was that about? you installed this person at the top levels of the national security council and that person could not qualify for a security clearance? did you put the cart before the horse there? cummings also inquired about jared kushner's security clearance and that of the current national security adviser, john bolton, particularly given his past interactions with maria beauty butina, who has now pled guilty acting as a secret agent for the russian government trying to infiltrate the conservative movement and the republican party. did y'all check out bolton with regard to maria butina before you made him national security adviser? did he disclose that? did you know about the video he did for her group, the one with the russian subtitles? so we know that the security clearance issue in this white house is a serious one and a live one, but what nbc news has just broken

julia mcfarland is in london. >> reporter: prince philip behind the wheel of a brand-new land rover andsh. >> reporter: questions linger about whether or not it's safe for the 97-year-old royal to continue driving, the latest photos show him driving without a seatbelt. an offense in the uk punishable by fine. police said they have spoken to the duke saying we are aware of the photograph. words have been given to the driver in line with our standard response. sources tell abc news the duke passed an eye exam and a buckingham palace said a message of support were sent to the driver and passenger. however, the woman who suffered a broken wrist in the crash tells the mirror, she is unhappy with the palace's response. a liaison officer contacting her saying the queen and duke wish to be remembered by her. buckingham palace await the results of the police investigation to determine who was to blame for thursday's collision. if the prince is found to be at fault, he may be asked to surrender his license. abc news, london. >> he is a couple months away from being 98 years old, still driving. >>

that lied about those communications about sanctions "the washington post" reported flynn's deputy mcfarland had made false statements to the fbi about the same thing denying the truth about those contacts with the russian government during the transition when they talked to them about sanctions. she lied about it to reporters at the time. we later learned she also lied about it to the fbi. and again, there was nothing weird about talking to the russian government about sanctions. so why create a big cover story about it why create a cover story that you stuck to the point where you open yourself up to potential criminal charges for lying about it and it wasn't just the two of them "the new york times" later reported that within the transition, there were a bunch of trump officials who were all read in on the truth, which was that flynn was talking to the russian government about sanctions during the transition. they were all read in on it among the trump officials sent e-mails documenting in detail what flynn was doing with the russians, among the people read in was sean spicer who soon bec

mcfarland, who also reportedly made false statements to the fbi about contact between the trump transition and the russian government. elijah cummings has also asked about mike flynn's son, about former white house adviser sebastian gorka, about current white house senior adviser jared kushner, who reportedly had to update his security clearance application more than 40 times. cummings has also asked about a former deputy to mike flynn, robin townley, who while townley was serving as a deputy -- while townley was serving as a deputy to mike flynn, townley was reportedly rejected for a top security clearance. so high-ranking job on the national security council. you get rejected for a security clearance, and then the national security adviser pleads guilty to a felony and now he is awaiting sentencing? yeah, maybe somebody should look into that. and in addition to all of that, elijah cummings is now pushing specifically on this weird red flag that has been hanging out there for months about the current national security adviser john bolton and this first accused now admitted russian agent,

. >> reporter: in that same instagram post, ja ruleay has denied all -- claims mcfarland hijacked his's horrible. >> the documentary is fascinating. realize how social media just kind of -- this thing just spiraled out of >>> just ahead, cooking andmf cot. recipes for the alternate week night to warm you up on a day like is. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we're back with "today food." the kitchen is heating up. this morning we have the perfect dish for a cozy winter night. chef andrew just opened up san morelo. great to have you. if thank you. >> bea italian restaurant just opening now. excited to be in detroit. this time of year, it's cold. we're cooking italian food, super comfort. >> what's going to be the must-have item on the menu? >> well,e're making a lamb ank today. that's on the menu. especially sunday, the time to make stuff like this where you have time to do this. the lamb shank here -- >> hoda kotb is not messing around with it. >> we're digging in. so good. >> what do we start th? which ave the lamb shank is the hind shanks of the lamb. this is about flavor and flavo

all allegations in the class action suit and says he was involved for artistic reasons, but claims mcfarlandmentary is fascinating. to realize how social media just kind of -- this thing spiraled out of control. >>> jus to warm you up on a cold day like this. first, this "today" on nbcis. food, as the temperature drops, the kitchen is heating up. this morning we have the perfect dish for a cozy winter night. chef andrew carmelli, just opened a new restaurant called san morelo. good to have you. >> that hotel is just opening now, right? >> just openingow, beautiful italian restaan there, and we're excited about being in detroit, and especially this time of the year it's cold, so we're cooking italian food that cooks for a long time in the oven, and it's just like super comfort. >> what's going to be the must have item on the menu there? >> we're making the lamb shank today. that is on the menu. especially like sunday it's like the time to like make kind of stuff like this. we have time to do that. the lamb shank here. >> that hoda kotb is not messing around either. >> it's so good. >> what do