. >> let's check in with energy level of michael lee the we also photo manager and market strategist k about how all of this affects the investor. how does it affect your money? what do you think stock do today? >> you know, i think we get a whole lot of nothing today. boring some major news. the u.s. economy is on fire, and regardless of who wins it takes a lot to make that either again much better or much worse. so i think we're in pretty good shape regardless of the outcome. a whole lot nothing today well let's -- most people will tell you wall street has already baked in the fact that the democrats take the house. but what are the chances and what would the reaction be to a surprise outcome? >> so i think if the democrats take both houses -- we get a pretty -- we start looking at a selloff because then the talks of impeachment and really shutting down government and kind of moving backwards from the progress that we've made last couple of year -- i think that could get a little bit ugly. the best outcome for stocks historically has been a divided senate in congress. gridlock is go

. >> reporter: michael lee is a parent at oakland elementary. he says he wants to get his kids back outside. what do you plan to do with your boys tomorrow? >> we're going to look at a map and try to go outside the bay area to get away from this. >> reporter: he's not as worried as many bay area parents are about what to do about the unplanned day of the school. are you sad school is closed tomorrow? >> no, i'm real excited. >> reporter: all right, so now that you have to keep your kids home from school tomorrow, how do you make your air inside your house is safe? of course keep your windows and doors shut and many air purifiers do come with built in monitors. and i did check online and you can buy a separate hand held device for about $100 on amazon. live in berkeley, i'm kate larson, abc news. >> oak grove district not santa clara county, will be closed tomorrow. offering free rides tomorrow as a way to keep people from driving. >>> san francisco is known for its iconic landmarks but tonight many of them are barely visible because of that thic

michael and lee leave it on positive note after that selloff yesterday.ou very much. >> thank you, cheryl. i hate to ruin are party trying to end on positive but i have a headwind for market to discuss right now. trade tensions between washington and beijing mark is wells fargo security director and senior economist. good morning. >> good morning we're seeing harsh rhetoric from both sides making investors so nervous here what calms nervous is, of course, a teal and in short-term what if president trump pulled become on increasing already existing tariffs in january expected to go up to 25% what are chances he says let's leave them the way they are? >> i think there's -- a decent chance that they do that. but they would have to get along at the -- at the g20 and come off with -- come out with an groament they don't have to iron everything out. i really don't think that the traitd tensions are going to go away that we cannily because -- we have to do something on intellectual property the chinese and all of this inefficient industrial capacity that really

let's bring in michael lee. is the worst over or is there more to come. >> we are in for prolonged volatility. we have entered a new volatility regime. what's going on in politics has some effect. ed the fact that the fed has been so low for so long and the policy is going away, it leads to reorganization underneath the engine room. when volatility spikes and you enter a new regime, volatility works two ways. i ultimately think stocks recover and go much higher. liz: michael it feels like a slippery ride. things we can be grateful for this thanksgiving. the best economy in 13 years. yes you are hired, no we don't need to meet you first. are the democrats going to try to ruin it? >> i don't know if they are going to try to right. if the republicans held the house you could have expected more fiscal stimulus. maxine waters has an ax to grind against the big banks that led to the crisis of 2008. if she wants to do that to the banks now, i don't see how that will help the economy going forward. their flow capital is

before and after dinner drinks i'm joined by michael lee. always great to see you.ou brought the house today. >> today we are going to give you an introduction and get your pallet opened up and we will let your stomach settle. >> i am probably going to eat around 4:00 or 5:00. >> you want to start out with something that opens up your pallet. my classic will be champagne. debris champagne from france. as part of our private collection. this livens you up. it's got a little bubbly and effervescence. and this time i brought you a cocktail, this is a bitter app tease and you want to add a little prosecco and it brightens up your pallet so you're ready for the meal. >> that's nice. >> it's from 1911 when they started that recipe in italy. >> stuffing her mashed potatoes? >> i'm all about the staffing. >> i think we are doubling our stuffing amount this year. >> i make mine from scratch. >> now the digestive's. -- the digestive's, i want you to try it it's too strong for me. >> it's a bitter. it's bitter like a super bowl loss. this will work in your digestant a little b

all of this belongs to michael lee-chin. local boy turned billionaire.vited me for dinner. >> anthony: right, yeah. that sounds like a plan. but first we need crabs for that dinner, i'm told, caught in the traditional style. a drink is in order. >> christopher: cheers, man, respect. crabbing. >> group: crabbing. >> anthony: lot of crab holes. this time of year, port antonio is literally crawling with crabs, i'm told. it'll be really easy. just scoop up the little bastards and then it's back to the pool. >> anthony: no, i'm looking. i'll lunge at 'em. >> man: it's hot. i think it's that rum, you know? >> man 2: it's really thick in the bush, you know? >> anthony: it's sweltering, freaking hot, and dark. >> man: you find something? >> man 2: yeah. here, here, here. >> man: awesome, man. >> anthony: but it doesn't seem to bother the hotel chefs who willingly risk dismemberment for the sake of procuring a tasty dinner. >> man: we want him alive. we have questions to ask him. where are your friends? >> anthony: oh yeah. >> man: you know? >> anthony: one crab

you have bob corker, a segment ,rom michael lee, joni ernst trump has faced bipartisan opposition butocrats are the ones who will look into it. one of the things you start with is in 2015, candidate trump had boastful remarks about how much he sells to saudi arabia, the quotes are all there, saved for all time on the internet. he said that one campaign rally that saudi buys all kinds of toys from trump. democrats will take a look at the toys that may the at play here. at in terms are we of the mexican trade deal? ros: the migration deal i think you mean. haidi: i beg your pardon. ros: you have that on your mind, we always do. had a pretty blockbuster report yesterday from the washington post and others that mexico's incoming government looked at -- has agreed with the u.s. it will hold the central american migrants in mexico before they cross over the u.s. border to possibly seek asylum. that would be a big change in immigration policy between the two countries. after that report, which was based on comments from axa can officials, some of the same officials walked it back and say not

and china are in trade dispute, a lot going on to the markets and let's bring in michael lee.> good morning. cheryl: where to begin, let's talk about the trade war about china and the united states that seems to be the broader story, apple a piece of it we will get to in a minute. if you look at what's going on in china, there's hope from the president that he and xi jinping will sit down in buenos aires and hammer out a deal, he's telling cabinets to work on things, to work on broader trade talks, agenda but still the doj is now suing taiwanese and chinese companies for intellectual property theft, what's the message from the administration on china? >> every time it seems like there's progress with a trade deal in china the markets rally and i would -- i would not put it past the president to put out positive news about trade war to recover from volatility of stocks we had in october leading to midterms, i think this will be a long dragged out fight, chain sea the number one enemy of the united states with the way that they just want to take as much of our intellectual prope

cofounder and fox business contradict tore and michael lee, wealth portfolio and market strategist joinsme to both of you i'll start request you. you know, we look for stocks sectors, anything that could lead this market higher, and conversation right now that seems to have stocks higher is trade. we've mike pence the vice president already over in japan talking about what japan needs to do to make our markets better is that the solution is that what we need do we need a trade deal with china and other players around the globe? >> i don't think so because trade situation wasn't dragging on stocks. i mean the leadership was apple until a few week ago that was stock that was doing well unlike other tech stocks unlike market until things flop out and i think investors are rightfully concerned just to thing that you talked about minutes ago. you know the whole it doesn't matter how many ieg phones are in the basket if that was true then two or three years they shouldn't have been reporting numbers it is funny to ride growth psych cycle an say it is not important that doesn't make any sense s

for him to take this rand paul approach, or he's good to be a cruz or a marco rubio or a michael lee,de. most of us know you are. you just don't like the president and it's personal for you. he said "hey, i couldn't have voted for the way i did. i couldn't have objected to kavanaugh during that time." so he still a politician. he's just a politician can get reelected. >> jessica: a politician forever and ever, now we move on parade the president think tomorrow we will get a full intelligence report on the murder of khashoggi. questions about whether the initiation will punish the saudi government, and what their approaches. we will debate it, next. >> a month ago you said you had spoken with mohammad bin salman on and that he had told you directly that he had no knowledge of this. >> that's right. and still does. ♪ wasn't my top priority. until i held her. i found my tresiba® reason. now i'm doing more to lower my a1c. once daily tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. tresiba® is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diab

republicans keeping majority in the senate with 52 seats joining us right now is portfolio manager, michael leed to see you, we have a rally underway, futures indicating 200-point at the start of trading. >> divided government has historically been the best playing field for stocks. we went in this election with fantastic economy, one that's only going to improve from here and i don't think that changed one bit, had the republicans held the house you would have gotten, you know, chance for additional fiscal stimulus, maybe some sort of infrastructure bill but i just think there's too many moving parts, too much compromise involved, so corporate tax that went into effect 22nd of december last year and it was more about tax reform, structural reform, the effects of that are only truly going to be seen starting needle of next year, that will last many years, we are entering what's going to be the longest business cycle that we've had in the united states. kevin: markets are up because of digestible gridlock, most important thing that investors should focus on is gridlock is good but unified govern

michael, good to see you, michael lee, mississippi has voted, big win for president trump as cindy hyde smith becomes first female senator elected in the magnolia state, climbing the latter, how celebrities like lebron james are teaming up to creating wellness brands, coming up. ♪ ♪ the greatest wish of all... is one that brings us together. the lincoln wish list event is here. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with $0 down, $0 due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. only at your lincoln dealer. maria: welcome back, cindy hyde smith first woman ever elected to congress from mississippi. cheryl: that's right, hyde smith defeated mike espy in runoff election after president trump visited state on her behalf holding not one but two rallies, hyde submit thanked the president during her speech last night. >> thank you so much for everything, for the opportunity for coming to mississippi yesterday, two stops phenomenal. the coast was unbelievable. we got to ride together and i sure appreciated the time that he gave me. cheryl: president trump tweeting congratulations to s

. >>> yet more breaking news, michael avenatti under arrest on violence. cnn's m.j. lee has been arrested for domestic violence. according to the lapd, he has been booked on felony domestic violence charges. we're told the domestic violence report was taken yesterday in west los angeles. and that the arrest was made today. now, we did just get a statement from michael avenatti responding to this. let me read that for you. he says "i wish to thank the hardworking men and women of the lapd for their professionalism. they were only doing their jobs in light of the completely bogus allegations against me. i have never been physically abusive in my life nor was i last night. any accusations to the contrary are fabricated and meant to harm my reputation. i look forward to being fully exonerated." so obviously this is a very vehement denial that we're getting from michael avenatti, and knowing him, this sounds like someone who's going to deny this and fight this. anderson? >> the original report, which i believe was from tmz, claimed that it was his -- what they say was his est

michael cohen is spoking out about what he says were trump's repeated use of racist language in personal conversations before he became president. mj lee> reporter: michael cohen is again unleashing on donald trump, his former boss, telling "vanity fair" in an interview in the years he worked for donald trump, he on more than one occasion saw him use chilling and racist language in their private conversations. here are three examples highlighted in the "vanity fair" interview. one in 2016, michael cohen says that the two men were discussing a trump rally and that he remarked that the audience was mostly white. michael cohen goes on to say i told trump at the rally looked vanilla on television, trump responded that's because black people are too stupid to vote for me. in a second example in the story, michael cohen says that shortly after nelson mandela's death, trump said to him name one country run by a black person that is not a shit hole and named one city. in the lays 2000s, michael cohen said he was traveling with donald trump in chicago. going from the airport to the hotel and drove through what looked like a rougher neighborhood

my thanksgiving all of that and coming up this morning fox business network suzanne lee at third and seven at michael block republican strategist former trump are surrogate former republican convention deputy press secretary aaron. great to see you one and all hope you the a lovely -- i know. >> happy friday. >> hope you the a lovely thanksgiving but we're back to business and some of these reare tailers were open yesterday. >> you can get your deals onis line already. yesterday i was sifting through all of the full transparency here but it is a blowout chopping season a trillion dollars for the first time should be spent, and question is can that turn market around two words you get two words, yes or no? maybe -- thank you mike we're getting to dig into all of this as wears on retail a this super bowl is officially here. black friday shoppers braving the cold goring up for major deals. hillary vaughn is live in garden city, new york where shoppers are scoring some barren gas hey, hillary. >> hey dagen one thing to note this was all all of thanksgiving until 2 a.m. and then they close for a few hours

his former lawyer and long-time fixer, michael cohen, says donald trump has a history of using racist language in conversations. our political correspondent, mj leeis joining us now. mj, has michael cohen now become president trump's -- at least one of president trump's biggest critics? >> sure seems that way, wolf. michael cohen is unleashing on donald trump in this new "vanity fair" interview, and he says that in the years that he worked for donald trump, he witnessed firsthand in multiple conversations donald trump using racist and chilling language. three examples that i want to point to from this "vanity fair" interview. in 2016, michael cohen says the two men were discussing a trump rally, and michael cohen noted that most members of the audience were white. and he says, i told trump that the rally looked vanilla on television. and trump responded, that's because black people are too stupid to vote for me. a second example. michael cohen says that shortly after nelson mandela's death, the former south african president who died in 2013, donald trump said to him, name one country run by a black person that is not a shit hole, and also added,

michael cohen is now saying the president repeatedly used racist language in the past. cohen just shared that information in an article that's just been published in "vanity fair." m.j. leeg me now with what he purportedly said. >> michael cohen is unloading on donald trump in this interview with "vanity fair." it's not pretty. he basically says in the years of working for trump, he heard the president using racist language, including in 2016 when they were having a conversation about one of donald trump's rallies and the audience members being mostly white and trump said this in response, quote, that's because black people are too stupid to vote for me. another example, after nelson mandela's death, michael cohen said that donald trump said to him name one country run by a black person that is not a [ bleep ] hole, name one city. and in late 2000 in chicago michael cohen said they were driving from the airport to the hotel and went through a pretty rough neighborhood and donald trump said "only the blacks could live like this." michael cohen said the motivation of him speaking out is because he believes voters should be equipped with this knowledge and know about donald

michael. you know, with boundless creativity and ceaseless enthusiasm stan lee made his mark on popular culture. his many cameos in marvel movies are a fitting tribute to the man who brought us the groundbreaking comic book characters that rule the big screen today. >> this is stan lee coming at you. >> reporter: from "spider-man" to "black panther," from "the incredible hulk" to "fantastic four," to king of the cameo. stan lee's life spanned it all. he and his marvel collaborators creating a new kind of superhero that would flourish in comic books and eventually films. these classic characters and so many more all capable of great feats yet flawed and relatable with insecurities that touched a chord with millions. >> if you are interested in the character, if you can empathize with the character, then you care about the stories. >> reporter: his characters became massively popular through the '60s onward as stan lee advocated for equality and social justice from stan's soapbox. the scale of his imagination was only exceeded by the size of his heart, said bob iger, chairman and ceo of the walt

michael gove did not. why did he not? he wants to be prime minister. he has responsibility for fort lee. parts, the pragmatic part, led by michael gove, let us get out of the eu and fix it, and then the irreconcilables such as jacob rees mogg and others who say we have got to get out without a deal, which would be damaging for the economy. to get out without a deal, which would be damaging for the economylj would be damaging for the economy.” must alert everybody to the picture we have shown where theresa may appears to be behind bars. how trapped as she? is it the fact that the brexit cab has stuck into two to her? while she definitely has a plan, she has no choice but to dry, even her cabinets, people like michael gove and penny mordaunt, they seem to be treating the plan as they cannot name it. it mealy mouth ‘s way of saying, they support the prime minister. you are supposed to enthuse the nation and parliament and, you can't discount ten votes from the ddp mahut is owing to fall for it? there were not many people —— the for it? there were not many people -- the dup for it? there wer

lee reporting for us. thanks very much. joining us now, the attorney for stormy daniels, michael avenatti.el, thanks so much for joining us. does this very long, detailed report in the "wall street journal" vindicate what you and your client have been saying? >> i absolutely think it does, wolf. i think that it vindicates us almost entirely. it's exactly what we have been alleging for many, many months. my client is tired of being called a liar. i'm tired of being called a liar. and with each passing month, we get closer and closer to judgment day. you know, i drafted an op-ed in the "new york times" about five or six weeks ago. i argued then for an indictment of this president, an indictment of donald trump. and we are renewing that request today, in light of this report relating to the testimony and the evidence. i think a sitting president, this sitting president, can and should be indicted. >> although current guidelines suggest a sitting president cannot be indicted. there are other avenues, including impeachment, but not necessarily indictment. but tell me why you think -- what's the

michael avenatti sued president trump against her wishes. the president denies the affair. now avenatti is responding to daniels. he says he's her biggest champion and has always been an open book with her. david leeormy daniels might need a new attorney to handle the conflict with her old attorney. michael avenatti says he has no idea why she's criticizing his representation. she said that avenatti raised money on her behalf without her knowledge. stormy daniels made the allegation in a statement to the daily beast. the statement says in part "he filed a defamation case against donald trump against my wishes and refused to tell me how my legal defense fund was being spent. now he's launched a new crowd-funding campaign using my face and name without my permission and distributing words to me that i never said or wrote." avenatti said that there were never any secret dealings and he responded with his own statement. a portion says "i have personally sacrificed an enormous amount of time and emergency towards assisting her because i believe in her". the statement says "the retention agreement that stormy said that she would pay me $100 and any and all other monies raised a legal fund would go to my

lee killed it as madonna. craig melvin came to play, america. and bueller? bueller? >> nope, that's willie geist. and who won the war of michael j. foxes? but your alex p. keaton wasn't as good as this marty mcfly. cheers. "today" show reporter dylan dryer took us back to the future, alongside al roker. >> here we are. we're ready to go. >> and hoda as elton john, come on! ♪ that's why they call it the blues ♪ >> she really committed with a bald cap giving harry styles a run for his rocketman money. >> >>> we have seen celebs rocki who were the best? counting dow three. >> you saw my number one. the ones we picked will blow you away. today you'll see some freddie mercury imitators. but rami malek is the real deal in "bohemian rhapsody" and i was at the new york premiere last night. ♪ another one bites the dust >> it's ornate. it's decadent and it's exactly the way freddie would want it. >> luckily the guys made it to this premiere without a hitch, unlike the one in london. >> you guys came to the premiere in a rolls royce. >> we did. >> that broke down. >> it did. >> what is going on? >> i don't know. we were about to push it for a seco

lee. literally breaking here moments ago. what do you know? >> reporter: what we know right now is that michaelted for domestic violence. he is under arrest for felony domestic violence and is currently being booked, according to the lapd, the domestic violence report was taken yesterday in west los angeles and the arrest was made today. now, just to clarify something, and this is important, tmz originally reported that this incident involved his estranged wife. he is currently in the process of getting divorced. tmz then subsequently changed that story to say just a woman, not the wife, and we actually spoke with michael avenatti's wife earlier this evening when this story was breaking. this is lisa avenatti and when i spoke with her on the phone, she said she actually hasn't seen michael avenatti in three months and she was not at his apartment and she also said that he is somebody who wouldn't ever hit anyone. now, his wife's lawyer actually proceeded to put out a statement as well to clarify that this article pertaining to their client is not true, that she was not subject to any incident o

lee, cnn, new york. >> all right. >>> joining me now, reporter and co-author of "politico playbook" daniel leadershipman, and former attorney for district of georgia, michael welcome. i want to to talk about the hush-money reporting in a moment, but i've got a u.s. attorney in front of me. i want to start with the new acting attorney general. let's put up the op-ed co-written by george conway, husband of kellyanne conway, in which the title is "trump's appointment of the acting attorney general is unconstitutional." on the question of constitutionality, where do you stand? >> you know, that's -- it's a great question. i think there's a general debate about it. the bottom line is there has to be a determination of the law, whether or not the attorney general is a principal officer. and if so, then that requires senate confirmation. that's essentially what the op-ed said. so there's a reason for that. it's so people can look at somebody's background, determine if they have the character and the experience and the decisionmaking ability to leave the department of justice or to be in a cabinet position. and that was just skated in this case. the problem, it ma

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senator mike lee gives us the inside scoop on the caravan and ryan zinke response to the climate change report and his many critics but first we are following two major breaking stories tonight. michael cohen, affairs ally of the president coming up we deal with a special counsel land as russia double down on ukraine donald trump cancels is saturday meeting with vladimir putin. john roberts is live in argentina tonight. >> the president left the white house earlier today, he seemed to think the meeting at the g 20 with vladimir putin that was scheduled for saturday was ago with the caveat that he was going to get a briefing when he got aboard air force one and what was going on with russia in the aggression against ukraine. shortly after the president boarded air force one he was given a briefing by mike pompeo and national security adviser john bolton and the chief of staff, john kelly. then the president decided he was not going to have that bilateral meeting with vladimir putin, sarah sanders the reason was russia was refusing to return ukrainian sailors that it detained after the confrontation earlier in the week. the president is under a lot of pressure not to have a bilateral m

michael avenatti says this is all further vindication that he and his client were right. all of this happening as cohen is meeting with various investigators and awaits sentencing in december. mj lee, new york. >> let's talk more about this with greg brour, former u.s. attorney, and margaret telev. good to see you both. we heard that u.s. prosecutors have accumulated evidence of trump's role without naming him in the cohen indictment. greg, what kind of potential legal road do you see for the president? we have heard it time and time again, you can't indict a sitting president, but we're talking about alleged activity before he was president. does it matter, does it make a difference? >> right. good morning, fred. no big surprise here. i think this confirms what most observers thought when the story first broke several months ago. i don't think anyone really believed that the president had nothing to do with this or knew nothing about it. this pattern of conduct, if true, seems to be unseemly at the least, probably unethical, and the big question of course that you posed is was it illegal. that remains to be seen, but it could possibly implicate campaign, federal campaign finance

lee and me. >> damn straight i'm going to be. >> we'll be back. this is "today" on nbc. >>> michael buble, it's been such a morning with you.a student killed at a weekend house fire. friend tell nbc bay area the victim is a sophomore at moronta high school. all three people were injured including the firefighters. sources say the girl's parents were out of town. the cause is being investigated. classes are not in session this week but students plan to gather on campus to grieve together. we'll have a live report in our midday newscast. firefighters updated their program battling the butte fire, it is now 56% contained. the number of structures destroyed is nearly 16,000. the number of confirmed deaths stand at 77. all that smoky air is making another day bay area air quality. go to our website for more. stri. kari dissects the new computer models overnight to get you ready. plus: our consumer team bags a solution for.. a bay area woman..whose designer purse wasn )t holding up as promised. tomorrow morning from 4:30 to 7. >> announcer: live from studio 6a, this is "today." >>> good morning, everybody. hope you had a great we

lee. >> nancy pelosis ally ies. >> now pelosi has to defend herself against democrats against the 2010 fire pelosi campaign led by michael>> young man. >> carrying a baby. >> struggles. quote why do you think we made her the focus of the 2010obama? it amazes me how they undermine the effectiveness. i didn't then and still don't. michael, if you ask nancy pelosi, that's why she's unpopular and that's the entirety. >> a lot of times it's not where you think it is or ought to be. in that cycle, nancy pelosi was the architecture behind moving the legislation behind obamacare. why focus on obama who was wawa from the situation. she was strategist. >> she was effective and a lot don't understand is that. >> let's bring in dianndianna, deputy running for majority width which is the number three position in the democratic caucus. congresswoman, thanks for being here. it's great to have you. i want to start by asking about this race. you're taking on jim, how are you negotiating that challenge with some of your fellow members saying that that diversity is important? >> well, diversity is important and we need to remember that we