michael todd joins us live on the phone. talk a little bit about advice you have for folks who are heading out on the roads dealing with the weather today. >> the speed has been reduced to 45 miles from our on all major highways. -- 45 miles per hour on all major highways. it will be slick. you need to slow down. make sure you leave early. give crews and emergency workers extra space. sean: have you heard about any problem areas? i know some days like this we have power outages, cars off of the road. have you heard of any areas of concern? >> at this time, there have been seven outages reported, two in grant ham. it is slick across the board. just slow down and leave early. give yourself extra time to arrive. sean: anything you should keep in your car on a day like today? >> absolutely. this is new hampshire. we all have scrapers and brushes in our cars. makes you have a blanket, some water and food. food and something to do for the little ones. keep them entertained. they don' and create the extra stress. and last, of cours

michael todd from the new hampshire department of safety joins us live on the phone now. what are you worried about on a morning like this? >> our biggest concern is the morning commute, which is on everybody' s mind, i' m sure. dot is doing a great job as they always do. state police have extra cruisers out. we leave early, go slow, and give crews and emergency vehicles plenty of space. sean: how do you prepare for a storm like this? we go through this every winter. >> in your vehicle, make sure everything is mechanically sound. a water, -- some water, gloves, food. vehicle has supplies for each person. the key is to leave early, go slow, and give extra space for emergency vehicles and crews. sean: thank you very much. in other news, salem police say a portsmouth man crashed his car while overdosing on heroin. police say 50-year-old jeffrey morris was behind the wheel when he was found. rescue crews used narcan to revive him. after a short investigation, officers found out that 22-year-old aiyla griffin was riding in the car and fled the scene. police say she removed her

todd, as always, sir. thank you welcome michael steele. thank you, my friend, sue lowden out here for welcoming us so beautifully. and a reminder, come back to "hardball" at 11:00 eastern tonight when the debate is over. i think it's going to be hot. i disagree with everybody else. we're staying up late for two hours for reaction and analysis tonight. >>> anyway, coming up right now, the trump phenomenon. he's hitting new highs in the polls and his controversial message is resonating with many on the right. three out of five republicans like what he's saying. we're going to ask michele bachmann and u.s. congressman steve king of iowa why trump is working them. >>> plus, america on edge. terrorism is now the top issue on the campaign trail. 40% say it's their top issue, not the economy. what a turnaround. l.a. schools were closed today, all 900 of them, after what was called a credible threat according to authorities out there. >>> and hillary clinton detailed her plan for stopping isis today. can she find the sweet spot between the aggress

michael. is chuck todd still with us? >> i am. >> chuck, let's talk about the dynamic now, if this is, in fact, a terror incident here. the president leaving the door open as the possibility. the same rhetoric in a sense that we heard -- wording, i should say, from local law enforcement people there yesterday. what is the key question regarding, then some of the safety measures that need to be in place, whether it's this fiancee visa -- and again, we don't know, but now you have this component of a possible terror attack. how does that change the conversation? >> how does it change the conversation? i don't know if we want to go down that road, tamron. >> i understand. >> just yet. i think -- i think let's let all this play out. but i have -- i have very -- i have some fears of where this conversation goes, if this turns into being an american muslim, an american citizen, and the investigation comes out that this is a radicalized situation and all this stuff, i think the consequences on our politics could be very ugly and

todd: the police chased near woodward ended quickly. michael wanchanic's stolen van broke down and even though he had a gun the law enforcement team determined that negotiation would be the best way to deal with the murder suspect. >> these negotiators train a lot and they do a good job. he didn't outstanding job tonight. todd: the dallas county chief negotiator said -- sergeant brett jackie's has a negotiation team. brett tjepkes: with communication skills hopefully we can build some trust and influence behavior to a positive direction. todd: he says negotiators use the public address system on their patrol car to talk to watch in the after four hours of back-and-forth. he got cold and give up. >> we are listening to what this person has to say. say and we are trying to give them positive alternatives to end the situation peacefully. todd: that's just what happened. >> detaining, everything is secure. elizabeth: state patrol has 20 trained negotiators across the state and most major released apartment have several. in the past two years the st

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todd: the short police chase on highway 141 near woodward ended quickly. michael wanchanic's stolen van broke down. and even though he had a gun, the law enforcement team determined that negotiation would be the best way to deal with the murder suspect. >> oh yeah, these negotiators, you know, they train a lot. they do a good job, they did an outstanding job tonight. todd: dallas county sheriff chad leonard says his deputy was the lead negotiator. the state patrol helped out too. >> sincere, honest communication todd: sergeant brett tjepkes heads up the patrols negotiation team. >> if we have some good communications skills, hopefully we can build some trust and try to influence behavior to a positive direction. todd: jepkeys says negotiators used the public address system on their patrol cars to talk to wanchanic. after 4 hours of back and forth, he got cold, and gave up. >> gun is in front of him, he's out of the vehicle. >> we're listening to what this person has to say and we're listening to what they say and we are trying to give them positive alternatives to

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reporting from south philadelphia, todd quinones for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> former eagles quarterback michaela new role, a pet advocate. vick was in harrisburg lobbying for a bill to protect dogs and cats left in hot cars. the bill would allow first respond tours break into cars to rescue pets without fear of being held liable for damages. speaking to lawmakers vick calls himself an unlikely advocate. >> the bottom line is that all animals require kindness and respect. they depend on us like our children depend on us. i know that i'm an unlikely advocate. i was part of the problem when i was at my lowest. i made decision toss make change. >> vick has work on animal rights issues since being released from prison. he served 21 months for his part in the dog fighting ring before turning to the nfl. >>> 6:38. deadline is approaching to make sure you have health care coverage for next year, consumer reporter jim donovan will explain. >>> officials discovered what most likely caused dozens of student in boston to get sick after eating chipotle but it does not help explain illnesses in other parts o

michael lesher. >> another person just balled him up and threw him away like a piece of trash. >> todd allen receives disturbing news from the courts and home. ♪ the words of a warrior ♪ oh, close, the words of a warrior ♪ ♪ my family, my friends, my home boys ♪ ♪ doing everything i know being wrong ♪ ♪ and it is so true when they sing that song ♪ ♪ everything that you do comes back tenfold ♪ ♪ a product of the bad life in the bad land ♪ ♪ only made one thing that's a bad land ♪ ♪ what i have become people cannot understand ♪ ♪ a demented little cracker with the first white land ♪ ♪. >> i wanted to be a rapper. but it never happened. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> narrator: michael lesher has spent half of his life behind bars and is now facing three counts of burglary with aggravation and force. he has just turned down a plea deal for 25 years in order to go to trial. if found guilty, he could get life in prison. if he's set free, he'll have a different set of challenges. >> i don't know what's in the free world. i don't know how to pay bills, i don't know how to pay rent. i don't know how to do a w 2 form. i

todd. >> reporter: donald trump is not type to pull punches and he swung back after mayor michael nutter used a curse word to describe the presidential candidate and in case you missed it, this is what nutter said yesterday. >> he is a blank. he has no idea what he is talking about. >> reporter: philadelphia mayor michael nutter didn't back away from comments he made tuesday, nutter used the expletive after saying trump should be banned from the city after trump called for a national ban on muslims entering the the country. >> there is, you know, fairly universal agreement with the veracity of that comment. >> reporter: donald trump took to twitter first in responding to a tweet someone sent him, trump called nutter a crude dope then he sent out a tweet saying nutter quote is doing a terrible job. should be ashamed for using such a disgusting word in referring to me, low life. >> donald trump has not yet figured out the difference between reality show tv ratings and the wild and inane things you can say in that context and what it takes to be a serious candidate. >> reporter: for his par

michael gerson of the "washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning, i'm andrea mitchell in for chuck todd who is taking aday break. 12 months ago, most political pundits would have laughed in your face if you suggested that by the end of the year donald trump would have a commanding lead in the race for the republican nomination and bernie sanders would be giving hillary clinton a run for her money on the democratic side. but 2015 has been a year when conventional wisdom was turned on its head. the big question for 2016 is whether the old order can reassert itself. in a moment, i'll be joined by bernie sanders. but this christmas week, there wasn't any peace and good will from trump as he used a vulgar term to refer to hillary clinton's 2008 defeat to barack obama. and kricriticized her for takin bathroom break during last week's democratic debate. >> she got schlonged. i know where she went. it's disgusting, i don't want to talk about it. >> clinton hit back, accusing trump of using degrading and sexist language. >> nothing really surprises me anymore. i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. and

michael gerson of the "washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning, i'm andrea mitchell in for chuck todd who is taking a well-deserved holiday break. 12 months ago, most political pundits would have laughed in your face if you suggested that by the end of the year donald trump would have a commanding lead in the race for the republican nomination and bernie sanders would be giving hillary clinton a run for her money on the democratic side. but 2015 has been a year when conventional wisdom was turned on its head. the big question for 2016 is whether the old order can in a moment, i'll be joined by

michael gerson of the "washington post." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning, i'm andrea mitchell in for chuck todd who is taking a well-deserved holiday break. 12 months ago, most political pundits would have laughed in your face if you suggested that by the end of the year donald trump would have a commanding lead in the race for the

michael gerson of the "washington post." it's "meet the prere." >>> good sunday morning, i'm andrea mitchell in for chuck todd who is takiki a well-deserved holiday brbrk. 12 months ago, most polical pundits would have laughed in your face if you suggested that by the end of the year donald trump would have a commanding lead in the race for the republican nomination and bernie sanders would be giving hillary clinton a run for her money on the democratic side. but 2015 has been a year when conventional wisdom was turned on its head. the big question for 2016 is whether the old order can reassert itself. in a moment, i'll be joined by bernie sanders. but this christmas week, there wasn't any peace and goodwill from trump as he used a vulgar term to refer to hillary clinton's 2008 defeat to barack obama. and kriltcriticized her for taking a bathroom break during last week's democratic debate. know wherehe went. it's disgusting, i don't want to talk about it. >> clinton hit back, cusing trump of using degrading and sexist language. >> nothing really surprises me anymore. i don't know that he has any boundaries at all. and his bi

michael is a pro. to what is going on out there, it is feeling like winter now. look at the dog perplexed there. thank you todd for sending this in. conditions and icy conditions. it is only about a half inch to an inch in most of the locations. it is slick out there. when you step outside, if not treating be careful. it is rain in the city. the warmer temperatures are still making their come back here and changing this over to rainfall. that is what you are going to see throughout the majority of the day. futurecast is saying that. the precip is backing down in the afternoon and drying out tomorrow afternoon, a mix of clouds and sun, and actually tomorrow, there could be a few showers reappearance here in the tristate. the high temp up to 52 today and tomorrow. dry headed to 2016. kerry? >> kerry: thank you, mike. now to ben, you are looking clean shaven. ben: we are not done yet. we have to make a second pass. >> we have to keep the face wet. kerry: we can checking back in a couple of minutes. "good day" will be right back. find your sweet spot today with dunkin's chicken apple sausage sandwich. and savory s

todd, cnn, washington. >> brian, thank you so much. let's talk more about this. here with me, brian levin, a professor at the california state university. we also have michaela cnn contributor and co-auth of "isis, inside the terror." you believe that malik radicalized her husband. why? >> you see abu lassen from the paris attacks. loners, duos, autonomous cells, directed cells. this at this point looks like a duo. and we saw the d.c. sniper, john l. mohammed was the dominant player. his cohort, impressionable. timothy mcveigh and nichols, very similar. usually, the dominant person is more operational. what's unusual here is not so much that there's a woman involved. but that it appears, at least where the speculation is going, that she was the dominant catalyst with the radicalization. the mosque that he belonged to is a peaceful mosque. i know the leader. he didn't get it there. he got it from her. and there may be ties with extremists unconfirmed. >> there are reports, trying to get as much as we can about tashfeen malik and farook. we know that they met through this dating website. he's been described as a quiet, shy person. possibly, did she seek out a