we want to wish you very happy new year and until next week and next year, for "face the natio nation i'm margaret brennan. ♪ not long ago, ronda started here. and then, more jobs began to appear. these techs in a lab. this builder in a hardhat... ...the welders and electricians who do all of that. the diner staffed up 'cause they all needed lunch. teachers... doctors... jobs grew a bunch. what started with one job spread all around. because each job in energy creates many more in this town. energy lives here. white house now says president trump is done reaching out to democrats over funding for the border wall. this as the government shutdown continues. >> i think he's receptive to making a deal if it achieves his goals of securing our border. >>> also a jetway collapses as paramedics rush a passenger off an airplane that just arrived from the dominican republic. >>> families devastated by the california wildfires are forced to move from motel to motel. >> there's nothing to the end. this is no place to live. >> a ring of security on the ground andor

we begin our team coverage with news 4's justin finch live l tside of the natio cathedral this morning. justin? >>ea aaron, a hours before the funeral seeing advance security here around the washington national cathedral. several streets in this area now closed ahead of the service. i want to show you aew lots down from where we are, you can see police and closures in place. when we entered closer to wisconsin avenue this icrning. d.c. p keeping a very visible presence, working with secret service and other law enforcement partners to guarantee a seamless sequence of events today. if you work, live, or travel in this area, you will likely see congestion until the early afternoon. this funeral beginning at 11:00 a.m. this morning at theon na cathedral and it will follow an episcopal traditione learned with hymns including "for all the sats" and "holy god we praise thy name." all of the hymns, readings an scri scriptures hand picked by the bush family. a eulogy will be g given byrge h. bush and a crowd o presidents past and present including president trump and milania trump. also in att

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i'm near the penn cor r metro station, across the street from the natio archives building.ou can see the bus here, and the crash unitrom d.c. police on the bus right now. 're hearing that two people were hit by this bus. now, we don't know if the were crossing the street, which is in the middle of the block, or at acr swalk. you have to see where the bus came to a stop, and that'sha exactly police are trying to determine right now. we know they were transported to a hospital. no word onir condition. we're hearing that their injuries are quite serious at this point. however, we do not have an official condition. policeave also nreleased their names. continuing hey are to details and we'll bring you them as soon as they become available on ournbc washington app. shomari stone, news 4. >>> it's calm outhere now, but storm team 4 radar shows moving right for us. >> yeah, you can see a whole lot of rain here, and thafls why d watches are up right now, but rain isn't the only concern. >> as the storm approaches, we're working for t you withm coverage. news 4's jackie bensen is lo

bush and he named former fox news anchor heather nauert to be ambassador to the united natio nations. the new no. 2 in thing is at republican leadership south dakota john thune will weigh in on their confirmation process and tell because is on the mus must-do list in the lame duck session. finally with economic anxiety and trade disputes making headlines around the world, both u.s. trade representative ambassador robert lighthizer anh more news of the week just ahead on "face the nation." good morning, welcome to "face the nation." we've got a lot to get to today and we begin with florida republican senator marco rubio he is in orlando this morning. senator, welcome to "face the nation." >> good morning. >> brennan: chief of staff john kelly set to leave, he was often seen as force of stabili stability. what will his departure mean in terms of being able to work with the white house and get things done? >> i don't think it will impact negatively any way our ability to work with the white house or to get things done. i have a lot of admiration for general kelly, he was a professional,

. >> this has been seen outside of the white housena at the natio christmas tree for the past few days. disappointing children and adults. >> t government shutdown. >> probably upset. tell meri to b my grandchildren here and it's closed. this is our tree. and i think that's awful. for what?or >> f just after 12:00 noon today, with no fanfare, t tional christmas tree reopened. >> i thi this reopening is hintastic. just seeing gentleman here, coming in and opening these gates shows me there's some common sense and decency left with se part of the government. >> reporter: money came from a nonprofit. the national park foundation. across the area, services and facilities at the national parks are closed because of the natishutdown. the park service isn'tng picki up the trash but it is getting picked up. last week, d.c. mayor muriel bowser announce that had d.c. crhes would pick up t trash at more than 120 national park sites in the district t as f federal workers, faced with uncertainty. especially contract w this woman who has worked as a custodian at the state department for 20 years. >>

w you can shington picking up just over an inch of rain.l the natio weather service, as i suspected about 15 minutes ag has already trimmed off the flood watch. you can see it through parts of rappahannock no longer under the meood watchful most of the d.c. tro area is in a flood watch. however, it may be a little earlier in areaswe to the . we are completely dry for tomorrow and sunday as well. rmoren in the forecast for monday. thankfully not as much as today. ybmae about a quarter tinge on a half inch on monday. the tforecast, w it is lacking, any snow in the next ten .da they still want to bring some patchy drizzle to the area. later ead into the evening and overnight hours, we will see some clearing with the clouds. right now we're 10 to 1 drees above normal. arting off tomorrow at 44 degrees. sunrise at 7:26. we hit a high tomorrow 5 of with a mix of clouds and sun. overall, a prettyic day. the only thing you mightot like is the breeze. if you're heading out and about tomorrow on saturday, as we look to sunday,lo mores than sunshine but not a bad day. it is dry. the redskins game, 4

national archives for "on the basis of sex" which tells the story of ruth bader ginsburg's life.l at the natio tommy mcfly. news4. thank you. if you recognize this next one, you could help police catch a porch thief. there he is o 3 north5th street. he surveys the front door. and then stasinging moves. after showing off a few more moves, it is not a fort night kind of thing. if you recognize him, d.c. police would like to hear from you. >> they want to get him to dance the jail house rock. > all right. the nats are looking for someone to run for president. right now, you can cpete for racing president at the nats' home games. you have to be at least 18 years old. stand between 5'7" and 6'6". and applicants must have a high school diplomu eed to be able to run in a 50-pound costume on top of your head. we've posted a link on our nbc washington app and search race for president. >>> a surprise twist rarding paul manafort. we're talking about it next. >>> and the zoo is merry and bright tonight. we'll hear about som people aren't talking about how giant's delicious nature's promise turkey is free

she spokelt the natio archives during the naturalization for 31 people. she notedhat the daughter and grand daughter of immigrants sits on the highest court of land. she praised the immigrants as the vanguard to remain the stain of discrimination from american society. today's event celebrated the 227th anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. >> working for you in the community at westriar elementary. she's talking to students and parents about the campaign focused on inclusion. >> here, no one is left out because -- >> okay. at's the campaign. the mom spearheaded all the activity, some of which are obvious. we've got crazy hair all over the place. tell me wt that is about. >> we celebrated standing up for others. how to identify bullying when we see it. >> i love that. >> i want to bring in to tell us, you're recommending the students. what did you learn ithis whole campaign? >> i learned tt being different is okay. >> being different is okay. >> i want to tha everyone here. the pta president, her husband. for bringing us onboard with the

while mosl of the natio mall is shutdown, lady liberty in new york is still welcoming visitors. the new york governor andrew cuomo says the state is chipping in $65,0 a day to keep the statue of liberty and ellis isla open. generates about a million dollars a day for the local economy. >> we knoig this is a story for our area. stay with news 4 and our nbc washin we're posting continuing coverage on the partial government shutdo. also in th app we revisit some of the sites that are open and some of what is closed, especially what justin just ran through but we put that all on a list. all you haveo dos search shutdown. >> d.c. police are trying to figure out who shot aan in the leg. that happened before 7:30 last ght on rhode island avenue and 4th street in northeast. the victim walked to a fire station and then was taken to hospital. he is expected to be okay. if you have any information call d.c. police. >> by thend of the month, they are going to cplete installing hardened left turns. starting i february, ddot will also install no right turn on red signs at about 100 sp interse

. >>> and fls to be flown a natio mourning. the u.s. postal service will be closed and so will the financial markets be closed. >>> and laurie firestone, she was a stokes secretary -- a social secretary as george bush was president and she said he put more value on personal relationships rather than political party affiliations and that carried around the world. >> he wanted to break bread with the foreign leaders, particularly if he going to have to negotiate something because he felt like he wanted to know the person. >> now, missfirestone says she'll remember his sense of humor, his generous spirit and his kindness towards family, friends and staff. >>> and ktvu will cover the funeral of george h. w. bush and we'll bring ugh it to you live her. >>> there was a shooting and lee has more. >> reporter: this deadly shooting happened near homes and apartment buildings, there's yellow crime scene tape. this happened last night. the victim has not been identified. police have been not revealed a possible motive. san raphael police said they

you may not also be able t go into any of the smithsonian museums includingl the natio zoo over the nextobs is live at the y.o with more on what this means for everyb nicole, good morning. >> good morning to you, aaron and erica. previous years funding has run sonian museummi and the national zoo and because of that, the doors and gates will have to close because of the shutdown. they have been using that money over the last seven days to sustain and to stay open butol we're they're no longer ai that.ve to do so the difficult decision and announcement was made yesterday cat the doors and gate will remainlosed as long as there's no comprise on capitol hill by january 1st and with congress not meeting again until january 3rd, we're a looking just that. so tourists hoping to take in the museum and their favorite zoo animals in the new year are out of luck. ow as for those zoo animals and the care ofthem, i can tell you the workers here are now among the hundreds of thousands across the country working without pay. >> nicol jacobs, thank you. >> coming up at 5:45, ott mcfarland is on capitol

l >> the natio weather service will conduct a survey today. if it'sed confi to be an ef-2 tornado then it will be the strongest tornado to rip through washington state in 32 years. >>> the u.s. surgeon general says the nation needs an all stop on deck approach to kids from smoking ecigarettes. vaping has skyrocketed over the past few years. a report found among high schoolers, ecigarette use went up 75% in one year. hey contain highly addictive nicotine. jerome adams says it's clear the devices are getting a new generation hooked on nicotine. >> nicotine is uniquely, uniquely harmful to the adolescent and developing brain. we know that it can affect learning,nd attention a memory and it can prime the brain towardsur fut addiction. >> adams says only 3% of adults use ecigarettes as compared to 20% of high schoolers. >>> family, friendsan and are remembering penny marshall this morning. in hlywood a bouquet of flowers sits onrs mall's hollywood walk of fame star. marshall died yesterday from complications from diabetes. she is well known foreing

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. >> reporter: right now it looks good but all of that will change. 112 million peoplid natio expected to travel this holiday on, most of them by car. that's a record. if you look behind me, this is the beltway in maryfield, virgicia. the tras quite light. as we get into the afternoon that is expected to change a we expecting to see the affic congestion start to build. now, the worst traffic in d.c., that is projected to take place today between 1:15 and 2:15. a record number of travelers are getting out of dodge for the holiday. >> i'm expecting a horrible drive from 95 all the way down toms willrg. >> reporter: aaa projecting that one-third of americans will leave home. at's up nearly 4.5% from last year and the highestumber sinc aaa started tracking holiday travel plans. >> i am leaving today at 1:30 and i will get in the express lane and pay i whatevert takes. >> reporter: the worst travel day is today. drive times at p thek could be four times longer than usual. compcating things, mother nature, heavy rain in the forecast today and friday it's enough to prompt some people to leave

he was the president ee's natio former security adviser. i'm curious to see do they detail who that somebody else is and what information he's given prosecutors about all these topics that might be interested in. >> to all those points, you with a prosecutor. you were on the house judiciary committee recommending the impeachment articles against richard nixon. how does a prosecutor like robert mueller, and he's not your typical prosecutor, balance what he needs to tell versus what he still wants to hold close? >> it's going to be tougher. i think this is third factor that's playing a role here which is he has to worry whether the acting attorney general, trump through him will try to shut down this investigation and prevent the american people from learning the facts. >> as of right now everything we know is that rod rosenstein is still in charge of this. >> that could change on a dime. that has to be behind mueller's thinking as well. he has to be conscious of that. i'm shuure he is. there's opportunities for the story that's never fully b

federal prosecution in new york revealed wednesday that they had struck a deal with nation"natio enquirer" publisher ami. it admitted it paid hush nomone to a "playboy" model to conceal an affair that she said she had with the president. an action ami said they did with the trump campaign. cohen at the same time this week was using his day in court to claim his involvement in illegal payments was to cover up for the president's, quote, dirty deeds. now, it has to be said that the president continues to deny all these allegations, joining me to figure out how these bombshells fit into the massive accusations is author of the threat matrix, the fbi at war, garrett graph in vermont and former federal and state prosecutor ellie hon anything who joins me from new york. eli hoenig, what significance to you attach to the slipping by the "national enquirer" publisher ami. >> that was a shocker cristian. when you're being investigate bid the southern district of new york, when everyone around you is cooperating or has immunity, you're the one they're coming for and if we look at the landscape, we

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time th trump administration was looking for some kind of withdrawal plan out of haferg but in cord natioeg peace talks being led by -- what happeitd now the states is sort of jumped ahead of the peace talks and said it has plans to withdraw half of its troops. there are plans that could start that withdrawal as early as january. the problem is, one of the key components of the peace talks for the taliban s coming u with some sort of number for u.s. troops heaving, and theno u.s. i essentially said we are going to give a path withhat ng gotten anything out of the taliban so really raises question if we are alrdy down by 7,000 could the taliban ngotiate something, were, where thber drops further? >> schifrin: and lastly we have a new acting cretary of defense, deputy secretary of defense shanahan, very little government experience, was at liboeing. moreed perhaps with the president? >> we with don't know, because he really is a businessman. he hasun the day-to-day operation it is, he is focused ationshipss and the rel between the business community and the pentagon, and even in this confirm

butina alleged tried tohe natioe association and influence u.s.olicy towards russi still to come on the "newshour," europe in crisis-- brexit faces an uncertain future as protests envelop france; the search begins for a new white house chief of staff; how the latest revelations from the mueller investigation are affecting the white house and much more. >> woodruff: these are nervous days on both sides of the english channel.po as we ed earlier, british prime minister theresa may was w'forced to postpone tomor parliament vote on a deal to cement "brexit", the u.k.'som leaving he european union. and in paris, prescrent emmanuel promised to increase wages and implement reforms to try and placate devenstrators wheen protesting throughout france over the past few weeks. here's foreign affairs correspondent nickchifrin. >> reporter: paris is buing. and britain is consumed by brexit. >> the government has lost control of events and is in complete disarray. >> reporter: european leaders trying to respond to the forces of populism are now being consumed by

two things, would seem the largest growth in the natio debt in a time of prosperity in the world's historyually when the oes down, it's a time of economic traction and things aren'tl, going wel government spends, we've had war, peace, prosperity, and the debt reach historic highs, even moreis torque highs. that's the first plus. the second is the consumer mansion protection bureau which . mulvaney was wearing the second hat, had the largest drop in morale in any government institutisn. >> thihe bureau that's supposed to protect from predatory bhaincht predatory lenders, student loan exploiters and all sf other people, and his job the was basically t dismantle it. so, you know, based upon that performance, so far, it's perfect for the trump administration. >> so maybe you would like to keep him in the white house. >> i think is a good fit i mean, i would say if you're expecting a life expecty slightly shorter of that than a second lieutenant in combat, it's n a job of longevity. >> brahgham: this week we saw, the tail-end of last week and this week, a greater understanding of these hush mon

thanks a lot for more trading narks hee natio our nation and now a news update. >>> here is what that happening. china is vowing to move immediately on commitments to trade relations. larry qud loi tell t kudlow sayd with u.s. officials. and schwarzenegger wants to stop fossil fuels being used. and several national fraternities are suing on over a rule that discourages single digi digit -- again dell clubs. that is your update this hour. >>> and a check of the markets we are off the highs we're almost 1%. consumer discretionary and energy and technology your top performing sectors and leading the dow right now, nike, boeing, cat pierpillar ana good day >> haven't you a mharvard girl >> yes >> but i don't feel discriminated against. another story. >> coming up, even as qatar says it is quitting, we'll see whether the bounce will last >>> welcome back the oiled m market closing for day. >> and up 4% to start december you can is see the 53 handle there. what drive being ting the action and trard trader are more confident of cuts coming. guitar oi tr. >>> and eric, thank you very much wit

the ambassador to the united natio nations, our enjoy to china and head of the cia, no one brought thatnce. yet he was a modest man. he was so easy to work with and he made a real contribution to our nation. >> we have been talking about those contributions around foreign policy and i mention nafta because he did sign it and you were there as part of those negotiations just this weekend president trump signing the usmca, the nafta update i'm wondering how you viewed that over the week end that we learned of the president's death. >> well it was time to upgrade nafta because it's 25 years old and we needed to add provisions that dealt with the digital trade and the many changes that have occurred in the 21st century. i hope that we can keep the three partners together. we have synchronized supply chains that make us the most competitive region in the world. our trade has quadrupled with the economic we are amazing as the north america region. >> but there are questions about whether congress is going to sign off on this new agreement and what happens if they don't would we revert as step

president trump talked about the decision for the first time lesterday after visiting arlington natioery. >> we'll sit down with the democrats if the supreme court upholds. we'll sit down with the democrats and we'll get great health kcare. >> the ruling is for prix preventative care screenings alt young a covered on their parents plans and this decision won't affect those getting verage through next year so important to remember that. >>> another opening in the trump white house. interior secretary ryan zinke i stepping down but he's doing it defiantly. he blames vicious and politicay motivatedttacks for his resignation. despite his claims, he's facing political i his travel and conflicts of interest. the president says zinke's announcement will be announced this week. >>> later this morning nbc political direc oregoor chuck t will have an interview with chuck schumer. you can watch "meethe press" after news 4 today. >>> the pouring rain didn't keep thousandof volunteers fro honoring the sacrifice of ourns vete they laid wreaths at the headstones yesterday. volunteers laid down more