at the national cathedral, derrick ward, news4. >>> that is going to beool to see.t's going to take about three year 400,000 lego bricks to finish the model. if you want to build it,ll i cost you twoucks per brick. >>> we are in storm team 4 weatherlert mode. here's doug and amelia with your date night forecast. >> notur date night -- >> they're not dating. wait a minute. >> no. >> i got you. >> you, t viewer, your date night. >> way to go erika. stirring up trouble. >> our director scott had a good point. he goes iff you want to do date night or any night to go out it's alwaysue on aay because we've had something on, snow or rain, every weekend for what seeike the last year. this is no different. >> rain to north and west, and a bigger storm on sunday. i have my gng out clothes here at the station tonight because i knew we'd be tracking t storm and then date night with my husband. >> to go out with your husband. >> yes. >> out there right now, looking at r to the south, snow now, some sleet mixing in at times parts of our area. you see around the d.c. metro t areas

i just want to read a statement from the national cathedral of all places. the national cathedral. where america should be able to come together and pray together. the cathedral felt the no ed to put out a statement on this which said washington national cathedral was honored to host the service of senator john mccain. all organized by the family of the deceased. only a state funeral from a former president involves consultation with government officials. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any government official. the cathedral felt the need to come out and say we didn't need the president for this. may have needed a president to get a military plane to carry the casket and for transportation, but we didn't need the president for this. it goes to show, i think, the smallness of this discussion from the white house side. >> i guess that means that it's number 9,001 for those keeping track. i keep wondering what's the up side for the president politically in going continually after a dead american hero. you know so often we talk about the politicall

. >> the national cathedral telling nbc the washington national cathedral was honored to host the funeralervice for john mccain. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government oofficial. two days after senator mccain's death, family spokesman, rick davis, said this. >> the combined efforts of the trumped a m trump administration, secretary mattis and the military district washington are rel -- and we thank them for coming together quickly and playing together all the federal resources. >> i guess this was only on television, which the president watches relentlessly. i know you're a a baseball guy and i was thinking of yogi bearau's line if you don't go to other people's funerals, they won't go to yours. >> he's angry about fill in the blank. what was the first controversy of this president? the size at the inauguration. photographic evidence disproved his claims and it didn't matter. he stands in front of the wall of honor of people who have died in service of the cia and bragged. >> let's take a look. >> he's protective of me and that's what pe

the washington national cathedral is pushing back on a claim president trump made yesterday about the funeral for the late senator john mccain. president trump has been railing against mr. mccain for the last several days on twitter and in front of cameras. here's whate told a rally in ohio yesterday afternoon. >> i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this. i didn't get thank you, that's okay. hn sent him on the way, but i wasn't a fan of ccain. >>> the cathedral says that's not how it happened. in a statement released moments ago. it said, all funerals and memorial services at the cathedral are organized by the family of the deceased. only a state funeral for a former president involves consultation with government officis. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government official, end quote. the president gave an interview fox business network today where he talked about mr. mccain again. he sheys media keeps bringing him up, not the president. bute wentn to say, quote, he was

moments of the last couple of years was that day when john mccain was given a public service at national cathedralerican public life was there except for the president, who was out playing golf. and i'll never forget there was a picture that day of trump alone on a golf course, and then next to a picture of the national cathedral with all of these people celebrating john mccain. and when in our history has it been that the president of the united states couldn't go to a senator from his own party's funeral because the family didn't want him there? i mean, and there's just no doubt that that has infuriated trump ever since, that he was sort of left out of this national celebration. and remember that day. all of the speeches were about mccain's bipartisan record, what a great military person he was, what a great colleague he was in the senate, how he famously had a streak of forgiving people. remember he led our approach to vietnam after they tortured him for five years. and all of those speeches were seen as a rebuke to trump not because trump was ever mentioned in those speeches but because all of

. >> the national cathedral that hosted a funeral service for the late senator mccain,edrele a statement, saying only a state funeral for a former psident involves consultation with government officials. no funer at the ka recathedral needsapproval. >>> we're looking at march madness. >> maryland pulled out a two-point win over belmont, in the opening round of the ncaa me tour. the terps were down by six at halftime. then opened the second half with a 14-0 run on belmont. there were big points that swung in the half. the last second he fell short, and the terps pulled out the 79-77 win. the first tournent victory in three years. >> what a college basketball game. i tol the guys after the game, how cool is it to be part of something like this? and this time of year, where so anch is at stake, so many people care. d to come through like that with such a young team is a terrific day. >> now, the terps will be back on theow court tomo, taking on number three seed lsu. that's gng to be a good one. >> the coach went into the game confidenceof the rest of the first round games go down later tod

there was a memorial service held in the national cathedral, which you and i both were at. it was with the president and vice president, secretaries of state and defense. rev. jesse jackson gave a sermon. it's kind of spooky to me, but the date of that was september 11, 1998. prudence: i remember that vividly. john: three years before 9/11. prudence: three years. was a crisise around the world, the operations center steps up a crisis task force. the first question the crisis task force is asked is, where are the americans? what is the status of americans? one of the steno pads has the number of americans. the numbers kept shifting as time went on and they discovered more. it was typical of the kinds of data you will find among people. what is also quite typical after a tragedy is the diplomatic community at large, is that embassies will open up condolence letters to encourage members of the public to write letters of support, messages of hope. these are some of the condolence notes from our embassies around the world. at the time of the bombing, we had two members of our ma

t the national cathedral decides who lies there.what he did do is provide for a military transport, a band, for horses for the escort. he didn't take care of the whole thing and it's a bizarre claim to suggest that he did. but this is what we see time and time again. yes, mb cane is particularly under his skin. he has that war hero resume the president does not. and kellyanne conway's husband who has been publicly on twitter. and trump lass out time and time again, including today where he called him, i think the quote was a total hoozer. >> he called george conwau -- as i mensed a moment ago, he escalated his feud with conway. he called his advisor's husband a total wack job. >> i don't know him. he's a wack job. there's no question about it. but i really don't know him. i think he's doing a a tremendous disservice to a wonderful wife. kellyanne is a wonderful woman and i call him mr. kellyanne. the fact is he's doing a tremendous disservice to a wife and family. she's a wonderful woman. >> reminder that's the president of the unit

today the national cathedral in washington felt the need to point out, "no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government official." also today on "the view," meghan mccain read on air what her little sister bridget had shared online. >> she felt inclined to say and tweet this, "mr. trump, everyone doesn't have to agree with my dad or like him, but do i ask that you be decent and respectful. if you can't do those two things, be mindful. we only said good-bye to him almost seven months ago. even if you were invited to my dad's funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not the condolences. unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows." >> criticism of donald trump from members of his own party remains somewhat sparse. when asked if trump is being disrespectful, the senator from arizona who now occupies john mccain's seat in the senate and also happens to be a decorated military veteran, martha mcsally, said this -- >> there's a lot of disrespect going o

tonight the national cathedral is disputing a claim the president made yesterday regarding mccain'nal send off. >> i gave him the kind of uneral he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i didn't care aboutthis, i didn't get thank you that's okay. we sent him on the way but i wasn't a fan of john mccain. >> in a statement the natnal thedral said in part, quote, all funeral and memorial services at the cathedral are organized by the family of the deceased. ey went onto say no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval the president or any other government official. >>> maryland's overnor, larry hogan is escalating his attacks on the national park usrvice beca of this rocky stretch of road on the bw parkway. we've been talking about this for days. the governor says a state takeover could smooth out your commute. chris gordon has new reaction from the governor and the park service. >> this ker's b fender is one example of the toll the ng baltimore wasn parkway takes. >> i've had to change my tire at least two or three times driving those roads. i use it almost every day for wor

. >>> parents and teachers are trying to save national cathedral prep high school. the board says it's the lowest performing public charter school in the city. >>> to a on 4.you'll see first more than 900 students at central high in prince george's county are moving to a new school next year. >> it' because of a major renovation. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live for us with some parents a the school board member for the district, they're not supporting this plan. why, tracee? >> reporter: they have some concerns about the kids moving from this school to anoth school for an entire year, especially since it's just for hvac when these folks are saying there's more that needs done here. we've been watching cars driving in, pparing for an evening meeting where they'll learn more but we're hearing from folks saying they don't like the plan. central high studes are moving to forestville high in forestville next school year. >> i'm shocked. let me just say that. that's not a good thing. this is a neighborhood school for our kids. i don't know where

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. >> reporter: the national cathedral released a statement, contradicting the president's comments saying, quote, only a state funeral for a former president involves consultation with government officials. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government official. attorney for ivanka trump and jared kushner pushed back on claims saying they were not completely accurate but the prospect of the president's own family members were conducting government business over private communications raises questions whether the trump family learned any lessons from the 2016 campaign when they hammered hillary clinton over her e-mail use. wolf, getting back to this mueller report that everybody in washington is waiting for, i talked to an administration official a short while ago who said that the white house does expect to get some kind of heads up as to when the mueller report is come iing out but not a headp on the contents of that mueller report. we'll see how all of that plays out. we'll find out, it seems, as the white house is finding out as well. >> eve

today the national cathedral in washington felt the need to point out, "no funeral at the cathedral requiresdent or any other government official." also today on "the view," meghan mccain read on air what her little sister bridget had shared online. >> she felt inclined to say and tweet this, mr. trump, everyone doesn't have to agree with my dad or like him, but do i ask that you be decent and respectful. if you can't do those two things, be mindful. we only said good-bye to him almost seven months ago. even if you were invited to my dad's funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not the condolences. unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows. >> criticism of donald trump from members of his own party remains somewhat sparse. when asked if trump is being disrespectful, the senator from arizona who now occupies john mccain's seat in the senate and also happens to be a decorated military veteran, martha mcsally, said this -- >> there's a lot of disrespect going on out there all the way arou

. >> reporter: the national cathedral released a statement saying, only a state funeral for a former president involving consultation with government officials. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any other government official. getting back to the investigations on capitol hill, an attorney for ivanka and jared said they were not accurate. the prospect that the president's own family members were conducting government business over private communications raises questions about whether the trump family learned any lessons from the 2016 campaign when they hammered hillary clinton over her e-mail use. as for mueller investigation, when that wraps up with the mueller report, i talked to administration officials earlier this afternoon who said they expect some kind of heads up as to the timing of the release of the report but not the content. they expect bob mueller to play this by the book. >> thanks very much, jim acosta. let's talk more about the newest sources of conflict between the white house and the house democrats, including oversight committee c

. >> so, meanwhile the national cathedral is disputing the claim made by the president about approvingi endorsed him at his request and i gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this, i didn't get thank you. that's okay. we sent him on the way. but i wasn't a fan of john mccain. >> by the way, i want to note that was unprompted. there was not a question of him asked there. in a statement to nbc news a cathedral spokesman said all funerals and materials services at the cathedral are organized by the family of the deceased. only a state funeral of a president is needed for consultation. to funeral needs approval by the president or any government official. mccain's campaign manager made a statement back in august in which he thanked the white house for the federal resources that were devoted to the senator's funeral. >> john mccain's family continues to fire back at president trump over his attacks against their husband and father. in a rare public statement the senator's youngest daughter tweeted, everyone doesn't have to agree

delivering a up itting eulogy at his national cathedral service. no one will ever love you the way they loved my father. i wish i had been given more saturdays with him. maybe spend more with yours instead of obsessing over nine. and former wing man lindsey graham coming to mccain's defense posthumously, john mccain left us seven months ago. richard? >> in addition to this, that's the reaction right now from his statements via twitter on john mccain but also the defense of his statements to date about why nationalism and the accusations now of him not doing enough regarding the idea of white supremacy. you remember, president obama in '08 after being elected did not want to have to do it necessarily, had to come out and talk about race. is that something that this presidency is being asked to do? what is the talk right now? >> yeah. mick mulvaney acting chief of staff asked directly on the morning talk shows. whether the president would do that. mulvaney wouldn't commit either way pup get a sense that wasn't in the plans. put this in context. that

the national cathedral -- saying donald trump's lying.didn't approve mccain's funeral services. in a statement to nbc news, the cathedral says, "all funerals and memorial services at the cathedral are organized by the family of the deceased." only a state funeral for a former president involves consultation with governing officials -- no funeral, donald. hey, donald? hey, donald, that's right, i'm talking to you, donald, i'm talking to you -- >> he doesn't watch. >> every day. it's like -- it's like what the little boy says to his mother at the end of the "sixth sense," every day. every day. mika wouldn't understand the reference because she didn't see the "sixth sense." >> mika -- >> i saw the "godfathers." >> this weekend. >> yes, this weekend. >> what a movie. it goes on. >> not watching it. >> no funeral at the cathedral, none requires the approval of the president. you getting it, donald, or any other government official. that said, john meacham, even though donald trump had nothing to do with it being at the national cathedral, cind

about whether the ceremony is at the national cathedral, et cetera?e mccain funeral proceedings. but no president approves the funerals of members of congress. congress decides who lies in state. the washington national cathedral has oversight of what happens in their church. the services for mccain in arizona was done by the governor there. what the president did do was arrange for a military transport that would take mccain's casket from arizona to washington. he arranged for some of the horses and the bands and some of the procession that came with it. he did play a small role in the proceedings but certainly didn't give the funeral to john mccain. he certainly shouldn't expect a thank you from the late senator. and more than that, in illuminates how mccain mab persistently under his skin and he is unable to let any slight go, even in in case seven or more months after mccain passed away. >> jon meacham, he was talking about him in present tense. attacking him in present tense. >> more disturbing. >> to a very quiet audience, who was horrified by w

we might say, from meghan mccain, whos of delivered that moving eulogy to her father at the national cathedral just after the senator was afforded the privilege of lying in state at the u.s. capitol. other republicans had been on twitter today criticizing the president. notably know elected representatives, no members of congress yet that i have seen from the republican party have come to his defense. kend kendis? >> mike viqueira at the white house. our thanks to you. joining me now is ned price, msnbc national security analyst and former national security council spokesman for president obama and daniel alonso, managing director and general counsel and katie fang, msnbc legal contributor. welcome to all of you. you tweeted that it seemed as if the white house was on fire this morning. what do you make of all the tweets about john mccain? >> well, i think it's a fairly safe assumption that donald trump didn't go to church to repent for the sin tweeting out about a man who has passed away who was a patriot who served his country and died strtragically cancer. there is nothing holy left for don

. >> the splendor of national parks and lands are poems waiting to be written by each new visit aror. from the cathedrals of the rockies to the quiet glades in old growth of the appalachians. it's here in the parks we have the promise of stepping out of the hubbub of our chattering daily routine. that was the kind of serenity meredith sought in the north georgia mountains, not more than foothills for a woman who loved to trail-climb her native rockies. it was 2008 when she sat out with her dog ella. her roommate julia from her college days had slept in that morning. >> she had left me a little note on the chalk board, taking ella. went hiking. not where, not when, not when i'll be back. it wasn't really anything out of the ordinary. >> meredith, like roomy julia, was a dog person. she doted on ella, her black lab mix since finding her at a rescue shelter. >> she had two dogs growing up and one of her own. so we talked about it and she decided what she wanted, definitely wanted to rescue a doeg. finally found one loved her and brought her home. really it was the light of her life. >> julia the roommate di