penelope said her statements were not true and she sent it out of anger and emotion when hegseth and second wife were going through a divorce. nbc news has not independently obtained the emails and has reached out to penelope hegseth for comment but has not heard back. the trump transition team slamming the reporting as an exercise to malign mr. hegseth. they added, "ms. hegseth quickly regretted her emotional statement. families argue and say regrettable things all the time." it comes after the army national guard officer turned fox news personality was chosen by trump as the nation's next secretary of defense. ahead of a lengthy confirmation process in the senate, hegseth faces scrutiny over comments he made earlier this month about women in the military. saying, they should not serve in combat roles. >> it hasn't made us more effective, hasn't made us more lethal, has made fighting more complicated. >> reporter: and over a 2017 sexual assault complaint, which he denies. no charges were ever filed, and authorities did not give a reason as to why. >> the matter was fully investigate

so how did you, penelope, work out? go deep on that. there wouldn't have been a i don't think there would have been a president ronald reagan without a without nancy. their love stories central to the movie and it's. central to their their their lives. the the the support and the strength that they drew from their love story. and it was a love story. it truly, truly was. you know, i can't begin to just say enough about it. and he wrote her love notes every day and i think they took their relationship taught me about like what relationships. were an example of someone that like eternal that works that true story you know you can't manufacture that i think she really the two of you had an amazing connection i have to say she was even i don't know if you penelope was sending up christmas cards, you and her merry christmas from the reagan and she channeled nancy. i mean it was like, wow. even the lunch line she was a channel nazi. you know, but but she was protecting you as when when when nancy was when she was on edwin. i felt the fear of

the new york times overnight publishing a 2018 email from penelope hegseth. she writes on behalf of all the women and i know it's many you have abused in some way, i say get some help and take an honest look at yourself. penelope had seth telling the times she apologized in another email and no longer stood by her comments. nbc news has not seen or obtained either email. the trump transition team responding overnight calling the report shameful and out of context. >> as far as the confirmation process for headset and the rest of the cabinet picks that is expected to begin in january once the new congress is sworn in. >> thank you very much. >>> breaking news on this weekend, the philadelphia airport is reporting a power outage it out. that includes airlines united delta and jetblue. no word on the cause. officials say passengers should be checking with their airlines. >>> more on the holiday travel. let's go to maggie vespa at chicago's o'hare airport. sometimes you don't want to go to chicago but philadelphia is where you don't want to be right now. what abo

penelope is in indiana on our line for democrats. good morning, penelope.elvin, go ahead. -- penelope, go ahead. caller: i put in the wrong number, i'm trying to change it. i'm waiting to put the number back up here. host: ok. debbie is in rochester, new york on our line for independents, good morning. caller: good morning. i think that trump should go straight to jail. i can't believe all of these people that are saying that joe biden should pardon trump. pardon him for what? he needs to go to jail. and all of these stupid people, it is really, really the shock of my life to hear these people think that that man is acceptable to be the president of the united states! what the hell is wrong with people? host: john is in california on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: fine. caller: i don't think biden should pardon trump at all. but the fact is trump didn't do anything wrong. if you people think paying somebody to keep their mouth shut for having sex with them is against the law, you are low information pe

. >> stephen: the photography is by penelope. has she done a lot of photography?take some pictures of you where we can see some meat. what you mean by that? [laughter] what you mean by that? spirit is about to say how does she work? is it better to work with so many are so comfortable with? >> javier: yeah! i felt her relax. she takes pictures in places where nobody else would take a picture of me. for example... the one in the shower. i want to point out that this is cbs in this photograph, can we have that back up their question lik this photograph is on the edge. it's on the verge. it's on the crack of what we are allowed to show. i've got to say, are you in your 50s? >> javier: i am 55. >> stephen: you work out? >> javier: i did a lot of weights before the photo. okay, put the water now. do i look relaxed enough? [laughter] of course. it's all fake. >> stephen: i understand that besides many of your other passions, you love heavy metal. okay, so what do you love about it? >> javier: i like the brotherhood of the heavy metal. i've been to so many concerts throu

penelope is in indiana on our line for democrats. good morning, penelope.vin, go ahead. -- penelope, go ahead. caller: i put in the wrong number, i'm trying to change it. i'm waiting to put the number back up here. host: ok. debbie is in rochester, new york on our line for independents, good morning. caller: good morning. i think that trump should go straight to jail. i can't believe all of these people that are saying that joe biden should pardon trump. pardon him for what? he needs to go to jail. and all of these stupid people, it is really, really the shock of my life to hear these people think that that man is acceptable to be the president of the united states! what the hell is wrong with people? host: john is in california on our line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: fine. caller: i don't think biden should pardon trump at all. but the fact is trump didn't do anything wrong. if you people think paying somebody to keep their mouth shut for having sex with them is against the law, you are low information peop

penelope hegseth wrote, stating she still loved him because that's what moms do.spect for my man that bullies, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. that's pretty much everyone nominated by trump. you are that man and have been for years, and as your mother it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth. what say you? >> i say you have to read what nbc news standard says you have to say. >> why don't i read it. >> why don't you. >> the initial e-mail was sent in 2018. mrs. hegseth said she disavowed and apologized in a follow up e-mail. >> but who knows you better than your mom because she birthed you, powdered that bottom so when she says that she knows you. >> but you don't need this e-mail from mom. >> you don't. >> it is the fact one off as a nominee with allegations like this against him, that is an issue on itself, to have a pattern of nominees who have credible accusations of this specific variety shows an absolute disregard for women, for a baseline standard of what would be just from basic vetting

penelope hegseth telling the times that after she wrote that email to her son, she immediately apologized to him in a subsequent email and she says she no longer stands by her comments. we should note that nbc news has not seen or obtained either of these emails . the trump transition team is continuing to stand by hegseth, stand by this pick by the president-elect, and they are calling this new york times report quote shameful and out of context. but alex, the big question now is whether this will have any impact on hegseth's confirmation. like i said, those are set to begin in january and he has so far been able to, as you will remember two weeks ago, he was on capitol hill talking to lawmakers, trying to smooth out any difficulties he may have during that confirmation process in january, but this is something else that those senators could bring up when those hearings to begin. >> 100%, it could definitely offer a new wrinkle. thank you for that. >>> right now, a powerful winter storm is dumping deep snow in the great lakes. in fact, some areas could get up to succeed in the coming hou

. >> penelope's realm. >> i'm glad to have a role. i am. i don't mind.xactly. but the other thing is too hard. the actual finding things that -- don't you think you should let people decide what they really want? do you still try? do you still try? >> are you a gift certificate guy? >> no. >> versus -- >> there's a new vacuum cleaner i have my eye on for penelope. >> good luck. >> exercise, peloton, no. no, no, no. i wish i could pick the jewelry out. i'm telling you, i wish i could. i wish i could. i wish i could, but i can't. >> do you still try? >> you let the other person choose the gift? >> yes. >> you just do cash? >> no. you can't do that you got to -- it's a very difficult ritual. like a mating -- like a courtship. let's go to the mall. what is it? let's go together. let's find. get exactly what you want. >> but there's no surprise to it. no surprise. >> all the surprises i've had in the past have been bad surprises. for about -- can you do it? you really can get something for -- that your wife would not want to take back? >> i try to find out wh

the "new york times" overnight publishing a 2018 email from penelope hegseth. his mother. she writes on behalf of all the women and i know it's many you have abused in some way i say get some help and take an honest look at yourself. she told the "times" she immediately apologized to her son in another email. and no longer stood by her comments. nbc news has not seen or obtained either email. the trump transition team responding overnight, calling the report shameful and out of context. now as far as the confirmation process for the president- elect's cabinet picks that's expected to begin in january. laura. >> thank you. >>> to the middle east now where that fragile ceasefire between israel and hezbollah appears to be holding days after it first went into effect. but there are claims of violations of the truce from both sides as a new round of fighting is now broken out elsewhere in that region. nbc's matt bradley is in beirut for us today with the late e. matt, good morning. >> reporter: good morning peter and now as you said that ceasefire, it's still holding. despite a

those are the daughters of penelope. you're down to $8,800, but still a close game, aaron, select., $1,600. aaron. what's "go ask alice"? yes. books of mormons, $1,200. answer, the other... [applause] you're back in the lead, but i don't know if you enjoyed the first one, aaron. what do you want to wager this time? let's get this money, honey. all of it. whoa! [crowd gasps] that surprised me. for everything, all the marbles--$10,400. here's your clue in the books of mormons... aaron? [sighs] what's... "the maze"? [beep] i'm sorry, no. "the maze runner." "the maze runner." is the title of the book. start building again. all right, triple i, $2,000, please. on a list of the elements in alphabetical order, it comes between iodine and iron. -rishabh. -what is iridium? -it is. -"i_i_i" for $1,600. -rishabh. -what is litigious? correct. uh, books of mormons for $800. [beep] shiara's a fairy. rishabh. triple i for $1,200. -aaron. -what is digitize? -right. -mottos, $800, please. -aaron. -what's "i like ike"? correct. women's organizations, $800, please. [beep] what is now, the national or

and these are your other two kids here, annabelle and penelope how are you guys feeling right now goode, that's what we want. that's what we want. we want good vibes. and look, i'm going to show you what we're seeing right here in this home stretch. we've got all the parades and floats that have come by. and then of course i'll present to you west virginia university marching band coming through and oh, i do see a little santa float there in the background as well. in this home stretch it's been raining, but one of the things that has changed in the last few minutes, it's actually a little light out right now. we've got the light at the end of the tunnel, the light at the end of the parade. it's rain, but it has not rained on. the spirit of this parade let's take a look at the band right now listen in and that's the west virginia marching band rolling through. we've seen different bands over the course of this. obviously they got flags as well. is this are you at the west virginia marching band? i'm the old guard director. oh, amazing. can you just tell us how you guys have been feelin