i'll ask republican senator rob portman of ohio. >>> and did former national security adviser michaellynn just cut a deal to cooperate with the mueller probe and what could that mean for the russia investigation? joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news correspondent katy tur, hugh houston, host on the salem radio network, heather mcgee and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. i hope everyone is having a safe and healthy thanksgiving weekend. there are moments in the past half century when as americans we've been forced to re-examine our attitudes and ourselves, vietnam, civil rights, gay rights. in politics, we're facing the crucible of sexual harassment. our revulsion at what we've learned and our uncertainty about what to do about it going forward. is it time to demand the renation of all politicians accused of sexual harassment. -- than to have the other party win an election? wh

i will ask republican senator rod portman of ohio. and then former national security adviser, michael flynn, did he just cut a deal to cooperate with the mueller probe and what can that mean for the russia investigation? joining me for insight and analysis are katy tur, hugh hewitt. host of the salem radio network. heather mcgee and "washington post" columnist michael gersen. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. i hope everyone is having a safe and healthy thanksgiving weekend. there are moments where as americans we have been forced to examine our attitudes and ourselves, vietnam, civil rights, gay rights. in politics we are facing sexual harassment. revulsion in what we have learned and uncertainty of what to do going forward. is it time to demand resignations of those accused of harassment? is it better to support an accused child molester of your own party than to have the other par

we welcome back senator rob portman of ohio. he is a member of the finance committee. here, senator. sen. portman: good to be with you. david: we have become amateur experts in this, as it were. you have a fairly narrow margin. 52 republican votes in the senate. you perhaps lost one yesterday in senator johnson. we are told he is a pretty firm no. do you believe so? sen. portman: he has concerns about how we are dealing with the pass-through companies, which is about half of the employees in america are employed by companies that are taxed at the individual level. smaller businesses, llcs and so on. those companies get a substantial tax break to encourage more investment in jobs, so it is something of the national federation of independent businesses endorsed, yesterday. i do think it helps in terms of the economy. it makes our company's, globally which makes our workers competitive globally and provides considerable tax relief which democrats and republicans have said they like. i think we will get it on to the floor and of the end of the day, i think we will get it p

earnings trapped overseas and that will help the economy a lot and increase revenues. >> senator rob portman of ohio're out of time. great to have you here. >> thanks for having me on. >> roy moore taking off the gloves, two weeks away from the election in alabama. the senate election there. he is now railing against what he calls dirty politics. booking a flight at the last minute doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40%. just tap and go... for the best savings on flights, go to priceline. we that's why at xfinityic. we've been working hard to simplify your experiences with us. now with instant text and email updates you'll always be up to date. you can easily add premium channels so you don't miss your favorite show. and with just a single word, find all the answers you're looking for. because getting what you need should be simple, fast, and easy. download the xfinity my account app or go online today. >>> all right. good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. here we go, a big morning for the presiden

senator portman of ohio has provided leadership on heroin and opioids. is on her mind. portman and waters. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: -- taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get to the bloomberg business flash. the surprising turn of events in the proxy fight between proctor and gamble and the billionaire investor. the battle and has been elected to the png board. shares rose after the announcement. spotify ramping up its presence in the u.k.. they're moving to a new office in london to double the workforce in the next 2 years. they will add research and development staff to the current 200 member workforce. that is your bloomberg business flash. tom: greatly appreciated. bernstein,r with d of wealth and business strategies. we had a chart earlier that showed high-yield and the frequency of these pullbacks. price goes down, yields come up, people in bowties go stupid, and it starts over. this will show you where we are now. this is a high-yield atf. down we go, 2 standard up.ations than we level how do you stay in the market given the volatil

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extend it from that to further airing of these matters, not just within the federal government but in society at large. and rob portman, senator rob portman of ohio is the chair of the relevant senate committee, and he should be holding hearings on this so that we tell a national story that reflects on this watershed moment that we have and it's also very, very important, i think part of lead leadership, to avoid conflation. we've had a terrible problem of conflation. roy moore should not be mentioned in the same sentence with any of these other people, because he stands credibly accused of molesting children. all the others, the other three dozen, whatever horrible things they did, it did not involve children. if we don't keep that distinction, i think we'll have a real problem. >> i mean, the moore campaign, or potentially republicans i guess -- here's the thing. there is a lot of conflation. those in congress who are accused of inappropriate behavior at the very least. and they stay in congress. is that a way for republicans in 2018 to go about the, what about-ism route for roy moore? yeah, roy moore's in office but democrats are protecting al

rob portman of ohio is a member of the finance committee. an from capitol hill. good to have you. >> good to be on with you. david: explain exactly what kevin was talking about, to what extent from your point of view, is tax reform different today than it was two days ago? >> it is different and i think the difference is there should be more focused on getting things done. that is what people want to see the republican majority do and that is what they want to see the democrats do as well, including cutting the middle tax , and i think it should help us get this done. today, how will this differ from what we have seen on the house side and why is very different approach from the senate? >> it will be unusually close, we have worked with the house and white house to make sure the structure is the same. everybody has agreed on the middle class tax cuts, and ensuring that we make companies more competitive because it comes down to the workers. everybody has agreed we need to lower rates on small businesses, these are the pass-through companies,

. >>> republican senator rob portman of ohio is a member of the senate finance committee and he's with. senator, >> good morning. >> so it's just we laid out two republicans already, how do you see the bills changing? >> i think about 90% of the republicans have said they are supportive of it. in fact, strongly supportive. we have some folks looking at various aspects. they all want middle class tax cuts, they all want simplifications. in something this complicated, there are going to be differences, but i feel confident we'll come together. >>> one of the interesting things is if you address some of the concerns that some of the senators like ron johnson have, which is to help these businesses which account for 90% of businesses in this country. dow that, but then you add to the deficit and you lose some of your republicans who are, of course, deficit hawks. how do you find compromise on that? >> with the, you're right. there's a balance here. but i will say among those companies that are called pass through companies, and it is the majority of companies in our country and they employ

what has been the response, for example, senator portman of ohio to our new heroin opiod czar? think kellyanne conway worked with the folks in the administration on these issues and i wouldn't count her out in terms of her passion on this issue in particular and of terms of uniting the right on this. this is no question it's an opportunity for lawmakers in both parties to come together to address this national crisis. and we saw it the other week with what president trump did. but you know, look, tiing it to immigration, it's a bit more of a partisan issue but something can agree something has to be done on opiod addiction. tom: thank but the titanic tax bill update. coming up, two things that michael mckey will talk about, marvin goodfriend of mar neegy melon and then we make note of an important interview, michael mckey and loretta mester. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is bloomberg surveillance, i'm taylor riggs. to business flash. credit swiss will distribute half its net income primarily through share buybacks and dividend. credit swiss says it is confident it will beat

but the voters of alabama will have to decide this thing. >> bill: thank you, sir, for your time today. rob portman back in ohiolater today. thank you. >> sandra: breaking news coming in on hundreds of people today because of an earthquake. a live report straight ahead. it can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. it keeps your insights from prying eyes, so they're used by no one else but you. it. is. the cloud. the ibm cloud. the cloud that's designed for your data. ai ready. secure to the core. the ibm cloud is the cloud for business. yours. why did you take credit card debt on? second kid. private school. medical bills. moving costs. solid ground. a personal loan from sofi is a smart way to consolidate credit card debt. certain borrowers cut their credit card interest rates 42% and increased credit scores 17 points on average. borrow up to $100,000 with low rates and no hidden fees. find your rate in just two minutes, and take on your debt at sofi.com. >> bill: the legendary gossip columnist liz smith passed away at the age of

we're going to be bouncing this off of ohio senator rob portman. that, google is facing another antitrust fine by the european union. gerri willis with the latest. i've heard this kind of european plan before, but update me on this one. >> let me tell you, it's just fine after fine after fine. the european union reportedly preparing in the next few weeks to fine google over its multibillion dollar advertising empire which the e. u. says throttles competition. the fine would be the second levied against the american tech company in five months. in june google was ordered to pay $2.4 billion euros for abusing its internet search monopoly to promote its online shopping service. the stock tumbled that week as a result. now, the second fine against google, if levied, would be for abusing the dominance of what is called ad sense. that's google's advertising network. the commission alleges that google's contracts with other web sites broke antitrust law by preventing them from using other firms' advertising networks within those web site search results. t

. >> the chair of the senate finance committee, orrin hatch, outlined the tax form proposal followed by iowa's chuck grassley another finance republicans including ohio's rob portman who is a former director of the office of management and budget. this is t about 40 minutes. >> today i'm releasing the marks for the senate version of the tax cuts and jobs back. legislation that is a combination of years of effort to reform our nation's tax code. we have been at this a long time in today's markups or today's marks significant step forward in this effort. we refer to this document as a german smart it is really been a group effort with significant input from all the republican members of the finance committee. and great work from all of our staff. i want to think everyone involved with their hard work as well as their feedback, perspective and advice and ideas. the last time congress enacted a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code back in 1986, president reagan famously noted that the american people would finally have a tax code they could be proud of and in 1986 that was likely true. at that time updates to the tax code were necessary to keep pace with the technol

one senator after the next are jumping ship, rob portman with governor john kasic of ohio the latestrning. take a listen. >> i have to say i think the accusations have more credibility than the defile. it would be best if roy would step aside. luther strange would be a strong candidate for a write inn. a write inn is difficult. face it there is no easy solution to this. we should consider a write-in. >> i was informed in the beginning he's too divisive of a person to go to the senate. look there's a growing list of people that think he ought to step aside and not be the standard bearer. this is not a criminal case or anything like that. it's if you're going to be the candidate for the party and these kinds of things come out and there's so many people now in alabama saying yeah, we believe her and you have growing numbers of republicans like john mccain, mitt romney, john kasic saying he should step aside of course he should. >> reporter: i spoke with two more officials this morning and no indication that roy moore will be jumping out of the race. he's defiant. he's been removed as t

because the house bill would reduce the value of stloal deductions by 70% while the senate bill eliminates it entirely. my friend from ohio, senator portman, confirmed that a few days ago on fox business. so this should be a three-alarm fire for every house republican in california, new york, new jersey, virginia, washington, illinois, colorado, minnesota. senate republicans are telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it's full repeal for bust, because senate republicans need the revenue raised by ending this popular middle-class deduction. there are several deficit hawks in the senate. we have stricter budget rules for reconciliation. if the senate tax plan includes cuts to the corporate rate, the pass-through rate and on upper tax brackets which dramatically increase the deficit, they will need the revenue of full repeal, state and local, to make the numbers work. so i say to every one of my republican colleagues in the house who come from a suburban district, this bill could be your political doom. don't let the special interests, don't let the party leadership push you into doing somethi

because the house bill would reduce the value of stloal deductions by 70% while the senate bill eliminates it entirely. my friend from ohio, senator portman, confirmed that a few days ago on fox business. so this should be a three-alarm fire for every house republican in california, new york, new jersey, virginia, washington, illinois, colorado, minnesota. senate republicans are telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it's full repeal for bust, because senate republicans need the revenue raised by ending this popular middle-class deduction. there are several deficit hawks in the senate. we have stricter budget rules for reconciliation. if the senate tax plan includes cuts to the corporate rate, the pass-through rate and on upper tax brackets which dramatically increase the deficit, they will need the revenue of full repeal, state and local, to make the numbers work. so i say to every one of my republican colleagues in the house who come from a suburban district, this bill could be your political doom. don't let the special interests, don't let the party leadership push you into doing somethi

of sexual harassment. allegations he denied. crs and ohio senator rob portman. watch at 10:30 on the channel you're watching right now, nbc 4. >>> take you outside for a live lock on this saturday. the sun is bright. but it's cold. a chilly start. we'll check in with lauren ricketts with what you need to know as you plan to head out, maybe do a little small business shopping. >>> then a shark looking for more than a turkey leg, seems on thanksgiving. details on a >>> making your way out the door maybe to shopping. small business saturday. temperatures climbing to the 30s and 40s topping out around 60. may need a jacket this morning, in fact you will, but then can leave it in the car after lunchtime. mild continuing into the afternoon. plenty of sunshine out there today. we have changes for tomorrow. before we get out of this weekend, big drop in temperatures. going to be talking about that swing in temperatures not only for tomorrow, the rest of the workweek coming up in three minutes. >> see you in three minutes, ricketts. thanks. >>> new fallout for veteran jo

ohio senator rob portman. he spoke about why he's in favor of the plan. this is 20 minutes. >> the president, i don't know where to begin. i want to talk a little about the tax reform proposal, but start by responding to my colleague from maryland,s and he is a colleague and friend and you must be talking about a different tax proposal than we're talking about because so much of what he said, frankly, is know the consistent with the legislation that i've seen the house proposing and certainly not consistent with the legislation we're talking about over here in the senate. let me start with his claim that there's 1.5 trillion dollar tax cut for big corporations. that's simply not true and you know, you can look at the house proposal because it's now out. you can see the fact that it does have tax relief, and it targeted middle class families. he's right about the fact that it has a lower rate for our multinational businesses, but he also knows that our current system is absolutely broken and what's occurring is precisely what would occur if we change the c

of the guys. dagen: suits are too tight and pant legs are too short. jon: worst than skate board, uncomfortably tight suits. maria: ohio senator portman is here. use newt gringrich and tony hawk as you heard, you don't want to miss a moment of it all coming up in the hour ahead. first, though, all eyes on the federal reserve and governor jarome powell, fed chair nominee said to appear before banking committee for confirmation hearing, one to have least contentious hearings for fed chair nominee since financial crisis. joining me right now is former philadelphia federal reserve president charles, charles, good to see you. >> great to be with you, maria. maria: what are you expecting the questions to be and the tone to be today at the hearing which kicks off at 9:45 with your former colleague jay powell will be on the hot seat? >> i think it'll be pretty calm. jay has a track record and served the fed well in the last five or six years, stand on lots of things are well articulated in speeches and voting behaviors. he was appointed to be a safe choice and i think that's what we will see more of. maria: go ahead. >> some hard questions it'll be int

the spectrum, not just big entities like the koch brothers, the local chamber of commerce in ohio, where senator rob portman sees familiar faces every time he goes home. they're all saying, what am i buying, if you guys can't get anything done, we love that health care bill, we sent you there and we gave you the keys. >> if you're saying what are they buying, maybe rob portman shouldn't have endorsed a president who was against nafta. rob portman has spent his entire life in politics as a free trade advocate. so maybe when you make a deal with the devil, this is what you get. >> but they don't -- my point is they don't exist in a vacuum. zp >> this tax bill is already bad and getting worse, we already have a bill that disproportionately negative lly affects the poorest of americans, and guess what, the two republican holdouts aren't fighting for a bigger child tax credit, what they're fighting for is an even bigger distribution to the companies they think are driving the economy and creating jobs. over 60% of that income goes to the top 1% of america. this is a bill, it's almost as if the delusion has sprea

portman. the ohio senator rob portman. crunching the numbers, a lot ofg down the timeline here because there is very little time to get this all done. very, very little time. it is doable, but it is an uphill climb. >> neil: all right come up perspective on this, because he is the smartest of the smart. bob, i talked to rob portman. his aggressive deadline, thinks he can get done at the end of the year, but i keep looking at all these things that you point out to me that have to be done as well. i do not know. what do you think? >> a lot to be done, neil. that to fund the government, dispute between the parties over the dreamers, and i'll be part of the spending package. on taxes though on this bill, republicans have momentum. it is not something that is been said a lot this year, but it passed the house rather easily. they will not get any democratic votes, so it's all up to the publicans in the senate, and that election in alabama, it actually helps republicans, because they know they have to get it done soon, because number one, doug jones could when

retirement benefits of church, charity, school, and government employees, including firefighters, police officers, and teachers. i appreciate very much that my colleague from ohio, senator portman, has cosponsored this amendment. mr. president, we are in the midst of a retirement crisis in this country. according to the nonpartisan center for retirement research, there is a $7.7 trillion gap between the savings that american households need to maintain their standard of living in retirement and what they actually have. as americans are living longer, seniors are in danger of outliving their savings or of no longer being able to enjoy the comfortable retirement they once had envisioned. we must do everything that we can to encourage people to save more for retirement, not less. employees of churches, charities, schools, and local governments are generally paid less than their counterparts who are working for for-profit businesses, and thus, they are less able to save for their retirement, especially early in their careers. accordingly, there are special catchup rules that allow these employees to contribute additional amounts near the end of their careers when they are likely to

. >> the chair of the senate finance committee, orrin hatch, outlined the tax form proposal followed by iowa's chuck grassley another finance republicans including ohio's rob portman who is a former director of the office of management and budget. this is t about 40 minutes. >> today i'm releasing the marks for the senate version of the tax cuts and jobs back. legislation that is a combination of years of effort to reform our nation's tax code. we have been at this a long time in today's markups or today's marks significant step forward in this effort. we refer to this document as a german smart i

of sexual harassment. allegations the now justice denied. conversations with house minority leader nancy pelosi also and ohio senator rob portman. watch right here on nbc 4 starting at 10:30 tomorrow. >>> time now on this saturday, 6:11. a live look outside. still dark but a beautiful, if not cold, start to your saturday. we're going to get a check with lauren ricketts, tracking it all, let you know what you need to know before you head out and perhaps maybe do some small biz shopping. >>> and a shark looking for more than a turkey leg on thanksgiving. details on what is atck when "news4 today" ta a degree or two heading through 7:00 a.m. heading out shopping early on this saturday morning, the sun coming up right after 7:00, and then beautiful as we go through the day. plenty of sunshine. temperatures warming up. it's going to be a warm one out there today. et temperature will go and when the next chance is rain is, coming up in a few minutes. >> lauren, see you then. >>> new fallout for veteran charlie rose in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. two universities stripped rose of honors given to him including the univers

of senators portman, value hollen, warren and wyden. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator ohio. mr. portman: i ask unanimous consent for six additional full-access floor passes to be you a equally divided between the minority and majority leaderser majority for the following staffers, randy herndon, zach rdasel, ryan abraham, adam coroso, and sarah snyder. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: tonight i want to talk about an opportunity we have before us here in the united states senate and that is for tax reform that can truly help our economy and help the middle-class families we represent. it's a once-in-a-generation opportunity. the last time we reformed our opportunity in any substantial way was 31 years ago. ronald reagan was president. pete rose was still playing for the cincinnati reds. that's how long ago it was. but that 1986 tax reform gave our economy a much-needed shot in the arm and it led to more jobs and higher wages in the 1980's and 190's. now 31 years later after a decade of disappointing growth and flat wages, we need that shot in the arm ag

senator portman revealingly, a republican from ohio, told politico that moore's going to be for tax reform, i think. which is really apparently all that matters. a number of senators, rand paul and ted cruz, have officially and proactively endorsed moore. tonight "the washington post" reports moore stands accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl. while moore denies the allegation there's an open schedule whether conservatives will find this a bridge too far. while ted cruz appeared on sidestep the issue this afternoon, there are those in the conservative media who are so invested in a roy moore win, they will say things like this. >> he was apparently like 32. and he dated -- one girl was 18, one girl was 17, and they never said he did -- there's no sexual -- there's kissing involved. and then they're saying this one encounter with a 14-year-old -- >> and it was consensual. >> and consensual, that's true. and there's, you know -- i just -- i don't know how you find out the truth. >> betsy woodruff, "the daily beast." kurt bardello, former breitbart spokesperson, joining me now. betsy, i anticipated a fake news attack. i anticipated deny, deny, deny, "washi

of ohio. one was a family in stubenville ohio. this legislation would help them. speak briefly on this new legislation in the chairman's mark today. >> certainly, senator portman. der general tax principles and feature of the internal revenue code is forgiveness of any debt is considered an increase in income. what your legislation would do would be in the situation where more generally where a student had student loan. often they are cosigned by a parent or guardian and they die. by having cosigned or guaranteed the debt, that would become if the loan is forgiven as is often done on the death of the student that becomes forgiveness of indebtedness to the guarantor, so to the parent. and they would otherwise have taxable income. and your legislation would make an exception from the general rule in that situation. >> well, again, i think this is just common sense. it's, again, an example of some of the changes in the chairman's mark last night that are bipartisan, that are broadly supported in this committee and will improve the legislation. thank you. >> thank you. our next person will be senator warner. >> mr. chairman, i'm not going to try to maybe get as exci

ohio senator rob portman. he spoke about why he's in favor of the plan. this is 20 minutes. >> the president, i don't know where to begin. i want to talk a little about the tax reform proposal, but start by responding to my colleague from maryland,s and he is a colleague and friend and you must be talking about a different tax proposal than we're talking about because so much of what he said, frankly, is know the

state of ohio, who now unfortunately is often in the position because of our tax code of being incentivized to move production overseas, how does this legislation change that incentive? >> senator portman, in our analysis in part to produce the revenue estimates and for initiating our macro economic analysis required by congress, we see multiple incentives in the bill, not all of which necessarily go in the same direction. a lower -- the increased cost recovery in the united states, 100% bonus depreciation as a clear incentive for both domestic investors and foreign investors to invest in the united states. >> let's stop there for a second. let's say that you are a company that is finding the market expanding and want to increase production. trite now let's say you produce globally. let's say that company is headquartered in japan like honda, that has a huge facility in ohio. in fact, the biggest auto complex in ohio, i guess, most workers is honda. how do your incentives change in terms of whether you decide to invest in japan, in china, germany, or in the united states based on what you just said? >> the expensing provision by itself, absent other changes, immediately makes the unite

it is complicated. 30% of their income is the way it comes out i think it's 50/50. i thought it would pass at first. rob portman from ohioinst a. train do he didn't want to be deficit neutral, >> when johnson came out -- neil: he was against it. >> it's not that fixable. neil: you don't think to be satisfied? transfer unless they change the subchapter s., which he wants them to get the same tax treatment. >> we are good with the corporate tax cut. they've given people enough reason to vote no. that's why i worry this won't happen. the markets disagree. trade to you or no slave to markets you are the walrus. transfer by the way, oldman saxes been ruined before. but they are huge keynesians, too. maybe they think trump -- maybe they are basing it -- maybe they are thinking it's going to get through the infrastructure package. neil: well, that is next. transfer by the way, gary khan, number two goldman sachs is now trumps right hand. trade you thank you, my friend. charlie gasparino. nfl commissioner roger goodell. connell mcshane is extended to other folks as well. transfer is another one. the cowboys owner just said after

of my time. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, i don't know where to begin. i want to talk a little about the tax reform proposal but start by responding to my colleague from maryland, and he is a colleague and a friend, and say he must be talking about a different tax reform proposal than we're talking about, because so much of what he said, actually, is not consistent with the legislation that i have seen the house proposing and certainly not consistent with the legislation we're talking about over here in the senate. let me start with his claim that there is a $1.5 trillion tax cut for big corporations. that's simply not true. and, you know, you can look at the house proposal because it's now out. you can see the fact that it does have tax relief. it has tax relief targeted at middle-class families. he is right about the fact that it has a lower rate for our multinational businesses, but he also knows that our current system is absolutely broken, and what's occurring is precisely what he is suggesting might occur if

state of ohio, who now unfortunately is often in the position because of our tax code of being incentivized to move production overseas, how does this legislation change that incentive? >> senator portman, in our analysis in part to produce the revenue estimates and for initiating our macro economic analysis required by congress, we see multiple incentives in the bill, not all of which necessarily go in the same direction. a lower -- the increased cost recovery in the united states, 100% bonus depreciation as a clear incentive for both domestic investors and foreign investors to invest in the united states. >> let's stop there for a second. let's say that you are a company that is finding the market expanding and want to increase production. trite now let's say you produce globally. let's say that company is headquartered in japan like honda, that has a huge facility in ohio. in fact, the biggest auto complex in ohio, i guess, most workers is honda. how do your incentives change in terms of whether you decide to invest in japan, in china, germany, or in the united states based on what you just said? >> the expensing provision by itself, absent other changes, immediately makes the unite

of course, it's "meet the press." chuck todd is going to have an exclusive interview with anita hill this morning and will also talk with house minority leader nancy pelosi and ohio senator rob portman. he's going to join us right here on news4 a bit later this hour, and you can see "meet the press" at 10:30 right here on "news4 today." >>> well, we have some new and horrific details emerging about friday's terror egypt mosque. more than 300 people died. nbc's bill neely is in cairo, where people have little doubt that isis was behind all this. i want to warn you that some of this video may be difficult to watch. >> reporter: this was a massacre of the innocent. 27 children killed, others injured, and like so many here, traumatized. survivors describe the screams as more than 300 people were killed. the chief cleric of the mosque saw a terrifying stampede. the gunmen, he said, were firing at anyone who breathed. a local teacher told nbc news the gunfire lasted 45 minutes. authorities say up to 30 gunmen were firing through all the windows and doors. there was no way out. [ sirens ] isis has yet to claim the attack, but it's the only group in sinai capable of mobilizing 30 gunmen, wh