she sat down with our ron allen and explained that she was so happy thee just had to bust a move. >> how are you? >> i'm fine! >> oh, it's so nice to see you. >> reporter: it was a moment of pure joy. virginia mclaurin, 106 years young finally getting her chance to meet president obama. >> she's 106th. >> no, are you not. >> you are not 106. >> reporter: grandma virginia as she's affectionately known danced and giggled and celebrated every moment. why did you want to meet the president so much? >> after i found out it was a black think that that would ever happen, and i really wanted to meet him. >> reporter: when mclaurin was born in 1990 taft was the president, the american flag had 46 stars, a loaf of bread cost a nickel. she grew up a sharecropper's daughter in segregated south carolina and now lives on public assistance three miles but a very long way from the oval office. >> a black president. >> look at him! right there. >> a black wife. >> that's me. >> reporter: the moment went viral, 9 million views the first five hours. >> i asked where were the kids and they said they cou

a move sure to set off a massive legal lester. >> ron allen, thank you. today in the fight over the future of the supreme court. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said there will be no vote or even any hearings before the election on anyone president obama nominates to preplace scalia. several key republicans said they wouldn't even meet with an obama nominee. also today, a letter from the supreme court's doctor revealed that scalia suffered from coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes, and other ailments that likely contributed to his death. >>> we're learning new details about the michigan uber driver accused in a deadly shooting rampage. he's charged with killing six people, apparently at random, though the motive remains a mystery. and now the parents of a 14-year-old girl critically wounded in the attack are speaking out. we get more from nbc's ron mott in kalamazoo. >> she is fighting for her life. >> reporter: a parent's anguish in full view. their daughter, 14-year-old abigail kopf, one of two survivors of this weekend's shooting wounded a

ron allen, nbc news, the white house. >>> that will do it for us on a monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> some break news right now a high-speed chase ends in an arrest. another suspect remains on the loose tonight. we will have a live report from the scene plus... >> every single day something come out of the cruz campaign deceptive and untrue. >> on the eve of the silver state erepublican caucus two candidates are getting after each other. news 4 will have a live report still ahead. >> and northern nevada elementary school was vandalized over the weekend. why this is not the first time >> guess what? we have a great weekend and a snowfall chance. we will talk about it all after this. stay with us. >>y are watching news 4 nightly on your side. in high definition. >> good evening break news. >> chase with police has just end knee the grand sierra resort in reno. news 4 madison corney is there live and it started in carson city. >> reporter: good evening joe and we have not been able to talk to law enfor

nbc's ron allen tells us more. >> reporter: president obama insists the prisoners at guantanamo bay damages america's reputation, costs too much and helps terrorists recruit. >> it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. >> reporter: right now 91 prisoners remain, including the september 11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. he would send as many as 60 prisoners to prisons and locations to be >> this morning i heard president obama talk about gitmo, we're keeping open. >> reporter: gitmo has not produced a single verdict, 14 years, 100 detainees and while convicted hundreds of terrorists and locked them away. incidents. we've managed it just fine. reese who lost her son joshua on september president on most things except closing guantanamo. >> you will delay justice probably all of my lifetime, and i don't think it's fair. i don't think it's right and i don't think that is the american way of justice. >> reporter: faced with so much congressional opposition, the president may decide to try to use executive authorit

nbc's ron allen tells us more. >> reporter: president obama insists guantanamo bay damages reputation, costs too much, and helps terrorists recruit. >> it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. >> reporter: right now, 91 prisoners remain, including alleged september 11th mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. mr. obama's new plan would transfer detainees abroad but send as many as 60 to u.s. prisons, locations to be determined. republicans on the campaign trail agree. >> this morning, i watched president obama talking about gitmo, right? guantanamo bay. which, by the way, we are keeping open. >> reporter: mr. obama says gitmo has not produced a single verdict. 14 years, 800 detainees. while u.s. courts have convicted hundreds of terrorists and locked them away. >> there have been no incidents. we've managed it just fine. >> reporter: judith reese who lost her son joshua on september 11th, agrees with thement on most things, except closing guantanamo. >> you will delay justice probably all of my lifetime, and i d

ron allen, nbc news, the white house. >>> that will do it for us on a monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. con't vo==conds ==jess//take right now at six. sheriff lori smith talking about the changes coming to they jail - this as we get an exclusive look into the maximu security wing.. ====short open=== ===jess//2-shot=== thanks for joining us. i'm jessi aguirre.= coincidence... starting now, inmates to file a sier for >>> i'm jessica augeri. >> i'm rob maiorathi. >> three guards stand trail for a deadly prison beating. we're joined from the county jail with the exclusive behind the scenes access, robert? >> reporter: raj, it is a rare look inside the area but we got a chance to see inside the unit because possible solutions to the public criticism are also taking place there. >> where we headed to? >> reporter: there is very little of the jail operation the public gets to see, especially in the maximum security wing but that limited scrutiny led to public accusations some guards abuse inmates and inmates can

steve. >> ron allen at the white house. pete williams, as ron is saying this is an issue that's been out there this entire obama presidency. here we are in the last year and the president stepping forward i guess with this plan today. let me ask you about that specific issue that ron is raising there. if you close guantanamo, if you ship some of the inmates overseas but deem others you can't ever release them, you have to bring them back into the united states can you just throw them in a prison in the united states? do you need to have trials? how would that work? >> reporter: you could certainly keep them in military custody in the united states just as they are in military custody in guantanamo bay. the supreme court has already said they have some legal rights in guantanamo bay by virtue of the u.s. control. the problem here is the one ron identified. it's illegal to bring them to the u.s. congress has explicitly banned it ever since 2009 when the obama administration said it wanted to bring guantanamo detainees to a lar

>> reporter: ron allen, nbc news, the white house. >>> that will do it for us on a monday night. lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >>> bad news for quickeisha in court. but plenty of support from demi and taylor. so why does demi have a problem with swift's actions? then

>> reporter: ron allen, nbc news, the white house. >>> that will do it for us on a monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. several abnormally dry, warm weeks along the front range, a fast-moving winter storm is headed our way, this time it should make it down the hill and bring much-needed moisture to the denver area. however, it is expected to be in the form of snow overnight which could complicate the drive tomorrow morning. along now. but a significant change. >> absolutely, very dry around here with above average temperatures, as you mentioned. because it has been warm, we may see initially rain from the storm system, something we are tracking on radar north of the city. rain with snow outside fire stone and boulder, showers from the northwest towards the southeast and all snow around golden, evergreen, boulder, and mead. we expect this to be 1-3 inches of snow overnight, could slow the drive in the morning. winter weather and travel advisories remain for the high country resorts and arteries in and out of high country.

nbc's ron allen tells us more. >> reporter: president obama insists the prisoners at guantanamo bay damages america's reputation, costs too much and helps terrorists recruit. >> it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. >> reporter: right now 91 prisoners remain, including the september 11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed. he would send as many as 60 prisoners to

as nbc's ron allen shows us, the historic visit will end more than a half century of enstrangement. >> these 50 years have shown isolation has not worked. it's time for a new approach. >> reporter: warming relations began after a face-to-face meetings between president obama and president raul castro. they began announcing in 2015 that they would normalize ties. >> over time it is possible for us to turn the page and develop a new relationship between our two countries. >> reporter: last august the american embassy was reopened and u.s. flag raised in havana. since then secretary of state john kerry has traveled to the island. and just this week u.s. and cuban officials signed a deal to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades. still, there are hurdles. tourists cannot visit the island. and trade cannot resume until congress lifts the long standing embargo, something republicans have vowed to block. republican presidential candidates marco rubio and ted cruz both of cuban decent were quick to pounce on the announcement. rubio saying he would not go if he were p

[laughter] ron allen, nbc. >> conditioning the 2016 questions, a lot of your guests are intrigued by the fact that there is a candidate winning who is calling for a ban on muslims. what was the reaction. that's one of my--the point is-- >> ron, let's stick to two. >> the point is in the past you've explained that as anger resentment, insecurity, economic insecurity, the question is how much responsibility do you accept for that reservoir feeling in the country that's propelling that type of candidate. you cold matt lauer that donald trump would not win the presidency. do you now think that he will not win the nomination as well? and what will rubio and what about cruz? >> i think foreign observers are troubled by some of the rhetoric that's been taking place in these republican primaries and republican debates. i don't think its restricted, by the way, to mr. trump. i find it interesting that everybody is focused on trump primarily because he says in more interesting ways what the other candidates are saying as well. so he may up the ante in anti-muslim sentiment, but if you look at