the game is not between coach saban and i.ay in a pickup basketball game. >> i think whatever role he had certainly showed that he is very, very capable in terms of leadership and being responsible to getting people to play at a high standard. >> two ways to think about that 11-0 stat. hey, one of the assistants is due to a win. good news for georgia fans or be like, oh, man, that is not a good sign. pupil has never beaten the teacher in this situation. >> hoping for a good game. >> there is a time. >>> andy, thank you. >> have a good one. >>> i went to the best colleges, came out and made billions and billions of dollars. became one of the top business people. went to television and, for ten years, was a tremendous success. ran for president one time and won. >> they say he's a moron, an idiot. this man does not read, does not listen. >> everything that i've done is 100% proper. >> kim jong-un's regime says it will come to the table and engage in peace talks with its south korean enemies. >> we have had channels open to north

and coach belichick has a close relationship with nick saban who won his sixth national championship.l is one game away going back to a super bowl and perhaps his sixth championship. tony: i learn a lot. and, you know, the kinship is that football junkies and saban used to talk football and just why they used to do things on coverage and really fascinating the knowledge and intelligence. jim: third and 9, as we approach 6:00 to go. agh sclm look at this. down the field to cooks. and two tight ends were there. jackson and searcy. tony: he gets some height up there. jim: they mistimed their jumps up there. tony: they don't have that big guy. the big target and put gronk out there. and becomes the single receiver in a lot of significances. jim: and slater, who is one of the best ever. could not catch up to that one. 5:48 to apply. just do your thing♪ ♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪do your thing baby ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪don't stop, don't stop doing it baby♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪don't stop, don't stop doing it baby♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪just

nick saban said, guys, that was the happiest day of his life. i think it's a happy day for us on our sixth anniversary. we turn six today. i'm gayle king. >> i'm norah o'donnell. >> i'm jeff glor. >> welcome back. >> there are no balloons or marching band but i felt very welcome when i came into the building. security guy just goes, hey, gayle. happy new year. happy new year. >> i know, but when we have so much to catch up on. >> there's a lot to discuss, isn't there? >> i know. >> i feel like there's a new day on the horizon. >> i think it's a new day on the horizon in a lot of places. we begin with this as you wake up in the west. the breaking news in southern california where rescues are under way in the wake of flooding rains and mudslides. heavy downpours right now are swamping areas recently burned by wildfires. dramatic video captures a huge fireball when a gas line erupted in flames following a transformer explosion in monteci montecito. >> flood watches, posted across the state. flash flood warnings in effect for parts of santa barbara

for head coach nick saban it's his sixth national title tying legendary alabama coach bear bryant for the most national titles in the poll era. vegas has already made alabama the favorite to repeat next season. outside the staidum - a few dozen protesters taking a knee... and speaking out against president trump, who attended the game. inside.. loud cheers and some boos as the president took the field for the national anthem. the president has criticized professional football players who kneel during the anthem to protest racial breaking overnight - the first high stakes meeting between north and south korea in two years. and out of that discussion - a major decision about the upcoming winter olympic games. north korea agreeing this morning to send a delegation to the games, including officials, athletes, cheerleaders, and journalists. the two nations are discussing ways to cooperate in the olympics and improve their long-strained ties. right now - at least seven people are out of their homes after a car came crashing through the wall of their apartment building! this is on clarendon

as coach saban said, this was a true team victory. from running backs scarborough and harris, to wide receivers dley and smith, to defensive powerhouses, fitzpatrick and davis. to the true freshman quarterback, tua. every player stepped up to the challenge and demonstrated resilience and grit for all four quarters and into overtime. i also want to recognize quarterback jalen hurts. while he did not finish the game, jalen led the tide all the way to the national championship twice with an impressive 25-2 record in his two seasons. thank you, jalen, for your leadership and your gracious sportsmanship and being such a good sport throughout the whole game. finally, i want to commend the georgia bulldogs on a fantastic season and a hard-fought championship game. coach kirby smart and the dogs were a worthy opponent, and i know they will give us a run for our title next season. my friend, jody hice, representative jody hice, who represented the university of georgia, made a friendly bet with me before the game and he will honor his wager th

nick saban? either way it will be a fun one to watch. both coaches are ready for war. >> we know what we are up against in these guys. they have tremendous athletes. tremendous seed. they have had injuries to deal with. they have overcome those and created depth. >> we are playing against an outstanding team. kirby and his staff has done a fabulous job at georgia. our players are looking forward to the challenge and the opportunity to playing in the championship robert: all right. how about this for heartbreaker. closing seconds of the stanford-yusifiy -- stafford-usc game. they launch up the half-court shot at the buzzer and nothing but net. pandemonium. you look at it again. davis lets it fly. there is the game winner. stanford stuns usc 77-76. davis is the hero. finally the howard hampton basketball game postponedded due to the infrastructure damage caused by the sub zero temperatures. that was amazing! bill: the other team players stand there. michelle: stunner. robert: heartbreak. double tim

alabama's fifth national championship under head coach nick saban. president trump of course was at the game including for the national anthem he stood hand over heart sing singing along to parts of the anthem. twitter had other thoughts on that. he left, landing back at the white house at midnight. know clue if he saw the end of the game. you can win if you like on the national anthem. twitter has certainly voiced eloquently its opinion. >> i will not weigh in on that. >>> president trump -- promised to help coal country and now regulators he appointed are rejecting his proposal to prop up the industry. sent that sample off to ancestry. my ancestry dna results are that i am 26% nigerian. i am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. i put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. because it's a hat, but it's like the most important hat i've ever owned. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply f

saban's record against his former assistants, 11-0. in the past decade, the teams have only met three times. in 2012, georgia lost a squeaker. this time, alabama once again the heavy favorite. >> how big is this game? 38 years we've been waiting for this. >> reporter: 38 years. that's the last time georgia won it all. tonight, more than just a national title's on the line. so are bragging rights. in a place where football is a way of life. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >> it's going to get awfully noisy down there. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. the storm dumping signif rain across the bay area . our team of reporters spread out to show you >>> it's 6:00 p. our team of reporters spread out to show you the biggest trouble spots. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone. >> not only the first major storm of the year but the biggest storm in nearly 11 months. at t

then saban makes the risky call, put in a freshman. he starts delivering immediately before anybody knew how to pronounce his name. 13-7. but georgia's got a fresh one. quarterback of their own, from. watch him go up top for hardman. slips a tackle, gone. 80 yards. now you're thinking all right, they've stabilized. 20-7. enter antioch har -- harris, another true freshman. 35 yards, six carries. 64 yards total. field goal to keep bama in it. trailing only by a touchdown. one possession, 20-13. again, viola showing that left arm, he looks like steve young back there. he nails it on a fourth and four, 3:49 left. 2020 for alabama, overtime, a field goal for georgia. second and 26, let's loose, deep for smith. do i need to tell you he's a freshman? yeah, it's his first catch. 41 yards, the walk up, national title victory, five and nine yards for bama. seven for saban, that ties in with the legendary bryant. >>> warriors, they don't like playing second fiddle like they're playing right now. not only the best record in the nba at this point,

ushering coach nick saban into the record books. he is tied with bear bryant for the most championships for a coaching college football history. each coach nabbing six rings apiece. overnight new york city's empire state building lit up in bright crimson to celebrate the tide's win. before the game, however, it was the president everyone was talking about. the commander in chief took to the field to a mix of cheers and boos, stand ag long side members of the rotc singing the national anthem. he did leave during halftime, however, arriving in washington just as the game went into overtime. >> later this morning we could see some fireworks out of the white house on immigration and the president's border wall. when mr. trump hosts a bipartisan meeting on daca, what to do with those thousands of dreamers across the country and that much promised border wall. the meeting with legislators coming just one day after the trump white house terminated a protective status program shielding some 200,000 salvadorans from deportation. a move sever

saban's record against his former assistants, 11-0.past decade, the teams have only met three times. in 2012 georgia lost a squeaker. this time alabama once again the heavy favorite. >> 38 years we've been waiting for this. >> reporter: 38 years. that's the last time georgia won it all. tonight more than just a national title's on the line. so are bragging rights. in a place where football is a way of life. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. >> it's going to get awfully noisy down there. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that's "nightly news" for dangerous and slippery and you can see it's not showing any signs of spreading down into the southern portions of the area. meantime the rain area farther to the south. so the southern half of philadelphia is getting the icing but not the north. and we have the same issue. more in new jersey than in pennsylvania. that occurs back to the west as well. some of this includes temperatures that are well below freezing until you get into central and southern delaware and e

saban's record against his former assistants, 11-0.past decade, the teams have only met three times. in 2012 georgia lost a squeaker. this time alabama once again the heavy favorite. >> how big is this game? 38 years we've been waiting for this. >> reporter: 38 years. that's the last time georgia won it all. tonight more than just a national title's on the line. so are bragging rights. in a place where football is a way of life. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. there. >>> we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this monday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. >>> the new day is on the horizon. >> i got chills. >> surprising words from stedman, and even a mandate from meryl. the globes speech that recharged the rally cry. could oprah 2020 actually be happening? >> what is oprah going to say?

>> reporter: alabama coach nick saban won his sixth college crown. >> was that a good game or what?rter: by making the gutsy call to switch quarterbacks in the second half. tagovailoa had never expected to play. >> i found out when we were in the locker room. the coach brought the quarterbacks together and he made the statement that, tua, you're going to start out the second half. >> reporter: tagovailoa began playing football in oahu when he was eight. as a teenager, he shattered hawaii's football records at st. louis high and became a highly prized recruit. his quarterback mentor was marcus mariota, the hawaiian who won the heisman trophy three years ago. when tua signed to play in tuscaloosa last year, his family proved with him from hawaii. >> i don't know how coach saban found me all the way in hawaii from alabama. >> reporter: he's given a taste of aloha to alabama. ♪ and milonely days are over >> people are very nice. people are very religious. and there's football, too. so how much better could it get? >> reporter: americans learned last night what his coach already knew, ta

but then nick saban called on the hawaii freshman quarterback to lead them to victory. on 4th down, 4 minutes to go, finding calvin rid le to tie the game -- ridley to tie the game up. setting up a game winning field goal. but andy missed the short 36 yarder that would have ended it. 23-20 georgia in overtime after taking a 16-yard sack. there it is. airing it out to smith after completing just 35 passes all season. the freshman leads bama to a 26- 23 win. their fifth title in nine years under nick saban. >> to have thrown that pass after he took the sack, but i couldn't get out there fast enough. >> he was wide open. i hit him and here we are now, thank god. >> they go down on the heat, leaving the game with a knee strain, but they would come back in the second quarter. denver probably wished they would have stayed in the locker room, scoring 19 in the second half, hitting a bomb to the right. he had 32. the warriors win 124-114. the loud mouth father of the rookie is going after the team's head coach. he told espn that he does not have control of the team anymore. the

two years ago, alabama won their fourth national championship under nick saban. it was 45-40.season clemson gets its revenge, 35-31. the game came down to the final seconds. >> ooh. >> that was the winning touchdown. clemson hasn't looked back since. my prediction, alabama 23-cl, clemson 21. >> i like that you have a lot of close predictions. >> we'll old the analyst accountable. >> stick around. in the meantime, jack, go long. touchdown! 60% of women are wearing the wrong size pad and can experience leaks discover always my fit. find the number that's right for your flow and panty size on the top of any always pack. the better the fit, the better it protects. always. breathe freely fast wmy congestion's gone. i can breathe again! i can breathe again! vicks sinex... breathe on. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage. ...studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. she said

coach nick saban made the decision to switch quarterbacks in the second half.ice freshman who hasn't really had much playing time at all the whole season. alabama had a chance to win the game at the end of regular ladies and gentlemen the kicker missed the field goal. after the bull dogs kicked the field goal. he responded with a 41-yard touchdown pass and that sealed the win. alabama beats georgia 26 to 23. >> be careful out there. poor tam, is your shoulder feeling any better. >> our kind stage manager has been rubbing my shoulder. my feet went out from under me and i crashed on my drive way. >> let's take a look outside right now and you got to be careful on the secondary roads. the main roads are in good shape. we're live in port richmond at aramingo avenue at ann street and you can see all the ice and crust off to the side. certainly on the sidewalks and if it's not salted it's slick so watch out for that. everything so far is on time with mass transit, dave, and no issues. >> i actually salted my walks twice yesterday including right as the stuff was movi

and coach belichick has a close relationship with nick saban who won his sixth national championship.l is one game away going back to a super bowl and perhaps his sixth championship. tony: i learn a lot. and, you know, the kinship is that football junkies and saban used to talk football and just why they used to do things on coverage and really fascinating the knowledge and intelligence. jim: third and 9, as we approach 6:00 to go. agh sclm look at this. down the field to cooks. and two tight ends were there. jackson and searcy. tony: he gets some height up there. jim: they mistimed their jumps up there. tony: they don't have that big guy. the big target and put gronk out there. and becomes the single receiver in a lot of significances. jim: and slater, who is one of the best ever. could not catch up to that one. 5:48 to apply. just do your thing♪ ♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪do your thing baby ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪don't stop, don't stop doing it baby♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪don't stop, don't stop doing it baby♪ ♪do your, do your, do your thing♪ ♪just

that's why nobody has gone what nick saban has done before. but it's his hatred of losing that drives him more. he doesn't wake up at 2:00 in the morning going oh, boy, it would be great if i won a national championship? it's ki fought fail. it's pretty incredible. again just that drive. >> the drive is extraordinary, obviously, this season, in particular, it looked for a while they were going to be out of it. now they have come back and won the big one, yeah, hats off for somebody who believes in winning. >> quite run. okay. as can you see. >> i got a question. >> alex. >> the football game? >> getting the news now. >> i don't watch the football game. i'm kur uscurious was mika was cooking the pick or cooking with the pig? >> that's just my little pig. that's a christmas gift. but you remember yesterday in the show, richard gave us his recipe book. >> so i thought i would give it a little play. we cooked up something good. not the pig. i love her, she's adorable. >> it's interesting, so we get a lot of, a picture, mika put it up on the instag

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saban's seventh national championship game appearance.me he's lost. and he was undefeated last year. got beaten on the last play of the game against clemson. the season was an abject favor. it would have been one of the greatest teams in alabama and college football history. so that has driven them back to tonight and that's why i think smart people cannot magic in saban losing. now, if he wins this game, he will tie bear bryant, who coached at alabama of course, for six national championships. and after that, mike, i don't know what else he has to accomplish. i mean, he is 66 years old. >> and still takes a hit on the sideline pretty well. >> jalen hurd right into -- yeah, he is still pretty good. >> do you expect the alabama defense to be able to stuff the running game of georgia? >> i do. the one question i have and alabama has battled injuries all season long. the clemson game was the healthiest they have been. they lost one of their best linebackers in that game. there's another thing to keep your eye on tonight. fitzpatrick, the bes

nick saban on another national title. >> happy for the folks or the players.his is a great win for the players. i have never been happier in my life. >> never? larry: okay. so the idea is to make it easier to find someone to walk your dog. alison: but as richard reeve reports using an app called "wag" may have left user's personal information exposed for anyone to see. richard: it's called the wag app. a way for dog owners and walkers to linkup using smart phones. but some private information has been compromised. the "wall street journal" found that the wag website inadvertently exposed addresses and lock box codes. >> hello, again, wag users. this is jim. the home access and security specialist. richard: this company video shows how the service allows dog walkers to share information with the owners to give them access to the home and the pets. they found a hun whose information was not password protected. that has the dog owners like curt -- kurt troubled. >> if i were to have one i'd change it periodically. >> the paper says no financial data or social sec

two years ago, alabama won their fourth national championship under nick saban. it was 45-40.s its revenge, 35-31. the game came down to the final seconds. >> ooh. >> that was the winning touchdown. clemson hasn't looked back since. my prediction, alabama 23, clemson 21. >> i like that you have a lot of close predictions. means we're going to have a lot of exciting games to watch. >> let's hope. we'll hold the analyst accountable. they're all yours. we're going to keep these in check, then, in that case. we will see how the analyst does when the games are over. stick around. in the meantime, jack, go long. touchdown! ♪ hey julie, i know today's critica...a sick day. need... dads don't take sick days... dads take dayquil severe. the non-drowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat... ...stuffy head, no sick days medicine. i'm joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. try digestive advantage. it is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it surivies a hundred times better than the leading probiotic. get the digestive advantage. hey hgood, how w

nick saban replaces his starting quarterback with freshman tou tagoveiloa (two-uh...-oh-viigh-low- uh)...tagovailia... pays off with a 6-yard touchdown pass to henry ruggs... 13-7 georgia but the bulldogs come right back... their freshman qb... jake fromm... 80 yards to mecole hardman... great catch and run down the sidelines... 20-7 georgia4th quarter... 20-10 georgia... najee harris... the freshman out of antioch... breaks off a 35- yard run to set up a field goal... 6 carries, 64 yards for harris... 20-13 georgia less than 4 minutes left... 4th down... tagovailia... finds calvin ridley for the 7pyard td pass... 20-20 tie last play of regulation... alabama can win it... but andy pappanastosa... misses the field go... he made two and missed two... overtime!after georgia kicked a long field goal... and after a sack on forst down... tagovaioa hits devonta smith from 41 yards out for the game-winning touchdownnick saban gets his 6th championship trophy... final score... 26-23 alabama coming up(sound of siren) when it rains, it pours . crashes that is almost every crash