savannah, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. there is a vigorous debate raging within the administration over whether to arm the opposition. that's one reason cia operatives are on the ground, to learn more about these rebels and where their allegiances lie. meanwhile, on capitol hill, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs were grilled today by lawmakers. some hammered the administration for not simply taking out gadhafi. others said the u.s. had handed over command at the very moment the rebels needed help the most. and as for this issue of arming the opposition, u.s. officials say it's not as easy as it sounds. it's not a matter of just air dropping weapons in. you'd have to train them. you'd need some sort of staging area to train those rebels and that comes very close to the president's bright line of no u.s. ground troops in libya, something the defense secretary echoed today. >> do you know if there's any time in the future that there are going to be boots on the ground in libya? >> not as long as i'm in t

savannah guthrie on the job on this friday night has that story. savannah, good evening. >> the president's spokesman said the president is not embarrassed. there's nothing on the recordings he wouldn't say publicly but for a that want so carefully measures his words, provided some revealing moments. the candidate president back from a triple-header of campaign fundraisers last night in chicago. >> that's what this campaign is about. >> reporter: taking questions at a private fundraiser, the president was caught on a microphone he didn't know was recording talking about last week's budget negotiations with republicans. >> i said, you want to repeal health care? go at it. we'll have that debate. you're not going to be able to do that by nickel and diming me in the budget. you think we're stupid. >> reporter: the president aimed fire at congressman paul ryan whose 2012's budget the president ripped on wednesday. >> this the guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for. >> on capitol hill, ryan's budget plan

white house correspondent savannah guthrie starts us off tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the president's personal lawyer had to get a special legal exception from hawaii to get the document and then travel physically to hawaii to retrieve it. aides say this is a side show and a fake controversy, but this was kind of creeping into the mainstream. today, the president decided enough was enough. >> yet, this thing keeps on

back to matt, savannah and al. everybody is talking about mcilroy's meltdown. >> the pressure gets to them in the final round. >> he melted? >> he's in a puddle. he said, take me back to ireland. >> oh, my gosh. i wish i had watched. >> he's only 21 years old. tough for him. you have a busy morning weatherwise. >> i do. as we mentioned ahead of the cold front that will cause trouble look at the temperatures. 85 in raleigh. washington, the same. newark, 82. atlanta, 84. records possible. go behind the system and temperatures are much chillier. highs only getting up to 58 in minneapolis. fargo, 56. chicago, 58 degrees. >>> good morning to you. it's a little bit on the chilly side. you will need a jacket. we are going to see a nice monday. 45 in nava toe and 45 in san jose. we are going to round out the day in the 60s. 65 for santa rosa. 62 degrees for napa and con tord. torp is better. rain arrives wednesday and will clear up quickly. 65 degrees. clear on thursday. >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, tha

nbc news white house correspondent savannah guthrie is with us tonight from the white house. savannah, the shouting had just stopped about one issue which i assume will be cleared up before the next one started. >> and this fight, brian, promises to be even tougher. the stakes are even higher, as you mentioned. in a few weeks, the u.s. will reach its debt limit. that's the maximum amount the u.s. can borrow. congress will have to raise the debt ceiling. if it doesn't, the u.s. would default on its obligations. the economy would spiral downward. some say we would hit a recession again. this year, republicans are saying they're not going to vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there are major cuts with it. but they're saying it's wrong to use those cuts as political leverage. >> the consequence of not raising the debt ceiling would be like armageddon. it would be devastating. on job creation, on growth. >> as the administration makes the argument, it has one political problem, back in 2006, then-senator barack obama voted against raising the debt ceiling. that's a vote his spo

savannah guthrie with us on how the president plans on chipping away at it. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, make no mistake, this was a policy speech, but one with sharp political tones. he spent nearly as much time ripping the republican's leading plan as he did talking about his own. but on one thing the parties did agree, the nation's debt is out of control. the president laid out his proposal to get the fiscal house in order. >> any serious plan to tackle the deficit will require us to put everything on the table and take on excess spending wherever it exists in the budget. >> the president set a goal of reducing the nation's $14.2 trillion debt by $4 trillion over the next 12 years less than his fiscal commission had recommended. three quarters of the savings would come from spending cuts, the rest from tax revenues and raising taxes on wealthier americans and reforming the tax codes to close popular loopholes. he called for a $770 billion reduction in discretionary spending over 12 years. $400 billion in defense spending and another $480 billio

back to you, savannah. >> been there. of the opposition who he has referred to as his heroes. >>> republican senator john ensign of nevada officially resigns today amid an ongoing ethics probe into his extra marital affair with a former staffer. the senate ethics committee has been investigating the issue for the past year and a half. ensign insists he has done nothing wrong. >>> investigators have released new security camera images of the man wanted for questioning in an attempted bombing at a suburban denver mall. it happened on the 12th anniversary of the shooting rampage at nearby columbine high school. police are investigating whether the incident was deliberately planned to coincide with that anniversary. >>> firefighters in west texas say two huge fires covering about 360,000 acres are both 75% contained now but they say it will be days before residents of a burned out lakeside community west of ft. worth will be allowed back to inspect their property. >>> a washington state man is now charged with a federal hate

>> no, i don't, savannah. i would say what we want to see over the next two or three months is the le sure and hospitality sector. if people are getting squeezed on gas prices, they're going to be going out to dinner less, traveling less to hotels. that is probably going to be reflective of that kind of concern on gas prices and a pinch on the personal budget. but basically, no, not in this report. this report looks pretty solid. >> and what about this issue you brought up, the issue of rising gas prices. that's going to continue to creep up because we're hitting bay, it always does in the run up to spring. will that slow down private sector investment and job gains? >> i don't think it will slow down the investment and actually, as you might suspect, it doesn't slow down overall consumer spending, but it certainly changes the distribution of that spending. people spending more at the gas pump unlikely to go into the convenience store and buy candy and a coke. so, the distribution of spending will change over

back to you. >> savannah guthrie from the white house. thanks. >>> the other big news in washington today, a national security shake-up that will see one veteran official switching jobs and a military leader taking on a big civilian post, and they're all big names, and it comes on a day when nine americans were killed in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent jim mcluchefsky has the story. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta showed up today as the pentagon where he's expected to take charge on july 1st. in the major shift on the national security team, the president tapped pennetta for defense secretary to replace retiring robert gates. two years ago, with no background in intelligence, he took over as cia in trouble for aggressive interrogations and detention of terrorist suspects. as a former democratic congressman and clinton white house chief of staff, pennetta used his political skills to convince lawmakers to back off threats for congressional investigations. >> we're in a period where we're facing an increasingly dangerous worl

savannah, thank you very much. it's 7 after the hour. meredith? >> the new nbc wall street news poll shows a surprising surge for one republican canned dated, and it is a name you will recognize. donald trump is in a tie for second along with mike huckabee and mitt romney. mitt romney leads. on monday we sat down with him for an exclusive interview, and i began by asking trump about his potential run. >> this is very serious. i always take things seriously, but i've never taken it seriously like this. this is a very serious time in my life. i hate what's happening to the country. i wish i didn't have to do it. i wish this country was running so great, and i wish obama was the greatest president since abraham lincoln, and i wish this was the greatest place in the world. what we're doing is unbelievable. if you look at what's going on where our jobs are disappearing to foreign countries, where the oil -- you're going to be paying 7 or $8 a gallon for your oil very soon. >> do you blame all of this on barack obama? >> i blame all of it. it's been a t

and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted black smith. he is not remembered for that. he is best remembered for being a loving father. when his beloved wife died only after a year and embraced his newborn son, i will raise you myself. the elder women with argued against it saying you'll grow up wild without a gentle hand of a mother, a gentle hand to guide him. must divide by custom, take another wife or give the baby to a mother who is childless. how will you feed the baby? you have no milk to give. dinka would not change his mind. the tortoise doesn't have milk to give but knows how to

or further back through each human cell to african eve her grunts are tuning savannahs. felt the gift shared from the bones later that night in the crowded room when all the instruments had gone silent and a man rose up shyly alone and sang sean moss one of the singer's songs. beautiful country, i take you to by the black water screens of the beast the thrush and the black bird sings sweetly and the wild deer over the mountains branches with fruits and blossom the and hives with honey. and the corn creek lifts it's cries in the grass. [applause] >> your poem has a sense of place and you mentioned earlier the sensation of going to canada and what it felt like to be in that place in canada and in other opportunities to be in that land in ireland. i wonder if you can reflect and margaret as well, what were the physical experiences you were having and what was the importance ever going to the place by way of informing your story? >> i don't know if anybody seen there is a series on now on called african-american lives? >> yeah. >> and it remindses me so much of my experience

and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and t

. >> reporter: dj, and savannah love games like rally ball and river rafting, but what if they couldodies to virtually touch animated figures? a company called thrix.com created this demo of a sex simulator game. their website boasts it's a hack to use the controller for their sex games. a hack is a game not authorized by xbox but you can find it on the internet, download and after a few steps play it through the connect. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: you've never seen a game like that? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: the gonzaleses never even imagined that a connect game could involve sex scenes, but they make a point already of monitoring what their kids are playing. >> for the most part they play it here in the living room, so i'm basically always in the kitchen, so i'm always looking at whatever they're playing and they're not -- they don't have a hold of a game they're not al w allowed to play with. >> reporter: microsoft is the company behind the xbox connect, saying, xbox is a family-friendly games and entertainment console and does not allow adults-only content to be certified

this is our top stories now this hour moscow says it's ready to assist peace talks in libya not in savannah meanwhile nato is an income bad advisors to the country in a move seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion. and other top news of the week russian police take down two major terror targets in the south of russia and the militant leaders were suspect ignorant to deadly bombings in moscow. and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations in court cases a year on and those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers in coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster. well i'm glad to say that i didn't sneeze during that update for you and even better news your lawyer will be here in half an hour to continue with the news now in the meantime a report on the fight of american farmers against science companies who are keen to force genetically modified crops into the food chain that's next on r.t. . ball control bache you know what you control like no one should have that great input packed a meter at night as long as my wife and i h

russian panzer region and that monk seeking silence dug out a small cave in a hillside close to the savannahriver. that was in one thousand or one. later of the monks turned the cave into russia's naughtiest underground church. in soviet times the structure was almost destroyed and buried but in two thousand and five excavations began. later a senior priest restored the church and now services the head of. fifty people can be present at a service in the temple at the same time because that is why the temple is considered the biggest underground temple in russia. the temples history is full of mysteries. according to the legend the cave was the beginning of several underground passages which lead far beyond the monastery territory. the passages have not been found and excavation is still ongoing researchers think the church items may have been hidden underground from the bolsheviks. excavators have already dug up and restored an underground cell when a homemade monk used to live. it just now we are coming to a special place in our monastery. the old man would have said at this spot he would s

flooding around jacksonville, savannah and d.c. slick on i-80 and 90 in new york and pennsylvania.ain soaks i-5 from seattle to portland. and icy spots on i-84 and 90 in the rockies. wet on i-94, from bismarck to minneapolis. >> if you're heading to the airport, expect some delays in miami, charlotte, d.c., new york, philadelphia and also boston. >>> the search for a serial killer is intensifying on new york's long island, after three more bodies were found. >> now, that brings the total number of victims to eight. investigators say that there could be more women buried along a desolate stretch of beach. lucy yang of our affiliate station wabc reports. >> reporter: the westbound lanes remain closed from oak beach all the way to the nassau county border. this, after three more bodies were discovered near oak beach, bringing the total number of victims to eight. >> the likelihood is extremely high that all of these eight victims have a commonality. >> reporter: the officials thought today would be ideal for an extensive search. and, indeed, their efforts turned up what everyone hopes

savannah, myrtle beach. richmond, harrisburg. and big cities tomorrow night. >> lee goldberg, thanks so much. the weather for tonight. >>> we're going to turn now to the economy this evening. and the squeeze you felt at the grocery store and the gas station, it's not your imagination. a key new number, the consumer price index, at its highest number in two years. jim avila how it's hitting home. >> reporter: americans spend already 1 out of 5 of their hard earned dollars on their gasoline and the cost to eat and drive is putting a hurt on the budget. >> it's expensive. everything is expensive. >> reporter: dorothy ward with a growing teenager boy at home in los angeles, spent $400 at the super market today. and that is with coupons. >> produce has gone up. i went to buy watermelon and i'm like, i'm not spending $20 on a watermelon. >> reporter: it's a double whammy. squeezed at the grocery store and on the way to it. gas prices up nearly 28 prrnt over the last year. and food prices increased twice as much as all of last year. jum

nbc news us who correspondent savannah guthrie has more. >> reporter: the president came back from a triple-header of campaign fundraisers in chicago. >> that's what this campaign is about. >> reporter: taking questions at private fundraiser thursday night, the president caught on a private microphone he did not know was recording talking about last week's budget negotiations with republicans. >> i said you want to repeal health care, go at it. we'll have that debate. you won't be able to do that by nickel and diming me in the budget. do you think we're stupid. >> reporter: the president aimed fire at republican congressman paul ryan, whose 2012 budget proposal the president ripped on wednesday. >> this is the same guy who voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for. >> reporter: on capitol hill, house republicans passed ryan's budget plan. it cuts $6 trillion from the deficit over the next decade in part by raising the eligibility age of future medicare recipients. the budget likely won't pass the democrat-controlled senate, but the repu

that with a different appearance in a different change is going to be positive i think that what mr savannah unfortunately russia has accumulated a very bitter experience of fighting terrorism state who needs our advice the most was horrible but you know i was once invited to participate in a major international forum in vienna organized by the u.s. . it was a very representative event the subject among other things was victims of international terrorism and humanitarian and political attention to them in my greeting address to all hiring gas i said apart from you there are even more stream of people here look at a balcony and some other seats many people began turning their heads there are victims sitting over there i went on to say the victims who burn in the new york towers who died in our metro in paris to madrid london and from who are all of them are here who makes them different from you and us is that they sit silently yet they are the most vital participants in anti terror meetings of any format and we should consider with what new questions they sent i think there's only one questi

if their gear i would say quite an emotional farewell to the people we think there are a goodbye savannah but this is a very special mission if you will because this is happening close to the fiftieth anniversary of you to get god it's a first space flight happening right here with what they call it caryn stark this is where it all began with nasa astronaut on board ron garan his words he had said that fifty years ago on that day mankind became a different species that you were able to go beyond the boundaries of earth. that you think. you can hear the ground here you can hear that you can hear that here you are quite an amazing sight here in new york you guys will it will take less than ten minutes to get it through to orbitz it's a zero gravity embedded a couple of days to reach the international space station well where they will join . three of their colleagues and ron garrett who's a very tech savvy astronaut he did say he will try his very best to keep us updated using twitter that is because tweets as well as blogs so we do look forward to reading about their experiences up there i

was covering this nonstop it was breaking news you know savannah switched for once again to the pentagon correspondent who tried to say that there had been a troops killed in afghanistan today and was apologizing for interrupting the breaking news about obama's birth certificate so what is the media going to do now . you know when obama said during his press conference that you know paraphrasing but he basically scolded the media and told them that they should be ashamed of themselves for giving this hour so much coverage i agree with him one hundred percent all the major networks are talking about this issue nonstop there are even some online shows that are doing this which is really surprising to me we have to stop focusing on this this is not news this is not important we need to focus on the economy what's going on in afghanistan things that actually matter to us so the fact that we're giving people like donald trump attention and that also continues to feed the beast you know what i think of donald trump i think of an under musing class clown ok so he's a class clown he's constantly

it comes from the african savannah, but we bet it's true with your family, too.hn berman introduces us to joyce who has her entire family listening. >> reporter: you can never go wrong with the idea that grandma knows best. especially when grandma weighs more than 5,000 pounds. we've long known that in the majestic world of elephants, it is the matriarch who guides the herds. but now we know how skilled they are at leading. researchers tested a herd's reaction to different lion roars. lions are an elephant's most dangerous wild predators. with male lions being the most dangerous. when scientists blasted the sound of a male lion's roar, not a female, it was the oldest elephant, a 66-year-old named joyce, who could best detect the danger. and herd the other elephants into a tight protective group, which increases their chance of survival. grandma led the way. scientists say it's the older female's vast life experience that gives them these skills, plus, since they're too old to bear children anymore, they pay greater attention to group defense. so, learned from the

a big welcome to david savannah joining us this morning. thanks a lot. thanks for joining us this morning. "today" show is coming up.

there's another alligator this time in savannah georgia. this is the legends of golf tournament.ce cars save on the 18th hole. we did show that to you because alligators are nice to look at what from a distance. hey they want to play >>vern: their course, the just have to allow the golfers to play through. >>pam: will be back kron 4 news at 11:00 is coming up right after the break.

savannah guthrie. neil cavuto. candy crowley. george stephanopoulos. billy bush.>> we go in, we take over the second-largest office and we stay. don't smile. >> can you keep a straight face exile interviewing donald trump? only on fox. >> jimmy: my money's on cavuto. [ cheers and applause ] and one more thing. have any of you been watching this new reality show called "mob wives" on vh1? you should be ashamed of yourself. "mob wives" follows the wives and girlfriends and daughters of mobsters. like sammy "the bull" gravano and other guys like that. a lot of yelling and cursing. it reminds me of my home movies. to be honest with you. tonight, as we are known to do. we took the audio from the show, of a fight, a woman named dreda had with her incarcerated husband and we combined it with video from "the flintstones." and, well, here you go. >> hello? >> what's up. >> let me ask you a question. when the [ bleep ] are you coming home? i ask you, you say, i don't know. one year, this year, what the [ bleep ] year? [ bleep ]? >> i don't know. >> you got to know. everybod

earlier this morning savannah and i interviewed mr.mp and we litigated this issue the umpteenth time. here's the exchange. >> it's not that much of a >> it's an incredible conspiracy. >> it's really not. if you look at what's taken place, it's really not. he came in. he was -- we all agree he was born, okay. we're all so happy that he was born. now -- >> the ad was put in -- >> it's not an ad. wait a minute. >> it was three days later. >> birth notices and death notices are standard. >> it was three days later, three days after the fact. atny things could have happened. d s mi iarinov which hospital he was born in. the family doesn't even know the name of the hospital. no nurses, no doctors, nobody ever came forward. >> todd harris, here's -- let me ask you. he was born. >> he was born, yes. >> he was born. this is not some sort of like -- he wasn't a creation, not alien. but todd harris, a serious question. you're chairman of the rnc and you've got this bigger-than-life personality if he gets into the debates, he's going to qualify fo

. >> savannah. >> savannah. >> the queen just had her 85th birthday recently.dertook 387 state duties last year. prince philip 308. >> it's difficult to exaggerate the depth and breadth of love for the royals. >> back to ann outside westminster abbey. ann? >> this might be the car carrying carole middleton. the mother of kate middleton. we'll see. and, i think that might be her. in fact, it is, indeed, her. i believe also in the car is her son, kate's james. who is now walking with his mother. toward the main entrance of the church. and you can see the two red guards standing there to greet them. as they have standing at attention. and also coming up, after them, is another bus full of people. this might be a bus of members of the royal family. we understand there were some arriving by bus, you guys. >> james is, what, 24 years old? he's had an up and down time with the press over the years. andrew points to camilla. >> it was rather unfortunate that james happened to be caught out a couple of times by the paparazzi. i think once photographed wearing a dress to

savannah guthrie sat down with him this week and asked about his views on abortion and was specificallyt the roe v. wade decision and the right to privacy, and the exchange was telling and may be a problem for him among social conservatives. watch. >> is there a right to privacy in the constitution? >> i guess there is. i guess there is. >> so -- >> why, just out of curiosity, why do you ask that question? >> i'm wondering how that squares with your pro-life views? >> well, it's a pretty strange way of getting to pro-life. it's a very unique way of asking of pro-life. what does that have to do with privacy? how are you equating pro-life with privacy? >> well, you know about the roe v. wade decision. >> yes, yeah, sure. look, i am for pro-life -- i am pro-life. i've said it. i've been there way for a fairly extended period of time right now. >> look, the issue is social conservatives, he's got to begin to attract values voters if he's going to make any headway in republican primaries. does that kind of answer hurt him? >> well, that answers like i can see roe v. wade from my house, it's

when you're out on the savannah trying to get your next meal, it matters if you understand newtonian dynamics of where that animal's going to be in five seconds so you can jump it and eat it. and that's why our brains have developed to really be newtonian. if i took this glass, okay, and i took the water out and i threw it, somebody could catch it. they would be doing the newtonian calculation because it's intuitive. if i were to do the same thing with an electron, they wouldn't be able to catch it because they don't have the same intuition. the real problem with quantum mechanics is that there's a real puzzle that we haven't answered yet. how do you go from the probablistic math to the definite reality? that has not been solved. >> but, brian, why do you have? are you a gambling man? we talked about your food habits, do you gamble? have you been to a ca see though? >> yes, i've been. >> okay. so you have something that rolls around and falls on one number. there's 36 numbers and 0 and 00, but it chooses one number. >> yes. >> do you have a problem with that? >> do i have a problem w

when you are out on the savannah trying to begin next meal it doesn't matter if you understand the privileges of quantum physics. it understands if you -- it matters if you understand mitannian dynamics. that is why our brains have developed to really be newtonian. if i take this class and a take the water out and that throw it, somebody could catch it. they would be doing the newtonian calculation because it is intuitive. if i were to do the same thing with an electron there would not be able to catch it. that is only part of the problem. the real problem is not that it is counter intuitive or crazy, it is that there is a real puzzle that we have not answered yet. have you go from the probabilistic map to the definite reality? >> but why do you have to? are you a gambling man? talked about your true habits. do you gamble? have you been to a casino in? okay. you have a roulette wheel. it rolls around. one number. thirty-six members. zero. it chooses one number read to you have a problem with that? >> july have a problem with that? >> no, no. why do you have a problem with the probability for

savannah, ga. the one of the leaders in golf with tom watson. he has done it for years. >> marty: the great comeback. two big victories to give sharks control looking to wrap things up and change things tonight with game 5 at c h p pavilion. most of the team had the-the h-p pavilion. most of the players were off tonight with a 3-1 lead san jose is looking to move to the second round tonight at 7:30. >> isabel: kron 4 news this weekend at the royal wedding. you are going to see details on their real kiss. >> marty: sun is coming up over the east. we will take a look at the approach to the bay bridge we will be back. >> isabel: royal-kiss [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it

we'll go to nbc's savannah guthrie at the white house for us. good morning. >> good morning, meredith. we are hours away from a shutdown. there is a good chance that's how it ends today. white house officials were optimistic behind the scenes. one said to me, we are close. staffers worked until 3:00 a.m. and republicans say the numbers just aren't there. today is washington's last day to make a deal. after another late-night meeting with congressional leaders at the white house produced no breakthrough. >> there are still a few issues that are outstanding. they're difficult issues. they're important to both sides. so i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism. >> reporter: with aids now saying a deal is within reach, staffers worked again through the night to resolve the outstanding issuings. the two sides are close on the amount of spending cuts, likely to be between $34 billion and $37 billion. the parties are still sparring not about money but over so-called riders to the budget bill, policy provisions the republicans want like a measure t

if not the economy would head into a recession worse than the last one. >> savannah, thank you. cake bakers and dress makers aren't the only ones preparing for the wedding. the boys ages 12-13 of the choir are not supposed to tell any of the songs they will perform. >> probably tell you about the dress. >> now, back to nat, natalie and al. >> we have a busy morning and unfortunately another busy one tomorrow setting up for another outbreak of severe weather, as we show you, looking at a severe weather pressure system coming out of canada and the rocky, ahead, we have low level jetstream, moisture and we have a risk from texarkana, texas, to cleveland, ohio and west pennsylvania but the biggest there's is central arkansas to louisiana and ndianapolis, evansville may see tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. the rest of the country, sunshine in the east, looking at pretty decent weather and sunny skies back to the pacific northwest and windy conditions to the southwest and record highs throughout much of >>> good back to work monday to youchlt we have a little bit of lingering

savannah guthrie has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning white house aids are telling me this could go either way. there were late-night meetings on capitol hill. but there were no major developments to come out of this. but the threat of a government shutdown is very real. >> all right. hello, everybody. >> reporter: a government shutdown now potentially days away, the president is venting frustration over the failure to reach a deal. >> we don't have time for games. we don't have time for trying to score political points or maneuvering or positioning, not on this. >> reporter: after a closed-door meeting with congressional leaders at the white house produced no breakthroughs, it was back-to-back duelling news conferences. >> we want the largest spending cuts that are possible. we are going to continue to fight for those. >> i hope the republicans do what the country needs, not what they believe the tea party wants. >> reporter: republicans want $61 billion in cuts. democrats have agreed to $33 billion. and the two sides disag

nbc's white house correspondent savannah guthrie has the details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, na not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, setting the stage for a campaign that will be headquartered in chicago, not here in washington, d.c. still this morning he made it official. the president lais re-election campaign early monday morning with this web video. >> here it is, 2012, the election. >> contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be. i know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on earth. >> reporter: the president is already planning fundraising trips this month to chicago, los angeles, san francisco and new york, while the republican race is still off to a slower start. >> we're not yet running. we're looking at it carefully. >> i'm not going to make a decision until the end of april. >> i don't think there needs to be a rus

good morning to you, savannah. >> reporter: good morning. one aid said this morning this is a decisive moment. the president plans on telling congressional leaders, get this done. meanwhile the administration is already telling federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown. republicans and democrats have already agreed to a top line number for spending cuts and there is no reason other than politics the two sides can't get a deal. the president today will summon congressional leaders to the white house in a final hour push to get a budget deal. at an event in new hampshire the vice president said the stakes are high. >> it's important we avoid a shutdown not for political reasons. just for pure substantive reasons for keeping this economy moving. >> reporter: but on chile but on capitol hill the public sparring hit a fever pitch. >> republicans refuse to recognize that their budget is an appalling proposal. >> there are a lot of folks, including senator reid, that would like to shut the government down. i think their plan is to shut the governm