how might people like savannah be impacted. savannah and her mom heather are joining me now. thank you so much for joining me. heather i want to ask you your reaction to the republicans' pulling their health care bill? >> well i'm pretty excited. >> really? why? >> because well, because you know, the medicaid coverage is actually what gives savannah the ability to continue dancing. they supply her being out in the public. i don't have to keep her home-bound. because she can get if she happened to get sicky get her the medical treatment that she needs. >> help us understand what life is like -- we have a little bit of a delay so there's a pause there. i do want to try to feel what it's like to be in your shoes. because i can only imagine how challenging this is. my brother had brain cancer when he was 10 that kind of flipped our life and my family upside-down. but again, to be in your shoes, savannah, do you think about how your life has changed? >> mmm, yeah. but i know i have my family. to support me. >> yeah. what is your life like? how has it changed? >> well getting out o

savannah? >> hallie jackson in the briefing room there. thank you very much. let's bring in moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. with two investigations going on, one into russia and one into trump's surveillance claims and this week both took unfortunate turns for administration, how do they get out of this and move past it? >> at some point they have to accept it exists. you have the president that doesn't want to accept the conclusion that russia tried to interfere in the election and that there is going to be an investigation in this and whether he likes it or not and ultimately, that's the problem here. the source of all of the current problems for this west wing right now for this presidency right now stems from the tweet where the president accused president obama of wiretapping him. since that time, this is all been self-inflicted. look, the russia cloud is dark enough by what is already been reported and what's being investigated. this sort of nunes keystone cop situation has made

general william t sherman's army captured savannah. after capturing, occupying and destroying to atlanta, general sherman marched his 60,000 men army the entire breadth of the state and captured savannah on december 21. he printed that presented the city to president lincoln. he wanted to transfer the army savannah to petersburg one last push against robert e lee's army. the great expanded army. wilmington became so important that us grant left virginia, came to the cape fear river and on january the 28th he consulted with the leaders would captured fort fisher and asked how do we capture wilmington. the naval task force and the union general, alfred terry said we been here for about two weeks. we've scouted the confederate positions. the ground on the east side of the cape fear river is a peninsula. it is too narrow for military operations. it strongly defended by a log of works known as the sugar works line. what we propose is that you send us reinforcements, will transfer them to the west side of the cape fear river and will have ad

jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> do not mess with savannah. >> darn right.ughter] >> thank you ducis. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> after a sunny start, snow squalls moved through parts of the region this afternoon. this was the scene right outside channel6 on monument avenue in philadelphia. it's march, it's a squall, we're not going to go that far away. >> it was funny when that moved through 4:45. there was a flurry of activity so to speak in our news room everyone running to the windows like we'd never seen snow before. >> looked like a blizzard for a minute. >> and it's two minutes and then the sun is back out and we still have a few out there. storm tracker6 live double scan showing now that the sun has set they are not that all widespread. the most robust snow squall right now is moving across south jersey. it's heading towards chats ford. it's really just going right along route 72 moving southeast at about 35 miles per hour. we got some over the garden state parkway right now and there'

savannah?a preview of coming attractions. blake mccoy, thank you. >>> that storm in the nor'easter had flight cancellations and delays adding up very quickly. nbc's tom costello is at the always-hectic jfk airport. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. we expect this to be essentially an all-stop tomorrow, but here's where we stand right now, 1600 flights already canceled today and tomorrow as airlines start to get ahead of us, here's a list of the breakdown. today alone we've got 767 flights canceled. mostly that's tonight. folks are already getting ready for the flights tonight to be cancelled and then tomorrow almost a thousand and here are the affected airports, everything from the washington area up to baltimore, up to philly, into new york, up to boston. we also expect buffalo to be worth watching. by the way, chicago, ord and midway both affected already. airlines are waiving their fees and if you have from washington all of the way up to boston, chances are you can

i have a soft spot for savannah. this, of course, is bittersweet for me to be here, talking about pat, especially this time of year because it's been almost a year, two or three off from a year since his death. so it's been a very difficult year as i'm sure you know. when the book came out last october, his publisher, random house, had asked me about if i would go around and speak to various festivals and soing for about the book, and if i would be able to do so. i told them, of course, that i would, and it wouldn't be any problem. and so forth. but then i wasn't so sure once i started to do so, but what kept me going is i told myself, pat would have done it for me. and he did. i remember one time, thomasville, georgia, right here in your state, got a great surprise and a great thrill because they're still talking about it because i got the flu, and i was supposed to speak, something in thomasville, and just the day of, practically, i felt the most stubborn and pat said, i'm going in your place. so they were thrilled

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savannah?ander in washington. thank you. >>> let's go to san francisco, now, where the lyft driver who was attacked by bikers in a horrendous case of road rage is speaking out from his hospital . >> reporter: there's been no arrests in this case, even though the so-called biker gang is a known and dangerous presence in this area. as for the victim, he remains hospitalized here in fair condition. after the beating that nearly took alex quintana's life, this morning, his story is surviving. >> i definitely was afraid for my life. >> reporter: it started when a gang on wheels took over a san francisco freeway for wild stunts. >> there's about 20 motorcycles involved, yelling at motorists. >> reporter: a dangerous scene familiar to bay area law enforcement, but not to quintana in his white camera. he tried to get around the group, when they befwgan to bre his side mirrors, causing this near-collision. >> i couldn't believe it was starting to happen like that. it was like, what did i do to deserve t

savannah? craig? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> wikileaks' founder, julian assange, is speaking out, on the massive cache of documents released this week citing the u.s. intelligence documents. questions are swirling about who is behind the leak and whether russia had anything to do with it. andrea mitchell has the latest on that. >> reporter: good morning, craig. a lot of questions this morning. julian assange, a hero to some, a villain to others. now, the wikileaks founder is trying to portray himself as the protector of your privacy and defender of top technology companies against the exotic hacking tools of the cia. julian asaewe julian assange, claiming to have exposed the top cyber secrets. >> the central intelligence agency lost control of its entire cyber weapons arsenal. >> reporter: taunting the cia by bragging he will help tech companies update their software after this breach. and promising there's more to come. >> once the material is effectively disarmed, by us, by removing critical c

for sherman, advancing north from savannah, had it squarely in is sights. as sherman headed north, the confederate congress in richmond, the members of which were as disgusted with davis as johnston was, virtually rebelled against the administration bypassing a law that appointed robert e. lee by name as commander-in-chief of all confederate armies. never mind the fact that the confederate constitution gave that title to the president. moreover, that same act called upon the president to appoint joseph e. johnston again by name to command what was left of the army of tennessee. it was a deliberate slap in the face to jefferson davis, and while davis happily appointed lee to the top command he refused to appoint joe johnston to anything. instead writing that johnston was in his words deficient in enterprise, tardy in movement, defective in preparation, and singularly neglectful of the duty of preserving our means of supply and transportation. then he did it anyway. it was lee who convinced him that if nothing else the popular johnston who was very much loved

craig and savannah? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you very much. >>> now, to strong allegations made by thousands of retired football players, saying that nfl teams administered powerful prescription drugs to keep them on the field. a group representing more than 1,800 former players has filed a lawsuit in federal that suit says that teams violated laws of prescription drugs. team and league officials were made aware of abuses and were slow to respond or failed to comply. >>> some video to show you now. the harrowing hours during a credit union robbery. it happened in jacksonville, florida. the surveillance video shows it how it unfolded. you see the hostage pulling a bucket. and you see the suspect holding three hostages at gun point by the front or. and at one point, you see some of the hostages escaping through the door. the ordeal ends after about two hours, a s.w.a.t. team storms the building. thankfully, nobody was injured here and the suspect faces kidnapping and armed robbery charges. a trial starts l

savannah? >> all right, al.golden globe win for "the night manager," tom hiddleston in on the big screen in "kong: skull island." he plays a british military tracker hired for an expedition to a mysterious uncharted island. >> you have no idea how dangerous this is. i want five-times this. plus, a bonus if we make it back. >> if? pay him. i mean, i think mr. conrad should be fairly compensated. >> here's to porofit in peacetime. >> you came here looking for a tracker. who or what am i tracking? >> tom hiddleston good morning. you're mysterious in this role. you're like a mercenary tracker person. is that how they described the role when you got it? >> yeah. how do you feel about playing a mercenary tracker person? they pitched to me the adventure, basically, in the old-fashioned classic type. somebody who's kind of more comfortable in the jungle environment. and john goodman's character hires me to lead this group through the jungle, in an undiscovered island. and he's cynical and world-weary. but what he finds

savannah? >> gabe gutierrez, thank you to much. >>> to politics. and the race to find out who was behind the wikileaks document dump that appears to expose u.s. intelligence gathering methods for hacking into phones, tvs and messaging apps. the fbi is launching its own investigation, searching for those responsible. we're covering it all, beginning with nbc's andrea mitchell. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. the fbi has opened a counterintelligence investigation. the cia doing its damage asse assessme assessment, after the revelation by wikileaks it has struck again. this time, against the cia's top secret cyber program. this morning, the fbi and the cia is scrambling, to find out who is behind what could be the worst braesh in u.s. intelligence history. thousands of documents posted by wikileaks, which refeels the cia's secret playbook for hacking. the cia not comments whether the stolen documents are authentic. but one senior official telling nbc news, they do contain authenti

savannah and willie? >> peter alexander in the briefing room in the white house. >>> now, we move to severe weather hammering the midwest and the south overnight. large hail and heavy rain. more strong storms are expected today. and al is on it. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. right now, we are tracking 300 tornadoes so far for the beginning of this year. that's the most since we saw 2008's very rapid rate. this is trimble, kansas. you can see all of the damage that's been done. it has been very difficult. and there's been a lot of vivid lightning. take a look, just north of kansas city. i mean, literally, cloud-to-ground lightning. that's impressive stuff. and today, we have more of the same. in fact, we have severe thunderstorm watches, now, from louisiana on into arkansas. parts of mississippi. and on into tennessee, where we're watching this risk of severe weather today that continues. the squall line continues this morning. the main threat for damaging winds, but we can't rule out an isol

savannah? >> peter, thanks. >>> the other big story playing out in washington, the showdown of the republican health care bill. the house is scheduled to vote on it today. and despite pushes from the president and house speaker, one question remains, do they have the votes? kristen welker on capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning to you. president trump worked late in the night to try to close this deal. white house officials tell me he reached out to lawmakers directly. and today, he will meet with key holdouts. but he still doesn't have enough votes to pass this legislation. but there is measured optimism this morning, with the white house offering a sweetener to conservatives. this morning a possible breakthrough reviving the >> the president and i came to an agreement in principle. >> mark meadows, the chairman of the conservative house freedom caucus, one of the main holdouts now hinting there may be light at the end of the tunnel. >> i think what

>> well we're going to find out now, savannah.nd michael imperak. what's the news? >> al i totaled the tallies. i went through all of our counts. and both of them are guinness world record titles. congratulations. >> you did it. you did it. yeah. >> i would like to welcome you to the guinness world record family two times over. >> not one but two. a lightning bolt and a cloud. that's impressive. and we have the band forming a sun just because we could. that's why. all right. now, we are not done just yet because we have a $5,000 rokerthon pure point financial scholarship to help one of these lucky students. let's bring in our drum major. we're going to pick a name out of the hat. [ drumroll ] oh, no. kelsey hawk. kelsey hawk. here she comes. >> oh. >> all right, kelsey. congratulations. boomer sooner has the mic for you. we're going to write your name in here in just a second. where are you from? >> i'm from northwest oklahoma. >> what's your major? >> international studies. >> international studies. this time we can use more inte

look at savannah in the lead, 73 points.nd, with 66 points. i'm in fifth. al has 49. matt, you're the only one with anybody in the big game. if north carolina should win on saturday, you would surpass savannah and win it all. early congratulations to little jack lawyeuer. >> they have to win on saturday. >> i'm pulling for them. >> talk about dumb luck. >>> coming up, al is storming into the madness of rokerthon 3 with the oklahoma sooners. don't miss the guinness (singsong) budget meeting. sweet. if you compare last quarter... it's no wonder everything seems a little better with the creamy taste of philly, made with no artificial preservatives, flavours or dyes. made with no artificial preservatives, you totanobody's hurt, new car. but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't

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savannah?tars with an oscar for her role in "room." and in her first movie since then, she takes on king kong on "kong: skull island." you might think a 100-foot grilli would be her biggest problem. but that would be too easy. take a look. >> run. ♪ >> in here. ♪ >> quiet. >> i'll bet the breath was terrible. >> i don't like that thing. too many teeth. >> i was going to say, king kong is usually enough for any movie. but this has this other villainous creature. >> it's called a skull crawler. there's a lot more creatures on this island. you never know what's going to pop out. >> it's incredible. it takes place in the '70s, post-vietnam, which gives it a different feel. it's not modern times. not way back when. a time period we don't see movies about recently. >> yeah. it's a great way we've twisted this genre on its head a little bit. has a new backdrop with new characters. i mean, the '70s are a beautiful period of time. and on top of it, it's analog. it's before the iphone. there's mystery le

savannah? matt? >> an investigation getting started this morning. bill neely, thank you. >>> also this morning, new drama surrounding the investigations into possible collusion between members of president trump's team and operatives during the election. this as lawmakers get set to vote on the gop's bill to repeal and replace obamacare. we have complete coverage from capitol hill. and we'll talk about all of this with one of the leading republicans on the hill, senator john mccain. let's start with peter alexander. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. new this morning, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee is making his strongest statement yet. telling nbc news, there's more than circumstantial evidence of collusion between trump associates and the russians. this also comes as lawmakers are trying to make sense of what was a highly unusual back-to-back news conferences by the intelligence committee's republican chairman. this morning, a new partisan firestorm,

matt and savannah? >> peter alexander. thanks. >>> also at the white house this morning, new jersey governor chris christie. he is set to lead a new effort to combat opioid abuse. good morning. good to see you, sir. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's get to some of the headlines in the news. at the top, this issue of russia, the investigation being conducted by the house intelligence committee. you're a former prosecutor. i want to call on that expertise. given what we know about devin nunes, that he went to the white house, in the midst of an investigation of the white house, can he stay in that job? does he need to step down and recuse himself to maintain credibility? >> that's a judgment for him to make. i will tell you these intelligence committees on the house and senate side have been set up to be bipartisan. and they are bipartisan. and i think they've done a great job over the years in investigating matters and overseeing the intelligence committee. >> but has he shot that by virtue of his actions? he goes to the

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matt, savannah? >> all right, craig. thank you very much. >>> al, this could be one of those days when a couple of miles can make a big difference. >> we are seeing that right now. heading towards the jersey turnpike. the exit for newark airport. here's the radar. and look closely. you can see this area of pink and purple starting to move towards philadelphia. this is atlantic city. back in washington, d.c. we've got a frozen mix going on right now. that's going to be the situation this morning. changeable weather, as we move during the day with this storm. right now, winter storm warnings, advisories and blizzard warnings for 70 million people. as we drill down, 31 million people at risk for a blizzard. here's what we're looking at for you. we'll time it out. midday new york, heavy snow, changing to sleet and back to snow. boston, heavy snow, two to four inches per hour. as we move on into this evening for the commute. heavy snow. rain into new york state. a frozen mix and back to some snow. this mix in boston will turn

savannah? >> bill, we saw in your piece there the cctv footage of the suspect. where does the investigation on that go now? >> reporter: well, even though theresa may is saying there was just one attacker, intelligence officials will tell you there is no such thing as a lone wolf attack. so they will be looking and indeed questioning his family, his friends, his associates, they'll be looking closely at other cctv footage of where his car went and his phone records, at his computer records. theresa may also said just in the last few minutes that he was british born, that he was known to the internal intelligence service, mi-5, and investigated for links to extremism. but this was an historic investigation and he was a peripheral figure and he was not on the radar at the moment. and there was no advance warning of this attack. savannah? matt? >> the investigation really just getting started this morning, bill neely, thank you. >>> also this morning, there is new drama surrounding the investigati

savannah has a huge st. patrick's day parade. mild, 53 degrees.lls in the 20s. and finally, for our friends in boston, your parade is on sunday, 1:00. windy, cold. snowshowers will come to an end. temperature about 37 degrees. that's what's >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. 60 degrees now in san jose and in napa, 59 degrees in oakland. as we head through the next couple of days, going to see more dry weather. and then some spotty showers, especially around san francisco and farther to the north. the rest of the bay area won't see that rain until early next week. we have above average temperatures and it will be cooling down as the rain rolls in early next week. >> and that is your latest weather. >>> coming up, our ultimate baseball fans compete for a chance to win a spring training experience with their favorite team? there's only one egg that just tastes better. fresher. more flavorful. delicious. with more great nutrition. and 25% less saturated fat. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. here's to the wi

matt, savannah? >>> the red cross helping people forced from their homes after a five-alarm fire broke out overnight in raleigh, north carolina. it destroyed an unoccupied apartment building under construction. but flying embuers ignited the rooftops of homes and businesses. at one point, a construction crane clamsed. there were no serious injuries reporting. but traffic near the area, in raleigh's restaurant district, will be disrupted during the st. patrick's day holiday. >>> we're live in harris, as prince william makes his first official visit to that city where his mother passed away 20 years ago. >>> and our sitdown with nikki haley. this morning, how she feels about president trump labeling the united nations a club. and how her family is adjusting to life here in new york. >>> then, we'll do "pop start." is e tech: at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. mom: oh no... tech: this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at safelite.com and with safelit

and a very hilarious on-air blooper by our own savannah guthrie.ew stories that caught our attention. >>> the states. >> president trump making his first address to a joint session of congress striking a positive tone. >> i'm here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength. >> the president highlighting jobs, national security, and health care reform. >> we cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside of america. >> the highlight of the speech, the president honoring the widow of navy s.e.a.l. ryan owens, killed in a secret raid in yemen. >> ryan died as he lived, a warrior and a hero. >> the bipartisan ovation lasted for nearly two minutes. >>> another political bombshell -- >> i have recused myself. >> attorney general jeff sessions bowing out from any potential investigation into alleged russian tampering in the election. he failed to reveal during his confirmation hearings that he met with russia's ambassador during the presidential campaigns. >> the revelations quickly reverberating on capitol hill. >> this particular ambassado

nbc's savannah sellers has more. hey, savannah. >> that's right.resident trump has placed an importance on american jobs throughout his campaign and now presidency. just this week we know he was in the news talking about ford keeping jobs here. we know he's been very vocal in general on the auto industry. just yesterday vice president pence also stressed the topic. >> we're moving forward. next up we're going to get back to the president's three-part agenda, jobs, jobs, and jobs for every american. >> folks, the era of slow growth is over. in a new era of american growth and jobs has already begun. >> but what about retail? several major retail companies are closing doors on hundreds of locations. here is all the stores closing. jcpenney announced 130 stores nationwide, closing in june, which will ultimately affect 6,000 employees. while president trump and vice president pence have baseball strong on jobs, these stores are mostly closing in counties that voted for trump. let's take a look at texas, this is the state with the largest number of clos

matt and savannah?matt is so relieved about that. >> thank goodness. >>> let's check in with al. a little while ago he arrived on a speeding wagon. he is down in oklahoma for day one of rokerthon 3. al? >> that's right. university of oklahoma. the students and the band here are going to help us show you the weather the way we've never seen it before -- a giant human map, okay? so first of all we've got sunshine in the southwest. the weather is looking pretty spectacular but as we make our way up to the northwest, we have showers, winds, it will be a bit of a mess there. but up to the plains, the plains we go. we've got partly sunny skies, it's going to be a lovely day. the upper midwest and on into the mississippi river valley we've got showers and thunderstorms, we've got wind, but, again here in the midwest and norman, oklahoma, things looking good. up in the northeast showers and snow. we're talking some areas in northern new england picking up up to five to six inches of snow. that's what's going on

matt and savannah, you know this company. and that's why investors are clamoring to get in this deal. its pricing at 17. this is going to break maybe in the 20s. and we know the founders will be instant billionaires. >> everybody gets excited by something like this, steph. this is today's big thing. what's coming up on the horizon? >> reporter: you know, if today's deal dwogoes as well as expected, you have other big names on the horizon. airbnb, uber, spotify, they're expected to come in the next year. if the smashmarket is as good a seems, you can see those get moved up. >>> good segue to al. i can't get these people straight. al, matt, you are -- >> what are the odds? i know we both have beards. we're both bald. but there's a little difference. >> hot hand. >> thank you very much. we have had some lael severe weather over the last several days. the good news, it is getting out of here. this is the last of it from yesterday. this is in central tennessee. massive tornado. luckily, i mean, there was some damage. but thankfull

patrick's day, savannah, the population triples. 53 degrees. little cool to start. afternoon at 53. as we head through new york city we'll be looking pretty good for the parade. not bad. it will be dry. some of the roads and snow will get off of them. 33 degrees and sunshine. the final forecast we're going to head to is in boston. this is where it's going to be blustery, chilly, not the best, 37 degrees. the east is going to struggle. a little snow this weekend. >> i'm going to need you to find out how come savannah has become one of the biggest st. paddy's day pa ray. >> i went ten years ago. >> how did that end up being? that's a good history question. >>> still ahead, we're following reports that the white house is planning to ramp up the number of u.s. troops in syria. >>> new comments from the u.n. ambassador on the threat from russia. we're back in a moment. this is boris calvo. that's pepe. boris doesn't just grow good coffee, boris grows mind-blowing coffee. and because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm to grow even better coffee and invest in hi

>> i don't think so, savannah. cia operations are conducted overseas against america's adversaries, against terrorists and our adversaries, not directed against americans. once these vulnerabilities if you will in our security devices are out there, the device makers can actually shore up their defenses. so i think american devices are not at risk. >> all right, jeremy bash, thank you very much. >> thanks, jeremy. >>> turning now to president trump and the ongoing debate over his claim he was wiretapped during the campaign by former president obama. we're learning that intelligence agencies may soon be slapped with subpoenas as lawmakers look for any evidence supporting the president's claim. this as president trump revealed overnight he's tapped the next u.s. ambassador to russia. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house with more on all of this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. the white house as you noted challenged congress to investigate president trump's claim that president o

savannah, a huge parade. sunny skies, mild. chilly. windchills in the 20s. and for boston, your parade is on sunday at 1:00 p.m. some snowshowers, windy and cold and 33 degrees. a little snow in your beer. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have a lot of sunshine as we get a live look at the golden gate bridge. heading out we'll continue to see our temperatures warming up. we're at 57 degrees in oakland. 56 degrees in fairfield. highs today reaching into the upper 60s near the coastline. in san francisco, while up to 78 degrees in napa, also 78 in livermore and in palo alto, 79 in san jose and 81 in morgan hills. >> and that's your latest weather. >>> coming up next, an extra special freebie friday, in honor of st. patrick's day. you don't want to miss this. for some of our fans and you at home, you will be feeling the luck of t covering is caring because covering heals faster. for a bandage that moves with you and stays on all day, cover with a band-aid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. here's to the wildcats

nbc's gabe gutierrez here with >> savannah, hi. president trump said he first heard about wiretapping from media reports from "new york times" and fox news. he still has offered no truth his explosive tweets are true. today there is growing frustration among republicans on capitol hill. this morning president trump raising new questions and offering nuances. >> when i say wiretapping, those words were in quotes. >> the president suggesting it wasn't necessarily a, quote, old-fashioned wiretap president obama ordered at trump tower. >> wiretap covers a lot of different things. i think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks. >> but the house intelligence sometime's top republican says he's seen no evidence of that. >> you have to decide are you going to take a tweet literally. if you are, clearly the president is wrong. >> attorney general jeff sessions. >> did you ever have any reason to believe he was wiretapped by the previous >> look, the answer, no. >> on capitol hill the

savannah has a huge day parade. mild, 53 degrees.lly, for our friends in boston, your parade is on sunday, 1:00. windy, cold. snowshowers will come to an end. temperature about 37 degrees. that's what's going on aro >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. it is cold outside, but we have sunshine on the way and a nice warmup, too. and the snow will start melting today. 36 degrees this afternoon in philadelphia, and up to 35 for the suburbs. new jersey hits 37 degrees inland and 38 at the shore. the wind is going to be picking up this afternoon, but nowhere near as strong as yesterday and we won't get a repeat of the snow showers we saw yesterday. sunshine for the lehigh valley and the delaware, too. 37 degrees. have a great day. est weather. >>> coming up, our ultimate baseball fans compete for a chance to win a sprin a spring experience with their favorite team? there's only one egg that just tastes better. fresher. more flavorful. delicious. with more great nutrition. and 25% less saturated fat. only eggland's best. better

savannah? >> kristen welker on capitol hill. thanks. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson plans to skip a meeting with nato foreign ministers to stay home with a visit by china's president next month. and days later, he will travel to moscow for a meeting with russian officials. that's according to the state department. tillerson had been expected to attend his first meeting of the 28 nato allies which takes place april 5th and 6th in brussels. >>> we want to show you vur surveillance video. police are looking for this woman, driving this car. you can see her back out of her parking spot. nearly hitting a family. seconds later, reverses again, this time, striking several people, narrowly missing a 3-year-old girl. no one was hurt. the women could face five counts of assault with a deadly weapon. >>> we have dylan back for another day. >> tuesdays are harder than mondays. >> was it fun to go home after calvin after work? >> we have more record high temperatures to talk about today. back through dallas, oklahoma city. we had highs

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. >> from nbc news, this is "today," with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. end of the week. is it just me or did the political news cycle get a lot faster when i was gone? >> it is cruising. hard to keep up with. we have a story that involves it today. our top story. president trump coming to defense of attorney general jeff sessions, amid a legal and political firestorm over his meetings with russia's ambassador. we're learning about more talks between the trump campaign and russian officials. we have it all covered, beginning with hallie jackson at the white house for us this morning. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt. good morning to you. and this morning, president trump is aiming his anger at the democrats, demanding jeff sessions resign. the president also lashing out at leaks. but emphasizing he has total confidence in his attorney general. repaying sessions' long-time loyalty with some of his own. this morning, a defiant defense of

savannah? carson? >> peter alexander, thank you. >>> a lot of moving pieces here. let's get to chuck todd in washington for us. the president issues this ultimatum, saying this is my last, best, final offer, if you don't cake take it today, you w have obamacare forever. is it a real threat? and will it work? >> i think it is a real threat. i don't think the president is as committed to repealing and replacing obamacare. we heard him complain about how much time this is taking. i think a reality check hit the white house. all of the struggles to negotiate in the house and it hasn't even begun the hard part of actually passing health care, which is negotiating with the different factions in the senate. i think there's a white house that is saying, you know what? if we don't want to say we want this to go down today. but if it goes down, wash your hands and move on because i think they sort of see nothing but brick walls in front of them when it comes to replacing obamacare. >> if you're in congre

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savannah, we always love savannah, 88 degrees. that's 17 degrees above average.peratures still pretty warm from melbourne, florida, all the way up into cincinnati. that's what's going on around the >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. here's a live look outside at san jose. the sun is shining but it's still chilly. it's 46 degrees and it's 44 in livermore, while palo alto and oakland now at 50 degrees. napa, 45. we're going to see the high temperatures today reaching into the mid 60s along the coast, and mid 70s for the inland areas and the north bay. in the tri-valley, up to 72 degrees there, and san jose as well as palo alto. >>> don't forget, check the weather any time you need with our friends at the weather channel on cable. coming up in a half hour, guys, the record attempt at the largest freeze tag game from here at northern michigan university. all these people freezing to beat the record. yes! >> all right, al. thank you so much. >>> still ahead on trending how far some people are willing to go to watch their own surgeries. >>> first, the hidde

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[applause] >> thanks to the savannah book festival, mark murphy, one of the many masterminds of this amazing event, thanks to roy and richard, my hosts, thanks to youngsters who snatched me off the street last night and took me to another phenomenal meal, in savanna and thanks to the students at windsor force high school who hosted me yesterday morning for a nice talk, about reading and writing and publishing world and to make a life for yourself as an adult and a way of living that feels meaningful. a subject that is near and dear to my heart. it has been really amazing to be here, so amazing there have been moments, the massive division that seem to define the current political moments, constantly assaulting us and just exhausting to see the same thing again and again for anyone who thinks and feels as you do. seemingly not that a lot of other people do. these divisions on ideological lines, wealth and opportunity lines, certainly race, to go writer and wider. it is a tough time. you turn on the news, the commander-in-chief is saying russia is fake news. we don't know what to make

savannah? >> all right, hallie, thank you.e fire caused part of a bridge to collapse on interstate 85 in atlanta. that is one of the country's busiest stretches of roadway. nobody was hurt there but thousands of drivers were caught in a rush hour traffic jam, and this morning commuters are facing what the mayor calls a long-term transportation crisis. the cause of all this still under investigation. but officials are focusing on plastic construction piping scored under that bridge. they think it may have caught fire. >>> just ahead here this morning the so-called super agers, those who could be unlocking a fountain youth. >> and then the two burger war between two fast food giants sparked by a single tweet. and al. >> that's right, guys. get ready to conga. the world's longest conga line on ice a new guinness world record? we'll find out after these messages. you're acting so funny, what's wrong, billy? my doctor says i have skittles pox. are they contagious? i don't think so. contract the rainbow! taste the rainbow! tand, our

. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie, with willie >>> the acc mascots are out there for the big tournament that begins in brooklyn today. >> we have politics to talk about first. this top story, grueling battle shaping up in washington as house republicans roll out their plan to obamacare. this as the white house sals dealing with questions over the new travel ban just unveiled and the president's claim over the weekend without evidence that trump tower was wiretapped by president obama during the campaign. we've got complete coverage of all of this and we'll talk to the white house budget director in a moment but first let's start with halle jackson. good morning to you. >> good morning. that long awaited bill from house republicans is finally here and the real fight finally begins. democrats argue it doesn't protect the people that need it most and even more conservative republicans aren't