trade representative. >> savannah guthrie from the white house briefing room tonight. thanks. >>> in the capital of afghanistan, a coordinated attack by suicide bombers has killed at least 17 people. the first car bomb blast levelled a residential hotel favored by a lot of foreign visitors, then sparked gun battles that raged for two hours on the city streets. this is the second major attack in central kabul in the last five weeks. >>> on wall street in new york today, the dow managed to squeak out a gain of just over four points toned the week and the month, the blue chips finished with a 2.6% gain in february. >>> back here in vancouver, if you were watching nbc this afternoon, you know the u.s. men's hockey team is on its way to the gold medal round game. they crushed finland 6-1, pummeling finland's goalie in the opening minutes of the game. all six u.s. goals came in the first period. you don't see that very often. we find out tonight if the gold medal game is going to be the u.s. versus canada. >>> when "nightly news" continue once a friday night, remember that 1

we begin our coverage tonight with our white house correspondent savannah guthrie. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. leading up to this summit, senior aides here said they didn't expect it to change everything. the question tonight is, did it change anything? with just a short walk across the street to blair house -- >> looking forward to listening. >> reporter: the all-day televised summit showed the long way the president has to go to bridge the divide over health care. >> i hope that this isn't political theater where we are just laying to the cameras and criticizing each other. >> reporter: the democrats' strategy appeared to be reasonable. >> we are actually quite close. there is not a lot of difference. >> we may be closer together than people really think. >> i think we agree with most of them. >> reporter: but republicans disgreed about agreeing. distancing themselves from the democrats' bill. >> there are some fundamental differences between us here that we cannot paper over. >> we don't think all the answers lie in washington regulating all o

savannah guthrie, thank you very much. >> thanks, savannah. >> anyone special on "the daily rundown."counselor. >> dbesides that, we have an interesting guest. the man who defended moussai in federal court. he'll be on our set this morning. >> wonderful. great. fascinating. >> and in most pr shots that msnbc takes, they are standing next to each other, but put back up "the daily rundown." >> there's a line. >> they can't even get them in the same room to get pictures. >> you know why? those are obviously our fourth grade pictures, and we lived in separate states at that moment, so it was not possible. that is the real explanation. >> all right, savannah. thank you for helping us out this morning. >> thank you, savannah. >> when we come back, we'll get a preview of "meet the press." if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." if it's friday, it's david gregory talking about what's on "meet the press." and coming up, representative elijah cummings, from maryland. and the president is in maryland talking to small business owners. >>> first, more on the major winter storm hitting the northeast

that's where savannah guthrie spends most of her time.he is in new york with little old us. >> it's warmer here. after the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday. i'm sick of the. >> that means six more weeks? >> it's not complicated. mika and joe on their way to l.a. so you're stuck with me tina brown, here lashing out at politicians, jonathan capehart of "the washington post." and also joining us, our friend, krista freeland. >> taking a pro philandering position this morning. >> she was defending john edwards and others like him. >> not john edwards exactly. and i would like to say that i thought tina's piece about john edwards was one of the most beautifully written thing i have ever read in a long time. absolutely fabulous. having said that, i would like to disagree with the basic thesis. the point that you were just making is this notion ofhypocri and journalists and others should note this personal hypocrisy. maybe it's okay for them to be hypocrites and for there to be a distance between their personal lives and what they do in public

for today, savannah guthrie, nbc news, the white house. >> a polo's >>> apolo an ton ohno live, local, latebreaking. >> good morning. it is 7:26. here's a look at our top stories. no word this morning said a suspect and carjacking in northeast baltimore. it happened around 2:30 friday morning in the 1300 block of stone what road. police say a 23 year-old man shot in the chest during the attack. he was dressed to johns hopkins hospital. he was listed in critical condition. the rural services were held yesterday for the security guard killed last weekend in downtown baltimore. police say 37 year-old james ball was on duty at the bank of america plaza in downtown charles street when he tried to start -- stop a fight. one of the people in the fight pulled down and fired. police have no leads in this case. a maryland mayor his two dogs were killed in a raid on his home can proceed in his lawsuit. back in july 2008, a swat team raided his home after smuggler sent a package containing marijuana into this town. officer shot and killed the family's two dogs. police later cleared him and his fa

for today, savannah guthrie, nbc news, the white house. >>> apolo an ton ohno >>> it is 7:26. taking a live look xdoutside. you may be waking up to a dusting of snow on your windshield. reports of very slippery roads this morning. good morning. i'm kimberly suiters, saturday, february 27th, 2010. here is a look at what's making news this morning. we forling breakingñr news out south america. the death toll growingÑi to at least 64 after a massive earthquake in chile. theÑi magnitude 8.8 quake hit 2 miles southwest of the capital early this morning. the president has declared a state of catastrophe. it is still too early to determine the extent of the damagqnz hawaii is under açó tsunami warning. a tsunami advisory is in effect in california and alaska. officials in japan and australia are warning a tsunami is likely to hit asian shorelines within the next 24 hours. chuck will join us in just a moment with your weekend weather forecast. stay with us. >>> meteorologist, chuck bell joining us. >> gd morning, everybody. your weekend under way. skies are cloudy. we have snow flurri

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. >> i'm savannah guthrie. >> we start with the weather this is stopping travel and work across the country. a snow hurricane of sorts, sweeping across the northeast, more like a classic nor'easter, winds up to 90 miles an hour, three-quarters of a million people without power, more than a thousand flights expected to be canceled today, just in new york. that's on top of hundreds of preemptive cancellations of airlines made yesterday. even if you're not flying in this direction, check your schedule before you go. the impact is being felt across the country, even in sunny tampa, florida. nbc's rehema ellis is in central park, a record-breaking snow there. and i have to be honest with you, rehema, thank you for not bringing that snow to d.c. >> well, you had your fair share, chuck. no doubt about that. the stuff is beautiful, great for making snowballs today. what i should tell you and people should know, it is also very dangerous. we had at least three fatalities blamed on this snow. one happened right here in central park, a man was killed by a falling tree branch. and then the reports of a