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sheinelle?s tammy leitner, thank you for checking in this afternoon. >>> more now on the breaking news. mitt romney arriving at the bedminster golf course owned by donald trump for a meeting. let's bring in molly hooper, political reporter for the "los angeles times." good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: i'll start with you. let's talk about the expectations for the meeting between trump and romney. they looked awfully warm, greeting each other and walking in there. >> right. i mean, i would obviously kill to be a fly on the wall in that room. obviously, donald trump endorsed mitt romney in 2012. mitt romney sought that endorsement in vegas when it happened. ann romney was there. everyone was gracious and got along. ask and then in the 2016 election, he was one of the loudest critics, called him a fraud and char less than ton and donald trump called him a stone called loser, said he would have gone on his knees for his endorsement. so i cannot even imagine the conversation they're hav

>> happy. >> reporter: they say they're happy, sheinelle. for families like theirs, fidel castro wasn't just a part of the revolution. rehe wanted, symbolized the revolution so some of these wounds being closed a little today here in miami's little havana. >> essentially it's like a parade. thank you for checking in with us. we'll check in with you again and really, a different atmosphere in havana right now. nbc producer samantha is in cuba. she joins me on the phone. good afternoon to you or good morning. >> hi, sheinelle. >> when did you get there and tell me what it's been like so far. what are you seeing? >> we arrived last night and i can tell you the mood here is really mellow. people are calm. it's unusual. i just spent 10 or 15 minutes inside a barbershop, chatting with the locals, taking photographs, and they're laughing, and it seems to be kind of a, you know, business as usual. i went down to the revolution plaza earlier this morning, saw military kind of preparing to bring in people to celebrate the life of castro, and his legac

hallie and sheinelle. >> that is today. jacob, thank you. >>> in california, relief and gratitude cannot explain the emotions one family is feeling after they were reunited with their mom, wife and sister, allegedly kidnapped three weeks ago. this morning, police are looking for two women who may have kidnapped her. nbc's gadi schwartz is in redding, california with more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. for three family could not tell her children what happened to her. now she is back and surrounded by those she loves. for the first time, sherri papini's sister describing the mother of two after released by kidnappers on the side of the california road. >> this has been a traumatic event for all of us. >> reporter: on thanksgiving terrifying discovery. papini was spotted by a passing motorist at 4:30 a.m. >> she is chained to something. >> reporter: when police arrived, they found her beaten. >> be advised, she is heavily battered. >> reporter: investigators confirmed they don't know why she was released after being h

sheinelle. >> ron allen, thank you. >>> you heard ron talk about this. what happens next between the u.s. and cuba soon in the hands of president-elect trump. he has been critical in the past of warmer nbc's kristen welker is near his home in florida. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump is on a working vacation in palm beach. i anticipate we will get some reaction later on today. the critical question is what does this mean for u.s. and cuban relations? as ron was discussing, candidate trump talked about reversing the actions that were put in place by president obama. which included lifting take a listen to what he said in september. >> but all of the concessions that barack obama has granted to castro regime were done through executive order. that means the next president will reverse them. that i will do unless the castro regime meets our demands. those demands include religious and political freedom for the cu political prisoners. >> reporter: now because the actions that president obama took were executive actions, president-elect trump can roll

welcome to "today" on saturday i'm sheinelle jon alongside ww?d dylan dreyer?< and we have hall jackson here with us. happy to have you here on this side. >> nice to tak?v??!e sitting with you after stuffing myself for two days. >> and we start with a busy new. let's get to it. the top story is breaking news overnight. cuba's long time former leader fidel castro h??pas died at thee of??i>6doh 90. castro inwy power for nearly wa years. his brother, raul castro announced his death. life. >> reporter: to his followers, he was commander or fidel. to enemies, a dictator. one of the world's last communists. the illimf a land owner. he graduated wh a law degree and doctorate. tried running for the assembly until power seized. in 1953, castro led a coup. castro ended up in jailafter it/ in q6mexico, castro regrouped wh his brother raul and fellow revolutionary. the three led a force back to cuba in 1956 waging guerilla day, they marched into havana. at first the young leader promised democracy. telling the u.s. he was not a commune communist. meet the press in 1959. >>

sheinelle. >> kristen, thank you. >>> turning to other news. black friday is now over. a lot of the sales will go on throughout the weekend. tens of thousands woke up early to be the first ticket items at a reduced price. how did they make out? nbc's jacob rascon is in texas' biggest mall in houston. good morning, jacob. >> reporter: good morning. we are in the houston mall. most of the retailers were in the middle of black friday weekend. some 137 million americans expected to hit the stores. that's more people than voted in the general election. overall, through the holiday, that's thanks in part to a surge in online sales. for many, it has become its own holiday. >> like to keep it local and go to the big malls in minnesota. have fun. >> every year, year after year, doing stuff like 27 hours last year. so far, 16 or 17 this year. >> reporter: six in ten americans plan to shop black friday weekend. many camping overnight. wait usually. to score some of the best deals of the year. target selling 3200 tvs per minute in the first hour. amazon with 100,000 toys in the fir

sheinelle? >> busy weekend. kelly o'donnell, thank you. tammy leitner, for more on last night's "hamilton" scuffle. >> mike pence got more than he bargained for last night when he showed up at one of the hottest tickets on broadway, "hamilton," arrived to boos and cheers and as he was leaving the theatre, stopped by one of the cast members who plays former vice president, aaron burr. he delivered a plea, basically, on half of the entire "hamilton" cast that has gone viral, obviously. and this morning donald trump weighed in on social media. he tweeted out o our wonderful future vice president, mike pence, was harassed last night at the theatre by the cast of "hamilton." cameras blazing, this should not happen. he went on to send another tweet. that tweet said the theatre must always be a safe and special place. the cast was very rude last night to a very good man, mike pence. apologize. well, donald trump did not get that apology today, though. he did get a response, though, from cast member bra

good morning, peter. >> reporter: sheinelle, good morning. we are 72 hours away from the polls opening on election day. donald trump will go all over the country trying to capitalize hillary clinton tries to slam the door on the republican nominee. ? freedom ?? >> reporter: music's queen beyonce with a surprise appearance in ohio. >> look how far we've come from having no voice to okay the brink of making history. >> reporter: alongside husband jay-z. >> with your help, a glass ceiling to crash once and for all. >> reporter: in cleveland, where she is strong with her base. trump's strategy is different. >> when we win on november 8th, we are going to drain the swamp. >> reporter: a raucous rally in pennsylvania. even taking a track at clinton's star-studded night. >> i didn't have to bring jlo or jay-z. >> reporter: the outsider bring in white working class voters. >> our trump administration will stop the jobs from leaving ohio and america. >> reporter: rally supporters in north carolina could determine his successor criticizing trump's comm

i'm sheinelle jones along with dylan dreyer and stephanie ruhle along with jose? >> good morning. >> there is a reason jose is here. craig and his wife had a beautiful baby girl exactly one week ago today. look at that family. she is adorable. jose discovered something this morning. he said i think dylan might be pregnant. >> she is? i didn't want to say in case she wasn't. >> that big muffin for breakfast. >> i did not want to embarrass her if she is not. >> congratulations to you and craig and his family. >>> let's get to the breaking news. anti-trump protests breaking out for a third straight night in cities and states across the country. this as we learn more about the president-elect's plans for transition team and future. nbc's katy tur has the latest. >> reporter: overnight, anti-trump protests across the nation. in portland, oregon, police in riot gear confronted an angry crowd. one person shot and wounded at the march. it is unclear if the shooting is related to the protest. angry crowds also taking to the streets of new york, atlanta and causeway. stoppi

i'm sheinelle jones with stephanie ruhle and dylan dreyer and jose here for craig. welcome back. >> thank you. it's thrilling to be back. >> do we believe this man doesn't know? >> i hope he department sidn't open. >> if you live in a rural area and no tv. >> it is probably refreshing to li life. >> i think he wants to find soot. let's get to the top story. that is president-elect trump meeting with one of the harshest critics today. mitt romney. the day after vice president-elect pence went to see the show "hamilton." nbc's kelly o'donnell is near the president-elect as golf club. >> reporter: jose. meetings including one with the high profile critic and the team briefs reporters on the transition with just eight weeks to go. the motorcade pulled in to what may soon be known as the jersey white house. trump's weekend home. at his golf resourt to work on transition plans. today's big meeting could be awkward. >> here's what i know. donald trump is a phony. a fraud. >>or mitt romney led the charge against trump's candidacy with a whithering takedown. their relationsh

nbc's morgan radford has more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. that's righ madison square garden for what is expected to be the biggest fight card in history. tickets tonight are selling for more than $15,000. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> reporter: it's the tale of the tape. ufc champion conor mcgregor and alvarez and the first ever fight the once banned sport coming to madison square garden. bringing in fans and cash. >> new york city is the media mecca of the world. i knew it would be financially a home run. >> reporter: but it wasn't always this way. new york state banned mixed martial arts for 19 years. back when there were only three rules. no biting, no eye gouging and no groin st a letter to the governors of all 50 states asking them to ban the sport. >> i think it is as close to anything i have seen to the days of the gladiators. >> reporter: why do you think new york was rediscent to have you here? >> it was the union issues. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo legalized the sport in april. ultimate stars already making headline

. >>> i'm sheinelle jones in the nbc news washington bureau. the race to 270 is now rapidly moving in nbc news now projecting trump the apparent winner in florida, a key battleground state. and just in, trump projected to win the state of georgia. a state clinton had hoped to flip blue. trump also projected to win in the state of iowa. the first state to hold caucuses earlier this year. and trump can add utah to his list of projected wins, overcoming a challenge from third party candidate evan mcmullin. hillary clinton pinning her hopes now on races still too including the state of michigan, pennsylvania, and nevada. that's where we find miguel almaguer. >> reporter: sheinelle, the mood here is anything but jubilant. this could be one of the largest gatherings for democrats in nevada. they're cheering because it appears their candidate for u.s. senate is in leading position here. news of hillary clinton trailing, the crowd has been fairly quiet, again, they're cheering at this moment because their candidate catherine cortez masto is in the lead

"today's" sheinelle jones has her story. ?? >> i started this business with $300. i went from being a line cook to a ceo in four years. >> reporter: 29-year-old ellen bennett turned a great apron into a multi-million dollar opportunity. >> i knew where the pockets were ripping. i knew where the apron straps were fraying. i knew exactly what i wanted to fix about them and i wanted something better that i could wear with a sense of dignity and pride in the kitchen. then this entire evolution of the best uniform was created. >> reporter: in 2012, it was born, a hand-crafted apron company based in southern california. i was just walking and talking to people. as many people as i could, everywhere i went. >> reporter: bennett is part of the global emergence of under-35ers who are creating companies with higher head counts. more than 10 million women in this country have small businesses growing a the a rate of more than 1 1/2 times the national average. >> we're in over 4,000 restaurants in the united states. we've sold hundreds of thousands of and they're all hand-made

we check in with sheinelle, stephanie, jose for a preview of what's coming up., guys. >> good morning, rosemary. coming up on saturday morning, the latest on another night of anti-trump protests around the country. more than a dozen arrests. one person shot in portland. this as we get more information on the president-elect's plans for the future and who is being named in the transition team. >> also ahead, going to switch gears and talk about dave chappelle's big come back to late night. the comedian getting ready to host "saturday night live" after a ten year hiatus from tv. >>> doctors say exercise is good for mom and baby during pregnancy. dylan is finding inner peace as she tries prenatal yoga for the first time. >>> and we finally see the rockefeller center christmas tree in person. >> yes, yes! >> it is beautiful. >> bigger than last year. >> amazing, rosemary. >> a tradition for a lot of people. all right, thanks guys. . >>> happy saturday, danny pommells. sixers looking for the first win of the season, let a five point lead slip with 25 seconds to go. l