with professoray barbara feinman todd. a with professor barbara feinman todd.hen, justice ruth bader ginsburg and it will be followed by a presidential leadership survey. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," georgetown professor barbara feinmann todd. and how she was still able to did herself out of the washington swamp. brian: barbara feinman todd, your book is "pretend i'm not here,"

. ♪ >> this weekend q&a, georgetown professor our refinement todd -- barbara feinmann todd.nd how she was still able to did herself out of the washington swamp. book,bara todd, your pretend i'm not here, why the title? salient reasonst is because i felt as if i was not here. others treated me as if i was not visible. that was in part because of the role i played, i was a ghostwriter. it was easier for people who needed a helper to pretend as if i was not there. host: why? washingtonople in want power. they want to appear powerful. seen by a lot of people as weakness. host: we are going to talk about a lot of the people, he will name a lot of them to know how involved you are. barbara: i want to make a distinction right off the bat. was not people i helping as a ghostwriter, i was a researcher. a consulting editor, i was a book midwife. people i goes wrote for, some people it was in between, other times i was mostly a helper. host: that includes what names? barbara: i helped hillary then there was bond -- bob woodward as a researcher. i did some editing for them. naggings som

todd grabs danielle. >> i felt like i was falling over. and if he didn't have a good grip on me, i would have fallen. >> they race around the corner and narrowly miss a direct hit. >> if the corner wasn't there, i don't know what might have happened. >> it's especially dangerous for danielle, who is blindfolded. >> once we round the corner is when i'm finally able to lift the shade and see as the car goes right behind us. >> they're all shaking with adrenaline. >> it was very scary. as soon as i compose myself and my heart stops pumping, i noticed it being a couple of elderly people in the car. the police say she was trying to parallel park, and then she was trying to go forward again. instead of thinking it was in forward, it was still in reverse, and when she kind of hit the gas, she panicked and then she just kept on punching it. >> when they review the security video, it's clear o'neil didn't miss a beat. in fact, he turns his head before todd does. >> i think o'neil actually heard the car come up on to the curb. then i heard the pop o

that's the one that would stick out to me. >> all right, chuck todd.r joining us. >> six minutes and 13 seconds to get to studio chuck todd this morning at 10:30 here on nbc 4. >>> and today, full squad workouts for the nats begin at spring training. >> news 4's carol maloney gives us a preview of their new florida home. you'll know why guys like bryce harper will have to bring their swim trunks, maybe floaties, to work. >> reporter: amid the construction, a team gets back to work. ballpark of the palm beaches, a cool name for the nats' new massive spring training complex. >> it makes you feel good. guys are excited to come. guys are not in a hurry to leave. all this equates to, you know, being happy. >> reporter: six practice fields, an agility field, spots for 20 pitchers in the bull pen, and a pool, guys ready to jump in. >> excited to be down here, excited to get going in a new place with some greie cages and great weight room finally. a little pool over there, so hopefully do some cannon balls in there a couple times. >> reporter: position players

with professor barbara feinman todd. a with professor barbara feinman todd. then, justice ruth bader ginsburg and it will be followed by a presidential leadership survey. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," georgetown professor barbara feinmann todd. and how she was still able to did herself out of the washington swamp. brian: barbara feinman todd, your book is "pretend i'm not here," why the title? barbara: the most salient reason is because i felt as if i was not here for many years. that other people treated me as though i was not visible. and that was in part because of the role i played. i was a ghostwriter. but also because it was easier for people who needed a helper to pretend as if i was not there. brian: why? barbara: because i think people don't >> people in washington want power. they want to appear powerful. needing help is seen by a lot of people i guess as a sign of weakness. brian: we are going to talk about a lot of the people, he -- but just name a lot of them so people know how involved you were with ghostwriting. barbara: i want to make a dis

traffic is being divert todd dulles toll road. you can see that's what we're looking at traffic getting by there and flashing lights in the area getting ready to reposition their shot. we'll pull out and show you different view of backup right now and different view and you can see already at 5:07 it's parking lot there. 2 northbound south of 267 while folks wait to detour 267 eastbound towards the dulles toll road there. dulles airport. we'll give you updates on that one and try to find alternate this morning. significant increase in traffic than we see this time of morning. we'll show you a view of maps. we're dealing with i aproblem on the outer loop. things looking good. bottom side of beltway and again you want to detour at the dulles toll road and as you make your way past george aavenue approaching connecticut we're dealing with a crash blocking the right lane vl involving a reporterd tanker truck and jeep. we'll keep you posted on those delays growing. any questions @erinfoxdc twitter and metro is on time except for safe t

ashley: what turned that todd? what made it cool again? kinds of artsy things. -- what turned that todd? what made that change? trying toey: i was explain this to someone the other day, vcu. i remember when vcu went to the final four. where is the school from? it is the city of richmond. that put virginia on the map. episodes ofof the the 2008 election. that put virginia on the board. when president obama won virginia for the first time in 44 years -- ashley: democrats. mayor stoney: that is right. ashley: and that is a changes hearts government. virginia went blue in the most recent election. mayor stoney: that's right. that's right. richmond is at the heart of this. we play a significant role in the electoral future of the commonwealth of virginia. those votesyou have there, but you have a thriving, growing region as well. we are a workforce that is still growing. how do millennials respond to richmond's history? know what, i you think folks that are moving into just like i did 13 years ago, you are surrounded by history basically every

todd is it. look at that, i can read. if a of applause for todd. have you see me present before? >> no. have over here have you ever rode a motorcycle before? moped or dirtbike. >> no. >> make a fist for me and robin engine on a motorcycle. >> wrong. look at his wrist. to that motion. >> which armed else i can reach it. so there's a muscle in my forearm right here. do not slow and it opens. you put your finger out right there. >> so this muscle when you flex it up so it opens flex it up fast. rotate this way. keep gone. going. show him the other motion. down. flex a handout. downslope. down fast. i forgot to extend myself. to check this out. walter reed reed is great. new technology everyday. history, beautiful wife. i would understand's and i'm on stage but it's voice activated. blue lights came on. open close i hate you close turn. that's a bed. stop hate this dang thing. stop. i have an ice cream cone at moose track and it is delicious. my little brother walks and he says hey mom can you open the fridge. it's my party and i'm really cry if i want to. i'm pulled the hot cup of

>> actually, it's two brothers, brendan anded todd.n taking photographs of todd on the river on outlet creek in washington state. >> a popular kayaking spot. one of the greatest american rivers to run. >> what they have now down is doubled the amount of time that you can spend playing in the river. and if you go through the crazy whitewater, usually you miss these guys. you are never going to lose these guys. >> that is neat looking. >> isn't that super cool at the end? i should say, todd is a pro, so he's not just some guy who does this as a hobby. he knows what he's doing and that's probably why they trust him. his skills to be able to do this under the circumstances. >> professional kayaker as opposed to professional led layer. >> correct. that is true. >>> it's that time, it's time to give away another ipad mini. >> to enter you need the buzz word, need to be 21 years old and be a legal resident of the u.s. or canada. >> head to rightthisminute.com and click on ipad. >> you can do it on facebook or twitter each day. >> tuesday's bu

we'll be checking in with todd around 7:45. "meet the press" comes your way at 10:30. >>> let's head to the lehigh valley. investigators tell us the man pictured here pulled over a woman in lower saucon township claiming she had a brake light out. investigators say the woman realized he was not a police officer so she drove off. the same suspect is wanted for a similar incident that happened in south white hall township. police tell us the man drove a white suv with a red and blue emergency light on the dashboard. >>> this weekend nbc 10 obtained the 911 call in an unsolved homicide case involving a 2-year-old boy from camden county. the call is revealing the frantic moments leading to the toddler's death. nbc 10's drew smith reports. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> reporter: this is how the an eight-minute phone call begins from a home on this block of woodland avenue in november. it was released in response to an open records request. an emergency translator joins the line two minutes in. the caller is a woman who says she

i need to better accomplish things faster. >> sean: todd, this is an opportunity.his very often, to get the job done, what was your take away from the promise to support the agenda and legislatively pass it? >> well, sean i think all of us contorting deplorable americans are cautiously optimistic that republicans are going to do that. the reason i say cautiously optimistic us, the republicans have a bad habit of campaigning as conservatives, but when they finally gain control, they gain power, they go a little wobbly. so i'm glad you are holding their feet to the fire here. i do believe that paul ryan is going to be a helper and a friend to president trump. >> sean: lisa, i have been very critical of republicans, they are spineless, vision list, i was so frustrated that they never actually used their enumerated power to battle obama. i walked away feeling a lot more optimistic after interviewing the speaker yesterday. am i being naive or did you feel the same way? >> no, i don't think you're being naive, as he outlined in the interview, there some big ticket items

we have allude todd this yesterday. some could still see lingering sprinkle as primarily far north of philadelphia. right now no umbrellas required certainly. with time any cloud cover will , break, for more and more sunshine. our current temperature readings in the the lower 40's here, very calm wind overall, and it the is more than anything turning southerly. even though it stays calm that wind it is regardless going to allow to us warm up, so much more substantially. we will eventually end up

todd allen has also spent most of the past 20 years in and out of jail in prison. now, he's taking it upon himself to uphold another inmate tradition. one with a decidedly more sinister side. >> we don't allow snitches and we don't allow child molesters. >> when allen discovered an accused child molester had moved onto his housing unit, he threatened to dish out his own form of justice. by the next time we saw him, he had apparently made good on it. >> he was in his cell. that way, he couldn't run out of the cell on me. the door was automatically shut. he was acting like he was asleep. i woke him up. i said hey, get up, punk. i've got bad news for you. i said you got three seconds to tell me the truth. he said yes, sir, that's what i'm in here for. and i slapped the [bleep] out of him about three times. if i had a lot of time on my hands, say i had a life sentence in prison or 20 years, i'd have killed the guy. he got the inmate to request a transfer. >> basically, the unit officer called me in b and said he had an inmate that was in fear of his safety. so i went t

chuck todd joins us with a preview.ng, rosemary. >> did the bernie sanders supporters get left out in the cold on this one? will it be difficult for perez to unite them with the party? >> i think step one was doing what he did. i'm curious and one of my questions is whether ellison and perez had a deal that whoever won, the other would agree to serve as the deputy chair as a quick show of unity. i think it was an important moment because it did look like it was -- could get ugly in there because the ellison supporters were so upset. the sanders people haven't been happy since, especially they look at hillary clinton losing and think bernie sanders could have won. they look at donald trump's most successful jobs messaging when it comes to trade deals and things like that and think, gees, bernie sanders was making those same arguments. i don't know if they're going to be long-term happy with this pick. it wasn't that long ago that perez was outside the mainstream, too conservative. i think everything is subjective dependi

learn -- disappoint todd learn that the facts that are been conteh todd me by general flynn were inaccurate. but, we honor general flynn's long service to the united states of america and i fully support the president's decision to ask for his resignation. it >> reporter: one other note on the new naming of the nsc supervisor who will be taking over today, we are told that the mcmaster team will be put in place. meaning, the white house will not be able to reject whoever he decides to bring in and apparently that was a sticking point in other people that were offered the job. we're live on the hill tonight, tom fitzgerald, "fox5 local news". >> right now at 5:00 a sudden death stuns united nations leaders. >> an am bar door that drops dead in new york city a day before his birthday. >> a controversial speaker is uninvited to the the action political conversation a video surfaces where he appears to defend pedophilia. >> and should robots that take human jobs pay taxes one of the top billionaires say yes he could. getting a robot tax implemented ag make those machine. >> now i'm nervous abou

earlier this morning on nbc 10 i asked "meet the press" moderator chuck todd about that gop split. does this and other criticisms from mccain put a target on his back and will we see other republicans follow suit and speak out? >> it's interesting. you have to remember where john mccain is coming from. he roots it in this issue saying this is how authoritarian regimes treats its people. >> you can see chuck todd's exclusive interview with senator john mccain and an exclusive interview with former defense secretary leon panetta plus a discussion with white house chief of staff reince priebus this morning on "meet the press" at 10:30 on nbc 10. >>> we are in for near record warmth today, but that doesn't mean the ocean temperature is heating up. >> makes you feel alive, that's for sure. >> they took the plunge on a day that was less than polar. nonetheless, it still felt frigid. we'll hear from participants down the shore who jumped in the ocean for a good cause. >>> the music, the colors, the traditions. >> it's not new year's, but next we'll watch the mummers hit the streets of man

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you know, i had met todd, my partner long before that. >> parsons and art director todd speewhack have company that's wonderful productions brings new projects to the screen and stage. >> i'm the new "star trek" -- >> the success of the big bang theory has made parsons one of the highest paid actors on television. he earns a reported $1 million per episode. plus a share of the revenue on a show that's one of the most popular in syndication as well. >> i grew up in texas and that was impolite to talk about money. my parents never told me what our financial situation was and i don't know that i asked either. i wasn't a curious child with money. >> let's get serious for a moment. >> that financial freedom has allowed parsons to experiment a bit. >> hi, this is jim parsons. >> last month, he launched his own sirius xm radio show called jim parsons is too stupid for politics. >> even i was ill-prepared for just how ignorant i was going to be. i don't know. i need to figure out what i'm doing. on many different levels. if that's entertaining to listen to in the process, well so be it. >> the

i had met todd, my partner, long before that. >> parsons and art director todd spiwak have been togetherheir company, that's wonderful productions, bring new products to the screen and stage. the success of "the big bang theory" has made parsons one of the highest paid actors on television. he earns a reported $1 million per episode, plus a share of the revenue on a show that's popular in syndication as well. >> i grew up in texas and that was just really impolite to talk about money. my parents never told me what their financial situation was or what they made. i don't think i asked, either. i wasn't a very curious child. >> that financial freedom has allowed parsons to experiment a bit. >> hi, this is jim parsons. >> last month he lost his own serious xm radio show called "jim parsons is too stupid for politics." >> look, in the very title i claim to be pretty stupid about all this, but even i was ill prepared for just how ignorant i was going to be. i don't know, i need to figure out what i'm doing on many different levels. and if that's entertaining to listen to in the process, so be

brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> thanks so much for being with me today. i'm fredericka whitfield.s at the nba all-star weekend. bleacher special report happening right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ lease a 2017 lincoln mkx for $369 a month. only at your lincoln dealer. sir? you give me that salad and i will pay for your movie and one snack box. can i keep the walnuts? yes. but i get to pick your movie. can i pick the genre? nope. with the blue cash everyday card you get cash back on purchases with no annual fee. backed by the service and security of american express. >>> hello. i'm fredericka whitfield in the heart of new orleans and what a time to be here because this is the nba all-star weekend and of course, it's mardi gras and of course, i am with my great buddy here. my favorite nba all-star, steve smith. what an exciting weekend. >> it is, fred. when you hit the city limits, you feel like dancing. bourbon street, the passion of the people. they're genuine and the food. that's what i really love about new orleans. >> it's all about the flavor here. take a look. the world's most talented basketb

todd allen has also spent most of the past 20 years in and out of jail in prison. now, he's taking it upon himself to uphold another inmate tradition. one with a decidedly more sinister side. >> we don't allow snitches and we don't allow child molesters. >> when allen discovered an accused child molester had moved onto his housing unit, he threatened to dish out his own form of justice. by the next time we saw him, he had apparently made good on it. >> he was in his cell. that way, he couldn't run out of the cell on me. the door was automatically shut. he was acting like he was asleep. i woke him up. i said hey, get up, punk. i've got bad news for you. i said you got three seconds to tell me the truth. he said yes, sir, that's what i'm in here for. and i slapped the [bleep] out of him about three times. if i had a lot of time on my hands, say i had a life sentence in prison or 20 years, i'd have killed the guy. >> basically, the unit officer called me in b and said he had an inmate that was in fear of his safety. so i went to the unit to interview the inmate. at th

todd luckasevic underscored that for the jury. what caused this woman's death was?>> reporter: no doubt? >> no doubt. >> reporter: nor was there any to who poisoned autumn. police discovered the defendant's laptop hidden in an office safe. and inside it a wealth of information that told them bob ferrante had indeed been a very busy researcher in the months before his wife's death. >> dr. ferrante was googling searches concerning cyanide, where to purchase it, how to purchase it, the effects on people. >> reporter: and he didn't stop there. the prosecutor said bob ferrante then made an interesting request to his lab associates, something later relayed to detectives. >> he goes to the purchasing person in the laboratory and he tells this person that he wants to order a bottle of cyanide. >> reporter: has he ever done that before, detective? >> never. >> reporter: better yet, the detectives explained, the doctor asked for the cyanide to be delivered overnight. and when is all this in relation to autumn's slumping to the floor in her home? >> two days prior. >> reporter

county council has not vote todd declare them savl a sanctuary city and it's not clear if that will happen. >> virginia is attempting to tighten th the gop backed bill would awill you vick toymz sue communities for crimes committed by illegal imgrants and democrats that oppose the bill say it would burden taxpayer and be difficult to enforce. >> a story "fox5" first brought light. savoy would be xlosed several weeks as pest control continues to work around the clock to get rid of the bed bug and road row ept problem. savoy students will be dismaceed an entire month while that cleanup continues. >> first they had to find out where infestation is at the heviest and then where they locate where the heaviest is they start treating they can start treating. but if larger it might run weeks. as the school is safe health-wise for them babies to come back. >> the students can get breakfast, lunch and dinner today at berry farm recreation accident center. and parent asavoy elementary should find out 3 p.m. today how their children will goat therapy. >> and talking about the national zoo and panda fa

the operation was expects todd last about 6 hours. >> and also, tonight, wives of philadelphia flyers revealed a newly remodeled home for the family of a patient at st. st. christopher's hospital for children. the building hope for kids initiative build a home for family of 9-month-old siriana under going chemotherapy. the family was overwhelmed with excitement whether they saw the home. >> this is amazing. and i see them the way they was working in the house, we all the love -- when i -- when i go outside sometimes i'm there watching all the people working and everything i see the love they doing this with love. >> and building home for kids is a collaboration between flyers skharties and michael's way supporting a chronically ill child by renovating their home. >> such a beautiful, beautiful charity there. >> great. >> it's really not been a great day. my goodness. >> good day for hanging indoors and good thing it's sunday and sit around and read the paper and watch a movie. >> netflix. >> and pretty dreary in center city philadelphia and dreariness subsides and breezy conditions ri

country council has not vote todd declare itself a sanctuary city and it's not clear if that will happen. >> 6:05 now hey tuck good morning. >> good morning. >> near 70 this afternoon. you can believe that? >> man k. not wait. yesterday was great. today -- >> we had a lot of sun yesterday and not as much sun but pleasant. >> no complaint. >> if you wish to on the door and get fresh air in. it's not -- of course yesterday al it not so much locally. if you are well north and west and by well norm and west i mean west of hagerstown and frostburg cumberland and we have viewers out there. >> we do. >> and i can't proption we won't see rain showers fist half of the day as the warm front lifts norm. bottom line minimum of sun and clouds and we'll have preezs out of south and high temperatures that look like this. but wait, look look this. >> we'll wait. >> 70 this afternoon. look at 70s we're featuring. mannasas, quants co, fredericksburg, dulles, all expect to be near 70. cool are by the water. >> okay. >> for february, we'll take it. >> yeah. >> no complaints. >> and believe it or not thursda

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even chuck todd is on it now. >> if chuck todd is on it, it's going all the way. >>> tonight, nbc news- senior u.s. officials say the russian government is considering offering up american fugitive, edward snowden, handing him over to the u.s. to win favor with president trump. >>> caught in a lie? a mysterious phone call and a storm of controversy around trump national security adviser michael flynn. did the vice president give false information on national tv because flynn didn't tell him the truth? >>> breaking news -- after a big setback in court, president trump says he may sign a new order on immigration. >>> dangerously close, several new incidents of drones nearly crashing into passenger planes, what's being done to prevent a tragedy. >>> and bye-bye bao bao, fans rushing to say good-bye. where the zoo's biggest

chuck todd will have sunday exclusives with senator bernie sanders and former virginia senator jim webb. chuck will choin join us for a preview in a few minutes. >>> a bethesda church fighting back against new construction that's happening right next door. >> and news 4's derrick ward is live to tell us why the church is so worried about what is under the ground. hi, derrick. >> reporter: hey, good morning again. the church we're is macedonia baptist church. you see it there behind me along river road. this is the last vestige of a community that sprung up after the civil war. this is all about development that began back in the '50s. take a look at this map. this is the area in question. now, over on the other side of river road, it's believed there was a burial ground there for those folks who had settled in this community, former slaves, freed slaves, their descendents. that's been built over. there's actually a parking lot there. we're told there were actually some tombstones that could be found there as far back as the '50s. now a new round of development is set to begin. the count

chuck todd has another exclusive guest, arkansas senator tom cotton. i comes your way at 10:30 right here on nbc 10. >>> declining enrollment and lack of funding could soon shut down some schools in pennsylvania's university system. 14 schools are in the system. four of those universities are in our area, cheyney, westchester, kutztown and millersville. state educational officials say they'll hire a consultant to make recommendations. those recommend days may include closing, but others could involve consolidating degree programs and possibly even launching new marketing campaigns. >>> let's head to new jersey where transit police have arrested a man they say is a chronic toll evader. investigators say dominic slok bower owes almost $13,000 in unpaid tiens, accused of kpliting 206 toll violations using 21 separate accounts. slockbower is due in court next month. >>> nothing says sunday morning quite like an unforgettable breakfast. youtube has a menu jam packed with how-to recipes. we'll talk to local cooks and find out if they're ditching good old-fas

the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd, going to join us now to break this all down.er back and forth between the president and a person who you said is now elevated. >> look, it's good politics for trump. i see what he's doing. sanders supporters were pretty important to him. either those who didn't show up to vote in places like wisconsin or michigan, or crossed the aisle and voted for him. he'd love to keep that divide going. i think tom perez is very aware of it. it's why the first thing he did was make keith ellison the deputy chair. i'm sure it was perhaps a quid pro quo on that, no matter who won. look, donald trump is probably the best tool tom perez has to unite the party. the bigger challenge he's going to have is how does he break the institutional hierarchy of the party that is organizationally almost structured as a presidential party, totally focused on a cult of personality. that's what's missing. the republican party was about the republican party for the longest time. guess what, they won a whole bunch of little races. democrats have been losing a who

sunday they'll be able to come home. >> what i'm sure you'll be inundated if you have not starred todd receive calls about what does this mean. i can come in? what is it you're telling people now that maybe has been banned in coming in. what are this point. >> well we tell them that we think this is what it means we're going to be able to come home and tro from seattle judge doesn't have a deadline they're scheduled for a hearing non set the actual time. but that's what we hope will happen and certainly we hope that customs and border protection that the department of homeland security will comply with the tro. >> so certainly we heard the white house says as soon as they can the department of justice will try to fight this tell us you've about at dulles trying help the folks coming in. tell us about the stories and real people that you talked to how this affected them. >> i mean from saturday to today right there's been a million stories. it's ha to figure oar out which ones are the most compelling because everyone has one right? wear talking about people whose spouses went out for a

i want to thank todd gilbert for the great work in assisting us there. let's give todd a great round of applause. >> there goes his career. [ laughter ] i'm only teasing, come on. the legislation that we passed included the first meaningful restrictions on dangerous gun ownership in a generation. and showed the rest of the world that common sense compromise is possible on this issue. this year, we have an opportunity to strengthen the domestic violence protection law which is already the toughest in america. by expandsing it to include nonfamily abuse orders as well as permanent protective orders. this change which is being sponsored by senator janet howell and delegate kathleen murphy would keep more virginians safe from gun crime. additionally, let us go ahead and make 2017 the year that we make universal background checks for firearm sales the policy of the commonwealth of virginia. [ applause ] over the years, we've also worked together productivititively to reform our commonwealthetic system. the reforms ta we passed including a cap on gifts that co

i am chuck todd here. welcome to day one of what is arguably the biggest presidential scandal involving a foreign government. >> sean: the same guy that said it's a religious litmus test -- let me set the record straight. so-called journalist chuck todd, he is no tim russert, it's refusing to do so. mike flynn was wrong, he misled the president and vice president. but so far, there is zero evidence that flynn broke any law in any way. fox news is reporting that there is zero indication that flynn misled the fbi when they interviewed him. this is the beginning. take a look at what this winding liberal from "the new york times" a sub. >> the issue is what did he tell trump, that he and trump actually cook up this whole thing? after the russians did not respond harshly to the eviction of their spies and diplomats, trump tweeted out some positive encouragement of this. did the two of them cook this u up? the first is we have never taken seriously from the very beginning russia packed our election. that was a 9

order of the president which we believe is lawful and appropriate and the president order sin step todd protect the country and he has constitutional tore think and responsibility to pro tech the american people. >> an immigration lawyer has been volunteering those come fooing dulles this week. joining us now i have to get your reaction. what do you think about it. >> i think it's great we all do. >> what does this mean for the many people who you have been trying to help at dulles airport? we're talking about people that had we're hearing between 60,000 and 100,000 whose visas were revoked. >> we hope they'll be reinstated and come back in and people not planes and come here or turned back between saturday and sunday they'll be able to come home. >> what i'm sure you'll be inundated if you have not starred todd receive calls about what does this mean. i can come in? what is it you're telling people now that maybe has been banned in coming in. what are you telling them at this point. >> well we tell them that we think this is what it means we're going to be able to come home and tro fro

for the past three weeks they consider bus todd a different school. cleaning crews did a thorough sxerm extermination of savoy, d.c.p.s. hosted a on house. every desk in every classroom was vubd scrubbed and floor in 345eu7b lobby replaced and rugs and other items to harbor bedbugs were also replaced. >> we don't want to point fingers or lay the blame anywhere. we take responsibility for our buildings and take responsibility for making sure that they're ready for students to learn. clearly there was a break down in communication here. a high level of concern. so out of abund apps of caution we took record fairy pressures. this is not something we would expect to do typically but there was as i said abun dance of caution aronld a high level of concern at savoy and we're excited to have them back. >> since we first working on the issues here's "fox5" learned of other d.c. public school campuses battling similar things. the school district says it's investigating. >> well today it is the district other football team that took center stage. a groundbreaki

it is new episode of the doctors on today's show the doctors examine the role of probiotics, and toddeslay in our overall health. >> what is your favorite probiotic food. >> will solid carb guy. >> yes. >> have you got men to it. >> yes. >> and so, here's the reason this is all so important. let me break it town for folks lean people have 70 percent more gut bacteria. >> i recently spoke to doctor trav i can stork and asked him how much digestive health is connected to our general health. >> the connection is inn disputable it is enormous and crazy thing, jim, when i went to medical school we really treated gut health separate from overall health. we didn't know gut bacteria played a role. so one of the big things we're doing this year on the doctors , i even plan on writing a book bit. talking about the gut, the gut micro bacteria dictate everything from how lean you are, to how healthy you are, to your immune system, tourist being for allergies and asthma , it is remarkable, new research out there. >> what other stories and topics can we look forward to this month. >> i think biggest

>> i want to bring in chuck todd. chuck, all of this happened very, very quickly. still unclear whether or not the president is going to take questions. what do you make of what we're seeing here right now? >> it is -- look, this is what you would do, and what previous administrations have done when they are a bit under siege. don't put your spokesperson out there to take a beating today that i think sean spicer would have been taking. you put the president out there. if there are unanswered questions and he can't answer them, but better at this point -- better that you figure out a way to try to button it up with the president hymn himself so there is no other -- well, there is no other mystery behind it. especially if he can clean up some of these discrepancies. i have two giant questions. number one, how soon did he know that mike flynn talked about sanctions? did he know that day? did he get a briefing on the call? what was he briefed? then of course why the delay in firing him if he knew that it turn out that his vice president was misled. and why was mike pen

joining me is moderator chuck todd.morning. >> good morning, rosemary. >> that top republican we referenced is your exclusive guest this morning, senator john mccain. earlier today we heard part of your interview with him vigorously defending the media which the president called the enemy this week. does this and other criticisms from mccain put a target on his back and will we see other republicans follow suit and speak out? >> it's skbinteresting. you have to remember where john mccain is coming from. his base for criticizing this president has to do with foreign policy. think nato, with the u.s. in the lead role of trying to spread democracy and freedom around the world, serve as a check on authoritarian regimes before it was soviet union, now russia. it's that issue that mccain has. he's worried that president trump is just not as dedicated or committed to those alliances. and so even in the critique of the president's criticisms of the press, senator mccain roots it in that issue, sort of saying, hey, this is how a

>> yes. >> how are your stress levels if through the roof your problems could be link todd politics. >> is big stress factor for many people. here's tips on ways to relax. >> reporter: regardless of who you voted for in november a new study suggestions politics may be stressing you out. and in fact according to the american psychological association we're more stretched out now than we were before the election. why are you so stressed out by politics. >> we care. people care about what's going on in the world. >> i'm better off not thinking about it, it's that bad. >> all i'm seeing is russia, emails, everything, everything is clogged up. >> and what's to come is what's stressing everybody else. >> everybody is caidzy it's out of control. >> according to new research the stress pros crosses party lines. >> and for obama to -- i don't know. i don't know. to trump. >> some liberals go a little too far with social justice and all that. i can't have that. >> though all this anxiety is to be expected. >> it's uncertainty seems to be experiencing right now with the constant shift in policy

except todd. got the ghost out of machine! scott redler, todd colvin and elliot warren.the top of the hour, dave and melissa will have the disney earnings. we'll be watching that. 35 minutes away, we're getting and i'm told, more video ingested into our newsroom from that tornado and the damage that is new orleans, louisiana. it was a sudden, sudden and vicious storm. that's the radar over the past 12 hours. you can see how it goes right through mobile, pensacola. new orleans got smacked with a tornado touchdown. we're going to bring you those pictures in just a second. it is a monster of a tornado. we'll be right back. . . i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not we controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo is specif

french women and swiss men also predict todd live long into the upper 80s.xpected to live 84 years and lowest of the country studied 5 countries studied don't say it. >> don't say it. >> is the -- serbia. serbia men and women, 78 years women and 73 years men. >> let me ask a question about the statue of liberty story. >> beautiful. >> it's a big banner nobody saw it unrecalled or anything. >> maybe it did and took a >> don't know the apps, sorry. >> thank you so much. >> appreciate you. >> hans solo is trending this morning. we'll tell you why in today's fox beat. plus, details about near he death experience for julie andrews on the set of mary pop inz all the years ago. back after sghv happy trails to you. >> they're taking all the equipment and putting i place. >> and loading her on on to the flatbed. >> you see the back of the plane there in front of the tail section. >> lock how big. >> that's where we expect the crate to come out. >> look how big that opening is. we look at her as little baby. but she is a full grown panda bear. >> she was not exactly r

joining me now is chuck todd. >> as if the white house did didn't have enough go on.find out that north korea launched a test missile, a lot on the president's plate, what's the latest here? >> i think but will find out soon how much bite there is. tough words for north korea. i know early on after the election, he was briefed on challenges around the world that he would probably face early and north korea was on that list. they were prepared for this, and they didn't want to under react or overreact. so he came out last night and faced the cameras. it was reinforcing and it was good for him to face his own politics at home. i think we will find in the next 48 hours how strong of a response does he want to give. >> our guests this morning be l be bernie sander who is is sir to recognize the protest that's have happened across the country. is he the one to reach the team who are mobilizing in opposition? >> that's what chuck schumer believes. and he elevated bernie sanders to have a very high position. but there is no doubt that he had energy in 2016 behind him in diff