gabe gutierrez, nbc news, toledo, ohio. >>> thanks for being with us tonight. that is nightly news for tuesday. i'm lester holt. stay tuned for ourthis is at "sa scrapyard in richmond. a shelter in place order has been issued in the area. >>> we're following breaking news on the east bay. this is sims metal. a scrapyard in richmond. you can follow our twitter and facebook feed for the latest on this fire. >>> we're also just moments away from president trump's state of the union address. this is a live look inside the capitol building as we await his arrival just moments away. >>> thanks for joining us. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we expect to hear about the economy and state of security. you can see there the first lady. we're now looking inside the house chamber. we now join lester holt for coverage of the state of the union. >> i have been very active in overturning a number of executive actions by my predecessors. >> i believe that real and positive immigration reform is possible. >> believe me, we have to close down our government with buil

. >> reporter: she's now a toledo missipolice officer.rter for the toledo blade, she wanted to help people understand why parts of the city were descending into violence, so she started making a detailed map. >> it's all about people. >> reporter: but listening to scanner traffic wasn't enough. >>honestly, it may be super cliche, but i wanted to help people. >> reporter: secretly at first, the single mom signed up to take the police test. she traded her pen for her badge. >> you're willing to jump into that. if that's what she wants to do, she'll go after it. >> reporter: she took that leap seven months ago. do you miss being in e newsroom? >> no. >> reporter: and she's now giving back more than she ever thought possible. >> i've come to realize from a police officer perspective is that people are more way alike and similar than they think. >> reporter: insight from a cop with an eye for a good story. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, toledo, ohio. >>> thanks for being with us tonight. that is nightly news t for tuesday. be sure to join us for th

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temperatures in the mid to upper 50s for richmond, oakland, san leandro. 58 in south toledo. 57 in daly city. up north, temperatures are cooler. 60 in windsor, here is a look at that extended forecast. not a drop of rain on the horizon. looking at a few clouds today with more sunshine on sunday and monday. temperatures increasing into the mid to upper 60s for the warmer locations inland. temperatures continuing to build as we near the end of next week topping out in the upper 60s by thursday and friday of next week. back to you. >>> during her childhood today, this scholar moved around a lot and switch schools. it began to take a toll. this high school senior is eager to make history in her family. >> a cool classroom project in physics. a lesson in energy in movement. one she finds familiar in her own life. she and her mother were on their own during childhood. >> she did a good job of like, making sure that i didn't know how hard it was for her. but, i could tell, it was not easy. >> reporter: moving frequently and switching schools was common. >> every time i went to a new school i d

there it is. 20s in toledo. we are near 70 locally.ot of arctic air now pouring back into the northern plains. kansas city only 11. we will see the showers on and off through the first half of tonight. at 6:00 p.m. more breaks and then later tonight the front comes through. that may not happen until 1:00, 2:00, 3:00. when it does temperatures will crash. by the morning we'll be down in the 30s. wind chills on saturday will be in the teens and 20s. i know it's in the 60s now. it's going to feel 40 if not 50d er in spots with the wind chill come tomorrow. so, yes, you've been warned. even today. we've seen some areas pushing 70 south and west of us. on and off showers, maybe a storm. 30s by morning and we really don't get out of the 30s tomorrow. we'll see 39. 18 on saturday night. sunday 32. cold and dry. next week monday looks okay for the holiday, just cold. tuesday some snow showers. some light accumulations there. wednesday we will watch a possible system on the european and then by thursday it's just sunny and cold with a high arou

city limits of toledo, ohio, a car swings around the corner barely breathing. at first he drove right by her -- the story went -- then doubled back for a closer look. and what he found launched a thirty-year journey for one lonely child. >> there's all these whys that have not been answered. why was she forgotten about for all these years? >> reporter: a daughter determined to find out what happened that night. >> what's making you go forward? why not just let it be? >> something inside of me just wouldn't -- i wouldn'ttop. >> reporter: no matter how ugly e uth. >> she's knocking on ery door, she's ringing every phone. >> did you wish she weren't doing it, toby? >> i would just love to -- to say to her one more time, you know, "i love you." one more time. >> reporter: a daughter who wasn't afraid to make enemies. >> you are his nemesis. >> mm-hmm. and i'll never go away. >> reporter: brittany stork grew up in oregon, ohio -- a comfortable town perched on the edge of lake erie, where weekends meant lawn mowers, church, and softball games. >> what are you happy d

. >> reporter: 19-month-old th nathaniel downey of toledo, ohio died monday from the flu. the family says he suddenly started coughing and within an hour couldn't breathe. even the seemingly fit can be affected. this 21-year-old aspiring to be a personal trainer died. the family says a simple cold turned into a serious flu. we showed his photo to the doctor. he says cases like this are very rare and he'd need to know more but that any age group can catch the flu. >> certainly, it's an awful and scary story. when you look at the overall numbers of people in his age group, this person isn't necessarily at increased risk of adverse outcomes. >> reporter: tonight, the cdc still urging people to get the flu shot, even though it's only estimated tobe 30% effective. >> and gio benitez here in new york city, where doctors say they are seeing a spike in flu cases. do experts think wild temperature changes we've seen across this country are hurting our immunity when it comes to fighting the flu? and if you get the flu shot now, how soon before it takes effect? >> reporter: you know,

and that than y'all downey, 19 months old, from toledo, ohio, who started coughing suddenly, and within an hour, couldn't breathe. tonight, as nearly every state in the country gaples with a severe through season, one school in matthews, north carolina, canceling classes for the rest of the week after more than 160 students were out sick. >> taking action in north carolina, so many parents are seeing this. jen ashton with us now. and from that mother outside boston to the 21-year-old son. it's a reminder how unpredictable the flu can be, and for even to take the similar p somes seriously. >> reporter: absolutely, david. so far, the deaths in the flu this season have been mostly in mostly those with pre-existing medical conditions. heart disease, lung disease. but the victims in this piece remind us, it can affect anyone, the symptoms have to be taken seriously. some good news. the anti-viral medications lie tamiflu, there appears to be no resistance with this particular strain that is circulating. >> that is good news. jen, thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news to

get back in the car and have more work to do and drive almost an hour west to our destination in toledo, ohio. we will go carefully as you see the weather in ohio. we are about halfway and tomorrow morning we will make another 8 to 9 hour drive and end up in minneapolis for super bowl lii. i cannot wait. reporting live, nbc10 news. >> maybe you can get to the big amusement park there but maybe it's not operating. >> look that that. >> you need to get to heavy coat on soon. >> reporter: i have to dig it out. >> safe travels. >> we have a new toppings get--w option to get in on super bowl action. handing out rally towels for passengers heading to the host city. >>> a ticket stub from game one of the 2009 nfl preseason has just been sitting in the pennsylvania treasury vault. that's not all. there are trading cards and posters and memorabilia unclaimed. if you think it belongs to you, contact the treasurer's office. >>> less than a week to the big game. >> hundreds of you sent us fight songs. no words for this rendition. take a look. we're getting really creative here. these kids letting t

. >> we're going to bring our jobs back to toledo, ohio!> trump's relentless focus on jobs and trade won voters' hearts in ohio. >> we will never, ever sign bad trade deals. america first! >> we had this wild man, you know, saying look, i care about you. >> nafta destroyed ohio. it destroyed ohio. >> you know, nafta, that took your jobs. >> hillary clinton's pitch on the economy paled in comparison. >> we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business. >> hillary's saying, well, we're going to put coal miners out of work, and we're going to retrain some people. >> but there were those darker messages in trump's campaign. >> we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration! >> were they also behind his victory here? >> it's not that people are anti-immigrants. what donald trump did is he told people you don't have your job because of immigrants. >> prejudice is not a fixed monolithic thing. it ebbs and flows. and it's susceptible to manipulation. and trump manipulated it and let it out. >> trump

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s from from toledo to gary, indiana. we got on the road early this morning. we hit a little snow coming into indiana. eventually wes passed notre dame and made a pit stop in gary, indiana. along this trip, eagles fans from lancaster county, he's a retired pilot in the air force and the pictures you're about to see, this is him flying in a jet. that's an eagles banner in the cockpit window. this is while they were on a mission in afghanistan in 2014. he was now retired but he flies for american airlines and will be working flying during the super bowl. very cool stuff to see how much fans represent this team. we want to bring you back out live. you can see the open road of wisconsin. we don't have a lot of traffic, which is great news. we'll have more from our road tr trip. >> safe travels on your road to the super bowl. we'll see you soon. for now, back to you in the studio. in philadelphia. >> thank you so much. >> why the battle over philly's soda tax will be head ed to the highest courts. >> and icy roads out there for tonight. we're going to see temperatu

the curse word mattered less than the racist opinion behind the word and that's what toledo this moment in the white house. >> are you a racist? mr. president, will you respond to these questions about the statement, sir? >> what are report toeers to do? we've seen a wide elevatvariety reactions. >> the president of the united states is racist. all of us already knew that. >> meanwhile over on fox jessie waters said trump was telling it like it is. >> this is how the forgotten men and women talk at the bar. is it graceful? no. is it offensive? of course. this is who trump is. >> but if this is who president trump is, who are we? and what is the role of the press at a moment like this? let's talk about it with van jones, cnn political commentator. also here with me a media critic for the "baltimore sun". on election night in 2016 you said his election in part is a white lash. are we seeing what a white lash means. >> not every trump voter has those views but part of his base that's not offended or holding their nose but enthusiastic about these inflammatory things he says and does. part

this question of how much credit to give president trump given that it was obama's policies that toledo that gradual decline. >> look, i am happy to give president trump credit for not screwing it up. i mean he could have come in and done stuff that reversed that trend. he could have come in and done terrible thing. he didn't. there was a bull market under obama. he kept that going. unemployment was coming down. he kept that going. great. you're not listening to the voices of the black community. you say that's not enough to make up for s-hole countries. that's not enough to make up for insulting black football players. like just because we're making incremental progress, continuing incremental progress that doesn't give the right to be disrespectful and that's what jay-z was trying to say. >> let's talk more about president trump targeting jay-z and the presidents's upcoming state of the union speech. joining me now is amy parns and nathan gonzalez and cornell brooks. so, cornell, you first. let's start with, you know, the president feeling compelled to tweet, you know, calling out, yo

and springfield, mansfield, toledo and youngstown and air force employees in my state. i don't want people to go to work tomorrow morning and whether they're inside the fence, civilians or whether they work outside the fence outside the gate, i don't want them to go to work and find out the government's closed. that's why, mr. president, we have another option, i'm asking the republican leader to reopen the government right now. i'm asking unanimous consent the president, that the senate proceed to immediate consideration of hr 1301 that the amendment would provide for continuing resolution to fund the government, to wednesday, january 24th, three days, and it's at the desk, be considered and agreed to the bills amend be considered, read a third piem and passed the motions are reconsidered, considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. >> is this objection? >> mr. president. >> senator from north carolina. >> to the right to object. mr. president, i'm glad to hear that the gentleman from ohio, the gentleman from connecticut, they all want

. >>> in toledo, ohio, two of the four teenagers arrested for tossing a sandbag from a highway overpass that smashed through a car's windshield and killed a 22-year-old motorist. they have pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors there say the two boys are not the ones who actually threw that sandbag. the other two boys were charged with murder. >>> autopsy results show that rock star tom petty died from an accidental drug overdose. los angeles officials are saying that the singer had a mix of prescription drugs in his system including fentanyl and oxycodone. the family says unbearable pain from a fractured hip probably led petty to take too many medications. he died, of course, last october at the age of 66. >>> and other celebrity news making headlines this morning, swimmer michael phelps sharing his stories of battling depression at a mental health conference in chicago. the winner of 28 gold medals to an audience that he hid his low point after the 2012 olympic games even contemplating suicide. he says he's speaking out now with the hope that it will help others. >>>

our sudar over the rising price of bread one of the dead was a high school student in the city of toledo police have rested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in an effort to clamp down on the unrest demonstrations began in the south eastern city of sanaa saturday after bread prices there doubled the price hike was a fallout of government cuts to subsidy programs the removal of subsidies as part of a study measures as the country struggles with rising inflation. is a student protester and activist he says people are angry because they never could or they were never consulted about the budget cuts. the government will discuss the issue of the budget which is a political partner and i want to discuss it to the people and that is in the process has just come suddenly in the night no one was expecting this huge amount of praise in the price of fuel of weed of bread of everything people are talking about seven demands which is. stopping this budget stopping this treatment of the government to the people with this way cutting the military budget cutting the national secur

i won't go into, finds himself with a free year, so i'm living in my dead mom's apartment here in toledoe teaching -- advanced placement biology. so, here's the deal, i do not care about biology. we're not going to do any biology in here. and to be perfectly clear, this won't be one of those things where over the course of a year i secretly teach it to you. this also won't be one of those things where i end up learning more from you than you do from me. i know more than all of you combined, so that doesn't make any sense. i'm going to spend the majority of my time mentally breaking my nemesis with the ultimate goal of taking his job as the head of stanford, philosophy, and then i'm going to have sex with as many women as i possibly can throughout the entire state of california. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: please welcome to the show glenn howerton, everyone! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: welcome to the show! >> i'm wearing a suit. >> seth: you're wearing a suit, you look very dapper. >> thank you. >> seth: but i want to ask about this because you did a very non-suit activity rec

. >> reporter: helle, who is now the mayor of oak harbor, a small village near toledo, has joined thelition of mostly progressive-leaning groups opposing the two-pronged approach ohio has to maintaining its voter rolls. if a voter doesn't cast a ballot for two years, a postcard is mailed to the address listed on the voter's registration. if the voter doesn't respond and then doesn't vote for another four years, the voter is removed from the voting rolls without further notice, whether the voter has moved or not. more than 4.6 million of those mailers have been sent to voters since 2011, the year helle found out he was removed. at least hundreds of thousands of voters have been removed, but it's unclear exactly how many. republican secretary of state jon husted says the two-year window and the mailers are part of the state's legal obligation to remove the names of dead, imprisoned or otherwise ineligible voters. >> it's us trying to say to the voter, "gee, have you moved? do you want to update your information?" it's done to try to be helpful to the voter, and helping them update their

from toledo, ohio, such retirees as carol jones who drove a truck for over 30 years and who missed holidays and major life milestones because of this work on the road. the knowledge he was earning a pension helped in those moments but now he says it all feels like a pipe dream. and you know, when you drive trucks for over 30 years, thing haps to your knee, they happen to your back, bouncing over concrete for three decades has severe cost for so many. it's a solution -- if a solution is not passed now, he won't even be able to continue to care for his disabled daughter. or how about ernest frye, a teamster for 54 years. he and his wife currently can live on what they earn through his pension, but with its threatened cuts, everything will fall apart for them. they will have to rely on the government to cover the difference. and with the rising cost of medical expenses they run the risk of also losing their home. if his pension is cut. what kind of cruelty is this? how about cindy grim lee who was hired in 1978 and who has taken pride in being able to ache take care of herself. even with the p

just last week in ottawa county, ohio outside of tol, we had five -- of toledo, we had five overdoses in one single day. we had three people die of overdoses in one week. the suspect the cause of course fentanyl. earlier this month in akron, a 57-year-old man, a board member of the akron public school system was found unconscience in his car from a drug overdose. first responders were thankfully able to revive the man with narcam. again, fentanyl caused the overdose. a 12-year-old columbus boy encountered fentanyl while he was over at his cousins for a sleepover. he was rushed to the hospital but died days later from a lack of oxygen to his brain. as a result of fentanyl. these synthetic drugs have invaded communities across ohio and across the country. unbelievably this deadly poison is primarily shipped into america from china through our united states postal service. the permanent subcommittee on investigations which i chair along with ranking member senator tom carper recently held a hearing on this issue. it came on the heels of our year-long bipartisan investigation that resulte

ruby is calling from toledo, ohio. ruby, you're on the republican line and we're listening. caller: hi. i do agree with the previous caller. i've seen what's happened in california, becoming a sanctuary state, and it's become a total dump. the democrats need to get off their behinds and repeal the daca agreement. that needs to go. we need to start putting america first and donald trump was right. america needs to be put first. we have been running last, especially in education. we have more people in prisons than we have in school and that's a shame. we have democrats and we got democratic representatives that are making more money than most other employees. and their constituents are the ones suffering for it. you got ladies like nancy pelosi and maxine waters that are making millions. and they are public service workers. how is that ok? i don't think it's right. i think that donald trump -- i think the democrats need to get off their hands. they need to get off their butts and they need to do their job. as long as the government shuts down they don't need to be collecting

will feel like 18 below, toledo, 9 below. chicago still 20 below.anta will even feel like. i have to tell you i have to keep the dance going but there is some warmth on the way coming by monday and tuesday. until then, can i come in now? guys! >> oh, look at the little girl in the window. come on in and bring the camera crew in as well. >> notice she's out there all by herself this time. it is brutal and this storm is having a huge impact on air travel. see. that's laguardia airport. barely a soul in sight. hundreds of flights have already been canceled and our senior transportation correspondent david kerley is at reagan national airport outside of d.c. and the airlines are doing their best to get back on track, aren't they, david. >> they really are. the rush is on to resume operations. the good news those two big new york airports overnight did resume operations, re-open for flights. that's the good news, crews have been busy trying to clear the runways and tarmacs but already today a thousand flights, more than a thousand flights have been cance

icy commute tonight for places like just west of nashville, memphis up through cincinnati or even toledou could see up to a half inch of ice as we go into the weekend and makes for a rough commute friday night and saturday. >> boy, it sure looks like it. beginner, thanks very much. >>> to capitol hill and those talks on protecting the d.r.e.a.m.ers, the nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. senior congressional correspondent mary bruce back with more on the story and, mary, they seem to be closing in on a deal. the big question is going to be is it something the president can sign? >> reporter: exactly. there are signs of progress here. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are optimistic they can reach a deal here, but there's still a ways to go. congress is under a real time crunch here and now the president is sending mixed message, originally he said he will sign on to whatever congress can agree to. but now he's insisting that any deal to protect d.r.e.a.m.ers also includes funding for his wall. here on the hill the question then becomes how do you 2

just in the past week, near toledo, ohio, five individuals overdosed and three died. fentanyl-related overdoses. it's so bad that officials issued an opioid advisory warning to the public, begging them to stay away from what was clearly a, quote, bad batch of opioids in northwest ohio. how many more people have to die before this poison stops coming into our communities? before we take the steps -- the simple steps to at least understand where the suspicious packages are, how to get them offline, and not delivered to a p.o. box here in america. how many people have to die before this happens? yes, the postal service is in desperate need of comprehensive reform, and nobody has been more involved with that than senator carper. but it's shocking that we are still so unprepared to police the mail arriving into our country. again, i want to thank senator carper and his staff for working so closely with us. chairman of the full committee has now joined us. senator johnson. i'm going to ask him if he has any brief opening remarks and i turn it over to the ranking member. >>

we're talking about what secretary mattis toiled toledos this morning. a declaration this fourth c.r. this year cost the pentagon millions of dollars to maintain the same spending level they had last year. that's wasteful. how many families across america would say, i'm going to write exactly the same checks i wrote in january 20918 as i wrote in january 23017? we toe tow to the department of defense and the men and women of the military and the people we represent to keep this nation safe. but i agree with senator graham. we cannot ignore there are other things that are priorities and important. in the nondefense asian to think that -- in the nondefense area, to think we would shortchange the department o department of n agency you have responsibility for in the appropriations committee is a shortsighted effort that even secretary mattis would be quick to say makes no sense at all. we should be giving our department of defense the resources and the people they need to make sure we are dealing at the area of diplomacy as topped to war. that's just one ex

holy toledo. >> can't even escape it in florida. >> great report, janice dean. of. come back soon. >>> comming up we have companies facing a big tax break. will they be closely watched this year? basically this is their chance to show they care about investing in america and americans. we're talking about the companies reinvesting their tax cut in their own operations. what is bernie sanders going to have to say about that? coming up. don't go away. ♪ ashley: i am ashley webster in for stuart varney, he is feeling a little under the weather. donald trump back at the white house as the administration prepares to take on several key issues including infrastructure, immigration reform during his second year in office. donald trump will meet with republican leaders at camp david this weekend but ahead of that meeting, a quick get together tomorrow on capitol hill, on both sides of the island was the trump administration will all be there. is there any hope for bipartisanship in the new year? don't hold your breath. the first big test of the new year will come from iran.

we have an overturned crash on south toledo, south of the waldo tunnel. it is finally cleared.is a great ride across the golden gate into san francisco.>>> we continue to follow breaking news, that came to us at 2:39 this morning in the form of the magnitude 4.4 earthquake, this is video from the safeway in the bay area, they went through their and a lot of items fell off the shelves, the good news is, there is no significant damage to the stores or homes in the area, and the infrastructure. it was a strong jolt felt as far north as santa rosa, and here is a map for you, we want to show you. right in the center of your screen, that is the epicenter. it is as far south as santa cruz, and it can also be felt on the peninsula. a lot of people are surprised this morning, the usgs has listed it as a 4.4 earthquake, and at the time i can definitely tell you it felt stronger than a 4.4. but it is not done yet, they say we should feel aftershocks for days to come, and there is another map, we want to show you the depth of the earthquake at about eight miles underground, there is a lot

just in the past week in toledo ohio fiveindividuals overdosed . from fentanyl related overdoses. it's so bad officials issued an opioid advisory warning to the public begging them to stay away from what was surely a bad batch of opioids from northwest ohio. how many more people have to die before this poison stops coming into our communities? before we take the steps, the simple steps to at least understand where the suspicion are and how to get them off-line and not delivered to a po box in america? how many people have to die before this happens? yes, the postal service is in desperate need of comprehensive reform and nobody has been more involved than senator carter but it's shocking we are still so unprepared to police the mail arriving into our country. again, i want to thank senator carter for working so closely with the chairman of the full committee who has joined us, senator johnson and i would ask if he has any remarks and i would turn it over to ranking member senatorcarter. >> thank you mister chairman. thank you for your ongoing leadership . it's about an important i

the only ones that haven't our toledo, detroit, and somewhere in connecticut.f the 1500 counties in america where their population is less than 25,000, two thirds of them have lost population. are bleedingunties population into the larger counties. how can that not raise home prices? host: tennessee, where richard is. caller: good morning. this gentleman mr. wilson is dead on on what he is saying. i'm pretty much retired and i have traveled this whole nation. i've lived in nashville, tennessee was a liberal mayor spending a lot of money, but i live in a conservative state. that conservative state is booming. i went to my doctor's office on the west side of nashville and i'm waiting on him to come in and i was looking out over the skyline of nashville --when i moved to nashville 40 years ago, there were two skyscrapers. there are 10 under construction right now. they have already built about 10 outlying areas. nashville, tennessee is the capital of tennessee. you have 20,000 people that come into the downtown area every day for work. you had the hundreds of thou

right off the coast of -- right off the city -- out of the city of toledo, lake erie is only 30 feet deep contrasted with lake superior which is 600 feet deep on the afternoon. that means that lake erie, whether it's as buhl is much more vulnerable to pollutants than the other great lakes. hence the work jonathan does is so important in keeping the great lake clean. at the end of the week others might look forward to a relaxing weekend with families and friends. jonathan heads out so -- so often jonathan heads out for drill with his unit. he used to drive from washington to illinois and later to west virginia for the weekend as part of his service. now his unit is deploying. we'll miss his expertise, his enthusiasm, his unique perspective in this office this year. we're also so grateful for his service to ohio and to our country. one final note before his deployment, last month jonathan got engaged to his partner kevin. john and kevin will join so many of ohio's military families who understand the unique challenges of having a family member serve far from home. one of the things tha