the brazilian people have lost faith in lula's despite the turmoil in the.co,untry,. ,. ... . in a closely—foughttest. meanwhile, corruption scandals uncovered by operation carwash have begun to expose politicians. and the politicians in turn have begun to look for a scapegoat. president dilma was the obvious choice. dilma's deputy, michel temer, became brazil's new president, but would the country's devastating corruption investigation stop there or would brazil's political convulsions continue? in her first term of office, dilma had made the mistake dilma's deputy, michel temer, became brazil's new president, but would the country's devastating corruption investigation stop there or would brazil's political convulsions continue? in her first term of office, dilma had made the mistake of alienating congress. now more than ever, she was going to need to build bridges. manoeuvring against her. former presidential candidate aecio neves had neverforgiven dilma for his defeat at the 2014 election. now, he joined forces with a leading congressman, eduardo cunha. they had a common interest. they both w

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it's become apocalyptic to live in that untry. and then the conditions that these migrants find themselves in neighbong countries. >> schifrin: maduro was re- elected la may in a presidential election the u.s. called un-free and unfair. he's maintained power through s,corruption and ruthlessn says gedan, who was president obama's national security council uth america director. >> the president of venezuela has been willing to repress dissent ruthlessly and relentlessly, in terms of attacking the political opposition, dismantlingve zuelan democracy, destroying what had been the wealthiest country in latin arica, dismantling every democratic institution under the sun in order to stay in power. >> schifrin: this week the u.s. imposed sanctions on venezuelans involved in what it called corrupt currency exchange. e u.s. has also imposed sanctions on maduro, his wife, a vice president, and a foreign minisanter. today in a statement, secretary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. "will continue to use the full weight of u.s. economic and d

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we used to grow twice as fast as untry as a whole. >> the census bureau estimates the population is 3 million. that's more than the official 2010 census number. >>> 4:17 is the time. let's go back to allie who is in for sal on traffic. hopefully still light for today and tomorrow as a lot of people have the day off. >> you think about the population bink of the people o road. and that's why we have the traffic issues. but we don't have them at this early hour of the morning. that is good news. let's show you the maps. we want to show you your drive on 101, from northbound gilroy, morgan hill. all of that looks good. in the south bay, everything looks pretty good as well. there is one issue on the peninsula. a hit-and-run on skyline. north of portola heights. it's not causing a traffic problem there. it's not a heavily traveled road at this hour. but be aware. there may be a police investigation going on there. this is highway 4 in bay point. and traffic moving it's not too we will see and continue clicking it it later this morning. and highway 4 in lafayette, also not too bad at this

marijuana, the heroin, the weapons, giving stories about the people thestopped being smuggled into the untryome of their own number who lost their lives doing that. you're getting tap president reg the argument from ina waon political argument to an argument about people's lives. to that extent that was smart politics. but he didn't do the thing we expected him to do, a national emergency. that is still something he coulm do andhing that could get him out of the political problem he is facing with the shutdown. jane: as this shutdown grinds on, do you think that is the most likely resolution now? gary: given that there is very little talking going on or anything constructive on on capitol hill in terms of a deal, it does seem the most lily outcome. it is noprclear what the ident is waiting for to happen. whether he expects the other side to blin maybe that is it. but the problem isomorrow there is this huge deadline with emthy paychecks. saturday, we get the moment where the shutdown becomesinhe longes.s. government history. that changes the dynamics, because it won't just be washington-base

postal service is making the rare decision to suspend mail delivery in parts of the untry. regions within ten states are affected because of the extreme cold that's bringing record low temperatures to the midwest. the postal service says the decision was made for the safety of its employees.> nd that winter chill may be settling over the housing amarket. afte very slow fall, most analysts were expected to see a lile bump in december sales. but as diana olick reports, that's not what happened. >> there was good news for home buyers out shopping in december, a big drop i mortgage rates. but that did not help sales at all. signed contracts to buy existing homes dropped nearly 10% comped with a year ago, marking 12 straight months of annual declineso accordinge national association of realtors. it was also the lowest december sales reading since 2013. this, even as the average rate on t30-year fixed, fell from just over 5% in tmid-novemb 4.61% by the end of december. >> i think consumers were impacted by all the discussion of utdowns, of theolatility in markets, whether it was

wstore,"tten back when sears came through another crisis and became the number one retailers arod the untry. the big store was recently reissued as an audio book on audible. i cannot tell you the number of people that said 100 years ago sears was the amazon of its time. amazon owns audible right now. the business models are very similar. >> well, they're similar in ans of having ingenders amazing trust. sense thatent in the we forget the 20th century was marked by b consumering the mark of success for the rising middle class and just about everybody else. we really didn't come to that a of salary point in the 80' and net worth until the late people mark the sense of themselves by the fact that sears was democrat tiesing access to washi machines and sewing machines and dryers and trash compactors and the like. they earned and they created a sense of trust byiging out ways to logistically and inventionally get this to people. it was a genius company. it found the suburbs and it did amazing number of things and at the beginning of the catalog days, it figured out the how to sell something to s

trump -- where they say we have to do something about this, that the president is not fit to serve untryat these crimes are commted are too much? if that happens, and i think it is possible that it will, we will have consensus in the congress and hopefully in the country to to take a move as extraordinary as ieachment. laura: democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky speaking to me a little earlier. regarding the partial government shutdown with there is another meeting between the president and congressional leaders at the white house tomorrow. the showdown reaches the end of its second week. the white house and congress have been sparring over the president's decision to pull out of syria. the kurdish militia and arab tribes battling so-called islamistate worn this could result in disaster, allowing i.s. to regrp. militants are clinging on in the eastern syria. it iin there that our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville secured this exclusive footage of recent ghting. this is an empire in ruin. so-called islamic state is eahanging by ad. thesdi are ksh and arab fighters taking on

. >>> back in this untry, so many wondering about the health of justice ruth bader ginsburg.ni t the court says there are no signs of remaining cancer after surger to remove growths on her lung. and no further treatment is needed. she continues to ho recuperate a. >>> we'll turn now to abuse allegations against r. kelly. in chicago today, police conducted a check at his home but found no evidence of wrong doing. hehile a family who claims daughter is in a ct-like relationship with the singer speaks out. our miguel almaguer has the latest. >> reporter: a day after this video surfaced of r.elly at a chicago nightclub, today police descended on the grammy winner's condo conducting a welfare check on two women. >> they knocked on the door. they were let in. they met with the young ladies who liv there with him. they spoke to the young ladies. and they left. no problem. >> reporter: appearing carefree in his first public appearance, kelly has come under fire after the docuseries "surviving r. kelly" chronicled lallegations of sex abuse of women and minors which the singer has always denie

special forces ground raid in th d untry.t the time that seven terrorists were killed with no civilian casualties. (animal bleating) >> ahmad: the raid took place o ny little village called athlan on may 23, 2017. the people who lived in the village described anc apocalyptiscene-- they were so frightened about the amnt of u.s. soldiers that were sent. there were the helicopters, the drones. >> narrator: the villagers say safa is the first foreign journalist to come here since the u.s. raid. abu mujahid: ahmad and mujahid: child: (abu mo'ath speaking arabic) child: mo'ath: child: mo'ath: child: >> narrator:ight-year-old mujahid's back and hearing was damaged in the raid. mo'ath and child: child: >> narrator: a u.n. investigation later said that 50 u.s. soldiers were involved in the attack, and that in addition to the al qaeda casualties, five civilians were killed, including an 80-year-old man, nasser mahdi. (wheel squeaking) dhabia ahmed was at home that night with her six children. >> ahmed: >> narrator: she says her 15-year

york and this comes after nicolas maduro was recently inaugurated in the second six-year term this untries including the u.s.. shooter opened fire people st. allegedly walked into the suntrust bank in sebring, florida yesterday afternoon and began shooting. the suspect called 911 telling dispatchers, "i have shot five people." those victims were the only people in the bank at the time of the shooting. the neighbor that knows the suspect said he never showed any signs of violent. >> what i saw, i would never allow my nine-year-old around someone i thought was the dangers person. i never got any type of inquiry that he was dangerous or would do anything to hurt anyone. >> so far the police have not released a motive in the shooting. >>> the searg three week the 20-year-old spurlock was seen leaving the bar on january four and spurlock is the mother of four young children including newborn twins. >>> i met the live desk with new information from overnight on the ever twisting amanda knox case. the country of italy has been ordered to pay her what amounts to $20,000. that is after she spent ye

on the narrative they've been promoting the enti election to sow divisio among the people of this untry. >> we've seen the horrible assaults and many killings all over long island. >> i knethat they were going to use this particular case to fuel that narrative. and that's exactly what happened. >> and we're sending them the hell out of our country. >> narrator: we requested interviews with president trump, his chief ofly staff john kand his attorney general jeff sessions. they declined. but sessions number two, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, agreed on ms-13.out the focus >> the reason ms-13 has been our priority this year is because the unprecedented growth of the gang, and the extraordinary depravity we see in some of the criminal activity it commits. but in terms of the overall objectives of th administration, our goal is to keep out the criminals in the first plac in fact, the majority of the ms-13 members that we prosecute are illegal aliens.an a large proportion of them wfe unaccompanied minors. and people here unly and pose a danger to american citizens are removed as qui

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a devg story.pr venezuela'ident, nicolas maduro has given american diplomats 72 hours to leave the untryer president trump backed his opposition there. angry citizens called for maduro to step down. police were firg tear gas. the president backed the latder of the nional assembly as vein zay a's leader. mike pompeoniaid the uted states does not recognize maduro's regime as the country's government. the opponent dec hredself as interim president while thousands marched in the streets. maduro was sworn in jus two weeks ago but the u.s. and dozens of other countries called that an illegitimate election. back to you. >> corey smith from the live desk. >>> it's 5:47. developing this morning, arizona police arrested a nurse accused of raping woman in a vegetative state. last month the 29-year-old victim shocked care-givers when ave birth at a health care facility in phoenix. police say a dna test ties the newborn to nathan sutherland. a male nurse who cared for her. he faces sexual assault charges. he's been orderedo have zero contact with the woman a the child. ot what you want to see on your

to lower prices in other untries, but the drug industry says the plan would cause havoc in the health care system. the bills stand little chance of getting through the republican-d controenate. and, on wall street, stocks rose for a fifth day; the longest rally since september. vethe dow jones industrialge ,0ined more than 122 points to close at nearly . the nasdaq rose 29 points, and e s&p 500 added 11. still to come on the newshou what might it take to reopen the government? the shutdown shutters food safety inspections. venezuelan president colas maduro is reinaugurated, and much more. >> woodruff: we will continue to document what thshutdown means for the functions of american life and how the impacts are felt acrosthe country. now let's look at national security. okthis evening i with representative bennie thompson of mississippi. he is the new democratic chairman of the house homeland security committee.by i startesking whether the country is less safe result of the shutdown. >> well, you know, the men and women who perform the job every day do a t good job, think it's a bit muc

we agree on drug inspection technology, humanitarian aid, strength insecure at our ports of untry. we can agree. but today the president will sign the bill to reopen the government along the outlines of what we have proposed and hopefully it means a lesson learned for the white house and for many of our republican colleagues. shutting down the government over a policy difference is self-defeating. it accomplishes nothing but pain and suffering for the country and incurs an enormous political cost to the party shutting it down. we cannot, cannot ever hold american workers hostage again. speaker pelosi. >> thank you very much, mr. leader. thank you for your leadership. bringing to us this important resolution now. where shortly the senate will send over to the house a paper that i came over to see the original paper and look at it. probably in a half an hour are two resolutions, one to open up government for all of the agencies of government and one to proceed to conference on homeland security bill. as soon as we reach an agreement so we can have a discussion on how to security our

thede h things ever to do, but when i see a crisis on the border, 500,000 people illegally enter our untry -- when we are the most liberal bringing in a million people every year the way we should do it, i think this is an opportunit to not only solve a border crisis, but we've got kids here dealing with daca, they're both big issues, solve them right now. >> look, the only way to make it happen is if both sides are willing to buck their base. >> yeah. >> is the president actually willing to buck his base? he's never given an indication he is. he's threatening a national emergency. >> that is not true. the president is the only who has been reasonable in these negotiations. chuck, i've been in every single meeting so i watched it. th president is the one who offered -- this president is the one who at the state of union nt further on immigration than i have heard from a president clinton or even pre obama. so, no, that is unfair. it was only the democra would interject when the secretary of homeland tried to talk about the current they didn't want to hear it. they didn't want to negotiate.

we already have an air traffic controller shortage in this untry. we were hoping to graduate 1500 out of oklahoma city this year. right now we're not graduating or training anybo tdy. t's a unique thing we've got here in oklahoma city is the impact of the shut dow >> woodruff: that's something people are certainly going to pay attention to. playersero, new done sun, a popular city. but how are you being affected. >> we're quite bit small than oklahoma city at 27,000 people but we are very densely populated into five and-a-half huuare mile area and we're the urbafor a much larger metro area in south connecticut. we host four major coast guan institutionsthe coast guard is being severely impacted by hey'reut down because not part of the dod, they're part of homeland security. so their funding has been cut off. the coast guard academy has over a thousand cadets. they are continuing operations. but theil 300tary personnel and the 2550 seville gen personnel -- 250 civilian personnel are being affected. some work without pay. we host the coastuard rnd cen

theea tt writ/directolooking the untry, understanding -- i live in los angeles and she lives in new yorky: she's also an african-american female director. >> she is. looking at certain places in the country and seeing how long you would have to drive to get a safe abortrtion. that was sort of the genesis of this film "little woods" which is a modern western abt these two sists s thatave e toravell from the dakotas to canada to get a safe abortion it is a beautiful film. it comes out this year. neon bought it. amy: last year i saw you at the women's rally here in park city, though you live in los angeles. the year before was the women's march -- which, by the way, harvey weinstein took part in. but that women's march was in response to president trump just having been inaugurated. we are two years in. the state of the union has been postponed for the moment. president trump will be giving it. talk about the state of this union as ucs. >> oh, my goodness. i feel like there is been such -- how terrible things have been. people need to wake up and be more active. in times that are really dar

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flu cases spiking across the untry. what you can do to keep your family safe. >>> salute to the captain. ♪ love will keep us together >> the overnight tributes pouring i for one half of the hit-making duo captain and tennille. >>> and bird brains. sandra bullock ace hit thriller sparking a hazardous new media challenge. and a surprising safety warning for netflix. today is thursday, january 3rd, 20. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" whavannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a inocfeller plaza. >> welcome to tod. thank you for joining us on this thursday morningva ah back from d.c. >> that's right. i sat down with nancy pelosi who ter today will become speaker of the house again and day one of divided government in washington. boy, are they divided. >> yeah, we will have more on your interview. >>> first, the big issue atis hd he government shutdown. the president's standoff with congress as a newession convenes today. nbc white house correspondent kristen welker has the very latest on this. hey, kristi

and it is hard for us to get reliable data on what is happening in can the untri do you think they're experiencing a sharp slowdown and is that behind the sell-off in markets >> it is behind the sell-off in markets now. there is nervousness that the situation in china could actually be worse than it looks. you had advanced orders of chinese goods for in export markets to get ahead of the tariffs, that could have given a little bump last year. and you're going to have uncertainty through march 1st, the negotiating deadline for the u.s. at the same time, you also have seen a slowdown in manufacturing in europe, you've seen it in the united states. you've seen it in malaysia and taiwan there is a global growth slowdown which is of concern, of course, if china gets worse. it is going to be worse all around. >> what does it mean for the trade talks, fred, which the u.s. and china are about to undergo? there seems to be a split within the administration, maybe that's too strong of a word there but lighthizer seems to want to get concessions out of the chinese and trump educated a lot of the

y if there isn't unprecedented actionon to transform away from fossil fuel there will be untry irreparabledamage do you agree with the scientific community? >> i consider it an issue that o has to beba addressed globally e >> i found it interesting youecs are the nominee to be the head of the agency in your opening statement statement it didn't mention the word climate change. how does that happen they do non mention the word climate changel should the american people have confidence that you are going to help us deal with this crisis? ru >> we are looking forward to reduce the co2 and we are reducing it from our standards and also addressing greenhouse gases through the methane program s. as well but theed community tells us we have a crisis and that we need dramati unprecedentedca action to reducn the carbon emission into thehin, leadership of the environmental protection agency in the united states has to china and russiae, and india that we are going to r move aggressively to protect the planet for our children and grandchildren we could have an d impact on the entire international com