, 41 yards for the touchdown, new -- to wes welker, 41 yards for the touchdown, new england in control. the patriots beat the eagle says 38-20 dropping philly to 4- 7 and 1-5 at home. >>> the redskins next opponent, jets and mark sanchez posting the bills. 2nd quarter ryan fitzpatrick 5 yards to stevie johnson, bills up 14-7. check out his celebration, takes out his guns, shoots himself in the leg and then plaxico burress playing and crashing, that's a 15-yard penalty, hope it was worth, it certainly disrespectful. 3rd quarter bills trail 21-14. brian fitzpatrick up the right side to brad smith covered by cromartie. the ball gets batted in the air. smith comes down with, it 36 yards for the score, game tied at 21. over a minute left, jets trial 24-21. mark sanchez -- trial 24-21. mark sanchez from the shotgun, 16 yards for the game winning touchdown, jets defeat the bills 28-24 to improve to 6-5. >>> when we come back, the skins all smiles for the first time since october 2nd. we will give the final word to d. hall when we come back.  >>> welcome back to the washington area nissan

kristen welker is live for us this friday on the the white house. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. how are you in. >> very well. republicans promising to prevent $600 billion in cuts and set to kick in in 2013 with the president vowing to veto. are we looking at another battle? >> we quite possibly are. the president has been adamant that he is going to veto any sort of effort to try to get it delayed. you have a number of senators, john mccain and lindsay graham saying they are working on

first deion branch, then wes welker. then welker again. credit welker with that one.tom's way of letting everyone get in on the action, rob gronkowski gets another touchdown, his 11th of the season. greg: brady 24-34 for 361 and three touchdowns. on first down, vince young throwing, throws over the middle. that's complete across the 20 to avant. dan: there's the colts game on the 4th that i talked about. a pair of road games at washington, at denver, and then back home to finish it out against the dolphins and the bills. as you can see, there's a fair number of teams on that schedule with losing records. greg: young throws far side of the field, and it is incomplete. we showed jeff lurie earlier today. congratulations to him and the eagles. they've been named a finalist for the 2011 beyond sport best team award that honors the best team in the world for philanthropic endeavors. the date of that award is december 8. the finalists are the nba's memphis grizzlies, manchester city football club and liverpool football club. dan: congratulations to jeffrey lurie and the ent

kristen welker, nbc news, washington. >>> and coming up next here tonight, proof that happiness is aarm beagle. trust us, we saved the best in our show for last. >>> and finally tonight, dog lovers, this one's for you. we're thinking we may gain a few more dog lovers after you see this next story. thanks to a special holiday delivery at l.a.x., dozens of dogs who spent their whole lives trapped in cages are getting their first taste of freedom. they flew halfway around the world to get here in search of new homes and some new best friends too this thanksgiving. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: just in time for the holiday, a special arrival at l.a.x. >> okay, baby doll. >> reporter: 40 beagles rescued from a research lab in spain, headed to foster homes in los angeles for a second chance at life. >> these dogs have lived their entire lives being poked, prodded, opened up, cut open, sewn, and now they get to be free. >> reporter: but these beagles and the dogs rescued before them have never known what freedom is. >> everybody is loaded and we are headed somewhere where we ca

>> kristen welker back at the white house tonight. kristen, thanks. >>> at the other end of pennsylvania avenue today, after that special congressional deficit committee, the so-called super committee failed to come to a deal, it looks like congress is willing to compromise on at least a few things that americans might notice. our report on that from nbc's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: out of the dysfunction of the failed super mmittee that did nothing about the country's long term debt, today a glimmer of bipartisan agreement on two issues that could directly affect your wallet. unemployment benefits are about to run out for about 2 million out of work. and this year's payroll tax cut is about to expire. >> we can't let that happen. not right now. it would be bad for the economy. it would be bad for employment. >> reporter: today the president pushed hard to extend that tax cut into next year. >> if congress refuses to act, middle class families are going to get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time. >> conservative and

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nbc's kiss tristin welker is li the white house lawn. certainly crucial to the president and mitt romney knows it. and this open letter went out today. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, thomas. and president obama just touched down in new hampshire, in fact. he's going to speak at a school there in just a short while. here's one reason why new hampshire is so important. consider this scenario. president obama could lose ohio, florida, north carolina or virginia and still win re-election as long as he wins colorado, nevada and new mexico. and the states that john kerry won back in 2004. however, under that scenario if he loses new hampshire, just four electoral votes, he won't get the 270 votes he needs for re-election. so that's how important those four little electoral votes really are. mitt romney knows this. he knows that the state is in play. he released this attack ad today in new hampshire. take a look. >> we need a rescue plan for the middle class. we need to provide relief for homeowners. it's going to take a new direction. i

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kristen welker is traveling with the president from the beautiful setting of hawaii. a surprise? were they expecting the court to take the place? >> to your point, it is absolutely beautiful here. to your second point, they were expecting this. they were anticipating this and white house officials released a statement asking the supreme court to take it up. it has been weighed in a number of courts across the country that were dwighted on the constitutionality. it was just a matter of time before it went to the supreme court. what's interesting about the announcement is that we are also get alg clims into how the case will be carried out. it will allot 5 1/2 hours to hear arguments, far more than the hour they usually give. it speaks to how significant this case is. legal analysts say this is the most significant case since bush v. gore in 2000. that was the deciding factor that put in the white house. >> i'm sure it won't surprise you that speaker boehner hopes the supreme court will overturn this legislation. i wonder if i can ask, give e given the political leaning

kristen welker is at the white house and luke russert and our democratic candidate from south carolina kristen, the protesters booing the president, do we know who they were? >> we do. they were basically occupy wall street protesters. it was difficult to hear what they were saying. they were saying mr. obama, 4,000 peaceful protesters have been protested while they destroy the economy. we have audio of it. let's play that and i will talk to you on the other side. take a listen. >> i appreciate you making your point. let me make mine, all right? i will listen to you and you listen to me.ç >> so the president there saying okay, i heard you and now let me make my point. he tried to empathize with the occupy wall street protesters, but he was there in new hampshire and politically important state. not only the first republican primary state, but an important battle ground state. president obama won the state back in 2008 and right now polls show him about ten points behind mitt romney in a matchup. mitt romney by the way according to the latest polls is letting his republican challengers

brady rattled off 21 straight, with another three touchdowns to wes welker. pats win 28-30. >>> chiefs and steelers, ro pittsburgh rounded out a victory in kansas city 38-9. >>> the chargers have dropped six straight but here's something even more embarrassing than that. charger kicker nick novak. no bathrooms around sew took a knee and he relieved himself next to the water station, and everyone, on national television got to see. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> just a tiny towel? i don't get it. >>> we have your roundup of the top films at the holiday box office coming up. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> he'll be playing on the roof until the new yi year, hoping to fill his restaurant. you're watching "early today." e fill his restaurant. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. on this monday, travelwise across much of the northeast looking fairly good. we'll see clouds setting up and later on in the day, atlanta dealing with some showers. same story down birmingham. dry in ch

luke russert is live on capitol hill and kristin welker from the white house. these candidates are critical of the president for being absent in the run up to the super committee deadline. what reaction has there been from the president on this lack of progress? >> the white house first of all pushing back against the notion that the president hasn't been involved. the press secretary jay carney making the point that the president did put forth his own plan for deficit reduction. he has been in contact with some of the members of the super committee, albeit not as frequently as this summer in the debt ceiling debate. they point to the fact that congress came up with it so it really is the responsibility of congress go get something done here. interestingly and not surprisingly, the white house said it's really republicans who should shoulder most of the blame for this for not budging on tax increases. having said all of that, if the super committee can't come up with a deal which it doesn't look like they are going to, there will be plenty of blame to go around

>> kristen welker live there in honolulu, what wh honolulu, hawaii, with the president. >>> we're just getting this in. just learned the supreme court will be taking up the issue of the health care reform wall from the obama administration, discussing whether or not it is constitutional or not. we'll have more on this very topic. again, the supreme court deciding to take and hear this case. we'll have that in about 30 minutes for you. >>> also want to bring in our special guest on the topic that kristen welker was talking about, waterboarding and the debate over the weekend. bring in "new york times" columnist nick chrisoff and ezra klein. good morning to you both. nick, i heard the president in his comments about water boarding being torture. let's listen to how they belt with that first. >> i would return to that policy. i don't see it as torture. i see it as an enhanced interrogation technique. >> if i were president i would be willing to use waterboarding. i think it was very effective. it gained information for our country. >> all right. and then after that, nick, on "meet the pre

. >>> nbc's kristen welker is at the white house. >> how are you?these interviews are the latest in his media blitz. what can we expect to see from the president in the coming days? >> well, the short answer is really more of the same. the white house thinks this we can't wait initiative is really working. so they are going to continue with it. some political analysts have pointed out it's given the president a consistent message that's really resonate with people especially his democratic base. so you're going to see the president do a lot more of this. as you mentioned today, he's going to have that media blitz with a lot of local stations. a number of them from battleground states in fact. and then later today he's going to sign a proclamation declaring ft. monroe army base in virginia a national monument. so what that means is basically it will have to undergo preservation. and in that process, the white house will argue people will be put back to work. by some estimates, as many as 3,000 people. then tomorrow, he's going to hold another event a

>> nbc news white house correspondent kristen welker joining me now. the president continuing to hammer republicans for blocking the jobs bill. >> reporter: that's right, he certainly is, craig, calling them out by name today. this is a tactic we've seen him take before, but it was certainly no holds barred today when he spoke in front of the key bridge in georgetown. really two prongs to this speech. the policy element. president obama making the case that if congress passes the infrastructure portion of the american jobs act, it will put construction workers back to work on projects like repairing the key bridge, which right now is set for construction in 2015. the president making the argument that if congress passes the infrastructure portion of the jobs act construction will begin much sooner, 2013, and then there's the political element going after congress and calling them out by name. a lot of folks looking at this saying this is president obama running against a do-nothing congress. the white house has pushed back against those types of claims

nbc's kristen welker is standing by. we just heard from the president there. what else does the president have on his agenda for the week? >> he'll be talking jobs, of course, throughout the week on tuesday. he heads to philadelphia for an event there. wouldn't be surprised if he rolled out at least one more executive action before the week's end. and then remember towards the end of the week, he heads to san diego for the carrier classic and then to apec which is in honolulu, hawaii. we'll be traveling with him there where, of course, they'll be talking about the global economy, but the economy here in the united states, of course, will be front and center in the president's mind as he heads overseas. so we'll be tracking all of that. but as you mentioned, craig, these initiatives are against the backdrop of one year out now to the 2012 re-election campaign. by the white house's own admission, a lot of these executive actions are going to have a small impact. we'll have an impact, but it will be a small impact. for that reason, republicans have accused the pr

our kristen welker joins me live from the white house. new hampshire, an important election state, but not an easy one for the president either. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. it is a politically important state, richard. president obama will be speaking at a high school in manchester in just a short while. as you said, he will be calling for an extension of payroll tax cuts, also an extension of unemployment insurance. both are a part of his american jobs act which is largely stalled in congress right now. but the political backdrop to this trip is hugely significant. this is a swing state that president obama won back in 2008. and now according to some of the latest polls, he's actually trailing mitt romney by about ten points. mitt romney really seizing on that momentum. as you mentioned earlier in the broadcast, richard, he released that attack ad today in new hampshire which essentially hammers president obama for his handling of the economy. the obama campaign has already fired back saying that the ad really misquotes preside

nbc's kristen welker is at the white house for us this morning. the president is going to be speaking in less than an hour. give us a briefing about what he's going to talk about today. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. he's going to do a couple of things. first he's going to call on congress to pass the portion of his american jobs act that will provide tax breaks for companies who hire veterans. and the second part of what he's going to be doing is basically to announce two new presidential actions. as you know he's been rolling out he's presidential actions basically saying that if congress is not going to act on his american jobs act he is going to act to try to put americans back to work. as you know, republicans basically have been accusing him of playing politics for this. but today's actions are twofold. first he's going to announce a veteran gold card, which will essentially give veterans the ability to have six months of training, career, counseling at a career center to basically help them get back to the workfor workforce. the second

kristen welker is on the north lawn. kristen, what's the administration saying? >> reporter: good evening, lester. the white house is being quite measured in its response, in part because white house officials don't have all of the facts right now. and also because the u.s. relationship with pakistan is so incredibly complicated. here's what white house officials had to say earlier today in a statement that we have saying "senior u.s. we civilian and military officials have been in touch with their pakistani counterparts from islamabad, kabul and washington to express our condolences, our desire to work together to determine what took place, and our commitment to the u.s.-pakistan partnership". now still some analysts say that this whole incident might put is back to square one, back to the days right after osama bin laden was killed. now, secretary of state hillary clinton visited pakistan last month and urged top officials there to get tough on militants. some analysts believe this latest incident could undo any gains that were made during that visit. now, anal

kristen welker is traveling with secretary clinton and has more from the capital. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton arrives here in myanmar on wednesday making her the first secretary of state to visit this country which is also known as burma in more than half a century. and another first, she will meet with aung san suu kyi who is the nobel peace laureate and was a political prisoner here for more than a decade until she was released last year. aung san suu kyi is the head of the pro-democracy opposition movement and according to members of her party she's expected to announce her re-entry into politics here. now about two weeks ago president obama announced that he was sending secretary clinton here to myanmar because he'd seen flickers of progress which include the fact that the government has opened up a dialogue with aung san suu kyi, has released some of its other political prisoners and has eased some restrictions on the media. but he said this country still has a long way to go in part because it still has an estimated 1,000 to 2,000 political prisoners because it

wide open wes welker. 41 yard strike. braidy throws for 361 yards. three touchdowns.. coming up, a redskins final, and dan hellie one-on-one with mike shanahan. tebow time, tebow overtime. broncos visit the chargers. and minnesota's nfl record but not one they're going to write home about. we'll explain in redskins final. full show. >> that's coming up. good stuff. thank you, hakeem. >>> still to come, on news 4 at 11:00. a boy put it in foster care, because his mother let him get too fat. this cyber monday online only, get the motorola xoom 4g lte for $199.99, the revolution by lg for $49.99, and the special edition red droid incredible 2, free. our best deal of the year. the smartphones are ready, the tablets are wrapped. find special deals this cyber monday, online only, get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. verizon. >>> an 8-year-old boy in cleveland is in foster care after social workers declared his mom didn't do enough to control his weight. the plain dealer reports the boy is more than 200 pound. he is considered severely obese and at risk

winds a wide-open wes welker for the 41-yard touchdown. england out to a 21-10 lead. brady again, he loves this guy now. rob gronkowski. his 11th t.d. catch of the season for gronkowski. brady threw for 363 and 3 touchdowns. patriots blow out the eagles in philly. >>> jets taking on the bills at the meadowlands. stevie johnson, a five-yard catch for the score. it's what he did afterwards that's getting all the attention. mimes shooting himself in the leg. that's what plaxico burress did a couple of years ago. and he went to jail for it. then, he did a little plane crash to add to the class. unsportsman-like penalty there. that led to a jets score in good field position. plaxico burress, a 14-yard touchdown there. sanchez threw for 180 and 4 scores. jets come back to win, 28-24. after the game, johnson said his celebration was a mistake. he called it stupid. and a, quote, bad decision, adding the move cost him and his team seven points. >>> in the afc east, the jets improve to 6-5. they still trail new england, who is eyeing a possible top seed in the conference. buffa

our report tonight from nbc's kristen welker. >> reporter: with his poll numbers down in new hampshire, president obama took his anti-congress campaign and tried to win back support. >> if your members of congress aren't delivering, have you to send a message. make sure they're listening. tell them, don't be a grinchs. >> reporter: but he found himself under attack from mitt romney, who hasn't even won his own party's nomination. romney released this $134,000 commercial in the granite state, slamming the president for his handling of the economy. president obama's campaign says this line from the ad is out of context. >> if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> here's the original. >> senator mccain's campaign actually said and i quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose. >> reporter: mr. obama's campaign called the romney ad deceitful and dishonest. romney's camp issued this defense. candidate obama criticized his opponent for not wanting to talk about the economy. today president obama and his campaign are afraid to talk about the economy.

. >> kristen welker is live. good morning to you. new york senator chuck schumer was also on meet the press in a week after the failure of the debt super committee. he's now making predictions. >> reporter: that's right he is. good morning, alex. senator sumer still thinks, that lawmakers can get a deal done on deficit reduction saying it would be based on that which was laid out, the proposal laid out by the simpson bowls commission which called for $3 trillion in new revenues and cuts to spending. now, he also weighed in on this issue of these automatic cuts that will go into effect in 2013 if there is no deal on deficit reduction. big cuts to defense spending and domestic spending. some republican lawmakers have signalled that they've started to write legislation to get around these automatic cuts that will go into effect in 2013. president obama has said he will veto any such legislation. today on meet the press, senator schumer said that was the right move by the president. >> the whole purpose of what was put in place in july w

nbc's kristen welker starts us off tonight from the white house with more. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: lester, good evening. this endorsement doesn't really guarantee anything. but in this crowded and volatile race, every little bit helps. citing his record of helping balance the budget while serving as house speaker in the '90s, the union leader editorial is a shot in the arm for the latest republican front-runner. newt gingrich is by no means the perfect candidate, but republican primary voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. drew kline, the editorial page editor, dismissed former massachusetts governor mitt romney as a play it safe candidate. >> he doesn't want to offend everybody or anybody. he wants to be liked. he wants to try to reach out and be very safe, reach out to everybody, bring everybody on board. imagine that that would be like as president. >> reporter: in the past 30 years, "the union leader" only supported two republican candidates who went on to win thei

one point eight five billion not million but billion dollars out of his state's education budget welker's cuts education this year are two hundred in forty times more expensive than any recall election and when it comes to health care for the poor kleefisch suddenly seems to care so much about the walker budget signed this year also cuts i have hundred million dollars out of medicaid so that seven point seven million dollars price tag on a recall election is pocket change compared to the money that could be sucked out of wisconsin's education and health care budgets if walker stays in office a few more years. but despite all of these underhanded tactics the recall effort continues for the latest on it i'm joined by tony is so minute a reporter and blogger with think progress i hope i didn't put your last name out just fine well it's good to have you on tony so. these efforts by republicans to stop the recall and strikes yeah so first on the on the day that the recall started in the united wisconsin website when town and it was subject to a pos attack so all service was cut from the watch

nbc's kristen welker live at the white house.uts to the defense budget that are scheduled to kick in in january of 2013. the president vowing to veto any attempt to derail those cuts. what's next? >> reporter: well, looks like we could be headed for another standoff, craig. you have republicans saying that they're actually starting to draw up legislation to try to get around those deep cuts and defense spending. legislators like john mccain, lindsey graham saying they've already put the wheels in motion. on the other hand, you have democrats saying, look, we're not going to agree to anything that only cuts domestic spending. and the president is saying, look, i'm going to veto anything that tries to get around these cuts. so already a lot of tension building up. the white house also making the point that, look, these cuts don't go into effect until 2013. so there's still plenty of time to try to find the balanced approach to deficit reduction. what's interesting, craig, is that congress wrote this into law in the first place, now

kristen welker has details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carl. the first family will be celebrating thae ining thanksgit the white house. republican candidates are pausing to observe the holiday. but on wednesday, time to talk turkey. >> you are hereby pardoned. >> reporter: president obama pardoned the national thanksgiving turkey on wednesday, but not as kind to congress. >> recently, i've been taking a series of executive actions that don't require congressional approval. well, here is another one. we can't wait to pardon these turkeys. >> reporter: the first family later reached out to those in need at a local food bank. the images, a stark contrast to the combative tone on the republican campaign trail. >> iowa is wide open, and anybody who tells you it isn't or they know what's going to happen is blowing smoke. >> reporter: stomping in iowa, mitt romney took a shot at the latest front-runner, newt gingrich, for suggesting that he would not expel all long-time illegal immigrants. >> those people who have come to the country illegally shouldn