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wha-- redacted. what can you tell us about what is in them?unfortunately we cannot tell you wha the details in their we . we have five pages of allegations but because google has demanded they continue to remain sealed, they will be sealed until the judge rules on that, which can be in the next couple months. emily: you would not have filed the suit if the minutes did not back up your case. right? frankl: that's right. -- frank: that's right. yes, we would not have sued the board if after reviewing them we determined there was no liability on their part. emily: so all the nine directors you say in the complaint were informed that these allegations against andy rubin were credible. do the minutes show that anyone raised objections to the payout? i don't know if we can speak specifically to that. but our concerns are that the board acted in a way that was inconsistent with any of the knowledge that we believe existed. emily: just hold out a couple of lines from the complaint. you say he was allowed to quietly resign after intel investigation fou

doug's back next and he'll take us through wha h to expectr by hour tonight. >>> and you've seen the and probably driven through them, potholes all over the. roa amelia draper joins us soon how itts your ride. >>> a church in maryland opens its [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar. wondering how i upgraded to this sweet pad? a 1,200-square-foot bathroom, and my very own spa. all i had " do was give my humathe look". with wells fargo's 3% down payment on a fixed-rate loan and a simpler online application, getting into my dreaerhome was easier than get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me? >>> right now a weaer alert from storm team 4. check out the radar. you can see a large storm moving our way. could cause power outages and take down trees in our area. doug is back to take us through the impactr hour by h in just a few minutes. >>> new today majority leader mitch mcconnell says fact free rush to judgment is becoming an all too common occurrence. on the t senate flooray he brought up that viral video involving

. >> within a few classes in chemical edngineering it was no sir necessaot necessary for wha wanted too. >> reporter: she launched her company theranos. she wanted nothing less than to be the apple of health care. she mimicked steve jobs, from the signature black turtlenecks to recruiting his former head of software. >> this seemed like a really bright young lady who is very driven. has a really interesting idea. >> reporter: but he quickly started seeing red flags. >> she'd prick her finger, and then she'd put blood on something, she'd put it in the machine, sometimes she would say this part doesn't work anymore, which was a little bit odd, but some of that you expect from a startup that has a product that's not done. but the problem is it never got better. >> reporter: he quit after about a year, but elizabeth kept going, eventually getting an enormous loan from a software executive. >> i think it was about $20 million. >> reporter: but sonny who drove a porsche and black lamborghini wasn't just offering a lifeline but joining theranos as coo. >> did he have any applications in the t

[applause] instead of the name-calling that dominates much of today's public debate wha but to build on the k of those that came before us and take our work about how we can make this state better for the people who call this glorious place home. thank you. god bless the commonwealth and god bless the united states of america. [applause] [cheering] this is the governor's third address since taking office. lieutenant governor, governor schaefer, mr. speaker, distinguished members of the 66th legislative assembly, chief justice of the supreme court, fellow elected officials, tribal leaders, cabinet members, first lady my children joe, jesse and tom, secondly, family and friends, simpsons welcome and thank you for joining us today. it's truly an honor for us to serve as citizens of north dakota. we are filled with gratitude to make aif

. >> wha did winning that oscar mean to you in your life?n, e training, and then when it came out to have people appreciate it was completely unexpected because iad been working for probably a decade without having any kind of response in the same way. >> "black swan" introduced portman to her future husband, core okay fir benjamin they have two young children together. >> i will walk with jack tomorrow. >> portma earned another nomination in 2016 for her portrayal of first lady jacqueline kennedy in "jac ye." >> how d get into that character that people know so well? >> yeah, it was real scary t take on honestly, but i realized how fun it was and how lucky it was to have all t ofs material because she was so famous. there's so much video image that you can watch. there's so many transcripts of her actual speech. >> the white house tour, fo example. >> the white house tour was like an exact reproduction. >> portman's impressive res may have challenging roles and her ivy league pedigree have earned her a certain label that doesn'c y fit. >> i

. >> mother nature is about to give us the back of her hand i you know wha i mean. >> what did we do? >> it's going to be a real hard turn onc again to some very cold weather. temperatures will be dropping t near zero by thursday morning, so fr things to know about the next four days. today just chill and dry. no weather worries for today. tomorrow afternoon is wheno things downhill fast. changing from rain to snow during the evening commute tomorrow. bitter cold on wednesday, and dangerously cold on thursday. thursday morning will be the ldest time for this entire week. so your school day forecast for today. mperatures right around 30 degrees at the bus stop this morning so you certainly need your warm coat and hat today but thisll be sunny and dry afternoon with temperatures near 42. this swirl up here has the cold r getting unlocked behind it. how cold. windchills byednesday morning could be 40 to 50 below zero in chicago, and that kind of cold is coming here. it willat mod on its way from there to here, but it's still going to be ferociously cold here wednesday and thursday. here'

with mothy and the fol from the united way to really sort of triage how severe is the i situation, wha being done on the ground, what needs to be done. in fact, we'reg hav a followup conversation this coming week. >> gloria, h much scrambling has your department had to do to respond to the crisis? to call in extra staff? do you need extra staff to handle the calls to process the applications? >> right. we did have to work overtime projects to proce applications earlier this month in order to meet aat deadline as established to give the february benefits out to our constituents. so i had a lotf staff. even the weekend that we had the snowstorm, i had staff who trujtrucame us and were making phone calls to ourmers and made sure we had everything we needed. to timothy's sepoint, t are people who don't usually access our services and we need them t know it's okay and that they should be accessing. this is the time they should be accessing our services. there's no shame in this. thisfas notheir making. this is what we're here for. >> we are here to talk about the impact on the people who ma

can feel the polital heat coming t of the capitol and the white house, in no smart part because of wha you described. president trump has scrubbe nancy pelosi's trip overseas with top democrats. the president says, you should be inshington, negotiating with me, during the shutdown. this comes after speaker pelosi's letter to the oesident, suggesting he reschedule the sta the union address, citing the shutdown and the impact of furloughed workers in the s homelaurity department, who may be the security for a state of thenion address. all this as we find out the local impact of the shutwn. the government executive newspaper reporting $1.5 million being lost each week by federal contractors, including so many in our area. d.c. metro rail and bus, losing $400,000 a day becau of shutdown. the marc train system in maryland, a major component of mass transit, has had an 18% drop in picket sales. i'm scott macfarland. >>> arlington public schools is eralting furloughed f workers to apply for jobs as substitute teachers today, there's a job fair at syphax education center noon to 4:00. anyone w

at' turn to first chuck bell who has a -- wha you laughing at?torm team4s -- too many ss in there. >> you are 0 for 2. do you want to try to strike out completely? >> no thank you. >>id temperatures in to upper 20s. little bit of breeze. so monday hit the road forecast near 30 this morning. near 40 at lunchtime and back in the upper 30s by 6:00 this evening. today will not be a day of any realignificant weather concerns. high temperatures around 42 degrees. but again no preparaticipitatio today. that's not the case tomorrow. likely nears 44 degr tomorrow afternoon with rain. unfortunately rain likely to be chano snow during the evening commute on tuesday. there is an 80%

. >> wha are you going to remember most about jordan? >> his fun-loving personality. his sweetness. >> a vil will be held this friday at paint branch high school where the two playesk ball. that vigil will follow friday's game. >>> what started with a woman not showi up for work in montgomery county ended with her son in jail for murder. he has been charged with killing his mother. police discovered her aftero going her home in aspen hill to do a welfare check. officers she was dead and her son had blood and cuts on his hands. they have not released a possible motive in this case. >>> developing this morning, investigators are looking for surveillance video in theib po hate crime against empire star jussie smolette. he was walking along a street in chicago early tuesday morning when two men attacked and beat him. the men reportedly tied a noose around his neck and poured t what's belie be bleach on him. police say the attackers also yelled racist and homophobic gay. at smolette who is he went to the hospital on his own and is reported to be in good condition. and ther

. >> wha the country elected a record number of women, 35 additional women to the house of representatives, a total of 127. how amazing is that? >> reporter: supporter larry says it's time for men to stand behind women. >> i think it's important for sis men to show up as well and quietly support a movement led by women. >> reporter: laura, nbc bay area news. >> 18,000 marchers united on the streets of san jose today and the march kicked off at city hall followed by a rally at arena green east. the rally highlighted elected women leaders and featured an all-female lineup of speakers including treasurer fiona ma. in oakland women gathered at the amphitheater. the call to action alley. m.c.ing the event, our very own, meteorologist kari hall. these were posur o website nbcbayarea.com. >>> new at 11:00, quick work by firefighters kept an apartment fire from spreading. happened on sunny view drive right around 5:00. when crews got there they found the flames consuming the bottom floor of a three-story apartment building. one unit was damaged and the three people who lived there are hout of thei

at' turn to first chuck bell who has a -- wha you laughing at? storm team4s -- too many ss in there. >> you are 0 for 2. do you want to try to strike out completely? >> no thank you. >>id temperatures in to upper 20s. little bit of breeze. so monday hit the road forecast near 30 this morning. near 40 at lunchtime and back in the upper 30s by 6:00 this evening. today will not be a day of any realignificant weather concerns. high temperatures around 42 degrees. but again no preparaticipitatio today. that's not the case tomorrow. likely nears 44 degr tomorrow afternoon with rain. unfortunately rain likely to be chano snow during the evening commute on tuesday. there is an 80% channece for th and cld add up to couple inches of snow which could cause trouble for way morning. so you should focus on the positive. nothing bad is happeningmon your ay. >> that's true. that is true. silver springs southbound 29 near new hampshire had a disabled vehicle witthe right side being blocked. that is now out of the way. don't have to wry about that. inner and outer

will have some screening questionnaires that weha can with people who want to have a little survey of whas going o in terms of their sleep and sleep >>quality. doctor, what would you say are some of i would say maybe the most prevalent sleep area?ders in the what are people struggling with? it seems like such an easy concept to slee but it's a real struggle for people. >> so it definitely is a struggle for this community and nationwide. we know sleepor drs are extremely prevalent. insomnia being probabl the most common. but of particular concern to us is a problem called obstructive sleep apnea which we know can have devastating effects on a li person's q of life and health. we feels i particularly important to this community because it is a problem of increased prevalence and severity and that's what we try to gett help t our underserved communities are particularly at risk. >> if youave an sue, you can come and have a screening provided by howard university hoital and perhaps that sets things in motion, points you in the right rection, lets you know what you're up against, correct? >> co

chopper 4 flieds over wha left of the scene sad night. you can see part of it dangng.h collapse left some travelers thinking twice. >> when you're standing there, you can't really do anything, right? >> my tught is about our friend we just put on a plane here to ttravel. y found out that a defective metal bracket caused thatap co. the maryland department of transportation says metalei brackets are replaced on five other jet bridges made bye the s manufacturer. reagan national and dulles arer hing out to leaders of bwi to see if they have similar equipment on site. bwi leaders say they regularly maintain and inspect those jet bridges. >>> an explosive allegation against ex-cardinal theodore m>>ccarrick. james grein said he was abused for years.ep >>ter: on the cover of james grein's testimony, aot raph of him standing next to ex-cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> when you look at the cover sheet and see that photo, what -- what goes through your mind? i as an innocent boy then. i had probably already been abused three times. if you look at my eyes there, i'm not too happy

after that, it clears out, as we are going to get some sunshine, but wha >>> and a live look at oaklandws traffic building up just a tad bit. we're right on schedule here, but we've seen the wetter roadways on the bridges or at least the bridges north of here, so we'll check on that commute, coming up. >>> plus we're on top of breaking news, pg&e officially filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. what the company says their mission is now. and families are gathering itaround the table.america, thanks to reynolds wrap, dinner preparation is perfect, and everyone knows to be mindful of their manners. dinnertime has changed. our quality hasn't. reynolds wrap: foil made in the usa since 1947. out there this mornin >>> welcome to tuesday morning. it's actually drizzling in some spots already out there this morning, as you could tell, by our nbc bay area storm ranger radar. the green that's coming our way. good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. with the rain coming, mike will have a look at the xhoo you the commute in a bit. >> the rain is very light an

>>th we hear wha are opposed to. now we must hear what they are actuly in favor of.rime minister will discuss with her own hebackbenchers, with dup, and with other oppositionndarties, and way forward that is potentially negotiable with the eu. laura: the cwd might not want it. the government is likely to survive tomorrow. >> i think it is brilliant. >> time to put bxit in the bin. >> i believe democracy has been served tonight. >> the question really is what happens next. laura: there is no shortage of invoices lining up to tell her what. >> what she needs to do is with a high heart, fortified b the massive rejection of the house and say w, go back need another way out of this. >> she needs to satisfydi any precons she has, what she thinks is the root forward -- route forward, and asking mp's, perhaps we can find i a consensus. >> the significance of this is i think this is the beginning of the end of brexit. >> go back to the european union. it is clear this d.l will not wo come up with what reflects a change in the difficulties the cost her to lose the vote tonight

tell when he wha found and what they're doing here. >> it is a joint investigation.ny tim we have a fatality involved in a fire, we call in the police department's homicide unit. we had agents from the atf assisting us in this investigation because it is a church.yo know, after the fire had been extinguished, we went t insi start an investigation, and the body of a deceased person was found inside. >> reporter: do you have any identification or any sort of thisifying information at point as to the person? >> all that is being developed as part of our investigation and not yet available for release. >> reporter: we wereta ing, there is a certain degree of irony here because this used to be aus fire >> this was the original riverdale heights volunteer fire department many, many years o. you can tell from the front of the building, where there's bay doors. you can see some of the characteristics now that you knew it used to be afirehouse. at first glance, i had no idea, until someone told me it was a original firehouse. >> reporter: indeed. thank you for joining us, mar

roicht wha are you hearing about the saturdays announcement?elly: i don't expecto hear i would be a national emergency. because i thiny the traject of opinions going to the president and the circumstances politicaovy have beeng away from them because he recognizes if it gets tied new a court battle, it creates a of the presidency that could be use leds by future presidents in ways they don want and it doesn't really solve the problem. also, aprohm rators in the republican sides don't want to see money pulled away from flingseslreadynated. at least from the officials i've talked to i have notte g any sort of a flicker that the national emergency is likely for this saturday announcement. having said that, they absolutely say the president has that power,tetains t power, thinks about that power. is there a way to jolt democrats to negotiate?de crats have not wanted to sit across the table from the the president hasn't wanted to hear what they have to say. it's really beenold. robert: we'll see if nod rat republicans in the senate are going to crac

th's a little bifficult with tariffs being what they are, with the cost of materials being wha r they are. orter: and the slowdown in overall projects will hit home improvent retailers like home depot, lowe's, shwin-williams. sherwin just reported a ver disappointing fourth quarter. its ceo saying the weakness was across the board. >> we're now seein weaker consumer confidence in housing overall because of risin mortgage rates and the growing belief that homakprices have . i think any time they see the value of their homes moderating ordropping, they're going to think twice about how much they want to invest in their home. >> reporter: because most people take money out of their homes to fund what they put into their home. for "nightly businesseport," i' diana olick in washington. lookefore we go, here's a at the final numbers from wall street. the dow fell 22 points, the nasdaq gained 47&p and the00 added 3. hat will do it for "nightly business report" fnight. i'm sue herera. thanks for joining us. have a great evening and we'll >> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this pr

from the apps on our phone to the robots in our home, it is convenient, but at wha?rgues that since the economy prioritizes profit above all, it leads to digital platforms that dehumanize the world. " and aalled "team human, short author, douglas rushkoff. i am not an enemy of technology, but technology will do whatever we code it for. those of us involvede early internet days in the late 1980's and early 1990's, we thought we would program technology to expand human potential and create newon connecbetween people. now companies have to earn so much money for their shareholders and ctvestors, most of them have turned towards extg value from people any way they can. laura: what really struck a chord with me in your book was the idea that we have he human connection. i was horrified toearn that i spent more than four hours a day on my phone. what is is doing to us? douglas: in some ways it is making us trust one another less. if you have a skype call with somebody and the person agrees with you and you know ed withctually they ag me, but because you are not with pupils

frederick, out towards thebu marti area still already running above normal for this time of year here's wha can anticipate today. :00 a.m 8:00 a.m., temperatures around0 degrees. by lunch time, noon, still only at . we'll have plenty of clouds out there for the morning hours with increasing sunshine. as we head into the midday and afternoon hours. 4:00, it is still completely dry out there.er teures around 56 degrees. cold air does move into the area itto the evening and overnight hours. ill be chilly out there tonight. maybe taking the dog out for oni last . a cold start out there tomorrow morning on your wednesday. if you're traveling today, the weather having a low impact on travel. it will be breezy to windy at times. if you drive an suv, you may notice the winds, but not a huge concern. outdoor ice ringks, mild for ths time of year. if you wanted to t run,e the bicycle out, it will be mild but breezy. we will keep it dry tomorrow and on o into thursday as well. i should say thursday, actually, this is the new changeth ien tomorrow. then we have rain moving in potentially thursday morni

for the first six months of s2018, thete brought in $84 million in cannabis tax of wha, less than half had been estimated. ay blames cumbersome regulations, including the requirement that licensed distributors like bloom farms only sell to licensed december pen sayers. >> in 2017 there were 2,000 retail delivery locations available to sell. >> reporter: once recreational cannabis was legalized, a the preexisting ones had to get approval in order to legally sell marijuana in the state. it's been a slow-moving pancess the state currently only has 1,100 licen d marijuana retailers, down from the year , before and also way below the 6,000 the state had original projected. on top of th base, costly and time consuming skpangds labeling requirements. >> the requirements for child resistance. you can't open this without scissors. >> reporter: ray says his products are at least 30% more exnsive this year they were last. sending customers to the black market. one market research firm says california's black market for marijuana grew after legalization, from $10 billion in 2017 to more than $11.5

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we don't know exactly wha it is ing to do, but it is not a positive, end quote. and the o of delta today said his company is losing millions in revenue. >> we're seeing a reduction in revenues the month of tjanuary. huge, but about $25 million government act that contractors and some government officials are not traveling the way they would anticipate because of the shutdown. >> now, according to cnbc, the white house is re-evaluating the shutdown's effect. here's steve liesman. >> therump administration has doubled the estimated cost of the government shutdown. an administration official tells cnbc they now believehe shutdown will subtract 0.1 percentage points from the economy every week. it appears the estimate was 0.1 percentagents every two weeks. the increased estimate is bringing in more effectsrom ivate contractors who will be out of work and a greater impact estimated from the loss of other government functions. so the administration now sees a half point bng shaved off first quarter gdp from the shutdown if itasts through january. >> it certainly presen

so wha is this telling us about the market and the economy? jonathan feeney covers the sector at consumer edge research ande joins us now with more on that. . od to see you again, jonathan, welcome ba >> thank you very much. >> the basic question is what are these kind of work type of stocks, these must-have type of stocks for the consumer anyway, what are they g us about the economy? >> they're telling us a couple things. they're telling us they got left behind a little bit in the very strong market rally that punctuated with october 2018. they're telling us that while some things have changed, a lot of things have stayed the same. online, different channels people shopping has made it a little more difficult for these brands, introduced new competition and allowed consumers to maybe see discounts and take advan tge ofm more often, so it's harder for them to get the price they want for their goods, but at the same time, people still love the brand. so it's nice to see. i think is appropriao see a little bit more recognition of that. >> but i'

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growth to really do anything but wha it's been doing, which is slowing down. >> we've been talking a lot ong our p about trade, about the lack of an agreement between the u.s. and now we hear that meetings are being postponed, but maybe will be rescheduled. what impact do you ukimately thhat will have on the economy? >> thi isn't something that seemed like the market was ignoring in 2019 it was moving up every day. this was the first day we got a little bad newsha or news on trade and we're reminded, oh, yes, we have this march 1st deadline if it's not extended taxes on chinesexports go from 10% to 25% and that has a big o impa our economy and on china. as that risk grows as we approach march 1 ast witho deal, this becomes a bit more of a concern for the markets. that said, f the commentm the white house, to the extent they want a deal, they're going to be hang gh-level talks next week. i think if there's a silver lining to the government ut wn, it's probably that a deal with china is more likely because the administration probably doesn't want to fight those two fights at the same t

habruce: it goes against whas been u.s.tional diplomacy, a bottom-up approach where if you make progress at the working level,ou elevate it to having a presidential summit, who would normally be signing a comp.ted document the trump administration has done the opposite, a top-down approach, sang that if the old approach didn't work, have the two leaders work together and perhaps they can create a breakthrough to the . laura: what kind of calculation is kim jong-un making herehat as long as he is not carrying out nuclear tests, the u.s. will be happy enough? bruce: that could be it. also, what the north koreans ary doing isg to decouple the president administration. the they see that the president is likely to offer concessions as he did in singapore, whereas secrety pompeo is more likely to demand north kore actual steps towards denuclearization, as they are required to do under 11 un resolutions. laura: kim jong-un has played cat anmouse with inspectors for years and spent years building up the arsenal. it is a family trad

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something that anybody ever has to experien what i try to do in the book is gi readers a groups of whaay-to-day experience of being in solitary is like. it is designed to really disassociate you from reality and make you go insane, and it works. the cell that was in was about a meter and a half by 2.5 meters wide. it was lit 24 hours a day. my only access to anything outside of the cell were my interrogation sessions. this was the ping-pong of myfe or seven weeks of going to interrogations where i was accused of very absurd and ridiculous charges, and thenry back to solio contemplate what was next. it was -- it is horrifying. it is not something that anybody should have to endure. rajini: let's talk the absurd and ridiculous charges. they include interrogators going through some of your websites, and also a story about avocados. jason: i didn't realize people would find this so interesting, but i did at the time. olon the first night i was that a kickstarter project on the well-known crowdfunding website i had tried to implement in 2010 and failed to achiev the funding for, an avocado

is that wha we're going to start to hear about? is that what you're expecting? >> yeah, exactly. i think that you started to see some of the china data last couple months come in much weaker than expected.ee you the government over there trying to add stimulus to the ecomy to smoothings out. but i think you're going to hear companies talk about how they're seeing the impact knnow, you , as the year ended and going into the first quarter. andtou can't for that while we got good news on the trade front earlier this week, the situation still hasn't been resolved. there's that march 1st that can get pushed out potentially. otherwise tariffs could go up at that point in time. there's a lot of uncertainties. if you're in the executive suite, you have a lot of concerns with forecasting going into this first quarter period, so you havve incentive to be conservative. >> so are your thoughts myedicated on the eco continuing with the growth that we saw in 20, or is it predicated on 2019 being a little slower? >> it's predicated on 2019 being a little eslower. we starting to see expectatio e

but i think this is to be interesting to see what he pulls with the new trade deal a wha happens with respect to the wall. >> julianing a we lar, thanks so much-- aguilar, thanks so much. >> appreate itthanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: when president trump visited texas and the u.s.-mexico border last week he continued to double down on his campaign promise to erect a wall along the border. funding for the wall has divided te administration and lawmakers and has driven a partial government shutdown into itsth foeek. but the wall proposal has also divided a different nathe tohono o'odham nation in arizona: a native american tribe whose territory straddles the border in both mexico and e u.s. and has existed long before either country was on the map. newshour weekend special correspondent christopher livesay has the story. >> reporter: the arizona desert rg a breathtaking, albeit uning environment. the state shares nearly 400 miles of border with mexo and much of the area is inhabited by e. ancient, and little-known native american tr as the national battle over a forder wall contin

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it's also wha our professionals at the border want and need. this is just common sense. >> the next day he abruptly ended a meeting with hse speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer r wused to provide billions in funding for the wall in exchange for ending the government shutdown. president trumthreatened to declare a national emergency to get the military to build the wall.th would likely spark a legal crisis. meanwhile in california, newly sworn-in governor gavin newsom unveiled a budget totaling $209 billion. among the funding proposars, mothan a billion for affordable housing construction, nearly $2 billion for early childhood education and an additional $105 million to fight and prevent wildfis. joining me to discuss this, kqed senior editor of polt ticks and government scott schaffer, francisco chronicle" political writer joe gary foley and geopolitical consultant john walsh. great to have you here. >> the new budget pro bowsal, what does it tell you? >> lucky for him a $21.4 bllion surplus. so nice to have money to p

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wat the vice president said to me on sunday, and he laid out exactly why the president couldn't do whae just did. saying he knows that speaker pelosi en if they reopen the government and begin negotiating won't give him that border wall. that was the rson he said the president couldn't do it and yet the president did do it. robert: well,t wppened, elisabeth, with president trump? >> well, he was -- he really akwanted to the state of the union address. that was a big disappointment to hiitm. as a -- it's pageantry. it's the kind of -- the presidency that he loves. ale show. an what happened was that mcconnell said to him i just can't hold my -- i can't hold the republicans. there was a lot of phone calls last night. between mcconnell and trump. they continued this morning. trump last night wanted to declare a natial emergency d was talked out of it. and that's where he went this morning afr talkingo mcconnell. and then with the slowdown at la gardi and the i.r.s. workers not turning up, that -- that was enough. robert: so -- thing is t to add one he is talking about a smart wall. so i t

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we spent in afghanistan more in one month than wha we are talking about for the wall. >> we are askingthe president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? te the sen measure would have funded other agencies involved in the shutdo including a solution on homeland resolution but not border money. the president said he will notp s any law that does not have that in it. this fight is not anyw to an end. tim, wendy, back to you. >> thank you, leon the shutdown goes beyond the halls of government. now, all smithsonian museu are closed. that includes air and space. that is the most visited institution in the country. 9,

. >> chuck todd joins us with insights on wha it will take on tend shutdown. that's ahead at 6:15. >>> well, were you caughtth in dramatic scene this morning during the morning rush on the maryland beltway? an 18-wheeler out of control. bursting into flames. tyin up traffic for hours. chris gordon has the play by play inlideo that you only see on news4. >> the driver who shot this rid first called >> by time he swerved from the far left to the far right. he did it two time then on the second time, i just pulled out my phone to start recording. >> he says he drives t beltway daily delivering bread but has never seen anything like this. >> my gosh! >> he hit the wall and sparks start flying. >> he was eashaging bad. >> he said state troopers and ems arrived quickly. >>he fireman came and busted out the front window. he walked o of thewindow. or through the front window. the wind shield. >> chopper 4 flying overhead shows the traffic. it lasted for hours. the tractor-trailer on its side. the fst responders on the scene. >> we've checked and we're told the truck d

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there's certainly no comparability at all between the soevt experience and after began stan which whas the population into the ground and the attempt by nato allies to support putting afghanistan back together. i think that must be his purpose to delegitimize what we're doing in afghanistan, and now it essentially ends the likelihood of a diplomatic initiative to end the war. >> frank, you and i always take even. i think the feds are operating at a higher level. but the president says this on television. are you saying they'll stop and take notes because he's parroting his clowest circle around putin? >> certainly the counter intel dense investigation as you kraus. they ear going to take a look at why our president is siding with the kmicht regime claiming that the russians were right to go into afghanistan. now, general mccaffrey has suggested a fairly benign reason, which is he's trying to cover his tracks but the fbe is looking at it more deeply. wurchs you look at the conflating rise in the taliban and russia's presence, once you get rid of that, there's another option. there's the

we spent in afghanistan more in one month than wha we are talking about for the wall. >> we are asking the president to open up government. we are giving him a republican path to do that. why would he not do it? te the sen measure would have funded other agencies involved in the shutdo including a solution on homeland resolution but not border money. the president said he will notp s any law that does not have that in it. this fight is not anyw to an end. tim, wendy, back to you. >> thank you, leon the shutdown goes beyond the halls of government. now, all smithsonian museu are closed. that includes air and space. that is the most visited institution in the country. 19,000 visitors a day. the national zoo closed. the belovedpanda cam dark. doors of the national museum of african-american history and culture shut. chris gordon joins us to tell us how people are reacting to that. >> reporter: visitors are telling me they planned their trip to theti n's capitol months ago to spend the holidays and go sightseeing. the top spots you mentioned today, here on the mall closed. it's not just he