i'm willie geist.s, donald trump known for decades in this country as a brash, self-promotional new york businessman and the star of a reality tv show, will be sworn in as president of the united states. we'll have a report from the incoming trump administration and talk to chuck todd in just a moment. >>> also the latest on that massive ice storm in the midwest that's responsible for traffic

i'm willie geist. we are 12 days from the presidential inauguration of donald trump and othe official end of the obama era. as contentious endings come to obama this week. >>> the alleged shooter now facing the possibility of the

i'm willie geist. we are 12 days from the presidential inauguration of donald trump and othe official end of the obama era. as contentious endings come to obama this week. >>> the alleged shooter now facing the possibility of the death penalty as fresh images emerge of the chaos inside the airport. >>> and later, ahead of tonight's golden globes on nbc, we'll sit down with nominee and previous winner jeffrey tambor. after a long career of memorable supporting roles, he found the part of a lifetime on "transparent." >> he's certainly funnyer than i. arguably better looking. >> a great conversation with a great man, jeffrey tambor a little later. >>> let's begin into the investigation of the shooting at ft. lauderdale airport that left five people dead and six others wounded. did the authorities miss important warning signs about the shooter? nbc's kerry sanders is at the airport with the latest. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. according to documents, esteban santiago came to ft. lauderda

i'm willie geist.nstrations after a dizzying first week of executive action under president trump. overnight crowds gathering at airports across the country in response to the president's order signed friday temporarily banning the entry of immigrants to the united states from seven countries and suspending the country's refugee program all together for four months. then a late-night victory in

what they call willie geist on the playground?t trump's next target is, he was going after automakers, what's next? >> i wrote an op-ed and said maybe it's retail. here's the reason. >> trump is going after manufacturing saying make it here. no industry imports more than retail. the stuff, plastic stuff, clothes, whatever. 5 million jobs, you now what's happening in retail, stores are closing down. if we lose 45% of re -- 5%, that's 250,000 people and he's made critical comments of amazon.com in the past maybe they have an antitrust issue. it's an op-ed, it's not what i know what i think. >> thinking he may go after amazon. >> he might. if you're a jobs guy, retail is hurting, people blame online commerce. who's the biggest in the room, amazon. what do you think, mark? >> i think it will be selective, i don't think it will be a particular sector. i think it will be company by company. >> check, check, check. >> bilateral tweets. >> my sense is he's going to turn more towards positive stories. i think he has enough who want to do p

willie geist is here. going to stop by our new home after the break. whare i'va omoy >>> welcome back to "squawk box" this morning. the "today" show celebrating its 65th anniversary. willie geist is here. he's at the nasdaq to ring the bell, also to celebrate the sunday "today" show, which he runs. >> hi, guys. this is a little historic. i'm usually on tv on msnbc across the street. i've never been over to visit you in why your handsome digs. >> have you ever done this before? >> no, i've never rung a bell. what do you do? i don't know what to do. i don't want to be bad luck. >> the whole market is depending upon how you ring it. if you ring it poorly, the market will go down. >> and willie, it's friday the 13th. >> this is a total setup. i know it was down marginally yesterday. >> right now it looks good. green arrows already. you have that going for you. >> you press a button. then don't you have to sign your name? >> yes. and we're doing it because we are celebrating the 65th anniversary of the "today"

along with willie geist -- willie's back. >> yeah, i was here last week, and finally we are back togethern the night. >> we have mark halperin, and mike barnicle. >> legendary. >> keep going. >> we have mike barnicle! ? >> and elise is here. and nick confessore, our christmas special, and he was why i was crosby on the morning special when we broke news there was going to be a nuclear arms race for the 21st century. >> a fun morning in our pajamas. >> in washington we have senior writer, jake, maybe you can first of all smile. let's see you smile. there you go. and then talk to us about what unfolded yesterday on capitol hill as the republicans tried to gut the ethics committee and promptly get slapped down by constituents? >> in the office of congressionalette kwreubgz, and there's a lot of complaints about it and i get it and members don't like increased scrutiny or having to answer to anonymous tips, which is what it allows, and they learned this amendment was coming up from twitter, so house republicans didn't have the decency to call these people and tell these dozen oro staffers tha

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i'm willie geist. it was the tale of two days in america as donald trump was inaugerated on friday followed by massive demonstrations here in the united states and around the globe. mostly women taking to the streets as reporte

i'm willie geist.en another weekend of demonstrations after a dizzying first week of executive action under president trump. crowds gathering at airports across the country in response to the president's order signed friday temporarily banning the entry of immigrants to the united states from seven countries and suspending the countries' refugee program altogether for four

i'm willie geist.t's been another weekend of demonstrations after a dizzying first week of executive action under president trump. crowds gathering at airports across the country in response to the president's order signed friday temporarily banning the entry of immigrants to the united states from seven countries and suspending the countries' refugee program altogether for four months. >>> and opposition after a lawsuit by the aclu. we will sift through it all with a live report with chuck todd in just a moment. >>> and later, tom brokaw takes us through his 50 years at nbc news. >>> plus, leslie mann, the star of some of the biggest comedies in the last two decades. her life on the big screen. and how her husband, judd apatow, knew at her audition how she was the one. >> he did say there goes the future mrs. apatow. but i think he said that about heather locklear and j.lo, too. >>> let's talk about president trump suspending the country's refugee program. aimed at those affected and protests overnigh

i'm willie geist. it was the tale of two days in america as donald trump was inaugerated on friday followed by massive demonstrations here in the united states and around the globe. mostly women taking to the streets as reportehe chastised media. >>> plus, kellyanne conway, a previous trump critic, who helped turn around his campaign and vault him into the oval office. what did you think when he said, kellyanne, i'd like you to join our team. >> nobody really turns down trump. >> today i'd like you to join us in history. speaking out against donald trump one day after he took office. the women's marches had about 600 sister marches taking place around the globe. washington, the biggest turnout with more than half a million, 500,000 people. here in new york, more than 400,000 estimated to walk the streets of manhattan walking right past the president's home in chicago. and out west in los angeles, the numbers reached more than 100,000. nbc's morgan radford is at trump tower here in new york. morgan, goo

i'm willie geist. in five days, donald trump known for decades in this country as a brash, self-promotional new york businessman and the star of a reality tv show, will be sworn in as president of the united states. we'll have a report from the incoming trump administration and talk to chuck todd in just a moment. >>> also the latest on that massive ice storm in the midwest that's responsible for traffic nightmares and at least four deaths. >>> and later, in the studio with the man of the moment in country music. he learned to play and sing at the foot of his dad. now 26-year-old thomas rhett has a brand new megahit and a headlining tour in a career that almost didn't happen. your mother made you promise that you would never grow up to be a musician? >> yeah. she wanted me to be a doctor really bad, or a lawyer. something of a little bit more normal life. >> much more with thomas rhett a little bit later in the show. >>> let's begin with that massive ice storm wreaking havoc across the midwest. 21 mill

. >> senator flake, it's willie geist.lerson, did you feel he had a grasp of the world beyond russia? we all understand his business relationships and ties to russia but places north korea and the middle east and syria and where he and donald trump would take our country in regards to those places? >> i think it's hard for anyone to have a grasp of every region that is going on but he is a very smart man and done business in a lot of countries and has an inquisitive mind. i was impressed by that. i'm particularly concerned about africa. i am on that committee so i asked several questions what the u.s. is doing there and where he thinks we are being effective with our s diplomacy and where we could be more effective and i was impressed byis answers. he's a knowledgeable man and i think he is inquisitive and that will certainly help. >> senator flake, i don't want you to give away anything classified, obviously. but just looking at the report, based on what i know, some of the information in there does ring plausible. and th

. >> director woolsey, it's willie geist in new york.sk you generally how you feel about the way donald trump has sporch aboken about the int communities. he puts it in quotes when he tweets about them and questioned the accuracy of their previous work with regard to the iraq war. he says take it with a grain of salt what they tell you now given their history. what do you make of his posture toward the intel community? >> well, i don't think it's very important, frankly. they are big boys and girls. they can deal with criticism. they get an awful lot of angry criticism in the course of ordinary doing businesses. analysts and intelligence officers. >> not usually this publicly from the commander in chief to be, right? >> well, a lot of this is public because there is argument and disagreement, and the more of it that is public, the more we inform the russians and the chinese and the north koreans and forfeit how we learn things and what we do. so there's a direct conflict between the advisability of having all of this transparency. that's

. >> so it's willie geist.m and senator rubio yesterday that putin is i fact a war criminal? >> look, i've said many, many times i think that putin is a kbb thug. his pattern for his entire time in office has been to use brute force to hold on to power. i think he committed an act of war by invading ukraine. and i think much of his aggressiveness has been caused by obama's weakness. i think weakness is provocative and what we've seen across the globe is that our enemies from russia to iran to north korea have all gotten more aggressive, more belligerent because of what they see as weakness in president obama. i'm very encouraged that that's going to change and change significantly on january 20th. >> that's president obama. but has president putin committed war crimes? >> look, he's -- he committed acts of war. so you know, a war crime is a technical matter that you adjudicate under the laws of war. but he's a thug and he committed acts of war i'm not at all hesitant to say so. we need to stand up to him and re

chairman, it's willie geist.week ago today and talk with him ahead of the hearings. did you express your concerns about his business ties to russia and his personal ties to vladimir putin? if so, how did he respond? >> yeah, i did talk to him at length, and i'd like for him to answer those questions himself publicly. but i felt very reassured. i had a long phone conversation with him first, and then we sat down. and as you know, willie, i've talked with him several times through the years about multiple topics. but i do. i don't think -- again, i don't think his views are out of the mainstream of richard haass, who's on set with you, or others who are concerned about the nefarious activity that russia's engaged in at all. i don't think he's -- now, he does have relationships, and i think that's what attracted president-elect trump to him, in addition to the fact that he's run a global enterprise, and that's something that i know president-elect trump really respects. and my guess is that what could happen here, w

i'm willie geist.nd of demonstrations after a dizzying first week of executive action under president trump. crowds gathering at airports across the country in response to the president's order signed friday temporarily banning the entry of immigrants to the united states from seven countries and suspending the tr

i'm willie geist. in five days, donald trump known for decades in this country as a brash, self-promotional new york businessman and the star of a reality tv show, will be sworn in as president of the united states. we'll have a report from the incoming trump administration and talk to chuck todd in just a moment. >>> also the latest on that massive ice storm in the midwest that's

i'm willie geist.t was the tale of two days in america as donald trump was inaugerated on friday followed by massive demonstrations here in the united states and around the globe. mostly women taking to the streets

over at the nasdaq, it's willie geist, host of nbc sunday today, the "today" show celebrates its 65th. what an institution that show is. >> it was on why you got dressed. there wasn't -- that's the way life was. i don't know. it was always on. >> our congratulations to all of our friends at "today" and to willie as well. so what do we need to watch for at the open here, jim? >> i think we have to take a look to see if we can have more than one group rally. can we have the banks rally and the techs rally? we've been kind of ham strung lately. it's been narrow. we had the biotechs until president-elect trump decided to talk about the drug stocks. we need to see a little broader leadersh leadership. and if we can see -- techs and banks are a lot of the s&p. they can do it. i would like to see -- don't forget, i mean, we've been having these interesting situations where the dollar or oil, the dollar was calm, oil was up and i thought we'd have more of a rally yesterday. but i do think that we can be set up if you look at the pan plea this week, katie holmes, i know numbers were great, i w

i'm willie geist.e are 12 days from the presidential inauguration of donald trump and othe official end of the obama era. as contentious endings come to obama this week. >>> the alleged shooter now facing the

. >> senator kaine, willie geist, good to have you. >> hey, willie, thanks. >> a lot of people out in feel like they have done their part and now they are turning to you all to do something about these executive orders. what specifically recourse do you have as umbrellas senator to stop some of the things donald trump is doing out of the white house? >> sure. just on the executive orders we've got a couple of things before us right now. we've got the rex tillerson state department nomination on the floor. this executive order about immigration, because it affects our relationship with the world is exactly the kind of thing that should cause us to chew up some time on the tillerson nomination and expose our concerns about the executive orders. i've come out in opposition to the tillerson nomination. i'm on foreign relations committee. after i asked him a series of questions in the hearing that i didn't feel like he would answer. i feel like he demonstrated he still had a lingering loyalty to exxonmobil rather than the united states i'm opposed to him. we're going to use our time and us

i'm tamron hall, alongside willie geist. >> let's give credit for tamron hall, who dragged herself outf the covers after the cowboys loss. >> people were saying on social media, that was the super bowl. that may be the big game. >> patriots fans may have having to say about that. >>> let's start with the weather and the lengthy ice storm creating dangerous conditions across the plains and midwest. morgan radford is in an icy omaha, nebraska. good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. 45,000 americans waking up without power, after a deadly ice storm pummeled the midwest. now, people here warned against icy roads that left five dead and millions scrambling to recover. this morning, crippling ice. coating much of the nation's midsection. entire neighborhoods frozen over. slick roads now disaster zones. with at least five fatalities across three states. and it's not over yet. in nebraska -- >> it's slick right here. >> reporter: a fiery crash on i-80, engulfed two semi trucks in flames. police say no one was injured. seat belts helped save the driv drivers' lives. in oklahoma, towns

. >>> willie geist is here. >> i love that natalie was here. >> a fun conversation with leslie mann, and some of the annoying ticks of her husband, judd apatow. creating problems in the marriage. and more on tom brokaw's 50 years on nbc. and harry smith. >> you were close there, talking. >> we were. we had a tight lunch table in l.a. >> leslie mann is so fun to talk to. hilarious. >> i was there four minutes to do the interview. >> i'll forgive you this time. but not next time. >> thank you for being here this week. a safe trip home. >> thanks for having me. >>> we're b >>> good morning. i'm roz mary connors and just a few minutes before 9:00 on this friday. meteorologist bill henley has the forecast. >> yes, it is cooler at the suburbs and new jersey, sunshine is fading. the temperatures have been dropping slowly and now 39 degrees in the suburbs. we will get some breaks of sunshine in the day, but it is going to stay breezy. afternoon temperatures in the 40s in is the suburbs and philadelphia and the lehigh valley and delaware will feel like they are in the 30s. >> francesca is wat

. >>> willie geist is here. >> i love that natalie was here. >> a fun conversation with leslie mann,." and some of the annoying ticks of her husband, judd apatow. creating problems in the marriage. and more on tom brokaw's 50 years on nbc. and harry smith. >> you were close there, talking. >> we were. we had a tight lunch table in l.a. >> leslie mann is so fun to talk to. hilarious. >> i was there four minutes to do the interview. >> i'll forgive you this time. but not next time. >> thank you for being here this week. a safe trip home. >> thanks for having me. >>> we're b i'm ... ==topvo== authorities this mni are rol searchi for a bank >>> good friday morning. 88:56. i'm sam brock. authorities this morning are still searching for a bank robber who evaded officers and prompted a manhunt yesterday in the santa cruz mountains. deputies released a surveillance image of the robbery, saw it a second ago. that chase started yesterday morning, just before 11:00 after he robbed a bank of america in scotts valley. then went north as the pursuit brought traffic to a stand still on highway 17.

. >>> willie geist is here. >>> coming up on sunday "today," a fun conversation with leslie mann.we'll talk to leslie about her career. she has a new movie out with robert de niro, kind of a dark comedy. and also some of the annoying ticks and more on tom brokaw's 50 years at nbc. harry smith and a lot more. >> you guys were really close there talking. >> we had a tight little lunch table. leslie mann is so much fun to talk to. hilarious, smart, cool. >> you came to l.a. and you didn't -- >> i was there about four minutes. >> i'll forgive you this time. >> thank you for being here. it was great to have you. >> thanks for having me, guys. i had a blast. >> and we're back with luke perry and more after your local news. >>> 8:56 is your time. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. we want to check on your morning commute with melissa mollet. >> we have a couple new problems. mid county highway at montgomery village avenue, have a crash reported there. just got reported. might have one vehicle actually overturned. beltway still soenl zone in thee line. inner loop at braddock. 95 at triang

. >> you know what i do monday, go down to the orphanage with willie geist, we get the ladles out, pooridge, i couldn't enjoy that because of the lane kiffin thing. >> a time of adversity. >> fifth national championship in a year. but still, it would have been a nice way for lane to finish things, right? >> an odd time. >> really odd time. >> elise, i can tell you're an alabama fan. >> i'm pro nic saban, even though my brother will hate to hear that. i like the way he dress. that's the main thing. >> a choice. >> i'm open minded. >> anyway, it's tuesday, january 3rd. mika has the morning off. she's where, my friends? >> france. >> couldn't be with us. this is really big. veteran columnist and msnbc contributor. what is he? >> legendary. >> please, let's end this. i'll end it. >> managing editor of bloomberg politics mark halperin, contributor to "time" magazine and former aide to george w. bush white house and state department, the very busy elise jordan. also for treasury secretary offial, future treasury secretary and "morning joe" economic analyst steve ratner. msnbc political correspond

. >> willie geist?me light on what the two of you discussed and if you were encouraged meeting him face-to-face? >> good question. i was encouraged on this particular issue, but, you know, if i get an audience with the president, i'm going to talk about a whole lot of other issues, too. one of which has been bothering me all night and that is this whole thing of a gag order on federal employees. as you know, our committee, the oversight committee is over all of government and we depend a lot on whistle blowers. i want to make sure all of those federal employees who have anything they want to say to congress, because there is some confusion as to whether they can talk to us, i'm telling you the law protects you and i will do every single thing in my power to make sure you're protected. call me. i want to talk to you. >> i'm curious your reaction and message for the president will be when you sit down with him on this issue of voter fraud. you had sean spicer at the press conference yesterday saying it's

. >> that's how willie geist described manhattan the morning after george w. bush was elected.d zombies walking around midtown. >> you don't feel it as much in new york as you do in d.c., by the way. >> all the clinton people bought houses. >> they have to move. >> i'm sorry, go ahead, kasie. >> no, i mean, so that, i think, captures how democrats feel about donald trump. it's not -- it is truly apocalyptic. that's how they feel about it. i think a lot of them emotionally don't feel like they want to show up on the day and actually watch it because it would be too much for them. that's how it feels here. >> i have some dear friends, really dear friends who have -- this has hit them emotionally and very personally. and a couple are i won't say suffering depression but they are -- >> down. >> really down about this, really concerned about it. they are concerned about what it says about this country. >> i felt that way about bush getting elected and re-elected and the inauguration really helped. >> i remember you being -- telling me time and again how angry you were. >> at my best

willie geist, donny deutsch and mike barnicle. day one of the administration, that was rough.haes sean spicer in his hodge video not meaning what he was saying and sweat pouring down his face was half the sign and flickering eyes was painful. >> a more measured tone and emphasis on policy. yesterday was day three. "washington post" -- >> things got better. >> president trump often seemed comfortably at home in the white house as he entertained, signed orders, posed for photos and promised to disrupt washington just as he disrupted electoral politics. >> president trump spent much of his first monday on campaign promises starting with trade agreements, signing a memorandum to withdraw the united states from the trans-pacific partnership, ordered a hiring freeze for most federal agencies as ronald reagan did in his first hours as president and also followed the reagan model by reinstating the mexico city policy that blocks foreign aid to organizations that perform or discuss abortions. trump spoke by phone with egyptian president abdel fattah al sisi discussing how they can work