i'm willie geist.president trump is in tokyo on this 12-day trip to five asian countries, north korea, and how kim jong-un will react to any provocation. he's talking about a potential meeting on the trip with vladimir putin. we'll get into it with chuck todd and

i'm willie geist.ther busy sunday morning that includes a flashback to last year's presidential election. president trump and hillary clinton renew their public feud. secretary clinton saying the president is obsessed with her. the president slamming clinton as a, quote, loser after she brought up russia's disinformation campaign as well as the sexual assault

. >> we also have with us willie geist there always good to have. >> you i'm hosting thanksgiving. >> oh, really? >> hosting thanksgiving. >> take a little bag out of the turkey. >> that's important. >> i always forget. >> ut get a prize? >> if i were a real man. but the duck inside the turkey the chicken and the turkey in the deep fryer. >> catty that's what you are doing? >> don't forget to turn the oven on, too. >> any big plans? >> we have friends for thanksgiving. i never hosted thanksgiving, i have to admit. i host christmas lunch a lot. but i love it. it's an adopted holiday for me. >> i was going to say, it's election reminded me, kids at home. you know what they call thanksgiving in britain? thursday. >> my father is hosting, my wife and are cooking. >> are you financial to cook? >> my wife is an unbelievable cook. i'm okay. >> okay. what about you? >> i'm just navigating. >>. >> i'm tasting. >> we have a lot to get to this morning. yesterday we learned that charlie rose, a co-anchor of cbc this morning and a contributor on "60 minutes" has been suspended from "cbs news" and

. >>> good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this november 26th, i'm willie geist.pe you're enjoying the long weekend. many of you will be taking to the roads. we're live at the busiest airport with a look at how your trip is going to look today. >>> plus, president trump engaged in a war of words with both "time magazine" and cnn. all while trying to rally a vote in t

willie geist tweeted new york city carries on. kids are trick or treating tonight under guard, the streets are packed, thank you, nypd an ad featuring a menacing pickup truck was pulled from the air. they said they had a spot created to appeal to latino voters, democrat ralph northam will have trouble turning out, the ad latino victory fun, in a new washington past and government poll shows the race in dead heat with democrat lt. gov. ralph northam at 49% and former national committee chair ed dplespy at 44%. some are pointing to a clue to how the vote may go on election. trump's approval rating is currently at 38% within the state. obama held a 46% approval rate, according to a cnn exit poll during the 20 tleep virginia governor's race when democrat terry mcauliffe won the hill reports a bipartisan group of lawmakers approved legislation the device used by the las vegas shooter that makes semi automatic rifles, they would require a background check, finger printing and registration with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco arms and exp

i'm willie geist. another busy sunday morning that includes a flashback to last year's presidential election. president trump and hillary clinton renew their public feud. secretary clinton saying the president is obsessed with her. the president slamming clinton as a, quote, loser after she brought up russia's disinformation campaign as well as the allegations against him earlier in the week. we've got more on that story in a moment. >>> plus, 1970s superstar david casady fighting for his life. the former teen idol in the hospital suffering from multiple organ failure. we will update his condition. >>> a sunday sitdown with wonder woman herself. the israeli actress whose movie became a run away global phenomenon this year still adjusting to life as a superstar and to be labeled a feminist icon. >> i think it's weird if people wake up in the morning and they're like, i am an icon. i am -- that's not the case. it's like i do laundry and i cook dinner for my girls. >> a fun conversation with her plus harr

. >> sometimes, hold on a second, willie geist and i -- >> are you gone do a picture? >> no, for most of our career, in our 20s and 30, i don't know few knew this mike, willie and i -- >> are you checking -- >> sometimes we actually ran a private detective service. >> we did. >> sometimes you connect the dots. it's like hard to connect all the dots. as willie tells me, sometimes it's not. >> sometimes a straight line. >> sometimes there is a straight line. don jr. >> all the kid starting calling him louis clue seclueso. >> there is the bad from australia. >> for the first time in 30 years the senate will hold a hearing on the authority to use nuclear weapons. >> this seems to be a timely discussion. >> i think so. maybe a little late. and will the president spooem speak out on roy moore? much of the party has, it's threatening to tear apart the gop. good morning, everyone, it is tuesday, november 14th. with us, we have mike barnacle, "new york times" reporter michael schmidt. schmidtty, columnist kristen -- >> ksa! >> what's wrong with you this morning? way too awake. p

let's go live to the london school of economics where willie geist has a report on the latest trump tweetsosed that. midnight last night from the president last night, quote, happy birthday to gary player a great champion. his a great champion and great person. >> i'm sure gary -- >> why are you looking to your right? >> that's right. >> let's go back to the london school of economics. >> joining us now, christkriste welk welker. set to unveil a tax plan this morning. are you hearing about the potential for success? >> i don't have any new tweets, but i have details about the tax plan. republicans are unveiling this after a series of fits and starts which underscores how difficult the process is going to be. here are the top lines based on our understanding and reporting, it's going to increase the individual deduction to 12,000 for families that will be 24,000. it's also going to decrease the number of tax brackets from seven to four. it's going to scrap state and local tax deductions. that's controversial. here's where it's really difficult. it's going to decrease the corporate tax rate

. >> we also have with us willie geist there always good to have. >> you i'm hosting thanksgiving. >>ing thanksgiving. >> take a little bag out of the turkey. >> that's important. >> i always forget. >> ut get a prize? >> if i were a real man. but the duck inside the turkey the chicken and the turkey in the deep fryer. >> catty that's what you are doing? >> don't forget to turn the oven on, too. >> any big plans? >> we have friends for thanksgiving. i never hosted thanksgiving, i have to admit. i host christmas lunch a lot. but i love it. it's an adopted holiday for me. >> i was going to say, it's election reminded me, kids at home. you know what they call thanksgiving in britain? thursday. >> my father is hosting, my wife and are cooking. >> are you financial to cook? >> m

i'm willie geist, i'm here along with msnbc deadline white house, making a rare morning appearance. >his hour. >> the great nicole wallace. also national affairs analyst john heilemann and contributor mike barnacle. johnny deutsche is here, commentator susan persio. and carole lee joe and mika have day off. roy moore faces sex misconduct and a growing number of republicans calm-to-have him step aside a. woman claims in 1979, moore, then a 32-year-old assistant district attorney had a sexual encounter with a woman when she was only 14-years-old. lee corfman tells the "post" she and her mother were sitting outside the courtroom, moore struck up a conversation and offered to watch the girl while her mother went in for a custody hearing. one of the reporters told our katy tur what allegedly happened next. >> reporter: after the mother

>>> good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this november 26th, i'm willie geist. i hope you're enjoying the long weekend. many of you will be taking to the roads. we're live at the busiest airport with a look at how your trip is going to look today. >>> plus, president trump engaged in a war of words with both "time magazine" and cnn. all while trying to rally a vote in the senate on tax reform. >>> and later a sunday sitdown with one of the biggest moguls in hollywood. tyler perry. writer, producer, director, actor, whose beloved characters and business savvy have taken him from a childhood poverty to media empire. >> work is a drug. i love it. i love every minute of it. i love every time i'm doing it. >> a sunday sitdown with tyler perry later in the show. >>> let's begin with the mad dash home before the start of the work week. today is one of the busiest travel days of the year. nearly 50 million people will be traveling by plane, train or automobile. nbc's kerry sanders is at the nation's busiest airport for us in atlanta. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: go

. >> savannah guthrie and willie geist with a preview. good morning. >> good morning.e to see you both. arctic temperatures, record lows from the midwest to maine. and al has what we need to know. >>> ahead, why some veterinarians are recommending you give pot to your pet. >> okay. >>> plus, the early black friday deals are actually being rolled out today. where you might find the biggest discounts. >> all that, and matt goes one on one with music legend sir elton john to talk hits, his kids, and his future when we see you here on "today." elton john fans, i assume the catalog is so big -- how do you pick your favorite five songs? >> "tiny dancer," that's up there for me. > ♪ tony danza >> yeah. >> take it, vai. take it. >> "tiny dancer" is what we call will yo saturday night. >> i'm -- willie on saturday night. >> i'm thinking through what that means. >> see you at 7:00. thank you. >> all right. >> oh, boy. >> we could sing some elton john. >> we're the king and queen of wrong lyrics. never get it quite right. >>> let's get this right. it is cold out there, but gettin

. >> sometimes, hold on a second, willie geist and i -- >> are you gone do a

and mika will be back tomorrow and also the great willie geist is with us. >> good morning, everybodyat's going on with you? >> i'm mad about eli manning. >> that's outrageous, by the way. >> sorry. we'll talk about it later. >> what do you mean? >> the new york giants benched eli manning. he has been starting since 2004. because their team stinks this year 2 and 9, the head coach decided that eli manning is the problem. and he was benched in favor of geno smith. >> he has only won two super bowls. >> he

. >> sean: during the same show willie geist slapped matt lauer's behind and lauer pretended to be a ctim of sexual harassment. watch this. >> caught on tape. surveillance cameras are rolling as willie's hand goes in for the swat. did you see it? here it is again from another angle. the owner of that darier breaking his silence. >> i was standing by the doorway in the vestibule and willie came out and said hi, willie, how are you? i thought that would be the end of it. and then he just reached out and, you know,. >> yes, we do. watch what happens next. matt slaps back. is there more to this story? >> some would look at this and say you did something to provoke this. >> it's impossible. i didn't do anything differently. i wasn't wearing a different cologne. this was uninitiated. i'm upset for a couple of reasons one, that he denied it. why deny it? if you do it, own up to it. >> we should go to dustin hoffman and ask his opinion of this. i think he can shed some light. >> inappropriate, inappropriate? >> should i answer? >> yes. >> i'm a little confused. did willie swat him with his wi

♪ i think i know you good morning and welcome to sunday today on this november 26th, i'm willie geisti hope you're enjoying the long thanksgiving weekend. many of you will be hitting the road today and making your way home after the holiday. we're live at the nation's busiest airport with a look at how your trip is going to look today. plus president trump engaged in a war of words that both "time" magazine and cnn all while he attempts to rally a vote in the senate for tax reform before the end of the year. we'll get into all of that with chuck todd. and later today a sunday sit-down with one of the biggest moguls in hollywood, tyler perry, the writer, producer, director, actor and author whose beloved characters and his business savvy have taken him from a childhood of poverty to a media empire, and a personal fortune of nearly half a billion dollars. >> i love it. i love every minute of it. i love it every time i'm doing it. >> a sunday sit down with tyler perry a bit later in the show. let's begin this morning with that mad dash home before the start of the work week. nearly 50 mi

i'm willie geist. president trump is in tokyo during his ten-day trip to five asian countries. the president also talking about a potential meeting on the trip with vladimir putin. we'll get into all of it with chuck todd and nbc white house correspondent kristin welker. and later a sunday sit down with kelly clarkson, 15 years after she became the first "american idol." she's finally out with the album she says she's wanted to make and she's learned to ignore her critics along the way. >> i'm sure it's hard for you to read instagram, titter, things like that and not want to go in with somebody. >> i'm going to be real with you. i go sarcastic sometimes. there are times i ain't a saint. i'm human. >> a sunday sit down with kelly clarkson. plus harry smith with the story of a young victim of opioids who was honored during one of saturday's biggest college football games. all that a bit later in the show. let's begin this morning with president trump's high stakes trip to asia. the president arrived in japan overnight on a mission, in part, to reassure america's allies that the u

. >> profile and courage once again, willie geist. >> jeremy, what's your reporting on this?ctly right. it's donor driven. you go out into congressional town halls, you talk to voters. tax cuts are not open their mind. obamacare repeal is, getting a job that pays well is. to the extent that tax cuts can help that along, sure, people want the idea. or they like this idea of a tax cut theoretically. but there is not something people are banging down the door for. it's entirely donor drinks up against that kind of pressure with a deadline on the end of the year, it's hard to envision a scenario that could create sloppier public policy. >> that's reflected in the lemslation, the proposed legislation that it's donor driven and it benefits big companies. >> i said for months, lose the public argument. when the public is behind something, congress is not behind this i think the tax bill, look, it's in some kens e sense it's marginal. i think making tax cuts permanent for business is an important thing. businesses need to plan. right? so making it permanent is an important thing. the

they say please tell him to stop the tweeting. >> congressman, it's willie geist.n to this tax plan, the one that made its way through the house that you voted against. your concerns are about the state and local tax deductions and what that would do to long island and the state of new york. are you able to convince the leadership in your party to change that provision of the tax bill to get you to vote for it down the road? >> so far it doesn't look like it. yes, i am very opposed to the fact they are taking out the state and local tax deduction. that to me is really going to be extremely damaging to long island. but i'm also really concerned about the process. i mean in 1984, '85, '86, they spent two years putting together a tax bill. there's so many unforeseen consequences when you're talking about tax reform. they're taking away the medical deduction in the house, interest on student loans. there's other issues involving local financing which local controllers have told me are going to cost local governments millions of dollars. these are issues we haven't even

. >> so, senator manchin, it's willie geist.ator collins. >> how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. there are people who have looked at no labels will look at this as the squishy middle of american politics trying to have ko moments, how do you bring those people together in a practical way, what do you believe you can accomplish together? >> let me say this about no labels, since arrived in 2010 it was the only organization i saw trying to bring people from both sides together. >> yep. >> and i've been a fan, i've been involved for all these many years. and for me to be able to step up with susan now and show we're bringing people in from the high echelon of the corporations, corporate leaders to the rank and file on the streets say, listen, can't you just get along? we'd like to see you work together. we're in trouble out here. we like to do a little better for ourselves and our family. so i think what they're saying is they're not getting anything accomplished from the far right and far left. it just doesn't happen. these respe

willie geist is here with more on this situation. it gets different every day. >> reporter: this is a wild one. in an interview that went off of the rails, as many of lavar ball's interviews do, he decl e declined to thank president trump, instead expressing skeptiskep skepticism in how much of a role he played to get the boys out of china. lavar ball not backing down. >> i would have said thank you if he put them on his p mr. trump, for taking my boys out of china and bringing them back to the u.s. there's a lot of room on that plane. >> reporter: the father of ucla star liangelo call said he did not believe the president did anything to help his son and other two players, when they were arrested in china for shoplifting. >> why do you doubt it? >> i would probably thank president xi. >> president xi. >> i'll thank him. >> reporter: it all started when president trump seemed to demand a thank you from the players when they arrived in the u.s. tweeting on november 15th. do you think the three ucla basketball players would say thank y

i'm willie geist. flashback to last year's presidential election. president trump and hillary clinton renew their public feud. secretary clinton saying the president is obsessed with her. the president slamming clinton as a, quote, loser after she brought up russia's disinformation campaign as well as the

i'm willie geist. is in tokyo on this 12-day trip to five asian countries, north korea, and how kim jong-un will react to any provocation. he's talking about a potential meeting on the trip with vladimir putin. we'll get into it with

willie geist has more on this situation. >> this is a wild one, matt, savannah. in an interview that kwij went off the rails, as many of his interviews do, ball once again declined to thank president trump. instead, expressing skepticism about how big a role he played in getting his son out of detainment in china. >> okay. >> so the president -- >> what did he do for my son? >> lavar ball not backing down in his refusal to thank president trump. >> i would say thank you if he would have put him on his plane and took him home. then i would have said thank you, mr. president trump, for taking my boy out of china and bringing him back to the u.s. there's a lot of room on that plane. >> reporter: the father of leangelo ball doubling down saying he did not believe the president did anything to help his son and two other players when they were arrested for alleged shoplifting. >> did he help the boys get out? i don't know. i don't know. >> why do you doubt it? >> if i was going to thank somebody, i would probably thank president xi. i thank him. >> it all started when

>>> good morning and welcome to "sunday today" on this november 26th, i'm willie geist.oying the long weekend. many of you will be taking to the roads. we're live at the busiest airport with a look at how your trip is going to look today. >>> plus, president trump engaged in a war of words with both "time magazine" and cnn. all while trying to rally a vote

. >> willie geist, chairman. good to see thank you morning. it can't be anti-trump.with a strong message that. 's probably true. the races of a lot of the people you beat last night were aligned with trump, whether you did that or whether they did that themselves, ed gillespie sharing trump's values on confederate statues and nfl kneel iing. donald trump and his administration, his policies ares good business for democrats? >> donald trump was undeniably on the ballot on a number of races. he is trying to divide america. people are so sick of these twitter tirades. they want leaders they can be proud of. that's why ralph northam and others were able to win. they're speaking to the issues that people care about. they actually care about facts. they actually care about making sure that people have a good job and good opportunity. they're not playing the politics of division. when we do that and when we organize, when we make those relationships, when we're running candidates, then when the false news comes out, if you've organized and built those relationships with peo