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. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us. distraught family members and neighbors have joined the grim search under way in california tonight for the missing in neighborhoods swept away by mud slides. there have been some dramatic rescues today from homes that are up to their roof tops in mud. but also a rising death toll. at least 15 following this week's torrential rains. more than a hundred homes destroyed. and for some of those trapped, time is running out. the disaster is taking place two hours north of los angeles in montecito. that's where we start with our national correspondent miguel almaguer. >> reporter: tonight in montecito, the heartbreak is as overwhelming as the >> i don't know where she is. >> reporter: this is where hayden gower is searching for his mother, 69-year-old josie. >> the water and mud just flew in. it took them by surprise. >> reporter: the grandmother of three was home when a wall of mud barreled through her bedroom. >> i don't know how far she could have been swept. i

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> good evening, i'm nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist tammie souza. we're keeping an eye on this large nor'easter, this powerful storm moving up the coast. it's going to bring snow into the area later tonight and throughout the morning tomorrow. we'll have a messy commute with very heavy snow totals and very high winds. we have blizzard warnings in effect for the jersey shore and southern delaware. winter storm warnings across philadelphia. stay with us here, we'll keep you up to date and i'll have all your snow totals coming up tonight at 11:00. stac ks u against morni ng tv's other first ladies. >> new bachelor arie here. >> what about armpit girl? what was going through your mind? >> plus, guess who's flashing this 20 karat engagement diamond you can see from space. >> kris jenner platinum blonde. what's behind the extreme transformation. >> then the amazing women who shrunk to half their size. >> i was 450 po

i'm lester holt. we'll send it back to you now. >> all right. thank you. >>> don't miss lester's exclusive reporting from inside north korea this week on the "today" show and "nbc nightly news." >>> we've got a consumer alert to tell you about as well as a look at the impact of the government shutdown on stocks when they open later this morning. cnbc landon dowdy is watching your money. hi, good morning. >> good monday morning to you. wall street is set to open lower this morning as investors watch what happens with the government shutdown. the markets are coming off of a positive week with the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all posting three straight weekly gains. economists believe the government shutdown will have a minimal impact on the economy if it's resolved soon, but a prolonged standoff could take a toll, 850,000 federal workers may be furloughed which would reduce spending on their wages by about $1.5 billion a week, but if the shutdown is brief, the economy would recover as those employees receive back pay. >>> prices at the pump edge higher

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for . >>> we are live? minneapolis for exclusive coverage of super bowl lii. a live look at u.s. bank stadium where the eagles will take on the patriots on football's biggest stage. we have you covered with every angle of the game and the eagles' road to victory. this is our nbc 10 championship special titled "we want it." four tadays and counting until e eagles take the field in super bowl lii. tonight a super bowl homecoming for a minnesota guy. >> i've been like a tour guide almost. >> we're live in the childhood home of bo allen. plus an exclusive conversation with the longest tenured eagle. >> we've got 60 minutes to play. that's going to be going down. >>> also, minnesota is stretching the truth. a minnesota business takes a shot at birds fans. why it was all just a play for attention. >>> and getting inked for the eagles. our special, we want it, starts right now. >> announcer: nbc 10 championship, "we want it" sponsored by toyota. proud partner of the

i'm lester holt. from all of us at nbc news, microclimate weather alert. good evening and thanks for >>> the news at 6:00 starts with a microclimate weather alert. good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm roger matthai. how intense will it get tonight and what happens tomorrow? let's get to chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> we're seeing the heaviest rain move through with this storm system that we'll see overall. as we take a look at the doppler radar and satellite radar combined, the orange and yellow are heavier pockets still impacting the east bay and the peninsula. most of it is moving out of the north bay as it pushes south and east. if you're going to be heading out in the next hour or so, so you know where it's the worst, we're looking at heavy rain developing throughout berkeley. it's going to continue into lafayette at 6:19, concord 6:37. the south peninsula, we're looking at a good clip of rain from san francisco to burlingame. this is also moving east. in dublin, you'll continue with this through 6:52 tonight. the peninsu

i'm lester holt. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watc >> announcer: now on "extra," ellen and oprah united in grief, as their hometown is devastated by the deadly mudslides. >> there are families missing. they're finding bodies. >> announcer: their 'moose on the facetime as ellen is forces to evacuate. >>>. >> we're going to get together. >>> and gayle on the final white house rumors. >>> wendy going after the youngest kardashian sisters. >> i baby is still going to look like the old you. >>> double celebrity wedding news, brittie engaged? the giant clue. >>> and rickey martin's announcement he secretly got married. >> three days of party. >>> plus wile did teresa giudice meet up with a divorce attorney. >>> tonya harding tonight dropping new bombshells. what part of the story still haunts her? >> it makes you cringe. >>> plus one on one with hugh jackman on turning 50, hugh grant facing off with mark. who has the more regal british accent? >> people from my neck of the wise say you speak lyi

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. using vulgar language, president trump today questioned why the united states would allow people from haiti and africa into the country, describing those places using an expletive while suggesting people from norway might be more acceptable. he reportedly made the comments during a white house meeting with a bipartisan group of senators. the white house tonight is not denying the president made the remarks. now, we want you to know our report includes that expletive once so that you can hear the complete quote for yourself. of course, it may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers. nbc's peter alexander has details. >> reporter: the president tonight apparently uncorking another astonishing statement. complaining to lawmakers in the oval office about protections for immigrants. people from, quote, all these shithole countries here? according to a democratic aide familiar with the conversation, mr. trump was referring to african nations and haiti before suggesting the u.s. s

the president telling lester holt last spring the investigation was on his mind when he decided to can comey. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> as for comey, a source tells nbc mueller's team interviewed him late last year about memos he wrote detailing his interactions with the president before being fired. quoting president trump as saying about the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn -- i hope you can let this go. >> i took it as a direction. he's the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this -- i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> is the president saying that james comey lied when he said trump, the president, asked for his loyalty and suggested he should drop the flynn investigation. >> out of respect for the special counsel, i'm not going to weigh in on those matters. >> and question three, what happened during michael flynn's meeting with the fbi? this morning, nbc news has uncovered new details about the former national

i'm lester holt. >> lester holt's live coverage in north korea continues through tuesday. he will give viewers a rare inside kim jong-un's regime days ahead of the 2018 winter olympics. >>> well, the first of the golden globes, last night the sag awards. >> the screen actors guild awards honors the top performances in movies and television voted on by their pearce. winners were similar to the golden globes. three bill words won the best film while frances mcdormand won best actress. gary oldman won an award for his role as winston churchill. "this is us" took home best drama ensemble and best actor. >> none of these other shows look like us, the fact that we get a chance to come and we won, this is a very special night. >> sterling k. brown there, just a great actor on that show. morgan freeman accepted the lifetime achievement award and for the first time ever the sag awards featured only women as presenters. step aside, marcus washington. no, not at all, i need you here. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay" we have two breaking news stories this morning all happening

why did you tell lester holt you fired comey because of the russia investigation? why did you tweet part of the reason flynn was relieved of duty was because of the russia investigation in addition to lying to vice president pence. as you have seen in some of the media interviews the president has done, when people lay a trap for him and he gets defensive, that's when he gets into trouble. >> i think when he said that about russia. i don't think he was saying shut it down. i think he was upset at comey for telling him privately, you are not under investigation, then testifying publicly, i can confirm we are doing a counter intelligence investigation with trump campaign people and feeding speculation. so i think he thought that put an unfair cloud over his presidency spipt was distracting him from doing his job. kennedy: those are the types of things they will want clarification on. those are the times of things prosecutors are well versed in rooting out better than journalists like lester holt who are historically not very good at asking follow-up questions. what d

that's tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> a woman found stabbed to death knew her killer. the 52-year-old donna denato was found dead. she was near by just before she was killed. investigators say a homeless man found her on the ground and stabbed her to death. >> there may have been some relationships between the two. they met the august before and tried to speak with her. she was moving away and he hit her to the ground. the 51-year-old was arraigned on murder charges and is being held without bail. >>> here is a look at some stories county by county. much needed help families came from puerto rico after the hurricane. we told you about santos family yesterday. their assistant money of fema went out. viewers saw their story and helped them on the go fund me page. >>> to delaware, state police are asking for the public's help to find two suspects wanted for a string of car break-in. they are believed to be in northern county. take a look at this. a dozen residents were forced from their homes after a water main break yesterday morning. seven town homes were damaged beyon

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lester holt is in the capital and has more on the thawing relations. re traveled about four hours east of pyongyang to watch ski events over the north and south over the winter olympics we're told this is a place where athletes from north and south will be training together. we were also invited here, i would expect, because this is not what people expect to see in north korea. a model ski resort it's got patriotic music and videos playing on the screen here and a lot of families out enjoying themselves. we've spoken to some of those families people expressing a sense of optimism that the two countries are speaking together. a sense of pride that they will be competing together in the winter olympics. and also some expressing a sense of greater security given a chance to ratchet down some of the tensions none of this, of course, erases the issues of the nuclear program here that has drawn the attention and criticism from around the world certainly the crippling sanctions is that have caused so much hardship in this country. not evidenced here, obviousl

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. >> here's a story lester holt is work on today. >> reporter: a good day from pyongyang. the start of a workweek here. a snowy workweek. we were in the mountains, one of the alpine locations where there will be joint training of north and south korean athletes. we got a chance to talk to a lot of people about their hopes and dreams and how they see the negotiations over the olympics and the future. >> again, tune in tonight to see lester holt's exclusive coverage from inside north korea. today and tomorrow he's giving a rare look inside kim jong-un's regime just days ahead of the 2018 olympics. >>> we started with rain and wet roads. >> the sunshine is coming out to look at san jose. it is drizzling and foggy and some wet roads in parts of the south bay. the temperatures in the upper 50s. we'll talk about what is ahead as we go through the workweek and when the next round of rain moves in next. >>> a gift card goes blank leaving the spler with nothing. nbc bay area responds. next. of interventions being rep .. for people who intended to jump off the golden gate bridge. ac

live from washington, here's lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. you're looking at a live picture of the house chamber in the capitol where in just a moment president trump will enter and deliver his first state of the union address for joint session of congress. this is a moment of history and high drama here in washington, an embattled president under investigation, a congress mired in partisan conflict, a government that many americans believe is kregsincreasingly un to function for the common good. donald trump has been in office for one year and ten days, and given the controversy his presidency has taken so far, there is high interest in what he has to say tonight on the economy, on immigration, on north korea and so many other issues. here with me tonight are my nbc news colleagues, savannah guthrie, chuck todd, dreandrea mitchell, megyn kelly and tom brokaw. savannah, a year ago it was a new administration addressing congress. there was so much looking presidential. that was a year ago. what are we looking at tonight? >> now we have a year

. >> announcer: this is nbc news "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. it is over for now. congress has come to an agreement to reopen the government but for just under three weeks and with the sticking point, fate of young immigrants known at d.r.e.a.m.ers unresolved. what changed and how do we know we won't end up right back here? capitol hill koe correspondent kasie hunts starts us off. >> reporter: the house voting to make it official to reopen the government at least for now sending the bill to the president's desk. that sets up an incredibly contentious

. >>> real scenes from north korea, lester holt inside the country as it prepares to compete in the winter olympics. >>> the american federal prosecutors say is a senior isis commander, and what his mother in new jersey has to say about it. >>> back flips, head locks, spine busters, the enduring popularity of a pop culture force now 25 years old. >>> and from linebacker to teacher, finding a way to warm

lester holt is reporting exclusive this week from inside north korea and he joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a sunday and holiday here in north korea so families have taken to the ski slopes. this is what i don't think a lot of people expect to see in north korea playing patriotic tunes. we were talking to people here about the olympics. this is one of the places we are told north and south athletes will be training together. this is the fruit of a recent face-to-face talks. they are still working out some of the logistics of it but there is cooperation and there will be participation in the olympics by north korean athletes. we have been speaking to people here who are very excited about the prospects of two countries not only competing together but talking together and it makes them feel a little more secure and a reason that has had a lot of insecurity over the tensions certainly over the past year or so. this cooperation regarding olympics, of course, doesn't change the real issues, the nuclear program here and the sanctions. what you're seei

nbc's lester holt reports. >>> this is an image of north korea that people don't expect, and one this country wants the world to see, and we're here because north and south korea and athletes will be training together here, something we couldn't have anticipated a few weeks ago. this a result, of course, of the face to face talks which have given a sense of optimism that maybe some of the tensions on this peninsula will be dialed down. notwithstanding the nuclear standoff that continues and issues over the sanctions, but we're covering that story here. we'll tell you more about what we're hearing from people on the slopes. >>> lester holt's looiive cover continues through tuesday. rare look inside kim jong-un's regime, ahead of the winter olympics. continues to the wintes -- team usa is taking shape ... and >>> the countdown continues of the winter olympics, team usa is taking shape, that includes many from northern california. last weekend the members of the u.s. bobsled team were named, one of the drivers grew up right down there in monterey. nbc bay area's garvin thomas with how th

that lester holt in review. he admitted to obstruction in that. meeting with his boys in the oval office and saying that this comey investigation, i had to get rid of him because he was nuts. this is obstruction, fred. >> he said to get rid of the russia thing. okay, if it's overwhelming, avery, obstruction of justice, and there are all these examples that the two of you have just spelled out, then what is robert mueller waiting for? or does it simply mean that's just the tip of the iceberg potentially? >> yes, that's a great question, because what he's waiting for is to make sure he has every bit of evidence to show the key element in an obstruction. and that is willful interference. that's what's in the statute. so he's got sean spicer's statement. he's got reince priebus' personal notes from meeting. remember the chronology. comey gets fired on the 10th of may. on the 11th of may, trump meets with russian officials saying, oh, man, there was so much pressure on me, and that's gone. and then on the 11th of course the infamous or famous, depend o

. >> is this the white house attempting to change the story, make that lester holt/president trump interview go away? what's happening here? >> i think this is a continuation of the dissonance that's been coming out of the white house on this issue since comey got fired. everyone says that he had nothing to do with the russia investigation except the president said it to lester holt and the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador in the oval office. it highlights a fundamental problem with the white house's defense. they say it's all fake and michael made it up. all jake was pointing out is that a lot of the information comes from people who are in the white house, who are in a position to know. when he confronts stephen miller about that, miller's response is, oh, fake news, fake news, fake news, which if you think about it is a really sort of bannonesque response. this is the bannon approach to the media. attack all the time. >> his replacement. >> just attack the questioner. scream fake news. and no one will be able to figure out what's going on. >> that's what the president d

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester, and it is crunch time now. we are hours away from a government shutdown. today, a mad scramble up and down the halls of congress, up and down pennsylvania avenue, as top lawmakers left the hill for the white house, meetings and calls with the president, all in a mad scramble to get a deal. at this hour, washington is once again on the brink and the clock ticks. nbc's capitol hill correspondent casey hunt starts us off. casey, good evening. >> savannah, good evening to you. these developments are happening so quickly. senate leaders are in fierce negotiations with the white house, trying to break the stalemate. now just hours before the government is set to shut down. president trump earlier this afternoon summoning democratic leader chuck schumer down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. >> we had a long and detailed meeting. we discussed all of the major outstanding issues. we made some progress, but we still have a good number of disagreements.

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lester holt indication at the top of bethesda row shutting down. and for the people who live and visit that area, this is a loss. >> news4's chris gordon is in downtown bethesda tonight with more on the impact of it. hi, chris. >> reporter: hi, this is a story about children. look over here. the other, just minutes ago, i saw a family taking a picture of their kids saying, we want to remember the bookstore where our kids learned to love to read. and i'm going to ask this young fellow for some help today because this is all about kids. this is roland miller. his father and brother griffin, he's 4. do you already know how to read? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: you do. did you ever come to this store before? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: your father said you did. but in any case, what's important, you can read, right? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: as of 10:00 p.m. tonight, this bookstore, barns & noble in bethesda, will be closing for the very last time. the bethesda barns & noble is more than a bookstore. it's a gathering place. if you come to bethesda row to shop, ea

he admitted the truth to lester holt. what would a witness like donald trump be like in the hands of bob mueller? >> it's a great question because that real difficult explode 36 hours of talking points from the justice department, from the white house, that jim comey was fired because of the way he handled the hillary clinton investigation, number one, and number two, it was a bottom-up recommendation that came from the justice department to the president, not the other way around. and when the president made those remarks, really, you know, unsolicited. he just kind of came out and volunteered this information. it was the first sign that we might have a real act of obstruction of justice by the president. and, so, when he sits down with bob mueller, he's going to have to be held accountable for all of these statements. bob mueller is going to take all the statements he's made publicly, and not just publicly, but statements that he made to other people who bob mueller has interviewed. so, the president probably doesn't re

. >> i am jackie london and up next is "nightly news" with lester holt. hite house doctor. what he just revealed. >>> the teenager who jumped out of a window and called 911, saving her 12 brothers and sisters, found shackled. their parents arrested. >> what they've been through, i just want to hug them. >> tonight the children's aunt opens up to nbc news. >>> top tech insiders sound off accusing facebook of putting profit over people. >> facebook's a living, breathing

all week starting tuesday, nbc nightly news with lester holt is taking you to the country enough talked about but rarely seen. nbc will have that live coverage from pyongyang, north korea. >>> live from new york, it is saturday night. here's a live look from studio 8h as the cast and crew are getting ready there. tonight's host is actress jessica chastain with musical guest troy saval. >>> a warmer january night with people taking a stroll under a green-lit ben franklin bridge in penn's landing. your first alert forecast. a pretty good winter warmup. >> that's right. we're finally seeing that thaw that we were talking about a couple of weeks ago. it's happening now and will last the next several days. that includes the birds game here for tomorrow. so i know all of us love to drive on i-76, said no one ever. i wanted to show you boat house row. you don't have to take the trip along the schuylkill expressway. it's gorgeous outside. if you haven't been outside today, try to get outside tomorrow, another nice day, temperatures around 50. the january thaw will continue. quiet and cool weath

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the qualities. >> everybody likes lester holt. maybe he was charmed. >> the qualities that president trump has to be expansive, to be hiler bol lick, to want to win you over, those are exactly the opposite qualities that you want to have when you're testifying under oath to a prosecutor. >> wanting to win you over. >> yeah, wanting to win you over. >> trump's not that guy. >> he's the guy who wants to win you over. i can see him wanting to defense mueller that everything you know, everything you've seen, everything you've read, whatever you heard from everybody else, that's not true. what i'm about to tell you is the truth. and he begins that convincing argument which leads to what you were saying. > he's already on the record saying i got rid of the guy because he's coming at me on russia. >> there are reports he said the same thing to the russians when he visited him in the oval office. this is not the first time anyone's asked trump these questions. it's not just trump in jeopardy here. jared and his son don junior may have som

. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. and here we go again. the washington cliffhanger americans have gotten all too used to. will the government keep running or are we headed for yet another shutdown? tonight, each party flexing muscles, exerting leverage, doing the political calculus, who has the most to lose, who will be blamed if it all goes south? we start tonight where the action is, capitol hill, and nbc's kasie hunt. >> reporter: on capitol hill, pleading their case directly to senators. >> are you going to support us? >> reporter: these d.r.e.a.m.ers' futures as uncertain as the scramble behind closed doors in washington where tonight it's increasingly likely the federal government will be closed come saturday morning. do you think that we're headed for a shutdown? >> you know, i don't know. >> reporter: the house set to vote tonight to keep the doors open but only for the next month. >> the conference will pass this because members understand why on earth would we want to have

when he told lester holt is pretty damning. he needs to get the facts around the actions. this is spearhead e eed by dev n nunes, and you've said on our air this is full of baloney, the president is inclined to allow republicans and their committee to release this to the public. you've seen it. why not just -- if you think it's so full of ba lone ney, why not say here it is, you judge for yourself. >> i wouldn't apose it. the memorandum, it's classified so i can't get into details, but as written it is so pathetically obviously full of misstatements and lies including the very first line which makes references to investigation to which don't exist. if the memo were cleaned up to take out the references to high lie classified information, a lot of information by the way that members of the committee haven't even seen even though those members voted to release the memorandum which is based on -- if that could be cleaned up, i would be in favor of releasing it. reporters and the american it for what it is, a series ofe talking pois in a long mpaign to discredit the fbi. if mu

he said to lester holt that is why he fired james comey in the first place only to have a bigger present and bob mueller come bring this back to the forefront. so i think all of this was really happening at that time. and that is why he got upset and said can we just fire him. and of course he was met with opposition to that consideration by cdon mcgahn. >> why would this come out now seven months later? >> i think it is a different time and i think because bob mueller is asking questions about this. he is looking into this as part of the obstruction probe. people know about it and that is how the media is able to know about it now. >> julia ainsley, appreciate it. and joining me now is senator cory booker. he is a member of the judiciary committee. he is the co-author of a protection ability to protect the r special counsel from being fired. we're happy to have you. what is your first reaction, your take on this news that the president did not just consider firing robert mueller, but at one point ordered it? >> i'm not surprised. we've seen a pattern of behavior him going after people t

but he told lester holt on national tv that it had to do with the russia thing. we knew all kinds of things about the president, but all of them were a bit am big woug. -- ambiguous. maybe he simply didn't know the rules of the game, he didn't know the ropes yet, he was clueless. but now we know that after a conversation with don mcgahn, his white house counsel, who must have warned him of how serious a problem he would be in if he had another saturday night massacre of the kind that nixon had. after being warned he was still so determined to prevent the probe into the russia thing, into the way russia played a role in our election, that he ordered mcgahn to fire special counsel. >> i just want to pause on the point you make, before you go on, you just sort of swung through very quickly, because i know how fast your brain works, a very key observation, you're saying your understanding of this role and your knowledge of the way presidencies and the white house counsels work, is this entire operation would have necessarily included don mcgahn already discussed and

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lester holt has more reporting on the arlington ladies on nbc nightly news right after this broadcast including what the women say is the hardest part of their role. >> how wonderful. what a service they do. >>> when we come back, it's the one thing everybody's talking about. that blast of bitter cold as temperatures tumble across our region. >> we're also tracking the chance for snow. doug is next with a closer look at what's ahead. >> water main breaks have wssc pipe detectives out there trying to find them and fix them. 80 so far today. holy back up . before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with