and california's own billionaire candidate will be in walnut creek today tom cyrus holding a town hall of local democrats at 12:30 this afternoon. >>> this morning as we take a live look to capitol hill were congress is one step closer to impeaching president trump. he held a rally last night really cooling impeachment efforts. congress laid out the two articles of impeachment yesterday morning. abuse of power and obstruction of congress. article 1 abuse of power says president trump's solicited the interference of a foreign government, ukraine, in the 2029 states presidential election. article 2 charges the president obstructed congress by directing key witnesses to defy subpoenas. the u.s. senate will hold a trial if one or both charges are approved. >> totally surprised if there were 67 senators to remove the president. >> there is a fact-based events of the president to be made, the american people deserve to hear it. >> the house judiciary committee will start public debates tonight. and if there is a trial senate leader say it will be held in january. >>> france just unveiled a n

the committees are permitted to look at them in their capacity for law-making, cyrus vance requested it in the connection of a grand jury subpoena. these will not be public, at least at this stage. if something should come of these initial inquiries, it is possible that those could be disclosed down the road, but at least the requests being sought would not be for public consumption. >> have you seen anything in the house proceedings that gives you a good idea as to what the defense strategy will be in the u.s. senate for this president? >> well, we heard many things that president trump has done nothing wrong, he continues to persist in that that there's no harm because the aid didn't go through, that this was merely an attempt that doesn't count. but it seems to me that the most effective strategy might be the one that mick mulvaney used, which was, yes, this happened, we agree with the facts. instead of wasting credibility quibbling with the facts, they would be on stronger ground saying we agree, we just don't believe they're sufficient to remove the president. we'll see if that'

that prompted the congressman cyrus, a democrat from new jersey to introduce the participation in the g7. the group currently exists of the seven most advanced countries in the world, united states, canada, france, italy, japan and the united kingdom. >>> still ahead, senator kamala harris hits back at president trump after he takes a dig from her exit from the presidential race. your first look at "morning joe" is back in a moment. a lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher doesn't get everything clean. i tell them, it may be your detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum. it's specially-designed with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. cascade platinum's unique actionpacs dissolve quickly... ...to remove stuck-on food. . . for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. choose the detergent that lets your dishwasher do the dishes! cascade platinum. the number one recommended brand in north america. i didn't have to call 911.help. and i didn't have to come get you. because you didn't have another heart attack. not today. you took our convers

. ♪ >> "juice" makes the list and "mood for-era" and "old town road" with little nas and billy ray cyrus. >> forever ever. >> don't blame it on the juice. >> she has all the juice. >> you can tell that my kids decide what we listen to in the car. >> i know a lot of songs, i just don't know their names or the lyrics. >> same here. >> i know the song. ♪ >> i'll remember that for eva. >> into the new year with no rain. >> high pressure bringing us the happy weather and it will start to dominate the next seven days. look at the view of the golden gate bridge. isn't that pretty? no clouds, no fog. great way to start our tuesday. current temperatures right now in san jose 41 degrees, and in through livermore 40, so it's cold, and it's going to be cold again tonight. so how are we looking compared to the rest of the nation? celebrating here, you have family celebrating the new year in a different state. this is what they're preparing for, good news up for new york city, they're not expecting rain for the big ball drop but it will be cold as always. in dallas 36 degrees, in through denver a ch

so finally, i think the story is that mcdonald, their secretary of state for canada, buttonholed cyrus vance at a meeting in europe and said, you've got to get those people. i've got to get my people safe, and you have to get those people out of my house. we're going to put them on bikes. if you don't do something. so this was december. tony mendez, the cia officer who was absolutely brilliant, forger and exfiltrater, was given the assignment of getting us out. he thought the idea up of this hollywood movie crew. had the right number of people. he had friends in hollywood. they really opened a studio in hollywood. they sent out notices. they put notices in "variety" magazine. he came. in three days, he gave us some choices and made it quite obvious this is the choice we should choose. we learned our lines. the canadians gave us their clothes because we didn't have any. we had to have a suitcase. we went to the airport, and that waskoob, can you tell us about your time as a hostage? [ applause ] >> thank you. >> i'll also point out, you were one of only two female hostages who were held

so finally i think the story is that flora mcdonald their secretary of state for canada, and cyrus vance at a meeting in europe, you've got to get those people out. i need to get my people safe and you got to get those people out of my my house. if you don't you've got to do something. so this was, this was december. so tony menendez cia officer who was absolutely brilliant forger. was given the assignment of getting us out. he thought of the idea of this hollywood, movie crew, and the right number of people he had friends of hollywood, so they set up a real studio, they opened a studio in hollywood, and they sent out notices, and they put notices in variety magazine. and in three days, he gave us some choices, i made it quite obvious that this was the choice we should choose. and we learned our lines. and the canadians gave us all their clothes because we don't have anything cause we had to have a suitcase. and we went to air the airport and that was that. >> can you tell us about your time as a hostage. (applause) >> i will also point out you are one of only two female hostages who was

in new york, cyrus vance could get records from trump's accountants to investigate whether hush money payments were improperly paid. that's the case that produced that very colorful exchange from trump's lawyer in october who said no because the president cannot be indicted while in office. he can't be subjected to any part of the criminal process including a grand jury subpoena, and that's when trump's lawyer colorfully said that even if the president shot somebody on fifth avenue he couldn't be investigated. so that's one question. that's a separate issue here. can a local grand jury, not part of the federal government, not congress, subpoena records for a grand jury investigation of a possible crime? so that's the first case. and then the court took two other cases. these both involve what you were talking about, nicole, which is the attempts by houses, committees of the house to get their hands on documents from the trump accountants and also from two banks, deutsche bank and capital one. they say they want trump records for a variety of investigative and law-making purposes. now,

so jimmy doolittle and cyrus bettis are the world's fastest men bettis says he was not faster than the wind, he was faster than any wind in history. this real belief in speed and the pushing of the technology and the justification of national governance to really encourage this development results in what we see here, the curse tis rc-3. it's a racing system. look at the gold wings. it's a curtis c-80 air foil and it's cooling the engine through those. you see minimum struts and wires on the construction of it. you see a tightly fitted cowling over the 600 horsepower v-12 engine. you see a metal propeller which is one of the latest innovations in the mid 1980s. it's built and designed by reed, and it's transitioning from wood to metal in airplane construction materials. bu but, probably the most important is it's a plywood fuselage that it's built like a wooden boat and it's built of spruce so there are no longer struts and wires and braces inside the fuselage, it's a hollow shell. than i corporate rates a streamline shape and it allows this airplane to go faster because of the ability

i believe it's cyrus vance jr. liz: i've got to ask you about being cautious about something else. that is whether we have a trade deal with china for phase one. let me just say at the very moment, that the word is it could possibly come as early as this afternoon but at the moment, what we have is simply that according to -- yes, according to fox business, we are getting this from sources, there is a deal and it is imminently going to be announced. >> listen, i think this. if i'm trading this, i think anything that ends the trade war is positive, even if it's a b.s. deal. i think what we are going to get out of here is nothing so great. i would be cautious on the sourcing, because watch who frames the deal. if it's the white house framing the deal, you got to go through with a fine tooth comb. liz: the news today, at least well before this, in the morning, was that the u.s. -- this is how it was put -- the u.s. is offering china two things. i will get to those in a minute. but we didn't hear china is offering this. beyond buying more agriculture. >> i will just say this. just forg

finally, i think -- the story is that flora mcdonald, they secretary of state for canada buttonholes cyrus vance at a meeting in europe and said you've got to get those people. i've got to get my people safe and we're going to put them on bikes. if you don't do something. so this was december, so tony mendez, the cia officers who was absolutely brilliant forger and exfiltrator was given the assignment of getting us out. he thought of the idea of this hollywood movie crew, had the right number of people, he had friends in hollywood. they set up the studio 8. they opened up a studio in hollywood and they sent out notices. they put notices in variety magazine. and he came and then three days he said -- he gave us some choices and made it quite obvious this is the choice we should choose. we learned our lines and the canadians gave us all their clothes, because we didn't have any. we had to have a suitcase. and then we went to the airport and that was that. >> can you tell us about your time as a hostage -- [ applause ] >> thank you. i'll point out you were one of two female hostages who were

the singer's record-breaking single "old town road" featuring billy ray cyrus is finishing 2019 as the year's top billboard hot 100 song. >> lil nas x, who just turned 20 this year, is the youngest male artist with the year-end hot 100 number one. >> wait, did i know he can't even pop a bottle of champagne legally? >> right. what a huge accomplishment, good for him. >> way to go. >> his story is fascinating. >>> meantime rapper post malone has been crowned billboard's top artist of the year, capping a blockbuster year with his trio of smash albums along with a bunch of hit songs. >> and he's also really young. >> also young. so plenty of room on his face for tattoos. that guy is -- he is talented. >> have you thought about duplicating the look? >> i would but i think abc might have an issue. >> slight. >> but i have no issue with t-swift because we've got some new music from her. >> just crossing our "skinny" breaking news desk overnight, t-swift just releasing a brand-new christmas song, take a listen. ♪ you would there too under the mistletoe ♪ ♪ watching the fire glow and tell

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miley cyrus dropped hannah montana and justin bieber got married. and also going back to child ♪ >> memories from the decade that won't be easy to let it go ♪ let it go, let it go >> joe fryer, nbc news >> what a decade i have a relic of the decade of the past blackberry i use it every day i have an iphone. i love my blackberry i cover the white house. >> what will you do in another year >> i don't know. probably if i leave nbc i.t. will drag me and the blackberry out of here. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> and the kardashians one i read is worth over $1 billion. >> i love the kardashians. i love this decade >> i don't love this decade. >>> animals with a wow factor. >> llamas with the love factor helping humans in need that's after these messages. lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (announcer) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk o

although secretary of state cyrus vance and officials were sure that the iranian government would eventually come to the rescue. by now it was getting dark in tehran and it started to rain. the embassy's takeover made for an evening's entertainment, whole families came to the embassy and chanted death to america. death to the shah. shaw. meanwhile, bruce was still at the foreign ministry arranged for thier safety and told them to take three in the swedish embassy upstairs. >> i walked up the stairs to the swedish embassy's office suite and they were expecting me. >> at the foreign ministry, the foreign minister met with them. he told the diplomats he would speak to the revolutionary counsel that not and assured him the crisis would soon be resolved. >> he asked me where i propose to spend the night and i said, well, that is your responsibility, mr. foreign minister. i am here with the assurancce your government will provide protection for me in my mission. it is your responsibility. can you assure me i will be safe on the streets? obviously you cannot. >> he wanted us to go away. his attitud

miley cyrus dropped her hannah montana image. justin bieber traded a mug shot for marriage. yet some of the biggest hits took us back to childhood. ♪ baby shark do, do, do >> reporter: cherished memories from a decade that won't be easy to let go. ♪ let it go let it go ♪ >> reporter: nbc news. >> our thanks to joe there. yes, it has been quite the decade, indeed. coming up at the top of the hour, we're following several breaking news stories, including one just out of iraq involving u.s. military action that took place just hours ago. we'll have the update on that from our pentagon reporters. ever since darrell's family started using gain flings, their laundry smells more amazing than ever. ah, honey! isn't that the dog's towel? hey, me towel su towel. there's more gain scent plus oxi boost and febreze odor remover in every fling. gain. seriously good scent. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network.

some that are coming from the congressional hearings might be a little different from the case that cyrus vance has wut of manhattan where he's seeking investigative records for purposes of a state executive branch matter. but in the end, it seems like the issue has enough commonality that they can be put together in one case. the president is claiming there's overreach and he is not subject to investigation by other parties. and perhaps they can deal with that all in one fell swoop. we'll see. >> all right, barbara mcquaid joining us from washington. thank you. >>> the breaking news from chicago, a popular rapper named top new artist this year now dead. the latest on the passing on the rapper juice world. >>> and the korean pop music sensation has become an international phenomenon. but why are some of its biggest stars dying off? a look at what is behind the tragic trend. [farmers bell] (burke) at farmers insurance, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a "three-ring fender bender." (clown 1) sorry about that... (clown 2) apologies. (clown 1) ...did

that's a subpoena by the manhattan district attorney, cyrus vance. they're looking for nearly a decade worth of the president's tax returns and other financial documents. the other item at issue here is court battles over subpoenas issued by house committees, seeking financial documents from accountants and two banks. deutsche bank and capital one. all of that headed to the supreme court with a decision possible by early summer, contessa >> all right, eamon, thank for that >>> switching focus, taylor swift ringing in her 30th birthday in a big way. the pop star accepting the award for billboard's woman of the decade last night. and in her speech called out the private equity industry. >> the unregulated world of private equity coming in and buying up our music as if it is real estate. as if it's an app or a shoe line my entire catalog was sold to scooter brauns ithaca holding in a deal i'm told was funded by the soros family, 23 capital, and the carlyle group. yet to this day, none of these investors have ever bothered to contact me or my team direct