chuck? >> absolutely right. the way it will be for the remainder of the day, temperatures inching their way barely above the freezing mark. another check of the forecast in a few minutes is there thanks, chuck. >>> snow flakes are falling across the area as the winter storm we've been watching has finally arrived. derrick ward continues our coverage now. he is in manassas. what r you seeing there? >> reporter: you know, you talked about people saying that the snow is coming down, stopping and coming down again. sort of in one of those patterns here. you can see a few minutes ago it was pretty fluffy flakes. hard to say when your lips are cold. little bit different now. it's still that dry snow. look at the roadway, the road surfaces. again these surfaces have been treated. if you see there on that median strip, that is an untreated surface. see the difference of what you get treated surface versus untreated surface. we imagine this spreader truck will come back again and it is time for them

. >> chuck and veronica, thanks. people west of the city had the first glimpse of the storm before everyone else. that's where we sent news 4's derrick ward. he continues our news coverage from prince william county. derrick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are in manassas. when we got here, maybe half an hour ago, there were flurries coming. since then it's lightened up a bit. it's barely perfeceptiblpercept. there is snow falling. virginia has been out since 1:00 am yesterday treating those primary and secondary roads. if we take a look at this road surface, you kind of see the results of that. it looks like it's wet and it's not really as wet as it would be for our precipitation. but from the de icing agents they put down a brine solution that keeps the snow and whatever falls from the sky from freezing on the surface. as cars travel over it, that continue continues with the melting process. we might have a bit of a slick surface if you're driving. >> that was derrick ward in manassas. we're going to g

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. chuck, good morning. >>> good morning, eun. hopefully everybody is done with their thanksgiving holiday home safe and sound ready to get the new work under way and a new month as well. man a, thanksgiving weekend was cold. a little bit of a warming trend as we go through the coming week. mostly cloudy case, yes. probably notice that as you were returning to washington late yesterday. the clouds really raced back in fairly quickly. 43. because of the cloud cover it's nowhere near as cold as it's been. most of the suburbs you should plan for it to be in the 30s first thing. 36 degrees in frederick county. 35 now up in smithburg maryland. manassas and bristow temperatures in the mid-30s. waldorf, down into southern maryland, near 40. cloudy skies are out there. rain drops are stay iing away f now. the only thing that's near close to up is wilkes-barre. not a lot of returns coming in our close, immediate vicinity. as a result we will call it a mostly cloudy day today. it's going to be cool but not all that cold by december standard

. >> we want to get right over to storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. raindrops on our camera earlier. chuck? >> good morning to both of you. good morning, everybody. what a crazy start to the day. temperatures were above 70 degrees for most of the overnight hours only thanks to the rain have we cooled all the way back into the 60s. this is the view from our tower camera now looking southbound towards the national mall. there's the national cathedral, the washington monument and shrouded in raindrops 30 minutes ago and now get a sense the last of the drops the first band of rain moving away from the camera and down river towards parts of southern maryland. temperatures have cooled considerably at 5 to 15 degrees now. back into the low and mid-60s but any let up in the rain and even a peek or two of sunshine will put temperatures back or near 70 later on this afternoon. so, be ready for still what should be a very mild day today. the leading edge of moderate to heavy rain at times moving into parts of southern prince george's county and eventually over h

chuck? >> andrea, we do expect -- >> chris is also with us. but chuck, take the lead. >> andrea, we do expect the president to talk about enrollment figures in some form or another, just less than 72 hours to go when we're going to get some update from him on status of health care. of course, coincidentally the site went down for a couple of hours this afternoon just before the president conference itself. i wouldn't be surprised if a lot is dominated by health care. this is an end of the year press conference so there's likely to be a little more wide-ranging, once the health care questions are out of the way from his perspective on how this year went when you compare to what he thought the year was going to be like at least year's end of the year press conference versus what it ended up being. hearing his assessment of himself and all of that, don't be surprised if you see those questions as well. >> thanks so much, chuck. chris, as chuck was suggesting we'll hear about the nsa and economy and priorities for the second term with john podesta

chuck... in today's cover story... u-p-s is fielding a slew of complaints from customers who say the shipping giant delivered empty promises instead of gifts... falling short of consumer expectations at the same time they were exceeding their own projections for volume. "it's crazy. we can't even sit down for lunch." despite u-p-s employees working long hours this month... the parcel service wasn't able to prevent delays in shipments that were supposed to arrive by christmas. "it was said that you have to tell someone, i ordered your christmas present, but it's not here." that's what brooke bucher told her grandma... arriving empty- handed more than a week after ordering online. experts say bad weather... a shortened shopping season... and ambitious delivery guarantees created a perfect storm. "a lot of consumers were waiting for deals and that allowed them to procrastinate and wait 'til the last minute." u-p-s spokeswoman nataline godwin says the company... expected an "8 percent" increase over their average daily del

chuck bell is out on the weather deck checking on that. chuck? >>> good morning, tom. we've had about a tenth of an inch of ice accumulating here in our studios. all the equipment outside has just that thin little coating on it. if you're one with of my twitter followers, i just tweeted out a picture right here on our tree branches. generally speaking northern

we want to get over to chuck bell. he's tracking it all. chuck, what are we seeing now? >> heavy rain has moved into northwest washington. this is the view from our tower camera here at the station which was relatively clear just a few minutes ago and now that curtain of rain showers dropped right on top of downtown washington. this is going to continue for the next little whilehere. temperature now a rain cooled 63 at national airport, but, still, 75 degrees in fredericksburg. waiting on the rain. the rain not far away from you folks down in fredericksburg and stafford right now. i'll zoom in and show you where the heaviest rain showers are. rain southwest and northwest washington right now. and down into waldorf and charles county. the heaviest of the rain still making its approach to the west sides of i-95 down to the south of town. temperatures 60s and 70s today. but it won't last much longer. more on that coming up. >> all right, thanks, chuck. >> we are seeing record highs in our area. it's a very different story in parts of the midwest. heavy rain followed by free

chuck todd, do they know the problem, are they fixing it? >> i think they know the problem, i don't know if they're fixing it. this is not a shake-up and it should not be seen as a shake-up. i don't know -- i think this will calm house democrats a and senate democrats down a bit. but i don't know if they are fixed their political problem. right now house and senate democrats don't understand the political pickle that these guys are in. >> it does buy us some time. but between podesta and polaro does buy some time. >> he got rid of don reagan and brought in howard baker. you have to make big changes sometimes. thank you, chuck todd. we'll be right back. >>> let me finish tonight with this. i'm about to end a 16-city book tour. i think it's the perfect gift for "hardball" folks because it reminds us that politics, smart aggressive politics not only works for the country but it can be a joyous event to watch. i spent 16 years of my life working against flaig reagan. my boss and hero tip o'neill could get things done for the country. call it nos

chuck and mike and john and casey and by the way, where is chuck. did chuck make it? (calling names) tony, steven and also castro construction manager the construction manager put your fists in the air i've got pour. we want to thank the consulting team allen are, of course, he's here and applied partnership and charles associates and they told me to go this faster. martin raul and associations and linda hicks and the design jerseys tip i didn't and tommy mary and associates let's give them all a hand human resources, of course, i not be in trouble if i didn't introduce the board. (calling names) gordon? are you in the house. let's hear it for the old guy. i'm not that far behind him. there are so many people to thank but heavy duty who did the heavy lifting on the staff side? but the housing development team we want to give them the spur hand and joy to the world. anyway, we really need affordable housing we're so happy to have a mare that cares about it. this goes for our community. i envision a lot of the families living here. this is when real estate becomes more

defense secretary chuck hagel is meeting pakistani prime minister nau nawaz sharif. he has expressed a desire for closer links with washington rrk. we are joined live from islamabad. chuck hagel and nawaz sharif have their work cut out, don't they. >> indeed, and the pakistani government is upbeat about this. they are saying this the past few months high level contact are paying off and repairing the mistrust existing between the two countries. chuck hagel flew in, his arrival time was a guarded secret because of the security situation. he's arranged to meet the new military chief at the general headquarters after which he went and called upon the pakistany prime minister. both sides are reaffirming pakistan's u.s. strategic partnership. pakistanis are expressing concern over the attacks, the drone attacks. at the same time the u.s., of course is also very interested because within the next few monthers leading up to december 2014, the u.s. will be conducting a massive withdrawal from afghanistan. they release the confusion. earlier there were reports that they'll be

nbc news political director chuck todd is in the briefing room. what was it like inside? >> he didn't say it but you could just tell sort of by the president's demeanor he couldn't wait to end this year in many ways. all of the little fun little barbs he had, whether at the press corps or even talking about this is the most wonderful press conference of the year, look at how many times, 2014 is going to be a breakthrough year. i think he said it twice, maybe three times. when you look at the economic numbers that's not surprising. i agree with kristen that the nsa answer he basically seemed to say i'm going to reform how we gather that metadata. i know they are not doing things everybody thinks they are doing but we have to restore the public trust. the reform was recommends by this panel has to do with having the phone and internet companies themselves housing this data, which will cost the government more money and pay the companies to do that because it's not something they had been doing before. then there was health care, he wanted -- this has always been the back an

as you know chuck, we have a low price guarantee. through the holiday season, if you buy from us and find a price lower at a major competitor we will match that price up until christmas eve. > >let's talk about xbox and sony's playstation 4. the xbox cost to manufacture is 90- dollars higher than sony's. is this a problem for microsoft? > >i can't speak to microsoft's business obviously but i can tell you that this is the first gaming launch we've had in 6 or 7 years. the level of excitement in the stores is palpable. inventory is a little low now but we will be getting much more of both products---xbox and playstation---throughout the holiday season. so keep checking back at best buy, it will be there. > >this is also the holiday of the mini-tablet...will amazon's kindle fire h-d-x compete with ipad, surface and samsung? > >that's right. there is no question that there is a number of small tablets available depending on what you're looking for. last week we had an incredible price on a kindle hd fire. it was $100 off. it was half pr

>> storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell joins us. how about it, chuck? >> good afternoon, everybody. almost nothing in the way of sunshine. we have seen bits of drizzle and flurries coming in. this is the way it looks from the tower camera. northwest washington, all cloud cover over downtown and temperatures are cold. we just now made 40 degrees in downtown. most locations are in the middle and upper 30s. here is storm team 4 radar. sprinkles in southern montgomery county. gaithersburg and wheaton, a steadier light rain in st. mary's and southern calvert county. 38 by 6:00. by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, string >> caller:s mixing in with flurries. >>> we are following developments on the water main break. it snarled traffic for hours today and forced nearby businesses to close. crews spent the day making repairs and things are now slowly going back to normal. chris gordon joins us live from connecticut avenue with the latest. chris? >> reporter: good evening, the sidewalk has been closed all day. crew members from d.c. water are putting the finishing touches on w

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you've got chuck hagel dealing with egypt and other places. joe biden is the natural with je and i suspect in the array offal atlanta the obama administration has bide season going to basically be dealing with this region a lot more than we've seen. i think he's going to be the guy to try to talk sense to these different leaders, to try to get the south koreans to deal bet we are the japanese and to try to get both of them to interact in a more constructive way with china. there's a lot of resentment that's built up over thousands of years here culturally, but what joe biden is trying to bring a message is their prosperity regionally is on the line if they don't find a way to fundamentally begin working together. and he really -- if you see this guy and you commented on it before, he's such a natural politician and he goes right to the human core of these leaders. in asia, that's not an easy trick. so joe biden is pushing the human relationships and i suspect he'll be the guy to manage shinn ping for some time. >> something you don't see norma

here's chuck with the forecast. hey, chuck. >> yeah, we're all very happy to see the sunshine, making a comeback. and we get to see the sunshine for a couple of days now. so a nice day to get outside and enjoy it. temperatures are pretty close to average on the sunday afternoon, the view from the tower camera looking back out over the boston area, lots of sunshine across arlington county, and even further to the west, through fairfax, prince william, loudon, lovettsville, plenty of sunshine, and cloud cover through northern maryland. the wind gusts are starting to increase out to the west, and those increasing winds are coming into the rest of the area. so morning clouds, then clearing, turning breezy today, temperatures in the upper 30s in northern maryland to low to mid-40s around town. not a bad day today, but way colder than average for the next couple of days, so get out the heavy, winter coats, you'll need them through wednesday. the rest of the seven day coming up. >> u.k. cchuck, thank you. >>> from venezuel

chuck? >>> good morning again, barbara. no top coat required. a fair amount of sunshine breaking through. that cold air in fargo, a lot of times, and this is happening again this week. the cold air gives into the middle of the country and shoves warm air up the eastern seaboard. we will get a warming trend before the cold air arrives here. this is the view from our tower camera. that's the national cathedral in the foreground. increasingly blue sky late this morning, into this afternoon. 52 in college park and silver spring. 50, rockville and bethesda. forecasted highs for today, generally up into the low, perhaps mid-50s for a lucky few. tomorrow, a very similar day to today. again, a bit of a cloudy start first thing in the morning. we'll be left with a decent amount of sunshine. no rain threat for today or tomorrow. can't rule out a passing sprinkle tomorrow but that's just about it. seven-day forecast calls fort rain to arrive on friday, barbara, and the cold air to arrive this weekend. could lead to a snow chance late sunday, into monday. >

chuck todd, thanks very much. >>> and about that latest change, the one chuck mentioned, that affects people who receive cancellation notices, nbc's kristen welker explains how it works and why there is pushback. >> reporter: the latest last-minute change by the obama administration -- millions of americans who got cancellation notices from their insurance companies now have the option to buy cheap, bare bones policies and could opt out of the coverage all together without penalty. >> you could argue you may as well have delayed the mandate. >> that's not true. we are talking about a specific population that received cancellation notices from insurance companies. >> reporter: that population? an estimated 3.5 million people, some who were forced to buy more expensive plans because their policies didn't comply with the new law. now those with cancelled plans can apply for a hardship exemption and get catastrophic coverage. that's a basic plan which was originally only available to people under 30 and those with serious financial hardships. today, backlash from the insurance companies.

chuck, what's going on? >> nothing. just a nice, quite, dry saturday. that's not going to be the case tomorrow. we're tracking the winter weather possibilities for your sunday and for better or worse, your monday too. that for >>> the "today" show is next here on nbc 4. let's find out what they're working on. >> we want to check in with erica hill. she joins us live from new york. >> hey, guys. good morning to you. we are tracking that big storm. i know you guys are watching it too. responsible for ten deaths across the country. grounded flights. knocking out power to thousands. we're live for you this morning. one of the hardest hit areas. dylan who has been moving along with the storm this week will be here to give us a sense of what is coming next. lester also is not next to me this morning. he'll be live for us in south africa. celebration there is are continuing to grow as the tributes from around the world pour in. we'll talk about mandela's legacy. >> plus recess is a time to get out there and play together but some kids get left out. well, hopef

let's take a listen to what chuck had to say. all right, that is not chuck. that is janet yellen, not chuck. that is a picture of janet yellen who we'll talk about later. what chuck basically said, unemployment insurance, there's going to be a lot of pressure to pass this. he could see it being combined with something like the farm bill and also brought up the fact that minimum wage is another issue like that where there's a lot of public support for lifting the minimum wage and he thinks republicans could cave to the pressure in an election year. >> i think they are different and it's very unlukely you'll get vote for a mun minimum wage increase out of the republican house. minimum wage increases are popular when you poll them. but some issues, gun control, you ask do you support it and overwhelming amount say yes but if you're a republican congressman you're not afraid of losing votes from people in the middle but from people on the right that view a minimum wage increase as a violation of free market principles. it's attack ad ready, congressman so and so

hey, chuck. >> it's pretty much what he we thought we would get. still waiting for mother nature to throw us a last minute curveball but it will start as snow this morning, then mix in with sleet, and rain in the afternoon and then freezing rain overnight. winter weather advisories from 95 eastbound and warnings to the west of there. the dividing line between light problems and moderate problems between all of this. temperatures generally at or below freezing pretty much everywhere. mid 20s in northern maryland. storm team 4 radar shows the leading edge of the snowflakes now, blue ridge. haven't heard reports of it covering the ground yet. it should be covering it shortly. there's the warm air down to our south. that's the reason southern maryland will be mostly a rain event for you, but with sleet mixing in. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. out the door for this morning. snow arriving during the morning hours. i'll get more into the details of that and give you my snow forecast as well in a few minutes. >> road crews are getting ready for this win

you just heard chuck. if jack kingston in georgia is now a rhino, they're going to excommunicate strom thurmon from his grave or something. the mind reels how far the right the republicans have moved since the '80s. the conservative problem solving ideas. nowadays, they aren't accused of -- they're republican in name only. >> anyway, attacking the law is one thing but putting forth your own alternative is something else. it's easy to run against a plan if you have one of your own. here's speaker boehner conceding that this morning. here he is, speaker boehner. let's watch. >> the american people want to be able to pick their own type of health insurance. they want to be able to pick their own doctor. they want to be able to pick their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014 now, a bill for that? >> speaker, will that be up for a vote in 2014? >> we'll see. >> i thought that was a good question there by luke russert, chuck. he said ni

i'm still chuck todd. let's get to my first reads of the morning. >>> congress will close out the year with more of a whimper than a roar. it's shaping up to have its least dramatic december during the obama presidency. no late-night health care votes, no fiscal cliff looming. but the calm is hardly a sign of distinction and productivity. as the senate seals the budget deal, the last big vote of the 113th congress at least in this year is congress is leaving a bunch of unfinished business on its 2014 to-do list. live pk you are which is of the senate floor where in just about an hour the senate is expected to advance a two-year budget compromise. final vote could come as early as this evening if republicans agree to speed up the process. otherwise the senate will pass the bill by the end of the day tomorrow. >> although neither side got everything it wanted from this agreement, the legislation should help break a terrible cycle of governing by crisis. >> in a new "washington post" poll, 50% say they approv

and san jose mayor chuck reed on the front lines pushing for a statewide initiative. >> it's absolutely vital to cities all over the state, not just the city of san jose, we get control over skyrocketing costs. >>> the end of an era at candlestick park and a look back at some of its iconic moments. >> then i look ed at the tv we had, auxiliary press area behind home plate, and it showed the bay bridge broken. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." what does the nsa know and how did it get that information? this week, several important developments in the story that's been unfolding all year. on monday, a federal court questioned the legality of nsa collecting phone data on americans. in a meeting at the white house, executives from top tech companies, including google, yahoo!, facebook and apple, urmed president obama to reform the nsa surveillance programs. and independent committee appointed by the president also recommended an overhaul. joining me now to guide us through the technological and political landscape are michelle quinn, "san jose mercury news" clinicalist. cindy

that is chuck. doing a split between two fighter jets while balancing 11 people standing in the shape of a christmas tree on top of his head. that's the way chuck does it. they later light up like a normal christmas tree would. >> just so you know, this isn't real. in case you thought it was. >> i don't know if anybody thought that chuck norris was really doing this stunt. >> don't put it past chuck norris. he may have used a little help can graphics to make this all happen. but you know, still funny and only a matter of time before we saw a parody. >> there is a book out there with the chuck norris does this and does that. it's hail airous. my favorite is chuck norris doesn't do pushups, he pushes the earth down. the book is hilarious to me. hey, it happened again. a third person accusing retailer macy's of racial profiling. this time it's over $2400 bag. we'll talk to the plaintiff of this latest lawsuit live. the toaster cozy? yep. got all the cozies. [ grandma ] with new fedex one rate, i could

storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is on it. how low are we talking, chuck? >> i think some areas could be below the freezing mark tomorrow morning. with all the rain we have had, there could be patchiness of ice tomorrow morning. use caution. for now, we are dealing with rain drops across the area. storm team 4 radar zoomed in on the immediate metro area. rain drops on the capital beltway. more rain across parts of southern maryland. by and large, the good news is the drying trend to the north and west. it's on the way in. it's going to be riding an increasingly gusty wind here. temperatures already starting their way down. mid-50s in southern maryland. already back in the mid-40s for hag hage hagerstown and martinsburg. showers and mild for now. the metro area, mid-40s by 9:00 tonight. there could be iciness to deal with tomorrow morning. we'll talk about that and how long the cold is here to stay with, coming up. >>> a live look at reagan national airport. there are a few flight delays reported. thousands of flights were canceled or delayed across the coun

stay tuned. >> thank you, chuck. the countdown is on. nbc is kicking off the holiday season with the 81st rockefeller center christmas tree lighting ceremony. the 76-foot norway spruce is decorated with 45,000 lights and swarovski crystal star on top you remember from last year. live performances from mary j. blige, jewel, mariah carey, and natalie morales and al roker will cohost. that's starting at 8:00 here on nbc 4. that's midday for today. thank you for being with us and invite you toton in at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. hope you plan to join us then. until then have a great day and see you in the morning. >>> i won't let go. love you honey. we have got a packed show for you today. she was touching up you hair to look so perfect. >> we like that. that's our hair lady. did a very nice job today. >> thank you very much. i'm billy bush. >> we are loaded today. first all, it's the last day of hanukkah. we have a very special

and san jose mayor chuck reed on the front lines pushing for a statewide initiative. >> it's absolutely vital to cities all over the state, not just the city of san jose, we get control over skyrocketing costs. >>> the end of an era at candlestick park and a look back at some of its iconic moments. >> then i look ed at the tv we had, auxiliary press area behind home plate, and it showed the bay bridge broken. >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." what does the nsa know and how did it get that information? this week, several important developments in the story that's been unfolding all year. on monday, a federal court questioned the legality of nsa collecting phone data on americans. in a meeting at the white house, executives from top tech companies, including google, yoo!, facebook and apple, urmed president obama to reform the nsa surveillance programs. and independent committee appointed by the president also recommended an overhaul. joining me now to guide us through the technological and political landscape are michelle quinn, "san jose mercury news" clinicalist. cindy c

so far so good, chuck. >> a couple of things you'll notice. that's really crowdy. do i need the umbrella? you don't. you don't need that at all. it's not that cold outside. temperatures now had mid to upper 30s in the suburbs. 39 degrees in falls church this morning. your you monday morning looks this way. temperatures in the 30s now, into the low 40s by 8:00. mid-40s by 10:00 a.m. this morning. a lot of clouds but not much of anything in the way of a rain chance. that's just about average for early september. >>> if you're traveling in charles county waking up, good morning to you. nice and clear. nice and clear taking it from accokeek, nothing but these little green cars. no delays, no accidents. traveling along 301. a live look. as you travel northbound at the split for 5, no accidents there the. as you continue your trip on i-66, your commute is coming up in ten minutes. richard? >> melissa mollet hases a story from the live desk. >>> special cranes are being brought in after yesterday's deadly train derailment in the bronx. take a look at some of the video we

you just heard chuck. if jack kingston in georgia is now a rhino, they're going to excommunicate strom thurmon from his grave or something. the mind reels how far the right the republicans have moved since the '80s. the conservative problem solving ideas. now a daday nowadays, they aren't accused of -- they're republican in name only. >> anyway, attacking the law is one thing but putting forth your own alternative is something else. it's easy to run against a plan if you have one of your own. here's speaker boehner conceding that this morning. here he is, speaker boehner. let's watch. >> the american people want to be able to pick their own type of health insurance. they want to be able to pick their own doctor. they want to be able to pick their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014 now, a bill for that? >> speaker, will that be up for a vote in 2014? >> we'll see. >> i thought that was a good question there by luke russert, chuck

he should emphasize it and hit it again and again. >> chuck, since you traveled from d.c. just to be on the cycle, i'll forgive you for booting me just this once -- >> get the mug. >> with the lipstick too. >> pretty good. >> but big picture here, chuck, to understand obama's current situation, i think it's helpful to look at past presidents in recent history who all hit lows in their second term. clinton and reagan had short-term setbacks because of one big hurdle, you had iran-contra and for clinton monica lewinsky, they were both able to recover unlike bush who had a series of episodes, katrina, the iraq war, financial collapse, he was not able to recover. the big question for obama, what has to be done to avoid a bush like situation where he simply can't recover? >> they have to get -- they have to hit the enrollment numbers and make sure other parts of the health care law are going to work. you know, the great fear that republicans are trying to throw out there, yeah, the website works but just wait until then sundayly you'll find out you can't get the doctor you want

let's go to nbc's chuck todd now, our white house correspondent. chuck, the president administration announced some changes to this law and individual mandate yesterday. briefly explain what they are. >> with just 72 hours to go before the deadline where you have to sign up for health insurance if you want to have it by january 1st, the change is this. if you've gotten a cancellation notice, one of those hundreds of thousands or millions that have gotten cancellation notices on your policy and you wanted to keep it and you did not like the choices that you had due to perhaps price or other issues, you can file a hardship claim now. there is always a loophole in the law about a hardship exemption. you can file that and be eligible for one of these low-cost catastrophic plans that previously weren't available to you, lester. it's causing a little bit of havoc as far as insurance companies are concerned today. >> let's briefly get to david gregory, our moderator of "meet the press." david, how would the administration sum up this year, the kind of yea

chuck's opinion. he is here today. dr. chuck, thank you for the explanation. and we'll give some good tips how to deal next hour. so i will see you next hour. >> thank you, jenna, i'm looking forward to it. jon: more good tips coming on safety this christmas season. how common holiday items can create safety hazards. what you need to know i should say to avoid the trip to the e.r. that would wreck your christmas, huh? s jon: all right, the doctor is in. we know trees, lights, wrapping paper are a key parts of the christmas holiday but yes they can also be dangerous. how can you avoid setting your house or someone else's on fire? let's get some safety tips now from dr. ernest patti, senior attending physician of emergency medicine at st. barnabas hospital here in new york city. >> thanks, jon. jon: i imagine you have seen your share of christmas injuries? >> he definitely have. i like to remember in five ways, the five things most commonly occurring during the holidays. burns, cuts and lacerations, electrical injuries and fires, food prep problems, and personal

>> chuck, i think history says no. we had a flurry of activity after the 2010 mid-term elections in which the president had quite a good lame duck session and came out of that thinking maybe in 2011 we can get some things done. they couldn't do that. last year and the fiscal cliff. prelude to this year. i think we should not overread end of the year agreements. >> susan, are you there on this? >> i am filled with the christmas spirit. and i think that -- i don't think an immigration bill -- i mean, i think that goes too far. but could we have an easier deal on the debt limit? could they finally pass the farm bill? could they do some small things that make them look not totally dysfunctional? i think that's possible. >> manu, this issue on the debt ceiling. i just -- i guess the question is, how committed are republicans to believing that health care is their ticket to ride. >> it is 100%. >> if that is the case, then doesn't that actually oddly give leverage to those that want immigration reform? want the farm bill? wa

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and we start with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. and how much longer will this storm stick around, chuck? >>> the good news is, chris, we are already getting close to the tail end of the storm. and i think by midnight or shortly thereafter, the bulk of this whole mess will be moving on out.e1 still have to worry a littleÑi about refreeze for tomorrow, but the worst of it over the next four to five hours. current advisory, winter weatp isories as of just minutes ago have been dropped over much of northwestern virginia. still have a winter weather advisory for frederick, county, maryland and winter storm watches for washington county west virginia panhandle right Ñc now. here it is on storm team 4 radar, most of this is now in the form of rain, but you can see the rain/snow line inching its way northbound through montgomery county. almost all snow "x northern most maryland, but it's all rain down to our sout( and that's what's coming our way. so your saturday night out, rain in d.c., snow in northern maryland for the next couple o

. >> richard blumenthal and chuck schumer are now demanding immediate federal investigations to prevent a breach liking this from happening again. >> we could get to the bottom of how target's in-store payment security was compromised in order to make sure that will target in the future and all other stores adequately protect consumers from this kind of devastating theft. >> some customers in california have already filed what could become a class action lawsuit against target. saying the chain "failed to implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices." target said on sunday it notified millions of affected customers via e-mail and is working with the secret service and financial institutions to resolve the problem. they also offered customers 10% storewide discounts this weekend as well as free credit monitoring. so no doubt, this has a lot of shoppers frustrated about what

is chuck schumer smoking something? he was just on with david gregory saying, oh, it's not about -- >> because chuck schumer is making the assumption -- maybe smart or not -- making the assumption these kinks will have been worked out to a large extent by november of next year, and somebody else -- the big danger for republicans is that if they keep playing up obamacare being a disaster and it turns out more people are insured, premiums are lower -- that's a big if. >> it is. is chuck schumer assuming too much? >> he is. julie, you're sounding like somebody who gets her obamacare fromm snbc. there's story after story of people losing their insurance and note getting better insurance but more expensive and higher deductibles. >> going to cost a lot of people. i have to go. hard break. so much for shelling out for the grandkids after their born. how young couples are tapping grandma and grandpa evener earlier, who is crying now? >>> stocks taking off again. the dow soaring 122 points to another record high. its 50th recor

good to have you on board, chuck. members of the house can begin their winter break, knowing they have accomplished something. it's something that hasn't been done in years, joe. do you know what that is? >> what's that? >> come on, can you think of it. >> oh, i know. they busted the caps on the budget deal. >> no. they passed passing a budget. the bill moved through house to with majority of support from both parties. 62 republicans and 32 democrats voted against it. for conservatives this budget is just the latest battleground for control of the republican party. here we go. yesterday house speaker john boehner took a victory lap slamming outside groups that oppose the bill. >> frankly, i think they are misleading their followers. i think they are pushing our members in places where they don't want to be. and frankly i just think that they've lost all credibility. you know, they pushed us into this fight to defund obama care and to shutdown the government. most of you know, my members know it wasn't the strategy i h

. >> chuck? >> charles, it is christmas, i think in the spirit of the season we should try to like at the bright side of this conferen conference. >> you do that all year long. >> and for all that you say there, charles, i thought there was an attempt by the president at the beginning of the press conference to focus on what good news there is. and the good news for all of the problems of obama care is not all that trivial when it comes to the economy, because the economy -- the numbers from the third quarter show grew faster than previously reported. the stock market is up, the job -- the unemployment number is down and you can see the strategy already taking shape, which is going to be in the new year, starting to emphasize the better economic news. and the feds decision earlier this week to taper, tends to validate that because it suggests even the fed believes the kpi can stand on -- the economy can stand on its own two feet. so i think the president did, under the pressure of the press corp,

driven, as chuck said, primarily by health care. i think chuck's point is really important on the notion that even though economic perceptions are becoming more optimistic for the american people, when you look at democrats versus republicans on the economy, republicans now the pretty distinct advantage in terms of numbers. you mentioned, what will determine the outcome of the last two years of this administration might well be whether the senate is controlled by republicans. and if these numbers hold up, it's going to be very, very tough to get around that and see somehow that democrats retain the senate or have a reasonable chance of winning the house. >> so now what does the bhous do to reboot? we see, you know, john podesta coming in. is that going to make enough of a difference? >> well t all depends. it could. it all really depends on health care. i think the idea here is this isn't about, oh, the president needs to do more events about the minimum wage or he needs to do more events about the economy. the fact of the matter is

so every day, two steps forward, a step back. >> that is chuck todd from the white house. chuck, thanks. >>> and a big change in the story on the american veteran held captive in north korea. it now appears it's not what it seemed to be. >>> ever since the news first broke that an 85-year-old american, a korean war veteran, in fact, had been pulled off a plane in north korea and detained there, folks have been asking why the north would harass a visiting elderly tourist. well, tonight as merrill newman begins his sixth week in custody, new details are emerging that explain why the north koreans are singling him out and are not letting him return home. our report from our chief foreign correspondent, andrea mitchell. >> reporter: merrill newman, seen in these images broadcast over the state-run tv, was according to friends in his former combat unit, one of the leaders of an elite team fighting in the korean war. in fact, when the 85-year-old veteran was pulled off a plane he was planning to go to south korea and reunite with some of his former troops who were waiting for hi

chuck todd is next with "the daily rundown." >>ar a lifetime of leadership, from prisoner to president, a man who spent a 30 of his adult in jail passes away at the age of 95 and after nearly a century on this earth, his legacy promises to shape the politics of the world for perhaps centuries to come. good morning from washington. it's friday, december 6th. a special edition of the daily run down. we will honor and remember the life of former south african president, nelson mandela. his death was not a surprise. he was in failing health for months since being admitted to the hospital six months ago. he is being laid to rest a week from sunday and today people are remembering him as a giant among men. one of the greatest heroes. he was a man in the mold of gandhi and martin luther king. a revolutionary who spent nearly a third of his life behind bars so his country would be free. flags have been lowered to half-staff in washington and all over the country. reaction has poured in from all corners from global leaders to activists t

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chuck bell is in for v.j. tracking the next winter weather hit. chuck? >> yes, indeed. clouds moved in. there's a ripple in the atmosphere coming our way. plenty of cold air. there's the opportunity for a few light showers or snow flurry. temperatures right now, mid-30s in the northern and western suburbs. near 40 downtown. storm team 4 radar, nothing showing up anywhere too close to us. the first chance of flurries, there's a ripple way out here. you can tell by radar returns, there's a small chance. there's a better chance toward tomorrow. the rest of your monday, cloudy and cold. flurries possible by later on this evening. warmer days coming our way and soon. we'll be talking about our odds of a white christmas. >>> two sex assault cases near a local high school. scott macfarlane is at the live desk, what are you hearing? >> they happened within 30 minutes of each other. here is the mug shot begot from police. in october, he robbed two women in a wooded area. he's accused of sexually assaulting one of them. he went on to rob three northwestern high school students. o

here's chuck. >> one month left in 2013. will it be a happy holidays for president obama after a very tough year? first wave of fixes for health care.gov. we wait to find out the true test. what happens when more people logon today. an update on the commuter train derailment in new york and what governor cuomo had to say. find out whether kiber monday sales will live up to the hopes and expectations of retailers and how close to reality the plans to deliver the orders with drones.