by t turkey, russia and iran. in brazil, officials say more than 50 people died in an uprising in a prison in the city of manaus. at the time of the riot, the prison held more than 1200 prisoners -- three times its official capacity. brazilian officials claim they have been trying to reduce overcrowding in the country's prisons for years over concerns about uprisings, but convictions for low-level drug offenses continue to increase the number of people incarcerated in brazil. in israel, police questioned prime minister benjamin netanyahu as part of a growing corruption inquiry on monday. officials say the questioning lasted three hours and was conducted at his home. netanyahu is accused of receiving gifts and favors from business executives. new york governor andrew cuomo has commuted the sentence of prisoner judith clark, who drove a getaway car during a 1981 robbery in rockland county that left a security guard and two police officers dead. the robbery was aimed at expropriating money from a brink's armored car for the republic of new afrika. clark was sentenced to 75 years for se

. the draconian measure instantly cut off access to the u.s. to 218 million people from iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. it indefinitely suspended the admission of syrian refugees. across the world, travelers were left stranded, while scores were detained by customs officials after landing at u.s. airports. as news of the order spread on saturday, thousasands gathered t johnhn f. kennedy airport in new york city for a protest. they packed the space outside terminal 4 chanting, "let them in!" >> i am here as a jewish-american who is very aware of what we did just a couple of generations ago, and i don't want us to do it again. muslims are my brothers. they deserve to be her just as much as i do. no person is illegal. amy: president trump's order drew immediate legal challenges, and by sunday judges in california, massachusetts, virginia and washington issued , temporary stays blocking the deportation of valid visa holders. but some lawmakers report customs and border protection officers are defying the courts. virginia congressman don beyer said officials at dull

receiving money from russia or iran. something he obviously has zero evidence or basis for sugstg , but this is what the democratic party has become. nermee y mentioned breitbart news. one of the pieces of evidence that people cite for your alleged simply with breitbart is part of an interview that you tillie stranahan last month in which you said "breitbart is actually a fascinating case and i do think right-wing media has had a lot more success in pioneering ways to challenge establishment authority that left-wing media has not." you went on to say "it is very impressive in terms of the impact they have been able to have." is, breitbart media. lb had a breitbart media has been named by trump as his chief strategist. could you respond to that and explain what you meant? >> sure. breitbart has had a huge impact on american politics is something that no honest person could possibly dispute. their traffic alone has quadrupled were even more just in the past six to nine months. they became the go to plays for part of the republican party that ended up dominant, it up nominating and electin

long en one off the most influential political figures in iran, and the mentor of the current president, hassan rouhani, who is up for reelelection t this year. and meryl streep won the lifetime achievement award at sunday night's golden globes. the academy award-winning actress used her speech to call for protections for the free press and to criticize president-elect donald trump, without saying his name saying , the performance that most stunned her this year was the mocking imitation of a disabled reporter during the 2016 presidentiial campaign. this is s meryl l streep. >> it was thatat m moment when e person asking to sit in the most respected seaeat in our country imitated a disabled reporter, somemeone he outranked i in privilege, p power andnd the capacity to fight back. heartit kind of broke my when i saw it. i still can't t get it out off y head bececause it wasn't in a movie. it was real life. humiliatenstinct to when it is modeled by someononen the public plalatform, by someoe powerful -- it filters down into everyone's life because it kind of gives permission for

the iran nuclear deal, whihich trump hahas repeatedly criticized. >> i think to publicly display what i iran is up to, that their surrogates and proxies, their terrorist units that they support, to recognize the ballistic missile threat, to deal with the maritime threat, and to publicly make clear to everyone what they're doing in the cyber realm all helps to constrain iran. amy: we will host a roundtable discussion with andrew bacevich, author of "america's wawar for e greater middle east," trita parsi, president of the national iranian american council and author "losing an enemy: obama, iran, and the legacy of diplomacy," and with reporter aaron glantz, whose latest investigation asks "did defense , secretary nominee james mattis commit war crimes in iraq?" then earlier this week, at another confirmation hearing this one for senator jeff , sessions as attorney general, the head of the congressional black caucus slams the senate judiciary committee for making three black members of congress wait untntil the very enend to testify. >> i want to express my concerns about being mad

seven muslim-majority nations. iran, iraq, libya, somalia, sudan, syria, and yemen. yates had written a memo saying -- "i'm not convinced the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am i convinced that the executive order is lawful." yates had served in the justice department for 27 years. trump had asked her to serve as acting attorney general until the senate confirmed senator jeff sessions who is a close , ally of trump. on monday, richard blumenthal praised sally yates for speaking out. >> i want to salute sally yates, who has taken a stand based on moral and legal principle in the highest tradition of the department of justice, saying that these orders cannot be the rule of law and morality is more important than the politics at the moment, of ahe impulsive edict ruler who apparently fails to understand that law -- or at least, his administration. amy: widespread resistance to trtrump's immigratation ban continued across the united states and the world in nearly monday all sectors of society from the streets to silicon , valley to branches of th

, roadway for iran that of the arizona and did neither of those are civil-rights tinker verses to mowing. why not? because the bill of rights originally applied only against the federal government congress shall make no law of the tenth amendment is about states' rights in in-between the local jurisdiction it was the anti-federalist tea party local list of the central government. that is important but not our bill of rights today because you believe as madison some of her fundamental rights need to be protected. on topeka vs. board of education kansas and wainwright road p. wade is the agreement were not is texas. or miranda vs. arizona chris walsh vs. connecticut it most of those cases that ordinary people think of as bill of rights are not. because the amendments limit the federal government. so what kind of cases are? the weather is? if not bill of rights cases? they are 14th amendment case is no state shall make or enforce any law. that is the second founding the one that is more intuitive for most americans today because states must behave and madison lost when he tried to get the o

russia. it was also o about iran and otr countries, which exxonmobil woululd like to see the sentence removed from. so the lobbying is closure forms say, we lobbied about a particular bill. it never sayss which direction did you argue. as always is the case with itonmobil, it wilill litigatat, will site, it will litigate, it will run you into the ground. i think thatat is what he thougt he could get away with. there also is a much broader record of what the objective of exxonmobil has been in these areas. in a ran, for exexample, where exxoxonmobil has most certaiainy lobbied to have sananctions lifted, exxonmobobil and mobile before it t for decades has ledo group called usa engaged, which entire purpose was to get sanctions lifted d first on iran ran stop mobil advertisements in u.s. newspapers encouraging the lifting of iranian sanctions and that his position of exxonmobil has carried on for decades. -- in fact, rex tilillerson >> there are sananctions. exxonmobil u under tillelerson worked with iran, sudan, syria while the u.s. had sanctions against those countries. amy: rex tille

pakistan. iran will soon join, it appears, and probably turkey. this will extend all the way from china to europe. the united states has asked for observer status, and it's been rejected. not permitted. and one of the major commitments of the shanghai cooperation organization, the whole of the central asian states, is that there can be no u.s. military bases in this entire region. another step toward isolation may soon take place if the president-elect carries through his promise to terminate the nuclear weapons -- the nuclear deal with iran. other countries who are parties to the deal might well continue. they might even -- europe, mainly. that means ignoring u.s. sanctions. that will extend u.s. isolation, even from europe. and in fact, europe might move under these circumstances towards backing off from the confrontation with russia. actually, brexit may assist with this because britain was the voice of the united states in nato, the harshest voice. now it's out, gives europe some opportunities. there were choices in 1990, 1991, time of the collapse of the soviet union. mikhail gorba

block visas from being issued to anyone from syria, iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. to talk more about president trump's actions, we are joined by two guests. vincent warren is the executive director of the center for constitutional rights. faiza patel is co-director of the liberty & national security program at the brennan center. vince, before we get into the specifics of this slew of executive orders and presidential memoranda, can you talk about what has happened this week and how binding are these moves that president trump has made? >> well, this week has really been extraordinary because we have seen he has rolled out a --ies of actions and orders let me talk a little bit about executive orders. executive orders can be done by the president and they come from his article to power. so he or she is allowed to move forward these orders that have the force of federal law. so some of the things we have seen have the effect of federal law. executive actions come from a subset of the power and they can be things like memoranda and things like that. they have bearing deg

from syria, iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. the department of homeland security has already halted trips to interview refugees abroad. the interviews are an essential part of refugee admission and resettlement. the anticipated crackdown is sparking widespread protest in the u.s. and abroad. on thursday, oscar nominated iranian actress taraneh alidoosti said she is boycotting the academy awards ceremony over trump's proposed visa ban, calling it racist. "the washington post" reports trump personally pressured the head of the national park service to find and provide photographs of the inauguration day crowds on the national mall in efforts to counter news reports about the inauguration 's low turnout. trump and white house press secretary sean spicer have repeatedly lied about the crowds size, saying more people showed up to trump's inauguration than any other in u.s. history, which -- history. in fact, hundreds of thousands showed up compared to 1.8 million who attended obama's inauguration in 2009. trump reportedly also told ahead of the park service he was angry th

who are nationals of iran, iraq, yemen, syria or libya. but it is steve bannon who is getting the lion's share of the yesterday the editorial board dubbing him president bannon. the new york time wrote, we've never witnessed a political aide move as brazenly as bannon nor have we seen one damage so quickly to his boss's pop hard standing. >> this morning another chosal battle is about to begin on capitol hill, this time over the highest court in the land. the president expected to make his pick to fill the vacancy in a prime time speech tonight. what more can you tell us? >> good morning. this is going to be a big speech for president donald trump tonight. the new justice could tip the skiles some very big issues like abortion and donald trump's new immigration plans. he has three names on his short list. the first is william pryor, thomas hardiman and neil gorsuch. they are all conservative. all appointed to the judgeship by president bush. democrats expected to fight this. they plan on filibustering the nominee because they say this will be a retaliation for republicans not brin

information to "the new york times" about stuxnet, a secret u.s. cyberwarfare operation against iran. according to yahoo news, general cartwright was the 10th person to be criminally charged under president obama in a case related to classified disclosures -- more, by far, than were brought by any president before him. we'll have more on the commutations of chelsea manning and oscar lopez rivera after headlines. president obama did not, however, pardon nsa whistleblower edward snowden or native american activist leonard peltier. peltier is a former member of the american indian movement who was convicted of killing two fbi agents during a shootout on south dakota's pine ridge indian reservation in 1975. he has long maintained his innocence. many are calling on obama to pardon peltier, and activists have been maintaining a daily vigil outside the white house since late november. they are demanding his freedom. we'll have more on the case of leonard peltier later in the broadcast. confirmation hearings for president-elect donald trump's cabinet nominations continue on capitol hill. on

over reince priebus also indicated the ban. iran is one of the seven nations the foreign minister of iran is calling the travel ban an insult to muslim world. the foreign minister said on twitter last night. americans already holding visas can still enter the country. >>> family that escaped syria and found refuge in philadelphia is reacting to president's executive order. church of saint marten is helping the family. they told us they're grateful they arrived before the travel ban, but fear for syrians now barred from coming here. >> as it's commonly said here it's the land of justice and what not, this decision, if you lose, you're away from that. >> first family being helped by the churches ministry. stay with nbc 10 and the nbc 10 app for up to minute developments on the immigration travel ban in philadelphia and around the country. ahead at 5:30. take you to philadelphia international airport for a live report. >>> this morning, a bucks county middle school will be ready to help students hurting after losing a classmate in an atv accident. dozens of friends and family gathered l

, have impacts on big countries like iran? seven countries listed here. we are hearing that canada will provide temporary shelter to people stranded asa temporary shelter to people stranded as a result of the tops order but a number of countries, how will it affect direct relations with the us? these countries will take reciprocal measures. iran has said that if nationals are not able to travel to the us, they will do similar. this is going to have a ripple effect across. . . is going to have a ripple effect across... sorry, they sound just breaking up. but thank you for speaking to us. let's move on and catch up with some of the sport now. big day in tennis. roger federer says he had never thought he would make it back to a grand slam final but he has picked up his 18th title. he spent the past six months on the sidelines with injury but he ove rca m e sidelines with injury but he overcame rafa nadal in a thrilling final. i don't think either one of us final. i don't think either one of us believed we would be in the final was when we saw each other at the academy five, four month

order on immigration divisive. back to you. >> iran's foreign minister is repeating today that americans will no longer be able to visit iran. the country will not issue visas as a counteraction to donald trump's executive order. about 5 million tourists visit iran each year, but americans only represent 1% of the total. iran officials did say if you already have a valid visa, you are still welcome to visit. >>>s a oscar-winning filmmaker from iran will boycott this year's ceremony in protest of the travel ban. he's nominated for the best foreign language film award. the female lead of that film is also boycotting the oscars. the director compared trump to hardliners in iran who use the fear of outsiders to justify extremist behavior. nbc 10 will stay on top the travel ban and ongoing demonstrations. make sure you have the nbc 10 app and follow us on facebook and twitter for instant updates on what's happening here at home and across the country. >>> meantime, president trump continued his first 100 days by meeting with leaders of several pharmaceutical companies. he said he wa

traveling to the u.s. from iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. trump will also take executive action to redirect federal funds towards the expansion of the already massive wall and security apparatus along the u.s.-mexico border. over the last decade, the u.s. has already installed 700 miles of fencing, tens of thousands of motion sensors, spy towers, radar systems, predator surveillance drones, and thousands of law enforcement agents along the u.s.-mexico border. trump's orders are expected to add 5000 workers to the customs and border protection agency, which is already the largest federal law enforcement agency, with a force of more than 60,000 agents. trump has named julie kirchner, the former head of the extreme anti-immigrant organization federation for american immigration reform, the chief of staff at customs and border protection. during the 2016 campaign, trump repeatedly vowed mexico would pay for the border wall -- a pledge rejected by mexico's leaders. instead, it appears that trump is planning to redirect department of homeland security aid currently going to mex

considered one of iran's most prominent politicians — since the iranian revolution in 1979. he died after suffering heart failure in hospital in tehran. we can speak to someone from the centre for iranian studies. he was a pivotal figure in centre for iranian studies. he was a pivotalfigure in iranian politics, but also a controversial one. how do you think he showed iranian politics? i think they former president address and johnny denies —— defies classification is. on the one hand he was one of the founding fathers of the islamic republic. 0n the other hand, he is one of the founding fathers of irani reformism. the sort we see today under president rouhani's leadership. do you think he achieved his ambition is? i think he did. when he put his weight and influence, his political orientation behind a candidate, for example, rouhani, use all their electoral success was in many ways a manifestation of his vision, which was one that was, in many ways, quintessentially that of a pragmatic, practical politician, who believed that more creative measures we re necessary believed that

are prevented from boarding and some are detained after landing in america. iran calls it an "insult to the islamic world" and says it will do the same thing to americans. british prime minister theresa may signs a $125 million defence deal on a visit to ankara. tennis star serena williams breaks the record for the number of grand slams won in the professional era. hello and welcome. a number of foreign nationals have been detained at airports in america. it comes after president trump signed an executive order preventing people seeking refugee status in the united states. well there's been a lot of reaction. these are the protests underway atjfk airport in new york, after it emerged 11 refugees were being detained there. under the executive order, citizens from seven muslim—majority countries will be denied visas for 90 days. the countries include syria, iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. specifically, the changes mean that the us will not take any refugees, from any country, for the next four months. the un and france have criticised the changes but president trump say

best, but bracing for the worst. nbc news london. >>> in iran, at least 30 firefighters are dead following the collapse of a burning high rice in tehran. about 75 people were hurt. the fire burned for about 3 1/2 hours before it brought down the building. rescuers are continue to go search for the rubble here for possible survivors. the 17 story building was the tallest at the city by the time it was built in the 1960s. >>> this morning, former president george h.w. bush and his wife barb are are both at a hospital. bush remains in intensive care following a setback yesterday. the 92-year-old was admitted saturday after showing signs of pneumonia. the former first lady was admitted yesterday. barbara bush has bronchitis. >>> president obama's final news conference as commander in chief is in the books. yesterday the president spoke about a wide range of topics including what advice he's given to president-elect trump. >> this is a job of such magnitude that you can't do it by yourself. you are enormously reliant on a team. >> president obama defended his decision to commute the s

iran, iraq, sudan, somalia, yemen, libya. >>> a "the new york times" editorial dubbing him president ban yn. the times editorial writes we have never written a political aide move as brazenly to consolidate power as stephen bannon and nor have we seen one do quite so much damage so quickly to his putative boss's popular standing. >>> another colossal battle is about to begin on capitol hill, this over the highest court of the land. the president expected to name his pick in a primetime speech. what more can you tell us about tonight's more big announcement. >> a very big announcement. now the supreme court justice could tip the scales on the bench for some very big issues like abortion and president donald trump's immigration plan, the president has three names on his short list. william brey, neil gorsuch. all three very conservative judges. democrats some are planning a filibuster to this in retaliation against republicans for refusing to bring president obama's supreme court nominee to the floor to the senate for a vote last year. senator chuck schumer said he will fight tooth and

syria, iraq, iran, sudan, libya, somalia and yemen. last night the judge in new york granted a national stay allowing airport detainees with visas to stay in the u.s. and not be deported. in our area, all eyes are on philadelphia international airport where several peopdetai since yesterday are expected to be released today. nbc 10's lauren mayk is live at the terminal and brings us up to speed on what's happening. >> reporter: good morning, ted. we're waiting to find out when that relief may happen. these are people detained here at the airport after coming to a flight on the united states. they were affected by the president's order. right now we are in the international arrivals terminal. we know just a little more than an hour ago a flight came in from qatar. we know there is also an effort under way to see if any passengers were detained from that flight. i talked to some passengers who tell me they didn't see anything unusual. they didn't have any issues getting through customs today. but this order is concerning some travellers. let me show you what has been happening in the depa

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several passengers holding passports from iran and yemen were not allowed on a flight because of the action. nbc news is still working to confirm the reports. trump calls this extreme vetting. his critics say it amounts to a ban on muslims. >> we don't want them here. we want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. >> reporter: meanwhile datoday the white house, trump planning calls with leaders of france, germany and japan and a highly anticipated call with russian president vladimir putin. putin is accused of intelligence from the u.s. of meddling through the hacking campaign and the election. and obama brought sanctions against putin. some critics are whether donald trump will repeal the sanctions. senator john mccain saying if trump lifts the sanctions, he will try to write them into law. >> kacie, thank you. >>> the white house is now the working office for a whole group of advisers who spent the past week settling in. nbc's peter alexander stepped in the walls of the west wing to see how president means power. >>

entry for 90 days from iraq, syria, iran, syria, somalia, and yemen. now, second things get stickier. yesterday a federal judge in new york issued an emergency order temporarily barring the u.s. border agents from deporting people from those seven countries. third, the judge's action is important because foreign-born u.s. residents who could have been barred from re-entering the united states under the immigration order have been allowed back into the country. finally, something we've been seeing at dulles international are people with temporary restraining order papers. they were granted by a u.s. district judge and require all permanent legal u.s. residents to be permitted lawyers, as is required by federal law. >>> meanwhile, president trump says his immigration crackdown is not a muslim ban. he was asked about his executive order yesterday, specifically whether the government was prepared to implement it. here's what he said before many of the protests we saw erupted overnight. >> we're totally prepared to work it out very nicely. you see it at the airports. you see it a

scene of such a horrific situation. thank you so much. >>> now to iran where tehran's iconic building has collapsed. the associated press citing media is reporting at least 30 firefighters were killed and some 75 others injured as the building crumbled under its own weight after a fire engulfed several floors. firefighters were battling the blaze for many hours before the 17-story high-rise gave way. the building was among the first high-rises built in the iranian capital. >>> well wishes have been pouring in for george h.w. bush and his wife barbara after the oldest living president was taken into intensive care unit at houston's methodist hospital following breathing problems stemming from pneumonia. a spokesman said he was doing well until he took a turn, forcing doctors to remove a blockage from his lung. the former first lady was admitted as a precaution, as well. eight days ago 41 sent this letter to president-elect trump saying he wished him well but saying he will not be able to attend the inauguration. we will be with you and country in spirit. this is bush's fourth

don't need congress, like ripping up the iran deal. >> you know this horrible deal? >> the u.s. has already paid iran $1.7 billion. president trump could unilaterally renegotiate nafta. >> and withdraw from the transpacific partnership, a potential disaster for our country. >> but his first big benchmark may be here on the supreme court, where he gets to nominate a new justice. that confirmation process won't be easy, but as the president-elect himself has said -- >> sorry to keep you waiting, complicated business. complicated. >> hallie joins mess now, along with our good friend elise jordan, who worked on rand paul's campaign and previously an adviser in the state department. happy new year. >> happy new year, pal. 2017 is here. >> hangover check, hangover check. >> eat your black-eyed peas, and we'll all by okay today? >> excellent. we're all holding up pretty well. let's turn the corn and look ahead to the year that's coming. >> donald trump will be sworn in as president, elise, paint the picture of the first 100 days. >> t moment p is dead. he's made clear that the transpacific

executive order. it includes a 90 day ban on travel. iraq, syia, iran, sudan, libya, somalia and yemen. the refugee program is suspended for 120 days and anyone from war torn syria is indefinitely blocked from entry. and here are 4 things you need to know. the council on american islamic relations will file a federal lawsuit against this order. i constitutionali constitutionality. a federal judge issued a nationwide order. it prevents people who are detained and have proper see vas from being deported. finally a virginia u.s. district judge issued a temporary restraining order that allows green card holders arriving at the airport from being removed from this country. >> trpresident trump is defendi it. to be clear this is not a muslim ban as the media is falsely reporting. this is not about religion. this is about terror and keeping our country safe. the president also striking back against republican criticism on dwite twitter. he said quote, senators should focus their energies on isis, illegal immigration and border securi looking to stard world war iii. >>> more now on president t

./israeli cyber attack against iran's nuclear program. he wrote the judge was not the original source. an appeal senior officials say helped psway the president. >> president has commuted the sentence of 1300 people already may do more on thursday. so far, no pardon has been offered to former cia director david petraeus, who pleaded guilty to misleading the fbi about classified materials he shared with his then biographer and mistress. >> thank you very much. we should mention, we'll carry president obama's final news conference later today on many of the nbc stations. >>> now to our countdown to the inauguration. two days from now. the president-elect made a quick trip to washington last night to attend a pre-inauguration dinner for diplomats, donors and his incoming staff. he took to the stage, made some brief remarks, heaping praise on his cabinet nominees and vice-president elect mike pence. >>> a poll shows most americans, 69%, say trump's use of twitter is a bad idea. without review, it can have major implications. 26% said it is a good idea because it allows a president to dire