!" {applaus}tracie potts, nbc news, washington. the recount in wisconsin is winding down... and the latest discrepency comes from the city of greenfield -- where 412 ballots were found wednesday afternoon. "the recount revealed that there were ballots that were not election night. they remained at greenfield city clerks office. recount discovered that. those ballots were retrieved and counted and matched up with election night results."a judge now ruled not force a recount in michigan. a court hearing is scheduled for friday to determine if one takes place in pennsylvania. frontier airlines is now cut the ribbon yesterday, to mark the new non-stop service... featuring four weekly flights. <11:58:35"we developed a philosophy where we want to fly from cold weather destinations to warm weather destinations in the winter just because there is more demand. so milwaukee to phoenix looked like a perfect opportunity to give people what they want.">flights from milwaukee to phoenix are scheduled mondays... wednesdays.. fridays and up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4-- oakland warehouse fire

wisconsin state patrol already lost a cruiser .. thanks to the slick roads sunday.trooper dave in the car protecting a crash scene when someone rammed into him.he suffered minor injuries. i-41 southbound near slinger had to be closed for more than an hour sunday-- to clean up a nasty chain reaction crash.it started when a driver lost control in the northbound lanes. the driver ?behind her swerved into the ?opposite lanes of traffic.. causing ?two other cars to lose control anas fast for the conditions is blamed for all of this. grafton fire shared another strong reminder of why you need to slow down in this weather. a car spun out and crashed into a median cable barrier at i-43 north at highway 32 yesterday afternoon. this driver was taken to the hospital, and is expected to happening today - wis-dot will repair work in the mitchell interchange. the work will require the left lanes of both the northbound and southbound i-94 to be closed, from layton avenue to 13th street. the closures are scheduled for the next three days... workers are repairing damage caused by crashes.as always, the sc

achievement it's something that has never been done before in the state of wisconsin: conducting a recount of a presidential election. donald trump's victory in wisconsin has been confirmed after a 10-day statewide recount.the republican actually picked up 131 votes after the recount.. giving him a more than 22- thousand vote margin over hillary clinton. green party candidate jill stein's efforts michigan and pennsylvania fell short when they were stopped by courts. in politics: sources with the trump transition confirm that two more cabinet positions have been filled - both by men with ties to big oil tracie potts has more on them... plus the announcement expected this morning. sources confirm...exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson is president- elect trump's choice for secretary of state --despite concern over russia's president.kellyanne conway/ sr. trump advisor :12-:18"it's not as if they're godparents to each other's children. i think this is getting blown way out of proportion."sources also confirm former texas governor rick perry is mr. trump's nominee for secretary of energy.trum

first official day of the historic presidential election recount here in wisconsin. it officialy gets underway at 9 a-m.. and will end on december 12th. yesterday -- every joined a tele-conference with the wisconsin elections commission ... to study up on the rules. one of the first priorities is making sure ?all of the ballots are at the county's designated recount location. here in milwaukee county -- all of the ballots were taken to -- the milwaukee election commission warehouse -- where 130 workers will be sworn in. <47:30 they have voting machines stored there." 34:30 "staff is recommending to the election commission that this be a machine recount."> mlwaukee county is one of about 20 counties planning to president elect donald trump takes a break today from doing interviews in new york.he's headed to the midwest on a thank you tour that includes a stop in indiana to fulfill a campaign promise.tracie potts reports. robert james/ carrier employee :02-:12"they started talking and being happy that they would be able to maintain their jobs, their homes and be able to take care o

asking state courts to prevent the recount. and a recount in wisconsin will ?continue for now. on friday-- we learned trump supporters filed federal lawsuit to stop the recount in the badger state. we checked with several municipalities in our area... and all said they will keep recounting ballots until they're told to stop by the courts. former green party presidential candidate jill stei statewide recount in pennsylvania to federal court. her team is asking a federal judge to force a recount on ?constitutional grounds?. president elect donald trump won pennsylvania's electoral votes on election day... and michigan and wisconsin went red, too. now that the first snow of the season has arrived -- it's begining to look a lot like christmas .and that means it's time for the canadian pacific railroad's holiday train.it's fast approaching.ann sterling ahead. holiday train is rolling through townmaking stops in milwaukee, wauwatosa and beyond this week. this 1 thousand -foot train has 14 cars -- decked out in holiday lights and you can hear the live music.this train travels from canada

, it's chilly with temperature in the mid 20s bhov as it is in westeket wisconsin. look at single digits in minnesota. here it comes h. headline, 6 to 9 inches of snow came true. it was dead on and arrived h on time saturday evening. cinally a snow worked. blowing snow with chilly conditions. this is the warmest day of the week. it will be arctic air starting tomorrow afteketoon. today we're currently in the tens and 20s. that westerly to northwesterly wind ishes 5 tort 5 and windchi are currently in single digits. 6 in burlington. this afternoon we'll see salkshin m temperature in the w to mid 20s. ue'll see " urry, maybe an ted snow shower pushing through. if you see accumulation,42ust a little dusting otherwise the rest of the week is quiet, windy and cold until we get to friday. so, for tonight down to 9 degrees for milwaukee. inland areas will be near 5 degrees, these are your highs tomorrow. teens. the winds are not a big issue but windchills close to zero thrombhohov the day tomook aow. and then it gets even colder. how about 14 on tuesday. thursday morning. and 6 degrees f

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. >> and, a live look outside. the storm chaser is on the road in ozaukee county, in southeast wisconsin for us, and we'll be sharing more information as we more news now, the snow causing changes to and recycling schedule. pickup will be limited today because crews of course cleaning up after the weekend's snowfall. residents with scheduled garbage collection tuesday through friday should plan to take their cart to the curb the night before. >>> we do have a few closings, because of the snow happening in our area. check if you are -- if you have issues with closings, go to the list at tmj4.com/closing. 6:17. the weather and traffic >> the boys are here in the weather center! i inserted myself here in your domain. here to compliment you guys, the forecast was pretty much right on and you said 6 to 9 inches friday and here on live at die break and that is about what it ended up. >> nailed it. >> good job, guys! >> thanks, and afreven started time. and, the only bad thing about the snow... you know. >> no, it will get super cold. >> okay. two bad as we were talking in lambeau, snow the ent

morning show just how dangerous on wisconsin roadways. who's some of the state's worst kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they're twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. if you're riding the bus today... you might notice an empy seat at the front of the bus. it's the county's way to pay tribute to rosa parks... who on this da y give up her seat to a white ... parks was arrested... and the case led to a landmark supreme court ruling outlawing segregation on public transportation.on the empty seat today... there will be a sign with her picture and one of her famous quotes. a time to celebrate today at the the mitchell park domes. there will be a grand opening cemermony in just a couple of hours. it's a way to celebrate all three domes now being open...after closing earlier this year becuase of safety cutting cermony starting 10 a- m... and live music right after. santa came early this morning to bayshore town center... for some lucky children in the milwaukee area.right now organizers from the boys an

walgreen's stores in southeastern wisconsin. the joint venture announced today there will be a total of eight locations, five of them here in our area, including neck wouldn't, south milwaukee, wauwatosa and brookfield. opened in other area walgreen stores later in the spring. >> steve: a bizarre story now out of lacrosse county where a man has been arrested for the death of his wife. that happened back in september. barbara was found with fatal injuries at the scene of a car crash. her husband told authorities a pipe fell from a truck, went through the windshield, and struck her. she died the next day. authorities now not buying it, after an extensive investigation, he's been arrested and the sheriff calls a case of deadly domestic violence. >> shannon: three people charged in connection with the death of a 27-year-old woman in the dodge county community of fox lake. reported missing on saturday night. she was found dead on sunday inside a pickup truck. none of the three, though, is being charged with murder. >>> dozens of university of wisconsin madison band members are recovering aft

the wisconsin hall of fame's class of 2017. because, this also includes tickets to the awards event. this package will be available to win on friday during our sports auction for macc. join the fight against childhood cancer. >> bid early, bid often. >> dangerous cold is settled in, and chief meteorologist john malan is on that, as well as more snow moving in. >> plus, a woman drives off of i-94 onto a frozen pond. ?? >>> look at this, driver pulls to the side of i-94 in bloomington, minnesota, to help a woman who drove her car into a frozen pond. the woman was trapped and the car started sinking. d.o.t. cameras captured the scene as the good samaritan pulled the driver to safety, luckily she is doing fine cheer nearly went up in flames. this, when a postal truck caught fire. this happened in north carolina. a heroic postal carrier went to work trying to save christmas. somebody came along and gave him some help, they got all the packages out of harm's way, many saved, most, as you can see, with the smiles and the blue tape, those are amazon deliveries, you do not want to have those

a possible manipulation of results. two wisconsin counties are already finished with recounts. menomonie... and iron county. the 70 others are still counting. they have 8 days left until the december 12th deadline. more arguments regarding a lawsuit filed by trump supporters to try and if you're a fan of the wisconsin badgers.. you're probably waking up wondering what happened to the team after halftime of last night's game.the badgers had a 21 point lead at the half over rival penn state. but.. the nittany lions came out striking in the second half and won the game 38 to 31.. spoiling the badgers' playoff hopes. packers extra now.. and the green and gold are looking to win their second straight game today when they take on first time the packers are playing at lambeau in nearly a month. kickoff is at noon. coming up on live at daybreak: an update on a deadly fire at a warehouse in california.. what officials say may have sparked the blaze.plus.. fidel castro's ashes are set to be buried during a ceremony in cuba today. what people did last night to remember their late leader.

crowther, thanks for joining us. all of southeast wisconsin is under a winter storm our area, jesse ritka is in the today's tmj4 storm chaser in east troy. casey geraldo is keeping an eye on milwaukee city streets, and veronica macias is with people digging out in racine. first, let's get right to meteorologist scott steele in the storm center. scott. >> i got to tell you, katie, it has been nasty all day long. this is now an extension of about 24 hours solid of snow falling across southeastern and the national weather service now dropping a lot of the advisories and warnings up to the north and west because the back edge is starting to move into our area. but, still, as you mentioned, a winter storm warning in effect for our entire viewing area, the times that it expires, a little different. up to the north, 6:00, for sheboygan, fond du lac, and dodge counties, but then the central part of our viewing area, expect to see the winter storm warning drop at 8:00. milwaukee, racine and kenosha ti storm warning extended until 10:00 tonight. before all is said and done. it's fairly safe to say

is in effect in southeast wisconsin. you can look live at major interstates and highways on your tv screen right now, and also mitchell airport. blanketing roadways wisconsin. >>> plus, etw crews working through the night to keep roads safe. their strategy to clean it all this morning. >>> and there are many people that will be outside no matter what the weather, that includes firefighters. "live at daybreak" starts right now. >> right now from milwaukee, this is "today tmj 4." declared this morning. brian tracking the storm since yesterday morning for us. what are the totals so far here? >> i think much of the area are already seeing a good three to four inches this morning and we have several more inches to go, several more hours of the snow to go. one change with our weather alert overnight last night, the winter storm warning expand to other tier counties, so now it includes fond du lac and eb warning in most of the area until 8:00 p.m. this evening. let's zoom in a little bit to some of the darker blues across our northwestern spots. up towards dodge county and over towards was

. katie crowther is off tonight. old man winter is bearing down on southeast wisconsin. some areas could see up to ten inches of snow.lets go right to meteorologist scott steele the city of milwaukee -- getting out ahead of the an update on how crews plan to keep the roads safe. more than 100 trucks have repretreated the main and side roads ng alayialt soluon. at hel keep the expected snow fr scking to the pavement. here's a closer look inside at what com next. these front plow blades are being placed on the trucks. you can see here they are testing the blades on each truck to make sure they work properly.crews will roads once the snow starts to fall. public works will amp up their efforts early in the morning with an additional 175 trucks to plow snow.live on milwaukee's west side, ben jordan, today's tmj4. the wisconsin department of transportation is also reminding drivers trecherous road conditions are on its way. be prepared for high winds and drifting snow.remember the posted speed limits are for and be sure to give yourself and snow plows extra room. before you venture out.. be su

bureau, taking part in a pyramid scheme like this one in the state of wisconsin is "no one, but the people that start it or those at the very top are going to rely connections to make these happen." another thing to keep in mind is sharing personal information in an exchange like this could leave you vulnerable to identity theft. if you come across a scam like this one you can always report it to the b-b-b scam tracker at b-b-b dot org. storm team four coverage now... bicycle season may have ended meteorologist john malan is in the weather center. john? wednesday is partly cloudy windy, but highs will only be near 30 with wind chills in the teens as winds gust over 20 mph. thursday is mostly cloudy with flurries, winds gusting to 30 mph, and highs only in the mid 20s. wind chills will be in the single sunny, breezy and cold with morning lows in the teens, highs in the low 20s, and a brisk wind to 20 mph. the next an afternoon saturday with highs in the mid 20s, and the snow continues on sunday with highs coming up in sports. the brewers pull off a trade today. who's coming and who's

-f-l player.what police say lead up beyond wisconsin-- charges have been filed against the man who shot a former n-f-l player during a road rage incident. the jefferson parish sheriff arrested 54-year-old ronald gasser late monday and charged him with manslaughter. the sheriff said the dispute started when, according to gasser, joe mcknight cut him off on a bridge.the two men weaved in and out of traffic and came to a stop where they had an argument that shooting mcknight. investigation is just getting started on the deadly warehouse fire in oakland, california-- that killed 36 people.officials say the warehouse was never suppose to be a living space.but it was home for many people. the man who leased the building 3 years ago says he built it as an artist's colony.the investigation is now moving into the building and it's owner. an f-b-i agent has been arrested for firing shots at a police officer near a gym in grand rapids, michigan. officers were called to the scene after the suspect was seen brandishing a handgun inside the planet fitness. authorities say the man shot at a polic

line here in southeastern wisconsin. dodge, ozaukee, sheboygan, walworth and washington wrapped up their recounts within the past 24 hours. this was a familiar sight this afternoon - counties like sheboygan packing away their ballots. sheboygan county saw more than 100 votes shift - a majority in favor of president elect donald trum. hand recount revealed that was mainly caused by voter errors. someone will take a ballot and either circle the candidates name and not connect the ends of the arrow. which is required for our ballot tabulator to read the ballot. meanwhile in larger counties like waukesha and milwaukee - efforts are less than halfway complete. both counties have brought in high efficiency machines to count thousands of ballots per hour. however, counties say they are on schedule. a new billboard in milwaukee is hoping to catch people's attention and raise awareness about drug abuse.the d-e-a and several local organizations launched an 8-week campaign on painkiller and heroin abuse. the billboard is at the intersection of 25th and clybourn.the campaign sponsors say they

how much snow we're going to see and how long a prolonged period of snow we'll feel. from wisconsin back to the center of central north dakota or central south dakota, southern north dakota and through minnesota. this is going to continue on in our neck of the woods for a through. darker bands are the heavier snow bands. burlington has picked up two inches of snow. everyone between one and two inches on the ground already. lake geneva getting 2.3. you can see one moderate band went through. here's the second developing. right here north of waukesha county to dodge county. moderate bands move through and die out. another band generally we could see three to five inches on the ground by the morning hours. and another three to five after that. going to the packer games at 3:25, there'll be a lot of snow on the way up there. we'll see for tailgating snow and 27 degrees at 1:00 and light snow from kickoff through the 4th quarter might see four to five inches on the ground during the game and after the game. when you wake up in the morning you'll have three to five inches on the ground. 2

wisconsin will be tabulated for a second time. some by hand, others by machine. county were taken by the truckload today to the warehouse where 130 workers will get to work tomorrow morning. >> they have voting machines stored there. staff is recommending to the election commission that this be a machine recount. >> milwaukee county is one of 20 counties planning to use machines for the recount. the deadline is december 12th. county clerk joe czarnecki doesn't expect the recount to change the results of the elects. you can see the recount for yourself. recount sites are open to the public. here in milwaukee county, the election warehouse located 1901 south kk. bring a photo i.d. find the site near you on tmj4.com. >>> city of milwaukee is bringing -- is give gg -- is giving away free water filters for those at risk of lead in the water. katie crowther is live in the a row. katie? >> reporter: carole more than 500 families waited in line here tonight. only half of them got water filters. the demand was just far-reaching the supply. the line went far outside building and inside, it was

presidential ballots in wisconsin is almost complete... waukesha county expected twrap up this morning. milwaukee county nished up last night. the officials say they have only seen variations in six-percent of the vote. the wisconsin elections comission reports about 82 percent of ballots across wisconsin have now been re-counted. democrat hillary clinton has gained 61 votes on republican, president-elect donald trump... who won by more than 20-thousand. >>> we're back now, 8:30 on a friday morning. we've got a huge crowd out on the plaza for a concert. lots of good things. look who lindsey graham, super model, serving as our elf for our holiday toy drive. you can take part wherever you live. just go to today.com. we'll talk to ashley in just a couple of minutes. >>> also, pharrell is getting ready to just set the place on fire. his performance on the plaza coming up. >>> cannot wait. two new movies getting plenty of oscar buzz. >> first let's talk to ashley graham. what a year you have had. what are some of the highlights for you? >> "sports illustrated." vogue. forbes. lingerie line.

...lets get a check of the weather.. changes coming to the wisconsin gas building's iconic weather forecasting flame. rather than manually changing the colors of the flame, the new owners will use a series of sensors. the signals will stay the same. when the flame is red, it's warm weather ahead. when the there's no change in view." when there's a flickering flame, expect snow or rain." and here's a imagine a world where the holidays are about joy again. where days are filled with magic instead of madness. at t.j. maxx, marshalls and homegoods, we've imagined the holidays this way for decades. it's why we never have crazy sales. never make you clip coupons. and always have amazing prices >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, stolen in seconds. we'll show you the handheld device 2450e6s are using to steal your car. >> completely lock, but when i hold this up to to the door, look, i open the door right up. >> what you need to know to protect yourself. >>> plus, "o christmas tree," montreal tries to rival our famous spruce. this morning, the lopsided joy on intentionally spreading chee

. two wisconsin counties are already finished with recounts of the presidential votes... ...menomonie... and iron county. the 70 others are still counting. they have 7 days left until the december >>> good morning today urgent we're going to tell you about how it is called on demand. >>> great gift ideas for your pet. >>> and live holiday music a capella style next on the morning blend. ? ? [ music ] ? ? ? ? >>> good morning everybody. we're going to talk about christmas season just a second, but first, ap is in the house that's what i say whenever she walks in filling for tiff. amy taylor. >> we like to be together during

... it's the law that public schools cannot start before september first in wisconsin. the milwaukee school board is meeting today to consider date for high schoolers to august. m-p-s hopes an earlier start could help boost its graduation rate. if the board approves the plan, the state will need to approve waivers morning, 8:30 now, december the 15th. look who we have collecting toys as part of our annual toy drive? he of course is doing the honors. you don't have to come down here to donate. today.com and find out how you can contribute. >> he's not wearing a coat! >>> also, we are very, very excited. guess who's going to be here singing for us? a great song called "shout out to my ex." >> we'll talk to the ladies in just a little bit. >>> elle fan so about her role in ben affleck's new movie. >>> and ina garten is here cooking up her new favorite meal. >>> before he freezes, the aforementioned nick krull. did you not watch al's forecast? >> i didn't. but now i will. i feel like i look great. >> you look fantastic! >> thank you. you sound great in the movie "sing." getting a lot of

feel like 17, minus 7 in cleveland. plus, those winds are going to around wisconsin. getting into western new york, some places picking up a foot to foot and a half in the tughill plateau. we are looking at another big storm that's going to cause havoc for the eastern half of the country into this weekend. and another blast of cold air that will go as far south as dallas. we'll look at that in the next half-hour. >> al, thank you. >>> a lufthansa flight from houston to germany was diverted to jfk here in new york last night after someone called in a bomb threat mid flight. the plane landed safely, was directed to a remote area of the airport. more than 500 passengers were taken by shuttle to the terminal. the plane was searched by the joint terrorism task force but nothing suspicious was found. >>> an investigation is under way in bakersfield, california this morning after police shot and killed an unarmed 73-year-old man. police were responding to a call about a man with a gun when they arrived on the scene, a witness driveway. according to police, one officer fired several round

than a foot of snow falling in parts of michigan. at lambeau field in wisconsin, crews field for the green bay packers game. but in buffalo, the bills and pittsburgh steelers had to play in the snow. it wasn't just snow in parts of the pacific northwest. ice had traffic at a standstill. >> i've been driving truck for 21 years and this is one of the worst ice storms i've seen coming down the gorge. >> reporter: and in minnesota, reports of almost 900 crashes and more than 400 vehicle spin-outs since saturday. back in the northeast, snow take a look. that's the way to get around this morning on cross-country skis. the siberian express up next. here in the northeast we'll see temperatures that don't get out of the teens. some places in the midwest could see windchills of minus 30 degrees. >> not nice. thank you very much. >>> to politics now. china said today it is seriously concerned about president-elect donald trump's latest comments on taiwan. speaking on fox news sunday, mr. trump use the one china policy as a bargaining chip in future negotiations with beijing. the president-elect

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recount of presidential ballots in wisconsin begins today. donald trump won wisconsin by fewer than 23,000 votes but is expected to emerge the winner after the recount. in the meantime, the president-elect is headed to indiana and ohio today to kickoff what they are calling a thank you victory tour. >>> and golf's biggest star is making his return today tiger woods will be playing in the hero world champion challenge. it's his first following two back surgeries. and this weekend on nbc. >>> we start this half hour with the kidnapping of a california mother. nbc's gadi schwartz has been following this investigation for us. gadi, good morning. >> reporter: this morning, we have new details of the two women who kidnapped sherri papini. this morning, we also have new questions about the motivation one week after mother of two sherri papini was found chained and beaten on the side of this northern california road, authorities released new clues about the two women suspected of abducting her at gunpoint near her home. >> she related that both suspects spoke in spanish during the time of h

actual wisconsin winter. i know it's going to get worse. you don't have to remind me.

southeast wisconsin. we have a very serious weather situation happening tonight. >> in fact, the next several days are going to be worth watching closely, "storm team 4" chief meteorologist john malan joins us now with the latest. >> john: a windchill advisory, shannon, and steve, does go into effect at request the, runs to 10:00 in the morning. tonight, anywhere between 20 to 30? below zero. winds have been strong all day, they will continue to be strong all night. temperatures around 12?. port washington, milwaukee, and racine, kenosha dropped to 9, 7 in fond du lac, waukesha, also sheboygan, 6 in watertown, 5 in beaver dam. and it's not just the temperature, it is the winds. the winds have been strong out of the west most of the day. 23 miles per hour right now in milwaukee. 25 mile-per-hour wind port washington. 21 in waukesha. that factors in to a feels-like or windchill temperature of 7 below zero in milwaukee. 12 below in port washington. 13 below zero waukesha, burlington 15 below, out in whitewater. we look at our computer models, put in the windchill projections, around 9:30

trump will appear in wisconsin later tonight. lester? >> kristin, thank you. >>> back to the tillerson pick, reaction has been swift and loud. how the close ties to vladimir putin will confirmation fight. andrea mitchell was the first to break the news about the tillerson pick over the weekend. good evening. >> good evening. donald trump said he wants his secretary of state to reverse what he called years of misguided foreign policies. hiring him because he's an outside with no experience in diplomacy. in rex tillerson, trump has found someone like himself, no government experience, a successful businessman, whom trump aides praise as trumpian. >> i have tremendous respect for him. he player. >> reporter: born in wichita falls, texas, from engineer to chairman and now ceo, now dealing with foreign governments in nearly 50 countries. but it's his ties to one country now under the microscope. >> my relationship with vladimir putin, which dates back almost 15 years now, i've known him since 1999. and i have a very close relationship with him. i don't agree with everything he's d

moving into southeast wisconsin. you can see it right now in waukesha county and much of our area now under a winter storm warning as you can see this meteorologist scott steele leading our s team 4 coverage. scott. ell, i has been quiet s far this season but we're gonna xt 24 hours. a big way in the lcome to the wea center. you may already being seeing some big fat flakes flying through the air across your neighborhood and we're not alone extending all the way west toward the dakotas, intense snow falling in southern minnesota, southwestern wisconsin and southeastern wisconsin l's zoom fr jefferson into walworth as we zoom in there, expanding eastward. the moderate snow extending from lake geneva and eastward toward burlingtonwestern racine and kenosha county. so we're gonna start to see that snow really beginning to pk up right now all of wisconsin, the u.p. of michigan and points off

the states that they had to win. they did a good job, obviously, in michigan and wisconsin by eeking out narrow wins in those states where we -- they hadn't won previously. >> joel, let me ask you this. if the election -- i will get you one more shot. joel, if the election were the first tuesday in january and you had another six weeks here, what's one thing you would do differently in the last four weeks of the campaign? >> just probably do more. i would hit more states more frequently. i would probably ask for another debate. probably ask for a faith forum to hear hillary clinton and donald trump both talk about their roots in faith and the strength of hers which i think are dominant. i think we would also probably keep talking about those tax cuts i just mentioned that we're going to hold him to during the course of his presidency. the biggest tax cuts. i don't think that's what working people think they're goito help them. that will be the high bar he has to clear. >> kellyanne, he went on this thank you tour. he will continue it on states he won. does he have a plan -- do you gi

wisconsin. a little look into the snow filling in in waukesha county and west bend, and shibogin seeing light snow. 6 to 9 inches total across winter storm warning in effect for all of southeastern wisconsin, and that's when we expect the snow to wind down completely. i think the snow comes to an end around 8:00 p.m. this evening. your forecast today, we'll look for a high temperature of 32 degr doris keargs goodwin, kimberly strasse whr welcome to sunday, it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. when "the washington post" story about russian involvement in our election was posted online friday night, it was nothing less than explosive. the cia included the russians further, in september, the white house wanted congressional leaders to sign off on a statement supporting efforts to support the integrity of the election. two republican lawmakers including mitch mcconnell was not persuaded and wouldn't sign on it it. this is not about the results of the election. it's about a government trying to influence our

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