todd, wallace, steve kornacki. they are here, they are actually going to be here all night. what's the one thing you are really going to be watching tonight? >> early, this college educated white voter. in our last poll, hillary clinton was winning them by ten points. mitt romney won them by 14 points. if she is winning them by ten points this could be an early night and this could be a much bigger victory than any of the as rulers of the universe, we pick presidents and a republican cannot win a national race for the presidency without narrowing the gender gap. if she's ahead, she stays ahead. i'm going to much with a how big that gap is. >> yeah. sort of what chuck is saying. in the suburbs in a number of states, i think this is the story. even if trump gets record strength among sort of working class white voters, is it offset by record strength for clinton among college educated white voters. >> i'm going to write this down. i'm going to ask each of you to go out on a limb -- >> so much math! >> what time do you think this race will be called tonight, and don't call it early ju

. democrats list 169 out of 188 members of congress demanding trump release steve ban none. but perhaps the most boisterous ban none nomination may have come from bernie sanders. >> i call upon mr. trump to rescind the appoint made of mr. ban none. a president of the united states should not have a racist at his side. unacceptable. >> now, in a rare move the new set of police officer involved in the july shooting death of philandro castile has been charged with third degree looked like an armed suspect in a recent robbery. her girlfriend live streamed the after shooting. he is expected to plead not guilty in court on friday. nbc's blake mccoy brings us the details. >> oh my god, please don't tell me he's dead. >> reporter: the after math of philandro castile seen around the world. the officer is being charged. and discharge of a firearm, each carrying up to five years. he previously said he thought castile had a permit. >> i told him not to reach for it. i told him to get his hand off it. >> you told to him get his i.d., sir, his driver's license. >> reporter: he said castile was for hi

, er much to be done. matt and savannah? >> peter, thank you. >>> another big person until pick, steve bannon, will serve as donald trump's chief strategist and senior counselor. it is a pick that immediately caught some controversy. nbc's hallie jackson in washington with more on that. hallie, good morning. >> reporter: hey there, savannah, good morning to you. steve bannon, the former head of breitbart news, has been a controversial figure in the president-elect's orbit from the moment he came on board late in the campaign. his supporters are now critics are growing very concerned about what kind of world he might bring to the west wing. often on stage with his boss, steve bannon now in the spotlight after helping to propel donald trump to the presidency, promoted to chief strategist in a position to shape the future president's policies. ban be, one of trump's first appointments, and already his most controversial. before joining trump's campaign in august, bannon led breitbart news, a site one calling a conservative columnist a renegade jew. bannon saying this summer he wanted brei

with che shelly duvall. the story from steve patterson. >> reporter: once thrilling audiences in "the shining," shelly duvalls spotlight. >> hi, shelly. >> hello. >> reporter: appearing on the dr. phil show. she says she suffers from mental illness. making wild claims about people coming after her. >> the man threatening me is the sheriff of nottingham. >> reporter: and about her late co- star robin williams. they starred together in the 1980 film "popeye." >> i don't think he is dead. >> shape shifting. he looks good in some forms. >> reporter: the outcry started before the show air. stanley kubrick's daughter called for a boycott. saying this is a form of lurid and exploitative entertainment. it is purely cruel. and mia farrow tweeted, there should be laws for mentally ill predators. >> people love to come in and watch what is considered salacious and what they consider a train wreck. >> reporter: dr. phil says he only wants to help duvall. >> i want you to be checked out by really good doctors for free. i'll pay for it. >> if you promise me they won't murder me. >> i promise you. d

president and the president-elect. >>> let's go to steve kornacki who was at the board all night long t paths to victory for both campaigns. take a look at pennsylvania, which was thought to be an absolute firewall for the clinton campaign. what can you tell us? >> pennsylvania really tells you a lot of the national story too. let's go inside and you see donald trump winning the state again, first time in 28 years a republican has done this. how did he do it? couple things we thought would be key. one, the black vote. it was there in a big way for obama. would it be there in the same numbers for hillary clinton? look at philadelphia here. this is where the clintons, the election eve. what do you see? the margin that hillary clinton got out of here was a little north of 450,000 votes. by comparison, in 2012, barack obama won philadelphia by 490,000, so they lost some ground there. they were ready for that, they thought, because what they thought would insulate them in philadelphia were those white college-educated voters in the suburbs right outside of philadelphia. this was supposed to

holiday. we've got it covered this morning, start, steve cornaki. steve, what is going on here? >> a specializing gridlock, i guess you could say. this is the number of americans who are hitting the roads. let's see if i can get this to work. here we go. it is up this year, the number of people who are going out and traveling. the vast majority of them are going to be driving this year, someyi why is the number up this year? well, the economy is a little better and also, these are some of the lowest gas prices we've had in a while. some people taking advantage of that. the question of where people are going? here we go, the most popular destinations, a lot of people treat this like a vacation, orlando, new, san francisco, las vegas. this is a driving holiday when you get down to it. whether is the worst gridlock? here you go. the roads. and i can vouch tore one of these personally. i grew up here using i-8el 4 boston going down to connecticut every thanksgiving and that thing can be a parking lot on a day like this. >> steve proving once again he can do it all. >> thanks, steve. >> h

malls and stores this weekend and donald trump working to keep carriere in the united states. steve, happy friday. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, frances, very interesting. at the moment. it's a brief window when macys opened again. it's a huge shopping week here. we're talking 8 billion in three days. that's just the online shopping day of all time. the retailers are making hey. don't forget there is 3.trillion debt in america. attack by donald trump supporters, accusing him of organizing protests across the country. he says, no, it's not true. he is disavowing himself from those connections. donald trump says he is making progress in keeping indiana factories open. he says making progress, we'll know soon. he is trying to keep those jobs in the united states before going to mexico. >> we'll see if that happens. steve, thank you very much. >>> just airplane has gold plated fixtures, will he take over air force one when he takes the oval office? you are watching "early today." see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. s

secretary? and what about the backlash against top advisor steve bannon who one conservative is now president obama side-stepping the issue. >> it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. >> who is in and who is out? we'll ask top trump advisor kellyanne conway. >>> excellent target. isis puts out the call for followers to attack next week's thanksgiving day parade in new york in its propaganda magazine. terror officials saying there is no specific threat and >>> home for the holidays? one of the subjects of the popular netflix documentary "making a murderer" ordered released from prison. how his own confession could ultimately set him free. >>> and who will it be? "people" magazine set to crown its" sexist man alive" "today," tuesday, november 15th, 2016. >>> good morning, everybody. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today." with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from rockefeller plaza in studio 1a. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today" on a rainy tuesday. don't worry, there is always next we are for sexiest man

infamous cubs fan steve bartman come out from hiding. back in 2003, the infamous play when bartman interfered with the many blame him for contributing to the cubs' 108-year world series drought. bartman there looking very dejected after of the play. he hasn't granted an interview since that notorious day but a spokesperson says bartman is overjoyed at the win. when asked if bartman can be expected to show up at the parade, he said the one thing steve and i talked about, if the cubs were to win he did not want to be a distraction to the accomplishments of the players or the organization. regardless of whether bartman resurfaces, cubs fan coming to his support. steve bartman! it's over man, come out of the shadows. the cubs are world champs. this win has been a long time coming for chicago cubs fan. but you can imagine it has been more like an eternity for steve bartman. >> when did that happen? >> 13 years ago. >> that's a long time to be in the wilderness. >> he sounds like a good guy. thanks, carson. >>> we've got some interesting video to show you. let's take a look. storms firin

you. >>> let's bring in nicolle wallace and steve kornacki who at this point need no introduction. nicolle, you've been there. what are these meetings about? the white house is this scene, this is the peaceful transfer of power. there is tons of symbolism. but it is also very personal. >> it is very personal. and there is a lot of talk about when you turn the page, a hard-fought campaign is over. as governor christie has talked about, the night before donald trump's election, preside powerful spokesmen in making the case against trump's candidacy. so everyone is committed to turning the page because the business of governing is so much more grave than the business of campaigning. but these are human beings. they're not robots. >> what nicolle is saying, is you can't unring a bell. some of the things that have been said during the course of this campaign are going to stick around. >> it's interesting, what's happened since the election was encouraging to everybody because we thought such an unprecedented campaign may be the aftermath would be unprecedented. so far it is going the w

. >> peter, thank you very much. >> nicolle wallace and steve kornacki are with us as promised yesterday. good morning, guys. steve, i'm going to start with you this morning. if you look at where this onslaught of money from the democrats is coming right now, it's going into those firewall solid blue states supposedly, wisconsin, michigan, colorado, virginia. does this signal jitters on the part of the clinton campaign? >> it's really interesting, states we have not been talking about all campaign suddenly in the final stretch of the clinton let me take you through what the strategy probably is. what the clinton campaign is looking at is basically if, if there is some sort of doom's day scenario where this fbi thing, there's a reaction that moves against her in the last week and if she starts losing all of the toss-up states on the map. and again, this is a huge if. there's a lot of reasons to think clinton can still pull out wins in a lot of these states. but if it all breaks against her in the toss-up states, you see what this would mean. donald trump would then be one and so

: it hasn't been smooth sailing for steve bannon, trump's top aide. the former breitbart news executive facing increasing fire from leading democrats. >> he's now given us at least the first tangible sign of his vision of how to run a trump presidency. to bring someone who is supremacist into the white house. >> reporter: trump's team calls those kinds of charges very unfair, defending the navy veteran as a brilliant tactician. but there's also renewed focus on a 2011 radio interview with bannon, the audio not verified by nbc news, where he used derogatory language to defend conservative women from what he says are liberal attacks. >> you know, they wouldn't be a bunch of dikes that came from left insane and that's why they hate these women. >> reporter: when asked to comment on those remarks, team trump didn't provide one, with some top republicans staying silent on bannon's appointment. >> are you comfortable with him having such a high level position in the trump position? >> it's great to see you guys today. >> so no defense of bannon then? >> reporter: house speaker paul

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not heard back. matt? savannah? >> kristen welker, thank you. >>> let's bring in steve kornacki over at the monitor. steve, good morning to you. the good news for general flynn is he doesn't need to be confirmed. he gets the job. but we heard some of the pros and cons. >> that is the big pro. if you are donald trump, there is no senate confirmation needed. if you want this pick, you can make this pick. obviously from what kristen welker just said, calling this divisive might be understating the case. if you even talk to republicans on capitol hill, this is a selection they're very uncomfortable with. >> let's talk about mitt romney. the name is out there. there is obviously a question of whether this is a head fake. but if it is real, what would be the pros and cons? >> the pro is -- again, this is probably not understating it a public relations home run. this is a pick no one would see coming. this would be the ultimate gesture to establishment republicans, to skeptical democrats, to people who think trump has too many enemies. that would be the pro. but the con is, it is an odd cou

-- i'm sorry, we're a little late. >> the dress is new by shoni. steve be, how's your mom look? >> beautiful from the inside and out. >> linda come on over. >> lesley. >> yeah, come on. a round of applause for both of them. >> linda, your color. >> if you've got a special occasion, a real good reason or know someone who needs an ambush makeover, we want to hear from you. >> let us know your story. >> all right, it was a night of fun, music and surprises. after this. anything meant to stand a body without proper foot n support can mean pain.n. foundation and relieve foot, knee, or lower-back pain from being on your feet. >>> what a great night, the historic 50th annual cma awards was the place to be last night. they did not disappoint. >> before the show, the spotlight was on the red carpet and that's where our very own lilliana vasquez caught up with country music's hottest stars. check it out. >> having a love fest here. >> this is history in the making. >> this is country music history. >> oh, sure, i know my cma history. >> yes, and he knows every song. >> i think they tell

pouring in on president- elect donald trump's choice of steve bannon as chief strategist. "the fact the republicans have been silence on bannon's appointment is a disturbing side." bannon's "reitbart news" website is a nationalists. team trump defends him. "this is a very balanced, very sensible, very smart man." "i look forward to having a discussion on whoever they appoint." president obama declined to weigh in on bannon. but he is giving the president elect some advice on how to heal a divided nation. "how he reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he signals his interest in their issues or concerns, i think reports that steve mnuchin - mr. trump's campaign finance chair - is being considered as treasury secretary conservative radio host laura ingraham as press secretary and rudy guiliani and former u-n ambassador john bolton as secretary of state. "i won't be attorney general." "i can escape that one, thank god." insiders say the trump transition is ahead of schedule. trump's children - his closest advisors - are part of that team. an official confirms to nbc

abruptly ten years ago. steve patterson has more. >> reporter: it is finally here. a moment more than a decade in the making. chappelle hosts for the first time. a long awaited appearance after leaving the spotlight. >> i'm excited. >> i think it will be a good resurgence. >> reporter: the comeback story many say could not happen at a better time. >> he is still relevant. there is still an audience. >> why don't you purify yourself in the waters of lake minnetonka. >> reporter: he sketch comedy on the masses years ago. his hit series "chappelle show" was unlike anything we have seen before or since. it was vulgar and daring and millions, hilarious. blending satire and fighting social commentary to create some of the most classic moments in modern tv. >> i'm rick james. >> reporter: then in 2005, at the height of his fame and success, he disappeared. walking away from the show in a lucrative contract worth at least $50 million. at the time, chappelle said he wasn't happy with the show's creative direction. >> i understand he was passionate and how he walked away from it. >> report

him. nbc's steve patterson has more. >> reporter: forgiveness under fire. now "hacksaw ridge" a return to the director chair for mel gibson. the movie tells the true story of corporal desmond doss. he saved 75 lives and received carrying a gun. doss is played by actor andrew garfield. it is winning early acclaim. >> people say this is mel gibson's comeback. >> reporter: will it be? it comes ten years after gibson turned hollywood star to piraha. he said "expert jews." are you a jew? gibson apologized, but t trouble was on tape four years later when his girlfriend at the time released tirades to radaronline. >> it's a [ bleep ] embarrassment to me. if you get raped by a [ bleep ], it's your fault. >> i don't think it will ever fully go away. the question is has it waned enough for people to go see a movie they are interested in even with a man with a public scandal. movie despite mel's mouth. >> everybody hates what happened. mel gibson took our mel gibson away. like how dare you. >> there are so many people involved in the making of the movie. >> reporter: now audiences will dec

of steve bannon as trump's chief strategist. friends call steve bannon a champion of diverse voices, describing him as an intense and focused leader. they disagree. "we hope that he knows that there's movement out here - including jewish people, muslim people, black people, women, lgbt people, every other minority group that wants him gone and we hope donald trump hears that." trump's pick for chief of staff- reince priebus- has said bannon was "a force for good on the campaign". drake university is considering whether to take an official stand in supporting students who are in the country illegally. the faculty senate passed a resolution urging the administration to protect those students. cynthia foder tells us about efforts to consider drake a sanctuary campus. jose garcia hopes to become a lawyer. he has been in this country since he was 3 years old. "my mom brought me to us at "i've always had that fear..we could be gone at any minute" the faculty here wants to protect garcia and others who are working hard to get an education and become productive citizens. (darcie vandegrift,

. >> bye-bye to the billy goat and his curse, so long steve bartman. no harm, no foul, all is forgiven now that history has been rewritten. >> this is why i came here. to beat the goat or black cat or god knows what. >> the mood somber but proud in cleveland. >> we'll be back next year. broadcaster harry carey once said someday the cubs will be in the world series. his beloved cubbies showed it out. the waiting begins a new but today it is time to party. >> the best world series ever. >> all right, the party continues here. we have a tweet to report from the president of the united cubs win the world series. that changed even the south cider can believe in. want to come to the white house before i leave? it is a standing invitation for the cubs much we'll see if they take him up on it. >> you know when was up watching the game? bob kostas was watching the game. even without all of the history, the baggage, the drought, the frustration of these two baseball cities, i think this is one of the greatest world series s >> reporter: yeah, it is one of the great game 7s even if you take away the

for us in north carolina. steve, let's start with you democrats initially crumbled at the end of the night. what happened? >> absolutely stunning. democrats very hopeful here. this was a narrow margin, trump fashion. generally the presidential candidate that carries, either suburban philadelphia counties that surround the city centers generally within they win these counties, they win the state and hillary clinton had a great ground game here. she won those counties. she won the city centers around philadelphia. >> that speaks to this revolution that i think we all misidentified, particularly here completely red. we are joined by emmy in a diner at 4:00 in the morning. you are a clinton supporter, how do you feel about president trump? >> i am scared. i am really scared. i am afraid we will become a 2nd, 3rd world nation and kicked out of the u.n.. i am afraid there will be more war and i don't think it's necessary. >> i think something we all did not respect today. thank you for joining us. we'll send it back to you. pennsylvania, thank you. i want to turn out to miami florida, all

vision. >> one more day. yes. >> appreciate it. >>> steve kornacki over at the board. he's got more on the 270 electoral votes that are needed. how is it looking it this morning with 24 hours to go? >> this campaign is ending in sort of an unlikely place. the rustbelt. i don't think at the start of the campaign we thought that's where both candidates would be finishing. why are they finishing there? you can see the state of play and you can see the hole donald trump's in. these grey states are what we've states, with the battleground states. you lose one of these, she's over 270. the trump campaign has some particularly discouraging news out of nevada. if clinton just wins that with the traditional battleground, she's over 270. you have a flip a state from blue to red if you're trump. you look to states that figure your demographic profile, rural populations, working class populations, probably not a large latino population given the indications we are seeing about latino turnout. he's in michigan today. pennsylvania. wants to finish in these three states. what do they see when they

. >> there is steve, how can i help you? >> oh, i hope you can. this is a question about stuffing. if i -- >> okay. do you call it stuffing or esdrngsi? >> i call it stuffing. >> okay. today's video captured a massive fireball the bright flash is believed to be a meteor. in fresno, california, a cat was rescued after they went nine days without food or watt at all t. brave feline was lowered to the ground by a worker reunited when an owner had to be so starveding look at that, he was >>> it's that time of year, it's a yearly tradition. today president obama will pardon his final thanksgiving turkeys, as the "tonight show" jimmy fallon points out, after eight years the president might be over it. >> today i have the awesome responsibility of granting a pardon to a pair of turkeys. we can't wait to pardon these turkeys with that, i think we will bestow the official pardon. >> the most powerful position in awesome and solemn responsibilities. this is not one of them. >> it is, it is a little puzzling that i do this every year. >> oh, boy, oh, boy. >> the best part is watching sasha and m

past. >> that's not the steve ban none that i know and i spend a lot of time with him and here's a guy who is a harvard business school, london school economic, ten year advising admirals. >> i find him to be a very, very smart man and a loyal patriotic american and sometimes in politics you get labelled a certain way or another way, but i think people will find in him a real asset to the country. >> despite democrat's efforts to bash ban none, president obama in his first press conference since the election is refusing to attack trump for the hiring position. >> it would not appropriate for is making t. people have spoken. donald trump will be the next president the 45th president of the united states and it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. >> president obama even went so far as to vouch for trump's own foreign policy positions, saying while trump campaigned hard against nato, the relationship with the organization would continue. the intense jockeying has rudy guiliani as a top contender as secretary of state. >> rudy gui

, controversial chief strategist steve bannon who ran the controversial conservative breitbart. saying he plans to make this the nation of alt-right. cohen concerned about the tone that sets for the president-elect's administration. >> he said he wanted to bind the wounds of division, yet in bannon he's appointed someone who's fanned the flames of division. >> but steve bannon in a recent interview with the "wall street journal" says he has zero tolerance for racist or anti-semitic overtones of the alt-right. savannah? >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> let's bring in nicolle >> morning. >> we'll talk more about that white nationalist situation in a second. but let's start with the meeting held in new york yesterday. donald trump inviting media executives and journalists. some of the people in that room i think felt they were about to have some kind of a fresh start. instead, it turned very confrontational with donald trump calling some in the room liars. one person described it as a "blanking firing squad." what happens to a fresh start or is this simply sending a message? >> so donald tr

has more on the criticism is pouring in on president- steve bannon as chief strategist. "the fact the republicans have been silence on bannon's appointment is a disturbing side." bannon's "reitbart news" website favorite of extremists and white nationalists. team trump defends him. "this is a very balanced, very sensible, very smart man." "i look forward to having a discussion on whoever they appoint." president obama declined to weigh in on bannon. but he is giving the how to heal a divided nation. signals his interest in their issues or concerns, i think those are the kinds of things including reports that steve mnuchin - mr. trump's campaign finance chair - is being considered as treasury secretary conservative radio host laura ingraham as press secretary and rudy guiliani and former u-n ambassador john bolton as god." insiders say the trump for them to get security clearances. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. people continue to prtoest trump's presidency. "people have a right to protest, free speech but they don't have respect. she's addds the country needs to find

decision on that trump is expected to name his finance manner steve mnuchin, he spent 17 years at gold man sax, he eventually became a partner and went on to hollywood where he helped make a movie like avatar. we we heard kellogg is the late toast pull advertising from that website. watch for additional developments there, back to you. >> nancy, thank you. >>> just ahead, a look at which hollywood starlets made it on this year's perelli cattleen dhar. plus, what it's like to wynn run a marathon in one of the harshest climbs. what if you could... love your numbers? discover once-daily invokana?. it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. a pill taken just once in the morning, invokana? is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. in fact, it's been proven to be more effective at lowering a1c than januvia. allowed back into the body, and sending some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for lowering systolic blood pressure or weight loss, it may help you with both. invokana? can caus

-- hundreds protested the selection of steve bannon as trump's chief strategist. friends call steve bannon a focused leader. they disagree. "we hope that he knows that there's movement out here - including jewish people, muslim people, black people, women, lgbt people, every other minority gu him gone and we hope donald trump hears that." trump's pick for chief of staff- reince priebus- has said bannon was "a force for good on the campaign". president obama says he does not plan to be a constant critic of economic summit in peru. "i want to be respectful of platform and his arguments without somebody popping off to take a wait and see approach -- to examine how his plans in office match what he said on the campaign trail. drake university is considering whether to take an official stand in supporting students who are in the country illegally. the faculty senate passed a resolution urging the administration to protect thoe foder tells us about efforts to "i myself am an undocumented student from mexico." jose garcia hopes to become a lawyer. he has been in this country since he was 3 years

house district four, the northwest portion of our state - longtime congressman republican steve king. democrat kim weaver is also on the ballot. we're also watching the u-s senate race in iowa. longtime republican senator chuck grassley ise term. his competitor is patty judge. she served as lieutenant governor from 2007 to 2011. for eight years before that, she served as iowa secretary of agriculture. grassley is one of the longest serving senators in our country's history. he's never lost an election -- since he first ran for the iowa legislature back in 1958. thousands of iowans voted early. for those who plan to head to things to remember. kwwl's amanda gilbert is live in cedar falls for us i'm at heartland vinyard church in cedar falls... it's one of many polling locations in black hawk county. in less than an hour workers polls open at 7 this morning... and they don't close until 9 tonight.... i spoke with the black hawk county auditor.... he says .... if you're registering when you arrive... all you need is your drivers license as long as it has your current addrs a common mist

president- elect donald trump's choice of steve bannon as chief strategist. "the fact the republicans have been silence on bannon's appointmen bannon's "reitbart news" website is a favorite of extremists and white nationalists. team trump defends him. "this is a very balanced, very sensible, very smart man." "i look forward to having a discussion on whoever they appoint." president obama declined to weigh in on bannon. but he is giving the president elect some advice on how to heal a divided nation. "how he reaches out to groups that may not have supported him, how he interest in their issues or concerns, i think those are the kinds of things that can set a tone." "there is a lot of hard work going on up there." including reports that steve mnuchin - mr. trump's campaign finance chair - is being considered as treasury secretary conservative radio host laura ingraham as press secretary and secretary of state. "i won't be attorney general." "i can escape that one, thank god." insiders say the trump transition is ahead of schedule. trump's children - hcl team. an official confirms to nbc that

in the democratic primary. looking at iowa's fourth congressional district -- incumbent steve king won re- election easily over democratic challenger kim weaver. democrats... but in iowa's second congressional district -- democratic incumbent dave loebsack won his race and earned a trip back to washington. a big night for the incumbents in iowa. longtime iowa senator chuck grassley winning easily over demcratic challenger patty judge -- receiving 60 percent of the vote. this is the first time grassley's received less than 65 percent. he's heading back to d-c for a seventh term... national security threat not like some law enforcement problem. we need to keep rural america thriving." grassley did not mention the supreme court during his victory speech. his challenger -- patty judge -- made grasssley's refusal to hold a hearing for president obama's supreme court justice nominee a key point in her campaign.... our current system has failed the working families in our senator grassley won over men and women and led in all age categories over judge. a big change in the iowa legislature

country... still trying to move forward. and there's still pushback on steve bannon's want him out. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. the president- elect has some decisions about his businesses. the trump international hotel in washington had its grand opening in october. it could prove to be a co news conferences there -- of if any diplomats who visit the white house stay there. trump says he plans to transfer his business empire to his children. but some say the hotel could still be a p-r headache for the administration... and the best solution might be to sell it. a tech company c-e-o is out after a social media post about donald trump. on election, matt harrigan -- who ran a cybersecurity company in california -- posted on social president elect. when a friend warned him that he might get a visit from federal authorities -- he said -- bring it secret service. harrigan has apologized and deleted his facebook account. the company's board of directors said it doesn't condone comments like that and accepted his resignation. this morning, a mayor is no longer on the job a

move forward." the co and there's still pushback on steve bannon's appointment as chief strategist at the white house. democrats want him out. i'm tracie potts in washington, now back to you. next month the electoral college will affirm trump's presidency -- and one of iowa's electors says he's being threatened. electors in the state. he says he's received calls and messages demanding he vote for someone else. whitmer is a "faithless elector" - meaning he has the option to change his vote but says he'll still be voting anyone else. and that would be perfectly legal, and that vote would register as an electoral vote. but i feeel that would be throwing my vote away, and so i'm not going to do that." electors have never changed an election's results. a timeout from the army corps of engineers. it's delaying construction of the dakota access pipeline -- but the companies behind it -- are going to court to see if they can go around that order. the pipeline would run through four states, including iowa. more than 70 people in dubuque joining nationwide protests yesterday. the tribe says

schools in developing countries. to date, building 1,000 schools overseas for almost 2 children. steve's experience building a school in malawi changed his life. >> they just wish they had school. a lot of them don't even know how to spell their names. i'm given these opportunities and i'm throwing them away. so honestly, it just like registered eventually, like what am i doing? like i got to take advantage of what i have. >> the main reason the service has such an enormous positive impact for our students is because they're able to see what they can do. expectation for their communities, for their schools and for themselves. >> it brings out a piece of you that you never would like to bring out when you were alone. when you are in build on, you are not alone. >> being involved in build on also has a huge impact on whether these kids make it to college. in neighborhoods where there is is a build on program, the average graduation rate is around 65%. in some cases, as low as 35%. but for students involved with bu so looking ahead to the next 25 years, they are pledging to invest more in t

reince priebus will serve as chief of staff and conservative news executive steve bannon - who headed the trump campaign -- will become chief strategist. "they'll both have big roles in i 60 minutes, president- elect trump admits he won't completely replace obamacare. are you going to make sure that people with pre-conditions are still covered? "yes. because it happens to be one of the strongest assets." you're going to keep it? "also, with the children living with their parents for an extended period, we're going to..." you're going to keep that? "very much try and keep that." republicans also say parts of trump's wall with mexico could be a fence... and that millions of immigrants will not be quickly deported. "that is not what we're focused on, we're focused on securing democrats are concerned: "i caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing that they're protesting against, meaning turning to hateful speech, violating principles and ideals that are sacred in this country." and more on campaign promises from that interview, appointing pro-life judges, yes, same sex mar

likely be rewarded with steve bannon, his controversial campaign ceo, reportedly one priebus. >> i would be honored to continue to help him in any way that i can. >> reporter: trump's transition team has an official government website, greatagain.gov. not only intended to try to draw in some folks for names for political appointee positions, but also, in true donald trump fashion touts his many trump properties, hotels and golf courses around the world. >> hallie jackson, thanks. >>> andy card wasre of course heavily involved in the bush team's transition to the white house. mr. card, good morning. you are the perfect guest to be here this morning. let's talk about the tone of transition before we get into the mechanics. you were there. the outgoing president really sets that tone. we've seen how president obama has responded. and he gave a lot of credit to your boss, former president bush, for setting a proper tone as well. >> president obama did a wonderful job yesterday kind of beginning to heal the split in are awkward. i happen to think we celebrate our democracy by best showi

clinton the election - by turning away some of her wavering supporters. some allies agree. (rep. steve israel,(d) new york) "i was in clinton headquarters just a few days before the election, and we were looking at data that was very favorable. the comey announcement had kind of turned that data in a different her campaign. jane sanders, at her husband's side during the long democratic primary fight with clinton, not mincing words today with wolf. (jane sanders, wife of sen. bernie sanders) "people are hungry for new direction. i think that's why trump has won this election. they want change." as a new political order falls over washington, democrats are looking back - before they two central questions: why did college- educated voters turn away from clinton at the end? and why did working class voters - even democrats long friendly to the clintons - go michigan) "in the end they were up and to have someone who is also considerable second guessing about not paying closer focusing on disaffected white, working-class voters who were the lifeblood of his campaigns. now, for the first time

officers are friendly -- so they feel safe if they need help. steve campion shows us how one department is connecting to kids -- thanks to a robotic dog. can talk alone and he can drive." "he's been funny - saying funny things." he's outfitted with flashing lights. his patrol car is even stamped with the right signage. officer shepherd is well, a horse or in this case a dog of a different color. "i've never seen this. i've been in education for 16 years - it's just a hit." you're looking - at man behind a mic. "somebody has to operate and someone has to talk. i enjoy talking." this is officer shep's third official outing. he cost about 12- thousand / five hundred dollars, paid for by private donations. "it's super important they know they can come up and talk with us." the mission - let these little ones knows cops are the good guys. "the water cannon is cool - spin it around. they go crazy." officer shepherd is planning plain huggable. this robotic seal responds to touch, voice and movement. it's being tested at a senior care center in seattle. doctors say interacting with t

move forward." the country... still trying to move forward. and there's still pushback on steve bannon's appointment as chief strategist at the white house. democrats want him out. minority leader nancy pelosi's and there's still the president- elect has some decisions about his businesses. the trump international hotel in washington had its grand opening in october. it could prove to be a conflict-of- interest for trump if he holds news conferences there -- of if any diplomats who visit the white house stay there. trump says he plans to transfer his business empire to his could still be a p-r headache for the administration... and the best solution might be to sell it. a north korean diplomat says his country doesn't care who is president -- but rather -- if the u-s will end its quote "hostile policies". the north korean foreign ministry director said that at the united nations .. after a u-n committee voted to condemn his country over human rights abuses. a tech company c-e-o is out after a social media post about donald trump. on election, matt harrigan -- california -- poste

-- hundreds protested the selection of steve bannon as trump's chief strategist. describing him as an intense and focused leader. they disagree... including jewish people, muslim minority group that wants him gone and we hope donald trump hears that." trump's pick for chief of staff- reince priebus- has said bannon was "a force for good on the campaign". president obama says he does not plan to be a constant critic of donald trump. he took questions after an economic summit in pe office and give the president-elect an opportunity to put forward his platform and his arguments without somebody popping off in every instance." the president says people need to take a wait and see approach -- to campaign trail. drake university is considering whether to take an official stand in supporting students who are in the country illegally. the faculty senate passed a resolution urging the administration to protect those students. cynthia foder tells us about efforts to "i myself am an undocumented student from mexico." jose garcia hopes to become a lawyer. he has been in this country since he was 3 years

of the trump transition team has announced republican news executive steve bannon - who headed the trump campaign -- will become chief strategist. "they'll both have big roles in mean, it was a very small core senior team." in a wide-ranging interview with 60 minutes, president-elect trump admits he are you going to make sure that people with pre-conditions are still covered? "yes. because it happens to be you're going to keep it? "also, with the children living with their parents for an extended period, we're going to..." you're going to keep that? "very much try and keep that." republicans also say parts of trump's wall with mexico could be a fence... and that millions of immigrants will not be quickly deported. "that is not what we're focused on, we're focused on securing the border." as protests continue, democrats are concerned: "i caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing that they're protesting against, ideals that are sacred in this country." and more on campaign promises from that interview, appointing pro-life judges, yes, same sex marriage, trump says it

promises. chair reince priebus will serve as chief of staff and conservative news executive steve bannon - who headed the trump campaign -- will become chief strategist. "they'll both have big roles in a trump administration in my view. as well as they should. i mean, it was a very small core senior team." in a wide-ranging interview with 60 minutes, president- elect trump admits he won't completely replace obamacare. are you going to make sure that people with pre-conditions are still you're going to keep it? "also, with the children living with their parents for an extended period, we're going to..." you're going to keep that? "very much try and keep that." republicans also say parts of trump's wall with mexico could be a fence... and that millions of immigrants will not be quickly deported. "that is not what we're focused on, we're focused on securing the border." as protests continue, democrats are concerned: "i caution anyone who in their protest becomes the very thing that they're protesting against, meaning turning to hateful speev that are sacred in this country." and more on cam

, the northwest portion of our state - longtime congressman republican steve king taking on democrat kim weaver. king has served as a representative since 2003. on the ticket for the iowa senate seat - incumbent repulican senator chuck grassley faces what he recently called "his toughest race yet." senator grassley is one of the he's been a u-s senator for more than 35 years. his opponent -- patty judge is a former lieutenant governor. before that -- she was the iowa secretary of agriculture. not just politicians on the ballot today. several states and more than 200- million people will be affected by the results of ballot measures. most notably -- legalizing marijuana, for both medical and recreational uses. nine states will vote on marijuana today. in california - voters have a about whether to overturn the death penalty and make it illegal. other notable measures nationwide include minimum wage, gun control, and taxes. the general election's been serving as a learning tool in iowa schools. many schools holding their own mock elections for students who are too young to vote -- incl

flynn, questions about his relationship with russia, and what he said about muslims. steve bannon, jeff sessions, mike pompeo. as you look at that group in total, what do you see? >> i see a really group of old white men. groups that now in the country are most concerned about what we're seeing -- is the vast mills onof nonwhile americans, that are looking at the group, because if you take those people together -- bannon, flynn and sessions -- all three of them have a history of being involved at a minimum racially insensitive endeavors, and to some people worse than that. so part of the thing here is i think that's unsettling to a large number of will take us to that conversation about "hamilton." that's a hard-line group, on immigration, on foreign policy, apart from reince priebus, who is the only obvious pragmatist group, that's an idealist group. >>> president-elect trump was up earlier this morning tweeting about "hamilton." he pointed out that many people thinks the cast should apologize for the way they treated vice president pence. this is what he tweeted -- i mean, we've

to be helpful therapy to some friendly -- so they feel safe if they need help. steve campion shows us how one department is connecting to kids -- thanks to a robotic dog. just take a look - he may just be the most popular police officer ? to ever enter a school cafeteria. (yamilette, 6 year talk alone and he can drive." (dawson, 7 years old) "he's been funny - saying funny things." he's outfitted with flashing lights. his patrol car is even stamped with the right signage. officer shepherd is well, a horse or in this case a dog of a different color. (theresa stewart, san leon elementary school counselor) "i've never seen this. i've been in education for 16 years - it's just a hit." you're looking - at the dickinson pd's controlled from afar, and given life by this man behind a mic. (officer tony valdez, dickinson police department) "somebody has to operate and someone has to talk. i enjoy talking." this is officer shep's third official outing. he cost about 12- thousand / five hundred dollars, paid for by private donations. (detective allen oliver, dickinson police department) "it's su

the "w" flag over his father's grave. steve bartman, blamed unfairly for not making the world series after he interfered with a foul ball. he was harassed for years. spokesman, he is overjody. >> he was nowhere to be found at the game. >> he said i'm not going to be a distraction and all the rest. he just said, good for the cubs. good enough. >>> our first low goes to a presidential candidate have been to talk himself down ought an event this week in pensacola. we all got a window into his inner monolog. >> state donnell, stay on point. no side tracks. >> that's called self-talk. >> i didn't know he had an inner dialogue. >> it's usually all outside. >>> our next high goes to the british cricket player who became an international web sensation for a play against physical disabilities team. he's purr seeing -- he prosthetic leg comes off. undeterred. he fires it back into play. he turned around, he said illustrate hit the deck hard. next thing i knew, i stood up and had no leg. >> myobrought has ash on hall covers it with blood. >> that's a little dark. >> and answers door. >>>