in the midwest. i live in st. louis so none of this is hypothetical to me. this is just my life and my cover national politics to the vantage point of st. louis. they shouldn't be unusual. one out of every four national journalists have been to cities on the coast but it wasn't that surprised when trump one because my state of missouri did vote for trump. one thing i want to emphasize before the close of this discussion is the midwest is not a monolith. you can't draw conclusions from my experience in st. louis to the midwest as a whole, to other states so that diversity in the midwest is accounted for. >> i'm my surprise when people confuse alumni with indiana with other states which they do all the time. by the way -- [laughter] how were we going to get this all the way to the oversight? >> just pass it. >> i was going to say austin you mentioned the term flyover country was condescending. your book also has the word flyover country. >> yeah i inverted it. the title of my book is written about the

we are happy about the midwest particularly. obviously, this is more about the people's interest rather than the parties. the most important thing about last night is that we have three new potential medicaid expansion states, kansas, wisconsin and maine. this could mean another 319,000 americans getting health coverage. speaking as one who helped get 700,000 people in washington, this could be very gratifying with our new governors. it also means in the seven states that we picked up, 6 million people with pre-existing conditions now have a shot at making sure they get coverage for their pre-existing conditions. nothing can be more important. it means better roads and infrastructure in michigan. that infrastructure package is important. having a governor in michigan to really fix the roads, which i believe is the best win this year. i told gretchen, i came off of climbing a mountain on the lipid peninsula next -- last summer. this couple was taking off their boots. i offered them a brew and asked them where they were fun. they

if you're look at the midwest and the house seats that are up in the midwest, you're very quickly seeing the majority that was built i 2010 really starting in 2010 kind of recede a little bit. u're seeing members of congress kind of the vanguards who helped prop up this majority. the randyou hulkburnse starting to see them get in trouble. it's fascinating wat the arc of the republican party. robert: when you think of beto o'rourke, against ted cruz, how is the immigration issue playing in texas? >> i don't know if beto o'rourke is you're going to bring a whole bunch of new people into the process that have never been part of the -- especially a midterm electorate. in some cases they might notve urned out in any election if you can increase your base vote, that's what's going to put you over the top. interesting enough where beto o'rourke is doing best, at least when you look at the state and theongressional districts, he's doing best in those inner ringban affluent districts which are less diverse. and not as strong in some of the rio grande area which is more heavily latino. but this is

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automaker announced it is eliminating about 15,000 jobs and closing production plants throughout the midwest. president trump says he's not happy with the restructuring, but gm says sales are down and it's already lost about a billion dollars from president trump's tariffs. kris van cleave reports. >> reporter: at the white house today, president trump said he called general motors head mary barra to express his displeasure over gm's plan to shutter five north american plants. >> i spoke with her when i heard they were closing. i said, you know, this country has done a lot for general motors you. better get back in there soon. >> reporter: facing slumping sales, general motors will stop making six underperforming said dance by the end of next year, idling plants in michigan, maryland, and ontario, canada, costing nearly 6,000 factory employees and 8,000 salaried workers their jobs. more than 300 could be laid off from this gm plant in white marsh, maryland. josiah fowler got his job through his grandfather, who worked at the plant for 50 years. >> the bad thing is to get this news on the day

two midwest big plants and one in canada. >> that's right. this is huge. and local press is estimating that this impacts about 5600 workers. this is an enormous restructuring, enormous blow to president trump's plan to bring manufacturing jobs back and it kind of confirms what every auto analyst has said for years, the global supply chain is here to say. it's cheaper to produce, in some cases, some cars overseas, especially in the growth markets when it comes to smaller vehicles. >> that's interesting, though, 5,600. there was a time in america when 15% of general motors workforce would be much larger in america, would it not? >> yes. >> in terms of 5,600 in a country of 330 million people with 3.7% unemployment, how significant is it? >> it's very significant especially because all economics, all economy is local. and when you look at ohio, it's really the center of trump country, especially where this plant is located. detroit, again, an area that was hoping to see domestic manufacturing really bolster the local economy. to put that in perspective, we're

hitting the midwest at the close of the thanksgiving holiday travel. thousands of flights were canceled or delayed and more of that is expected later today. especially in chicago. in missouri, kansas city international airport closed for incoming flights. declaring a road of emergency as parts of i-70 is closed. where is the storm going next? we is meteorologist pedram javaheri with the forecast. >> christine and polo, we are watching what is happening across the great lakes. not only are we getting significant snow, but thunder snow across the region. it speaks to the significance of some of the storms. blizzard warnings remain in place across northern and central illinois and missouri getting in on the action with heavy snow in place and gusty winds and reduced visibility. kansas city airport closed down at one point yesterday. it is a system pushing across the midwest and northeast. snowfall is not in the picture. get to the higher elevations and interior portion of the new england and it is all about wintry weather. disruption to be had here and a

donald trump broke through that big blue wall in the midwest. he won in wisconsin. he won in michigan. he won in pennsylvania, which is sort of the midwest. that's an argument for another time. the question is how do they get to 270? well, democrats could try and reestablish this midwest path, the win in pennsylvania, the win in michigan, the win in wisconsin. these are all three states that just elected democratic governors. they re-elected democratic senators. this to me is probably the easiest path way to 270. that would allow them to coaless with the suburbs. >> and the reason this matters today, one last try at this, is because the democrats did win in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. if they were able to repeat that in the presidential race, minus two weeks, 741 days, then that's a clear path. >> right. to me, one of the people that could potentially do that is amy, right? you see minnesota. that's where she the senior senator from. she won re-election by a larger margin in minnesota than liz warren won in massachusetts. >> may i point out, we're really n

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the upper midwest, can trump hold on to those in 2020? or do the democrats who did incredibly well do it again in 2020? and the position trump may find himself in next year. this is "hardball," where the action is. carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant. common side effects include low red blood cell and low platelet counts, infections, tiredness, nausea, sore mouth,

record wildfires in california, stronger hurricanes, crop failures in the midwest. the report bluntly warns of more to come, including threats to "air quality and the transmission of disease" and says if steps aren't taken to limit the release of carbon into the atmosphere, the economic consequences will be devastating. a 10% loss to the economy, worse than the great recession. today, we asked the president about it. mr. president, have you read the climate report yet? >> i've seen it, i've read some of it and it's fine. >> reporter: they say economic impact could be devastating. >> i don't believe it. >> reporter: you don't believe it? >> no, no, i don't believe it. right now, we're at the cleanest we've ever been. and that's very important to me. but if we're clean, but every other place on earth is dirty, that's not so good. >> jonathan karl live at the white house tonight. you know many are questioning the times of the release of this report, the day after thanksgiving, was it meant to bury it? >> reporter: it sure looked that way, releasing the report in the mi

we're keeping an eye on the bay area's reservoirs....a foot of snow in the midwest brings a world of trouble for air passengers across the country ... "crazy backed up lines, people insane.."we are live at s=f=o where a tough travel season is about to get a lot tougher....and ... pow! a bizarre accident sends a car careening into a san francisco home. (pam) it may be dry right now... but in less than 24 hours. another storm will hit the bay area. (pam) thank you for joining us i'm pam moore.(ken) and i'm ken wayne. the wet weather will be with us for most of the work week. and a second storm will bring significant rain.(pam) meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez is tracking the storms... and is timing out when they will arrive... mabrisa. it's going to take a lot more rain to help south bay reservoirs that altogether are filled only a little more than a quarter of what they can hold. the bay area did get some rain last week, but it was not enough to saturate the ground for any run off ... new tonight at 8 - kron 4's ella sogomonian reports from san jose... where water officials hope upcomi

south and midwest have been blanketed in snow and ice. we have more on the dangerous conditions. >> winter came crashing in to fall. >> i had a car wipe out in front of me. accidents and spin outs, and snow and sleet.om new york where bridge commuters wer at atand still, down the d.c., where the white house was blanketed, in the midwest, snow? shik, leeing -- >> if the weather is bad, ask yourself if the trip was necessary. and in cincinnati, branches snapping under the weight of heavy ice. >> anotherrash here, and another crash there, and there's another one. >> that is hours. >> mis hadded t power lines again. >> airport -- missed the power lines agai >> airports seeing delays. contributing the travel slow down. in st. louis, the gateway arch peed through snowy shield more than five inches falling. le i lived in the south my w life, this is the most snow i have seen in my whole life. >>e it snowed h for the better w rt of 16 hours, but by the afternoon, the sll be gone, the high forecast temperature 45 withsunshine. all in all, it was a

that's right so how the midwest is where john trump's won a lot of his votes in twenty six teen in we were looking for a blue wave in over and over again we have not found it here at a democratic wave that had been widely predicted at least not in the midwest that race you just talked about the kentucky sixth district that was one that people considered perhaps a bellwether if that one went from having voted fifteen percent in favor of trump then went democratic after that that might have suggested that we would have a democratic wave it does not appear to be happening here i am at the headquarters for joe donnelly the democrat who is the sitting senator in indiana another very republican state and he is well behind mike bron a conservative businessman last i looked at forty nine percent of the vote and it was fifty four percent for braun forty two percent for john only that is an awfully big gap for him to make up in in north dakota heidi heitkamp is another vulnerable democrat in a solidly republican state most polls showed that she was fifteen percentage points behind before the vo

>> well, i think the upper midwest is still where the action is at. there are a couple of states, ohio and iowa, where donald trump's margins seemed to hold. they eroded a bit but not too much. there's going to be all-out war in two years in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan and minnesota. >> and what do voters want there? >> i think voters want people who are going to listen to them and address their needs. i think they were hoping donald trump would do that as president. i think there have been a lot of distractions he's let get in the way of doing that. democrats will have their shot now. >> why did democrats win? what was the message? was it individually tailored to each of the races or was it a larger national message? >> well, the democrats did a good job of fielding quality candidates who were a little bit more moderate which up in the midwest tends to appeal to people. i think cordray here in ohio got tagged as a little bit more liberal than the state is comfortable with. at the end of the day the president's unpopularity drove the results in

a major midwest snowstorm this morning that is affecting travel out of the bay area. we'll look at some cancellations affecting thanksgiving holiday travel. >>> today is cyber monday. and we look at what it takes to ship out thousands of packages on one of the busiest day of the year. >>> this is westbound bay bridge coming through. we'll let you know more straight ahead. >>> there are delays at our airports for departing flights to chicago that is because they have know. we have a little fog around here. we'll see what is in store for this week. >>> today is the biggest on- line shopping day in history. for amazon this the biggest shopping day of the year. >> i wasn't planning on buying anything today. but i got notification that my low carb and sugar mixes were on sale at amazon. so joining us now right now is vice president of amazon. tell us about the top two products that you think will sell today. >> this is the echo dot. it is only $24 today. this is the stocking stuffer category and the stick, normally $45. >> reporter: and your clothes are a big deal, especia

let's ask a woman from the midwest. you take offense that democrats have lost the midwest or don't care about people in the midwest. >> i listen to the conversation about the democrats just have forgotten the midwest and they can't women as black woman from nebraska. we are poised. democrats are poised to elect a democratic governor of wisconsin, a lune governor of wisconsin, a millennial, a 31-year-old black man who is a former state rep. democrats won the governorship in michigan. i think what we're seeing -- the question is do we move to the center, do we move to the left. i don't think that's the question. the question is what are the issues that bubbled up to the top, education, our health care, our economy that works for all, are things that democrats have been talking about, but we haven't until this election that is where the base is now and where they will be with 2020. >> beto was a different candidate than stacey abrams. >> it will be interesting to hear from a number cruncher. it seems like if not all the pi

delays and canc calculations are due to blizzard conditions in the midwest. kyle defoe barely beat it in chicago. >> the flight came in maybe an hour and a half late and we had to hop to a different terminal for a different plane. >> it was crazy but we got to get home. >> reporter: if you're already planning your holiday travel for next year, thanksgiving day itself is actually one of the easiest days to fly during the long holiday weekend. live at sfo, abc 7 news. >> all right, some good info there. as kate mentioned weather in the midwest is causing problems and our own weather is changing again this week. let's get to spencer in for drew tonight. >> you'll have some travel delays here in the bay area this weekend because of rain and wind. here's a look at live doppler 7. we have calm weather right now, but by midweek a couple of storms coming in. it'll bring light to moderate rainfall starting mainly in the north bay early tuesday morning. that light rain will spread to other parts of the bay area by tuesday evening, followed by another round on wednesday

tony evers on top in the midwest state that donald trump won by a hair. this is a pick up. i will pass it off to you.

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. >> reporter: the timing could spell trouble for the midwest. on the busiest tl y central plains are in the crosshairs for snow, wind, and ice. >> there could be some issues here on sunday for those who are either trying to get out or get in. that's part of a winter storm watch that's in effect all the way from the mississippi westward through des moines, down through kansas city, omaha, concord i can't. >> reporter: hardest hit, road travelers, returning home days after making the journey to grandmother's how was. >> it's a little more than 400 miles. it can range to 600 to 700 hours depending on traffic. >> reporter: now the potential for heavy winds extending through the day. the highways most at risk, i-29 from nebraska south and i-55 from chicago south. the airports in the target zone, omaha, kansas city, des >> 381, you are clear to push. >> reporter: so far, chicago is expecting a rain/snow mix. >> sw and ice, you know it's coming. and airports typically handle it well. we have so many de-icing systems, we can plan our different performan

well there are a number of governorships up in the midwest and democrats are actually in a strong position in illinois and wisconsin and in michigan those are all states that have an incumbent republican governor and in all of those races the democrat is ahead in the case of illinois democrat j.b. prince is about ten or so percentage points ahead of the sitting governor bruce rounders so it democrats look to be able to pick up some governorships here in the midwest and that's important because it is a governors who oversee the process of redrawing the electoral map where the districts are and they can gerrymander those to favor their own party the republican or democratic party and that determines who gets elected to congress so that's kind of a big deal they do it every ten years there's a census in the next one is in two thousand and twenty so that is coming up in the governors have an awful lot of power when it comes to that but they can also sue the federal government you know also create their own laws in terms of medical marijuana recreational marijuana and that sort of thing so the

i'm from the midwest and people from the midwest find that amusing, they can laugh with him and not think it's anything that he meant the way that maybe some people on the coast that are more prim and proper mightr judge. but i really don't -- i think that donald trump is a big part of my book, and my life, and i don't mean to shy away from that but i don't know if he's withstanding in what media has become in terms of the click-bait issue that i believe ultimately polarizes us. i believe to get the attention that media used to have to be able to make inmoney they need to make they have to write some salacious headlines. they, have to report news in a salacious way and i think that's what has divided us the most. >> peter: what's your background? >> gina: i am an undergrad in psychology and a few graduate degrees and psychologically relate must mean behavior fields. >> peter: how did you get involved in writing about politics? >> gina: my dad is aal leftist activist, and in his office we used to listen to paul harvey, do you remember him? and we used to talk about it and debate. and so, i

that moves east into the midwest on sunday. now we could see wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. that could cause white out conditns through southern iowa, northern missouri, northwestern illinois and southern wisconsin. we could end up with sn six inches o. chicago is on the rain, snow line but we could see airport delays into chicago and stretches ck to kansas city, lester? >> i know you'll be watching it for us, thank you. >>> after weeks of nce, the mueller team may be about to make a plea deal related to the russi investigation between the special counsel and an associate of roger stone. kristen welkeras details. >> reporter: tonight, jerome corsi, close associate of roger stone tells nbc news he's in talks to cut a plea deal with special counsel robert mueller. corsi a conspiracy theorist was questioned about hillary clinton's campaign chair. for weeks, corsi signalled the pressure is mounting. ip>> i fully antice that the next few days, i will be indicted. >> reporter: mueller's team has been zeroing in on whether corsi lened before the public that wikileaks obtained e-mai

the winter blast that crippled the midwest now heads to the northeast. the national weather serviceha warning snow could top a foot from parts of new york up to maine. >> a foot? bill, what's going on here? >> yeah, probably more school delays and cancellations. the blue of the map is the snow. the capital district north it wards,e bit of snow now between erie and buffalo. let's time the messor out you today. snow in northern new en cand. the stotinues up into areas of maine. that's when the lake effect snow especially this evening really kick in. even into tomorrow morning. anyone driving west on interstate 90 new yorhstate throay will have travel from syracuse to buffalo to ooie. that's aat the big weather story of the day. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> so you can s the big cities aren't too bad. the temratures are really close to freezing today or ait little above it in many of the bigger cities. this is really an elevation snow eventoday in areas of northern new england and the mountains wills et nailed. itso going to get colder in

snow falling in rts of the south and midwest already claiming two lives in a tour bus crash. that system combined with rain in the southeast is expected to fm into a powerful winter storm. snow, sleet and ice in the forecast from arkansas to pennsylvania starting this evening. while the northeast corridor is bracing for snow and a travel nightmare tomorrow. let's get the latest now from al roker. >> tonight, dangerous icy conditions sending a tour bus sliding off an overpass bridge in mississippi just south of memphis, killing two d leaving dozens more injured according to authorities. this, part of the first major winter blast slamming the south, midwest and northeast with ice and snow at the start of the holiday travel rush. in monroe, louisiana, snow in november breaking a 68-year-old record, eastern arkansas, memphis an seeing snow slick roads, as well, while preparations are underwayn st. louis and indiana. both cities could see record accumulations. winter-like weather making an early mark. from arkansas to new england, we're talking about 85 million ople at risk for so

the winter blast that crippled the midwest now heads to the northeast. the national weather service warning that snow could top a foot from parts of new york up to maine. >> a foot? bill, what's going on here? >> yeah, probably more school delays and cancellations. the blue of the map is the snow. the capital district north wards, little bit of snow now between erie and buffalo. let's time the mess out for you today. snow in northern new england. the storm continues up into areas of maine. that's when the lake effect snow especially this evening will really kick in. even into tomorrow morning. anyone driving west on interstate 90 new york state through way will have travel s areas of northern new england and the mountains will get nailed. it is also going to get colder in areas of the southeast. >>> the november chill, we go from snowstorm to cold and it's been one of those novembers. >> that's right. we have to bundle up. thank you. >>> well, ten stars will be rocking around the christmas tree here at 30 rock for the annual rockefeller center christmas

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we're talking about flight delays for the midwest. chicago has a three hour flight delay this morning. except oh, no flight delays currently. clear skies as we start off the day. we are looking at areas of low clouds and fog's -- fog in some locations. temperatures right now, 47 in concord. 53 in livermore. san jose, 47. let's talk about the visibility out there. we are looking at areas of fog out in the north bay. half a mile in santa rosa. areas of low clouds and fog. parts of the bay, mild and dry conditions this afternoon. mostly sunny to partly sunny skies. the rain returns tomorrow. let's show you the satellite and radar view. high pressure is in control today. changes with this area of low pressure. the rain will come in tomorrow. let's time it out on futurecast a few more high-level clouds as we had through the afternoon. check out tomorrow morning. this will stop the clock at 8 am. this is at 3 pm. they are picking up about a 10 to a quarter inch of rain with the system for tomorrow. we are looking at stronger weather systems

what about the midwest? iowa, ohio. how are those playing? >> i am watching those states carefully because almost all of the governorships in the midwest are up this year. do verys are going to well in pennsylvania. they will hold that governorship. ofy have a better chance winning most of the others. that would introduce a big question into the assumption had turned themp midwest into republican territory. standpoint,policy where do you expect to see the most movement? int will you be looking for the next couple of years? house,emocrats take the that will mean president trump can't take any additional policy steps without cooperating with democrats. it is anybody's guess whether democrats will be in a mood to cooperate with him. , thanke: william galston you. coming up, tensions in italy's coalition. the view from rome next. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: a check of the they want to make sure they can keep its financial services in the european union. they have agreed to buy another operation in germany and the u.s. the terms of the deal w

in the midwest and northeast, we are seeing major increases in heavy precipitation which has all kinds of impacts on our infrastructure, onagricultural. wherever we will, we are affected by the changing climate. >> and it says that the cost of coming nothing will be an enormous blow to the u.s. economy. how so? >> hundreds of billions of dollars a year before the end of the century if we continue on our current pathway. an amount equivalent to the gdp of multiple states. but when we look around the world, we see other countries that will see even more devastating impacts. a key aspect of climate change is that it disproportionately affects those who are already vulnerable today, it exacerbates poverty and hunger. and if we continue on the current pathway, many of the poorest countries could see drops in their entire national gdp of 20%, 25% or more. compare that to the cost of meeting the paris agreement is just a small fraction of global gdp. it really is worth to take action now. as our grandparents told us, a stitch in time saves nine. >> and president trump will not acknowledge cli

took back the house, won important governor races in the midwest. won republican senate seats in montana, nevada and arizona. i think it was a very good night. look, i think obviously tuesday night was sort of the first salvo of the 2020 campaign. clearly the president has big platform and he's going to continue to use it, even if the results last tuesday quite didn't comport to what he claims happened. >> and, ron, the republicans, are they looking at this and trying to learn lessons? is ted cruz looking at how it was so tight for him and trying to figure out what to do differently going forward? >> well, what's clear coming out of the senate race in texas is that democrats were serious about trying to compete in a state that is critical for republican success nationally in the electoral college, and that threat needs to be taken seriously. beto o'rourke raised nearly $70 million, largely from outside of the state of texas, much of it from the state of california and new york and texas republicans as governor greg abbott has said, cannot just sit b

we have got the midwest and southeast. oddly enough the southeast is due to dense fog. you got about 40 million people under dense fog advisories and affect atlanta and memphis. the midwest is where the big system is going to hit. cities like detroit, chicago, st. louis is where our next big system is coming and that is going to be a true blizzard. to have blizzard-like conditions it's not always about the snow. it's actually generally about the wind and the incredibly poor visibility and we are going to have all of that. here you can see about 30 million people under some type of winter weather alert from colorado all the over towards michigan. we also have the wind. even if you aren't in the blizzard warning you still have the potential to get wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour. remember, if you're on the highway that can give some issues with the high profile vehicles. here is a look as that system begins to push off to the east and affect areas of the midwest today and then it's actually going to affect the northeast for tomorrow. so those cities aren't quite out of

this part of the first major winter blast slamming the south, midwest, and northeast with ice and snow at the start of the holiday travel rush. in monroe, louisiana, snow in november breaking a 68-year-old record. eastern arkansas, memphis seeing snow and slick roads as well, while preps are under way in st. louis and indiana. both cities could see record accumulations. winterlike weather making an early mark. from arkansas to new england, we're talking about 85 million people at risk for some sort of winter weather watch, warning, or advisory. here's what we look for, as far as snowfall accumulations through friday. anywhere from 6 to 8 inches of snow back through the midwest and heavy snow through central pennsylvania, upstate new york, and on into new england, and dangerous ice that could bring down trees and cause power outages, lester. as you can see, this is a dangerous situation and a lot of airport and road delays through the weekend. back to you. >> all right, al, thank you. >>> more breaking news tonight. michael avenatti, stormy daniels' lawyer and one of president trump's b

the blue wall caved in 2016 and the industrial midwest and we are not playing as aggressively as we need to be in the south. i think, you know, southern democrat, african-american would be appropriate for us to have in leadership and allow us to expand the field and start winning more and more races in the south and industrial midwest where we lost so many. >> so you will stand beside them and demand that? >> yeah, i think that's an appropriate request. >> nancy pelosi suggested she could be a transitional figure, and that's not something you support? >> correct. correct, yeah. >> why? >> i think we need -- we need new leadership. i have been saying this since last year. it's time for us to make a change. i think there's a number of people in our caucus who are -- who want us to make a change. i think there will be a viable challenge to leader pelosi this year. this will not be a coronation. there are a number of candidates out there already talking about it that are interested in doing it from different regions of the country, different back grounds, different demographics. we need to s

the midwest bracing for blizzard-like conditions. severe weather expected from the south to the northeast. tens >>> severe weather from the south to the northeast. al is trackingl. it al >>> not off the table. president trump suggesting he could pardon her former campaign chairman paul manafort as we m leare about how the president answered some tough questions from the special countel. live at th house. >>> paying therice. dick's sporting goods facing a sales slump. why they are standing y their decision this morning. >>> all that, plus cbs bombshell. disturbingew allegations against the network's disgraced former chief. did les moonves scheme to silence an accuser? >>> troubling results from new headlight tests. what you need to know before you hit the road. >>> and it's official. ♪ >> the rockefeller center christmas tr shining bright after a star-studded celebration kicking off the holiday season. today thursday, novemb9, 2018. >> announcer: from nbc news this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in

the midwest alone in this report by the trump administration is predicted to have the largest increase in extreme temperatures. we'll see an additional 2,000 premature deaths per year by the year 2090, mosquito and tick-borne diseases, which we've already seen in my state, will spread, and food and waste safety will be affected. as i noted we should also be expecting worsening disasters, and anyone that watched that horrific tape of those parents trying to get their kids out of that wildfire in northern california when it suddenly came up faster than they could be expected, trying to calm a dad, trying to calm his child down as he drives through a raging fire, watch that tape. go home and watch that tape because that tape will remind you of what we're dealing with. wildfires flooding hurricane. wildfires seasons already longer and more destructive than before could burn up to six times more forest area annually by 2060 in parts of the united states. these wildfires will have a drastic effect on air quality and health particularly on the elderly, pregnant women, children and those alrea

the midwest bracing for blizzard-like conditions. severe weather expected from the from the south to the northeast. ns of millions in its path and al is tracking it all. >>> not off the table. president trump signaturing he could pardon his former campaign chairman paul manafort as we learn more about how the president answered some tough questions from the special council. we're live it at the white house. >>> paying the price. dick's sporting goods facing a says slump in the wake of its tougher stance on guns. why the retail giant is standing by its decision this morning. >>> all that, plus, cbs bombshell. disturbing new allegations against the network's disgraced former chief. did les moonves scheme to silence an accuser? >>> glaring problem. troubling results from new headlight tests. most cars on the road failing to make the grade. what you need to know before you hit the road. >>> and it's official! ♪ the rockefeller christmas try shining bright after a star-studded celebration kicking off the holiday season, today thursday,

many people who visited family in the midwest are still waiting for a ride home. that storm grounded hundreds of flights yesterday and is expected to head northeast this week. reporter omar jimenez -- from our partners at c-n-n -- has more. one of the busiest travel days of the yearwas short a lot of travel.winter weather turning the return from thanksgiving into chaos.tom fredricksen, passenger: "crazy backed up lines, people insane, people fighting to get in line. and everybody miserable. and the flights attendants and the tickets agents bless their heart but they're miserable, too."at one point more than 10 million people across the midwest under blizzard warnings on sunday over 15- hundred flights were cancelled, with delays to more than five thousand.the vast majority in kansas city and chicago.rahm emanuel, chicago mayor: "i wanna call on everybody to be extremely neighborly. check on anybody who is physically impaired in any way."chicago's o'hare international airport alone saw more than 800 cancellations monday with delays averaging close to an hour.but th

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soon economy might not be happy about about what it means for those in the midwest. diction.com releases its wofortd year and yeah it has a connection to this guy. >> i don't know -- [laughter] >> i don't blame china and i don't blame these other countries. i blame the leaders of the united states that allows this to happen. just days ahead of a crucial meeting on trade with china, the president doubles down onen plays to boost tariffs to 25% on 200 billion of chinese imports. markets retailers leading rally on record-breaking cyberdeals futures, though, today pretty flat. dow down 2 s&p down three and quarter nasdaq down three and three quarters. european equities open to downside still done and london down 10 points. mixed picture in asia stocks lower in china and hong kong but stocks in japan and south korea tire. smg elon musk said he wouldn't so hard but expecting his employees to grind out long hours. fbn:am continueses right now. coming up on 5:30 in the morning in new york it is tuesday november 27th thank you for starting your day with us i'm lauren simonett

more than half of them are in the midwest. here's dean reynolds. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: cheri bustos is something of a rare bird in politics. she is the only mid-westerner and the only democrat in the house leadership who represents a district carried by donald trump. her secret? >> first of all, you show up to places where, unfortunately, democrats have had a recent track record of not showing up. >> i love dogs. >> reporter: showing up at places like the small towns that dot her 7,000 square mile district south and west of chicago. >> and i typically just say, "i'm cheri bustos. i'll be flying back out to washington. and what do you want me to know?" >> reporter: she hears a lot about health insurance, prescription drug prices, and stalemate in washington. are the people you talk to exuberant about the stock market? >> they don't-- i never hear anybody talk about the stock market. >> reporter: are they happy about the tax cut that the republicans passed? >> they don't talk a whole lot about that either. >> reporter: she's currently running well ahead of he

the votes were all counted because of the distance it was just seemed far i make was all across the midwest there are many races still to be clearly still entirely possible that the democrats could achieve their goals of winning the house but what we've seen in some key recent years is that in fact that the wave has not yet materialized in kentucky amy mcgrath was a very attractive candidate the former f.a.a. chief in moline filing. and she was running again i had your car. that was in a district that trying to be won by fifteen percentage points in twenty sixteen and she really gave me a raise so some she lack of popularity has closed the gap somewhat but in. in the end she was unable to make it up she lost and in north dakota we have heightened high camp who had voted in favor and i'm sorry it voted against the president's supreme court nominee after she did that i hope polls drop by something like ten percent and she is not looking very good tonight she was about fifteen points behind just days ago and polls and then there's another senate race here in news or another claire mccaskill is

>>> winter whack from the midwest to the east coast, it caused massive traveling and communicating issues for millions and cancelled flights in to the weekend. >> to the west coast where fires are still burning in california and the shocking realization that more than 600 people are not accounted for and a new threat of mass mudslides. >> look, they put out a story that hood winked a lot of people. >> was i holiday hoax that built over 14,000 generous donors out of 14,000 donations. >> this morning a cdc that everd you. >> millions americans are digging out from the first snow of the season after an early winter storm slammed much of the country. in new york, the icy blast snarled traffic while powerful winds ripped down tree branches and power lines. the storm was tough on the people in the big apple, leaving many froze eastboun in plays. the bus terminal was shut down because of over crowding and a major crash on the george washington bridge had traffic at a stand still. >> the airlines have cancelled 2400 flights thursday and delayed more than expected to stretch -- are going to stretc

i'm from the midwest and from the midwest people find that amusing. they can laugh along with him and not think it's anything that he meant the way that maybe some people on the coast who are a little more perhaps prim and proper might judge, but i really don't -- i think that donald trump is a big part of my book, big part of my life and i don't mean to shy away from that but i don't know that he's with standing in what media has become in terms of the click-bait issue that i think ultimately polarizes that. i believe to get the attention that media used to have to be able to make the money they need to make they have to write some salacious liens. they have to report news in a salacious way and i think that's what divided us the most. >> host: what's your background begun i have a degree in psychology human behavior field. >> host: how did you get involved in writing about politics. >> gina: my dad is a left activates. in his office we used to listen to paul harvey? do you remember him? we used to talk about it and to date. i grew in my politics as

. >> reporter: snowplows out in force as wicked weather groups the midwest. at o'hare airport in chicago, workers spent monday trying to keep runways open but hundreds of flights were still grounded, leading passengers going nowhere fast. >> very aggravated. i can't get out of here. they bumped flights. i can't even read in a car. >> reporter: the storm began this weekend, halting holiday travel on one of the busiest days of the year. snowfall in chicago tapered off in the afternoon but the residual effects left some thanksgiving travelers still trying to get home. people like doug barr say, it is what it is. >> there's nothing we can do about it. the good lord says, if they are going to blow it in, they're gonna blow it in so we have to wait and see. >> reporter: the roads are not much better. in nebraska, they're covered in slick, dangerous eyes, causing accidents across the region. >> another car was spinning out toward me. >> slippery, sliding all over the place. >> kansas also buried, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency this weekend. t