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A massive storm system rolls across the middle of the country bringing strong winds, rain, hail and even some tornados in the south. Homes damaged, debris in its wake and dangerous conditions on the road. With nearly 50 Million People at risk today, what you need to know. All that plus scare in the sky. Unruly passenger in the back. A passenger tries to rush the cockpit on a flight bound for Newark Airport. Royal drama. President trump and Oprah Winfrey now weighing in on that bombshell announcement from prince harry and Meghan Markell this week, that they are quitting as senior royals. And welcome kristen. My white house colleague Kristen Welker officially joins my weekend family as coanchor this morning. Well take a look how she got here, some fun and some surprises too. Today saturday january 11th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan drier live from studio 1a. We thank you for joining us this saturday morning. I could not be more thrilled to welcome one of my colleagues, Kristen Welker of saturday today. How does it feel . If i felt any better i think id be floating around. We have a little tradition here. Now its for real. If we can control room lets play that opening announcement one more time. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dillan drier. Its amazing. If you look at that footage from when i was an intern to right now its unbelievable, and i cant imagine anything sounding any better. It is such a thrill to be here with you. Its the icing on the cake my friend. Weve got a lot of fun, some surprises. I dont know how were going to fit the marching band in here but were going to do our best. Lets get to the top news, though. And our top story right now that breaking news from overnight, iran admitting it shot down that acranian airliner. Officials say it was a mistake but also pointing its finger at the United States. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. Good morning, everyone. Well, this is a stunning reversal. Iran had said with certainty that it didnt fire a missile at that plane, that it was scientifically impossible. Well, it now admits that it thought it was a hostile plane and it shot it down by mistake. From irans military today a televised admission of guilt from its president this tweet. Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. The mystery of the final flight of the ukrainian jet now apparently solved. This new video appearing to show its final seconds, this it seems the explosion as it hit the ground. The Iranian Military now say when the plane took off it made a sharp turn close to a revolutionary guard base. It then came under fire because of human error they say. But irans foreign minister ultimately blames the United States claiming u. S. Adventurism led to the disaster. For days iran denied it hit the plane. Video a missile may have hit and intelligence gained from u. S. Satellite saw Global Opinion shift against iran. At the crash site a team of 45 ukrainian experts gathered evidence. Canada among many nations pressuring iran. The grief there raw. 138 of the victims were flying to toronto. Among them who photographed herself and her daughter elsa on the plane with a message to her father, taking off now. For ukrainians irans admission of guilt is a relief. Its president saying this morning wasnt good but it brought the truth. But for the wife of the planes pilot there is just pain and regret. Shed asked him not to fly but he said he had to. I had a premonition he shouldnt fly, she said. One of so many grieving who this morning have at least some answers. Well, here in kiev ukraine says it wants a full apology from iran, a full admission of guilt and full compensation. And in the last hour the president of Ukrainian Airlines has defended his pilots saying they followed the right flight path, they did nothing wrong, certainly nothing that would justify this shoot down. Guys, back to you. Phil neely in ukraine this morning. Bill, thank. The shoot down of that plane is just days after the u. S. Killed irans top general. Some lawmakers say they were never told that was the case when they were briefed behind closed doors. Nbc News White House correspondent Kelly Odonnell has the very latest from the white house. Good morning, kelly. Reporter good morning, kristen. The president is offering an expanding evolving rationale for why he carried out the Deadly Strike against the iranian general, and secretary pompeo who first said the u. S. Didnt know the when and where behind the threat now also publicly says u. S. Embassies were targets. But some lawmakers are frustrated and incredulous. President trump chose an interview with fox news to divulge new information about iranian threats against american targets. I can reveal that i believe it would have been four embassies. Facing pressure to explain the imminent threat cited for the deadly u. S. Strike on irans general soleimani. The president also offered this. We will tell you probably it was going to be the embassy in baghdad. But rolling out new details comes after some lawmakers complained they were not given that information in classified briefings. At the white house friday secretary of state mike pompeo pushed back. We did. We told about the imminent threat. All the intelligence we provide in the classified setting as well. But at least two senators disputed that. We certainly didnt hear anything of any specificity. I didnt hear what he just said. Pompeo insisted the danger to americans was real. We would have been culpably negligent had we not recommended to the president he take this action. In a separate the post reports the u. S. Attempted but failed to kill a Second Iranian commander in yemen on the same day soleimani was killed in iraq according to four u. S. Officials. The pentagon declined comment. From foreign conflict to domestic doma on capitol hill friday nancy pelosi said that more than three weeks after the impeachment vote, shes ready to hand it off to the senate. Mitch mcconnell can begin senate trial preparations next week. Its been a long wait and im glad its over. And President Trump reacted by blasting the speaker. Well, i think its ridiculous. She should have sent him a long ti time ago. It belittles the process. Nancy pelosi will probably go down as the least successful speaker of the house in the history of our nation. She has done nothing. Reporter white house Officials Say they do not know when the Senate Impeachment trial will start, but they claim they are ready to present for the first time the president s Legal Defense with a Legal Team Led by white House Counsel pat cipollone. Kelly odonnell, thank you so much for that welcome and covering all those angles. We want to turn right now to nbc News Foreign Affairs analyst brat mcgurk, most recently as a special president ial envoy leading the campaign to defeat isis. Bret, good morning. Good morning. So iran overnight admitted it unintentionally shot down that airliner. How stunned were you by that admission . It is a stunning admission. With the Iranian Regime in tehran they assemble, they lie. And with a plane shoot down an incident in 1988 in which the u. S. Navy accidently shot down an iranian airliner, killed 200 people. The iranians say we did it on purpose. It is essential to their identity, their narrative against us. For them to actually take responsibility for this is extraordinary. And it is the irgc, the revolutionary guards corp and its an extraordinary moment and itll have repercussions. And bret, you mentioned the foreign mipste foreign minister. He called this a sad day and said this was a human error at the time of crisis kautzed by human adventurism. What do you make of that argument . That doesnt surprise me, but this is total incompetence in tehran. The night they were launching Ballistic Missiles at americans in iraq they didnt even close down their airspace to civilian traffic. Its real incompetence. This is an extraordinary tragedy, awful. President trump has said he hopes to deescalate with iran. This is an opportunity, a rare opportunity. And i can just see the speech if i was working in the white house. This is a moment to really lay out the 30 year, 40 year history with iran, it was an act of war. And this is the fog of war, its all in the fog of war. 1998 and now this incident. Its time to find a way back to the table and find some negotiations and give diplomacy a chance. More than a week has passed since the strike that killed soleimani. The president says it appears that iran is standing down. Is that your assessment, and is the threat over right now . Well, its a great question. I have spent a lot of time in the middle east, and ive spent a lot of time negotiating with iranians, sort of in the dark arts of combating iranians in various ways. I do not think this is over. I think an overt attack by iranians, Ballistic Missiles, taking credit for things is probably over. They dont take credit for attacks. Since may of last year weve seen attacks in the gulf with shipping, an iranian attack against saudi arabia. Iran hasnt taken credit for any of those. And in response this action, reaction cycle, we the u. S. Have sent almost 20,000 u. S. Military personnel into the region since may over the last 10 months. So this has been going up the escalatory ladder. Weve now taken a few rungs down the ladder but were still on the ladder. I really think its important to try to think about a diplomatic offramp to reduce the risk of another incident in the coming months because i think that risk is still quite high. You take me to my next point which is the acting Prime Minister in iraq has called for u. S. Troops to leave. Is that something iran would want, and what are the potential consequences for President Trump as he considers next steps here . U. S. Forces returned to iraq in 2014 and a crisis out of isis. Were not fighting, not taking casualties, not spending much money. We have a huge coalition with us there. And Qassem Soleimani and iranians have wanted us out. That is their strategic objective, and it if we leave really three things happen. First iranian influence dont just have the run of the place because we provide a significance balance to them. And second the resurgence of isis. It wasnt long ago we could see truck bombs in iraq. And russia want to take our place and they will if we leave. I hope we can work through this diplomatically. We appreciate your expertise. Thanks for waking up with us early this morning. And we want to take a turn now and talk about the other top story we are watching. An outbreak of Severe Weather stretching across a massive portion of the country. Its threatening nearly 50 million americans this morning. The potential for powerful tornados and damaging winds that started in the Southern Plains now stretching into the deep south. Nbcs sam brock is near dallas with the threat of this storm. Good morning to you, sam. Reporter kristen, good morning. There were tornado watches for hours in the dallas am metro area sending people into shelters, sirens blaring. The extent of it was largely isolated. But in irving you can see theres debris over this parking lot. It even ripped the siding off this hotel. With 50 Million People still at risk. In a flash a complex system of storms suffocating the south overnight, a likely tornado ripping the roof right off this house in keys, oklahoma. As a little girl living inside frantically tries to locate her dog. And in texas 70 mile an hour wind gusts were so powerful they toppled a semitruck. The driver miraculously uninjured. A volatile mix of rain, hail and several confirmed tornados sweeping through a cluster of states including louisiana and arkansas. But the overall impact much wider. Radar shows the squall line stretching from texas up the spine of the country to the midwest and great lakes. 44 Million People bracing for flood watches and warnings. 22 million at risk for Severe Weather threat today. Holy [ bleep ]. This dash cam video captured the moment a car jumped the median in oklahoma leaving this driver stunned. Theres more shock to come. Not just from the floods, the fires police attribute to lightening strikes but also an ice storm taking shape on the Northwest Side of the system. In areas Like Northern missouri and illinois. Chicagos Ohare Airport already juggling dozens of delays and cancellations. A nation trying to dodge a frightening 48 hours of Severe Weather canvassing half the country. And the storms are moving quickly this morning. 50 miles an hour or faster in some cases. And peter and kristen, when these tornados happen overnight they are 2 1 2 times more fatal as people are often sleeping unable to hear the warnings. Sam brock in the storms path. Stay safe out there. Lets get more now where the storm is headed. Dave, good morning. Good morning to the both of you. Sam has told us and shown us exactly whats gone on over the past 24 hours. Now lets talk about whats happening currently and whats ahead. Sloppy weather and threat of Severe Weather continues with tornado watches posted throughout the mississippi valley. And heavy rain, snow and ice stretching all the way up to new england. Well continue to watch that as we head through the day and into tomorrow. Watch as that low pressure system continues to advance and snow and ice taking us through big cities like chicago and milwaukee and to the up of michigan. It speeds up, loses steam, runs through new england, but we could see some lingering storms. Were talking about significant amounts of rain and the threat of flooding through memphis and sections of tennessee and even into georgia. And of course we could see some particularly heavy snows as we head to the up of michigan and just north of chicago and nuisance snow throughout sections of the upper midwest. In the meantime were also talking about rain and delays which are going to stretch all the way through chicago, st. Louis, memphis, and new orleans and pushing into georgia as we head through tomorrow. Well have your full forecast in just a minute. Right now back to the desk. Meantime theres some good news for the Bernie Sanders campaign this morning. A new poll from the Des Moines Register and cnn showing he has a very narrow lead in iowa. Sanders leads with 20 support followed closely by elizabeth warren, Pete Buttigieg and joe biden. With all four candidates within the margin of error the battle for iowa is still anybody ffs game. A man aboard a United Airlines flight bound for Newark Airport reportedly tried to rush the cockpit. An unruly passenger in the pack. Well monitor the situation and let you know if anything changes. His erratic behavior began just before touch down when he barrelled into the cockpit door and attacked a Flight Attendant who tried to stop him. Once the plane finally landed dingily charged at officers, six of whom were injured in the scuffle. He now faces charges of aggravated assault and resisting arrest. All right. And dave price is back with a quick look at the rest of the national forecast. Unseasonably warm in some areas. Yeah, thats our other headline. As we take a look record warmth rolling through sections of the northeast back through the ohio valley. Look at that. Mid60s as we head through new york city. And as we take a look at sunday those record conditions continue to stay with us before that front moves through and again more moderate air and weve got some light rain moving through portions mainly right now of the north bay. Temperatures today will be in the 50s. San jose, 56 degrees. Once we get those early showers out of the area, were going to get a combination of sun and clouds. Heres a look right now of satellite and radar, you can see we have a couple of showers moving through eureka, santa rosa, expect to keep the chance of showers through the first half of the morning with the system expected to clear out by the afternoon with a dryer sunday ahead. And thats a look at our forecast, folks. Thank you for that. You bet. And coming up a brave teenager who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy freezing utah mountains tells us how his phone and a bracelet helped save his life. Plus the traffic stop you have to see to believe right with so many nourishing shades, a color change is easy. Nutrisse has 77. From our darkest blacks, to our lightest blondes. It nourishes while it colors. Plus avocado, olive and shea. Change a little, or a lot. Nutrisse. Nourished hair. Better color. By garnier, naturally morning with the weekly download, our look back at the week that was. Thats right. Among the stories we covered, more trouble from puerto rico, even as it recovers from a massive hurricane two weeks ago. A series of devastating earthquakes rocked puerto rico. Just before 4 30 a. M. Tuesday, a powerful 6. 4 quake shook the islands southwest coast, followed by dozens of aftershocks. Homes split in half. Buildings crushing cars. Rock slides littering roadways. Authorities now say it could take up to a year to restore one of the territorys largest power plants, the devastating news coming just two years after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island. Former nissan chairman carlos ghosn, who fled to japan, spoke out about it. This was the most difficult decision of my life. Reporter ghosn reportedly escaped by hiding in a large trunk used to transport equipment. As Harvey Weinsteins trial got under way this week. Prosecutors in against the disgraced movie mogul. The charges in los angeles connected to two separate alleged incidents in february 2013. Prosecutors say weinstein raped a woman after pushing his way inside her hotel room. Then the next night sexually assaulted another woman in a Beverly Hills hotel suite. Weinstein pleaded not guilty to the new york charges and hasnt commented on the New California case, but he has previously said that all of his sexual encounters were consensual. Some of the worlds greatest innovators gathered at the Consumer Electronics show to debut their world plans for the future to meatless pork. Here some of the coolest gadgets are the smallestmism from a showerhead with alexa built in to a garbage can that ties its own bag. Hollywoods finest got together for a starstudded event at the Golden Globes celebrating the years best in film and television. Aqua phena became the first woman of asian descent to win a golden globe. And caught up with tom hanks. How are you feeling after receiving this Lifetime Achievement award . Well, number one i hope im not done. Some of the weeks wildest moments caught an camera. A carnival ride broke in the philippines sending two people flying. The operators at the fair say they will cover the victims medical bills. A Home Security camera captures the moment a woman left her door open on a tesla as she pulled into the garage. And some fisherman in russia didnt get the catch they were hoping for when their vehicle smashed through the ice. Some 37 vehicles broke through. And a roadside engagement. This missouri woman was pulled over for a broken taillight. An officer asked her to get out of the car as her boyfriend was waiting behind the car on bended knee. Best proposal. Loved it. Still to come on today with the dow hitting new highs its a great time to make some money resolutions for 2020. Nbcs Stephanie Ruhle is here with five ways you can improve your financial situation. Now right here at the anchor desk were going to celebrate kr good saturday morning, it is 5 56. We are taking a live look outside at San Francisco international airport, looking a little bit wet on the tarmac out therement thank you so much for joining there. Thank you so much for joining us on this january 11th a look at our micro climate forecast. People worried about the forecast because we have a little bit of rain moving through. Dont worry, its going to move out in time for the game. The micro climate, once we get the Early Morning showers out of the area, temperatures will be in the 50s. Morgan hill, 57. San jose, 56. San francisco will be in those mid50s at 55 degrees, and then by the evening, well be at a nice sun and clouds combo. So what is satellite and radar doing right now, you can see weve got a couple of showers moving up the north bay, if i zoom out a little bit, you can see the rain that just passed through San Francisco, so once that moves out, one other thing that we are monitoring is going to be the king tides for the next two days. So ill have a closer look at the timing for that high tide, low tide at 7 00 a. M. Thats never good. Well see you at 7 00 for that. Thanks. As i mentioned, its a moment all 49ers fans have been waiting for, the first playoff game at levi stadium. We are only a few hours away from kickoff, the top seeded 9ers are taking on the minnesota vikings. The vikings are coming off an upset of the new Orleans Saints in last weekends wide card game. A record crowd is expected to be there today. You can watch todays playoff game right here on nbc bay area. Kickoff at 1 45. We have a special pregame show at 11 30 and a post game show live from the field. Plan accordingly. Now to a major shakeup in the San Francisco District Attorneys Office after just two days on the job, boudine fired prosecutors, Michael Stewart in the homicide unit, linda allen, a managing attorney, and anna gonzalez, head of the gang unit as well as four more trial attorneys. Some believe it was part of his Campaign Promise to reshape the das office. Boudine released a statement that said in part that he had to make difficult staffing decisions in order to put in place a Management Team that will help him accomplish the work he committed to doing for San Francisco. It is 5 59 right now, coming up this morning on today in the bay a judge has made a decision in the case of two moms that have taken up residence in an oakland home that is not theirs. Well tell you about the ruling and what the moms are saying. And of course your all important forecast coming up at 7. Now back to today. Ericans with preexisting conditions. Mike he just doesnt care if you have a preexisting condition he wants to deny you access to coverage. If he is reelected, hell keep trying to do that and i think we cant let that happen. Vo as president , mike will lower costs, and protect americans with preexisting conditions. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Today show trivia, kristen and i first met when she was a researcher for this program 19 years ago. She did tremendous white house reporting to our coverage on the 2016 campaign and teaming up to together for the recent democratic primary debate. You have been a superstar at every turn. First of all i love the white house booth take over. Kristen, cannot be more excited for your promotion. It is perfect, it is meant to be for you, and i cannot wait for the rest of america to know the same kind and generous and thoughtful and hilarious and royal family obsessed woman that i know. Love you so much. So excited for you. We are back on this saturday morning, january 11, 2020, a lot of love from our colleagues back in washington, d. C. For kristen celebrating her First Official day as coanchor on weekend today. You are like my brother. They are our family, so thanks to everyone in d. C. This is im overwhelmed by this welcome. Its incredible. Were just getting started. Were going to get to that moment in a second. We have a lot more for kristen in a little bit. But we do want to begin with a check of the headlines. That country admitting it did shoot down that ukrainian jetliner. It happened amid arans standoff with the u. S. Over the killing of a top iranian general. Iran saying that ultimately the United States is to blame. And the United States is rejecting a formal request from britain for the extradition of an american diplomats life who was involved in a deadly car crash that killed a 19yearold british woman last year. She left shortly after the accident and claimed diplomatic immunity. British authorities have charged her with causing death by dangerous driving. Her lawyer has said she will not return voluntarily. And some sad news for rush fans. Drummer and lyricist has died after a 3yearold long battle with brain cancer. Pert was considered one of the most gifted and helped catapult the canadian rock band to fame. Neal pert was 67 years old. Mean tile just an incredible story. A california teenager is thanking his lucky stars and a lucky bracelet today after he spent 30 hours alone stuck on a freezing mountain in utah. It happened when he got caught in a snowstorm while he was hiking. Nbcs sarah harmon has more on this incredible survival story. Kristen, good morning. The 17yearold knows hes lucky to be alive. This morning hes crediting his phone alarm and that special bracelet to saving his life. Nicholas thought he would be back for dinner. Instead his hike turned into a fight for survival alone in the mountains of utah. I thought for sure i was a goner. Reporter the california native was visiting an exgirlfriend hoping to win her back and decided to hit the trails around 9 00 a. M. To clear his head armed with six Peanut Butter jelly sandwiches and four ounces of water. By 6 00 p. M. It started to snow heavily forcing him to stop. Nico dug a snow cave and prepared for a night outdoors. He sent an alarm on his phone to go off every 30 minutes so he wouldnt fall asleep, but around 10 00 p. M. His hope began to fade. Im just thinking, you know, i really hope my family will just move on. But then he found a bracelet in his backpack, a gift from his exgirlfriend. Im holding it in my hand at 4 00 a. M. When i thought no one was coming. And i was like, okay, i need to push through it. At dawn nico began walking again in just his socks, his hands too tired to tie his boots. I started saying please help me, i spent the night here, i just need help. A helicopter whisked him to the hospital frostbitten but alive. I think gods on his side today. As for his girlfriend. She told me to tell you were working on it. One more blessing after an adventure that nearly cost him his life. Nico did suffer some frostbite on his feet but his doctors are optimistic he will keep his toes. This morning he said he learned his lesson, no more hiking alone. Incredible he survived. I hope he gets his girlfriend back. Shes like were working on it. You got all your toes, let me have a little time to tling abo think about this. A look at the forecast. Its a busy weather map today. See whats happening as we walk on over. Lets talk about whats going on as we head through sections of the gulf states right now. In the area which has enhanced risk or slight risk 22 Million People affected right now. Our biggest concern tornadic activity as we roll through the day today. But we also could see some damaging winds and hail with all of that. That front is going to continue to advance towards the east. So the big issue today is going to be from louisiana to cec. Into the evening hours that rolls from the panhandle of florida into georgia as well. So well keep an eye on all of it, but this is our biggest area of concern right now, and well continue to watch showers moving to the north bay and the San Francisco area just saw a sweep of that rain as well. Well a little chilly in the 30s and 40s to start. By the afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures in the 50s. Well dry up for a couple of hours, and as we head into tonight, we have a new storm system expected to move in overnight into early sunday morning. Thats going to bring back more rain to the bay area, including the bay valley up to the north bay again. And thats a quick look at your weather, folks. Just ahead right here five Financial Resolutions that you should be making in 2020. A migraine hope. From aimovig. To be there for the good. And not so good. For the mundane. The aweinspiring. The heartracing. The heartbreaking. Thats what life is all about. Showing up. Unless migraine steals your chance to say. I am here. We aim to change that. With aimovig, a preventive treatment for migraine in adults. One dose. Once a month. Is proven to reduce monthly migraine days. For some, by half or more. Dont take aimovig if youre allergic to it. 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Stephanie ruhle who was just named nbcs Senior Business correspondent is here with great advice. Congratulations. Its so great to see you. This rise in the markets is great news if you have a 401k, but only half of americans have access to one right now, so lets start with resolution number one and that is making sure you invest. How do you do it . For lots of us who are not invested we avoid it, we avoid our Financial Health, we say business isnt for me, but you need to. Your Financial Health is no different from your physical health. Its not about do i have more money. What situation are you in, and are you managing it . And having the goal i just want to make more money this year, that is not a plan. If you have access to a 401k, please dont put the most amount you can. Your retirement money thats going to be your paycheck when youre no longer working anymore. If you set it up directly to be deposited to your account you wont even see it. Heres the other thing, free money. For a lot of us we work at companies that will match it. How many opportunities do you have in your life to get free money . That 401k may be your opportunity to do it. If you dont have access to it think about an individual account, an ira. Bottom line, time is on your side. Put that money in, compound interest and youre going to need it eventually. And resolution number two and this is an important one, you should build up an emergency fund. How much are we talking and where do you put it . 61 of americans dont have 400 in case of an emergency. And i know this sounds like sure just save up, i need you to, 3 to 6 months of your basic costs, your rent, what it costs to live your life to get to work, and you can say how am i ever going to build that up, youre never going to build six months of reserve unless you start saving for one. And the reason you really need to do it is that cushion. Because what if you are in a bad situation personally or professionally . You want to have foundation so you can make a bitter decision. And when you have that cushion you can start to do that. Number three, create a budget. Okay, im giving you both homework and you see me every day so im going to stick you to it. Its just like having a food journal. Dont change your behavior yet. Just write down exactly where youre spending your money. When you write it down and look back then you can say maybe i dont need to be buying lunch, maybe i dont need to get that coffee. Number four, the big one for all of us, dont overspend. Okay, spending is like eating. Its emotional. And because we sit in front of computers all day and see promotions and flash sales. I know you see red leather pants and you might want them, put yourself on 24hour pause and then 24 hours from now and say, yes, im going to make this purchs. Or this one is so important. Try to go on a cash diet especially when you go out at night. Dont bring your credit card because when you swipe you dont think about what you pay. When youre going through a bar feeder bring as much money as you want to spend because when you put that credit card down, youre going to spend all night. Lets talk about our fifth resolution for 2020, that is improving or checking on your credit card score. How do you do that . Listen, that one is important especially for young people. Just because you can get a credit card doesnt mean you should be rack up debt. When you mess with your credit score that can stick with you forever. You can get your free Credit Scores from any of the three agencies once a year. Do it. Try to pay your bills on time. Dont have a balance. If you think about it now its not going to hurt you later when hopefully youre buying a house and getting a mortgage. Fantastic tip. So great to see you. A little bit of homework. Indeed. 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And were just trying to carry on in bob hopes legacy. This is something youve been committed to for a long time. This is not your first go at this. What does it mean, what do they say to you the troops during the time youre there . Theyre just so happy someone remembered theyre there. And i think a lot of us lose track especially when conflicts fade from the headlines that we have so many people all around the world in harms way thousands of miles from their home and loved ones at the holidays. And to go and be able to put a smile on someones face means everything. It just means everything. I love seeing those smiles. You can tell how much it means to them. Tell us what it means to you. Youve been doing this for 15 years now, dave. Why do you keep going back . As a kid i used to watch the bob hope specials as all of us did and i saw the reactions he got from the troops. And then about 18 years ago or so i covered these troops and i said i want to be able to do that, make some folks smile. And to be honest with you i get more out of it than the troops do. And if you saw the comedy then youd realize that. Thats it right, dave . It is a great honor. Still to come right here President Trump and Oprah Winfrey are speaking out about prince harry and meghan beyond the routine checkups. Beyond the notsoroutine cases. Comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. All working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gigspeed network. Because beyond technology. There is human ingenuity. Every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. To do the extraordinary. Take your business beyond. Good crowd outside. Coming up let the party begin. Were going to celebrate kristens first day as coanchor of weekend today, a look back at the remarkable journey that brought her here. Ww, welcome welker. 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Whats in your wallet . Good saturday morning, it is 6 26. We are taking a live look outside over san jose. Looks pretty out there. Cloudy skies as we begin our saturday morning. We really appreciate your starting our day with us. I want to look at the temperatures in the bay area, as you head out the door this morning. 46 degrees. 44 in santa rosa. Napa, 45. Now, were not in the low 30s, but we will be tomorrow, and into early, i should say tonight into early tomorrow. Satellite and radar right now, you can see weve still got a couple of showers moving through the in the north bay. We did have a round of rain in the peninsula. You can see how thats sort of falling apart in the sierra, and also catching showers. Our micro climate for today, once the showers make their exit, well get a mix of sun and clouds. Micro climate, oakland, 57, palo alto, 58. San francisco, 55 and were also monitoring those king tides today and tomorrow. Were definitely going to be looking for the possibility of isolated Flooding Issues along the coastlines, ill break that all down at 7 00 a. M. Well see you at 7 00. Thank you so much. It is the moment all 49ers fans have been waiting for, the first playoff game in levi stadium history. We are only a few hours away from kickoff. The top seeded 9ers are taking on the minnesota vikings. The vikings are coming off upsetting the new Orleans Saints in last weekends wild card game, a record crowd is expected today, and you can of course watch todays payoff game right here on nbc bay area. Kick off is at 1 35. We have a special pregame show starting at 11 30 this morning, and a post game show live from the field. Now to a major shakeup in the San Francisco District Attorneys Office after just two days on the job. Da chesa boudin has fired seven prosecutors, one of them with 0 years experience. 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Revitalift glycolic acid serum from loreal. Good morning. Breaking overnight, deadly mistake. Iran admits that it accidently shot down that ukrainian airliner above tehran this week killing all 176 onboard. But the iranians say the ultimate blame lies with the United States. Whats next . Were live overseas with the latest. Royal drama. President trump and Oprah Winfrey now weighing on that bombshell announcement from prince harry and Meghan Markle to step back from royal duties catching the queen by surprise. I think its sad. She said she was blindsided by this whole situation. And welcome kristen. Our new saturday today team with Kristen Welker officially behind the anchor desk. Washington is now on a war foot with iran. From the white house to studio 1a well take a look at a career that started back when she was an intern. Good morning, im Kristen Welker with a look at todays headlin headlines. Today saturday 11th, 2020. All the way from massachusetts. First time in new york city. Hi, mom. Welcome, kristen. Good morning and welcome back to today on a very special saturday morning. A lot of birthdays in the crowd and some first day here as well. Were so thrilled to have kristen with us. Im so thrilled to be here. Weve got a great crowd. Can we do this every saturday . Thats the plan. Lets not botch this up. Lets enjoy this. Of course our friend dillan drier wishes she could be here with us today. But she did have time to record this message. Im so excited to welcome you to the weekend today show. Youve earned this role, you deserve it and were so excited to have you onboard. I just cant believe im not there for your first weekend as the official cohost for weekend today. Ive got my hands a little full, but dont you worry, well be watching, cheering you on and i cant wait to see you when im back. That is so sweet. And congratulations to dillan. Shes still celebrating. We do have a lot of big headlines to get to today still. Now the breaking news overnight iran now admitting it shot down that ukrainian airliner. The officials there saying it was a mistake but also pointing the finger at the United States. Bill, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, kristen. Good morning, everyone. Well, there is some relief here in kiev amid the grief at this stunning reversal. Remember iran had said with certainty that it did not fire a missile at this plane. It now says it thought the plane was hostile and shot it down by mistake. From irans military today a televised admission of guilt. From its president this tweet. Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake. The mystery of the final flight of the ukrainian jet now apparently solved. This new video appearing to show its final seconds. This it seems the explosion as it hit the ground. The Iranian Military now say when the plane took off it made a sharp turn close to a revolutionary guard base. It then came under fire because of human error, they say. But irans foreign minister ultimately blames the United States. Claiming u. S. Adventurism led to the disaster. For days iran had vigorously denied it hit the plane. Video of the moment a missile may have hit and intelligence gained from u. S. Satellites saw Global Opinion shift against iran. At the crash site, a team of 45 ukrainian experts gathered evidence. Canada among many nations pressuring iran. The grief there raw. 138 of the victims were flying to toronto. Among them who photographed herself and her daughter elsa on the plane with a message to her father, taking off now. For ukrainians irans admission of guilt is a relief. Its president saying this morning wasnt good but it brought the truth. But for the wife of the planes pilot there is just pain and regret. Shed asked him not to fly, but he said he had to. I had a premonition he shouldnt fly, she said. One of so many grieving who this morning have at least some answers. Well, in the last hour irans Supreme Leader has spoken of his deep grief at the incident. Ukraine now wants a full apology from iran and full compensation. Also the president of Ukrainian Airlines defending his pilots saying they followed the right flight path, they did nothing wrong. Certainly nothing that would justify this shoot down. Guys, back to you. Bill neely reporting in ukraine. Thank you for that. The shoot down of that plane came days after the u. S. Killed a top iranian general as he arrived in baghdad. And on friday President Trump said that Qassem Soleimani was planning imminent strikes on four u. S. Embassies. But lawmakers say they were never told that was the case when they were given classified briefings. Kelly odonnell has the very latest this morning. Reporter good morning, peter. President trump is now publicly offering up new details about the american targets he says iran planned to attack. But some lawmakers say they were kept in the dark in classified briefings about those specifics. And those strikes tat the president ordered to kill that top iranian general. Even after secretary of state mike pompeo insisted at the white house friday that he and other officials did Tell Congress that u. S. Embassies were targeted, some senators disputed that and said they were not told those specifics. President trump provided his most revealing account in a fox news interview where he said four embassies including the u. S. Post in baghdad were being targeted along with military bases. He called the danger imminent and defended his decision not to give congress advance notice. And the tension with congress on impeachment is about to move to the next level as House Speaker nancy pelosi who held back the articles of impeachment passed by the house more than three weeks ago says she will now turn them over to the senate next week. President trump reacted calling the wait ridiculous. The date for the official start of the senate trial is still to be determined. Kelly, thanks. And theres still much more to get to. Nearly 50 million americans are under threat of weather this weekend due to a complex system of storms. A possible tornado ripped the roof off a house in oklahoma while in texas 70mile an hour winds toppled a semitruck and lightening strikes sent houses up in flames. Well have daves full forecast a little bit later on in the show. Still ahead right here, Oprah Winfrey was a guest at harry and meghans wedding. What shes now saying about advising the couple to move on from their official duties. And President Trump weighing in as well. What hes saying about the royal what i love most about being a scientist at 3m is that im part of a community of problem solvers. We make ideas grow. From an everyday solution. To one that can take on a bigger challenge. From packaging tape. To tape that can bond materials to buildings. And planes. 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We are back now with todays talker with the royal crisis unfolding in the uk, even President Trump is speaking out about harry and mains big announcement this week while Oprah Winfrey is responding to reports she encouraged her royal friends to move to north america. And were in canada where Meghan Markle retreated to this weekend. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Talk about a royal mess. This morning the duchess of sussex arrived back here in canada, reigniting with baby archie, leaving prince harry behind in the uk to work it out with his family. According to media reports, the queen wants this settled in days with even more people outsid meghan, all smiles posting picte the royal all in today a picture of harry and meghan all smiling at a london kitchen. The photo snapped a day before their shocked announcement, making no mention of the controversy now embroiling the royal family its the first weve seen from the couple since their bombshell this week that they want to step down as senior royals. A move which shocked, and some say defied the queen when asked about it on fox news, President Trump seemed to sympathize with the monarch. I think its sad. She has been blindsided into this whole situation and i think its too bad. Drama. Oprah telling nbc news, oprahqu meghan and harry do not need my help in reports figuring out sa she advised them both to leave and go with their own brand. In june the sussexes applied to patent more than 10 0 items from clothing to footwear, even magazines, under the name sussex royal, prompting some to speculate for months theyve been prepping to make a royal run for it even madame tussaudss wax museum in london has been caught up in it all a royal display with harry and meghan once stood, a gaping hole instead they can be found in the celebrity section. Some sort of settlement expected in days. The uk and canadians government being consulted reportedly in all of this. Prince harry is expected to be at Buckingham Palace on thursday to host a rugby event. All eyes will be on the palace then, guys. High drama. Erin mclaughlin, thank you you know i love watching the royals and ive got my eye on this royal. This is real palace intrigue. Dave price is out in the plaza with another check of our forecast good morning out on the plaza including a 13yearold birthday. Beetle juice for the second time, thats devoted. And my friend jack here who brought his weather book. And boys and girls, if youre watching this is when it all starts and this is when i started falling in love with weather too so nice to see you, jack. Lets check the situation out. Strong storms rolled through the gulf states today. Were watching that very carefully. Threat of tornados, hail and high winds. Meanwhile its rain and snow for sections of the midwest into the up of michigan. A mountain snow as we head to the cascades and through the Olympic Mountains and even into the northern rockies. Tomorrow that snow continues to work its way through. Warmth remains in the northeast with record setting conditions, and thunderstorms still hang around in the southeast. Here are your current temperatures as you head out the door this morning. In san jose, were at 46 degrees right now. San martin, 41 degrees. We could even dip down into those 30s in the next couple of minutes. Satellite and radar showing a couple showers pushing through eureka. We did have a line of showers push through San Francisco and the peninsula overnight. We will expect to see a period of rain where it completely stops when we dry out for a couple of hours. Temperatures reach the 50s with more rain expected for tonight. And thats a quick look at the weather. Saying hello to everyone in vumillion, ohiothink. Still ahead right here we take a look back at kristen past to the anchor chair, maybe a few surprises. Maybe so we are back on a very special saturday morning. Weve been talking about it you may have heard over the course of this day. Were thrilled to have one of my best friends in the world join the saturday today team. Your career has taken you all over the country from way out in california to philadelphia to washington, d. C. To right here. We want to take a look back at how you got to the anchor desk. There is new fall out this morning. This fire rages on. Six people are in fair condition. Nine candidates will be campaigning here. Washington is now on a war footing with iran. The president said i am sure there are days where i say one term is enough. I think we have a lot more work to do. Every day i just think this doesnt feel like work, this is what ive always wanted to do. I was an intern for the today show. I shot this tape. Across the country today and remember one of the producers said your read wasnt bad but it looks like youre announcing were going to war. Im Kristen Welker and thats the news. Channel 7s Kristen Welker is at the scene. My first local market i learned almost everything i know about journalism and broadcast news in california. Then i went home to philadelphia. Thats where i really started to cover politics. Kristen welker, nbc 10 news. My first job as a correspondent for nbc was in burbank. Thats the first time youre covering a story and its going out on national news. It was always my goal to be a white house correspondent. So in the first week of activity. Russia is back in the spotlight. It is literally 24 7. No, im not confused. In helsinki. In saudi arabia. Its incredible to have a front row seat in history. What does it feel like to be the third president in u. S. History to be impeached . Traveling with former president obama in africa and i asked him five questions. He didnt appreciate that. This is what happens when ive got too many questions. Moderating the debate was undoubtedly one of the career highlights. Senator sanders, let me bring you into this conversation and ask you the question im very close with my parents. I do a live shot, i get a text from my mom telling me great job. My husband job is literally my rock. I could not do any of this without him. Shes the hardest working person and i know, and i know how hume she is to have this opportunity, so im thrilled for her. Welcome to the weekend. Love you so much, so excited for you. I couldnt be happier spending my saturday mornings with you in that chair. So proud to call you a colleague and a dear friend. It feels like everything has come full circle. And to get to sit next to Peter Alexander whos my friend, my buddy, my partner at the white house it is just the honor of a lifetime. Oh, my gosh, im just speechless. Thank you, that was amazing. Thank you to everyone who worked on that. There are so many people who want to congratulate you. Theres a couple of others that want to congratulate you as well. More . Hi, kristen. Its your mom and dad here. We are so very proud of you, and i know i speak for all of your late grandparents, all of our family and friends in philadelphia, fairmont, all over the United States when i say you go, girl. Hi, kristen. Its a good thing you didnt listen to me and become an engineer like your father. So nice. So sweet. Oh, my gosh, that got me. Im an only child so theyve just supported me at every step of this journey. 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