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Good morning to you, im ali velshi alongside Louis Burgdorf and kasie hunt. President elect donald trump went to fayetteville, North Carolina, last night. He talked about the anniversary of pearl harbor and he laid out his vision for the militarys mission under his administration. In every generation, a new threat to freedom arises. And just as we defeated these threats, we faced generations in the past, and you understand that, so, too, will we defeat the forces of terrorism. Its unseen in many cases, but were going to defeat that force, and were going to defeat it strongly and quickly. From now on its going to be america first, america first. We will stop racing to topple foreign and you understand this. Foreign regimes that we know nothing about. That we shouldnt be invol with. Instead, our focus must be on defeating terrorism and destroying isis. Were going to have such a strong, powerful military. Its not going to be depleted any longer. I mentioned equipment previously, and i said equipment. Were going to have the finest equipment in the world. Its going to be new. Its going tbe modern. Its going to be clean. Its going to be the best. Thats what were going to have. We have to be so strong militarily, like weve never, ever been before. Remember that. Like weve never been before. Well, Defense Companies are going to like that, though some conservative republicans are not. The president elect promised that he would end the defense sequester. The automatic cuts to the pentagons budget that began taking effect in 2013. Louis . And during last nights rally, donald trump also introduced his pick to lead the department of defense, marine general james mattis. Jim is a marine corps four star general, the former commander of u. S. Central command and nato supreme ally command. He led and assault italian in operation desert storm. You saw what happened. That was the way you were supposed to lead it. There were no games. Mad dog plays no games, right . It is now my honor and privilege to welcome to the stage your next secretary of defense, general mad dog mattis. Thank you for the opportunity. Im grateful for the opportunity to return to our troops, their families, the civilians of the department of defense, because i know how committed they are and devoted they are to the defense of our country, the defense of our constitution, and with our allies strengthened, with our country strengthened, i look forward to being the civilian leader, so long as the Congress Gives me the waver and the senate votes to consent. Thank you very much. Well get that waver, right . Going to get that. Oh. If heidnt g that waver, there would be a lot of angry people. Such a popular choice. As mentioned there, general mattis will need a waver from congress in order to get the job. By law a Service Member must be retired at least seven years before serving as defense secretary. General mattis has been out of the military for only three years. Last night congress released a shortterm spending bill, this included in the bill legislation and a provision that would grant mattis the waver to serve in trumps cabinet. President obama defended his counterterrorism legacy during a Major National security speech yesterday. His last one as commander in chief. Addressing troops in tampa, the president says hes built a network of partners to help fight extremists and the u. S. Is, quote, breaking the back of isis. He also renewed calls to close gitmo, a Campaign Promise hes still been unable to fulfill. And while the president didnt mention donald trump by name, many points were in direct contrast to some of the statements and proposals from his sucor. We are a nation that stands for the rule of law and strengthen the laws of war. When the nazis were defeated, we put them on trial. We are a nation that won world wars without grabbing the resources of those defeated. We helped them rebuild. We didnt hold on to tritory other than the cemeteries where we buried our dead. So rather than offer false promises that we can eliminate terrorism by dropping more bombs or deploying more and more troops or fencing ourselves off from the rest of the world, we have to take a long view of the terrorist threat. And we have to pursue a smart strategy that can be sustained. Todays terrorists can kill innocent people, but they dont pose an kexistential threat to our nation, and we must not make the mistake of elevating them as if they do. That does their job for them of the it makes them more important and helps them with recruitment. The president also mentioned that on the day he leaves office, hell become the first president to serve two full terms at war, a sobering reality. Ali . All right, after described as a courtesy call, president elect trumps communication with taiwan might have been the result of a months long lobbying effort. New filings under the foreign agents registration act reveal that the law firm of former u. S. Senate majority leader bob dole received 140,000 dollars between may and october from the taiwan ease government. Dole had proceeded in getting pro taiwanese language at julys National Convention for the first time enshrining six assurances to taiwan made by president Ronald Reagan in 1982, including that the United States would not set a date for ending arms sales to taiwan. Now, asked about the president elects phone call, dole told the New York Times, its fair to say we had some influence. When you represent a client and they make a request, youre supposed to respond. The gunman in the shooting of a former nfl player has been charged. This after the the Jefferson Parish Sheriffs Office announced manslaughter charged against 54yearold Robert Gasser yesterday. Officials said gasser admitted to shooting joe mcknight thursday afternoon, following a road rage incident in a new orleans suburb. During a press conference yesterday, the sheriff took a combative stance towards the people questioning why gasser was initially released friday despite his admission. He said race had nothing to do with the decision and then read expletive laden attacks from the public. Im sure you see the emotion in me, because its not fair. Its not fair for him to be called you punk [ bleep ]. We saw you sell out to them you [ bleep ] punk. Thats the tone of what were calling our elected leaders for standing up and simply saying, let justice prevail and let the process take its course. To go on to say you [ bleep ] that has done little to our community, all we know is that you are a [ bleep ] puppet. You [ bleep ] looking on tv. I bet they made you say that, puppet boy. I know what i see. I know that norman is a [ bleep ] and you stood behind that white boy with that [ bleep ]. You wont even stand with your people, you self serving [ bleep ]. Anger there. Officials have revealed gasser had been arrested for road rage at the same intersection ten years ago. Those charges were dropped. Kasie . Officials in oakland have identified nine more of the victims of last weeks deadly warehouse fire, as new video surfaces of Police Inside the facility just two months before it went up in flames. Authorities have released names of the 26 of the 36 people that died on friday. Theyve added theyve identified 35 of the victims and nearly all of the building has been searched. One of those victims, 35yearold alex gosan, posted this video before the fire broke out. Were learning new details about the final moments for those lost in the inferno. Officials say some of the victims were able to text loved ones with messages of goodbye and i love you. They say the remains of some were found apparently shielding one another from the flames. Meanwhile, nbc news obtained video from october showing Police Inside the facility. The embattled manager oe warehouse told nbc earlier in the week police had come to the building while responding to a neighbors party. The footage brings up new questions. The Oakland Police department declined to comment about the video, citing the ongoing investigation. Meanwhile, Officials Say theyve declared a state of emergency for the city to receive federal and state funds to cover the cost of the response and help local businesses affected by the deadly blaze. Officials are looking at whether a refrigerator or another appliance could have sparked the fire. Well, president elect Donald Trumps Transition Team is working to distance ielf from the son of his nional security chief in the wake over him spreading fake news regarding former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. In a Conference Call yesterday, Communications Director jason miller confirmed that Michael Flynn jr. , the son of the man on the screen here, is no longer involved with transition efforts. Miller said the younger flynn had been helping his fathe Michael Flynn with some administrative and scheduling duties, but the New York Times is reporting flynn jr. Was actually fired for pushing a number of fake news stories, including pizzagate, the Conspiracy Theory that suggested a washington, d. C. , restaurant was the base of a child sex abuse ring run by Hillary Clinton and her president ial Campaign Chair john podesta. A North Carolina man, you know, was arrested sunday after walking into this pizza restaurant with an Assault Rifle and firing the gun into the floor. He told police he was there to investigate if children were there. Vice president elect mike pence is changing his tone on flynn jr. s involvement after being asked several times in an interview why h had security clearance. This after pence denied flynn jr. Had any role on morning joe yesterday. Whats the level of concern within your National Security apparatus about general flynns son . Well, general flynns son has no involvement in the transition whatsoever. He has a transition email. He has no involvement in the transition whatsoever. The last question, im sorry, youre not answering the question, were you aware that the Transition Team had put in for a security clearance . This is a young man that had a social media profile with crazy conspiracy theories, all sorts of links and retweets with white supremacists. Were you aware the transition put in for security clearance for him . What i can tell you is in talking to general flynn today, he made me aware his son was assisting him in scheduling. You put in for a security clearance . Whatever the appropriate paperwork was to assist him in that regard, jake, im sure was taken place, but thats no longer the case and your viewers and the American People can be confident were going to continue to drive forward. Turning from politics now and breaking overnight, the Associated Press is reporting at least 97 pple with dead after a 6. 5magnitude earthquake struck indonesia early this morning and Officials Say that number could rise. The quake hit just off the shore. Officials are saying theres no tsunami threat following this event. Dozens of homes and buildings, including multiple mosques, have been destroyed. Hundreds of people are also reportedly injured. Back in 2004, a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the region, killing more than 200,000 people. Kelly cobiella will join us shortly with a live report on that. Kasie . Angela merkel laid out her case for a fourth term yesterday in a speech to germanys main conservative party, merkel called for restricting the use of full face muslim veils wherever its legally possible. Germany saw almost 900,000 Asylum Seekers arrive last year. Merkel insists germany will continue to take in people in genuine need of protection. Still ahead, what do the Boston Red Sox and Golden State Warriors have in common . Plus, Vice President joe biden sits down with Stephen Colbert for a late night pep talk. Those stories and a check on weather when we come right back. When you find something worth waiting for, well help you invest to protect it for the future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase, so you can. Ad, and my sweethearts handsome,gone sayonara. Rance. This scarf, all thats left to remember. What she washed this like a month ago hows a guy supposed to move on the long lasting scent of gain flings. He wears his army hat, he gets awalks aroundliments. With his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, thank you for serving our country and im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. You know, dont think i havent noticed youve been cutting some corners when youve been mowing the lawn lately. Any job worth doing is worth doing well. Okay, you have to always do your best to mow the lawn. Doesnt matter that somebody else is about to get the job of mowing the lawn after you, even though as far as you can tell that person has never touched a lawn mower in his life. Look, doesnt matter whos mowing it. No matter the differences, were all responsible for its upkeep. I have to believe in their heart the next mower is going to do the best they can to make sure that lawn, that everyone feels safe to have a picnic on it. Thats a beautiful metaphor. Metaphor . Metaphor, okay, look, im talking about mowing the lawn. Mr. Trump on notice from joe biden about keeping up the white house lawn it seems. That was biden with Stephen Colbert having a heart to heart pep talk with viewers last night. He also discussed his comments about a potential White House Run in 2020. We have that coming up later in the show. One of my favorite stories in the morning, a Police Officer doing his part to raise money this holiday season, the officer was caught onamera dancing outside of a walmart while collecting red ketitle donation. Cleveland police and the local Sheriffs Office were competing to see who could raise the most money. This video has been viewed on facebook more than 700,000 times. Officials say the officers dancing moves helped the Police Department raise more than 1,000 in a few hours. He has some moves. Junchts outside here, rockefeller center, the Salvation Army people on three sides and they are always doing some fantastic dance. Ive been doing snap stories on that, bill. Literally, like the allstar team, the best of the best. Are they going to get disturbed in their dancing today . No, they dance in umbrellas and everything else, too. The cold will be the biggest thing. Weve been out ringing the bells before, the cold days are the worst. Snow this morning, little bit, some in colorado in the denver area and also through new england. This blue is light snow moving through higher elevations, outside boston. Boston itself is plain old rain and drizzle left over around new york city and southern new england, but the big weather story, the cold is on the move. Right now wind chills negative 19 in casper, wyoming. Negative 17 rapid city, so thats allout bundle up cold as possible. This cold isn the move, already down to 1 in sioux city, chicago is at 13. Eventually its going to head through the great lakes today. Tomorrow it will reach the ohio valley and friday the east coast. Today, frigid across the midwest. Chicago 31. Bismarck, only 7, thats it. Even with a bit of sunshine. This is some of the coldest weather of the season and looking to be sticking around. So now were getting into our winter pattern of cold following cold and late this week, new york city coldest day is friday and saturday. Raleigh looks like friday is your coldest. Atlanta around 42 friday is your coldest. Look at chicago staying in the 20s as we go through thursday and friday. Todays travel forecast, southern half of the country dont look too bad. New england early today and plain old cold through the rest of the country. Talking about minus 17, how cold it is in bismarck. Im canadian, minus 17 is when you put a tshirt over your tank top. Dont think too hard about that. Lets move on. As the producer wisely says, move on. Still ahead, Vancouver Canucks player gets carted off the ice after a vicious hit. Louiss got it next in sports. Its ver. Sfx balloon squeals ok can we. Sfx balloon squeals im being so serious right now. I really want to know how your coffee is. Its. Sfx balloon squeals hahahaha, i had a 2nd balloon goodbye oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasnt it . Yeah. Happens to more people than you think. Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Mmm. 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We begin with Major League Baseball and a major acquisition for the red sox. Chris sale has yankees gm Brian Cashman likening star power to that of the Golden State Warriors. The red sox making the biggest move of the winter meetings yesterday, acquiring one of the best arms in exchange for four minor league players, two of which are considered top prospects. Well see how he does in boston. Turning now to action on the nba court last night. Sorcery in the nations capital. Wizards guard john wall conjured a career high 52 points against the magic last night, the most by a wizards player since Gilbert Arenas scored 54. Overcome walls big game and win it 124116. Finally this morning, very scary moment in the nhl last night. This isnt for the faint of heart. Canucks defenseman Philip Larson is knocked out cold after a vicious hit he never saw coming from the devils taylor hall. Teams briefly scuffle over larsons motionless body. His helmet is actually getting kicked off in the scrum before the players are separated. The team says larson was awake and responsive before being taken to the hospital for further evaluation. All right, louis. Still ahead, president elect donald trump announces a new deal he says could create 50,000 new jobs, plus an inside look at a Daring Rescue mission to save women and children held captive by isis. Those stories and more coming up next. Where we explore. Protecting biodiversity. Everywhere we work. Defeating malaria. Improving energy efficiency. Developing more clean burning natural gas. My job . My job at exxonmobil . Turning algae into biofuels. Reducing Energy Poverty in the developing world. Making cars go further with less. Fueling the global economy. And you thought we just made the gas. Energy lives here. Testinhuh . Sting is this thing on . Come on your turn where do pencils go on vacation . Pennsylvania laughter crunchy wheat frosted sweet kelloggs frosted miniwheats. Good morning, welcome back. Its the bottom of the hour, lets start with the mornings top stories. The war of words between china and donald trump is heating up. Chinese state media slammed the president elect as a, quote, diplomatic rookie for his recent call to taiwan. The state run peoples daily wrote, provoking friction and messing up chinau. S. Elections wont make America Great again. The global times hit the president elect for his, quote, inability to keep his mouth shut. Louis . A federal judge denied a request to delay the trial against the man accused of gunning down nine worshipers in a historically black South Carolina church last year. They wanted a delay citing a mistrial. Roofs attorney argued the mistrial in the slager case would put pressure in jurors in this case to convict. A judge rejected that argument. Nine more victims identified, officials now identified 35 of the 36 victims and say nearly all of the building has been searched. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire. Officials have indicated a refrigerator or other appliance could be to blame. Kasie . Meanwhile, a new video has surfaced of Police Inside the warehouse just two months before it went up in flames, raising more questions about what city officials actually knew about the dangers of the facility. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has more from oakland. Reporter exclusive video obtained by nbc news shows Oakland Police officers in the warehouse known as the ghost ship in october of this year. Part of an incident, residents sa tied to a neibors party. Derek almina helped police get up tthe rooftop. The Police Department would not comment on any visits to the property, citing the investigation, including the night of this incident, nbc news learned from interviews and records that city and county officials had multiple opportunities in the last two years to address possible safety concerns, starting with fire inspections. The city of oakland requires them for commercial and residential properties. Every year. The head of the firefighters union, zach unger, told us he worries the inspections never took place. Do they have the kind of resources they need . No, not nearly. Is there talk among firefighters there are buildings unsafe in the city . Absolutely, there are many unsafe buildings in the city. Reporter a third possible missed opportunity, Child Protective Services visited the property. They were inspecting after the state had taken custody of his three children. A former cps investigator tells nbc news that fire safety is supposed to be an important part of their assessment. The city also received multiple complaints in the last two years about the property. Housing Officials Say an investigation was ongoing. But residents say no contact was ever made with them. The Mayors Office says it will soon release the full record of the Housing Department investigation. The worst fire in oaklands history, many wondering tonight if officials missed possible warnings. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk reporting. Oakland officials declared a state of emergency to help the city receive federal and state money to cover the response and help local businesses affected by the blaze. Kasie, president elect donald trump put forward his vision for the armed forces at a rally in North Carolina last night. Invoking the service at nearby ft. Bragg and the sacrifices 75 years ago at pearl harbor. Trump identified the threat and explained how and when he would employ United States military. Today our brave men and women are the first in line defense. Defense. Against radical islamic terrorism. Words that some people dont like to say. An ideology of death that slaughters innocent men, women, and children. Were going to protect our people. Were going to protect our country. Believe me. Finally, a commitment to only engage the use of military forces when its in the vital National Security interests of the United States. We dont want to have a depleted military because were all over the place fighting in areas that just we shouldnt be fighting in. This destructive cycle of intervention and chaos must finally, folks, come to an end. For our military not as an act of aggression, but as an act of prevention. We pursue and build up arms not in order to seek conflict, but in order to avoid conflict. We want to be strong. Ensured we seek peace through strength. Trumps speech also introduced his choice for secretary of defense, retired general james mattis, and promised to stop automatic cuts to the pentagons budget by ending the defense sequester. Ali . President obama was also talking counterterrorism yesterday, addressing troops in florida. The president defended his National Security legacy, warned against reversing course, and countered much of Donald Trumps rhetoric without mentioning his na. A sustainable counterterrorism strategy depends on keeping the threat in perspective. The terrorist threat is real and it is dangerous. But these terrorists want to cast themselves as the vanguard of a new world order, they are not. They are thugs and they are murderers, and they should be treated that way. We need the wisdom to see that upholding our values and adhe adhering to the rule of law is not a weakness in the long term, it is our greatest strength. The whole objective of these terrorists is to scare us into changing the nature of who we are and our democracy. The fact is, people in nations do not make good decisions when they are driven by fear. These terrorists can never directly destroy our way of life. But we can do it for them if we lose track of who we are and the values that this nation was founded upon. Now, the president also renewed his call to close gitmo, saying the nation is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars to keep fewer than 60 people detained. Kasie . Vice President Joe Biden got the political world talking when he mentioned a potential 2020 president ial run on capitol hill yesterday. Last night during an interview with the late shows Stephen Colbert, the Vice President expanded on that thought. Im a Great Respect towards fate. I dont plan on running again, but to say you know whats going to happen in four years, i just think is not rational. Thats the sound of a door creaking open is what that is. Well, look, i cant see the circumstance in which id run, but what ive learned a long, long time ago, stephen, is to never say never. You dont know whats going to happen. I mean, hell, Donald Trumps going to be 74, ill be 77 in better shape. What the hell. Right after that quip, biden repeated he has no plans on running for president. I over under, ali, on how many times were going to hear that from him in the next four years. No question, kasie. President elect donald trump called for the government to cancel a deal with aircraft manufacturer boeing yesterday, citing cost concerns about the next generation of air force one. Yesterday morning, trump started this by tweeting out boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future president s, but costs are out of control. More than 4 billion. Cancel order. Boeing said in a statement that its current deal for air force one is a Development Deal worth 174 million, sort of an exploratory deal and also said it makes no money on the president ial planes, saying producing them is a matter of prestige. Trump later addressed his tweet. Thelane is totally out of control. Its going to be over 4 billion, its for air force one program, and i think its ridiculous. I think boeing is doing a little bit of a number. We want boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money. Its worth noting that trumps tweet came about an hour after boeings ceo called on trump to back off his antitrade rhetoric, fearing a trade war could undermine boeings business exporting planes overseas. Boeing executives did reach out yesterday offering to work with the president elect on lowering the cost of the new version of the plane. That wasnt the only Business News that trump made yesterday. Speaking from trump tower, the president elect announced that Japanese Telecom and internet giant soft bank, which controls sprint, will create 50,000 jobs right here in the United States. We invest into the new Startup Companies in the United States. I said ill try to celebrate his president ial job and commit, you know, because he would do a lot of deregulation. I said, this is great. United states, u. S. , will become a great again. Trump also took credit for the investment tweeting that masa said hed never do this if we had not won the election. The money would come from an Investment Fund set up earlier this year with saudi arabias sovereign wealth fund. Theyve pledged billions in other countries after meeting with their leaders. A spokesperson for softbank had no comment on trumps tweets taking credit for the deal. For more on business we bring in cnbc with this story, boeing, carrier, markets in general still reacting genuinely positively to trumps business dealings, particularly the way he deals with ceos and companies. Whats it looking like from your side of the ocean . Well, maybe not so much reacting positive to business dealings, but maybe reacting positively to the fact we think theres going to be less regulation and that continues to be a driver. Remember were around two points away from an alltime high, looking at the s p 500 still, futures still a couple hours away, but the future indications are well see a slightly positive open for u. S. Markets in todays session and a lot of people still also cautioning that we could be looking at changes from the central banks, still thought the Federal Reserve due to the strength seen in the u. S. Economy, that theyll be hiking rates very soon, and the ecb, we have this big ecb meeting taking place on thursday, we could be looking at a tempering or maybe even an expansion and tempering taillight. So less of the asset buying, but extending the time frame beyond march of next year. But Business Leaders and economists dont like the uncertainty that trump is bringing with regards to what some people are saying flippant comments that you need to speak your mind as a Business Leader and not be afraid youre going to be slaughtered on twitter the next day. Good to see you for us at cnbc in new york this morning. Still ahead, find out whos dominating this years grammy nominations, plus the Weather Channel versus breitbart. Com. Well take you behind that unlikely feud. And were following breaking news overseas, more than 100 people reportedly dead after an earthquake hits indonesia. A live report whene me back. Boost its about moving forward not back. Its looking up not down. Its feeling up thinking up living up. Its being in motion. In body in spirit in the now. Boost. Its not just nutrition, its intelligent nutrition. With 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. All in 3 delicious flavors. Its choosing to go in one direction. Up. Boost. Be up for it. Theres a moment of truth. And now with victoza® a better moment of proof. Victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didnt get me to my goal. Lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. 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Problem is, they used a completely unrelated video with my face in it to attempt to back their point. Whats worse, the u. S. Committee on Space Science and Technology Actually tweeted it out. Heres the thing, cherry picking and twisting the facts will not change the future nor the fact, note fact, not opinion, that the earth is warming. They say retweets are an endorsement, but the house committee, as she said, on science space and technology tweeted out the article. With that we bring in bill karins, our meteorologist, with a check on the weather. Dont you wish some issues could not be political . I dont know. Get to the point you dont even trust science, then you dont trust doctors, who knows . The facts are out there. If you want to search them out and find them for yourselves and find the sources and the papers and studies and read them, thats the way to go out and do it and make your own conclusions. So as far as all the other weather issues out there, we are talking about the coldest air of the season. It is getting the middle of december, we expect it. Reful in areas of new england, we have moderate snow, a burst just north of the 495 loop on boston and southern new hampshire. Just a quick coating, but thats enough to cause you problems. Real cold is in the middle of the country. Whats interesting in the next couple days, record warm november, so the lakes are very warm. When that cold air comes over the top, were getting significant lake effect snow. The cold arctic air moves in. As that warm air interacts with cold air, we get the clouds to form and the lake effectnow bands to form. We do expect heavy snow downwind of lake erie and ontario in the next couple days. Already have lake effect watches and warnings. This is the tokyo plateau and areas south of buffalo, where were going to see the possibilities at least of maybe about two to three feet of snow in the days ahead. Again, thats expected when you get these cold outbreaks, that time of year, louis. The cold air reaches the east coast by about friday, saturday, so its on schedule, but theres still no big huge snowstorms on the way either. Im waiting for it. Im ready for it. The kids are getting antsy. Need a snow day, they want a couple days. The 2017 grammy nominations announced yesterday, beyonce leads the pack as the most nominated female artist in history with nine nominations this year, now with 62 total to her name. Drake, rihanna, and kanye west follow. Beyonce is also the first artist to earn nominations in the pop, rock, rap categories. Album of the year, plus song and record of the year for formation. Adele, whos 25, is the best selling album of 2016, will compete with beyonce in all three major categories. Beyonces history making nominations are not coming without controversy, however, with the academy receiving backlash for the singer receiving a best rock performance nomination for the song dont hurt yourself featuring jack white. Fans took to twitter, one user adding, we live in a world where beyonce is considered rock and i want to live under one. I think thats a little extreme. The grammys air live on sunday. Is there nothing not controversial anymore and we wont resort to twitter to talk about . I dont think so. Coming up next, a serious turn to the middle east. Richard engel takes us inside a Dramatic Mission to rescue women and children from isis. World u. They are the natural born enemy of the way things are. Yes, ideas are scary, and messy and fragile. But under the proper care, they become something beautiful. He wears his army hat, he gets awalks aroundliments. With his army shirt looking all nice. And then people just say, thank you for serving our country and im like, thats my dad. Male vo no one deserves a warmer welcome home. Thats why were hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. Im very proud of him. Male vo comcast. Welcome back. And to the breaking news out of indonesia, where the Associated Press is reporting that at least 97 people are dead and hundreds more injured after a 6. 5magnitude earthquake hit the Northern Province early this morning. Nbc news correspondent Kelly Cobiella joins us live from london don. Kelly, what more can you tell us about whats happening there . Desperate situation, louis, search and rescue operations are unde way at this hour, its early evening and the death toll is still going up. When you look at the pictures, you can understand why. Dozens of collapsed buildings in this area, thousands of rescuers are digging through whats left of the wooden brick structures. They have massive pieces of debris to move and dont have the equipment in many cases to move it. You have villagers, soldiers, Police Officers, all working to research the victims. So far as many as 97 dead, according to the chief of the army in aceh. Villagers, soldiers, desperately trying to find the missing. This was the area hit by the earthquake and tsunami in 2004. No tsunami this time. All of the damage is on ground, but it is significant. Louis . The fear of the tsunami is probably so great for these people, because they were so ravaged by it back in 2004. Kelly cobiella, thank you for your reporting. Kasie . Turning now to aleppo, where the Syrian Army Continues to capture areas that were previously under rebel control. This video shows the utter devastation that one neighborhood has sustained. Reports indicate that Syrian Rebels have lost roughly twothirds of their territory in eastern aleppo in just the last two weeks. This as the syrian observatory for human rights says the syrian Army Advanced into the old city, one of the rebels last urban strongholds. Heading east into iraq and the battle formosul. We have an inside look at a daring and extremely Deadly Rescue Mission to save women and children trapped by isis. Heres nbcs richard engel. Its long after nightfall and halil is filming his secret, extraordinarily dangerous mission. Hes just rescued this woman and child from isis captivity, picking them up from a safe house. Any passing car could be driven by an isis fighter. They were kidnapped by isis. We have been kidnapped them back. He told us later. But he still had to get layla and her 3yearold son ahmed out of mosul. As u. S. Backed iraqi troops are now fighting isis in mosul, al daki is racing to get hostages out before isis kills them or the city is destroyed. The girls are bng attacked and raped. Isis members kill children right in front of their mothers, he says. Isis has targeted the nonmuslim minority for extermination and enslavement. Iraq sent helicopters to save thousands, but activists say the group is Still Holding 4,000. The women openly sold as sex slaves. Hours later, they make it to safety. Layla is welcomed by her she and her son had been held by isis for over two years. They separated me from my husband, she says, and sold me to an isis fighter to marry. The kidnapper raped her, she says, and his wife beat her son. Unlike other communities in the middle east, they have refused to ostracize women who have been sexually abused. I thought i was going to kill myself when they held me. I didnt because of my child, she says. Hes now rescued 173 people. He says he wont stop until he saved them all. What a story. Thats nbcs richard engel. Were back in a moment with a look at the stories happening in the day ahead. When you have a cold, pain from a headache can make this. Feel like this. 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The six finalists include Hillary Clinton, donald trump, beyonce, the chris ter scientists, also Vladimir Putin and turkish president erdogan. Morning joe will have the winner later this morning. Kasie . Numerous events set in and around pearl harbor to mark the 75th anniversary of the attack by japan against the u. S. Naval base there. 2,400 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured and the attack led to the United States joining world war 2. That does it for us on this wednesday. Im ali velshi for Louis Burgdorf and kasie hunt. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning. Its wednesday, december 7th. A big day here. Hello, mike. Good morning, joe. Are you doing well . Pearl harbor day. 75 years. 75 years ago today. Veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle is here. And more coming. Weve got a lot of news to cover