and when to do it. [noise] they re trying to silence me. and, more importantly, they are trying to silence you. but we will not be silenced, right? all right, as coming as we await to the judge s ruling on whether a special master will in fact be appointed in the case. we ll have the latest on the trump investigation ahead as well. but we begin with that history making win for democrats in the state of alaska, pretty aesthetic to say the least. a lot of folks surprised by. it mary peltola won the election for alaska s lone house, heat being the first native alaskan to serve in the house or the first democrat to win that seat in nearly 50 years. she defeated sarah palin and another republican challenger in the debut of the states rank choice voting system. she will face both again in just two months time, on election day. to hold on to that seat congresswoman-elect mary peltola is joining me now. thank you so much for joining us, congresswoman. let s start there, which is yo
Of the night. This morning, you will hear his call to 911. Who shot her . Me. How did you shoot her . The gun was in the bed. I went to move it and put it to the side and it went off. Was it a terrible accident . And vacation surprise. A british couple visiting new york is surprised when their baby arrives 11 weeks early, but the shock is the hospital stay. How the kindness of strangers is helping them. Today, january 3rd 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. What is the song . Reunited. I looked for you in times square in the crowd, but i could not find you. I thought we would meet. Maybe next year. Anyway we will talk about how our new years went. We begin with the top story. The wild weather system is wrecking havoc in the southwest and northeast. Here is the scene in amarillo
combined with heavy rainfall that led to flooding and years of political neglect have completely upended the lives of residents there. federal state agencies working to supply people with bottled water. local reporting revealing the city has been dealing with several setbacks that could continue to delay the work needed to put an end to this crisis. joining me now is alex roger, journalist and reporter for mississippi today. alex, thanks for joining us on this. let s talk about some of the setbacks that i just mentioned. what is keeping folks, officials, from getting this resolved and getting clean drinking water back to the people of jackson? yeah, so, just to clarify, people haven t had clean drinking water straight from their tap for over a month now. that s just the latest, in the sense of what s going on in terms of people having to boil it to drink it and brush their teeth, this has been something that s been going on for years and years that is only getting attention now becau