one purpose. i m a practicing buddhist i follow the teachings of the dally lo dalai lama. we wanted to show our support for our jewish brothers and sisters. reporter: while students from a local hebrew academy sang songs, politics was the motivation for many to demonstrate. we re here to say to the world and our elected officials who aren t reflecting our values this is what we stand for. reporter: what do you think is driving this hate? fear. misinformation, what happens is when you get this kind of establishment in washington, it gives permission to the crazy people who think they have a right to go out and do this. i think the responsibility lays with the white house in planting the seeds for this kind of hate. reporter: does this hatred stem from the trump administration? i don t believe so. unfortunately, human kind sometimes has a very dark side to it. i don t know where it comes from, it s wrong. reporter: demonstrators insist speaking out is the be
joining us. i m megan fits gerard. and i m erika gonzalez. we begin with new calls for attorney general jeff sessions to resign. it s a report in a washington post that sessions spoke with russia s ambassador twice last year. in an nbc news exclusive, sessions denies any wrong doing. i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign and those remarks are unbelievable to me and i don t have anything else to say about that. the justice department is investigating russian interference in the presidential election. news 4 s edward lawrence has the latest. reporter: aides to the attorney general confirm he spoke to the russian ambassador twice last september and never disclosed it during the confirmation hearing. here s what he said under oath. if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump cam russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? senator franken, i m not aware of any of those activities.
earlier today president trump said he has full confidence in sessions. on independence mall today. a show of solidarity among the jewish community. huge rally in the wake of a vandalized cemetery and threats made against jewish community centers and synagogues. fox 29 s dawn timmeney was there live now along independence mall. dawn? reporter: well, luce seek all is quite now. not much happening but several hours ago a really impressive show of support and a stand against hate. reporter: hundreds of people of all ages and faiths pour on to independence mall for a huge rally to stand up against hate. here in philadelphia the birthplace of our nation it defies belief that we still confront age old hatreds. reporter: this crowd coming together in a shoeff solidarity and piece in the wake of recent acts of anti semitism. the toppling of more than 100 tombstones at the mt. carmel jewish cemetery in the wissonoming section of philadelphia several days ago has left ma
they are so funny we will hear what the vice-president has to say about his political future, that is coming up in a few minutes but first let get out to katie, katie, no uncertainty about what is coming here. yes, it is not necessary liz going to grip the region just yet, that arctic chill but it is waiting in the wings and it is coming in the next couple of days and our temperatures are not going to be rebounding well past the lower 40 s for majority, not just tail even of the week but weekend and beyond that point. for now, storm system yesterday, it did over achieve what it did, the mount pocono for example. even though wet weather is essentially done, basically every where we have a winter weather advisory that will least main for about another half an hour, just watch for slick travel out there, guys. even though penndot is excellent at pretreating the roads whenever is there a need for it you could run into slick travel when you have have got mother nature working
inauguration day a roaches next month, the senate is honoring outing vice-president, joe biden. mr. biden presided over the senate floor during a bipartisan trip boot to him on capitol hill. he represented delaware for 36 years in the the senate, and as vice-president, he is present of the senate. on monday mr. biden stoked speculation that he may run for president in 2020. he clarified his remarks on the the late show with stephen colbert on cbs-3 last night. i m a great respecter of fate. i don t plan on running again but to say you know what will happen in four careers, i just think it is, it is not rational. i that is the sound of the door creaking open is what that is. well look, i cannot see the circumstance in which i would run but what i ve learn a long, long time ago, steven, it is to never say never. you just don t know what will happen. the vice-president also says in four years he will be 77, and in better shan than president-elect trump. we re learnin