8 year-old learned to play living in a new york city homeless shelter. after they fled in 2017. the young prodigy explained how he needed to only get a draw in the final game to win the title. listen. i did not know i was going to win. because on my last game, i was scared of losing because my opponent was winning. when i was losing. and he took it. isn t he great? after he won the championship a well wisher gave his family an apartment. now they no longer homeless and $190,000 has been raised for the foundation. to help immigrants. thank you so much for joining us. this hour. i m rosemary church. early start is next. for everyone else, stay tuned for more news with max foster in london. have yourselves a great day.
reporter: and before whitaker began working at the justice department as sessions chief of staff in october 2017, he was quite vocal about two main focal points of the mueller investigation. any possible obstruction of justice by the president. there is no criminal obstruction of justice charge to be had here. just the evidence is weak. reporter: and that trump tower meeting in june 2016 where donald trump jr. and others met with a russian lawyer. to suggest that there s a conspiracy here, i mean, you would always take that meeting. reporter: whitaker was by sessions side today as he left the justice department. as he has been for the past year. my chief of staff, matt whitaker. isn t he great. reporter: and he has a long political history of his own. the former college football player at the university of iowa ran as the republican candidate for state treasurer there but lost and was later appointed by president george w. bush as u.s. attorney for the southern distri
. if you are a fan of hardball and clearly you are, you know there s one movie that chris matthews loves more than any other. and it is love actually. the british romantic comedy that has become a christmas season favorite. well, the washington post wanted to check out why chris is so fascinated with the movie so they decided to watch it with him. thank you. thank you. thank you for being here. we started with matthews very favorite moment of the film when the british prime minister played by hugh granted tells off the american president, billy bob thornton. has it been a good visit? very satisfactory indeed. we got what we came for. isn t he great? billy bob. i hear he watches hardball. i fear this has become a bad relationship. okay.
or whatever he was elected to do. it is very odd. i don t think that really works. but it shows how all of them are scrambling to come in second or perhaps even to pull out a miracle victory in new hampshire to end up as the one in the final. it is 11 minutes after the hour. a daring rescue that was caught on camera as a fire chief pulls someone out of a burning car. this guy is such a hero. plus a gravity defying robot. isn t he great. he climbs the wall. you won t believe why he is suspended for what he did during christmas eve mass. there is a hunt. first, take a look at the weather across the country today.
and the today show. it s the return of tony lapore, the dancing traffic cop. he s entertained them for years with his fancy footwork. i love that guy, sarah. isn t he great? and since providence is still buzzing about the dancing cop, we decided to check out his act. [ whistles ] [ whistles ] tony is, in fact, so well known around providence that he credits his celebrity status with helping to fight crime. i ve caught bank robbers, guys with guns down here because people actually knew who i was by my first name. and they would tell me, hey,