Headquarters in new york. Good to be with you. Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. President trump plans to wall off the border of mexico. And whos paying for it has grown into a flap and a trade war. The meeting has been canceled. The souring of u. S. mexican relations has other countries taking notes. Roxana saberi is here in new york. Roxana, good morning. Good morning, meg. President trump will meet with british Prime Minister theresa may at the white house. This comes day after mexicos president scrapped plans to meet President Trump. Hes keeping his campaign promises. Some people have come in with evil intentions and, you know, most havent, i guess, but we cant take chances. In an interview with fox news, the president also talked about building a wall on the southern border. Look. The wall is necessary. Thats not just politics, and yet it is good for the heart of the nation because people want protection. The comments come amid escalating tensions between u. S. And mexico over
Reenergied the movement. Serena a Venus Williams set to battle it out for the Australian Open title. I got nothing else to do. Their first grand slam final clash in eight years with history on the line. And milestone. Hes one of the most trusted and respected journalists of our time covering history as it unfolded. Well celebrate tom brokaw and his first 50 years at nbc news. Today friday, january 27th, 2017. Narrator from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a. Natalie wrapping up her week filling in for savannah. No one has been there and done we look forward to catching up with him. Were so happy to be able to celebrate along with him, 50 amazing years. And we let good to that. Let us start though with our top story. The growing battle over who is going to pay for that wall between the United States and mexico. The topic is sure to come up during president s first facetoface meeting with a foreign leader today. That is britains Prime Minist
Im meg oliver in for annemarie green. President trump plans to wall off the border of mexico. And whos paying for it has grown into a flap and a trade war. The meeting has been canceled. The souring of u. S. mexican relations has other countries taking notes. Roxana saberi is here in new york. Roxana, good morning. Good morning, meg. President trump will meet with british Prime Minister theresa may at the white house. This comes day after mexicos president scrapped plans to meet President Trump. Hes keeping his campaign promises. Some people have come in with evil intentions and, you know, most havent, i guess, but we cant take news, the president also talked about building a wall on the southern border. Look. The wall is necessary. Thats not just politics, and yet it is good for the heart of the nation because people want protection. The comments come amid escalating tensions between u. S. And mexico over the wall. Yesterday the plans were scrapped to visit mr. Trump p next week outra
Maria . Reporter michelle, well, it is certainly gusty out here. It really isnt raining but the reservoir is filled to capacity. In pacifica this morning we saw it all. Pacifica took a pounding as todays storm rolled into the bay area. Some who live on this part of the coast say the storms this winter more powerful than in recent years. This winter seems a little rougher. I went through 7 years. While the rain eventually moved out of the area though morning, the wind never stopped. Its been raining heavily since we got here in pacifica. About 15 or 20 minutes ago, theres my umbrella again for the live shot. Reporter those were the conditions for the 5 a. M. Live shot for the morning show, heavy rain and strong gusts. Its winter, yeah. That means its just like it used to be. Reporter marina lived here for nearly three decades and says the beating the coastline is taking is history repeating it self. Lots of rain, strong winds, high surf. Lots of high surf, lots of wind starts come over.
Speech of controversial farright journalist milo yiannopoulos. The violence. Forcing the school to cancel his speech. Grant lodes is tracking the president s response to the protest. Some thing hes describing as antifree speech. It was this morning. About 12 hours after a peaceful protest at uc berkeley broke into anarchy. When President Trump took to twitter threatening to pull federal funds from cal saying if u. C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practicrs violence on innocent people with a different point of view no federal funds . Lt governor gavin newsom tweeted. As a uc regent im appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38thousand students access to an education because of the actions of a few. Congresswoman barbara lee. From oakland. Followed with. President trump doesnt have a license to blackmail universities. Hes the president not a dictator and his empty threats are an abuse of power. Right now uc berkeley gets about 600 Million Dollars annually in federal funds