Developments in this breaking news story. Well bring you more information as it becomes available. Thank you for joining us this morning, im kris sanchez. And im scott mcgrew. Here locally at any moment, Court Workers in San Francisco could walk off the job. Union members overwhelmingly approving a strike over pay. Nbc bay areas Stephanie Chuang joins us live in San Francisco. Stephanie, you spoke with the union. How likely is it they are going to walk out right this minute . Reporter well, scott, thats the question in the air right now. They are discussing when, saying not an issue of if, but when, and only if Management Changes its tune would it change that fate. Imagine taking a day off to handle court business, from paying a traffic ticket, filing papers for a lawsuit, you get here, no ones at the counter, no ones here. Thats what happened two years ago when local 1021 held a oneday strike. That effectively shut down much of the San Francisco court system. While the court said it w
To date on all of the latest news of the day and take your calls at 186655press. And word is out this morning that roger ails told David Petraeus when he was still in iraq that he should quit and run for president of the United States against barack obama and if he did so, roger ails said he would quit fox news and run his campaign. How about it. Dont tell me fox news is not the broadcast arm of the Republican Party. That proves it all right. Well get into that and a whole lot more here. First we get the latest current news update from Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa. Good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. So far the president seems to be staying strong when it comes to taxes. As you all know by now House Republicans sent in a fiscal cliff counter offer yesterday but the white house is calling it no good. I want to give you an idea of where the two sides stand right now. Boehners new plan would raise 2. 2 trillion. Now it would extend the bush tax cuts for everyone an
This is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie along side natalie morales. Where has al roker gone to . Two words. Miley cyrus. He is out on the plaza along with a few thousand of his dearest friends. Theyre here to see one of the biggest and most controversial stars in the world making headlines every day. Al, can you hear us . How is it going . Whats interesting is today kicks off nbc newss education nation. A lot of these kids are missing school but theyll get an education on miley cyrus. She is here as part of our Concert Series. Mileytoday if you want to be part of all of it. Guys, back inside. Thank you. That comes up in the 8 30 half hour but we want to begin on this monday morning with the top story. The daring u. S. Raids and what we know about the suspect in custody. Chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engle is here in n
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It is sunday, january 5th, i am mike mibach. I am claudine wong. We will check your weather with Rosemary Orozco rosemary. It makes you feel guilty for the fans over in green bay today. Yes, they have very, very cold temperatures to deal with here at home. Our temperatures remain above the seasonal average. Broke five records yesterday and will get close today, perhaps breaking a record. This morning, breezy in the hills. That is impacting the temperatures for some areas. Waking up in the 50s. Others waking up in the 20s. I will show you who you are. Which one you are as we get into the extended forecast. And possibility of scattered showers and coming up today. Wild card weekend is underway and the San Francisco 49ers and their fans ready to roll. This could be one of the coldest nfl games every played. Temperatures at Lambeau Field will be at below zero. They have pockets that stay warm for hours. They will be giving out hot coffee and hot chocolate. Many who made the road trip are b