Now warning from the fbi going out coasttocoast and tense of thousands of National Guard troops descend on d. C. To keep the new president and the nations capitol safe. Good morning, i am hallie jackson. Le yan caldwell is on capitol hill. We are joined by peter baker, msnbc political analyst. Leeanne, the senate is not around. They are not in session. So walk us through the next steps and the crucial role Mitch Mcconnell will play within it when it comes to President Trump. I will say a big caveat. That all depends on when House Speaker nancy pelosi sends articles over to the senate. We got information and go ahead. I was going to say, explain that piece. She has to send it over be every that happens. Are you saying we dont know when thats going to occur, right . Thats right. So we are waiting on that, when she is going to do that she indicated yesterday that she wasnt going to hold it for a long time. She would do it relatively soon. But heres the thing, if she does it before the 19t
13th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a friday morning. Friday the 13th. Im Savannah Guthrie along side matt lauer and al roker. You were up all night downloading songs. 14 new songs from beyonce. And video. She just dropped it. It was cool. I like how you used the lingo. Yeah, a little marketing by no marketing. Its interesting. News that the longest held hostage in u. S. History that disappeared in iran seven years ago was, in fact, working for the cia. This was something the government always denied. Nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams is on the story this morning. Pete, good morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, savannah this information does shed new light on what bob levinson, a former fbi agent was up to when he vanished in iran in the spring of 2007. Turns out he was doing contract work for the cia. Since the day Robert Levinson went mis
Commend the men and women of lapd, we have the Los Angeles Police department and tsa and fbi, laso and other agencies, well treat this incident with the unified command, many, many details as youre interested will not be given out at this point. We will not speak about the nature of injuries and not speak about the identity of the suspect. The investigation is being handled by the fbi. With the cooperation of the Los Angeles Police department. Again, a tremendous unified response. I know this region worries about its airport because of the complex issues involved with various jurisdictions. It was handled very well today, thank you. Hold on one second. Well next hear from fbi special agent in charge, special agent b bowitch to talk about the situation. David bodich, bowdich. First off, were working hand in hand with our partners here to include the Los Angeles Police department, the l. A. Airport police and respect to this investigation. This investigation is ongoing. Ill give you very
Republican party are digging in. Well look at what president obama can and cant accomplish on gun staft at the top of the program. Plus does president obama want a deal on illegal immigrati immigration . Which would be huge on his legacy. Or does he want the issue hanging around so republicans get punished at the polls by latino voters. Well get some answers tonight. And it may be last call for the tea party. Consider this. Republicans with National Ambitions claim they want tome to stop being the stupid party. Conservatives are working with democrats on illegal immigration. And fox news parts ways with sarah palin. Dana milbank says its all evidence the tea party is losing steam and hes with us tonight. Plus the boy scouts of america are considering dropping their ban on gay volunteers and members. Its another sign of the progress this country has made on gay rights. But not without controversy. And finally, is the most powerful republican in the senate the next victim of the gop puri
Something that he drives or in connection to this, the one live on the screen right now, and we will continue to get some more information as to what he is charged with. We should be hopefully getting that in the next hour or so. All right. Our justice correspondent pete William S Williams is also reporting that dna evidence played a role in his arrest. I am going to step aside and Andrea Mitchell reports starts now. Thank you, craig. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and breaking news with the 12 packages containing explosive devices. And we are told that florida resident Cesar Sayoc Jr. Has been arrested in a string of mailed bombs. We will have a Press Conference at 2 30 with more details. And to today, we are told that cory booker, and James Clapper, those men joining the growing list of public figures critical of President Trump, and that
list is two former president s, and democratic officials, and democratic Law Officials and a leading democratic donor. And now, joining me is Ke