Species, establishmentarians. Ted cruz is thinking about his strategy beyond the primaries. This week, the texas senator kicks off his tour of key southern states, and he announced the endorsement of the influential evangelical leader. All this has donald trump headlining the headlines again. Today the donald got love from russian president vladimir putin. He seemed impressed with his fellow alpha male when speaking to reporters after his annual and always delightful press conference in moscow. He is a very colorful person, talented without any doubt, but it is not our affair to to determine his worthiness. That is up to the United States voters but he is the leader in , the race and wants to move to a different level of relations to more solid, deeper relations with russia, and how cannot russia welcome that . We welcome that. As for the internal political issues and the terms of speech which he uses to raise his popularity, i repeat, it is not our affair to evaluate them. John all ri
Just around the corner from where we are at tully and lanai. Were told he was grazed by a bullet and that police are looking for one suspect and possibly more. Now youre taking look down tully road right now. You can see thats the highway 101 overpass. You can see there are lots of Police Officers around here. They have blocked the road while they search for the suspect. There are lots of stores here and gas stations and restaurants, and they are all empty. Police have cleared everyone out. Theyve set up crime tape and they are, there is just a heavy presence here. Nobody here is talking. Theyre not telling us whats going on but we know they are looking for a suspect and one officer is being treated for a grazed wound. He was shot by a suspect and grazed and police right now are looking for suspect in this area. The perimeter is very wide. Im not sure how wide but theyve got the tully offramp. Once you get off the highway, they wont let you down tully. Theyre sending you down to capita
Switch on the worlds most famous Christmas Tree today. Wednesday, december 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a. Good morning. Im matt lauer. And im Savannah Guthrie. What is tall and bushy . No, not matt lauer. It is the Christmas Tree. All four of us set to do the honors. We have a great show planned. And were glad youre back. No, thanksgiving hangover lasted a long time. Just kidding. I had a stomach virus. Im not contagious. We should mention the weather not too bad for the Tree Lighting. Upper 40s and 50 degrees. Perfect. The weather not so great in other parts of the country. The top story is a monster storm impacting millions of people across many parts of the country. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in denver this morning with parts of that. Miguel, good morning. Reporter matt, good morning. 32 million americans are impacted by the storm, but it is not what you see which is the steady snow which is dangerous, but wha
Did you hear that . So goodbye private insurers, hello governmentrun health care. But dont say i didnt warn you. I suspect when i was covering the debate on the hill that this was ultimately the goal any way, and even though that some democrats expressed disappointment, that we didnt end up getting a single payer system, it was like a trojan horse deal ultimately leading to that. But enough about me. Back to my panelists who want to congratulate me. By the way, they were also in on this. Theyre smarty pants in their own right. Fake a look. Ultimately thats the game plan, a single payer system. Thats going to be a disaster. With the public plan, what its going to do is increase costs for people who still have private insurance. All right. Charles and dagan, with adam, gary. Charles, you were saying the signals were there and now were getting the confirmation. Now were getting the confirmation, and its going to be a painful process. Ultimately, when this happens, youre talking about push
In for wolf blitzer. It is 1 00 p. M. In washington, 6 00 p. M. In london, 8 00 p. M. In ankara, turkey, and 9 00 p. M. In baghdad, iraq. Wherever youre watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. We begin at the white house where the Holiday Season in the u. S. Has officially kicked off. First Lady Michelle obama and her daughters welcomed the White House Christmas tree. It is an 18. 5foottall douglas fir, it was grown in pennsylvania, and this tree will be on display in the blue room. And speaking of the Holiday Season, 140 million. Thats how many shoppers the National Retail federation estimates will take advantage of deals in the u. S. This weekend. From the pictures, it does look like its off to a good start. Many beginning their black friday holiday on thursday night actually, braving huge crowds for deals at this macys in heralds square in new york city. But in some cases, shopping for the best deal turned into a battle for bargains, literally. In texas, police had to