Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
We have the today it was intense. Yeah. Ive got threes, and i listen to fighting all the time, so it didnt last very long watching the debates last night. This is very surreal, a president ial Campaign Like this is like none weve seen before. It just made me feel uncomfortable. Like go into a room, have some other. There are too many debates, dont you think . Like if you dont know who you want to pick right now, see who is the best at arguing with each other, huh . Zingers. What are not dropping off are some of these temperatures we have coming our way. Yeah, good morning to you. Gorgeous shot out there. Its going to be a pretty nice day today, except were going to add some winds later on today. Were still looking at about 71 degrees for a high today. A weak disturbance, tow, will pass to our north, and any shower activity will mostly stay to the north, but we will have those breezes today, and gusting up to about 75 or so miles per hour. This will fall apart. Not much of a shower chan
We want the laws imposed on us followed by police. Reporter state police found an open alcohol container in his patrol car, according to the charges. One witness said beer bottles fell out of the car when he opened the door. A driving instructor from the skillful school told me i have no idea why people in th r right mind would drink and drive at the same time. Reporter his car was taken to the barracks while the sergeant roadside was relieved of his weapon and suspended without pay. A source told me he had been treated for alcohol before. I also understand the work they do puts them under undue stress that most people dont have to encounter on a daytoday basis, and i would hope there is good support in his profession. Reporter roadside is a 28year veteran of the state police. His duties include safeguarding the security of the governor, providing security and escorts for both president s george w. Bush and barack obama and responsibility for security details for all United Nation esco
A head scratcher for me, because i cannot see the positives in this. Lets stipulate that it is going to hurt powerful businesses, and Small Businesses and meet yolker businesses, and so it is a tax the basically, and at the end of the year, they have less profits to grow the business or hire less people, but talk about the populous view of the minimum wage and that does not wash. One, it hurts employment. Study after study have shown that there is a correlation of raising the minimum wage, and increase of unemployment. And look no further than the last increase in the minimum wage, and you can see tin cre t decrease in teenaged employment. And who is out . The most disadvantaged people and unskilled people in society especially like the hike in seattle up to 15. And it does not help those who do not want to be helped. For a family, you have about 5 of the population. And for those people, you are better off to give them a big tax credit or helping them out with welfare rather than rais
I cannot see the positives in this. Lets stipulate that it is going to hurt powerful businesses, and Small Businesses and meet yolker businesses, and so it is a tax the basically, and at the end of the year, they have less profits to grow the business or hire less people, but talk about the populous view of the minimum wage and that does not wash. One, it hurts employment. Study after study have shown that there is a correlation of raising the minimum wage, and increase of unemployment. And look no further than the last increase in the minimum wage, and you can see tin cre t decrease in teenaged employment. And who is out . The most disadvantaged people and unskilled people in society especially like the hike in seattle up to 15. And it does not help those who do not want to be helped. For a family, you have about 5 of the population. And for those people, you are better off to give them a big tax credit or helping them out with welfare rather than raising it for everyone. And mark b h