The ceo of mcdonalds his job. Ousted after a consensual relationship all that plus walking free the largest mass release of prisoners in u. S. History why more than 500 inmates in oklahoma are set to go free today. Never alone, never forgotten an nypd widows emotional journey. Running the new York City Marathon to honor her fallen husband. Its beautiful. I just wish one more person was here with me. Undefeated no longer. The Baltimore Ravens handed the reigning super bowl champs their first loss of the year today monday, november 4th, 2019. From nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Welcome to today what a night. Sorry pats we have some pats fans here. Lets get right to the top story. The president going after the whistleblower whose complaint lead to the impeachment investigation against him. We have two reports from Washington Well start with hallie jackson. Good morning. Good morning. Lets start with the whistleblower because that person is now offering to answer written questions from republicans on the intelligence committee. Doing this could be the whistleblowers privacy but as for that the president wants that to change he gave a very inaccurate report about my phone call it was totally appropriate President Trump suggested with holding military aid for political help at home. The whistleblower should be revealed because he gave false stories. Some people would call it fraud. I wont go that far but when i read it closely i probably would. As the complaints multiple details have been corroborated by witness testimony and the complaint largely matches a rough transcript of the call largely matches a rough transcript of that call released by the white house, but the president insists there was no quid pro quo, his allies echoing him arguing ukraine ultimately did receive the mi released by the white house. Him arguing ukraine ultimately did receive the military aid money that had been held up during the push for political investigations into the president s rivals. Isnt that the definition of a quid pro quo the fact is that ukraine has that aid, theyre using that aid as we sit here. You very notably wont say yes or no, quid pro quo, yes or no. I dont know whether aid was being held up. So hallie, lets talk about this issue about the whistleblower, the president talking about it this weekend saying he wants this person to be revealed. And the whistleblower saying okay ill answer some questions but isnt it all kind of beside the point at this stage in the investigation. The whistleblower is the one who made the initial call but now the white house has released the transcript so that evidence is out there, other people have come and testified the question is what the white house is hoping to accomplish by the focus on the whistleblower. Reporter yeah, its an interesting point. House democrats are making that argument we have heard it from the intelligence chairman adam schiff who said hey, we know the information now that the whistleblower first brought forward. That is what all this witness testimony, all this fact finding has been about we dont necessarily need to hear from the whistleblower directly republicans and the president seem to be making the argument that if they can undermine the whistleblower in whatever way they can, perhaps it will undermine the complaint which triggered of course the whole impeachment inquiry. Thats the politics behind it. As for whats happening today on capitol hill, youve got four Administration Officials who had been expected to appear or who had been asked to appear but they are not expected to show up that includes the four people you see on the screen right here House Democrats said they dont want to get into a big messy off from the white house, thank you, and by the way, were just a year away from election day 2020 in fact voters are going to begin having their say with the first votes being cast in three months new poll numbers out this morning, and they shed light on the state of the democratic race is tightening. Nbcs Kristen Welker has the details on that. Good morning. Reporter hi savannah, good morning to you the democratic race is heating up former Vice President joe biden still leads in most National Polls but the race gets more complicated in iowa. Over the weekend, the candidates out in force, making their case to take on President Trump with iowa Voters Holding their caucuses in less than a hundred days, the democrats are now faced with four strong contenders, after a new poll d contenders, after a new poll shows senator Elizabeth Warren on top in the hawk wi state followed closely by bernie sanders, pete buttigieg, and joe biden whos still leading in most National Polls and with warren surging. The senator released details of her signature medicare for all Health Care Plan saying shes pay for it by raising taxes on wealthy americans and large corporations while promising not to increase taxes on the middle class. 11 trillion families are going to pay over the next ten years will go away. Reporter in iowa, biden calling warrens promise not to raise taxes on the middle class unrealistic. Lets get real with numbers. Reporter meanwhile buttigieg, the openly gay mayor from south bend, indiana, making headlines when asked how he would deal with leaders from other countries where its illegal to be gay. Theyll have to get used it. We cant intervene in every country and make them be good for people, but for a country like the United States to be led by somebody that people can look to and know theyre not alone. Reporter it comes after a shake up in the democratic race. Beto orourke once a rising star in the party dropping out. Court battle with these ed tz tsds tsdsed lthsds. Of this party. Reporter . We have seen some of the poll numbers, what about the head to head with Democratic Candidates and President Trump. Reporter well, it gets very interesting, according to a new New York Times, interesting, according to a new New York Times, Siena College poll, really interesting details about President Trump and these candidates take a look at joe biden he narrowly beats President Trump in some key battleground states including pennsylvania, wisconsin, and florida for bernie sanders, its a mixed bag, but for Elizabeth Warren, its a different story shes even with or loses to President Trump in some of those key battleground states. The bottom line, the take away, mr. Trump still very competitive in a general election. Savannah. Kristen welker outside the white house, thank you very much. Craig joins the table now, another story getting a lot of attention. Good morning to you as well, were talking about the shake up at the top of a fast food giant. The ceo of mcdonalds has been fired over a recent consensual relationship with an employee. Tom costello is joining us with more on this one good morning to you. Reporter Steve Easterbrook has been credited with much of mcdonalds success, including healthier menu items but the company says he demonstrated poor judgment in their words and violated policy by having a consensual relationship with an employee he has already been let go and already replaced this morning, a major shake up at mcdonalds, the fast food giant announcing its board has fired ceo Steve Easterbrook, the company saying in a statement easterbrook violated Company Policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a recent consensual relationship with an employee the company did not provide any details about the relationship or name the other employee involved but in an email sent to mcdonalds employees, easterbrook admits to the relationship calling it a mistake, adding given the value since 2015. Of the company, i agree with the board that it is time for me to move on. Easterbrook has been at the helm of the iconic Fast Food Company since 2015 hes credited with enacting modernization efforts like ordering kiosks, he also oversaw the move of the companys headquarters to chicago in 2018 where he spoke of mcdonalds progressive philosophy under his relationship. Were committed to our people by creating job and Growth Opportunities and allow them to meet their great ambitions reporter last year on cnbc, easterbrook was asked about starbucks closing its stores for a day for company wide diversity training and emphasized mcdonalds hard line stance on harassment and bias. We have no tolerance of any sort of harassment or discrimination right across mcdonalds. Reporter mcdonalds has named easterbrooks replacement, chris kempczinski. The head of mcdonalds usa i cant pronounce it either. Thats okay. Reporter the new ceo had little to say about easterbrook, other than thanking him for his contributions. Steve brought me to mcdonalds he was a patient and helpful mentor, i wish him all the best in his future endeavors. Mcdonalds has been under intense scrutiny recently over these allegations of workplace harassment, what more do we know about that. Reporter a labor group fired dozens of Sexual Harassment charges against mcdonalds alleging that the companys response to Sexual Harassment complaints has been inadequate, and this past may hundreds of workers walked off the job to protest what they described as unsafe workplace and Sexual Harassment situations. In response, mcdonalds said it was enhancing training and offering a new hot line for workers. Tom costello there for us in washington thank you. More than 500 inmates in oklahoma are scheduled to be set free today their sentences commuted lawmakers call it the largest oneday prisoner release in u. S. History. Nbcs ron mott is outside of a prison south of tulsa. Ron, good morning. Reporter hey, hoda, good morning to you more than 50 women expected to be set free from this min minimum security prison later today, part of the sweeping commutation statewide. All nonviolent offenders, most convicted on drug charges. Early release is something every inmate behind bars dreams of today that dream will be a reality for hundreds of inmates in oklahoma. I want to thank oklahomans for their commitment to continue to move the needle in criminal justice reform. Reporter a new law on the books makes drug possession a misdemeanor, giving a chance at freedom. Its a measure voters approved by ballot in 2016. Prisoners convicted of minor drug possession and property crimes under 1,000 eligible for release. These are real lives, real people with real families and real friends and they get to go home. Reporter last week oklahomas pardon and parole board held hundreds of hearings for prisoners asking to have their sentences shortened for a variety of offenses. Cory harris came on behalf of his brother who appeared by video and said hes lined up a job for them. Its important when they do get out that they have somewhere to go. Otherwise they will revert back to their old habits. Crystal fisher, daniel finch. Reporter on friday, the patrol board making it official, handing the governor the names of some 500 prisoners to be freed, the largest single day commutation in history i got a lot of paperwork for you guys officials hope to make this the first round of releases, encouraging for other families like tandaleah halls. I work hard to be the women any children need to be. Reporter her boyfriend pled guilty to abusing her children and served two years she was charged separately for letting it happen and was charged 30 years in 2006 the Governors Office telling nbc news, they hope to have her home for the holidays. The state has been holding what they call reentry fares for helping inmates find a job, counseling, state ids, drivers licenses and all the things they will need. The first round of releases should save taxpayers up wards of 12 million hoda. Ron mott, thank you. Last nights upset in the nfl and craig helping the nationals celebrate over the weekend. It was a perfect day for a parade in d. C. , one of them mr. Roker, huh. A cold front, right from fall to winter for some folks. 18 Million People this morning from alabama all the way here into new york, were talking about frost and freeze advisories right now, temperatures hovering around the freezing mark a great portion of the northeast mid atlantic states. So weve got another shot at cold air, two shots this week. First cold front comes into the plains it brings in chilly air. Temperatures are going to be anywhere from 5 to 15 degrees below average. Kansas city green bay, fargo, back to rapid city, and then tomorrow, that pushes to the east below average temperatures, pittsburgh, detroit, milwaukee, minneapolis, all the way down to nashville, but here comes this secondary front and this is actually arctic air thats going to be coming in, down from the arctic, by wednesday, billings will be 23 degrees below average, omaha, 46, as we move into thursday, it heads to the east from buffalo, cincinnati, little rock, dallas, and by the time we get into friday, atlanta gets involved. 8 degrees below average, atlanta, new york, pittsburgh, all the way back down to houston, cold air, and coming up in the next half hour, weve got a storm system to talk about, first snow across a good portion of the country well have the details were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds forecast coming up in 30 seconds. Good monday morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Weve got fog rolling across the golden gate bridge, creating some low visibility there, and weve seen the fog drifting across the bay bridge. Right now, mostly clear, but we will see all of this clearing out within the next couple of hours. As we go throughout the day, our temperatures inland reaching into the upper 70s, even a few low 80s. As we go into the rest of the next several days, High Pressure remains and dry weather will stay in the forecast with highs in the mid70s throughout the rest of the workweek. And that is your latest weather, guys. Big news in the football world, undefeated no more, the new England Patriots picked up their first loss of the season on sunday night. And ball is out and theres no whistle yet, and this is Marlon Humphrey whos going to take it to the end zone carried like a loaf of bread. Youre supposed to tuck it under. Quarterback lamar jackson, he ran for two tds, threw for another, the ravens won this one easily easily 3720. A lot of upset pats fans. 49ers only Undefeated Team left. The washington nationals, by the way, fresh off their first world series title will visit the white house today. The nats continue their championship celebration in washington there it was Capitals Hockey game there. You see the two teams getting together for a Group Picture also a bit of a sing along, we are the champions, the caps won the title two years ago. That capped off a weekend of celebrations highlighted of course by that huge victory parade on saturday theres the commissioners trophy being hoisted high above Ryan Zimmermans head thousands of fans tens of thousands, in fact where were you . I was right there on 3rd and pennsylvania, me and my wife were part of the coverage. You were covering for wrc. About five hours of coverage. The super bowl. Fantastic. And pretty day for it. Beautiful day good to be there. 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