we start some 5,000 miles away in hawaii. historic moments 75 years in the making. in just over an hour president obama will be welcoming japan's prime minister to pearl harbor for the first visit to the memorial there by a japanese leader since the attack that launched the u.s. into world war ii. we are watching cabinet concerns. the president-elect's picks for top spots not always in line with his own views on key issues. what does that mean for a smooth transition? plus, thousands of americans still in the dark after a christmas blizzard pounded the planes. we'll have the latest on the storm's path as folks try to make their way back home. we begin in hawaii before shinzo abe's visit to the memorial at pearl harbor he'll sit down with president obama for a face-to-face meeting. tammy lightner is in honolulu covering it all. >> hey, hallie. this is a significant day in history. this marks the first time that a japanese prime minister will have an official visit to pearl harbor with a sitting president. their day will begin with a bilateral meeting. then there will

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we are monitoring the sideways in hawaii. the president and japanese prime minister are scheduled to speak at the top of the hour. you are looking 59 this a few minutes ago. president obama and japanese prime minister shinzo abe joining to to lay a wreath at the pearl harbor memorial and joined by the united states ambassador to japan. caroline kennedy looking at the shots as they lay that wreath. we are going to take a look here as this played out. the 75th anniversary of the japanese attack on pearl harbor. we commemorated that and both leaders taking the wreaths and laying them the first time a united states president and japanese leader have joined together at pearl harbor. this is actually a live shot you are looking at right now. obama and abe tossed the petals over the edge into the water. this live at the pearl harbor memorial right now. president obama, this was something he said he was very much looking forward to doing. now the japanese program n splarp and both expected to make sparks in a few minutes. we will tak

morning in hawaii it became a date that will be remembered and live in infamy. today marking 75 years since the japanese attack there. until 9/11 this day in 1941 remained the worst attack on u.s. soil. a mass attack. 19 ships sunk or run aground and just 24 hours later america was launched into world war ii. fdr declaring war on japan as the pacific fleet still smolders. he take you back to what is the national day of remembrance at the floating memorial over the "uss arizona" for more than 1,000 aboard who were killed. the remains of two fallen heroes will be interred there today. more than 2,000 folks will pay their respects. thank you for your time. i'm thomas roberts. kate snow is here to pick things up. >> good afternoon. i'm kate snow. here are the top throw stours. at any moment the bipartisan salute to vice president joe biden will happen on the senate floor. his political friends and foes lining up to pay tribute to biden's 4 1/2 centuries in public service. it is sure to be a relatively emotional affair. we're going to bring that to you live coming up

he was in hawaii. it was a very, very nice call. and i actually thought we covered a lot of territory. a lot of good territory. >> joining me now is charlie sykes, veteran conservative radio host and msnbc contributor, and karen, national political correspondent. thanks for being here. karen, to you out of the gates, give us a sense. now, within the last 24 hours, you've got this just remarkable exchange between john kerry, this administration, and the israeli prime minister, and donald trump involved. you've also got the dispute between -- over russia where you've got this administration and vladimir putin and donald trump weighing in on that as well. this is a real clash of administrations right now. what should we expect in the remaining 22 days and ultimately going forward? >> well, i think what is -- what i'm struck by is the degree to which the don't seem to be a volume knob on any of this thanks to donald trump's propensity to go to his twitter account on anything, whether it's a personal sleight from president obama saying t

we heard from the governor of hawaii. he called the u.s.-japan military alliance, quote, the most important to keeping the peace in asia. the real question now is what happens to that alliance post january 20 when there is a new sheriff in town, so to speak. a new president of the united states, donald trump. based on the cues so far how should we anticipate that will go? >> this is one to watch. it was the president-elect trump who said to me and maggie haberman in march that he was okay if japan and south korea got their own nuclear weapons. because he may well have to pull back from asia. >> let me play what he said to chris matthews as well. they got a conversation started in march. listen. >> japan doesn't want a nuclear weapon. >> why should they? we give them free protection. >> do you want them to -- >> wait a minute. you said maybe south korea has to develop their own capability. >> i said i will keep it the way it is but they have to pay their share. >> what's the risk based on what we have heard from donald trump. >> the question

trump in mar-a-lago in west paem beach, florida, and president obama is in hawaii. steve patterson is traveling with the president. still morning there. any sightings of the president yet today? >> yes, there is, and i will get to that in just a second. i just want to say what a privilege it is to cover the president and be in hawaii when it seems so miserable in so much of the mainland 48. i have to apologize to my friends, family, colleagues, anybody a that's following me or friends with me on social media. because i think i've been going a little too hard. who can help it. yeah. i wanted to bring it up first. the low here is 71, the high 78. >> okay. >> reporter: so the obamas are chilling. i know, i know. stop. there's nothing major on the schedule until christmas. really they're creatures of habit when it comes to vacationing. they come to the same place, to oahu every single year for christmas. this year obviously the last year but no different. they end up at the rental home in kai lua, a slim pi town about 45 minutes away from waikiki, tourist central. they

it's still early morning here in hawaii but this is a long time coming. keep in mind, it was way back in october that intelligence agencies confirmed that russia was involved in the hack. there's a couple of things they could announce today. one would be economic sanctions. now, these would be leveed by the treasury department and the second thing, a covert attack. we would hit back in the cyber world. russian foreign affairs minister has already come out and said that if the u.s. does levee sanctions, they will retaliate very aggressively and keep in mind, the obama administration has tried to get tough. back in april, passed an executive order to give them power to levy sanctions in the case of a cyberattack but there's no clear guidance based on this executive order and the white house said this is new territory. they're still figuring this out as they go along. president-elect as you mentioned, donald trump, did weigh on this yesterday and still not acknowledging that russia was involved in this hack. he also went on to say, quote, we need to get on w

charlie took. >> have a great holiday. >> coming up, fishiness in hawaii. my obsession comes out of the aloha state. it is not from the movie forgetting sarah marshall. we will tell you what it is. ♪ see ya next year. this season, start a new tradition. experience the power of infiniti now, with leases starting at $319 a month. infiniti. empower the drive. >> tonight i'm obsessed with a little matter of presidential legacy. i'm obsessed with a fish. a marine biologists discovered a new species in a remote marine preserve off the hawaiian coast. it caught the scientist's eye because of its coloring because it reminded the scientist of president obama's campaign logo. look closely. the resemblance might be a bit hard to see, but again i'm not a marine biologist. so they named it after the president. ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at what is apparently the first thing the state of hawaii named after president obama. not a school, a fish. it now belongs to the species of obama. i'm obsessed with how you pronounce the place where the fish lives. i can't

hawaii for today's events but with each passing year the number dwindles. the vets are now in their 90s with a few over the age of 100 which is why this is considered the last major gathering of pearl harbor survivors. >> we have witnessed this morning the bombing of pearl harbor by aerial planes. >> it's the moment that usherred the united states into world war ii and for many the same moment when the great est generation ws born. >> yesterday, december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. >> the surprise attack killed more than 2,400 americans, nichely half were aboard the "uss arizona." >> i remember i lost a lot of good buddies. >> that day, 335 men made it off the arizona. only 5 are alive today. 4 of them making the long trip to hawaii toay their respects, including lou, who brought dozens of friends and relativ s has this year's anniversary been especially meaningful? >> all the anniversaries are meaningful. because we lost 1,100 shipmates in about nine minutes. >> he became a pilot, a decorated military career that spanned 28 years. twice, h

with the jealously inducing assignment, in honolulu, hawaii with the president. be honest. you are not even working, are you? >> katie, i am working, but i am the surge of my colleagues. i'm not sure they will let me back in. the obama administration happy keebing us busy. there is a cascade cementing his legacy on a number of things trying to push as much through while he is on vacation as possible. the next incoming administration will have a hard time reversing. this is about environmental legacy called the outer continental shelf lands act. this will allow the president to save hundreds of millions of acres in the atlantic and arctic. that is for future contracts and not anything in place at this point. they think it is airtight for a few reasons. number one, there teams to be no president for reversing this. this thing was signed into law in 1953. dwight eisenhower has invoked this. this has a history of standing up to scrutiny. this says the next administration can do nothing to roll it back. three, is that all this is being done in concert with the prime minister of

. >> we'll talk about that with the senator from hawaii here in just a moment. kristen, other transition news. more tension for the third retired military general in mr. trump's cabinet or cabinet level appointment. i want to remind some people what he said about the military and generals during the campaign. >> the generals have been reduced to rubble. our military is a disaster. our military is in shambles. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. >> if that's the case, kris why so many generals? >> reporter: right, he just tapped jon kelly to head dhs. i think there's a couple of different reasons. on the one hand, there's concern. could having so many generals warp his foreign policy, his view of national security? on the other hand, if you're president-elect donald trump, he has no experience in foreign policy or national security, so to some extent, these appointments could offset his lack of experience in this critical area. this is one of the corner stones of his campaign. one more point about this, the military is highly respected among

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hawaii as well. are we going to see potentially here the place that we don't think that might take up a leadership position in the dnc? >> who doesn't want to be visiting hawaii? i can certainly say there's a deal there. >> yeah. >> whoever is going to end up leading the dnc, and who should be leading the dnc, is who has their ear to the ground. the energy now is not in washington. the energy is in the states. the energy is with the real voters nap is who was energized. i'd say the organizations working throughout are medium energized. on that spectrum, elected people currently elected in washington are the least energized on that spectrum. >> uh-huh. >> and all coming from the people. the people know what they want and they need to see leadership that reflects that, absolutely. >> maybe there will be a michelle a emily brought up in the process? who knows. thank you both. correspondent for reuters and emily, campaign for the center for american progress. thank you both. have a very good saturday. >>

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president obama is keeping busy during his christmas vacation in hawaii. now banning off shore drilling in arctic and atlantic waters. the announcement comes in conjunction with a similar canadian ban. senior white house officials citing an obscure 1950s environmental law that said future presidents would not be able to revoke the ban. people have said vladimir putin isn't afraid of president obama. i'm sure president putin won't like this law. nbc's steve patterson is in hawaii where the first family is vacationing. why the president act now? >> you got to look at it like this. anything the president is doing this late into a lame duck administration while he's on vacation with his family in hawaii with any authority beyond playing a mean round of golf is all about cementing legacy. all about pushing items through that the next incoming administration can't easily undo. this is all about environmental legacy. the president using a little known law called the outer ko continental shelflands act. essentially making hundreds of millions of acres of federal l

he was in hawaii. and it was a very, very nice call. and i actually thought we covered a lot of territory. a lot of good -- >> are you satisfied with the transition thus far? >> well, our staffs are getting along very well. and i'm getting along very well with him. other than a couple of statements. that i responded to. and we talked about it and smiled about it. and nobody's ever going to know because we're never going to be going against each other in that way. so but he was -- it was a great conversation. >> president-elect donald trump this evening, that was hours basically after tweeting that the fact, in fact, the transition was not going smoothly because of inflammatory statements and roadblocks from president obama, leaving some wondering which is it. joining us now is john harwood. what do you make of the two trumps and this effort by obama to be in his ear? >> what we've seen with donald trump is somebody who has got a very strong ego and who is very impulsive. so when he reads an account of david axelrod interviewing presiden

the president teed that up like he did in hawaii. >> thanks for sending people to wikipedia. is there a simple answer that did russia swing the election? >> you know, i would like to say that i'm going to leave it to the history books, but i never pulled a punch like that. this swung the election. it swung the election if it changed the mind of one voter, if you see the photograph that they have of the word cloud on media coverage of hillary clinton versus donald trump, 50% of the box was one word. e-mails. right? media coverage on the e-mails viewed wikipedia as 100% accurate, 100% worthy of unlimited coverage. i will like to see the dollariment of coverage that turned into. that from july 25th to the day of the election, wikipedia e-mails, podesta's name. not wikipedia, wikileaks. i'm sorry. all of that was done because russian intelligence took every document at the dnc and when they couldn't get to hillary clinton's e-mails proper, they went to the aides around her and hacked them and released the e-mails she had written or responded to from them. that's an intelligence o

for their sacrifice in marine corps base hawaii in oahu. nbc's brian mooar looks at how the holiday was celebrated around the globe. >> reporter: pilgrims and tourists from around the world welcomed christmas in bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of jesus. at the vatican, pope francis offered a prayer of peace. high above on the international space station, a similar viewpoint from the crew of expedition 50. >> seeing the planet as a whole, and it actually re-enforces, i think, that the fact that we should live as one people and strive for peace. >> reporter: on the ground in iraq, american troops did their best to enjoy a peaceful holiday away from home. >> it's kind of a struggle, you know, but i have a good support back home, and, you know, it isn't too bad. we have a pretty good family here. >> reporter: but some took time out to share the holiday spirit with those less fortunate at places like this shelter in indiana and this rescue mission in charlotte. >> sharing a meal like this make us really feel what christmas is all about. >> re

we're live in florida and hawaii and in moscow. >>> two russian compounds here in the united states shut down, but what went on inside? new reporting on that straight ahead. >>> and incoming white house chief strategist, steve bannon, speaks out. what he's saying this hour about deplorables? all of that, that's straight ahead. >>> but we begin with that breaking news. president-elect donald trump praising russia's vladimir putin. trump tweeting, great move on delay by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. now, the official twitter feed of the russian embassy in the united states also retweeted it, as you can see it, it's circled there, at the very top. trump was praising putin's response to president obama's sanctions. putin saying, quote, although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy, but will plan our further steps to restore russian/u.s. relations, based on the policies of the trump administration. now, vladimir putin essentially saying, he'll wait to deal with donald trump and let a cold relationship with president obama pla

tammy liner is in hawaii traveling with president obama throughout the holidays. tammy, how is president obama responding to this? >> reporter: good morning. you know, the president is heavily engaged even though he is here on vacation with his family. he took multiple calls with his security team leading up to the u.n. vote, and that was what led to the u.s. abstaining from the vote. it sends a message to president-elect donald trump. the two have been at odds over this issue. trump has been urging the u.s. to veto the resolution, and the white house is saying there can only with b one president at a time, and right now that is president obama. and keep in mind, president obama has done more for israel's security than any other sitting president. and he's always opposed the settlement. let's go ahead and listen to what the u.n. ambassador samantha power had to say about the u.n.'s vote. >> the security council reaffirmed that settlements have no legal validity. the united states has been sending the message that the settlements must stop. our vote today is fully

. >>> president obama visiting troops on vacation in hawaii, an annual christmas tradition, and this the last one. he thanked the troops for their service and said it's been the privilege of my life to serve as your commander in chief. >>> to the box office "rogue one" still cleaning much, pulling in an estimated $120 million over the holidays weekend. in total "rogue one" has made about $327 million since the release last week, enough to make it the eighth highest-grossing film, and full disclosure, about $15 of my dollars have gone to it. i looked it, too. >>> president obama getting nostalgic about his time in office with 25 days remaining. in an exit interview with david axelrod, the president says it feels like the band is breaking up a bit. still, he sounded kind of confident when he thinking the country really does still buy into his vision of unity. >> i am confident in this vision, because i'm confident that if i -- if i had run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >>> nbc's tammy light ner drew the sh

president obama surely working in hawaii. trump made such a big deal that he would never take a vacation and the optics look strange. >> i don't meet many people that don't think there is a little bit of pressure associated with being the president of the united states and they deserve to have a change of scene now and then. >> if we had a president who never took a break we should be alarmed. >> thank you, my friend. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, more on the shootout that left the berlin terror suspect dead. how was he able to pass through at least two european borders and evade police since monday? >>> another holiday message from troops overseas. >> hi. this is lieutenant colonel gary mar low from idaho currently deployed to the middle east. want to wish everyone a merry christmas and happy holidays, especially shoutout to jewel, olivia, amelia, grant and eliza. see you soon. >>> back to breaking news out of europe. the end of a massive manhunt for the tunisian man suspected of carrying out monday's truck attack i

the president is in the hawaii. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it says today i have ordered a number of actions in response to the russian government of harassment of u.s. officials and cyber sop sop -- operations aimed at the u.s. election. >> it is necessary inappropriate response to harm interests in violation of established national norms or behaviors. there is that language from the white house of the president, talking about repeated warnings and saying that this is certainly a threat of american national security in order to use the sanction regime as we understand that the president had to, the white house had to put the election systems into this category of critical u.s. infrastructure so that sanction can be imposed under the authority that the president has and believe he has. again, it remains to be seen what donald trump will do to this order and every expectations that he will seek to reverse it or not implement it. a strong line of the president of the united states as we have this executive order directed as a number

for now west to hawaii, japan's prime minister is set to visit pearl harbor with president obama today, marking the first time in decades one of the country's prime ministers has visited the historic site. shinzo abe arrived in hawaii yesterday for a trip intended to show a strong alliance between his country and the united states. following his arrival, mr. abe visited the national memorial cemetery of the pacific which honors those who died while serving in the u.s. armed forces. while the prime minister's visit to pearl harbor has been widely reported as a first ever since world war ii ended, he actually will be the fourth prime minister to do so. that includes a visit by his grandfather who also served as prime minister. japanese officials are characterizing mr. abe's visit to the site as the first by a sitting prime minister with a u.s. president. this trip comes seven months after president obama became the first sitting president to visit a park dedicated to the 140,000 people killed by the hiroshima atomic bomb. >>> russian state-run media reporting a black box from that crashe

this is the uss arizona memorial at pleasurepleasure -- pleasure hawaii. half of these men were on board uss arizona. this is the final resting place for the sailors and marines who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. if you haven't been there, it's an eerie sight. perhaps the only living war memorial. you see the oil rise as the battle ship rests at the bottom and the oil leak up top makes it feel as if you see the arizona still alive today. ceremonies are taking place in hawaii and here in washington and across the country to honor the men and women. tom brocaw coined these folks the greatest generation. >> to america's world war ii patriots here and watching at home, we will never forget your courage under considerable fire and seemingly insurmountable odds. >> we remember your lost sh shipmat shipmates. we salute your sacrifice and that of your families. >> december 7, 1941 is one of the dates on which history swing on its great hinge and the world was forever changed. >> if you have a family member who is a member of this generation, cherish

what struck you as we witnessed this unique day in hawaii? >> i was very touched by the historical moment of it being a vietnam era veteran, i know how it feels to be surprised that this day has come. there is such peace and reconciliation and productivity in the relationship between our two countries. we are facing a new administration & strategic policies are going to be. it'smportant for president obama as he leaves that he leave this is relationship in about as good of shape as it could be in. in a stable and predictable shape. we are moving into what looks like it will be unpredictable and let's hope not too unstable. >> how will history remember this president as it relates to asia and japan and that region? >> that's a good question. we don't know yet. weill have to wait at least five oren years to see what crops forack of a better term that president obama laid whether or not they will grow or not. when you look at the world globally, the president is leaving it a little bit fractured. the reset with russia is fractured and when you l

before leaving with his family for hawaii for the holidays, a mostly defensive president, but a hint of offense. >> so at a point in time where we have taken certain actions that we can divulge publicly, we will do so, and there are times the message will be directly received by the russians and not publicized. >> it was the longest press conference of his presidency. he declined at several points opportunities to criticize his successor, president-elect donald trump, and even gave him a pass by taking the phone call from the taiwanese president, saying everything should be subject to pressure eyes. >>> and joining me now, political reporter for u.s. news and world report, and senior reporter for "the hill." thank you both for being here. gabrielle, let me start with you, and could the president have done more or is it a situation where you are doomed if you do and doomed if you don't? >> i think it's a situation where he was doomed if he doesn't, and he was talking about undercover cyber business they are working on, and i think he was worried more about like he was trying to tip th

. >> president obama will be meeting today with japan's prime minister in hawaii. the meeting will be among the last with a foreign leader for this president, meeting with shinzo abe. i want to bring in bob franken, syndicated columnist and washington observer and all around good guy. bob, always good to see you, my friend. >> you didn't say long time good guy. >> no, pretty crafty earlier. and president obama, for the first time, the united states declining to veto that resolution condemning israel settlement policies on the west bank in east jerusalem allowing that measure to pass. what do you make of the administration's, what some are saying, a shift? >> well, apparently it's considered a shift but it could also be considered obama's last statement about his relationship with mr. netanyahu and of course, he realizes that it has a short life because he made it clear that he'll completely change the policy towards israel once he gets elected, once he gets inaugurated. >> president-elect also weighing in on the overall united nations controversy saturday saying th

he's leaving later today for hawaii. he has a farewell speech he'll work on while there. his speech writer is going with him. there is no guarantee he'll do a final press conference in january before leaving office. the answers we are looking for at least as a public group of correspondents today mean the last opportunity to do that. >> we'll see if we get answers. chris jansing, kasie hunt and hans anile cos, thank you very much for being with me. donald trump's controversial pick for and to israel. will a man who supports west bank settlements ignite a powder keg in a volatile region? that's coming uchl. farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. thanks. hmm... the award-winning geico app. download it today. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care ab

in this case, his last family vacation in hawaii? we know he visited the troops. obviously, he has these ceremonies today. what else, if anything, isn his official agenda? >> well, chris, you have done this trip in the past. so you know there will be a lot of golfing and a lot of working out. but there are no other scheduled events. this was the only officially scheduled one with the prime minister. he'll be departing here early in the next year to finish out the fina days in the white house. chris. >> and meantime, as i understand it, working on his farewell address tohe nation. thank you so much. >>> this one is hard to believe. absolute chaos erupting at a handful of malls across the country the day after christmas. with a large number of dangerous disturbances, police in riot gear even called in. >> this was the scene in aurora, colorado. five juveniles arrested in connection with multiple fights. ultimately leading to the evacuation of the mall. nbc's morgan radford is live at a mall in garden city, new york, where a fight there caused a wave of panic. what i

i want to go to tammy lightener, in hawaii where the president is vacationing. i know you've been getting the administration officials' take on the situation and walk us through the sanctions specifically and what the real impact is. >> reporter: sure, peter. it is unprecedented for the u.s. to retaliate against russia in this way. it's also very unusual for the u.s. to make public the names of these top russian officials who are involved. now let's go over the sanctions. as you mentioned 35 russian diplomats are being kicked out of the u.s. along with their families. they're closing two russian compounds in new york and maryland. they are sanctioning two russian leading intelligence agencies along with the three russian companies that are said to have supported these hacking efforts. they're also naming four top officials and two others. this is really interesting. they're naming two others who are suspected of having some involvement in unrelated cyber activities and also, stealing more than $100 million from u.s. institutions, univerties, government instituti

they're expected to stay in hawaii through new year's day. >>> the president now with less than a month left in office, is reflecting about the past eight years in his final christmas address to the nation. together we fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years and got unemployment to a nine-year low. we secured health insurance for another 20 million americans, and new protections for folks who already had insurance. we made america more respected aroundhe world. >> joining me now to talk about the president's final days and his legacy, rick wade, former senior adviser to president obama. good morning to you. >> good morning. thank you. >> all right. i'm going to toss you a big one here. the president, he listed several accomplishments. what do you think, rick, is his biggest accomplishment? >> well, listen. there's no doubt that his biggest accomplishment is taking us from a economic recession into an economic recovery and creating jobs and needless to say, providing health care for millions of people whoidn't have access to health care in america. and i think at the end

bright spots like the 2010 trip they took to hawaii. they even renewed marriage vows on that trip. >> the tapes reflect both of them at their worst. the flip-side is, when they're getting along well, when they're affectionate towards one another, when they renew their wedding vows in hawaii, they don't tape that stuff. >> it's always the darkest side. >> yes. >> as for the night nique disappeared, the defense tried to show that nique leili was once again acting unstable, behaving erratically. the defense attorney called matt's father, matthias, to verify his son's version of the last fight between matt and nique. the one where she allegedly flashed him. >> she tore off her top and says, come on, let's go, let's act like a family. >> were you expecting any sort of comment like that? >> never. i -- never. >> once nique disappeared, clegg says, matt leili inquired about having his wife involuntarily committed and even hired a divorce attorney. a man who knows his wife is already dead, he says, wouldn't have done either of those things. >>

here's hawaii. we call this almost the pineapple express. this is going to bring heavy rain into california. this storm eventually is going to push the cold air out and away from the country. get ready for a big rain event in california. beneficial rains but too much, too soon, could lead to flooding problems. as we go throughout the day today, rain will move in, especially tonight, all day long. almost like a hose of rain coming into northern california. some spots could pick up 4 to 8 inches of rainfall. again, great to fill up the reservoirs but we don't want too much, too soon. we could deal with isolated flooding problems in california. and eventually we will see that storm moving across the country with some snow friday and saturday. so you get the picture. cold outbreak, a little bit of snow. >> i like the term pineapple express. >> it's a cool one. pineapples in hawaii. >>> awards season is in full swing as this year's list of golden globe nominations was released yesterday. "lala land" starring ryan gosling and emma stone leads with

he was in hawaii. and it was a very, very nice call. and i actually thought we covered a lot of territory, a lot of good territory. >> are you satisfied with the transition thus far? >> well, our staffs are getting along very well. and i'm getting along very well with him. other than a couple of statements. and i responded to. and we talked about it and smiled about it. and nobody's ever going to know because we're never going to be going against each other in that way. so but he -- it was a great conversation. >> mr. president-elect, senator graham today said that they're putting together a sanction to go after putin personally. will you back that? >> i don't know what he's doing. i haven't spoken to senator graham. as you know, he ran against me. and i haven't spoken to him. >> you have to admit he shocked the world. nothing else to say, he shocked the world. >> senator graham ran against me. i haven't spoken to him. >> what do you think about sanctions? >> i think we'll get on with our lives. the whole age of computer has made it whe

. >> you have people now down there searching, i mean, in hawaii? >> absolutely. and they cannot believe what they're finding. >> i still would like to see his college records. i would lake to see a couple of things. trump comes along and says birth certificate. he gave a birth certificate. whether or not whether that was a real certificate, pause a lot of people question it, i certainly question it. >> outrageous. anyway, questioning president obama's birth certificate provided trump with the foundation he built his 2016 campaign. so it's not surprising he declared his presidency by attacking an entire nationality. here he goes. >> when mexico sends their people, they're not sending their best. they're not sending you. they're not sending you. they're sending people that have lots of problems and they're wringing those problems with us. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. and some, i assume, are good people. >> well, accusations plagued his campaign to the bitter end, of course. and for more on how trump demolished political norms whi

we see that the obama family's already in hawaii for the holidays. the trumps will spend the rest of the holiday season based at their home in palm beach, florida. it's from there that the president-elect will continue to work on setting up his administration. dara, we don't have any indication if or when he'll speak more fully about or comment about this issue of the cyberattacks, the involvement of vladimir putin, and what the russians tried to do to influence the election. dara? >> so many questions. kelly o'donnell in mobile, alabama. thank you very much. >>> breaking news out of aleppo. evacuations in rebel-held areas are expected to resume. this after a new deal was just reached to free thousands trapped in the war-torn city. at least 7,500 were allowed to leave before vacations were suspended on friday. the syrian government and opposition groups blaming each other for a breakdown in the previous agreement. nbc chief global correspondent bill neely is in aleppo and has the latest on the all this. bill? >> reporter: the level of destruction in

miguel almaguer now from pearl harbor, hawaii. we are seeing some of the men who were just essentially boys, young men who fought for this country, return for the last time. >> reporter: we know about upwards of a few dozen attending the ceremony. it will start with a moment of silence. we spoke a short while a to alfred rodriguez. he said he remembered the pearl harbor day vividly and remembers getting a call to man h battleships. he said he ran to the battleships here in pearl harbor already on fire. he remembers the day the time and the moment he picked up the gun to return fire against japanese aircraft circling the bay and unleashing bombs across the area. we expect the tribute to be moving. it is the 75th anniversary for many of the survivors of pearl harbor. it holds special meaning. there were young men here during the attack. they will be joined by veterans who served all across the world and are here to remember them and the pearl harbor survivor we spoke to said the reason he's here is to remember those who lost their l

joseph allsup, a top american columnist who found himself in hong kong the day after the attack on hawaii. he could hear the bombs dropping. he lay on the floor of his apartment in perfect darkness because of the blackout, listening to an old radio. this is how he described his feelings as he heard president roosevelt ask the congress to declare war. "i heard no more than enough to be reminded of the timbre of his voice. it never for one moment occurred to me that there might be the smallest doubt about the outcome of the vast war the president was asking the congress to declare. nor did i find any other american throughout the entire war who ever doubted the eventual outcome. i now feel nostalgia for the absolute confidence in the american future which was the necessary foundation of the total absence of doubt. hope was in fact franklin roosevelt's greatest gift to his fellow americans. partly he gave his hope by deeds when he came to an office that seemed utterly devoid of hope. he gave us hope because all conceded he himself felt not the slightest doubt about the future at any time in

some of the dwindling number of surviving vets attended today's ceremonies in hawaii. they included one man who survived the attack on the "uss maryland" that morning. he visited pearl harbor this week for the first time since he was a 20-year-old sailor. and he was introduced to admiral scott swift, the current commander of the u.s. pacific fleet. >> great to meet you. it's quite an honor. >> yeah, for me. >> what took you so long to come back? >> i don't know. too sad. >> you know, it's such an honor to have you here. you know, i represent 140,000 sailors here in the pacific. >> oh, my. >> and i tell them that sailors like you, you woke up the morning of december 7th, just like everyday sailors, but you retired as heroes. i know you're uncomfortable with the concept, but you made history that day. it's that history that's formed a heritage in the navy that we live in today. >> how about that? let's bring in our friend from washington, presidential historian author michael beschloss. michael, i heard you on the air reminding people, this was far from a done deal, we w

a beautiful picture out of pearl harbor in hawaii. >>> so it was this morning in this ex dlu sclusive interview matt lauer that president-elect donald trump explained why he quietly sold all of his stock back in june. >> i don't think it's appropriate for me to be owning stocks when i'm making deals for this country that maybe will affect one company positively and one company negatively. >> speaking of -- >> i just felt it was a conflict. >> so he said he felt it was a conflict, although we have no proof of that portfolio sale. it could be the first in a series of different moves that president-elect trump makes to address lingering concerns about his businesses and the potential for conflicts of interest. house speaker paul ryan saying he's confident trump will do what's right. >> every bit of confidence he's going to get himself right with moving from being the business guy that he is to the president he's going to become. >> on december 15th, trump will hold a press conference detailing how he's going to leave his company to focus on running the country, and we do expect members o