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With lester holt and erica hi, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Weome to today on a saturday morning. Im lesterolt. Imrica hill. Alongside dylan dreyer and cra melvin who is in this morning for jenna. We want to staith our top story. Weavent seen the full picture of the destruction typhoon haiyan has lef behind. There are more images of e damage coming in throughout the morning. Weo know that entire neighborhoods ve been destrod. Were also learning this morning t...

Down the wet weather expected to return to the bay area command of the 15 minutes. George not checking hot spot but the volume is definitely building up all over the bay area. Here at the bay bridge its been a very slow commute out of the macarthur maze of the other approaches to the bridge look great. But the nimitz freeway and the e shore freeway the feeling that marked lanes to rid of the drive time out of the macarthur maze is over 20 minutes this morning. For your ride to the san mateo brid...

See a lot of people there, we were all there, including phil and his son johnson, my agent. And we, everybody didnt want him to bat. He had a bad series the first time. He got hit by a pitch and everybody stood up and applaud. Like the bad news bear and yet he hits a grand slam. Good morning, everyone, its monday, october 21st. We pretend we cant talk about this. We have a lot of other stuff to talk about as well. I understand youre happy. Mike barn cal is with us. Time magazine senior political...

Compare himself to . Apple is at the top of one important list but for what and there are others on that list, too. Hello, everyone. Its 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. The very latest headlines from the philippines, weve learn more than 1200 people are dead. They were killed when the biggest storm ever recorded typhoon high yen slammed into the nation. The death toll could have been higher but early warnings entmillions to shelters days before the storm hit. When theyll...

Problems continue to plague healthcare. Gov. The white house wont say how many people have been able to select a Health Insurance plan. Nobody is as mad as me that the website isnt working as well it should. That means its going to get fixed. President obama said experts are working on it repairs but is not giving a target date when the software will be up to speed. There are problems throughout the site. It could take weeks or even months to fix. This is a system that was rushed out much too qu...

The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Murray last october families and communities across our country were forced to endure a completely unnecessary Government Shutdown. Coming after years of budget uncertainty and constant crises the shutdown hurt our workers and threatened our fragile economic recovery and it shook the confidence of people across the country who expected th...

In 1830, and he was appointed as a territorial secretary at 19, which is a record probably that will never be broken. Another record that certainly will never be broken was 1835 when at age 24, he was elected the first states governor. And in time the people of michigan and the people of detroit came to trust him as, even though a young person, a very skilled and dedicated leader. Well, mason was regarded first of all by the people in his own territory as a bit of an interloper, just coming in f...

Overstepped his authority when he unilaterally declared the senate was in recess and appointed three members to the National Labor relations board. Libby casey, good afternoon. Why is this case so important . Well watch for the decision made by the Supreme Court late july when they round out their term and at the heart of this case is whether or not a president in this case, president obama can make appointments when the congress is out of town. The white house says if the congress is gone the p...

The work opportunity tax credit expired. Why not extend that, not only to those groups who qualify now but also to people who have been unemployed for a long time, to encourage employers to take a advance on them, to bring them into the back into the work force where they want to be. We could also include other provisions. For example, i have a bipartisan bill with senator donnelly and senator manchin and members on my side of the aisle that would fix the definition of fulltime work under obamac...

This is true because of the incredible success the Broadband Program has had across the country here and at the Brooklyn Library amazing things. Making Great Strides and addressing the digital skill divide. Many of us are wondering where the additional funding is going to come from . I should take a moment on the Digital Literacy spectrum to talk about the room we are sitting. This is a digital commons. It provides us through an increasingly sophisticated set of tools, faster connectivity. It co...