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Reporter ari, carlesha spent several hours in the hospital. And she was released to her family and went back home to philadelphia. This tragic ordeal for this woman ended here in this parking lot in maryland. Police say they tracked the suspects car here and found him and carlesha inside. This ended a multiple state manhunt for devlin barnes. Police say he has a long, violent criminal record and it say peers she was a random victim. This story captured the nations attention because of carleshas violent abduction was captured on surveillance video. Police also released a series of videos, one which showed the suspect using his victims atm card. The suspect is now in custody and is expected, he will not return to pennsylvania immediately. Virginia authorities want him there where he is charged in another crime, an unrelated kidnapping and attempted murder. The best part of this story, however, is police say it was Good Old Fashioned Police Work that led to them finding her in this car in this parking lot in maryland and getting her back home to her family alive. Back to you. Thank you. And nbcs Pete Williams joins me now. Pete, the suspect is facing a bit of a different core process today. Why is that . Right. Well, hes actually not even been charged yet with the philadelphia kidnapping. He appeared on a Video Conference today at the courthouse in maryland near where he was arrested on the charge that is filed from virginia, that he attacked a 16yearold girl near richmond last week. That is the charge on which he was actually arrested last night. He waved extradition this morning. Now, normally people think of extradition as one country to another, but applies from one state to another, too. He signed the paperwork that will clear the way for virginia authorities to come and get him. Theyll pick him up at some point from maryland where hes in custody, take him to virginia where he will face charges there in state court. At some point, the federal authorities will file the kidnapping charges from the virginia case. But because the case in maryland is im sorry, from the philadelphia case, but because the case in virginia is considered more serious, that will take priority first. And that will be a long court process. He may or may not ever face a courtroom on the philadelphia kidnapping charges, although they could add those to the charges they file against him in virginia. Those are the more serious charges. Thats where hes now headed. All right. Thanks for breaking that down for us. Nbcs Pete Williams. And now we turn to the white house where Nbcs Kristen Welker has been reporting on the preparations for the president s meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow. How are you, kristen . Hey, ari, good to see you, thanks for having me. Let me base include ask you. They were similar to mcconnell saying, look, this president has no business going unilateral on immigration or much of anything else. Walk us through these preparations, though, for a meeting tomorrow that is supposed to be productive. Reporter youre absolutely right. White house officials are saying thats the goal president obamas going to meet with congressional leaders here at the white house. Theyre going to have lunch. Not getting a read out of specifically whats going to be discussed or served at that lunch, ari. But i can tell you, according to those officials, the president s going to focus on areas of common ground. You heard him reference some of those yesterday when he held that News Conference. Things like trade, also, possibly more funding for ebola, Corporate Tax reform. But then you bring up the bigger issues like Immigration Reform, the tougher things. President obama vowing to take unilateral action on Immigration Reform. Of course, thats what a lot of democrats want to see him do. Thats what a lot of Immigration Reform advocates want to see him do. But republicans say that is akin to a declaration of war. You also have an oped by mcconnell and House Speaker john boehner saying they are going to move to repeal the president S Health Care law. So a lot of people scratching their heads today saying whats going to be different . Arent they just going to get caught up in the same old battles . Heres what john boehner had to say about president obama announcing he is going to move forward on an executive action on Immigration Reform. Take a listen. Ive made clear to the president , that if he acts unilaterally on his own, outside of this authority, he will poison the well, and there will be no chance for Immigration Reform moving in this congress. He will poison the well. So a lot of question marks about how theyre going to move forward and a lot of folks here saying if anything is going to get done, it has to get done within the next several months or six months because 2016 is going to kick into high gear before we know it, ari. Absolutely. More on that later today with former harry reid spokesman. Thank you, kristen welker. And texas, where governor rick perry made his first appearance today. Perry faces the felony charges for abusing his office in his use of a veto. And thats a charge perrys lawyers say is baseless and political. Perry showed very little emotion while his attorneys began making some of their case. Nbcs Charles Hadlock in dallas. Governor perry speaking about this, as well, outside of the court context. How is this case shaping up . Well, hi, ari. This is not quite the photo op that a potential president ial candidate would like to have. This was the first Pretrial Hearing that governor rick perry has been required to attend since his indictment back in august. Governor perry is facing felony counts for threatening to veto state funds for the Public Integrity unit and for trying to force Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lindberg to step down after her conviction of dwi back in april of 2013. Perry wanted her to resign and vetoed 7. 5 million from her office when she refused to resign. A liberal watchdog group, the texans for public justice filed a formal complaint. And later a judge was assigned to the case. A grand jury indicted perry last august. His team says that these charges are politically motivated. Today, a texas judge heard pretrial motions to try to quash the charges, to try to throw them out. A judge is expected to rule on those in the coming weeks. After todays hearing, governor perry once again said that the actions he took were legal. As governor, i took an oath to faithfully uphold the constitution of texas, i pledge that i have kept every day on behalf of the texans that ive worked for for the last 14 years. That same constitution clearly outlines the authority of any governor to veto items at his or her discretion. Governor perry was asked whether these proceedings, which have gone at a slow pace since he was indicted in august are in some way getting in the way of whether or not he wants to run for president. Perry said that he respects the rule of law, is going through the process, and can multitask quite well. Ari . Yeah, its not the kind of multitasking a lot of candidates want to do. Ive got to tell you. In these kind of cases, the burden is on the prosecution here. And right now, theyve got a high burden when youve got someone basically exercising a veto that they are allowed to use under the texas state constitution. Going to be an interesting case to watch. Thank you, Charles Hadlock, appreciate it. You bet. Well do an update now to mexico city where thousands of people marching in the streets demanding answers on the case of 43 students who went completely missing. Over five weeks ago in southwestern mexico. An important story. Gabe gutierrez in mexico city with more. Reporter theres frustration here in the streets of mexico city. These protesters say that their government is not doing enough to find these missing students. And here is the question theyre all asking. Scribbled on this plywood donde estan, where are they . A country used to drug violences and disappearances, more than 26,000 over a threeyear period. These kidnappings have struck a nerve. These were just students. Asking for the government reporter they disappeared in late september in a town in southwestern mexico. Federal authorities accused a local mayor of ordering the students captured in cooperation with a drug cartel. The mayor and his wife were on the run for weeks. But they were arrested this week. Recently, the investigation has turned up mass raids and dozens of local police have been arrested themselves. But so far, no sign of the students. Heres a question that many parents are asking around the world. What if this was your child . These are college students. These are like my kids. And i think more people identify more closely with students missing, than perhaps with migrants missing. Its a huge story in mexico. Mexican president took office in 2012, and his thought to move past the image of mexico as a haven for drug violence. But these protesters say hes missing the point. For its part, the federal government says its trying to do everything it can to find these missing students. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, mexico city. Such a tough story there, and thanks to gabe for that. As Congressional Republicans welcome new winners into their fold, democratic incumbents appear right now to be standing be i their leaders. Theres a lot more to this story. 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If youre doing the right things for the right reasons, you dont have to worry about anything. The right things will happen. That was House Speaker john boehner just ending his News Conference moments ago. And he was drawing a Straight Line between how harry reid prevented the majority from taking controversial votes. Several Democratic Senators say they can standby reid to lead this democratic caucus. But others a argue reid reflects more of the partys past than the future. Joined way back in 1999, the days of impeachment, and the matrix. And when obamas term winds down, reid will be the lead face until the president ial nominee is chosen while Many Democrats credit reid. Some conservatives in the caucus want a very different strategy. Take West Virginia democratic senator joe manchin. He wants more floor votes even on gop items. He said, quote, harry, let us vote, lets do something. Its easier for us to go home than to explain what i voted for and against than to explain why i dont vote at all. Angus king just told politico, i think harrys a progressive. Running a caucus is a very difficult process. Harrys done a good job. Someone who knows about this whole difficult process is jim manley, former chief spokesman. How are you . Just fine, thanks. How are you . Lets start with this point. Youve been by harry reid as hes done his job. Im sure you tell us hes done a good job. Absolutely. Speak to us, candidly, about this part of the job that people are criticizing. You heard it from manchin, boehner, not exactly a credible critic if he wants reid to fail. But speak to the criticism. First of all, to paraphrase the great jayz, democrats have 99 problems, right now, but i dont think their Senate Legislative amendment that isnt as catchy as jayz, the way you said it. Its a good start. Look. The fact of the matter is the caucus is going to have to get together and decide what changes if anything theyre going to move toward next Congress Next year. Everything senator reid has done so far. Designed to protect the caucus and he tries to do what he can to protect the centrist members of the caucus. Im sure theyre making calls. But, remember, the fact of the matter is, theres a little bit of a problem here. Democrats have this nasty habit of offering Good Government type amendments that are designed to improve the lives of most americans and republicans usually come back with one amendment after another, all of which are designed to score cheap political points. So, you know and energy bill gets a modest Energy Package gets bogged down by demands to pass a keystone pipeline. You try and pass a highway bill and all of a sudden youre dealing with a personhood amendment. Its little tricky to describe, but theres a lot of dynamics that go into setting this type of strategy. I hear that. But also, lets speak to something that may not be harry reids fault, but something that comes up every time you have distaste for incumbents and long serving members, which is sort of this staleness question. Take a look at these new republicans coming in because of their victories. Youve got 11 new senators, 10 republican, 1 democrat, eight under the age of 60, which, i guess nowadays we count as young for this body. And now, look at someone like tom cotton that the republicans are pumped about. 37 years old, youngest person in the senate, folks are saying speak to the argument that harry reid is on his way out, not his way in. And you need more young people and more diversity and leadership. Couple different things. First of all, if you want to analyze the incoming freshmen, did you know that joni ernst favors the abolishment of the department of public education. I didnt realize it was an issue these days. But you need someone who knows look, the fact of the matter is senator mcconnell is an extremely skilled tactician who doesnt care about promoting policy. Hes trying to score political points. Now more than ever, you need a skilled tactician, an insider who knows the senate rules, to stand up to the onslaught thats coming from all the bad ideas that the house is going to jam into the senate. Last question, jim, on that point. You know harry reid does know those rules as well as anyone. Democrats have spent a lot of time complaining about obstruction. Is your view right now the main job is to use any rules necessary to slow down the mcconnell agenda . Im not so sure about that. The take away from the election and some of the polls is the need to try and figure out how to get something done. Theres a couple small ball items, such as the keystone repeal, repeal of keystone. Such as the medical device tax where if mcconnell and boehner play their cards right, theyre going to be able to pick up a lot of democratic votes. The problem were going to have, the problem mcconnells going to have is the house is still so extreme, theyre going to send all these bad ideas over and theyre going to be tough to process. I hear you there. And if it is a right wing Christmas Tree coming out of the house, that will be a headache not only for your old boss, but potentially for Mitch Mcconnell. Thanks for breaking some of it down for us, jim manley. My pleasure. Three things for you to know this thursday, ray rice testifying in a private hearing today to appeal that indefinite suspension from the nfl. Rice saying he was open and honest with officials after being arrested earlier this year for that Domestic Violence incident caught on tape. Todays testimony one day after nfl commissioner Roger Goodell was questioned about the nfls handling of this investigation. More than 150 years after his death, meanwhile, Army First Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing was awarded the medal of honor. President obama remembering the then 22yearold cushing for continuing to fight through multiple wounds leading his men right up until his death. His story is part of our larger american story, one that continues today. The spirit, the courage, the determination that he demonstrated lives on in our brave men and women in uniform. And a nod at some of the living history there. Members of the family were at the white house today receiving the medal on their ancestors behalf. And the dallas nurse who battled ebola spoke out against critics who have been questioning her decision to fly after treating that patient thomas eric duncan. And she told the today shows matt lauer that, look