Back. Tom brady defending his daughter after she was insulted by a radio host. I think any 5yearold is off limits. A dramatic aerial rescue for dozens of skiers. End of an era. The decision to retire the Cleveland Indians controversial logo drawing mixed reaction from fans today, tuesday, january 30, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today. Thanks for joinings us on a tuesday morning. Nice to have you with us. Its the start of a big and busy day in washington. Leading up to tonights state of the Union Address. And while the president is putting the finishing touches on that highstakes speech, hes facing some major developments in the russia investigation. Well talk about that with the president s press secretary in a moment. But lets begin with kristen welker. Hey, good morning. Reporter good morning, hoda and savannah. Officials here at the white house are trying to keep the focus on the first state of the Union Address. Mr. Trump will aim to strike a note of unify even as the russia probe is sparking allout partisan warfare. This morning, the president plans to address a union sharply divided as republicans escalate a multipronged attack against the department of justice and fbi. Overnight, the House Intelligence Committee voting along party lines to release a controversial and classified memo which purportedly accuses senior fbi officials of misconduct. Republicans say it shows the russia probe was tainted from the start. Now its up to the president to decide whether to release the memo to the public. A Senior Administration official says the memo will be reviewed first. Well, they want the see whats in it and there are National Security concerns, its a classified document and the president will make that call. Reporter democrats blasted the memo saying it cherry picks facts in an attempt to discredit the investigation and they slammed republicans for voting against the release of an opposing memo written by democrats. This committee voted to put the president s personal interests perhaps their own political interests above the national interests. Reporter it capped a day of drama after Andrew Mccabe announced he is stepping down. Friends and coworkers tell nbc news mccabe left on his own. But they say two big factors played a role in his decision to live. The Justice Department will issue a report expected to strongly criticize how the fbi handled the clinton email investigation including mccabes role and the sustained criticism of mccabe by President Trump on twitter and in person. Including the night the president fired james comey. Nbc news has learned the president fumed when he watched comey who is in l. A. Board a government plane back to washington. According to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the president called mccabe to complain. And then suggested to mccabe that he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser. Mccabes ran for state senate in virginia and lost. And james comey said in part, special agent Andrew Mccabe stood tall when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. The white house insisted the president had nothing to do with mccabes departure. As for the state of the i dont know on state of the Union Address, he will touch on the jobs and economy, infrastructure reform, Immigration Reform and National Security. The first lady will be in attendance with 15 guests as is tradition. All of the president s children will be there with the exception of his youngest son barron. Savannah . Thank you. We are now joined by Sarah Huckabee sanders. Good to see you. Good morning, great to be here. Thanks for having me on. Lets talk about the state of the Union Address. The president is coming into his first state of the union with a rip roaring economy, low unemployment. The wind at his back in terms of the economy. And yet, his own personal Approval Ratings are at record lows. Does he look at this as an opportunity to kind of build that back up, to try to unite the country. What will he say . Absolutely. Look, the president will talk about a number of things tonight. Certainly the economy will be front and center. We have had a historic year. Record breaking moments throughout the year. In large part due to the president s leadership on deregulation. And a huge capstone at the end of the year with the tax cuts and the jobs act which we have seen have Immediate Impact with several hundred companies stepping forward and giving pay raises, bonuses because of that tax cut and that tax reform package. Youre going to see a big focus on National Security. This has been something that the president has talked about for a long time. For the first time in years, we are seeing massive impacts on isis and theyre on the run and major progress has been made on that front. The president made that a big part of his administration. You will see a focus on that. Immigration, the president laid out the framework that is a bipartisan deal that brings both republicans and democrats to the table and gives everybody something of what they wanted most. So sarah the first attempt we have to seen to deliver on this topic and on this issue in a real chance to make some big reform and were excited to see that take place. So lots to talk about at the state of the union and behind the scenes as well. Andrew mccabe abruptly resigned yesterday earlier than expected. The president has made no secret of the fact that he does not care for Andrew Mccabe. You said that he wasnt part of the decision process. Was he happy to see Andrew Mccabe go . Look, i havent asked him specifically about that, but he certainly has voiced some frustrations with some of the actions by the Deputy Director, but the bigger issue is the president has full and complete confidence in fbi director wray and he has left these decisions to him and i would refer you to them for specifics. Right now, and certainly top of mind for this president isnt about Deputy Director mccabe but about the state of the union, its about bringing the country together, setting an optimistic vision tonight and you will see the president s heart in this speech. I think you will see the patriotsism of this country. And i think it will be an incredible and powerful night. Back to the russia investigation for a moment because lets go big picture. Heres what i dont quite understand. The president has said theres no collusion, theres nothing wrong there, nothing to see here. Yet one by one, hes gone after every single one of the Justice Department officials connected to this, whether its his own attorney general or james comey or Andrew Mccabe even saying he would fire director mueller. If theres nothing to see here, why does he go after all of the Justice Department officials connected to the russia investigation . Doesnt it at a minimum look bad . Look, he hasnt gone after the special counsel, we have volunteered thousands upon thousands of documents. Over 20 different individuals have done interviews. We have been transparent as possible but hes gone after every Single Person at the top of this investigation including the attorney general he appointed so i guess the question is, if theres nothing to see here and he wants to cooperate, why does he continually go after people who are connected to the investigation and just trying to do the investigation . Doesnt that make it look like he has something to hide . Frankly, if some of these individuals were just trying to do the investigation, what they would have done it and it would have been wrapped up. Time and time again, the only thing that has come out of these and every single time after interviews, after reviewing records, the on thing they that come back to is no, we havent found anything yet. Frankly, i think the people that are frustrated most isnt the president , its the american people. Theyre sick and tired of being inundated with russian fever. Theyre focused on us moving forward and thats what the president is trying to do. But on that issue what well see him do tonight. Had the president hot fired director comey there wouldnt be a special counsel and an obstruction of justice investigation that centers around him . Didnt his own actions bring this upon himself . Look, i think the actions of director comey and certainly every day since his firing we have seen more and more reason he shouldnt have been the head of the fbi. Its turned out that he was leaking information. I think the president made the right decision. And for us to go back and try to recreate history is just simply not possible. Again, i think that it has been very clear time and time again theres absolutely no collusion whatsoever with the president or this administration. Were ready to move on. I know the country is ready to move on and we look forward to the special counsel wrapping this up. So we can continue to focus on all of the great things we were doing. Imagine how many more good things for the country we would have been able to do this past year if everybody hadnt been so focused on this russia threes true. But i have to go. But you have to say that the press focuses on it, but thats because the president is focused on it and tweeting about it. See you tonight for the state of the union. Sarah huckabee sanders, thank you for your time. And nbc news will have live coverage at 9 00 6 00 pacific. The nations worsening flu endickic, hospitals are fighting the outbreak. Some facilities are now reporting a vaccine shortage. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in atlanta with the very latest on all that. Good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning. Gradys, atlantas biggest hospital, this mobile emergency room is opening for the first time in part to deal with the flood of flu patients. Gradys regular er usually saw more than 300 patients. Well, one day last week it say more than 5 it saw more than 500. This morning across the country the outbreak is not loosening its grip and the race is on to get the flu shot. I thought now is a time to be a little bit more proactive. As mom i needed to get it done. Reporter the cdc said theres overall enough supply, but the skyrocketing need has prompted Health Care Facilities to scramble. For us to be on our third order, just speaks to the demand that we have had. Reporter hospitals are taking drastic measures. This one in atlanta opening an er on wheels. 14 extra beds to help deal with the onslaught of sick patients. In new york the governor has declared a flu disaster allowing pharmacies to give the flu vaccine to children and teenagers. Even though were four months into the flu season, people have a lot of questions. So heres what you need to know. What should you do within the first 24 hours of getting sick . First, stay home. And if youre a highrisk group such as the elderly take antiviral medication as soon as possible. So tamiflu is a very good antiviral medication. Taken within the first 24 to 48 hours, tamiflu can reduce your symptoms by about one to two days. Reporter what should you do if someone in your household is diagnosed . Sleep in separate beds, avoid touching your face and keep disinfecting household surfaces. Should pregnant women get the flu shot . If youre pregnant and you have not gotten the flu shot yet, we recommend you still get it. Even throughout this flu season. Reporter if you have symptoms should you still get a flu shot . If you have acute illness with a fever you should not get a flu shot. How different is this from what you have seen in previous seasons . This is much different, much higher than it has been. Reporter so far this flu season there have been at least 37 pediatric deaths. Now, too early to tell how many of the children who died did not get the flu vaccine but the cdc says in previous years about 80 of children who passed away did not get the flu shot. Grady expects to have this mobile hospital for a month and possibly through the end of the flu season. Gabe, thank you. Also, the hype for super bowl 5 lii is speaking out. Tom brady spoke out not only as a football star but a as a father. Hi, there, good morning. This started last week when a boston radio host lobbed a crude insult at bradys 5yearold daughter and he was quick to come to his daughters defense. Just days before the super bowl, patriots superstar tom brady is stepping into a fight off the field and defending his daughter. My daughter or any child they dont deserve that. Reporter the reigning super bowl mvp lashing out at a boston Radio Station after one of the hosting lobbed an insult at his 5yearold vivian who is included in the new documentary series tom vs. Time. I thought the first scene was so staged where brady is like in the kitchen. His kids being an annoying little pissant. It was made by weeis alex reimer. And brady fired back. I have tried to show you a lot of respect and do a good job for you guys so its very disappointing when you hear that. Reporter brady has regularly called into the show over the years. And just last week, weei and the patriots announced a multiyear extension of their partnership. Highlighting weekly features headlined by brady and coach bill belichick. But following the comments about his daughter, bradys future participation could be in doubt. Obviously ill evaluate whether i want to come on this show again. So i really dont have much to say this morning. Reporter according to the station, alex reimer has been indefinitely suspended say theyre embarrassed by the comments. We deeply regret what happened and we offer sincerest apologies to tom brady and his family as well as the new England Patriots organization. Neither party is commenting but at a press conference monday, brady told reporters he tolds that reimer wouldnt lose his job. I hope hes not fired. I would hate for that to happen. Reporter the controversy comes as patriots prepare to face off against the eagles this sunday. Patriots nation yeah reporter with the fivetime super bowl quarterback rallying the fans. We have one more to go. We love you, patriots out reporter also at that news conference, brady said all parents would probably react the same way. I think everyone is protective of their children. Yeah. The fact that he said he didnt want the guy fired was generous. Generous. Be kind. Exactly. Most are like, what . All right, thank you, sheinelle. Al as look at the forecast. Thats right. We have snow in the northeast on into new england. This is a scene out in suffolk county. Nothing too horrible here on long island. In fact, some spots it is sticking, but for much of the new york city area, not so much of a problem. But you can see we still have that snow hanging out. Some more snow back to the west. And so we have Winter Weather advisories back through western new york all the way down into the mountains of west virginia. And into tennessee and kentucky. Were looking at this snow pushing away so the steady snow will end here in new york in the next hour or so. By boston, one to two. Another weak system that comes across this afternoon. And so when all is said and done its about an inch or two. Heavier snow in down east maine. 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