I hired him as a research assistant even though he had very little experience but he was very earnest and his enthusiasm for being in healthcare and contributing to taking care of patients and uh just had a really good rapport with all the patients that he interacted with and I think it was his empathy that you know he really used to connect uh with with the patients and uh the veterans. The Alex I knew or we knew was um kind-hearted uh very very um helpful and um uh a very very upstanding citizen. He was k ...

Millions of Americans are hunkering down this hour after that monster winter storm slammed much of the US. It spanned 2,000 miles from Texas to Maine. >> The weather has been blamed for the deaths of at least 16 people with the storm dumping a foot of snow or more in at least 20 states according to the National Weather Service.>> Authorities responded to multi-vehicle pileups on highways across the Midwest while sparks flew on icecoated electric lines in Tennessee. The weather has knocked out power for hund ...

Let's bring in Dr. . Asthma Shakit. She is a gastroentererologist here at NYU Langon who worked with Prey for about six years.Dr. . Thank you so much for being here with us. Uh you hired Prey as a research assistant at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System back in 2014.Tell us about your relationship with him and what kind of person that you knew him as. >> Thank you so much for having me. Uh yes, I hired him as a research assistant even though he had very little experience but he was very earn ...

Yay, formerly known as Kanye West, is publicly apologizing for his history of anti-semitic and offensive comments. In a full page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal titled, "To those I've heard, Yay writes, quote, I am not a Nazi or an anti-Semite, I love Jewish people." He also apologized to the black community. The rapper blamed his behavior on an undiagnosed brain injury and mental health issues. ...

The remains of the last hostage held in Gaza have now been recovered. According to the Israeli military, the 24y old police officer was killed during Hamas terror attack on October 7th in 2023. His body being returned to his family, allowing for the second phase of that ceasefire agreement to. ...

French lawmakers set to follow in Australia's footsteps and vote on legislation that would ban social media for kids under 15. The policy is meant to curb screen time and protect children from bad actors online. French President Emanuel Mcronone is expediting the process in the hopes that law will go into effect by the start of next. ...

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>>> HI, EVERYBODY. GOOD MONDAY MORNING. THE BIGGEST WINTER STORM IN YEARS PARALYZING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.>> AND THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL GROWING. IT IS JANUARY 26th. THIS IS "TODAY." >>> FROZEN.>> WE WON'T HAVE POWER FOR A WHILE. >> HEAVY SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN BEING FELT FROM NEW MEXICO TO MAINE. NEARLY A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.THE ROADS, A MESS. >> IT'S NOT WORTH DRIVING. I REGRET COMING OUT.>> THE NATION'S AIRPORTS BROUGHT TO A NEAR STANDSTILL WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLAT ...

Let's bring our in our White House correspondent Monica Alba. And Monica, you were watching along with everyone. And it was actually our colleague Gabe Gutierrez's question to uh Caroline Levit regarding the comments made by members of his administration where we saw Levit seemed pretty clear to me distance the president from the comments that many members of his staff have made in the wake of this shooting.>> It's very notable, Ryan. You're right to point that out because we do have an exact example to con ...

Lawmakers are in for a critical week of negotiations on Capitol Hill as we approach yet another government shutdown deadline. Senate Democrats held a conference call over the weekend to discuss their strategy and one thing they've already made clear. They will block any funding bill that includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security.NBC News senior national political reporter Sahil Kapoor joins us with more. Assahil any funding legislation needs 60 votes to pass in the Senate where Republicans co ...