a split screen moment in the trials of donald trump the former president in court in new york in a hearing for the hush money trial set to start next month, while the prosecutor in the georgia election interference case takes the stand in response to misconduct allegations. we have all the latest then a vigil for the victims in kansas city, as new details are emerging police now saying the deadly shooting at the super bowl parade was a result of a dispute

between several people could summer covid boosters be on the way? the cdc is considering recommendations for certain groups and we'll meet the miami business owner who's changing lives by trying to become one of the largest employers for adults with disabilities in the united states and saying let it be to a 50-year-old mystery. a long-lost bass guitar belonging to sir paul mccartney now back in the hands of that beatles legend it is friday, february 16th. early today starts right now good morning, and thanks for joining us on this friday. i'm jessica layton, and we begin with one of the most dramatic days so far in the saga of donald trump's legal troubles. the former president was back inside a new york courtroom, where a judge refused to dismiss his criminal hush money charges. on the very same day, there was fiery testimony in georgia the fulton county d.a. forced to

answer questions about her relationship with a prosecutor, all this as trump's legal team tries to get his election interference case there thrown out. nbc's alice barr begins our coverage >> reporter: high drama in an atlanta courtroom as the district attorney who charged former president trump with trying to overturn georgia's 2020 election results took the stand in her own defense a judge hearing arguments streamed live over whether fulton county district attorney fani willis should be disqualified from the trump case, because of a personal relationship with the special prosecutor on the case, nathan wade >> these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020 i'm not on trial, no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> reporter: that, after a former friend and co-worker of fani willis testified the relationship gain before willis hired wade to lead the case. contradicting the pair's statements about the timing. >> now, did you also havu also

observizations >> yes >> reporter: at the same time, former president trump will go on hush money trial. >> this is just a way of hurting me in the election, because i'm lead big a lot >> reporter: that after railing about the cases at a south carolina campaign rally. >> i'm being indicted for you. never forget >> reporter: the new york charges date back to mr. trump's 2016 campaign, accusations he denies, that he doctored his company's books to cover up evidence of an alleged affair with an adult film actress right before the election. in washington, alice barr, nbc news this very busy week for donald trump could end with a big judgment day a verdict is expected today in

his new york civil fraud trial new york's attorney general accusing the former president of inflating his financial statements for years now the judge, who's already found that mr. trump engaged in fraud, so we are waiting to learn what the penalties will be and this is what the new york a.g. is calling for. a $370 million fine. a lifetime ban from the real estate industry for trump and a five-year ban for his two oldest sons trump for his part has fiercely defended his business empire and called this case a politically motivated fraud. new information this morning in the shooting at that kansas city chiefs victory parade that killed one person and injured many others. a vigil was held last night at skywalk memorial park in support of those victims 23 people with shot, half of them, children under the age of 16 killed in the shoot, lisa lopez galvan, a popular local deejay police are now saying the shooting appears to have stemmed

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who eventually surrendered to authorities. an fbi informant has been indicted on two count of lying to a special counsel about president biden and his son hunter during the 2020 campaign. the justice department says alexander smirnoff was arrested in las vegas after returning from a trip overseas his corruption allegations were a critical part of republicans' impeachment inquiry into president biden. and now, a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news that hunter biden does not know smirnoff and does not believe he has ever met him smirnoff is due in federal court in nevada knicksnext tuesday and face two years in prison special forces carried out an incursion in khan yunis many staff and patients were forced to evacuate the israelis say they were looking for the remains of dead

hostages, acting on specific intelligence let's go live to claudio lavanga. what's the latest on this? >> reporter: the health ministry in gaza says at least three patients in intensive care died after that raid when the power was completely cut off three other patients in intensive care and three other children in the hospital's nursery could die at any moment, again, because of that lack of oxygen that is keeping them alive. two women were forced to give birth in compelling and inhumane circumstances in the and essential of food, water, electricity and of course heating. these claims by the health ministry in gaza, which is of course controlled by hamas were also corroborate bid id by indet sources like doctors without borders. they say the israelis were shelling the shells, the hospital, even

though they told earlier, medical staff and patients, to remain inside. as a consequence, doctors without borders said they had to evacuate, leaving their patients behind, and left behind they describe chaotic scenes with an undetermined number of people who died and were injured. as you mentioned, the israeli defense forces said they based the decision to storm the hospital on intelligence that suggested in the past israeli hostages were being held there and there could still be bodies of dead israeli soldiers in the hospitals, but they have not provided yet any evidence of either claim jessica? >> all right, claudio, thank you. in a landmark decision, greece has legalized same-sex marriage, making it the first orthodox christian country to do so advocates cheered in the streets of athens. according to human rights campaign, greece is the 16th nation in the eu and 35th

worldwide to make same-sex nuptials legal the new law extends equal parental rights and clears the way for adoption all right, well, just as the last round was melting off, we have more snow heading for the east coast this weekend. angie lassman is tracking how soon we might see those flakes, good morning >> we've got the winter alerts up and while we expecting a little more snow across parts of the east, we're not expecting a whole lot of it for the most part 13 million people under these alerts across portions of the northeast. some of that snow coming off the lakes, and this last clipper system that we saw yesterday working out. now we've got another one that we're going to watch work across portions of the ohio valley, stretching into the tennessee valley we've got snow it will be light to moderate across the ohio valley as we go throughout the day today it works across parts of the mid atlantic and northeast we'll see early morning snow for the i-95 corridor, but nothing all that impressive. some of the highest amounts in

the higher elevations, 3, 4, maybe 5 inches, but otherwise an inch to 2 inches maybe isolated amounts up to 3 inches meanwhile, out west it is soggy for the next couple days we've got a couple storm systems we're going to track as it pushes into the west today it will be rain and snow ono columbus, pittsburgh hits 39 degrees today. washington, d.c. ends up in the upper 40s, and new york city goes to 41 and that's a look at your forecast, jessica, back to you >> all right, angie, thank you the first signs of spring have sprung in japan cherry blossom trees are already in full bloom in southwestern japan. local tourism officials say this is about a month earlier than we would normally see those flowers

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restaurant pilo's. >> we would head to our favorite taco place in mexico city really close to where we lived. she's always in the room, always watching you and pilo's been my guardian angel since the day i was born >> reporter: those memories live in pilo's taco and the seven restaurants across south florida that employs adults with disabilities jonathan pascal and omari parris have been part of the pilos team for over five years. >> one thing i look forward to is having a good relationship with the people. >> as of right now, i live in a shelter. so when i'm not living in a shelter, you have a bunch of people, you come here, it's different.

>> reporter: people with disabilities experience higher rates of homelessness, food insecurity and unemployment than the overall american population. however, employment numbers have improved in recent years the number of adults with disabilities employed in florida increased about 5% in over a decade the number of employed people with disabilities has climbed in the u.s. overall, reaching its highest point since 2008 his hospitality group provides work training. one partner is a florida learning center that type ofs food prep, customer service skills and the importance of teamwork >> we're helping these individuals get to a level of independence for their specific needs. and everyone has different needs. we limit individuals to just a couple jobs that maybe nobody else wants or this, that we're limiting the potential of our society to embrace people of unique abilities

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i feel good. there has been a really big breakthrough in a decades-long music mystery. paul mccartney's favorite bass guitar lost for half a century has been reunited with that lad from live pool, sir paul himself thanks to the crew that helped it get back to where it once belonged they cracked the case on how it all came together. >> reporter: it's the iconic instrument that helped start a music revolution launching the beatles from basement performances to super stardom.

when we started off, we all had guitars. i actually ended up sort of getting lumbered with bass, because our bass player left >> reporter: but the guitar paul mccartney first played with the beatles, a 1961 hofner violin base went missing after the recording of "let it be. the miystery now being pieced together for the first time. all thanks to investigative journalists scott and naomi jones. late last year they teamed up with nick wass from hofner instruments, finding it was stolen in 1972 before changing hands. >> that makes the most important bass in the history of rooken roll, the most important bass in the history of music actually changed hands in a london pub for a couple quid and free beer. >> reporter: turns out it stayed in that same family and ten

miles miles or so from the mega music star what was that moment like? >> this guy comes on the phone, saying hey, hey, nick, we've got the bass and i'm thinking, who's that idiot. but you know who it was. it was paul. >> reporter: mcc mccartney mccay grateful >> i did wonder if i was crazy for looking for r looking for t. >> repo it. >> you could not just let it be. major stars are in studio 1a >> this morning on the third

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right now at 5:00, awaiting a verdict. former president trump braces for a judge's ruling in a civil fraud trial, capping a very busy week in court. we're live in washington with the potential impact from this verdict. winter weather advisory. a new round of snow blanketing th