death toll rising with another morning of treacherous travel ahead, schools closed flights canceled even in nba team getting stranded and up next historic called temperatures not seen since the 19 fifties. a new twist in the jorge santos scandal, the congressman who fabricated much of his life story, now the target of an fbi investigation over a charity for disabled veterans dying dog with santos is now saying about his relationship with that veteran. the new video played at the trial of prominent south carolina attorney alex murdoch, charged with killing his wife and son. why prosecutors say thn

as the government was hding $50n shocking fraud detailed on capitol hill and what's to blame and later king charles losing face down under the royal decision made in australia and from the reaction to tom brady's retirement to the tribute in snow to abraham lincoln. to the morning workout. only a daredevil could enjoy its thursday, february 2nd. news in new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew. denberg booby in for rhiannon. we begin with the ice storm gripping parts of the south schools are closed. flights are canceled. the death toll is rising. while some historically cold air is about to descend on a large section of the country. the relentless ice storms slamming parts of the south since monday are

delivering one final punch this morning. you can just see its upward that sidewalk full tree right in the middle of the road. at least eight deaths are now connected to the storms, mostly the result of crashes on icy roads and overpasses. this semi truck driver survived after losing control in oklahoma. in texas frozen tree branches are snapping like twigs taking out power lines overnight, more than 340,000 customers were without power across texas as temperatures dipped below freezing. nearly half the outages were in the capital, austin, where a medical center is rescheduling non emergency procedures after being forced to use a generator and the amount of icing and ice accumulation that we've seen. on vegetation around our power lines and on our power lines as well. have continued to be substantial problems. power may not be fully restored until tomorrow night. the arctic air fueling the massive system will be hitting the northeast next windchills are expected to plunge to 51 below zero in maine by saturday morning and minus 33 in boston,

the coldest air for that city since 1957. meanwhile more than 5000 flights have been canceled since the ice storms began. the nba's detroit pistons got stuck in dallas, forcing them to postpone a home game. but according to his social media account, no one told the pistons mascot that the game was postponed. york city got 10.4 inches of snow yesterday, setting a record for the latest first snowfall in the city. those records have been kept since 18 69 and now to the scandal surrounding congressman jorge santos, who fabricated much of his life story before being elected. we've learned federal agents are now taking a closer look at a charity. he claims he ran a charity. one navy veteran, calls a scam. this morning. new york congressman jorge santos, now facing an fbi investigation into an alleged charity scams, talk to you more than he talked to me. i haven't been reached out by them, so i can't comment, denying any wrongdoing. he never met me and i never met him. maybe veteran

richard asked. half accuses santos of stealing $3000 from a go fund me account in 2016 money santos allegedly promised would help us stop dying service dog can't believe that i was so vulnerable that i allowed myself to be use like that, says his veterinarian clinic recommended a charity run by santos to help with cancer surgery for his pit bull mix named sapphire says he never saw a penny and his dog died less than a year later. i always had a dog in my life when i don't have one. i don't feel like the whole person, abc news has reported. there's no record of sentences charity ever existing but a source confirms the go fund me account in question did belong to santos, sources say. along with the charity investigation, federal prosecutors and new york's attorney general are also investigating sentences campaign finances. during an interview this week, santos said he was deeply sorry for lying on his resume, but he remained defiant . a lot of people want to create this narrative. that i think my

way to congress, which is absolutely categorically false. um i've worked hard. i've built ground up a career through experience and through knowledge and through self education, growing pressure, recused himself from his house committee assignments speaker kevin mccarthy last night, acknowledging having new questions about sentences passed . i think it's better that santos is not on committees right now until he clears up these issues. and as for that navy veteran, he calls the fbi investigation a welcome surprise . the fbi has searched president biden's beach house as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents . agents comb through the home in rehoboth beach, delaware for hours yesterday, the white house says no classified files were found, but agents took some handwritten notes for review. biden's attorneys are still not saying why they waited to disclose previous searches linked to the president. hunter biden is asking the justice department to investigate trump allies rudy giuliani, steve

bannon and others in connection with personal information taken from his laptop. his lawyer also sent a cease and desist letter to fox news, asking them to retract false claims. it's a shift in strategy for the president's son who's facing a tax evasion probe. some unexpected news about the u. s economy despite talk about a potential recession, companies are actually posting more jobs than expected. meanwhile the federal reserve is raising interest rates again while proving dividing new insight into the pace of inflation. maybe see saikrajang. she is here with more good morning to you, like good morning faith for the eighth time in a row, the federal reserve has decided to raise interest rates decision they say, will keep happening. in order to tame inflation. this morning, the federal reserve, raising its short term borrowing rate by another quarter point, the latest in a string of borrowing cost increases aimed at slowing the economy and easing inflation move that risks tipping the economy into a recession. the fed's decision

comes just a week after a government report showed inflation slowing down in december. marking six months of smaller price increases, falling inflation. that's a good thing before the fed prices rose 6.5% over the year long period ending in december, a significant slowdown from a summer peak. recent developments are encouraging. we will need substantially more evidence to be confident that inflation is on a sustained downward path. prices are cooling, but you're still paying about 10.4% more than a year ago for food, the latest rate hike woman paying more for your credit card. the average household credit card debt is just under $6500. the new rate hike means you'll pay an additional $123 an interest some positive news. the labor market has proven resilient in december, employers, added 200. 33,000 jobs, bringing the total job openings to 11 million, the largest since july. as the

economy recovers from the pandemic, a new threat looming debt ceiling shutdown house speaker kevin mccarthy meeting with president biden for an hour at the white house. mccarthy emerging from the meeting, sounding optimistic, i thought this was a good meeting. i think at the end of the day we can find common ground. now the white house has come out and said both mccarthy and president biden ahead of frank and straightforward dialogue that will continue. the white house said biden made it clear that they cannot allow the us to default and that this obligation is not negotiable. biden did welcome a separate discussion on reducing the deficit, but that the two issues should not be linked, andrew thank you. major development at the trial of prominent south carolina attorney alex murdoch. he's charged with killing his wife and his son, paul. prosecutors say video found on paul's cell phone taken minutes before the murders, shows dog kennels on the family's property where the bodies were later found. family friends identified alex murdock's voice on that video. it seems to contradict what

murdoch told police. he said he was nowhere near the kennels until after the murders. what voices did you hear? paul's miss maggie mastella. and how sure are you now? positive. 100% that's correct. so alex also goes by alec court reporters described the defense is largely ignoring the video during cross examination, instead painting murder as a family man and questioning phone data used as evidence. prosecutors argue murdoch committed the murders to prevent financial crimes from coming to light. he's pleaded not guilty. time now for a look at your thursday weather. morning. the ice storm is winding down this morning, but sleet and freezing rain could impede your travel until the temperatures warm up this afternoon. meantime, there'll be some flash flooding possibilities here from the gulf coast into atlanta. be careful of water over the roads today into tonight. this weekend. we got a big cold blast coming. we'll call it an arctic blast in

the northeast some of the coldest air we've seen since the christmas week. the real field temperatures saturday morning 20 below in new york city, colder farther north accuweather meteorologist kevin costner. coming up the lawsuit against aerosmith frontman steven tyler also had tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money down the drain. what's to blame for the shocking amount of fraud in the covid relief program and later how sleeping

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three years and convinced her to have an abortion. she is seeking unspecified compensation. no comment from tyler, former celebrity lawyer and real housewives husband, tom girardi has been indicted. he's accused of embezzling $15 million from his clients, but he may avoid trial due to his alzheimer's die. a gnosis is also accused of stealing millions from families of those killed in a boeing 7 37 max crash in asia. and congress has started investigating how billions of dollars in taxpayer money was stolen during the pandemic. up to $50 billion was handed out per day. nbc's andrea fuji explains what happened to it? this morning. congress is investigating how up to $100 billion of covid relief funds, including money from the paycheck protection program, or p p p got into the wrong hands. we owe it to the american people. to get to the bottom. of the greatest theft of american taxpayer dollars in history. one example a california man who pleaded guilty to using $5 million to buy a ferrari,

bentley and lamborghini and take lavish vacations. another example of florida pastor and his son accused of using millions that were supposed to benefit their ministry to buy a mansion. in this development, any dollar taken from those programs by fraudsters is a dollar taken away. from people who needed support house committee yesterday kicked off heargsn bins in the emic, thres watchdogas hando $50 billion per day but lacked the necessary vetting process and fraud protections. you go to an agency that has experienced giving out $30 billion over a year. over a year. and you say here is $800 billion, get the money out the door, which was the initial p p. p program. that's a recipe for a very challenging situation. nearly 70,000 social security numbers used to apply for funding did not match applicants, names or birthdates. despite the fraud. supporters of the programs point out millions of p pp loans

legitimately helped people congress which acted responsibly and swiftly and in bipartisan fashion, to create and supercharged programs that saved countless businesses and families from bankruptcy and ruin. more than 1000. people have been forced to return money or been charged with fraud, and it's not just fraud from p p p loans. unemployment insurance fraud could top $60 billion andrew faith. thank you, andrew. coming up. is ticketmaster ready for beyonce's new tour, but for beyonce's new tour, but first, what's next fo ♪ ♪ ♪ this valentine's day, give the gift of shine and join vault rewards to unlock exclusive

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that those people who routinely took sleep aids were 79% more likely to develop alzheimer's than their peers who rarely took them. but doctors say more research is needed to determine if the pills actually caused the problem or if people at risk for dementia. or simply more likely to have sleep disorders. the higher risk seemed to apply only to seniors who are white, but not their black counterparts. we turn now to tom brady and the end of an era in pro sports. i'm retiring. we're good. a year to the day after retiring for the first time, an emotional tom brady announcing once again, he's retiring and while fans might be hoping for another un retirement this time, it seems the 45 year old is truly moving on. thank you guys for allowing me to live. my absolute dream wouldn't change a thing. no tom. thank you, former teammate and close friend teddy bruschi, paying homage to the player and the man. thank you for being the best teammate i ever had. thank you for being a friend to me

even after i retired decades after asking me about my family and being a type of friend that you were came in as a low round draft pick 199th. no one knew about him on the team, and all he did was work for everything that he that he earned and the usually animated stephen a. smith offering a sincere reflection. you don't just talk about him as a football player. you talk about him as a leader. you talk about teammates who loved playing with them. you talk about, you know, contemporaries and competitors who revered him seven times super bowl winners last season was far from his best, but he managed to lead the bucks to the playoffs after posting his first ever losing record, his final game a blowout loss to the cowboys, but he fought to the final whistle with four minutes to go direct and traffic playing his rear end off in the layers four minutes of a blowout return to the game last year, reportedly strained his 13 year merits of gisele bunch in they divorced last fall, but bunch in sending her support yesterday, writing wishing you only wonderful things in this new

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