♪ a block buster ruling as a judge forces president trump's attorney, michael cohen to reveal that his other client is fox news' sean hannity. >> i never paid legal fees to michael. but i have occasionally had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which i wanted his input. and perspective. >> then to the james comey revelations and increased pressure on the president, are trump's toughest days upon us. >> and updates on the health of senator john mccain and former first lady. barbara bush. >> she is with my had grandpa, the man she loved for over 73

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daniels and i to stay the course becomes that much greater. i have been never been prouder to be a lawyer. we have more. >> reporter: a new turn in the legal fight over what should happen to the records that the fbi seized from president trump's embattled personal attorney, michael cohen, which include materials related to stormy daniels. cohen wants an independent lawyer to be the filter of the documents. the judge said that all the lawyers involved get to look at the documents first and then she will decide next steps. no comment from cohen, but stormy daniels had plenty to say. >> he has never thought that the little had man or especially women, and even more women like me mattered. that ends now. >> the documents seized from cohen included some related to that $130,000 cohen paid daniels in the days before the campaign to stay silent about her alleged

affair with mr. trump that the white house denies. in an unexpected twist the judge forced cohen to reveal that in addition to the president, he has represented fox meganews star sean hannity who requested be anonymous in the case. >> i have never paid legal fees to michael. but had brief discussions with him about legal questions about which i wanted his input and perspective. >> reporter: hannity has been a fierce support of the president, and critic of the special council. >> robert mueller is so far beyond his mandate, it now spiraling out of control. >> reporter: daniels attorney telling cohen, he was radioactive. >> anyone that had any contact with this man in the last 20 years, should be very concerned about what secrets of theirs are within in documents. >> no response yet from the white house, the president, has been fuming that the

investigation in to cohen is a sign that special council robert mueller has crossed the line. many allies have assured them that mueller's job is safe. >> kristin, thank you. >> the white house appears to be putting a halt on plans to impose new sanctions on russia. saying that the white house is considering additional sanctions with the decision to be made in the future. that coming after nikki haley said that the treasury would announce the new sanctions yesterday. haley said that the sanctions would have been a message to russia for their role in backing the syrian regime. >> syrian and russian forces are blocking chemical weapons inspectors. they say, russia cited security issues with speculation it could be trying to get rid of evidence. the russian defense ministry said that now opwc inspectors

will be allowed in on wednesday. >> outraged protesters poured in and out of a philadelphia starbucks where two black men were arrested fortress passing while they were waiting for a friend. the demonstrators called for an end to racial profiling. the ceo stopped by the store in an attempt to ease tensions. we learn more about the growing demands for justice. >> what do we want? justice! >> reporter: on the streets of philadelphia -- >> i'm angry about all of us. i'm an angry black person, and i will tell you why, this system makes us angry. >> reporter: protests erupting and residents having a sit in as they call to boycott the coffee giant. >> you cannot go to starbucks to wait for a friend to come. you are not safe anywhere.

>> this after two black men were arrested thursday, who were waiting for a friend. and they wanted the use the restroom, but per store policy they could not because they had not bought anything. when the men would not leave, she called police. the company ceo apologized on video before traveling across the country. hoping to meet the men face to face. >> these two gentlemen did not deserve what happened. and we are accountable. i am accountable. >> reporter: philadelphia police maintained the arrests were according to protocol. >> these officers did nothing wrong. >> the mayor said that the outcome was unfortunate. >> it's a societal issue, people act differently based on people's color of their skin and it's wrong. >> starbucks said that the manager who called police no longer works at the store and that the ceo has called for unconscious bias training for all employees. meanwhile the protesters say

they will not stop until they see changes and feel treated fairly. >> meek mill may be inching closer to freedom. a new trial for the rapper has been called during a hearing. he was sentenced to 2-4 years in prison for violating probation on a drug and gun case. the district attorney feels there's enough to throw out of the conviction, questioning the credibility of the officer who rafted him. a dance party erupted out of the courthouse, where dozens of fans chanted free meek, a new decision on a new trial will be made. they have denied the request to release him on bail. >> tornadoes and flood and snow. flooded subway stations and road ways and triggering massive delays. and parts of the midwest are digging out from a monster snow

storm. green bay, wisconsin being hit with two feet of snow. nearly 150,000 people in the midwest are waking up with no power. >> all right, let's hear more about this weather here from bill. good morning, bill. >> and eventually i will give my last snowfall forecast. eventually. winter weather advisory is being issued. so, unfortunately, it's the same area that was just hit, now, minneapolis, are you in the northern fringe of it. you will unfortunately still see snow flakes the heavier totals are from iowa to lacrosse, and a bit of 2-4 inches in green bay and just to the north of milwaukee. ridiculous. just that we are adding more miserry on what is falling. forecast has a dangerous day today. we will have high winds and low humidity and drought conditions in areas from new mexico coto western kansas. oklahoma and texas. temperatures in the 80s.

that's why we have extreme fire conditions. if any of the fires form, they will rapidly spread and still, unusually chilly, the great lakes through the northeast. it's not raining anymo orre of the rockies all the way through the northern plains and still unusually cold in western new york. the big question is when will it finally just end. the big warm up that doesn't stop. >> that's the hypothetical question that we all need answers to. >> no answers for you yet. >> thanks, bill. in today's quick hits you could soon be paying sales tax on all online purchases. >> how strong is bryce harper? well the washington national slugger shattered his bat and hit the ball over the fence in

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infection. he has been going through physical therapy at his arizona home over the last few months as he recovers from side effects from brian cancer treatment. the statement goes on to say, that senator mccain and his family are grateful to the senator's excellent care team and appreciate the support and prayers they continue to receive from people all over the country. senator mccain's daughter, megan tweeted and thanked his medical team and said her father continues to inspire her every day. prayers are pouring in for former first lady, barbara bush. now in failing health at 92 years old. she is choosing to decline further medical treatment, and instead, be home with her family in houston. nbc reports from texas. >> reporter: good morning, barbara bush, today in her home in houston. the wife of one president, the mother of another. in failure health, and declining further medical treatment. >> barbara bush, known for her

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ad lib live picture-- emeryville good morning and thank you welcome to tuesday morning, overlooking emeryville this morning. no rain at least to start out our tuesday morning. going to ease through it here. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. a nice brisk morning. >> it is cooler and dry. we don't have rain as you mentioned and we're going to have a beautiful day. still cooler than where we should be this time of year. let's get a live look outside in san jose. we're starting out with some 40s and we'll continue in the 40s through at least 9:00. and normally we're up to 70 degrees but today we'll hang out in the 60s. we'll talk about what's ahead as we warm up over the next few