good morning. winter wallop. that massive storm set to pound the east coast this morning after leaving a trail of destruction in its wake across the country. blizzard conditions causing hundreds of accidents, major airport delays and cancellations, even a deadly avalanche. today more than 150 million people in its path. how bad will it be? we'll have the full forecast. breaking news. the lev parnas connection. house democrats releasing another round of new documents overnight showing new pictures of indicted rudy giuliani associate lev parnas with the president, his children, and his closest advisers as the president's impeachment defense team is unveiled.

headlined by clinton independent counsel ken starr and famed attorney allen dershowitz. we'll talk live to another member of the president's team. mystery virus. new concerns this morning about an unknown illness prompting new screening at u.s. airports on people coming to the country from china. what the cdc is saying about the deadly disease. all that plus controversial video. eminem facing backlash after his latest release depicting himself as the las vegas shooter. scary collapse. a member of the wiggles falls down after having a medical episode during a benefit concert for australia fire relief. how he's doing this morning. and take down, an mma fighter using his training to stop an alleged thief at a drugstore. today, saturday, january 18th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with peter alexander,

kristen welker and dylan dreyer live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. good to be with you. and what about that mma fighter? >> if you're the thief i think you're thinking you picked the wrong drugstore. we'll have the latest on that story and of course the big storm this morning. >> absolutely. unbelievable video. but to our big story, the massive storm making for a weekend mess for more than 100 million people. a nightmare on the highways and at the airports with snow and bitterly cold temperatures settling in across most of the country. nbc's ron mott with the latest. how's it looking there? good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. while the snow is finally out of here we're just a bit above freezing right now so we'll deal with a bit of rain for the rest of the morning. you can still see some ice clinging to the trees.

this is michigan avenue here. just in minnesota alone authorities there say they worked more than 170 traffic accidents since this time yesterday. a travel nightmare unfolding across the country on the roads. a stranded driver barely escapes an out of control pickup in iowa. fortunately no serious injuries there. white out conditions and zero visibility around fargo, north dakota, sent trucks jackknifing off the road friday. a fire truck rolled onto its side in lee summit, missouri. fierce winds adding to the misery of having to push out a minnesota snowdrift. ice encrusted vehicles in kansas, ice causing problems in nebraska, too. >> just getting over the bridge was, you know, a hassle. i saw cars spinning out. >> reporter: more trouble in the air. chicago's o'hare shutdown for hours. this delta plane slid off an icy taxi way in kansas city, missouri, no injuries.

but 90 flights canceled, more than 1,700 flights canceled nationwide. that means a lot of titans fans have to hit the road if they want to make it to the championship game. snow coming in so fast in the sierra nevadas it may have setoff the avalanche that killed one skier and severely injured another in california. winter weather advisories up for millions of people in the northeast today. and arctic air as much as 20 degrees below normal settling in across the middle of the country. >> there's going to be a lot more coming. >> reporter: all right, so the snow was really the first punch and a powerful one two combination. it's about to get a whole lot colder here. parts of this region are going to see high temperatures in the single digits tomorrow and monday with below zero wind chills even further south than that. >> ron mott in the middle of a wintery mix. thank you for that from chicago.

>> not looking pleasant there. junessa webb is in the studio with the latest on the storm's path. >> we have this massive storm system that's been coast to coast. the higher elevations from the upper midwest to the cleveland area dealing with that widespread snow. on the beck edge of this storm system, though, we're seeing a fluctuation of our temperatures so that icing from indianapolis to columbus as well. man, a look at these alerts. they stretch from northern new england to the upper midwest with still blizzard warnings in place across the dakotas with 112 million people impacted. the important note here is the timing. this will change over to the rain for the ohio valley. it's across the northeast, major hub like new york city, the boston area, the exact timing 2 to 6:00. this could be potentially our first snowfall for manhattan. behind the front is cooler air

and still that lake enhanced snow. for the poconos up to 6 to 8 inches, lesser accumulation from michigan all the way to washington, d.c. so if you're traveling today on roadways, on-air lines we're seeing chicago, cleveland, new york, heavy delays throughout your afternoon. potentially widespread from baltimore to charlotte as well you could see minor delays as well. let's turn now to our other big story, the impeachment of donald trump. overnight house democrats turned over new evidence on rudy giuliani indicted associate lev parnas, this as the president's defense team was unveiled featuring clinton independent counsel ken starr and famed lawyer allen dershowitz. in a moment we'll speak to former florida attorney general pam bondi who was also part of the president's defense team. but let's begin this morning with nbc's kelly o'donnell live in palm beach traveling with the

president. good morning, kelly. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. the president chose a legal team that mixes government and personal lawyers, old friends and famous figures who have often provided commentary on cable tv. and this new release of text messages and documents is linked to trump ally activities in ukraine and possibly could become trial evidence. overnight adding fuel to the impeachment fire. new evidence from house democrats reveals messages between an aide to the top republican on the intelligence committee and rudy giuliani associate lev parnas. at issue military aid to ukraine and setting up interviews with former ukrainian prosecutors. the newly released documents also appear to show possible surveillance of marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. also in the document dump, pictures of parnas with the president, his children and his closest advisers. all part of a new trove of

materials sent with the articles of impeachment to the senate. before the trial begins, a weekend get away in florida. but the cloud of impeachment hovers even over celebrations. >> this is an exciting day in the white house. >> friday football's college champs brought him a jersey. while the president wore his troubles on his sleeve. >> a lot of presidents, some good, some not so good. but you've got a good one now. even though they're trying to impeach the son of a [ bleep ]. can you believe them? >> reporter: tuesday the president will put his newest legal team on the field including a head turning flashback to the clinton impeachment. ken starr who then served as independent counsel, quite a change of heart after this 1999 donald trump interview. >> i think ken starr is a lunatic. i really think that ken starr is a disaster. >> reporter: adding starr

puzzles some democrats. >> that's their choice but it's a weird choice. >> reporter: next harvard's allen dershowitz who insisted friday he will only play a small part. >> i am not a full-fledged member of his legal team in the sense that i have a limited role. i will appear one day in the senate. >> reporter: there to make a constitutional argument against impeachment and removal. >> abuse of power even if proved is not an impeachable offense. >> reporter: starr and dershowitz bring fame and unwanted baggage. both previously defended convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. and dershowitz was seen last year by an epstein accuser who claimed dershowitz defamed her and was a participant in sex trafficking. dershowitz denies those allegations. the president's senate defense will be led by white house counsel pat cipollone and personal attorney jay sekulow with additional lawyers and advisers including former florida attorney general pam bondi and another former

independent counsel robert ray. and with the inclusion of ken starr on the team a buzz worthy comment from monica lunesky who of course was investigated and threatened with prosecution by starr back in the '90s. she tweeted this is definitely are you kidding me kind of a day with an expletive added. >> former florida attorney general pam bondi will be part of the president's defense team at the impeachment trial. pam, good morning. >> good morning. >> we'll ask you about the new documents, that new evidence in a moment. but first take us inside the president's defense strategy, how you're preparing for tuesday, what's happening behind the scenes right now. >> well, i can tell you, you know, pat cipollone, it's been a joy to work with him side by side. he's one of the brightest lawyers i've ever met, jay sekulow. this team has been ready to go,

the white house counsel working with jay. we've been ready. we were ready last month, we're ready now and we'll be ready next week. because impeaching a president is one of the most monument s things you can do in this country. and the way this got started our founding fathers have never, ever anticipated this would happen the way it did. no one could that it would happen without a full vote of the house of representatives, the way it started in the house and so on. >> pam, we do want to ask you about this new evidence kelly just reported on overnight. so now we have multiple pictures of president trump with lev parnas, his family members with lev parnas, his top associates, you're even in one of the photos. it also includes an electronic calendar entry of a breakfast meeting with president trump just days before parnas was arrested. so does the president still maintain he does not know who lev parnas is? >> well, i haven't spoken to the president this morning, but i

can tell you as a former florida attorney general in a state with almost 22 million people we took pictures constantly, constantly with thousands of people. and clearly lev parnas liked to take pictures with a lot of people. i remember him being at a republican a.g. event. he showed up at events pretty much everywhere where republicans were, elected republicans, prominent republicans. and i don't know what that matters, what they're planning on doing with it, but, you know, we're going to stick to the facts and stick to the law in this case. and this is just something else the democrats continue to do. they just drop things at the last minute. they keep dropping pictures. and what does this have to do -- this is all about one phone call president trump had with president zelensky, the transcript was released. and they have not charged -- i've got to be really clear. they have not charged the president with any crime, not

one. >> and to be clear they say it's more than just a single phone call. they say it's part of a larger pressure campaign. let me ask you about some of the key figures on the president's defense team, allan dershowitz also ken starr who spearheaded the impeachment back in 1999. this is what donald trump said about starr then. >> i think ken starr is a lunatic. i really think ken starr is a disaster. >> so why would the president pick someone to be on his defense team he thinkicizes is lunatic and disaster? >> well, clearly he does not think so now. ken starr knows what he's doing. he has experience in this field. professor dershowitz is a constitutional expert. and, you know, i think we've got a great team, a great mix of people. and again, led by pat cipollone who knows this case inside and out and jay sekulow and the rest of our team. and we are ready to go.

in the house -- yeah, go ahead, kristen. >> we do want to get all this in and we're running out of time. democrats, you know, are demanding witnesses testify as a part of the senate trial. the president says he did nothing wrong, so why is he blocking these witnesses from testifying? why wouldn't he welcome that? >> i'm glad you asked that question. in the house -- what happened in the house? i mean, it was -- as a career prosecutor the president did not have the right to counsel, he did not have the right to present witnesses. >> why not have them now? >> he could not cross examine witnesses. they could have called these witnesses in the house had they chose, meaning schiff and nadler. they did not choose -- >> to be clear the white house blocked a lot of these individuals including john bolton from testifying, right? >> hold on, let me tell you they both had -- look at charlie cupperman, and what did he say let's litigate this. i'm not saying i'm going to

testify, i'm not saying i am. let the courts decide. that's our long-standing system of justice. any lawyer knows that. so when he did that, what did they do? they withdrew the subpoena. i mean the game playing has just been going on and on. and now that we're at the senate this is the time all these witnesses should have been heard in the house of representatives. but let me keep going on that. if they want to call a witness, if they want to force a witness to be called, you know, that's going to be discussed but you have a separation of powers. think about this with executive power if you want to try to call someone with national security issues at risk, that could jeopardize any future president -- >> pam, let me ask you the broader question, though. don't the american people deserve to know all of the facts? >> they did and they did in the house of representatives when they held secret hearings and they weren't secret. they held secret hearings -- >> republicans were in the room

obviously. >> some republicans. they wouldn't let members of congress in. they weren't allowed to talk. look at what happened in the house. how could you call that fair when in the constitutional part they got to call -- this is the president being accused yet they called three witnesses and only let the president call one. and now one of their witnesses has even come back and said the way nancy pelosi was holding the articles of impeachment just wasn't fair. she called him a clear and present danger and yet refused to send them over to the senate. so we've never seen anything like this in our history and we want to get this resolved in a fair way. >> the process begins on tuesday and america will be watching. we thank you for joining us and sharing your views. turning now to virginia where a state of emergency remains in effect this weekend ahead of a gun rights rally planned for monday. on friday more men connected to an alleged violent extremist group were arrested with officials saying the men had

malicious plans for that rally. nbc's jeff bennett has more. >> reporter: tensions are running high in virginia after the arrests friday of four more suspected neo nazis connected to what authorities call a white supremacist group. earlier this week the fbi arrested three other members of that same group which calls itself the base who officials say obtained weapons and discussed tending a progun rally in virginia next week. governor ralph northam declaring a statement of emergency. >> we have received credible intelligence from our law enforcement agencies that there are groups with malicious plans. >> reporter: the virginia supreme court now upholding the governor's decision to temporarily ban firearms on capitol grounds. one of the organizers of monday's rally pushing back. >> we've done this since 2003, every year always peaceful, not one incident. >> reporter: president trump weighed in tweeting your second amendment is under very serious attack in the great commonwealth

of virginia. protesters are expected to voice their opposition to tougher gun laws being proposed in the state including requiring background checks on all firearms purchases, limiting handgun purchases to one per month and letting localities ban guns from certain events and government buildings. ahead of the rally northam says he fears a repeat of the deadly protests in charlottesville three years ago. civil rights activist heather heyer killed while peacefully protesting neo-nazis. heather's mother things the governor made the right move. >> i really think i'd rather see him take stricter measures than not enough. we don't need another charlottesville. >> so good to be here. we have this storm system and everybody's thinking about and it will continue to make its way across the midwest and

northeast. well to the south rainy conditions and another storm system temperatures at least for the first half of the morning. look right now in san jose, 39 degrees. napa, 37. a very cool 39 in santa cruz. as we head into the afternoon, we'll get a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures will be in the mid and upper 50s. oakland, 55. san francisco, 54. santa rosa, 58 and your bay area skies will be mainly cloudy across the coastline. expect dry conditions through the weekend. and that's your latest forecast. >> a busy one for you. thank you for that. and still to come scandal just two weeks before the grammies. the head of the recording

we're back on a saturday morning now with the weekly download, our look back at the week that was. >> a dangerous scene in the skies was just one of the many stories making news this week. a delta jet flying from los angeles to shanghai had to turn around to make an emergency landing at lax. the pilots dumped their jet fuel that landed on school children who were beneath the flight path. captured from the ground the streams of fuel poured over four local schools and 60 people many of them children suffering from skin irritation and other minor injuries. aviation experts say the pilots clearly should have dropped their fuel over an unpopulated area. prosecutors in the virgin islands claims that the late billionaire jeffrey epstein sexually abused and trafficked young women and girls on his two

private islands there for over nearly two decades. >> the attorney general in the virgin islands filing a civil suit against epstein's estate accusing the financer of bringing minors as young as 12 to his secluded compound. >> the epstein estate denied allegations in the lawsuit to sign confidentiality agreements but refused any other comments on the filings. queen elizabeth announced she would let prince harry and meghan markle quit as senior royals. the 93-year-old monarch releasing a rare and very personal statement. >> saying the family is entirely supportive of harry and meghan, and although we would have preferred them to remain full time working members of the royal family, we respect and understand their wish to live a more independent life. lsu won college football's

national championship, but the victory was bittersweet. the son of lsu's offensive coordinator lost his wife last month. the young journalist and five others were killed when their small plane headed to an lsu game crashed shortly after take off. surprises and snubs when this year's oscar nomnags weina were revealed. >> the big headline was joker. joker got the most nominations with 11 nominations. >> some other shockers neither j.lo or robert de niro received a nod. no women were put in the mix for best director. and cynthia was the only actor of color nominated for a major award. a factory exploded leaving two people dead and several others injured. hundreds of people who live nearby were forced to evacuate. this base jumper dangled from a cliff in thailand for

more than five hours after his parachute got caught. fortunately a rescuer descended the mountain to save him. finally, a dog in australia got tired of waiting around and decided to lay on the horn. eventually its owner got the hint and opened the door for the pup and his pal. >> i love that dog and i love he almost has an expression on his face like i got places to go, buddy. >> i was just waiting for the owner to get into the back seat right there. >> where we going next? unbelievable. so cute. still to come on "today," could some of the world's rarest creatures be in danger of extinction in australia? and eminem the rapper's stirring controversy depicting him as the las vegas shooter and another referencing the bombing at the ariana grande concert, but first these messages.

taking a live look outside at the golden gate bridge at 5:56 on this saturday morning, it looks clear out there which typically means it's cold. let's check in with

meteorologist. >> we're in 30s in some spots. look at santa ross a 39 degrees and we have santa cruz, 39 degrees and palo alto at 43 degrees and we are waking up to clear conditions. by the afternoon we'll get a mix of sun and clouds and we could see areas of fog especially for the interior valleys. take a look at your daytime highs, palo alto, 55. san francisco, 54 degrees. santa rosa, 58, and of course, i'm going to be talking about this sunday which is tomorrow, the green bay packers will take on the san francisco 49ers. i'll have a closer look at exactly what you can expect in terms of halftime. fourth quarter kickoff and all that good stuff and when the chance to see rain coming up at 7:00 a.m. we'll see you at 7:00. thanks. >> there is an effort to stop a

disease to enter through the san francisco international airport. now the centers for disease control is moving into screen passengers as they land from one specific airport. the cdc is concerned about people traveling from wuhan china at sfo, lax and jfk airports. those passengers will be screened for fever or cold and flu symptoms. the highly contagious, potentially deadly disease is responsible for two deaths and 45 cases. the sfo health screenings begin today when the first direct flight arrives from wuhan. >> when the flight arrives either connecting or non-stop passengers from wuhan would be diverted to a separate area inside the customs facility. airport officials say the cdc screening should only delay wuhan passengers. symptoms will have fever, aches and chills and if people are

found symptoms they will be referred to the hospital. >> a student was found dead at a fraternity house. the university sent an e-mail notifying students about the death yesterday morning. the stanford daily reports he was a sophomore. no evidence of foul play and no word of the cause. coming up this morning on "today in the bay," a deadly avalanche in lake tahoe at a ski resort claims the life of a california man. we'll definitely following the weather forecast, that plus all your top stories. we hope to see you then. right now we'll send you back to the "today" show.

hear here is the olympic music. we're already thinking way ahead. it just feels a lot better thinking that way. the olympic rings are now in place in tokyo over the 2020 summer olympics. we're just over six month as way from the start of the game. i think america's ready for some olympics. >>s is good to hear that music. i can't believe we're so close. we do want to begin this hour with a check of your headlines. a massive winter storm is creating a mess for millions across the country this weekend. 117 million people from the northern plains all the way into new england are facing winter weather alerts today as the

storm brings blizzard-like conditions and bitter cold. the bad weather has already caused hundreds of accidents across the country as well as mainly airport delays and cancelations and even a deadly avalanche in california. this morning a newly identified virus is leading to three major health screens. the cdc announced it was mobilizing teams to new york's, san francisco airports. passengers from wuhan china. an estimated 5,000 people will be traveling from china to the u.s. for the chinese new year. but officials say that the risk of the virus spreading is low. and a scary moment at a wiggles concert in australia when one of the band's members collapsed on stage. the popular children's group was performing at a charity concert for bush fire relief on friday

night when the lead singer collapsed as he left the stage. the band said page sang for an hour and a half before suffering a cardiac arrest. he was taken to the hospital where he is now recovering. shock in the music industry as the first female head of the academy to present the academies has been on leave less than two weeks before the grammy awards. this morning her attorney is filing back about the bombshell suspension. nbc's sarah harmon is in los angeles. >> reporter: the ceo has been on the job for less than six months. and she was vocal about her plans to change this industry. this morning we are learning more about the internal complaint that led to her shocking suspension. >> oh, my goodness. and the grammy goes to -grammy >> music's biggest night has become the industry's biggest fight. after the suspension of president and ceo debra duggen.

this morning new details about the complaint according to a source with direct knowledge it was filed by an assistant who worked with duggen f's predecesr for 20 years accusing her of a bullying management style. we will expose what happens when you step up. those two words step up a reference to comments made by her predecessor. >> i think it has to begin with women -- >> who sparked backlash and eventually left after saying female artists should step up if they wanted more recognition. duggen had only been on the job since august. >> i'm so excited to be here with you this morning. it's my first grammy. >> her suspension comes after she sent a memo to human resources expressing concern

about voting irregularities, financial mismanagement and conflicts of interest. >> the grammys putting its first female ceo on administrative leave ten days before the show two years after they be been savagely criticized for being not diverse. >> the academy is promising the show will go on as planned. with performances by lizzo, ariana grande. but this morning two years after the step up controversy the grammys have step into another mess. the academy says duggen is on leave temporarily and have hired two independent investigators to look into the allegations. but none of the industry watchers i spoke with thought a come back was likely given her suspension. >> and janessa webb is back. >> this is very strong cold

front and that is going to slice our temperatures in half. just last week we were sitting in highs in the 70s and today the feels like temperature in boston on your screen only 2 degrees. 4 degrees for new york city, and we're going to continue to see these temperatures plummet. along with that is the wind flow spiking up from chicago to cleveland as well. it's not just the northeast, we have this winter cold blast that's going to take over bismarck to fargo as well where we could be in right now as we head out the door, temperatures in the low 40s and we are down into the 30s including santa cruz at 39 degrees and 47 in san francisco. your microclimate highs for this afternoon will mainly be in the upper 50s and it will be a comfortable mix of sun and clouds and a high of 55 in oakland and 59 in morgan hill. along the coastline it will

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decide the election. >> reporter: in washington it's been 116 days of this. >> there was no quid pro quo. >> this is how a mafia boss talks. >> secret depositions. >> the call was perfect. >> this is the fifth time you have interrupted. >> don't mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> reporter: but outside the beltway in bellwether counties how has it been playing with voters? my first stop was cent county, michigan, right as the hearings began in november. this increasingly purple county went narrowly for trump in 2016 and people were hooked to the hearings. how much were you paying attention to that? >> every day. it's a country divided not united and it's really unfortunate. >> i listen to the news back and forth to work every day. >> i am divided kind of how i feel about it. >> reporter: but as the hearings carried on concerns set in even for democratic voters. >> i think it's going to impact

the democratic primary more than it's going to ever removing trump from office. >> reporter: this is dubuque county, iowa. for the first time in 2016 it went red. are you concerned all the attention surrounding the impeachment inquiry is overshadowing other issues? >> i think that's what people are unfortunately paying attention to. they think that the entire congress is paralyzed. >> do you think that this process is changing anyone's mind? >> no. i don't think so. >> reporter: for republicans impeachment has made them dig in more. how do you think this impeachment inquiry is influencing you as a voter? >> i'm becoming more and more of a supporter of donald trump, and i think a lot of people here feel the same way. >> the trump supporters i talk to have definitely leaning more towards trump than they even ever were in 2016. >> reporter: by the time i made it to ohio during the house

vote, fatigue had set in. >> they wasted time and it was unnecessary. it's the epitome of what frustrates people about washington. >> reporter: it once had a booming manufacturing industry but much of that has disappeared and people here want washington to bring solutions not more problems. >> raising am the minimum wage, labor law reform, those are issues i care about, you know? the impeachment is a process. the process is going to come and it's going to go, but everything else is going to live on. >> so fascinating to hear from those voters. >> you've been traveling around the country for months now, has an insider look of what americans think. is this sort of impeachment fatigue real right now? how is it affecting folks at home? >> i think the fatigue is real and there's two elements here. the timepiece of it which has been going on for a while but

also these circumstances in different counties. they've seen a lot of job loss and been hit pretty hard so health care and mental health are big priorities. so voters there are really focused on these day to day issues and they want their leaders to focus on those as well. >> overall, though, how do you think impeachment actually impacts the election in november when we get there? >> i don't think impeachment is going to be really the think that moves the needle for most people. most voters i talked to, this hasn't really changed their minds but i have run into an interesting type of voter. i encountered a couple of conflicted conservatives. i'm talking moderate republicans who say they don't really recognize the current republican party, they're not necessarily huge donald trump fans and they don't see that the values of the republican party today reflecting the party that they grew up with, so i do think there's some opportunity for democrats there to maybe bring some of those folks over to their side. i don't think impeachment is

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>> reporter: the most severe cases are brought to makeshift hospital here. while those that can't be treated are humanely euthanized. how hard is it to not be able to help all of them >> it's very hard, but we will help every single one that comes here. >> reporter: it isn't clear whether the animal populations can recover here. species like the glossy black cockatoo and others found nowhere else on earth likely forced into extinction. last year was australia's hottest on record fueling intense wildfires that may be the new norm. is it climate change? >> yes. i think there's no doubt. if we don't act this is what other parts of the world beyond australia might expect to see in the future. >> when animals are ready they'll go from a sanctuary back into the wild. for others it could take longer. they're vulnerable to predators,

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i'm kyra klapper and vianey arana has a look at the forecast. >> we will warm up a little bit for the afternoon compared to yesterday. a look at san francisco, also beautiful, and definitely a clear start to our morning. so how cold is it right now if you're headed out the door? definitely wear your coat. 36 degrees in livermore, and 39 in santa rosa. by the afternoon, here's a closer look at what you can expect. yesterday we topped out in the low to mid-50s and today we will start to get up into the upper 50s in san jossy and morgan hill, and san francisco will remain at 54 degrees and we will keep a lot of that cloud cover in the afternoon. so it will be a mix of sun and clouds and partly clear skies and it will remain dry for today and we have high pressure rolling through. we have a lot to talk about because we have a big game tomorrow and the niners say we'll go through that and your important sierra forecast coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> indeed, we'll see you at 7:00, thanks. >> there is an effort to stop a

mysterious disease from entering the u.s. it's a never before seen respiratory virus and the centers for disease control are moving in to screen passengers as they land from one specific airport. the cdc is concerned about people traveling from wuhan china. those passengers will be screened for fever and cough or flu symptoms. the highly contagious, potentially deadly disease is responsible for two deaths and 45 cases of the virus. sfo health screenings begin today when the flight arrives from wuhan. >> when the flight arrives connecting or non-stop passengers from wuhan would be diverted to a separate area inside the customs facility. >> airport officials say the cdc screening should only delay wuhan passengers. symptoms of the virus includes fever, chills, ache, trouble breathing or a cough.

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good morning. winter wallop. a massive storm set to pound the east coast this morning after leaving a trail of destruction in its wake across the country. blizzard conditions causing hundreds of accidents, major airport delays and cancellations. even a deadly avalanche. today more than 115 million people in its path. we'll have the full forecast. breaking news. the lev parnas connection. house democrats releasing another round of new documents overnight showing new pictures of indicted rudy giuliani associate lev parnas with the president, his children and his closest advisers. it comes as the president's impeachment defense team is unveiled headlined by clinton

independent counsel ken starr and famed attorney allen dershowitz. and gone too far? eminem coming under fire this morning for lyrics in two of his new songs and a new video re-creating the las vegas massacre. why survivors are outraged. today, saturday, january 18th, 2020. >> we're from new york. it's my birthday. good morning and welcome back to "today" on a saturday morning here in north eastern new york. i left my gloves in washington,

d.c. >> we've got a storm coming and it is freezing out here but look at this awesome crowd. they're getting ready for the storm. it's a holiday weekend, though, so a lot of travelers focused on that. >> no doubt. we hope everybody is safe and warm over this weekend. i can't talk. it's the weather. we've got a lot of news to get to right now. we begin with that and a massive winter storm moving east today. it's been rolling across the country bringing with it this snow and cold. nbc's ron mott is right in the heart of it in chicago. good morning, my friend. >> reporter: hey, peter and kristen, good morning to you. so the snow is gone from this area, fortunately. unfortunately, it's headed your way. just take a look in the last hour since we talked to you this tree was hanging out coated with ice. we are warming up in chicago this morning, expected to get up to almost 40 degrees today. so all that ice is off that tree. folks out on saturday morning

along michigan avenue should have a much easier go of it than they did last night. and in minnesota alone officers tell us they worked more than 170 traffic accidents since this time yesterday. a travel nightmare unfolding across the country on the roads. a stranded driver barely escapes an out of control pickup in iowa. fortunately no serious injuries there. white out conditions and zero visibility around fargo, north dakota, sent trucks jackknifing off the road friday. a truck rolled onto its side in lee summit, missouri. fierce winds adding to having to push out of a minnesota snowdrift. ice encrusted vehicles in kansas, ice causing problems in nebraska, too. >> just getting over the bridge was a hassle. >> reporter: more trouble in the air. chicago's o'hare shutdown for hours. this delta plane slid off an icy taxiway in kansas city, missouri.

no injuries but more than 1,700 flights canceled nationwide including all flights from nashville to kansas city friday. that means a lot of titans have to hit the road if they hope to make it to the championship game. snow coming in so fast in the sierra nevadas it may have setoff the avalanche that killed one skier and severely injured another in california. winter weather advisories up for millions today. and arctic air setting in across the country. >> there's going to be a lot more coming. >> reporter: all right, so the snow was really the first punch of a powerful one, two combination. the worst may be yet to come because there's a lot of cold air and strong winds on the back end of this storm. we're going to hit probably close to 40 degrees in chicago today and the temperatures will start plunging right around noontime. across this region we could see high temperatures, single digits both on sunday and monday with

lows below zero and wind chills well below that, guys. >> a cold weekend in kansas city for that playoff game. ron, thank you very much in chicago this morning. >> indeed. we want to turn now to the impeachment of president trump. overnight house democrats turned over new evidence involving rudy giuliani's indicted associate lev parnas ahead of the senate trial next week. this as the president's defense team was unveiled featuring famed lawyer allen dershowitz. kelly o'donnell is in palm beach traveling with the president. and good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. president trump is spending time with family and campaign donors during his weekend here in florida. tuesday he goes to trial in the senate with a just announced team of eight lawyers led by white house counsel pat cipollone. and in true trump fashion he added to that list some famous names including ken starr who was the prosecutor during the clinton era and allen dershowitz

to argue on his behalf. late friday the house judiciary committee also released another batch of documents, text messages and information that could be used as evidence in the trial. and much of it involves rudy giuliani's associate lev parnas and his activities as part of a political pressure campaign in ukraine to benefit the president. parnas is currently under federal indictment. also on the president's legal team former florida attorney general pam bondi who dismisses parnas and describes him as a hanger on. >> and clearly lev parnas liked to take pictures with a lot of people. i remember him being at a republican a.g. event. he was -- he showed up at events pretty much everywhere where republicans were, elected republicans, prominent republicans. and, you know, i don't know what that matters, what they're planning on doing with it but we're going to stick to the

facts -- >> reporter: president trump and some members of his family have also been pictured in photos and video at fund raisers with parnas. president trump says he really doesn't know the man. the white house has also said that parnas who is under indictment is trying to reduce his prison exposure by being involved with the house judiciary committee, and they claim his credibility is questionable. kristen? >> kelly o'donnell, it's going to be a busy week in washington that's for sure. >> as we enter the dead of winter some good news regarding flu activity across the country. a new report shows the flu is slowing down with a drop in activity for the second week in a row. but the season has been particularly tough on young people. seven more children died from the flu this week. 13 million cases have been confirmed already this season with more than 6,000 deaths. and now to dramatic video of a take down at a cvs store in

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this morning on today's talk a rapper eminem is out with new music. but the lyrics of one of his songs has a lot of people talking. >> nice to see you. good morning. eminem's newest video his first song called "darkness" is supposed to be a call for change tag to gun laws but survivors are outraged. we should warn you some of the video is disturbing. eminem's no stranger to controversy. this morning once again he's making headlines with a surprise album titled "music to be murdered by." the video for the song "darkness" is 6 minutes long, begins with the rapper in a las vegas hotel room alone. there's drugs, alcohol and a concert outside. three minutes in eminem appears to transform into stephen

paddock, the man behind the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. he opened fire. towards the end of the video you see a montage of news reports each covering a different mass shooting. a political message from eminem urging people to register to vote to help change america's gun laws. >> the way he's getting his message across could be perceived as really triggering to a lot of people so i think it's a very fine line between public service announcement and something going to be hard for people to watch. >> also on the album -- in the song unaccompanyingal eminem seems to make light of the manchester bombing. the 2017 attack killed 22 many of them children. murray called the lyric totally pointless adding there's no sense in any of his lyrics.

some eminem fans can't get enough. >> marshal delivered, man. congrats, bro. >> las vegas survivor mike cronk told me when he saw this video his chest tightened. he feels eminem is glorifying the shooter and leverages victims pain to boost record sales. he should release the song as a single. >> it's most notable when you hear from one of the survivors. >> you appreciate his desire to try and crack down on gun violence, and maybe this gets our attention, but i think there'll be a lot of people pretty sensitive to images like that and the story he's reliving. >> especially survivors. >> want to get another check of the forecast from janessa webb. good morning. >> peter, i don't want to lose my card so it's not too cold but we have so many people with birthdays. you two, what birthday is this?

>> 16. >> and where are you from? >> pennsylvania. >> so they're escaping the snow, and i just met someone with the greatest song. let's hear it. what's your name? >> mike rocket. >> let's hear it. ♪ start every day the right way today ♪ >> okay, let's take a look at your local forecast. it's amazing. we're watching this storm system making its way through the ohio valley to the northeast. the timing tonight 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. where we're going to see that scattered snowfall but very dangerous conditions across the northeast and the south. also we're watching another beautiful, clear start to our day. look at san francisco. this is a live look right now. we don't have any clouds to worry about just yet and the temperatures are pretty cold. santa cruz right now 39 degrees. a cold 36 in liver more. into the south bay low 40s and

san francisco at 47 degrees. as we head into the afternoon, we will keep those dry conditions for today. expect a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures will be running a few degrees warmer and a high of 57 in san jose and 54 in san francisco. >> peter and kristen, that's your latest forecast. >> janessa our proud alaskan there. >> savannah sellers is here with a look what's coming up next. >> i'm so happy to be here with you. coming up we'll show you the hilarious birthday seren

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