i am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been. >> president trump delivers a rousing speech, touting his accomplishments. speaker nancy pelosi called it a manifesto of mistruth before tearing up the speech in full view following its completion. this morning the reaction to all of it from both sides. >> in the aftermath of the president's speech the full senate will vote on two articles of impeachment later today this as the race for the white house heats up with new reporting on the iowa caucus results. macy's, one of america's most famous department stores, is closing the doors of 125

stores but that's not all >> our meteorologist bill karins is tracking snow, ice, and severe thunderstorms millions impacted by snarled travel stunning security video of a school bus with over a dozen students on board flipping over. the details and more straight ahead on a busy wednesday. "early today" starts right now good horning i'm cori coffin. >> and i'm frances rivera. and what a night it was in washington under the dark included of today's senate impeachment vote president trump delivers his third state of the union address. the president used the spotlight as a rallying cry for supporters touting a strong economy, trade deals, and border security >> our country is thriving and highly respected again >> i am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been. we passed landmark criminal justice reform into law.

everybody said that criminal justice reform couldn't be done. forcing american taxpayers to provide unlimited health care to illegal aliens sounds fair to you, then stand with the radical left but if you believe -- >> the night was also packed with plenty of unexpected moments including an impromptu awards ceremony for conservative radio host rush limbaugh >> rush, in recognition of all that you have done for our nation, the millions of people a day that you speak to and that you inspire and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity i am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. >> limbaugh announced just yesterday that he's battling stage 4 lung cancer. but this is maybe the night's

most heartwarming surprise an army sergeant returned from a seven-month deployment in afghanistan to reunite with his wife and two kids. during the president's address >> what a cool moment there. the night was bookended, though, in bitter partisan fashion at the start mr. trump appears to snub house speaker nancy pelosi, failing to shake her hand after handing her a copy of his speech and then at the end the house speaker ripped up her copy of the speech later telling nbc news it was the courteous thing to do given the alternative. polici later tweeted a picture of her outstretched hand to the president saying "democrats will never stop extending the hand of friendship to get the job done." and she also released a statement referring to mr. trump's speech as a "manifesto of mistruth. now, it all comes down to this nearly five months after the house opened its impeachment inquiry into the president's pressure campaign on ukraine, the senate will vote this afternoon on whether to remove mr. trump from office. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c.

safe to say we'll likely see an acquittal today. >> we're expecting to see an acquittal today, frances, because neither democrats nor republicans have given any indication that they will cross party lines. republicans already seeing this as a victory democrats frustrateded that they could not get any witnesses into this trial and then we've got republicans in the middle like susan collins who's decided to vote to acquit the president saying the house democrats did not meet their burden of showing that it was urgent to get him out of office. and that they undercut their own argument by delaying sending over those airktd rticles of impeachment by 33 days as you note, the president did not mention impeachment at all during his message last night. he focused on the economy. he focused on other issues that he thought would rally his base. but the democrats, democratic response didn't shy away from putting this speech in the context of the impeachment

trial. >> as we witness the impeachment process in washington, there are some things each of us, no matter our party, should demand. the truth matters. facts matter and no one should be above the law. >> that is michigan's governor delivering the democratic response again, that final impeachment vote wrapping up this two-week trial, expected to happen today. the white house saying it is likely we will hear from the president when it's over frances? >> thank you, tracie all right. now let's turn to the 2020 democratic primary and new information on the iowa caucuses we now have reporting from 71% of those precincts they show pete buttigieg maintaining a narrow lead. but the race is still too close to call. the huge delay of results has caused frustration for not only voters but the candidates as

well the state democratic party blaming the holdup on what they're calling a coding issue with the new app they used nbc's cynthia mcfadden has this report >> reporter: long before iowa voters gathered at nearly 1,700 caucuses, precinct capital sxnz caucus organizers in the iowa city area knew of problems with their new app that was supposed to tabulate results like a fancy calculator this e-mail chain provided to nbc news shows their mounting concerns 9:09 a.m nobody having trouble with the app should feel dumb, one organizer wrote. at 9:13 a.m. a precinct chair replies, "i gave up on the app." a few minutes later at 9:29 another joke, "just don't submit your results." by 4:30 p.m. nbc news had talked to 12 precinct chairs who said they either couldn't download the app or log in. right around 10:00 some precinct chairs had abandoned the app altogether and resorted to a

hotline to call in results but there were problems. >> being on hold with the democratic party trying to report the results was like being on hold with customer service at your cable company. >> i have no idea what's going on >> reporter: trouble was clearly brewing. caused it appears not by the russians but by the iowa democratic party itself, which blamed a coding issue for problems processing results, emphasizing they were not hacked security experts tell us they're alarmed the party has refused to reveal who made the app. even worse, that the party told precinct chairs to download it to their unsecured personal phones chad wols, acting head of the definite homeland security his this to say. >> we offered to december that app from a hack perspective. they declined. >> i have no knowledge of the department of homeland security making that offer to us. >> reporter: so who did make the

happen a company called shadow. receipts showing the $60,000 they were paid the company run by a former hillary clinton staffer. nevada democrats saying they paid the same amount to the same company but won't be using them or the app and are evaluating next steps shadow issuing an apology. "we sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the result of iowa caucuses." >> and our thanks to cynthia for that report. the deadly coronavirus has now been detected in 25 countries. health officials have confirmed at least 492 deaths with nearly 25,000 infections. one of the most recent being an american on board a princess cruise ship in japan more than 80% of those who died were older than 60, according to a health official in china the virus continues to affect business and travel in and out of the country united and american airlines are suspending flights to hong kong as well as mainland china. this as a plane carrying u.s.

citizens from wuhan is making its way to california. nbc's tom costello has the latest >> reporter: at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak long lines to get into a hospital in wuhan, china the first american confirmed to have coronavirus in china is being treated in wuhan while in the united states still 11 confirmed cases in riverside, california an infant has been hospitalized with a fever out of an abundance of caution among the 195 americans evacuated out of china last week under quarantine for 14 days another plane of stranded americans headed to a u.s. base. >> what's different about novel coronavirus is we don't know a lot about it yet and we don't have a vaccine and so our methods to prevent it are more limited >> reporter: with much of the world's second largest economy on lockdown, growing concern about the global impact. major u.s. retailers closing thousands of stores across china. airline service suspended. car companies and manufacturers

shutting down factories or losing critical chinese suppliers. the company behind tonka trucks, tinker toys and lincoln logs fears it could soon be affected. 90% of its products come from china. >> everybody used to say if america sneezes the world catches a cold really we're going to find out whether china sneezes if the world catches a cold as well >> reporter: the white house expects minimal economic impact, a fraction off the gdp, but the longer the outbreak lasts the greater the impact >> our thanks to tom costello for that report. tragic news out of oklahoma this morning a second high school student has died after that pickup truck plowed into a group of cross-country runners in moore that's near oklahoma city. three other students remain hospitalized at this hour. police say the pickup truck was driven by a man whose son was killed in a car crash just the day before he's under arrest now, and police say that they suspect alcohol may have been a factor we're tracking a major winter storm moving akrcross th

country. this massive sichlg dumping heavy snow in the rockies, creating travel nightmares in the northwest. police are responding to hundreds of stranded drivers the storm hit as far south as albuquerque, blanketing the southwest with a rare snowfall before moving east millions are still facing the threat of snow and ice so let's hear all about it and get the details. here's nbc meteorologist bill karins good morning >> good morning. very busy day. with the severe weather threat later today, the snow this morning that will continue through the day this 26 million has just jumped. we just had winter weather advisories for much of southern flungd we're going to add probably 10 more million to this update. it's consistently updating especially this time in the morning when the weather services are giving their forecasts. watching the snow spread from midland to odessa, now wichita falls, arriving in oklahoma city and again as i anarrow stripe of some very heavy snow today in areas of central oklahoma up toward springfield, maybe the joplin area too, heading up near st. louis. st. louis. and then through northern portions of illinois and also indiana. and look at this

as we go through friday the back side of the storm could develop a very good heavy band of snow for our friendd enough for snow today in areas like chicago, also through southern portions of michigan and be ready tomorrow morning for your snow in areas of the northeast. we'll talk about the severe weather threat coming up >> a lot to watch. bill, thank you. so the super bowl's over but the kansas city chiefs are not done celebrating yet tight end travis kelce celebrated by drinking beer right from the lombardi trophy the athlete says he grew up playing hockey and always wanted to chug out of the stanley cup after winning a championship, so he decided to start his own tradition as super bowl champ. he turned the trophy into a beer luge and named it's lombardi luge maybe it's a thing he's starting right there. >> yeah. straight ahead a key accuser in

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following in his footsteps he's an aspiring teacher as part of the newly created branch of the u.s. military known as space force. if we had time we would just keep that standing ovation going for him. he deserves it and look how amazing he looks for that >> for being a century old wow. just incredible. in today's top stories the pentagon announces deploying its first nuclear weapon in decades. it's being added to the long-range submarines known as boomers. it's a modification of the pre-existing w-76 warhead. pentagon officials claim it makes americans safer by making nuclear war less likely, and the administration says the warhead is necessary to deter russia a suspect has been arrested after a double homicide on a texas a&m commerce campus. 21-year-old jacques smith is facing a charge of capital murder afternoon two with women were found dead in a residence hall smith is not a student, but he is believed to be the ex-boyfriend of one of the victims. the school says an arrest

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news. touching down in the bay area. this morns hundreds of americans are set to arrive, traveling from near the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in china. our team is in the air and on the ground, with live reports throughout the morning. first more breaking news. a shooting on 880 in fremont, a car riddled with bullets near mallory avenue. the chp is there investigating right now. they tell us though one was hurt but we'll have a live report from just a moment. first want to say very good morning. thanks for joining us for this busy morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's get right to mike inouye who is tra