for the morning news and "cbs ♪ it's tuesday, february 7th, 2017. this is the "cbs morning news." hours from now, a federal appeals court will hear the president's push to reinstate this travel ban. meanwhile, president trump is taking the media to task. claiming reporters are refusing to cover terrorist attacks. america on session at the senate stretches into the early morning hours as lawmakers look to block betsy devos' nomination agency education secretary. winter weather slams the northwest, creating dangerous conditions after a rare snowstorm hits the region

leaving thousands without power. and lebron james bounces back after an embarrassing miss. >> lebron -- yes! >> lebron -- yes! sc sc captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you, i'm anne-marie green. well, later today, a federal appeals court in san francisco will hear oral arguments on the federal government's request to reinstate president trump's travel and refugee ban. whatever the three-judge panel decides the case could end up in the supreme court. meanwhile, the president claims terrorist attacks are going unreported because, in his words, the press have their reasons. hena daniels is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the white house is confident that the travel ban will prevail in the legal back and forth over president donald trump executive order. spokesman sean spicer says

clearly the law is on the president's side. >> reporter: on the eve of a legal lowdown over the travel ban, president trump took to twitter to make his case for the order. writing in part, the threat from radical islamic terrorism is very real. courts must act fast. the justice department argued that the president's temporary ban is necessary to protect national security. the department claims the policy does not discriminate by religion. just by country of origin. adding that the countries involved were once deemed sponsors of terror by previous administrations. >> whatever they fall on the president's side. the constitution is on the president's side. >> reporter: as people from the seven muslim countries continues to pour into the state, washington governor jay inslee, a democrat who put the travel ban on hold. >> we care about national security, but we need to make decisions based on facts, not

alternative facts. >> reporter: speaking, the president shifted his focus away from the federal judge who halted the ban, to the media blasting the press for downplaying the terror threats. >> it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported, and in many cases, the very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their reasons and you understand that. >> reporter: hours later, the white house gave a list of dozens of terror attacks that claims the press failed to cover. cbs news to some extent has covered a majority of the attacks cited by the trump administration. and former secretary of state madeleine albright, john kerry and other officials also released a report about president trump's ban. whatever the case, the case is likely to end up before the supreme court. anne-marie. elon musk's spacex is nearly

one. 100 company that have joined the companies in the presidential travel ban. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: some of the biggest names in technology are among the 97 companies that joined the brief to the court of appeals, forcibly opposing the travel and immigration ban. they argue, the order makes it more difficult and expensive for u.s. companies to recruit, hire and retain, some of the world's best employees. it disrupts ongoing business operations. >> america has been at the bleeding edge of so many innovative markets and so many innovative trends because we're able to work on a global scale. >> reporter: aaron levy is ceo of the company that signed on to the brief. >> some of our founding employees come from different countries, some of which are actually on the ban list so that has a meaningful impact on our

consult cure tower. >> reporter: the brief notes immigrants or their children founded more than 200 companies on the fortune 500 list, including apple, kraft, ford, general election, at&t, google, mcdonald and disney and immigrants are nearly three times more likely to file patents than u.s.-born citizens. demonstrators against the ban with the president's promises to undo certain international trade agreements. >> they would send a really chilling signal to people all around the world, that america is not open for business, we're actually closed off. >> reporter: john blackston, cbs news, san francisco. >> the senate is expected to vote on president trump's pick to be secretary of edition. betsy devos, taking a live look from the senate floor. senator chris murphy is about to speak. vowing to work through the night, senate democrats held the

floor in hoping getting one more to oppose devos. senator cory booker said the next secretary must be a champion for all children. >> may the office of civil rights in the years to come remain vigilant, remain strong in their efforts but i have no confidence that it will do so understand this person. >> two republican senators have already said they will vote against devos. there would be a 50/50 tie that would have to be broken by vice president mike pence. another of trump's picks secretary of labor nominee andrew puzder said he was unaware his housekeeper was not legally permitted to work in the u.s. puzder ended her employment when he learned of her status and

paid back taxes. ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk with dan senor who wases an adviser in the romney campaign in 2012 about the opposition to president trump's travel picks and his travel bans. this morning, a series of storms continue to threaten much. west with heavy rain, snow and winds. winter storm warnings sorries remain in effect. there was usual any heavy snow, several inches for the seattle area, more than the area has seen isn't five years. the heavy-wet snow brought down trees, one hit a man walking his dog. >> we heard the tree crack. and i heard run. we were standing in a triangle and the tree fell in the middle. me and another friend stopped and got hit square by the trees. >> trees and power lines were flocked down. at one point, 90,000 customers

in the puget sound area were without power. in the portland area, schools were closed and roads were a mess-residents said they haven't seen that much snow in decades. and a fireball over the sky over lake michigan was southeast huge it was seen in nine states and canada. but an astronomer says it was caused by a meteor no bigger than a basketball ball. witnesses say they heard two large booms afterwards. the super bowl champions, new england patriots will be honored today with a parade throughout downtown boston. the pats returned to new england last night, arriving at gillette stadium. fans lined up to welcome their team and catch a glimpse of the vince lombardi trophy. lebron games somehow missed a layup with under ten seconds to go. that would have given cleveland the lead against washington but

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our top story this morning, later today, a federal appeals court in san francisco will hear arguments in a lawsuit over president trump's travel and refugee ban. this past weekend, the appellate court denied the trump administration's request to stay a seattle judge's ruling, that would put the ban on hold. the justice department argues the issue is a matter of national security. and the order was within the president's authority. the vetting process can take years before refugees are allowed in this country. jericka duncan was at new york's jfk airport when a family arrived from syria. >> reporter: this is the moment dr. gasan assaly and ahmad

dreamed about for 13 years. >> i'm happy. i'm happy like i won the super bowl like this sunday. i'm very happy. >> reporter: the reunion with the sallies two brothers and family was supposed to happen ten days ago. but visas from the christian family when president trump signed the executive order. after landing in philadelphia, the sick immigrants were forced to return home. >> unhuman is what's happened for us. >> reporter: 17 matthew sally had to wait even longer before joining his relatives. >> we did everything by the rules. everything we've done was right. nothing illegal. >> reporter: why did your family leave. >> it was not safe.

>> reporter: finally moved to the after processing stage which involved multiple background checks in several interviews. >> welcome to america. >> reporter: local congressman republican charlie dent said the asalais are not refugees and spent years going through the proper channels. >> it's hard to believe this proposal was not properly vetted, it was not processed. it was brushed and not given the consideration it should have been. >> reporter: monday afternoon, allentown's newest residents celebrated their arrival in their new home. >> attorneys for the asali family said they're now considered permanent residents. jericka duncan, cbs news, allentown, pennsylvania. well, coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," cbs news sifts through president trump's public paperwork. we'll have a look at the unsettled conflicts with list business empire. plus, an adoptive family fights to keep a 3-year-old that

the court says belongs to her biological father. and maria via reyell showinging us the grammies. >> every year, this is the actual mold out of metal that makes these grammy statues. coming up on "cbs this morning," we'll introduce to you the grammy man. >> that's the "cbs morning news" for this tuesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

flames shooting from a row home overnight. we will show you more of the viewer video and show you how neighbors are already helping a man who barely escapes with his life. and, septa's train troubles continue. we will tell you why your commute on the market frankford "el" may be tougher today than it was even just yesterday. >> mayhem, half makd man steels attacks i and drives it through the park. the charges that may -- man is facing this morning. we'll tell you tuesday, february 7th, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. surprising nim ber of people who are stressed because of valentine day. first a check on your forecast. >> i'm s