not with the consequences. not with the call to get something really smart done. not with any of it. it is still a mess. this is not a story that's over. now it's time for "the last . good tuesday morning. another round of winter weather slams the eastern half of the country, promising a messy commute in the northeast. a u.n. panel warns that serious crimes against humanity are taking place in north korea. a new era at 30 rock as "the tonight show" officially returns to new york city. plus a terrifying train collision caught on camera. the vacation that cost matt garza 2 million bucks. and creative ways to celebrate presidents' day. thanks for joining us. more snow is headed to a winter weary northeast this morning. after dropping up to 8 inches of snow in the midwest monday, the fast moving system heads east and threatens to make travel a

major headache. more than 3,000 flights were delayed and about 1200 canceled nationwide on monday. this storm is just the latest in what has been a brutal winter with new york city getting 38 inches more snow than normal. nbc's bill karins is here with more on what we are expecting this time around. >> the timing is an issue, but the storm itself is not going to be a huge ordeal. especially compared to all the big storms we've already had. you can see it's been spinning over the top of lake erie, really windy conditions. probably the worst of from cleveland just north of pittsburgh, a little blast of snow that already went through philadelphia in the tren top area and now heading for new york city. temperatures plenty cold enough in new england. 32 in d.c., so anywhere north and west of d.c., snow covered roads. pittsburgh, we're at 34. as far as the snow goes, we are going to expect the worst of it up here from about northern mass to southern new hampshire and near portland area.

that's where we have winter storm warnings. whites a couple spots of winter weather advisories, so lower he said snow totals. you can see the snow starting to move towards the new york city area and it will be right through new york as we go throughout the next two hours or so. and we've already seen a lot of the snow pass through baltimore and d.c., but probably shouldn't see much more as we go throughout the day. so as far as the forecast totals go, again, just a quick shot this morning. and then the afternoon hours, much warmer and all the roads will metal. problem area interior central and northern new england. but 1 to 2 inches, that is nothing. that is like a sneeze. >> nothing compared to what we've been through. >> it's just the timing. but 40 later in the day. >> bring on that 40 degrees. thank you, bill. a shocking new u.n. report discovers systemic abuses in north korea. a u.n. official compares kim jong-un to a modern day hitler. andrea mitchell has the details.

>> reporter: kim jong-un with a birthday tribute sunday. even as the u.n. accuses the die nasty of nazi look atrocities. extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, rape, sexual violence and forced abortions. >> there will be no excusing failure of action because we didn't know. we do know. >> reporter: survivors of the prison sketched pictures to i also straight starvation, torture and public execution of hundreds of thousands. for the u.n. and for human rights watch -- this prisoner at camp 15 said a fellow prisoner tried to escape, was dragged back to the camp behind a truck. then executed for all to see. this woman imprisoned for 28 years drew pictures after she got out. she said guards would spit the in their mouths. if they gagged, they would be beaten. former guards told human rights

watch many people lost their hipds. children starved. families foraged for snakes or nice to feed their children. and the u.n. report says when women prisoners gave birth, most often guards forced either the mother or a third person to kill the baby by drowning it in water or suffocating it by holding a cloth or other item against its face. or putting the baby face down so that it cannot breathe. >> this report is really the most comprehensive document face that we've seen. the unimaginable cruelties of the north korean prison camp system. >> that was nbc's andrea mitchell reporting. switching gears now, comedian jim pmy fallon has launched a new era in late night television. last night was his first sitting in one of nbc's most exclusive seats. tracie potts was there. >> jimmy fallon! >> reporter: "the tonight show" is back in historic studio 6 b

with a new host. >> this is the first "tonight show" broadcast from new york in over 40 years. >> reporter: jimmy fallon drew a parade of celebrity guests. tina fey, mariah carey, mike tyson, kim kardashian, lady gaga, and rival late night host stephen colbert. >> welcome to 11:30. >> reporter: even mom and gad made an appearance. >> i wish could i have gotten you better seats. but it's very hot show, dad. very hot show. >> reporter: the first guest, actor will smith. >> people are coming for "the t people are coming because of your part. >> reporter: his first musical guest u2 made a big splash on the roof backed by a fantastic new york skyline. inside fallon joined them in a song that got the audience on

its seat. day one, big pressure. fans think he pulled it off. >> scrim any was unbelievable. >> he did amazing. it was absolutely amazing. >> it was out of control in there. >> reporter: as for fallon, he knows he's filling big should yous from allen to parr, carson to leno. decades of success now rest on his shoulders. >> if you let me stick around long enough, maybe i'll get the hang of it. >> reporter: tracie potts, nbc news, new york. >> got to tell you, a lot of excitement in this building because of florida. and because of this, too. it is day 11 of the olympic winter games in sochi with seven gold medical medals up for grab. russia and the u.s. have knocked the netherlands out of the top spot. germany still leads the way in gold with eight. jay gray is live in sochi for us. jay, yesterday heavy fog delayed some of the events. is the weather cooperating

today? >> reporter: i would love to say it is, but i would be lying to you. we've had some rain down here in the coastal cluster. take a live look and you can see heavy fog in the mountain, really just socking in the entire resort there. it's something they have been dweeling wi ing dealing with the last couple of days. let's pull away from the mountain and look in, you can see it on a wider scale and see the fog that again is just pretty much encompassing the entire mountain region. what is it doing to the competitors and what are they trying to do to maybe eliminate some of the fog? well, let's take a look at this twitter picture that comes from alex, a cross competitor. he tweeted out a picture of fans trying to blow the fog out of the area. he said that it wasn't that effective, but they are trying to do whatever they can to keep the games going. if you're waiting to watch prime

time tonight, if you're waiting to see the results, you'll need to turn down your set, turn away from the set for a you few minutes. we'll give issue results here. so again, if you don't want to know the results right now, you should turn down your set or turn away. having said that, the man we just talked about, alex deibold takes the bronze in the men's snowboard cross. team usa now with eight medals in these extreme events. eight new events to this point that have been debuted at the games. 12 overall. but a big, big win for team usa. back to you. >> i can't believe they're using fans. who would have thought? they may need larger fans in order to make it work. thank you, jay. now the latest in sports from veronica de la cruz. >> wil sta >> we'll start with college hoops.

oklahoma state steals a pass and drains the three pointer at the buzzer in overtime, baylor takes over, baylor up by four. baylor hangs on to win it 70-64. in their biggest comeback of the season, roy williams becomes the fathsest acc coach to reach 300 wins. tar heels beat florida state 81-75, coming bag from a 15 point deficit in the first half. north carolina had a two hand dunk that helped them get their 7th straight win. your top teams in men's college basketball, still two undefeated, syracuse is in that one, wichita state is third. duke rounds out the top five. in the nba, the 76ers have signed a high school senior with down syndrome for two games. he scored 14 points in his team's last home game of the season. he will participate in pregame activities ahead of the

cavaliers game tonight. >> jennifer welker could make history as the first with him to play football in a nonkicking position. though she's not in the final roster just yet, the 52 in'2" i tall running bake made her debut for the texas revolution and she took some major hits. brave girl. and this canadian bobsledder trying to relax in what, a trash bin? yikes. heather tweeted there aren't bathtubs at the month continue village, so a trash bag had to do the trick. canadians have the beer machines, the trash baths. >> you have to be resurs sourceful. feeling vacation deprived? you are not alone. plus a heart pounding train commission in illinois and the remarkable tale of survival. we're back in three. [ male announcer ] this one goes out to all the congestion sufferers

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we turn to hampton pearson for your look at business. >> well, we have futures slightly higher as the markets are coming off their best week of the year. a big rise in commodity prices. look for data today on housing and earnings from coca-cola. apple may be looking for expand beyond iphones and ipads. the "san francisco chronicle" reports apple secretly met with tesla motors ceo last year, some analysts speculated apple could buy the electric carmaker. and a new survey by travel site expedia finds 60% of americans feeling vacation deprived even when they're getting r and r, two-thirds say they're still checking work e-mail and voice mail. expedia says on average people are only using ten of their 14 vacation days each year. now, that a concern. >> i was going to say, are you serious? that doesn't make any sense. if you want to share those day,

i'll take them. >> absolutely. more vacation for everybody. >> yes. all right. other stories making news, john kerry had strong words for russia regarding the syrian peace talks. mr. kerry accused russia of undermining gonegotiations. kerry went on to say it is clear assad is trying to continue the violence rather than negotiate for peace. and at least ten people are dead after a roof collapsed on a party at a south korean resort. according to officials, about 80 were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. the collapse may have been caused by a heavy buildup of snow. three flight attendants and two passengers went to the hospital monday after the united airlines flight hit severe turbulence. rough weather hit without warning. one flight attendant is in critical condition. and an illinois woman is lucky to be alive after a train

smashed right there into her car on monday. her ford taurus got stuck on the snow covered tracks. before she could get the car out of the way, the train barreled right into it. incredibly, despite what you see, she actually walked away unharmed. so could a gay marriage ban be coming to one mid western state? and where legalizing spot gaining steam. plus from the white house to the white stuff, who is this guy carved in the snow? scrambled politics is next. (meow mix jingle)

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time to take a bite there your morning dish of scrambled politics. mashing the fifth anniversary of the $787 billion economic stimulus, remember that? yeah, president obama signed the bill on february 17th, 2009. the white house is on the defensive now after a barrage of criticism from republicans saying in part, quote, the economy has now grown for 11 straight quarters and businesses have added $8.5 million jobs since early 2010. but hold up, senate nine ority leader mitch mcconnell is not convinced. writing in a reuters op-ed, he says five years later, the stimulus is no success to celebrate. it is a tragedy to lament. and february 2009 the, unemployment was at 8.3%. now it's at 6.6%. and the new gallup poll finds

almost one in four say unemployment is the top problem. can government and politicians had topped that list since the government shutdown in october. so could a gay marriage ban be on its way to indiana? the state senate approved a constitutional amendment monday. 32-17. it follows the house's approval last month. both chambers must approve the measure again in the next legislative session before it can go to voters in 2016. history is on its way to south carolina according to the state. a record 7 african-american candidates are running for statewide office this year. south carolina is poised to elect its first black candidate t to statewide office since 1872 #. a whopping new yorker of new yorkers support legalizing medical marijuana. learn more about what it means on msnbc.com. and this, former president clinton poking fun on

presidents' day tweeting his well wishes to numbers 44, 43, 41 and 39. that would be of course presidents obama, w. bush, h.w. bush, and carter. but to w., he asked #how are you not on twitter? and president obama retweeted him. at least someone is putting the snow to good use. and on presidents' day no less. a minnesota man created mount snowmore in just one week. and a similar idea in maryland. do you recognize this guy? that is snow-braham. that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. joining me now in the studio is news day columnist and political analyst ellis henne can. i'm doing all right, but i don't know about the stimulus and how well that is doing. so we're five years into it,

right? and we have republicans really coming out saying this is a great tragedy. one in four americans as we reported say unemployment is number one on their list. so is this a success for the obama administration or is this as the republicans are calling it a real tragedy? >> it's painfully slow. let's be honest. we've had a recovery, all the numbers say it continues. but we don't have very long attention spans in this country, especially if you're not working. and it's not really that the numbers are so shockingly high. it's that we have a new kind of unemploy unemployed. people who are out of work for months and months and months and some fear they may never work again. so it is a political rproblem. >> and some folks won't get long term benefits. >> you're right. an think for td i think for the in modern american history, middle class folks can say that could be me. that won't just be the loser down the block or the guy who

won't show up at work in the morning. had working decent people are struggling. >> and speaking of struggles, i want to shift gears now. the new u.n. report is so shocking. it is comparing the north korean regime to the nazis during world war ii. so could kim jong-un face crimes against humanity? >> he could be charged with it certainly. but when you run a country as isolated as north korea is, you can get away with a lot of stuff. if you don't care about trade, if you don't care about tourism and -- >> sanctions don't bother you. >> you don't care what the rest of the word thinks about you, it's pretty hard particularly about if you're nuclear-armed for the world to do much other than keep denouncing you and charging you with stuff and saying you're a very bad boy. it will take a lot more than dennis rodman on this will one i think. >> all right. thank you so much, ellis. we did appreciate it. and coming up, bill karins and veronica de la cruz will be here for your first buzz.

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we have some good first buzzes for you today. many times we want to go on vacation and not think about work, not talk about it. that can cost you some money if you're matt garza. he was on vacation with his wife and he got an offer from the angels, a $52 million offer to be exact. and he dcidn't want to deal wit it, i'm on vacation, we're enjoying ourselves. well, angels said forget about it, we are taking back the offer.

they did. so he lost a whopping $2 million. he actually ended up signing with milwaukee for $50 million. but that is a $2 it million vacation, wouldn't you say? >> is it worth it? >> well, he was offered $52 million. he ended up getting $50 million from milwaukee. >> i would blame the agent on this one. >> yeah, she have people doing it for him. >> i would guess the taxes are probably more in l.a.. >> $2 million will boouy you a whole lot of doughnuts. >> people dip them in their coffee. krispy kreme said let's save you time, throw it inside the doughnut. these are available until march 30th. h mocha and caramel cream. >> looks good. and we have to get to the bunnies. >> a woman in japan getting

attacked by ferocious fuzzy bunnies. she's not really getting attacked, but she's a tourist who visited this island in japan and she didn't get the memo because she's feeding the bunnies. >> all right. thomas roberts is up with "way too early". to my buddy who said that i'd never be the host of the "tonight show," and you know who you are, you owe me 100 bucks, buddy. you do. [ applause ]

>> welcome to 11:30 [ bleep ]. >> cash and cameos equals comedic gold. as the new host of "the tonight show," he lifts the decades old ban on a former favorite guest. is apple getting in bed with tesla motors? the big meeting that has the tech world buzzing about a possible partnership between the two super brands. and what the heck is a twizzle? you'll see the two american ice dancers who twiz he wizled strao olympic gold. >> good morning,