stretch of the highway in western new york for people who have been trapped since yesterday morning. up to 6 feet of snow has fallen in the region since yesterday. with people opening their doors and finding a wall of snow. one wm spoke with our affiliate nbc affiliate wgrz from her phone and told them she's been stuck in her car for more than 28 hours. >> caller: we're just, like, sitting ducks. we're just stuck. we have about four feet surrounding the car. you know, front to back. nobody is getting out of their cars. nobody really can. we're pretty much just sitting here waiting for something to happen. >> the women's basketball team from niagara university were rescued early this morning after their bus got trapped for 26 hours about an hour away from their buffalo campus. they rationed drinks and snacks until drew crews were able to bring supplies. catch the time lapse video

yesterday. it shows the wall of snow closing in on downtown buffalo. so far there have been five-storm related deaths. one was trying to push a car out of a drift, two shoveling snow, a man found in his car buried in snow. mike bettis reports from near buffalo, new york. >> reporter: it's a day of digging out after report-setting snow here in western new york. here in hamburg digging out riffly 40 inches of snow. it all fell in a 24-hour period. we're seeing the two big trucks behind us. two big semis. these are production trucks for the patriots lions game. they need get to foxborough, massachusetts. they have a long way to go. so many people stranded at hotels because they had no place to go and they left their vehicles abandoned on the side of the roadways. i'm going to show you the little mashers right here. can you see these?

it's a little device, little pole they stick into the ground right at the curb. these are 4-feet high. look how much is left. about 8 inches or so. everyone is buried. and buried may be an understatement. check out the vehicle here. unrecognizable! the folks here just abandoned this and let it go. we've been trying to dig out the back of the vehicle, and actually one of the most popular vehicles that you'll see on the roadway. it is a ford escape. it's an suv. can't even tell what it is buried in the snow. new york throughway, i-90 still shut down. they had had about 60 semistrikes early this morning getting unstuck. as soon as troopers do that they'll be open to regular travel. we've seen some semis on it. we know at this point some have been unstuck. remains to be seen when they'll open the freeway. state of emergency still in effect here in western new york. that's the latest here from

hamburg. >> rough situation. conditions there. we're following a hearing happening now on capitol hill. acting secret service director joseph clancey testifies before the house judiciary committee. clancey's testimony comes a week after a report by the department of homeland security found lapses more than e greejous than previously thought. in september white house breach. clancey called the fence jumping incident simply inexcusable and outlined changes made in the wake of that breach in other security failures making headlines this year. >> without question, the agency has been severely damaged in recent years by failures ranging from disgraceful misconduct, on the part of some employees, to operational break downings that undermine the trust and confidence that previous generations worked so hard to establish. the department found the level of training likely contributed to gonzales' ability to reach the white house. and documented there was

confusion regarding the various roles and responsibilities during the fence jumping inciden incident. >> clancey also expressed concerns shared by some lawmakers over local morale in the agency particularly given the number of agents have spoken out publicly about the lapses. >> i see an urgent need to reestablish what i view as one of the most basic tenants of a well-functioning workplace. trust your boss that he'll stand up and do the right thing. now this marks the first time we've heard publicly from clancey since the former head of president obama's detail came out of retirement following julia pearson resignation last month. luke russert joins us now. it's interesting the words that mr. clancey used. simply inexcusable. as you know, many people still see those agents on the job, and

the only person so far who has taken the fall was julia piereson. >> yeah. clancey saying the agency has fallen short. the real questions pointed at him and we'll see in the hearing, tamron, is what can the secret service do to improve themselves? do they need more money from congress? do they need more oversight from congress? clancey, so far, said, look, we have a system in place now that is much different than when i started where if an agent sees a problem, they'll open a timely response in a anonymous manner to try to report internally try to cut down on the leaks. the real problem from what we've seen here is morale is low in the secret service. they're stretched thin. they don't have enough people hired. we've heard in the hearing that the uniform decision, those are the folks that take care of the house grounds that manage the doors and the gates and the entry points, he said they're not getting sufficient training and there's not enough of them. so that's something we'll see

how that improves moving forward. tamron, i think the most interesting with the focus on protecting the president himself. we had the slip up where an armed private contractor was in an elevator with him in atlanta. the focus on protecting the president himself which is what the secret service should do. does it allow them to some degree nail it in when the president is not at the white house and not paying particularly close enough attention? that's something they have to figure out how do better on. all that being said, it's not an easy job to be on the secret service. they protect 27 people now have details. since 9/11 they've taken on large scale projects such as things like the olympics, the summits. it's an agency that needs to figure out how they can best move forward in a way in which these types of incidents, like september 19th, don't happen again. >> thank you very much. senate republicans are

warning democrats they've not heard the last of the effort to improve the construction known as keystone pipeline. that after a vote to authorize the controversial project fell one vote short of the 60 needed in the senate last night. all 45 republicans back approval but just 14 democrats said yes. now republican leaders are bound to hold a new vote for the 114th congress convenes in january. after gaining eight more seats in the midterm midterms. >> this will be an early item on the agenda in the congress. i'm confident that the bill will succeed and we'll be able to get it to the president >>well, the republican-controlled house easily passed the measure last friday and republicans will hold at he's a dozen more seats with the new congress convenes. joining me now is congressman james clyburn re-elected as

assistant democratic leader in the house. thank you for your time. i know, you said after the midterms there was time for soul searching. i want to ask you about something that our first read team noted today. that the leadership after the vote was made that top leaders remain the same. is it real change and reflection? how do you answer that? >> i answer it this way. there must always be a balance in all that you do. we need experience in our leadership. we need fresh new ideas. we need to expand the leadership as leader nancy pelosi did. bring in the younger people. we can learn from them. they can learn from us. i'll tell you something, i had someone that asked me that question earlier tell me as a progressive would you rather

have a 74-year-old thurgood marshall or 34-year-old clarence thomas? it all depends upon how you view the world. in our caucus, they would prefer 74-year-old thurgood marshall any time. >> that's interesting how you say one would view the world. you saw the vote last night in the senate. many within your parties hoped it would give mary landrieu an edge in the runoff she has in louisiana. our first read team notes this as well. mary landrieu is the last senate democrat standing in the deep south. here is a look how the representation changed in the south a since the '60s. they go through the 110th congress, five democrats, 17 goppers. looking at the stats, bottom line here is she's the last senate democrat left standing in the deep south. >> that's not quite true.

senator nelson is down in florida. last time i checked he was still a democrat. and i really consider the confederacy as being the deep south. i don't know why anybody would think otherwise. we still have do democrats there in virginia. i do believe -- i get your point that things are, in fact, in the south. but let me say this, i believe it's important for us as democrats to accept the results of this vote as a wake up call for us to take stock of who and what we are. for us to stop apologizing for being democrats. the democratic party gave us social security. gave us medicaid, medicare, gave us the civil rights abili s act and the voting rights act of '65, and the vote of '68.

discriminati this party is a party of progressive ideas. it's a party of young people. it is this party that is making it impossible for young people to get affordable health care and affordable educations. we're the party of middle income america. we ought to stop oapologizing fr that being that. that's what the core of the party is all about. >> you're a party that saw a slight dip with the hispanic vote in the midterm elections. we know that the president is expected here soon to announce executive action on immigration reform. do you feel confident in what you've heard, i'm sure some details behind the scenes that the president is looking in the right direction in whatever he ultimately unveils, even sometime this week.

>> absolutely. i've been advocating for a long time that the president use the executive order to get things done. that is always been the history of the presidency in this country. abraham lincoln is remembered for the emancipation proclamation. that was a executive order. harry truman is known for integrated services. that was an executive order. i think president obama ought to take put himself alongside these great one republican, one democrat great presidents and use the executive order to do something big on immigration and let the courts decide whether or not it's constitutional. that's not for the congress to decide. that's why we have courts. to make that decision. the emancipation proclamation withstood the test of time. there thank you so much for your time, sir, it's great to have

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there is fear in israel today of more copy cat attracts after yesterday's bloody rampage at the synagogue in jerusalem that left four worshippers and an israeli police officer dead. israel began retaliated today for what has been a waive of deadly attacks in recent weeks. israeli security forces destroy the east jerusalem home of a palestinian that killed two in a train station killing a couple of days ago. the homes will be also be destroyed. bill kneely joins us live from tell arri-aviv tel-aviv. those who live there in great fear. it's a time of year which many tourists travel to jerusalem as well. when you see the series of attacks it's a concern now. >> reporter: yes, good morning.

from a very tense and anxious country. where many tourists come. i spent most of the day there. it's a city still reeling from yesterday's horrific attack. i spent a lot of day at the synagogue where that massacre took place. worshippers were back there at dawn this morning praying and continue to pray throughout the day. praying amid the bullet holes. obviously, the blood has been cleaned up, but the fear is still there. fear that there will be more attacks and even more deadly ones. at the synagogue where many survived a mass murder, they prayed again this morning. bullet holes the only reminder of the horror here that took the lives of four worshippers. they have been buried, the fear here remains and the grief. three of the dead were american. one the son of a prominent

family of boston rabbis. israel's prime minister promised a harsh response and that began with a demolition of the home of the palestinian involved in a previous attack. yesterday's killings were carried out by two cousins who police say had no criminal record and acted alone. they were shot dead by police. one of the policeman hit in the gun battle later died of his injuries. clashes between police and protesters followed the attack, but the violence that scarred jerusalem for months now is random. israe israeli norths are struggling to find ring leaders and to contain it. >> reporter: and the problem is really there is no obvious solution to any of this. either to the immediate problem of this wave of attacks or to the broader political impact which sees israeli and palestinian leaders not talking to each other. there is a complete and political vacuum, if you like, in terms of the peace talks.

those fears are very real. fears that the wave of attacks, which has been building up since july may well hardin, if you like, into a third palestinian uprising and fears, as i say, that this is turning from a political conflict between palestinians and israelis over land into a broader religious war, which would, if you like, make the leap to other religious conflicts and make it a more deadly conflict. we know for decades there's been chaos in this region, but real fear, the synagogue and beyond throughout israel it could really grow into something much worse. >> thank you very much, bill. up next a new high profile allegation against comedian bill cosby. how the comic is responding to new claims from former super model janice dickenson. plus, tiger woods teed off the

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this morning bill cosby's attorney is fighting back against the high profile accusation. janice dickenson is adding her name. this as the fall out as the allegation grows. gabe gutierrez joins us from los angeles. >> good morning. overnight netflix just announced it was postponing the launch of cosby's new stand up comedy special, but now kocosby's lawys are blasting the latest accusers calling her story a lie. bill cosby is fighting back this morning. >> how dare you take advantage of me. >> after form super model janice dickinson to have the entertain tonight in 1982 she visited cosby in lake tahoe. the comedian gave her wine and a pill. >> i remember before i passed out that i had been sexually assaulted by this man.

the last thing i remember was bill cosby in a patchwork robe dropping his robe and getting on top. of me. i remember a lot of pain. >> in a statement to nbc news cosby's lawyer say that story is a lie. she contradicted it in her 2002 book in an interview with the new york observer where she said cosby blew her off making no mention of any sexual assault. dickenson said cosby pressured her public -- she's the third woman to accuse the 77-year-old of sexual assault after video of stand up comedian han ball calling cosby a rapist went viral. cosby's attorney said their client would not dig if i decade old discredited claims with a response. since then there's been new scrutiny of a 1969 comedy

routine where cosby joked about men drugging women. >> you put something in her drink. >> i just want you to do the best you can. >> in criminal charges have been filed against the man once known by many as america's tv dad. he settled a civil suit in 2006 with another woman. >> i was embarrassed and ashamed. >> now he's facing his most high profile accuser yet. >> i think right now everything bill cosby has done is going to be re-examined and looked at anew. it doesn't suggest guilt in any way. people are starting to look at him through a different lens. nbc news reached out to harper collins the publisher of the book. but the publisher hasn't been able to verify any details of her story. cosby is in the story of developing a family comedy for

northbound chiropractic. -- nbc and so far the network hasn't responded. is it possible to still be a cosby fan? thank you very much for joining us. so let's look at the latest accusation. janice dickenson said she was embarrassed and afraid. she's been a powerful woman for a long time. her book in which she detailed, according to bill cosby's attorney mentions bill cosby blowing her off. does she have an impact on the conversation as people examine every inch of bill's life? >> i think she does. here is something we have to remember. of course, he has not been charged with any crime. what we have to think about is why would these women who have nothing to gain come forward now? some of these incidents are 40 years old. so that's something that i think really makes it unsettling when we think about why would these

women come forward. it continues to paint a picture of a man that we thought we knew and perhaps we don't. >> but is that fair to say, i mean, i know that people typically think you come forward for charges, compensation, but sometimes people are motivated just to be famous. just to be on television. i'm not saying that is the case. but there are multitudes of reasons that people can come forward with a story and it's not always for justice. >> right. certainly that can happen. but i think the bigger point here is that the reputation of the man is being totally dismantled and dissin grated at this point. >> and you have some people who say is it fair? to your point, it's being dismantled with no new charges. decades old allegations. as we asked, why would the women come forward? is it also say is it time to bill cosby that down to a comedy bit that he performed some years ago is being scrutinized as

proof as perhaps activity in his life. >> right. i wrote about this. i feel guilt on two side. perhaps for supporting and trusting a man for years that maybe i shouldn't have. on the other side i felt guilt about possibly condemning in the court of public opinion an innocent man. and i think that's what people are wrestling with. as i wrote, when you watch cosby show reruns now it's hard to not think about this. as his friend whoopee goldberg said the cat is out of the bag. this is what people are thinking about. so, you know, time will tell what will happen with this. and if there is going to be anymore legal stuff that goes down, but in terms of just being a fan and being someone who has watched him for years and years and years i think a lot of us feel uneasy now. even laughing at some of the jokes or watching the reruns or thinking about him. thinking about him in the way we used to, i think, is unsettling. >> let's talk about netflix. the decision to put the comedy special on hold.

what is your reaction to that? >> we live in an age where brands and businesses have to distance themselves from controversy. they often do it very quickly. we have seen this with other fallen idols, with tiger woods. so many of his endorsements went away. this does not surprise me they have done it. they have just postponed it and not cancelled it. but i wouldn't be surprised if they cancelled it. who knows what nbc is going to do with the new show. this is what happens in modern pop culture now. >> absolutely. thank you so much. it's great having you on. developing now we have new comments from dhs secretary jay jackson and house speaker john boehner about the president's possible executive order on immigration. we'll have the comments for you as today's first read. also developing this morning the murder of miss honduras. the pageant queen has been missing for nearly a week. it's one of the stories we're

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developing news from the obama administration. the president's plans unveil -- jay johnson spoke moments ago. >> i'll say one thing about executive actions. i do not want and will not get out ahead of the president. the announcement he'll make in the coming days but i will say this. as the president has said many times, legislative action is always preferable but we waited now for years for the congress to act. and the congress is not acting. >> joining me live now nbc news senior political editor mark murray. we got a quote from the michael

steel. this is the spokesperson for house speaker john boehner. we know the parts are moving. >> absolutely. the biggest giveaway from jay johnson the dhs secretary as well as the comment from john boehner's office is we know this is coming soon. of course, it will end up creating a big political fire storm. it's know what this has to do with. it has to do with prioritizing deportations. there are currently 11 million undocumented immigrants who are living in this country. the united states doesn't have the will or the resources to round up all 11 million. the president, according to most law experts have wide discretion how you prioritize these things. we saw the president do it with the treatment act kids in 2012

before the 2012 prshl election that prioritized if you are a young person on your way to getting a college degree, you're in the united states military, then you can end up getting legal status as well as a work permit in this country. and what president obama seems to be going to be, if you are a family member of these people. if you're a parent and you're not breaking the law in any way you're paying taxes that you can end up getting a work permit. this is about prioritizing deportation policy. a lot of democrats mentioned this kind of executive action was undertaken by past president republicans like ronald reagan all though not on this type of scale. >> thank you. we could more details from the president or an address from the president in the coming days. thank you very much. now to ferguson, missouri. tensions continue to mount this morning as a grand jury decision nears in the michael brown case. today the town remains under a

declared state of emergency with the national guard on standby in anticipation of possible unrest once the decision on whether or not to indict officer darrin wilson comes down. msnbc craig melvin has the latest from ferguson this morning. >> reporter: tamron, good morning to you. still no word on when we might expect to get a decision from the grand jury. i can tell you that much of this street, one of the busier streets in ferguson, much continues to look like a city preparing for a hurricane. lots of boarded up businesses. many folks in the town continue to hope for the best but preparing for are the worst. >> what is happening in ferguson right now. >> reporter: from talk radio to freezing protest lines. the topic of conversation for a town on edge. >> it's kind of nerve wracking day after day. >> reporter: on tuesday governor jay nixon swore in members of a 16-american commission to deal with issues like poverty and

policing in ferguson. the governor also defended his decision to declare a state of emergency and call up the national guard. >> this is about 100% of the people being safe. >> reporter: but fears persist. that additional police and guard troop could trigger the same kind of violence that happened days after the michael brown shooting. back then area schools were closed for six days. this time educators are planning online courses while residents are stocking up. >> blankets in the cars. you never know if they're going to block off streets. >> local shops like this beauty salon boarded up but open for business. >> it's very stressful. >> charles davis refuses to board up ferguson burger and bar. >> i noticed right there you are one of two businesses not boarded up. >> correct. >> why? >> i'm putting trust in my community. >> reporter: a community, once

again, in the national spotlight. we know that the grand jury continue to hear the case. we don't know how much notice the community is going to get once a decision has been reached. we know that the 12-member grand jury is considering everything from first-degree murder to second-degree murder to manslaughter to no charges at all. that's the latest. thank you. up next our "newsnation" gut check. tiger woods is lashing out at the writer writing a satirical article filled with fake questions and answers. does the golf legend deserve the apology he's demanding? a new embarrass for rick perry as he fights a criminal indictment. it's one of the stories we thought you should know.

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compete in the miss world pageant. that tops our look at stories. the body of 19-year-old maria jose and her sister were found in a small village. officials say the beauty queen's sister boyfriend is under arrest and that he killed them. the night they disappeared. federal regulators are demanding a nationwide recall of the vehicles that contain driver's side air bags made by t aka ta. at least four deaths have been linked to this defect. until now the government was only pushing the recall in hot, humid climates thought to contribute to the defect. dating from 2008 or earlier. new details about comedian tracy morgan's injuries after a

walmart truck slammed into his bus five months ago. his attorney says morgan is fighting hard but he suffered a severe brain injury. it is not clear whether he will ever fully recover. morgan is suing walmart claiming the chain knew or should have known the driver had been awake more than 24 consecutive hours in the time of the crash. lawyers for walmart filed a response arguing that the actor and his friends were largely to blame for their injuries because they were not wearing seat belts. and time now for the "newsnation" gut check. tiger woods is not laughing about a satirical interview with him in golf digest. dan jenkins titled my fake interview with tiger. he pretends to ask tiger about his sex scandal and less than stellar golf performances and fake tiger responds. jenkins you writes.

tiger is fighting back writing his own article and demanding an apology. tiger calls jen kins a jerk. joining me now is senior writer at the golf channel.com. thank you for your time. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the timing of this. so much of this especially with that sex scandal still a part of tiger's story but not in the forefront. i think more people are talking about his golf game and will he return to greatness. >> right. i think that's probably what dan was trying to get at. we are coming up on the

anniversary of when he got the scandal and all of those troubles. but as you said, most people are focussed right now on the back surgery he had earlier this season. the fact he hasn't played since the pg a championship. he's going play a couple of weeks. it's the first competitive event back since taking the break. a lot has to do with the timing. this is the december issue. this is dan jenkins who is a legend he firmissed the first mr in 45 years. he wanted the one on one and never gotten it. it came to a head with the article. >> you were surprised they went with the article? is that the case? >> i was a little surprised not that dan wrote it. like i said he's a legend in the business. this is something he talked about for a long time. i'm a little bit surprised that the editors of golf digest didn't check off the boxes.

there was a letter that tiger's agent wrote pointing out that the things tiger had a problem with. one of the things was they have not asked for an interview, at least recently. if that's the case they probably should have done that before they ran the article. i don't suppose tiger woods would have given a one on one interrue. if he was going to write this, i'm surprised that the editors, the owner of golf digest didn't make the contact. >> i think some of his fans, tiger's fans see it maybe as a personal jab when the article talks about his bad tipping. for a guy that can afford it. and, you know, it's about his friendships and relationships.

i think that's why tiger wants the apology, as he pointed out, and why some of his fans see it as a personal dig out of nowhere. >> and you can certainly look tat that way. as you pointed out dan brought some personal issues into it. he mentioned tiger's ex-wife. he mentions a lot of his friends. a tour professional who was friends with tiger and dan makes the connection that they aren't friends anymore. i think that's where it probably got personal. i think a lot of fans look at this and feel dan was out of bounds. it's interesting that tiger would come out and do this. he would write the article on derek jeter's website. because tiger woods has not responded to things like this normally. it gives you an idea how personal he took this. >> thank you for joining us today. what does your gut tell you? do you think tiger is owed an apology. go to "newsnation".msnbc.com.

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