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saturday night! >> it sure is. 40 years of late night laughs a look at who's ranked number one of all time cast members in a new survey. hey, there, it's high noon in the east 9:00 a.m. out west. we have developing right now this massive winter storm unleashing a one-two-three punch. heavy snow and brutal cold and potential for hurricane-force winds. boston is reporting record snowfall with more than 12 inches already fallen. parts of massachusetts are still digging out from 6 feet of snow from the other recent storms and it is making for a terrible travel day so far, more than 16 1600 flights canceled with boston's logan being hit especially hard. a blizzard warnings is in effect for portions of five states those include, massachusetts, rhode island new hampshire and

maine. let's take a look at how battered boston has been this winter. this city has already seen nearly 7 feet of snow in season. more than 144,000 man hours have been spent plowing roads and highways and more than 72,000 tons of salt have been spread on area roads to try to keep services passable. then the winds are whipping up in plymouth massachusetts, where jim can tore is for us. what is it like for you out there? >> reporter: alex this is relentless out here with the wind and snow. we've seen a lot of snow taper off that's coming out of the sky. but unfortunately what's fallen is a light, fluffy snow and blowing around all over the place. i'm scoured down to the ground right here walking on maybe an inch of crust that fell -- it could have been a couple of months ago. as i walk back in here where the snow is still drifting it is deep. it is very deep. it's knee deep in some places and some cases even thigh deep. a lot of snow out here.

that's the problem on the roads too. you're driving along and go through a patch like this that's been scraped but then you hit an area where the snow is drifting and that's a whole different ball game through there. i was talking to a gentleman earlier and he was telling me how he literally went through whiteout conditions where he had to completely stop his car. we are not done by the way. just put this into perspective, we had two months of snow -- excuse me two seasons of snow in 23 days two seasons of snow in 23 days. that is absolutely unthinkable. there's another storm that's going to coat the mid south first with snow and ice then move up the east coast, which could once again bring us into unchartered territory with the snowfall in boston. that's coming up mid week next week. for the time being, we wait the winds start to calm down tomorrow. it will be bitterly cold. we'll have windchills well below zero once again and unfortunately we will then look down the barrel at yet another storm in the pipeline.

needless to say, i wouldn't head to logan airport this afternoon, nobody is going anywhere. in the air, and on the ground. alex, back to you. >> jim cantore gets the worst assignment. sorry about that jim, you never want to see him on your street outside. let's look at the roadways at this hour with adam reese. where are you and how bad is it out there right now? >> reporter: good afternoon, alex i'm in cambridge, jim is experiencing what we experienced about an hour ago, the snow and the wind have let up here and it's still very cold. bitterly cold and dangerously cold. take a look outside here in cambridge. the streets -- look at these cars completely completely buried in snow. 12 inches on the top of 83 that we have before. now, kevin, if you hang on i'm going to get out to give you a sense of how deep the snow is on top of the cars completely

buried and i also want to invite adam and cathy here in cambridge. they were out today, one of the very few brave souls, kathleen is here with her two dogs. adam, give me a sense of what to make of all of this? >> in a way it's fun. you just sort of have to roll with it. i pulled 100 pound icicle off my roof the other day. it it almost took my head off and my teenage son and i had to melt it in the bathtub but you're making the best of it. kathleen, you had interesting things to say. >> it's completely insane. you know that there's -- they reduced the number of parking places just the snow and snow emergency by a third. so now it's game theory to get in and get out. no place to park your car. we're having to walk everywhere.

the public transportation system is broken. >> reporter: it's been devastating. the governor urges people to stay home, stay safe and stay warm. stay off the roads. the roads are very slippery and dangerous. at least until this storm makes its way off the coast, which is expected later this afternoon. alex? >> i bet all of the great universities in the area canceled classes for tuesday maybe even even though tomorrow is a holiday. they got to check about that. adam thank you so much for that. let's get to the forecast and we'll get answers on all of this. how much more of this domenica before there's a letup? >> the snow is ending and that is great. doppler radar showing the back edge pushed past springfield and boston it's southeastern new england they are seeing a few snow showers but this is ending. now it's the winds and cold we have to focus on through the rest of today and tomorrow morning. the blizzard warning is still in effect though from coastal

massachusetts all the way up to maine and even down through connecticut because winds will be gusting 50 to 70 miles per hour through this afternoon tonight and tomorrow morning. so with those extreme wind gusts, we will see blowing and drifting snow, which means visibility will be a major issue. here's a look at the wind gusts right now. they are starting to pick up. boston, 32-mile-per-hour wind gust 49 in provincetown and 36 in hartford. the strongest winds further to the south. from new york down to baltimore, you're looking at strong wind gusts. everybody in the northeast is in on these strong winds. it's going to cause major travel delays up and down i-95 through the rest of today. check out these windchills. this is another part of this storm, this dangerous cold we'll be looking at until tomorrow morning, really through much of the week. the worst of it will be over the next 24 hours. it feels like minus 5 in manchester and boston is down to zero for the feels like.

philadelphia minus 10 that's what you're working with as you head outside. these are bitterly cold temperatures and you can see through upstate new york it's minus 23. watertown, minus 24 and alex so interesting, buffalo today, their actual air temperature this morning was minus 6 degrees and the bishop in buffalo, he pardoned churchgoers today. >> better safe and stay at home and get religion bundled up. thank you so much we appreciate that. heading overseas to news there, today police in copenhagen are searching for a motive in the shootings which left three dead including the suspect. the government calls it a terrorist attack. the targets, a controversial cartoonist and a synagogue. earlier today the danish prime minister placed flowers outside the synagogue. >> we have devastated today, a man has lost his life in a service of that synagogue and we

are devastated. our thoughts go to the whole of the jewish community today. they belong in denmark. they are strong part of our community and we will do everything we can to protect the jewish community in our country. >> joining me from london is kelly cobiella with the latest. >> danish police tracked down the suspect using closed circuit cameras and information from a taxi driver. they were waiting for him in a neighborhood erlgly this morning. police say he showed up shot at them and they shot back. after a 12-hour manhunt, it all ended here the man suspected of two terror attacks, shot dead by police early this morning in northern copenhagen. the danish police commissioner said they believed the gunman acted alone. it all started at this cafe yesterday afternoon.

dozens of bullets crashing through the glass. inside controversial swedish artist lars vilks was holding a speech on free speech and islam. he was unharmed. a 55-year-old man was killed and three officers injured. police released a photo of a possible suspect. then hours later, just a few miles away more gunfire. this time at a synagogue. police evacuated a nearby train station and locked down the streets. >> we looked outside the window and saw the guy lying in the street in the other side. pavement. >> reporter: a jewish man guarding the synagogue was killed and two more police officers were wounded. >> we will do everything we can to protect the jewish community in our country. >> reporter: the shootings reminiscent of last month's attacks in paris cartoonistswise

massacred and hostage standoffs followed and 17 were dead. the magazine was on an al qaeda hit list for publishing cartoons of the prophet mohammed, larz vig beings s vilks was on the same list. his house was fire bombed eded and he was put under police protection. >> denmark is still on high alert. the questions, who was this man and what was his motive? this morning israel's prime minister is telling european jews they are not safe and should move to israel. back to you. >> thank you, kelly. turning now to politics there's no polling data as political odds makers start the 2016 presidential elections, to no one's surprises the front-runners in three states are named clinton and bush. let's bring in mark murray with a good sunday to you, my friend. there was another republican

name we need to note of here and that was wisconsin governor scott walker he and jeb bush were the only republicans to finish in double digits in all three states south carolina bush 15 walker 12. bush has the lead in all of them. what can you read into these early results? >> the biggest takeaway is that it's still very early and it's wide open on the republican side. and so yes, jeb bush and scott walker were in double digits in all three states that we ended up measuring but youhood had a total of seven republicans in at least one of these states. if we were to say there were early front-runners, you singled out hillary clinton, jeb bush do have to say scott walker. three of those folks right now are very early front-runners in the 2016 contest with about less than a year to go before the first nominating contest in iowa

and new hampshire. >> you have bush and walker on the gop side but hillary clinton she blows await the competition. it is not even close. if you look at the numbers in iowa, 6 8% of the vote goes her way, new hampshire 69%. the possible names runners up, joe biden, bernie sanders and jim webb and martin o'malley. is anyone going to make headway against secretary clinton? i notice that senator warren wasn't included in the polling. >> she wasn't included. when you do include her, hillary clinton's margin is very similar to the 50 40 point margins you pointed out there. the reason we didn't include senator elizabeth warren this time around all more than 12 republicans and democrats, we measured have either started out a presidential campaign committee to explore or either as full exploratory committee or political action committee they set up. they've begun to hire staff or opened up the possibility of a possible run.

elizabeth warren continues to say in both the future and present tenses, not running in 2016. as a result she wasn't included. if she she's she's going to be running and does the other thing, she'll be in the next round of polling. >> i'm sure she will. how about the questions in the voters in new hampshire and iowa asked about hillary clinton and jeb bush battle. that showed aid clinton victory, 48% of the vote. and clinton v walker former secretary of state winning by a larger margin. there's an unknown but do you think there are any obstacles that pushes this campaign off what seems to be a definitively charted course? >> there are plenty of on obstacles. what i will say, it's very early, hillary clinton seems to be in a pretty good position given all of where the economy is and president obama's approval rating which i must admit 43% in both iowa and new

hampshire. but worth noting in our nbc wall street journal poll in march of 2007, less than a year before the first nominating the general election had rudey giuliani beating hillary clinton and barack obama and that wasn't your general election. so we have a long way to go. >> okay proof it's still early. mark murray thank you so much. >> other news now, the federal aviation administration released new rules for drones. it could be another two or three years before they are made final. once they are in place, the economic and safety benefits are expected to be enormous. drones would be used to perform aerial photography and crop monitoring and mapping. hawaii is dealing with rough weather, damaging winds and heavy rain battled the islands yesterday. the wind gusts reached as high as 59 miles per hour and caused several power outages and damaged homes cleaning up as well. that weather led to rough air

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the fight over authorization for military force, democrats say he's asking for a blank check and republicans say he's holding back. today on "meets the press" john mccain made the argument

forgiving the president more power. >> i think we should not restrain the president of the united states. the congress has the power of the purse. if we don't like what the commander in chief is doing, we can cut off his funds for doing so. but to restrain him in our authorization of him taking military action i think frankly is unconstitutional and eventually leads to 535 commanders in chief. >> well joining me now, bob casey with a welcome to you. where do you stand in the mix? >> well alex i think the proposal he made gets it right for the most part. i do think we're going to have a lot of debate about the specific section which has the grant of authority. the president is trying to develop language that would limit his authority and i think appropriately so because what hangs over this is what happened in iraq. a decade -- more than a decade of american troops on the ground

in ways that i don't think anyone could have imagined when it started. so the language is very specific, really only five words we'll be focusing on enduring offensive ground combat operations and each one is important. we have to figure out what that means and whether or not the president proposal is too broad or limiting. that's why we need to have a long and well informed debate and it should be a debate that lasts a long time. we have to make sure we get this right. congress has a duty which we're faced by a threat poesed by isis, the president as commander in chief obviously plays a central role but congress has a duty, i think, to limit the authority so we don't have a repeat of iraq. >> what do you think about the proposal by senator mccain who says look if you don't like what the president is doing, we could have an attachment there where we would cut off then funding?

why not give the president the broad powers to put it out there, see what comes of it? that's one argument you're hearing. >> well the concern is that if the grant of authority is too broad and too much undefined you'll have an abuse of that authority. there's no question that senator mccain is right about the power of the purse. the power of the congress to appropriate dollars. but this has been a far ranging debate, not just the specifics of grant of authority but congress has to play a role and hasn't played enough of a role over many years now in terms of reviewing strategy, assessing whether it's working or not. and also making sure we're getting not just the military parts of this right but the nonmilitary, to make sure we're doing everything possible to stop isis over time. this isn't just going to be an assessment of day to day cataloging of air strikes or military maneuvers, this has on

a broader strategy to win the argument against extremists which are now all over and not just in iraq and syria. >> senator, i'm sure you're aware, you would be pretty hard pressed to find any expert who thinks this is a war we can win with a clearly defined end. is it concern that democrats are looking at the 20th century uamf for a 21st century enam i? >> i think the authorization use of military force is a central part of this, but there's no question that this isn't going to be a conflict like we've been used to over our history. it won't be like world war ii or even vietnam or more recent conflicts. there has to be a much broader, much broader strategy when it comes to making the case that what the extremists have been proposing and what they've inflicted upon their victims is

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the senate can do. >> what if the department of homeland security funding runs out? >> senate democrats should be to blame. >> you're prepared to let that happen? >> certainly, the house is active, we've done our job. >> they are saying it's on you. what's your response to that? >> well i have to wonder what news speaker boehner has been following. this argument is very simple. we can do what we've always done which is to pass a clean homeland security bill. no one in the country that i know of believes that homeland security should be an opportunity for playing politics even on something as important as immigration. why don't we get the homeland security bill done by february 27th and make sure that for example, 24 million bucks gets to firefighter -- fire companies in pennsylvania, for example, so they don't have the uncertainty of making sure that they can protect their communities.

and then after, after we pass the homeland security bill then we can have a long debate about all kinds of questions as it relates to immigration. but to say that somehow preventing an immigration debate in the midst of a homeland security debate is something other than what most people see it as we ought to do homeland security then immigration. >> the timing of this what could be another lone wolf attack in a soft target in europe. what if any impact would a budget lap have on counterterrorism security here at home? what are the concerns there? >> i'm not sure we can calculate it. i just mentioned fire companies in pennsylvania that protect communities. but what about border security? what about a whole range of protections that we haven't placed to protect ourselves against a lone wolf terrorist or larger terrorist effort. that's why we shouldn't have anyone in washington playing politics with homeland security.

let's get the bill done. get a homeland security bill down then we can debate immigration for days or weeks or months if necessary. let's not use a idealogical argument on immigration to prevent homeland security funding. secure and create some measure of certainty on homeland security. >> all right, senator bob casey, always good to speak with you. safe home, i know the weather is atrocious. >> a winter for the ages. how bad the latest storm will get. taking flight, the annual dunk contest defying gravity. the jaw-dropping pictures straight ahead. we both like to save money on car insurance. and we're both really good at teaching people a lesson. um, let's go. cool. sit down! alright. sorta you, isn't you. only esurance has coveragemyway. it helps make sure you only pay for what's right for you

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they are used to seeing big storms and hurricanes and blizzards, but this is a lot of snow. if you remember a few weeks ago, we had a blizzard here already. so these folks are sick and tired of the snow. check it out here, this is a coastal community with all of this snow. you usually don't see this this close to the water. they have all of the snow here on some of the treats.n the streets and it's almost too much to bear. there are no power outages during the storm here and there's only minor flooding. that is compared to two weeks ago during the previous blizzard when there was major flooding. 6 feet of water or more. the flood wall actually gave way in a spot down here and there were power outages so this time much calmer down here although the winds were quite strong. again, this is just -- folks are sick of it. this is like the fourth storm in a row down here and they are -- it's about a month away for now. >> you're probably ready for it too.

i'll bet you're sick and tired of love live shots freezing in the cold. you do it for us. >> reporter: we go to every town in massachusetts, pretty much the same story, everybody is dealing with the same thing, we want winter to end. >> thank you so much. let's check in with domenica davis. >> the snow is over but look at the windchill map. it's not just new england that this storm is affecting, look at these windchills pushes all the way back into the plains where we have minus one for the feel like in omaha, minus one in kansas city and buffalo, minus 25. that's what it feels like. this is dangerous cold. that goes from the plains all the way up and down the northeast. winds are going to be a big story today. power outages i think will increase as we head through the afternoon and especially tonight and tomorrow morning. just zooming in on some of these windchills, 27 for the feel

like. minus 27 in syracuse. this is some of the coldest air that we've seen in a very long time. in some cases more than ten years since we've had this cold come in. here's a look at the wind gusts. winds will be picking up again in the new england area. we're already starting to see wind gusts 45 miles per hour 30 in boston we have blizzard warnings from coastal connecticut up through maine, winds could get as high as 70 miles per hour. that is still something we are going to have to keep our eye on. but the actual air temperatures are running 20 to 30 degrees below normal. that trend continues for the next couple of days alex. >> okay thank you very much. well, just five weeks since the paris attacks, the scene in copenhagen was all too familiar a barrage of gunfire in a picturesque community today the

danish prime minister calling it a terrorist attack but said the motive is unknown. the headlines in israel, europe fails its jewish citizens again. joining me from paris, christopher, welcome to you. it's still early in this investigation. what are you hearing about motive and any potential affiliations that the suspect may have had? >> well the danish police obviously know more than they are telling the public at this moment. they were able to trace the whereabouts of the man they believe was behind the shooting who carried out the shooting. and they have been saying that they don't think he's got any other connections but they just raided an internet cafe and took two people away not far from this man's apartment. so probably we will discover in the next few hours that there are more connections than they originally wanted to admit. what at the end of the day he

thought he was doing or who he was working for, i think it's a good guess he was inspired by the "charlie hebdo" attacks and good guess that he has been following the preachings of people like al awlaki in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and probably watching isis videos. the big question did he ever go to syria or iraq or yemen where he might have received training and where did he get his weapons. those are questions we haven't been able to answer. >> lars vilks, this is a cartoonist no stranger to danger. he drew that cartoon in 2007 and bounty was put on his head. what was about yesterday's event? do you know if it was well publicized. why did yesterday become a target for him? >> i think it was an easy event to hit in the sense that it was

publicized. a lot of people were going, it was -- the question was how do you address the question of blass femmy. i think anybody who wanted to target people who were in favor of publishing cartoons or caricatures of mohammed and particularly this gentleman, would have seen this as an obvious target. it was a defended target. there were people on the scene who shot back at the man who was firing in through the window of the cafe but obviously wasn't -- >> to no avail. >> we mentioned headlines in israel with today the prime minister netanyahu issuing statement calling for a mass immigration of jews from europe he announced a $45 million particular particularly

designated. do you think they election posturing or do you think the jewish community in europe is taking this seriously? >> well i think the jewish community in europe is worried. i think a lot of people don't feel safe at the moment. i also think that it's a cynical election ploy by netten n election ploy by netten netanyahu and trying to convince european jews, that they should go to israel. in fact every so often someone in israel will write, is this crazy, israel is under attack all the time? is this the safest place for people to move? ? france, a lot of french jews talk about going to israel and in many cases buy apartments and houses in the united states and move there. thank you for anticipating my next question we'll wrap this up. always good to see you, my

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because he's experienced and well known quantity. so obviously i prefer anybody but him. but at this early stage, i think it's -- these do mean something, i.e. that these people are all fairly close up to the top but the campaign really hasn't started until you get down to the nitty-gritty i would have to say they are reasonably meaningless. >> robert, let's look at a couple names that stand out, jeb bush scott walker. is scott walker a real threat to jeb bush? could he surprise? what kind of general election candidate would he make? could he raise the money? let's face it, that's a lot of it. >> sure, scott walker is a really interesting person because he's a republican in a democratic state and run not once but twice but three times and run against the union. he has the ability to swim upstream and proven track record of doing that in such a short period of time. scott walker has a very national

fund raising base but it doesn't compete with govern bush's because the numbers i've seen over the last couple of days he's on track to raise $100 million between now and probably sometime early this year. so the question really becomes is whether or not the gop establishment is going to rally behind jeb bush and it appears that they already are. if you take a look at the maris poll alex when you look at scott walker or whether it's lindsey graham or whoever the case may be, it depends on the state, south carolina is different than new hampshire and new hampshire is different from iowa. it's specific whether it's same-sex marriage or raising the federal tax on wealthy or perhaps maybe it is even appealing obama care. >> you say that jeb bush would be the hardest to beat. i want to play fill in the blank. when you see the name scott walker as a potential gop presidential nominee, you think blank? >> he's a very good politician but he's done a lousy job as

governor. wisconsin continues to have a lower employment rate than any other -- than most other states. he's incredibly divisive. it is true as robert said that he has won three elections in wisconsin. every single one of those was a low turnout election. he has not run in a national year where the turnout is big. so he's also incredibly untested as his visit to london showed. you're not going to see jeb bush making mistakes like that. jeb bush knows who he is and apparently so far he's not afraid to run as who he is even though his positions conflict with republican right wing orthodoxy, there's always a problem running against somebody who knows who he is and he's confident. >> okay. you mentioned lindsey graham, robert, no surprise he's leading in the home state. how big a threat is he to bush winning in the greater south and in terms of history, the winner of south carolina doesn't that person usually win the nomination? >> that's true historically but

to go to governor dean's point, jeb bush is a different type of republican, not only is he comfortable in his own skin but he has bon fid kreds as a true conservative. he's from florida. he's a bit of an enigma because he's running as his own type of republicans and republicans are so desperate and interest in coalescing around one candidate as positive ezed to the circus four years ago. i'm not sure any candidate, huckabee or lindsey graham or scott walker or chris christie could catch up. >> i'll have you back and we'll talk about the dems i promise you'll be back. stay safe in this weather. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> it is part of television for 40 years now, how has it lasted when so many other shows have come and gone? an answer to that question next.

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it has been 40 years in the making and nbc will celebrate 40 years of "saturday night live" and all of your favorites will be there including this guy. >> good evening, i'm chevy chase, our story tonight, dedications took place in detroit with union president fits simmons is said to have said jimmy hoffa will always be a cornerstone in the organization. >> eddie murphy and tina fey make the top ten and john belushi comes in at number one. i want to know who your favorite is. >> they gave amy poehler a good rating. i would give her a number one. i thought she did the best playing hillary clinton. she didn't mimic, she channelled hillary. and tina fey did that sarah palin/katie couric interview.

>> oh, my gosh. >> i still laugh thinking about the way amy poehler blinked and reinvigorated weekend update with tina fey. remember when sarah palin was on the show and did that --? i think she's the best cast member. >> she was just incredulous. it was his tericcal. >> why did it last so long? >> a lot of people started watching it when it debuted in the 70s, there's nothing else that airs saturday night at that hour and families started to watch it and it was mostly family friendly. can be a little raunchy but it made appointment viewing for saturday night, which we never had in this can'tountry. >> can't leave without talking about "fifty shades of grey." i understand you had a unique take, you went and saw it -- and the person with whom you viewed this movie. >> i took a professional dom nai

trix her name was len thatna found her on the internet. she thought the movie didn't go far enough. she felt that the sex wasn't -- could have pushed even more boundaries. >> and the real world she said what they do is much more harsh than what christian and anastasia do in the movie. critics kind of pan it but you don't think. >> i think it's going to keep making money. it only cost $40 million and stars weren't well known before they were cast. it's a huge hit already. >> recent article in variety that i read about the study finding fewer lead roles for women in hollywood. a lot of roles playing the wife the mother the girlfriend but can we not forget women are responsible for half of the box office revenue. what gives? >> more than 60% of the people were women.

i think that what happens is hollywood this is a recurring problem, it is run by men and men can relate to stories about men. and every time there's a sex in the city or hunger games or "die "divergent "divergent" we hope there's a change but the numbers so far, we haven't seen the change. >> my producer just whispered in my ear, hot tub time machine, it's just all of the guys okay. >> right. >> all right boys we'll let you go. >> thank you so much. >> we have to talk oscars soon. come back and do that. >> we're staying on top of the developing news in denmark, where authorities are still piecing together two deadly shootings including one at a signature going. synagogue. what can be done to make sure instances don't happen here in the u.s.? ( ♪ )

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been up to. wintry assault, the fourth storm in less than a month unleashes a parl liesing blast on new england and this might be the worst of them all. high winds and subzero cold. the long awaited federal rules on commercial drones are coming out. which ones will get the green light? desserting desserts, many restaurants don't want you to satisfy your after dinner sweet tooth. hey, there, welcome to weekends with alex witt. here's what's happening out there. we have breaking news just come into us from overseas danish police say they have identified the suspect in yesterday's deadly shooting attacks in copenhagen. a 22-year-old born in denmark and known to the police. the suspect killed in the shootout with police early this morning have a string of past violent criminal charges, including weapons of offenses. police are not yet releasing his

name. joining me is steven kel dorf who joins me on the phone. i welcome your insights back right now. do you know anything else the police are saying about the suspect? >> they are still not revealing his name. the suspect was also known by our intelligence agency he was not under danish surveillance by the same agency and why he was not, they can't answer right now. one story just broke on one of the major danish newspapers that he was released by the police two weeks ago. i have to say this is only a story in one of the danish newspapers, hasn't been confirmed by the police. that's the latest. >> peter, as i read the details coming in he was killed outside of what may have been his home as he was heading home after a day allegedly of terror there in copenhagen. what area is that? can you describe that community?

>> it's multicultural, ethnic within the city. lots of different people from all around the world, lots of people that -- multicultural. >> talk about the history of extremism there in denmark? >> ever since the danish newspaper passed through cartoons that showed the prophet mow mohammed denmark had a lot of threats towards embassies and burning of embassies and ten, eight, nine years ago and threats towards danish media showing these cartoonists and also supporting united states and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. we have here sort of been expected or at least feared that this could happen some day. >> peter, i'm curious, how easy is it to precure a gun there in

denmark and what about assault weapons? are they common place or not? >> it is very very difficult. imagine the most difficult place in the united states and then added by two or three or four or five times. it is very difficult. of course automatic rifles even harder. >> has it been -- you and i were talking about the kind of weapon that was used and it would appear to have been an assault rifle and we did hear audio from a videotape on what that sounded like and the rapid fire would indicate it was an assault weapon. the large holes in the glass outside that cafe would indicate an assault weapon. has that been confirmed? >> that has not yet been exactly confirm d though the police are pretty sure that they found a gun and pretty sure that that is the one that was used on the attack, the initial attack the first attack against the cafe. >> peter you may have heard the

announcement from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in which he called for european jews to em great to israel for their own safety. can you talk about the relationship with the jewish community in denmark? any strained relations? >> the danish prime minister were out earlier and said that her and denmark are of course supporting the danish jewish community and we should all be supporting because they have a right and have a place within the danish society. so at least from our government the stand here is that we support the jewish community and they are a big part of the danish society. >> peter keldorff again with this breaking news good to speak with you. meantime the latest winter storm to blast the northeast which is bringing dangerously high winds and heavy snowfall along with

bitterly cold temperatures in a region which has seen more than 6 feet of snow in recent weeks. five states are in blizzard warnings and the storm dropped more than 20 inches of snow along the massachusetts coast line while parts of coastal new hampshire and maine could see up to 2 feet. 1600 flights have been canceled. let's look at the pictures from new hampshire, the heavy weight of the snow in the town of seabrook, look what it did to that building, completely destroyed it. the business that went along with that building. no injuries were reported. let's go to massachusetts, adam reiss is there, where are you now? you were in cambridge, but you look like you're out in the countryside or something. don't tell me that's cambridge downtown? >> reporter: it is still cambridge, alex look at this, 5 feet of snow. this is snow drifts, snow plows coming by. five feet of snow i'm standing on top of it. look behind me snow alps this

is where they are bringing the snow in cambridge. we've got 12 inches we broke a record on top of the 80 inches in the last three storms. you mentioned before 2 feet of snow north of here 3,000 pieces of equipment have been brought out today across massachusetts to help dig out the governor wants people to stay at home and stay safe and stay warm. people are heeding that call. we're not really seeing people out here a few stragglers. we saw two people going to attempt to sled down the alps, i don't know if they'll be successful. they are heeding the call. colleges here and everybody inside inside boston staying inside and staying warm. so we're really the only people out here. >> all right well you've done your live shot time to get warm. that's incredible that is downtown cambridge. thanks for the pictures and the report. let's get the forecast from meteorologist domenica davis.

how much longer will it last? >> the snow has ended, so we're showing the back side of that is pushing off the cape. now it's blowing and drifting snow. we could see that in cambridge. the winds are picking up. that will be the theme for the rest of the afternoon. the blizzard warning still in effect from coastal connecticut and goes up until you get to portland and may have gotten rid of the blizzard warning through much of maine. winds are gusting 50 to 70 miflz an hour. visibility will be a major concern tonight through tomorrow morning. here's a look at the wind gusts right now. 30-mile-per-hour wind gust in boston. along the cape we've seen the higher wind gusts getting close to 50 on vineyard haven. also seeing significant wind gusts down through new york and even down through philadelphia and baltimore. so all of the northeast is looking at strong winds for today and that is certainly only

adding insult to injury because we have this arctic cold and real feel temperatures are something else today. it feels like minus 7 in manchester how about philly minus 8. pittsburgh minus 19. this cold will continue through tomorrow morning. we'll look at the coldest temperatures of this season and actually some of the coldest temperatures in a decade or so. and unfortunately it continues alex, believe it or not, we're talking about a brand-new storm that will come into the south through the mississippi valley tomorrow night, tuesday and then eventually works off to the northeast tuesday into wednesday. >> thank you so much for that. just dripping with sarcasm there. a short time ago the faa released the brand-new rules governing droughnsnes, allowing those up to 50 pounds to stay in sight of pilots during the day and fly less than 100 miles an hour and people flying them must be 17

and pass a test and be vetted by the tsa. peter alexander is live at the white house on this sunday. with a good afternoon to you, how long before the rules go into effect? >> reporter: it's a good question likely to be two or three years before they are finalized. the faa is four years behind schedule on this. federal officials are confident. once they are in place, they think they will be economically and safety significant benefits for drones. we spoke about the knowledge test that would be administered by the faa and security check by the tsa. you talked about no night time flights and drones need to be within sight of their operator and means companies like amazon won't be delivering packages to you or pizza by drone any time soon. another significant proposed restriction was the fact that drones would have to stay five miles away from airports likely again to go in place over the next couple of years. >> i want to clarify, do these rules apply to private drone

owners? do they apply to people who have them in place? is it just commercial? can you go through that? >> it's a good question since they are not yet in place, there's wiggle room. the intention they would effect anybody who has intentions to use these things the white house had its own drone scare recently happened about three weeks ago when the secret service noticed a drone after it crash landed in a tree in the middle of the night not far from where we are. but about a memorandum that the administration put out just a matter of hours ago, it basically issues rules specifically to protect people's privacy, also their first amendment rights among the other things it sets what would be a 180 day limit on retaining data that's gathered by drones. the commerce department will begin developing a framework for privacy and transparency in drone use. i thnk a lot of people are saying, how does the federal government use drones? one of the most publicized federal uses would be the

surveillance of the u.s./mexico boarder? but they are likely to be put in the air for other reasons too. >> can i ask you quickly, this all got released a couple of hours ago, a holiday weekend sunday. kind of curious? >> this is something that people anticipated would have released a long time ago. a lot of people think they are way behind schedule. they wanted to get it done soon and it will get a lot of attention and this is certainly an evolving technology even if we focus on a holiday weekend sunday we'll talk about it in the months to come. >> we sure will. the deadline for uninsured americans to sign up is quickly approaching. people have until early tomorrow morning to get coverage. a technical problem for healthcare.gov yesterday has been fixed. administration wants at least 9 million people signed up and paying premiums for 2015. well, congress has four working days to avoid a potential shutdown at the department of home larnd security. what's being done to prevent it?

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developing right now, a blizzard warning is in effect for the coastal areas of five states from connecticut to maine as the snow continues to fall. that is portland maine beautiful. no snow falling right now but it is bitterly cold. lots of minus 10 degrees tonight. if that weren't enough dangerously high winds are threatening the entire region. there are now less than two weeks to go until the department of homeland security runs out of funding in a fight over president obama's immigration action. in a new interview, republican speaker of the house, john boehner showed no signs of blinking. >> the house has done its job under the constitution. it's time for the senate to do

their job. listen listen, i've got a tough job here, so does senator mcconnell. but the senate democrats are jeopardizing funding and why don't they get on the bill and offer the amendment, offer their ideas and let's see what the senate can do. >> what if the department of homeland security funding runs out? >> then senate democrats should be to blame, very simple. >> you're prepared to let that happen? >> certainly, the house is active, we've done our job. >> joining me now, jim himes, members of the house intelligence committee and i'm curious about your response to speaker boehner and whether you think a deal will be reached in time? you only have four days to get it done. >> i was just stunned by speaker boehner's response. listen to what he said it's okay with him if the department of homeland security shuts down and it will be the democrats az fault. i can't imagine there are many people out there who believe either one of those things. just yesterday we saw yet another attack in norway. this is a very dangerous world that the -- look the american people know what's happening

here. the republicans are not happy with the president's decision around immigration and i think the american people understand there's a lot of things the republicans can do. they can pass a stand alone bill in congress to say you can't do that. they can go to courts which they've done a whole bunch of times but instead they've chosen to hold a hand gun up against the head of the department of homeland security if we don't get our way, we're shutting this thing down. that is profoundly dangerous to the security of the american people and really politically suicidal. we've seen this movie before when they shut down the government for 18 days did the democrats get blamed? no they did not. if it weren't so serious and weren't talking about the security of the sit stens of the united states, it would be almost laughably ridiculous they are getting themselves in this box canyon again. >> you bring up the attacks in copenhagen yesterday, what would the impact be of shutting down the dhs on our national

security? >> again, we've seen this movie before ted cruz and company engineered a government shutdown before. and the federal government is pretty good at maintaining absolutely essential services while shutting down those things which are less essential. but look within the department of homeland security this is homeland security, right? whatever you do to it, whatever uncertainty you inject into that department, which by the way already been injected results in a slightly less safe american public. god forbid, can you imagine if the republicans follow through on their threat to let the thing shut down and something like copenhagen happens you know god forbid but the damage that would do of course, to americans confidence in their government and the damage for years we would be talking about when the republicans shut down the homeland security and americans were hurt. my guess is you'll see a blink here but again it sort of blows the mind. >> the danish government is calling yesterday's attacks terror attacks. first of all, have you seen any intelligence that indicates the now deceased suspect described

as a 22-year-old born in denmark known by police do you know anything about whether or not he had ties to a terror group? >> you know at this point that's still uncertain. and obviously of great interest to those of us who spend time in and around the national security and intelligence communities. an important point, it doesn't necessarily -- you can have big attacks that were coordinated where people were trained and obviously the paris attack the individuals were trained by terror groups and more lone wolf type attacks. you know again, this is of great interest to us if the networks are succeeding in getting things organized across national boundaries we have to understand how and why that is and put a stop to it. again, back to the previous discussion in order to do that you need an intelligence community and homeland security apparatus that is operating at 110%. >> i know you've heard about israeli prime minister netanyahu issued that statement saying

that jews in europe are no longer safe. is israel really safer than europe for jews? >> you know obviously, it's an israeli as pieration to gather the jews of the world there and i expect the prime minister is touching into that aspirational element. europe has never been a terribly, terribly 100% comfortable place for jews anti-semitism is much more a thing in europe than it is in the united states. when you see attacks like in paris, that raises questions. one of the things we need to do in the face of attacks like paris and copenhagen not overreact. one of the things that the terrorists want us to do more than anything else is to overreact that we begin to flal blindly, go to war blindly and o another topic of real relevance today. it's important that we keep these add itedly atrocious and terrible things in perspective

and respond cooley and carefully. >> i want to switch gears because the death of american isis hostage kayla mueller seems to have bring to the forefront an issue left in the shadows, now the families of the late jail foley and austin tice are criticizing the white house response. they say they get nothing but confusion and silence. do you think the u.s. government failed these hostages? >> well you know if their allegations are true and i've heard these, by the way, personally that they are getting mixed messages from the state department and military and cia and fbi, they obviously in a horrible situation like this families are talking to a lot of different elements of the u.s. government, they getting mixed messages or incomplete information, that should change immediately. as a member of congress i would be very interested in helping to fix. but don't forget that there's an inherently brutal issue which is that it is the policy of the united states not to pay ransom

for hostages and of course -- >> representative himes, should that extend to the families. we understand the government has its position but families some of whom have been threatened with legal action because they were trying to get money together and send it over to help rescue their loved ones. >> look it's a very difficult thing. i think we all understand how one heaven forbid if one of my children were involved i would want to pull out all stops to rescue that child. if you do set up a pipe line of millions of dollars going to people like isis how will they respond? they will do it more. i'm not sure there's a great answer here when you're talking about people as brutal as isis there's always going to be that tension. one thing you should be able to do you should be able to deliver a consistent and kind and thoughtful message to families put in this position. it sounds they are saying that's not what they got and that's not acceptable. >> always good to talk to you. thanks so much. >> the deep freeze has only just begun in a storm that could

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now, the governors of massachusetts and rhode island are warning drivers to stay off the roads as a new winter storm is slamming the northeast. the region still dealing with 6 feet of snow from recent weeks and this time a trio of missery. heavy know and brutal cold and field winds. paul goodloe, where in boston are you? >> on cambridge street in boston, the snow is blown in here. the road has been plowed and salted several times since the snow stopped falling from the sky. the problem is see a lot of people walking in the street let me show you why we're doing a little construction over here, that's why the cones are out. when i get to the sidewalk this is pretty much indicative of most sidewalks around here. blowing and drifting snow. now, this is about say mid calf this is a problem with the wind blowing that snow you can

barely see. taking that snow and dumping on the sidewalks here where it's not this deep it's about mid calf here it's knee deep. i'm talking over 2 foot snow drifts here covering the sidewalks and even though the snow is tapering off from the clouds, the strong wind is taking this -- snow which is great for skiing and snowboarding but no so great in a city like boston with this wind. so the blowing snow is the biggest concern now as we still have this coastal storm really ramp up the winds will continue to be blowing and gusting all afternoon, gusting at times well over 35 miles per hour making getting up for the roads and travel very difficult because even if you plow it wait a half hour and another couple inches of snow will blow on top of the road and continue even into monday morning. the good news is monday is a holiday and kids are off all

week for the winter break and still, we have a chance of more snow coming up in just a couple of days. so the snow keeps on coming here in boston and alex get this we've had over 90 inches of snow just this year alone and we're halfway through february. that's twice the yearly average. so we had two winters worth of snow in just literally maybe two months here. less than two months in boston. back to you. >> oh, my gosh paul goodloe, you are not being paid enough today. let me bring in domenica davis. which areas are you focusing on right now? >> we're still focused on the northeast and new england. the blowing snow is why we have the blizzard warnings that are still in effect and that's going to go through tonight. visibility will be compromised with the winds. the snow has stopped but blowing snow is going to be a problem. we did hear ron mention that 90

inches in worsester, 89.7 with the additional snow over the past 48 hours, with new snow expected possibly tuesday and wednesday, still not sure how much we could definitely push into the second or maybe hate to say it could be at the rate we're going, it could end up this winter being the snowiest of all time. here's a look at the winds though. that is the big problem. it is dangerous. blowing and drifting snow through new england. down through new york into the mid-atlantic. we're still looking at major concerns with the wind. here's a look at the current wind gusts, 37 in baltimore, wilmington, 40 miles per hour. it's up and down the east coast that we're seeing wind problems. and look at these windchills it is bitterly cold all the way back through the great lakes

into burlington minus 20 for the feel like right now, washington feels like 3 degrees, so much of the country 40 million people are under windchill advisories for this afternoon and we're looking at the brand-new storm that is developing in the rockies. we'll start to see this ramp up in the ohio and tennessee valley tonight into monday. they will be seeing some winter weather tomorrow morning. >> thank you so much. the storm as you can all imagine is causing headaches for air travelers, more than 1600 flights have been canceled with boston's logan airport impacted especially hard. you can follow the storm or check the weather in your area at weather.com. we have this story developing now, danish police now say they have identified the suspect in yesterday's deadly shooting attacks in copenhagen. a 22-year-old male born in denmark and known to police. the suspect killed in a shootout with police early this morning had a string of past violent criminal charges including

weapons offenses. police have yet to release his name. this morning the danish prime minister placed flowers in a memorial outside the synagogue and promised to protect freedom of speech and denmark's jewish community. it is up to congress to act on president obama's request for authorization to continue fighting the islamic state. and nbc news maris poll released thursday found 54% want congress to approve the president's request. peter harrell also a former state department official and i welcome you. thank you very much for joining me. >> thank you. >> if congress ultimately approves the president's request, does the military battle intensify? do you believe the battle against isis can be fought on the financial front? >> well let me begin by saying i think the financial part of the battle is important and often under focused on part of the overall fight on isis. your question about the military battle, i think obviously, we are dealing with a very engaged

military action on the ground against isis working with local ally and with u.s. air support and other kinds of support. i'm not sure that the passage of the authorization of the use of force will change day to day what's happening on the ground but it will show a united america behind this military action. >> okay, but in terms of finances, here's what you wrote about isis and reliance on the oil revenue, the targeted military strikes against islamic state oil wells and small refineries and kurdish iraq and other regions bordering islamic state to stop the flow of the trucks transporting the crude oil out of islamic state territory has been the single biggest success if fighting isis financing so far. does the coalition effectively block isis oil from being marketed? can they? >> last year estimates are that isis made at least $100 million just from the sale of oil. they also make money from numerous other sources of

income. but $100 million just from the sale of oil. one of the most effective things the international coalition has done to shut down that revenue has been to bomb small mobile refineries as well as some of the oil wells in iraq and syria so that the people in isis can't get that oil in first place. >> okay what about the ransoms, $45 million reportedly made by isis in ransom payments. is that what helps back up the united states stance that they will not negotiate with these terrorists? >> you know it's clear, alex that the ransom payments at least 35 to $45 million so far have been a very significant part of isis' financing and something that it's very important to shut down. that's why the united states has a very strong policy at a government level of not paying ransoms for terrorists -- for recovering those hostages from the terrorists. and that's clearly a significant element. another element though that's important to keep in mind

probably the single biggest source of isis funding to date has come from extorting money from the 6 million people in isis territory. >> yeah, absolutely you're right about that. >> here's something interesting about the bitcoin, defense one is reporting that anti-terrorism officials are concerned that groups like isis could use these technologies like the bitcoin, the ability to move cash around national borders could help the organization finance attacks in the west just as an al qaeda group in yemen apparently funded the quts char"charlie hebdo" attacks in france. most are cash based at this point, but if you look at something, payment technology, bit coin or otherwise, how big a threat is that? >> i think that's a really important piece of the puzzle. as you said most of the money at this point is cash we're talking hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars in cash in iraq and syria that isis has. the real vulnerability from bitcoin and other online payment

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shows some restaurants may not want you to stay longer for that sweet treat. quote, dessert can be delicious and it can be profitable too but generally speaking when diners extend their meal with slices of chocolate cake and cups of ice cream it can come at the restaurant's expense. joining me now, mark bucher. it looks like red velvet cake pretty darn good. >> happy valentine's day. >> thank you. >> what i just said about dessert, is that true for the restaurant business overall and for your business? >> you know we're talking turnovers here and it's not apple turnovers. restaurants have gotten smaller over time as real estate costs have gone up. as a result you've got less seats to accommodate diners coming in. as a result we've got to turn the table out and we would prefer not selling the $8 dessert but selling a $30 bottle of wine for someone waiting for a table. >> if i'm in a restaurant, you

might order coffee sometimes not, depending on if it's too late. you're saying it's expensive to make good desserts so you don't get much of a profit margin is that it? >> that's exactly right. there was a thought about a month and a half ago and the cost of butter, cost of dairy and sugar and cost of labor have gone up. and the cost of what we can sell deserts for hasn't changed. we have a combination, expensive raw ingredients and expensive labor and space and kitchens that we don't have because restaurants have gotten smaller as rents have gone up. i prefer to buy my desserts and have bakers bring them to the restaurant so i don't have to have that payroll or someone calling out sick. >> where do you make your greatest profit margin is that in cocktails and bottles of wine? >> you know the cost of cocktails is the same as the cost of food.

we make our profit by spinning tables. seating the sabl table two to three times an evening is where it really adds up xpoen ent shally. when they come around and say would you care for anything else and you say, no, i'm going to finish my bottle wine before dessert, their head will spin off. >> and people linger. going out to a restaurant with a group of people it's all about the ambience and hanging out with friends and talking. you know your neighbor's in richmond have completely refuted your stance and that of the "washington post," they say, nope we'll interview people who have said it leaves out the -- one guy restaurant owner says i'm going to leave out the expletives but across the board was a resounding please stay, even from the busiest of the restaurant owners.

it doesn't fight that. >> it's true i view in my restaurants, it's a three act play, you have your first, entrees and your final act, which is dessert. i like to see a dining room where everyone is smiling and people smile when they are eating dessert. it does play into things and small restauranteurs will plan accordingly and plan table turns accordingly and understand the business of restaurants in terms of how to maximize the guest experience and happiness and how at a maximize their time there but also move them through ee efficiently. we've been in restaurants where there's a 35, 40 minute wait and we keep going where's my table while they are on dessert? you want to pull it off the table. >> it's absolutely true. i'm sure you rely on repeat customers, want people to come back again and again. i'm curious when people do order dessert, how long do they end up staying on average? >> that is the million dollar question. what's happening over the years and you've sign this desserts

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we've been covering it all day. the dangerous winter storm slamming new england right now. the governor of massachusetts warning the gusting winds of more than 60 miles an hour could cause power outages amid the bitter cold. the temperatures are forecast below zero in many areas tonight. let's go to massachusetts msnbc's adam reese has been driving around. you've been out in the middle of it, as well, how is it going?

>> we're indoors right now, alex. i'm actually in the back bay of boston. take a look outside the front of our car. more snow today, another 12 inches on top of the 83 we already had up to 2 feet north of here. so it's been really bad, no one's leaving this area any time soon. kevin, if i could just ask you to pull over for a sec. i want to give you a sense of how deep this is alex. 3,000 pieces of equipment out on the road today. the national guard will also be out helping people shovel out. take a look at this. 80 inches of snow. now today another 12 inches on top. none of these cars are leaving any time soon. we've seen some people taking pictures. it's a beautiful day the wind is still about 40 50 miles per hour, every so often it's picking up right now. we saw some skiers, runners, but

for now, everybody's really heeding the governor's call to stay inside stay warm and stay safe. alex. >> that is marlboro street. those folks are going to be stuck inside. nice places to be stuck. wow. anybody shoveling, you don't see anybody shoveling out there? >> if you can see, i don't know if you can see off to the side here. >> i thought i saw something. what is that? >> somebody here. >> he's shoveling out and it's pretty tough. i mean he got his walk and now he's making his way to his car. his car here this bmw can barely see it, it's buried. let me try to get over here. you can see how deep this is, alex. >> oh, wow. >> i'm 6 feet tall, right? >> yeah. >> this is almost 7 feet tall. so just gives you a sense of how deep this is and how long it's

going to take for these people to dig out of their homes and their cars. >> i tell you, two unenviable positions today. you out there in the cold. thank you so much adam reese for working for us today. appreciate that. and before we let you go we'll check back in with domenica davis to look at the biggest trouble spots you're focused on now. >> the snow has ended. the trouble spots are going to remain the wind. up and down the coast. 31 in boston, 39 in philly 36 in chicago. that is certainly going to cause problems through the day. the arctic air is still coming in. we are looking at dangerous windchills. this is going to continue into tomorrow morning, as well. some of the coldest season of not only some of the coldest air of the season. also the coldest air we've seen in many years, alex. this cold is locked in through the week. we can talk about another storm coming in tuesday into wednesday. still a ways out, but a possibility. >> okay. that means we'll be seeing a lot more of you. we thank you for that.

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