good afternoon, i'm tourz. the world is responding to the terror attacks. the isis-inspired mass execution of christians in libya. the other an attack in copenhagen that's eerily similar to the charlie hebdo's attacks. 21 egyptian christians were kidnapped a month ago in libya near where they were searching for work. >> it is with a sad heart that i convey my condolences to the people of egypt. the whole world is facing this criminal phenomenon of krism and the whole world should cooperate together.

>> the hostages were marched to a beach and forced to kneel and as they prayed were beheaded. cairo is retaliating. >> egypt conducted some airstrikes on specific targets in eastern part of libya. and they targeted specifically camps, old training places. >> the u.s. says egypt's attacks inside libya were not coordinated with the coalition. they consider the egyptian president's rise to power a coup responding to the strikes one of the group's battling is giving the egyptians 48 hours to leave. experts are calling it a threat. >> we need to pull our force together and face this threat that is coming closer to home. by home i u mean not only egypt

but also europe. >> closer to home if you look at where other militant groups are pledging allegiance to isis. it could happen almost anywhere among a dozen u.s. allies. speaking of allies denmark is on a state of high alert after that terror attack in copenhagen. >> we will not accept any a attempt to threaten or intimidate our liberties and our rights. >> court documents accuse omar abdel hamid el hussein of being the gunman. officials say he may have been inspired by isis. the gunman attacked a free speech seminar over the weekend. two suspected accomplices are now under arrest. let's begin in copenhagen with kelly cobiella on the phone. how confident are they that the immediate threat has passed? >> reporter: they seem to be okay with the immediate threat.

they still believe that this is an act perpetrated by one man, the gunman, who was shot dead in the early hours of sunday. we know a little bit more about him. 22 years old, born in denmark apparently had some links to gangs, a violent criminal past. we don't know the details of the past. there's been some reports about it, but nothing confirmed by police. the prime minister of denmark did say there's no indication he was part of any broader terrorist cell. that gives you an idea of how confident they are in terms of the threat passing. but this is a country that has had it to deal with the possibility of this type of terrorist attack for quite some time. there is another artist, a dane ir artist in this country who drew cartons of the prophet mohammed in 2005, so this is not a new issue for denmark. it's the first time that an act has been carried out.

in that sense there's quite a bit of shock. you can probably see the reaction to that when you look at these pictures of this solidarity rally tonight. right now, we're looking at tens of thousands of people out in the center of copenhagen coming together listening to the prime minister speak, some other speakers and paying their u respects really to the people who were affected by u this terrorist attack. >> kelly cobiella, thank you very much for that. graham wood is with us. "what isis really wants", he interviews one of the most influential recruiters. we're also joined by michael voss, welcome, gentlemen. it seems that isis's reach is growing beyond the borders that it supposedly controls. >> it doesn't recognize the existence of borders. its whole project is expansion. that's what it believes it

should do. step by step, recruit different organizations around the world, get their pledges of allegiance and increase its size. >> we just heard the prime minister saying that the danish people won't be intimidated. we know there's a rally taking place in copenhagen today. can you tell us more about the mood right now in copenhagen how the people are really responding to this? >> of course, they are going to be solidarity rallies. there's going to be the initial shock. then there's going to be the call by a part of the population just like in other countries in europe for more forceful measures. for like a war on terror euro style. not the american version but the more european version. something has to be done. what's next? amsterdam, germany? you're going to see a different approach than the american approach, but a more forceful approach, i think. it has to be because something has to be done. that's what many people are

saying. politicians are falling over each other proposing anti-terror measures in various countries. >> when you think about antiterror and looking at your article, there's the idea of protecting ourselves against isis. also trying to counter them as a foreign policy force. you talked to an australia who has done recruiting for them. one of the things you report in here is how whatever their islam works, they have very specific religious doctrine that they feel they are applying that have drived their use of force and even pieces of turf that aren't strategically important but for their understanding of why their god wants them to have it. >> that's right. they have an apocalyptic vision of how they are supposed to expand and increase their size. the idea offist cyst that it will follow specific steps along the path towards the apocalypse.

that includes particular bits of territory and eventually having a big showdown that will be one of the major milestones on the way to the end of time. >> one thing i was struck by with the attacks in copenhagen is one of the victims who was shot at the synagogue was there serving as a guard. suggesting the synagogue was already worried about these sorts of attacks. even before the attacks happened, how much was the jewish community worried about anti-semitism? >> jewish communities all over europe have been worried for awhile and have stepped up security measures if all countries, denmark and others. it's a little bit of a nasty history that it always ends or seems to end at some jewish center or a supermarket or here, a place of worship. that goes deep and to a dark history. again again.

people are going to say we have to step up and do something. they are talking about community outreach and try to get those people, the youngsters who are looking for something and want to travel to syria, want to travel to iraq to get them before they travel out. we are not looking necessarily directly at a hard approach. it's a soft approach but it's about community outreach, trying to get the pied pipers out there, trying to get them before they leave. if they come back, try ing toing to reintegrate them into. society into more of a softer approach than the americans. in europe there's a lot of discussion what america did post 9/11. the americans did too much. we went too far. we have to do something. e we can't let this happen because the right wing political parties will go with it and run with it and win everywhere. >> interesting. ipts to go. back to something you were talking about with ari. there's been a lot of discussion in this country. how islamic is the islamic state? a lot of people are saying they

are taking that position. a lot of people agree with that. you say absolutely not. you say they are very islamic. why does that matter and how should that -- we accept that premise and let that shape our approach to them? >> when i say the islamic state is islamic, i mean it fits within the traditions we are calls islamic. it tells us about what the islamic state appeals to in these possible recruits. if we know who they are looking for in looking to find out what the appeal is for these people, then we can have a sense of how we can counter it and how deradicalization happens. >> also a sense of their goals. you write that there is an apocalyptic vision where they need to have this land because that is where this imagined

fight will be for the end of days. this sounds like a movie to some people, but that means they are going to pursue that type of land over other places and how do people respond to that in the region. >> they have already done that. they have already taken that land at some great cost. so they have given us their game plan in that regard. and their view of how this is going to unfold is a very unpopular one within islam. there are few other people in the region who think this land is important. now that they have taken it they are waiting for their armies to show up and that's where they are going to have their show down. >> that seems to encapsulate what this battle is all about. a new poll reveals as the top threat to u.s. security. plus an msnbc original sit-down with the second woman to be put on the supreme court justice bench. justice ginsberg as you have never heard her before. and the weather boston is

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>> the warnings and watches stretching from oklahoma all the way to just south of new york city. >> not just for snow. >> the temperature is zero and the windchill is 24 degrees below zero. >> it's miserable but that's what new england is. >> then there's the ice. >> next thing you know, we had this truck come flying through there. >> it's proving to be a long march to spring. >> i thought it was going to be easy but it didn't happen. >> we make the best of it. >> yes, again! that's three! you've got to be kidding me! >> jim cantore clearly enjoying the thunder snow more than most other people. 50 million americans are bracing for another winter storm and historic cold to boot. that includes boston, which has seen five feet of snow in the past couple weeks. it's already the snowiest february on record and we're only about half way through. adam reese is in bean town, we

were asked where they were going to put all that snow. i'm guessing that problem hasn't been solve edd. >> reporter: this snow is not going anywhere any time soon. a lot of it is right here. we're dealing with two records, a record february and an 11.9 more inches we'll have a record season. it's all being brought here, one of five snow farms here in boston. we're in the south end. you see ek ka varieties, track tractors, dump trucks, the mountain behind me is about 100 feet tall and this is where they are bringing the snow and the may your of boston had some very terse words for bostonians. stay off the streets because it's going to be one major effort to get rid of all this snow. >> we have to get. the snow off the ground. there's no good time. >> you're looking at one of two

melters that are here at this snow farm. they are bringing the snow in, putting it on the back and dumping it in. it's a real 24-hour operation. we'll have 300, maybe more trucks coming in here tonight. you see all this snow. it's going to be awhile. hopefully not until this spring. like we mentioned tomorrow we expect more snow maybe another inch to three inches. >> wow, adam, thank you. new england has been the bulls eye week after week this winter, but this time around a number of southern states are feeling our pain. gabe gutierrez reports from louisville. >> reporter: good afternoon, we have seen snow come down at a pretty good clip here throughout most of the day. thankfully, not many drivers have been out because of the president's day holiday. forecasters forecast about eight inches of snow, which would be one of the biggest snowstorms here in louisville in recent memory. schools were closed and local officials urge people to just stay home. other parts of the south are

dealing with their own problems places like nashville were preparing for several inches of snow. states like arkansas and mississippi also dealing with sleet and the governor of georgia declared a state of emergency for 15 counties north of atlanta. here in louisville we're expecting the snow to keep fall falling through the dinner hour. it's temperatures we have seen them throughout the day in the teens, but it's felt much colder than that. even when the snow finally blows through, the bone chilling temperatures are expected to stick around for awhile. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. check out the web page for ithaca. the tourism board is admitting that ithaca is a miserable place to be now. they are encouraging people to vacation in key west and give ithaca a week to thaw out. something make mess think they are going to need a little more than a week. when will ithaca thaw out?

>> maybe some time in april. the cold is intense. we were talking about how this morning we saw some cold temperatures that we haven't seen in 11 years here. it was 3 degrees with the windchills. it felt like 30 below. let's take a look at the maps. we have a lot going on. no break in the cold. no sign of winter letting up any time soon. current windchills are very cold. it feels like 8 below in albany. 13 above in central park. it's better there. and boston feels like 3 degrees. the cold blast continues. although the winds are light erer this afternoon in the northeast. that's a great. thing. this is a terrible thing. winter storm warnings extending from missouri right to the jersey shore including washington, d.c. tomorrow morning will be a rough commute. thankfully most people had off today for president's day. it's not going to be pretty. here's a look at the storm tracker. heavy snow through kentucky and virginia where they could see nearly a foot of snow. that's going to be the bulls eye

this time. definitely want to stay off the roads. here's a look at future tracker. 6:00 tonight, snow beginning to push into washington, d.c. and then it moves into the northeast by tomorrow morning. philadelphia you can see three to five inches of snow just in time for that morning commute along i-95. washington, d.c., this is going to be one of your bigger storms nearly eight inches of snow there. thankfully boston is missing this one. the heavier snow stays off to the south. we have that snow tomorrow. i know this is not what we want to hear. the cold this morning is coming back here in new york city by the end of the week. we're going to have a similar blast of ridiculous cold. daytime high temperatures thursday and friday in the teens once again. next week might get a little warmer. we'll look forward to that. >> that's a lot of cold. next the supreme court justice who is so hot right now. see what i did there. the law of feminism and her internet nickname.

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when president clinton picked justice ginsberg in 1993 he said this about the brooklyn native. what is in her record speaks volumes about what's in her heart. over the next two decades ob the bench she built a record of ruling for equality of principles and fairness. and that's made her an icon to many young women and progressive lawyers. the supreme court still doesn't allow cameras in the courtroom and justices rarely sit down for tv interviews but she just joined irin carmon for an interview airing tonight on "the rachel maddow show." here's a look at her msnbc

original reporting. >> if i had any talent in the world, any talent god could give me i would be a great diva. >> instead ruth ginsberg went to law school. now she's the oldest and boldest member of the nation's high court. >> justice is not to be taken by storm. she is to be wooed by slow advances. >> with several blogs dedicated to her including the notorious r.b.g. she's having a moment. she's a feminist icon, a bold opinion maker, going viral with pointed cases. when a majority of the court set a provision of the voting rights act wasn't needed more, it was like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you're not getting wet. when companies could refuse

birth control coverage for employees based on the owners religious believes she protested "the court i fear has ventured into. a mine field." millions of young men and women agreed. blow blowing up blogs, tweets and youtube tributes to their newfound idol. >> i give you the words of the notorious r.b.g. >> i had to ask, what is this notorious r.b.g.? >> what court watchers already knew is that ruth ginsberg has always practiced what she preaches. she shared parenting duties for her toddler daughter with her husband. she was one of nine women in her law class. >> we felt that all eyes were on us. >> throughout the '70s she argued cases that helped undo

legal barriers for women. >> they help keep woman in her place, a place inferior to that occupied by men in our society. >> ginsberg will be 82 next month. she's twice battled cancer. so some liberals suggested she step down and allow president obama to name a replacement. but she may be waiting for another female pioneer, this one in the white house to appoint her successor. >> i'm hopeful about 2016. >> welcome, irin carmon. looked at the interview. it is fantastic. people can see more tonight. one of the things she discussed with you is when it comes to women's quality and women's rights it's not only about gender distinctions, but about class and about money. what did you make of that? >> one of the questions that i asked justice ginsberg was do you think roe v. wade will be overturned. she thinks while it might not

immediately happen what could happen is just like before roe v. wade well off women will be able to access the procedure and low-income women will be left out in the cold. you could say she was intersectional before most of us heard of the word, looking at the ways that the laws are being passed disproportionately impact low-income women. >> i want to bring in political reporter alex wald. one of the quotes in this great piece was the justice saying justice is not to be taken by storm. she is to be wooed by slow advances. justice ginsberg has become this icon for women and for progressives. do you think in her more than 20 years on the bench she's started to change her opinion on this a little bit and is perhaps looking for bigger and bolder actions from the court now? >> she's definitely become more vocal, more outspoken and more comfortable being sort of the

liberal conscious on the court. the court has moved pretty strikingly to the right in recent years. it's become more corporate friendly more social conservative and there's been a lot of studies to show this. she's seen the need for her to speak up and be more voecal and kind of represent that liberal wing. so we have seen the culture responding with the blogs that irin mentioned and that's a voice that is lacking on the court right now. >> one of the issues that the justice did not want to talk about was gay rights saying there are a couple of important marriage cases before the court this term. she doesn't want to prejudice the decision. clarence thomas has been saying that the court has been doing exactly that by declining to give stays in marriage cases that it's tipping its hand how it's going to rule. what do you make of that? are we able to read the tea leaves on that? >> i think the tea leaves are pretty clear here. i talked to a lot of legal experts and gay rights advocates. everybody pretty much agrees

that this is heading in the direction where the court is going to uphold marriage equality for everyone. we don't know exactly what that's going to look like, but it's the direction that the court has been heading. it's understandable she wouldn't want to say that right now. even the advocates don't want to say that publically because you never know what's going to happen. >> as you referenced in your piece, this is a beloved figure, a crossover figure known and like ed liked by people who don't normally care about supreme court proceedings, the blogs about her and the great nickname. did you talk to her about her fame? does she understand it it? does she find it funny? >> she's flattered. she's been doing this work for a long time. to get this kind of recognition and adoration, she's amused by it. i showed her the woman who got a tattoo of notorious r.b.g. on her arm. i'm working on a book about her that in part chronicles this

kind of fan art that is being made right now. but it's important to note that people don't just love her. they also care about the fact that she's a voice for people who have no voice in this country. one who is are not recognized by the court's majority. they are looking at the fact that in her life she's made all these kinds of decisions. she's lived the change that she talks about. >> it's such a good point. people also perceive that she's not one who usually searches for the spotlight, which i think people respect and build its own fan support. with the book, she's willing to sit down with you, which we appreciate you sharing some of it with us. thank you so much. irin's report will be airing tonight at 9:00 p.m. next, europe, africa all these concerns here after the weekend's terror. that's straight ahead. we're going to talk to a military vet with advice on what you can do to stay safe and what you might already be doing.

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amid-the brutal executions and terror attacks by isis and its sympathizers, it's no surprise an overwhelming 84% of americans viewist istis as a critical threat to the u.s. iran and north korea might round out the top five cited in a recent poll. with so many threats out there, our next book comes at a good time. "surviving the end: a practical guide for americans in terror." the author is a 25-year army veteran and national security expert as vice president of foreign and defense policy studies at the heritage foundation. thank you for being with us today. now you actually handle nuclear weapons early in your career with the army. let's talk a little bit about

the threat from nuclear weapons. we've got news from iran, the negotiations going on there. north korea is always on the horizon. anything that we can really do as individuals to protect ourselves from the nuclear threat? >> well, one of the things in the book is i really focused on the most horrible things you could possibly imagine because my notion is if there were things and had to be simple things that everyday americans could do. things in that secenario you could do to keep yourself safe and your family safe and actually they were kind of things in your everyday life that made it better that i would recommend them. i talk about nuclear weapons and terrorist attacks and the answer on nuclear weapons is it gets a bit. technical. the problems is mass fire which is the fire ball that's created. the military never accounted for that. what really is going to kill the most people in a nuclear burst is everything is going to burn down. the reality is unless you're far

enough away from the mass fire you're going to die. but if you are and you're facing regular old fire there are simple things you can do. we forget how terrible these weapons are. pakistan and india almost came to nuclear blows. during the pause, the united states sent people over there and said do you understand what these weapon dos? they explained to the military and government officials if they shot the weapons they had at the targets they were targeting at, the damage it would have done to both countries and leaders in both countries were horror struck. >> so when you look at terrorism as a statistical fact, it is not high on the likely killers of americans, although it's very serious and people care a great deal about it. given that, what are the actual tips that you give for people who want it to take individual steps to protect themselves against the threat of terror here in the united states. >> your odds of being killed by a terrorist in the united states are about 1 in 20 million. your odds of being hit been an

astroid are 1 in 7,000. few americans are going to die at the hands of a terrorist. but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't take it seriously. the purpose of terrorism isn't to have a lot of attacks everywhere. it's to terror rise people. one of the things i pound in the book is many of the basic steps of public safety, it does focus on basic good, sound public safety tips. that's an area i introduced talk about much. i talked about the active shooter threat. the fbi has come out with statistics on that. somebody in a gunman situation -- and they are not just taking hostage. they are either looking for somebody to kill or just content on killing people and they are going to shoot until they are stopped. we saw this in virginia and a lot of tribble places. you hide, you run or you fight, but just understanding that and being prepared for that and that

could happen to anybody. i think that's something people ought to pay attention to. >> i was struck reading this book what some of the advice was. terrorism is a really remote risk for americans depending on exactly how you counted 65 terrorism deaths on u.s. soil since 9/11. that's about five a year. breaking down what people should do, people should work out a little bit, people should take self-defense classes. is this just like a sneaky way to try to get americans to have better everyday health habits? don't work out because it's good for your heart but because it will protect you from a terrorist. >> i just looked at the science. what the science says is that people who have basically u good lifestyles are much more likely to survive catastrophic events. one of the things i talk about is take yoga. health matters a lot. there's a story in there of a guy walking down the 82 stories at the world trade center. he came across a heavy set man who couldn't walk and he tried

to help him. we don't think that guy got out. here's a man because he was overweight and couldn't walk downstairs his family wouldn't see him again. it's nutrition and some form of exercise. i have been doing yoga for 14 years. it's one of the most basic but one of the most positive things. i'm a big -- i'm trying to master down dog. . your shoulders get really tight. it's hard. >> it's harder than it looks. >> you have to get rid of the down dog. do some manly yoga. the health of your body is really not going to help you if the grid goes down. you write in the book americans through had determination and fortitude could get through almost anything except. the national elect call grid

going down. but overwhelmingly most of us won't. really? >> i think that's really true. we have never had an incident like that. what we did is we went back and did some surrogates. . we looked at terrible disasters that looked at if you lost the grid completely. we found it's just very unlikely that 330 million americans if they lose access are going to survive. you're not going to be able to get food to them, shelter them, it's the one scenario where after i explained the dangers of a prolonged loss of the grid, write said, look, i'm at a loss here. >> i think we're all going to get to the gym. thank you very much. up next, 30 rock was the place to be last night as stars collided on the red carpet for snl's epic anniversary show. we know you have your favorite moments and so do we. . that's coming up next. viewers of "saturday night

live" span several generations from the baby boomers to generation x all the way to whatever you call the little dummies who are live tweeting this right now instead of watching it. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? eww! this is deep couch sitting. [jerry bell iii] deep couch sitting!

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>> i love it. i also loved seeing the return of original cast members like chevy chase and lo rin newman and that blues brothers bit with dan aykroyd. about 23 million people watched. let's talk about the whole show. the complete uncensored history of "saturday night live" as told by its writers and guests. . my favorite sketch was that mad celebrity jeopardy moment. can we run a little bit of that? >> this g-shaped letter comes between f and h. matthew mcconaughey, what are you doing here? >> what are any of us doing here? whether i get your question right or wrong free will is an illusion.

life is a game that plays us. >> so you don't have an answer? >> at this point, i didn't know if i was dreaming him or if he was dreaming me. >> josh is thinking that sort of thing all the time. what did you think of the episode? >> loren michael and "saturday night live" denied need last night to cement their legacy but just in case anybody dropped from mars and didn't understand the importance it has on our culture, it was an incredible night. >> you can't capture everything that has spanned those 40 years. i thought they did a good job of trying. one of the things that's happened is this incredible dexterity from our colleague jimmy fallon working with timberlake on these skits that are instantly viral. 23 million people watching. it's so funny but so musically

talented. let's look at fallon and timberlake doing their best beastie boys. ♪ we are two wild and crazey guys ♪ ♪ i live in a van down by the river ♪ ♪ simmer down now, oops ♪ ♪ from the californians oh, no ♪ ♪ bring it on down to snl ♪ >> can you excavate the layers of comedy and references just there. >> it was quick litany of some of the best stuff that's happened through the year z. those two are phenomenal. those numbers they do, those are hard to do. they are really hard to do. both of them are obviously incredibly talented. jimmy has musical capabilities for people who just knew him as a talk show person or somebody who was on the show. he has tremendous capabilities. >> those sketches are hard to

do. people are saying why didn't chris rock do more? those things take an extraordinary amount of time to create and sketches take an extraordinary amount of time to rehearse and prepare for. that's part of why i think we didn't have some of that. 23 million people saw the show. only a few thousand people got to the after party. you were one of those. tell us some stories for the after party. >> after party was pretty amazing. it was definitely in the deep end of the pool. jimmy fallon grabbed the mike and called up paul mccartney on the stage. michael boltin. prince was there. there goes prince. he's a level jumper. as soon as everybody saw prince coming up, all the phones came

out and the video. he's still the coolest. >> how late were you there? >> 5:00. >> normal night for you? >> it's a normal weekend yeah. absolutely. the thing about it is next week there will be lots of oscar parties, but nothing is like that group like last night. eli manning and peyton manning and derek jeter. you have the movie business, tv business and a lot of people from culture. that's a real testament to lorne michaels the gathering that was there. i don't think he got any nos. >> they also have a legacy of having some amazing women comedians on their history. i loved seeing amy and fee that. let's take a look at the clip. >> times have changed since i first sat behind this desk. for example, i used to be the only pretty blond woman reading the fake news. now there's a whole network

devoted to that. and somehow i showed less cleavage cleavage. >> jane has still got it, right? >> jane has still got it. both great things about the show and the party were the generations. when you saw the older ones and the younger ones, that's pretty cool. >> it was remarkable to me that anything that goes on in show business for 40 years, it was amazing how they were able to get so many people back together for this. what does that say about the legacy of this show? >> last night was a very emotional night. it was like a suetsunamis. i was at the 20th anniversary of the show. eddie murphy wasn't there.

there are many theories about why he distanced himself from that. >> can you tell us any of them? >> look. he has never come out and said specifically what it was and in all fairness, he was the one person who didn't agree to be interviewed for the book, which hurt me. i pleaded and begged. he just wouldn't do it. the fact that he was there last night -- i know a lot of people wanted him to do stand up but the fact that he came out was plenty for me. it was a real statement, so it was a very cathartic evening. if you watch at the very end of the special, they dragged lorne michaels up on stage. he is a nanosecond from a tear in his eye. >> the 70s cast got the most love in terms of the most they were asked to do. the 90s cast and the 00s cast

got less attention, i think. lorne is saying these are the people i love the most. if i can get anybody back, i'm going to put these folks in. >> i don't think who he loves the most. if those seven people had not been so great the first year and then chevy leaves and bill murray comes on we're not talking about 40 years later. i think lorne's mind-set of paying homage to those early years was the right choice. >> i was amazed to see one thing i hadn't seen before which was clips from audition tapes. >> there are a few people i'd like to impersonate. >> it's been really cool getting to hang out with my dad and go out on the road and stuff like

that. >> whenever i have an important decision to make, i do the same thing. >> join us this week on living when we make ice from water. >> check your side view mirrors. you check your front mirrors. okay. now what you going to do? >> two things i was struck by there. one, just phil hartman, imagining what a force he would be in comedy today. >> he could read the yellow pages and be amazing. >> the other thing that i thought was interesting about the audition tapes is they actually showed they had auditioned stephen colbert and andy kaufman. nobody can bat 1,000. it is interesting to see stephen colbert doing that stuff now. >> absolutely. kevin hart could have been on the show. they could have had anybody, but the people they picked were incredible. thank you so much. as we head to break one last memorable moment from a night

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strong as egypt carries out its promise of revenge. it is monday, february 16th and this is "now." >> this is going to be a long, long struggle. >> isis is expanding its footprint across the region. >> the release of a video showing isis terrorists executing nearly two dozen egyptian christians. >> a dramatic escalation of egypt's role in the battle against isis. >> the second terror attack in the european capital in just over a month. >> two people were shot and killed at two locations. >> the suspect was killed in a shootout with police. >> we have no indications at this stage that he was part of a cell. >> this is a lost individual who may have been seduced by isis propaganda. >> what is the end game in this fight against isis? >> jordan and now egypt are engaged in this fight,