remain 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, but it is

still going need to involve america. >> this enemy is extremism, and we do have to fight that through a variety of sources and forces. i'm dorian moore in for alex wagner. the egyptian military says it carried out dawn bombing raids against isis targets in libya today. the air strikes came after egypt's president vowed revenge after the release of a video of execution of egyptian christians. the egyptians have their own ample intelligence on isis camps. egyptian leaders are drawing up evacuation plans for egyptian nationals in libya. they're being advised to leave in 48 hours for their own safety. france and egypt calling for a

meeting of the u.n. security council. denmark is reeling after a murderous weekend after featuring eeriely familiar targets. we have audio this afternoon. a warning some of our viewers may find this audio disturbing. >> why do we still say but when we -- [ gunshots ] >> a documentary filmmaker was killed in that attack. and later in the day, a security guard was killed the a synagogue. the gunman was tracked down and killed by police yesterday. denmark's prime minister said today the alleged shooter is not

suspected as being part of a terror cell. >> he was known by the police for several criminal acts, including severe violence but i want to also make very clear that we have no indication at this stage that he was part of a cell that took him to where he was now. >> joining me now is our nbc news london correspondent. what more are we learning about the alleged gunman and the attacks there in copenhagen? >> reporter: this 22-year-old man was connected to gangs in copenhagen copenhagen. he had a criminal past and violent past as well. he had spent time in prison and was released just two weeks ago. now we haven't confirmed that. nbc news has not independently confirmed that but this is one of those things that investigators will be looking

at. was he potentially radicalized in prison? if indeed he was, did serve a prison sentence, or was he somehow inspired by the paris attacks or by some sort of online videos aside from his time in prison? we have heard from the police and from security services that they do not believe that there's any sort of direct link to syria. in other words, they do not believe that he is one of these young muslims who have traveled to syria to fight. but we were told that the police and the security services were aware of him. now whether or not that means they had him under surveillance as a potential extremist, we simply don't know yet. a lot of this information is being kept under wraps by police until their investigation is complete. >> thank you. joining me now is ayman and

brian katulis and stephen cook. thank you all for joining us today. ayman, i want to start with you and turn to the spiraling crisis involving isis and libya. how serious is this spread? >> libya poses a major security problems for several countries and the entire region. one, you have a large piece of territory that really has no central government. the country has been engulfed in civil war for the better part of last year. when there are failed states, we see the rise of these militant groups. what has happened in the past six months specifically has been a dramatic increase of isis' presence. we saw that yesterday in the videotape that has emerged. libya is a major source of weapons on the black market.

there are migrant attempts to get to southern europe. it is posing a major problem for one of the u.s.' closest allies in egypt. now it has to deal with this growing risk on its western border. >> we have just gotten reports of at least 35 egyptians kidnapped in libya and areas controlled by isis. i want to ask you how serious is the spread of isis there? >> we know isis controls at least one town in the eastern part. they have controlled it for the better part of six months. in the past 24 hours the egyptian government has put a travel ban on the egyptian nationals from entering libya and has actually called on the hundreds of thousands who live inside liebbya to evacuate

immediately. they are dealing with a specific government in the eastern part of the country, so they're not going to able to get out their hundreds of thousands of citizens. we heard from one of those militias today. they warned egyptian citizens to get out. they gave them 48 hours to leverave the country. this report although it is premature to know the exact details of whether or not these 35 were in fact kidnapped, that hasn't been confirmed by the egyptian government or authorities, but it could not be a surprise that isis would attempt to kidnap more and punish the egyptian government by executing these hostages. >> is this a game-changer for this conflict? >> i think it is potentially,

but if you look at the last year or so, you had egyptian as well as the united arab emirates launching their own strike in libya. what's different here is they have targeted isis militants. these actions aren't, you know surprising to see that these countries are reacting in this way. what is missing is rather than just reacting to specific acts or atrocities what are all these actions adding up to? will it contribute to a greater sense of stability inside of libya or in the case of jordan? is it actually part of an overall strategy? i think the answer at this point is no. at this point, these actions seem to be about exacting revenge, but not really dealing with the fundamental security dynamics in either country. >> steven what does it say that

the government is now carrying out bombing raids on their behalf? this is egypt's first military intervention since the 1990 gulf war. >> this is a situation in which the president of egypt is clearly going to take advantage. it is true that the christians have been marginalized. this horrific beheading of 21 poor christian egyptians in libya is going to be an issue that the president and his government can use to secure their domestic struggle against the brotherhood. this has become part of egyptian's domestic politics. the country is on a virtual war footing. this is another example to keep this up at home as well as in libya. as brian said there doesn't

seem to be a strategy behind what they're doing. it is pure vengeance. libya is a very serious security problem that the egyptians risk getting sucked into. >> you mentioned libya and the different factions. walk us through what are these different factions at play and how has the leadership vacuum been filled since the fall of gaddafi gaddafi? >> they have struggled to get a cohesive government to assert its influence over the entire territory. they have had a libyan transitional council. we now have two shadow governments, so to speak. in the east, you have a government and a council who is supported by the united arab emirates. egypt is supported by former

military element. these militias are trying to fight back. this is the government who has had to shift cities. they are predominantly in the eastern part of the country. what you have in the west ifn tripoli, is an umbrella organization known as the libyan dawn. they claim to represent the original revolutionaries of the revolution that ousted gaddafi back then. they are predominantly islamist. they are widely to be supported by countries like qatar and turkey. these two governments are effectively fighting another one in various pitch battles. you have the rise of militant groups, whether they be al qaeda in north africa, or as we are now seeing isis. >> how much is the chaos in libya the fallout of a nato

intervention? >> i think in libya it's not just the intervention of nato. it is the lack of followup after the intervention in 2011. we have had a lot of debate in this country about the murder of our ambassador chris stephens in september 2012. some people think that's a scandal. the real scandal is what happened in 2013 and 2014. what the united states and nato did not do in libya. we are where wear are today in libya in part of because of inaction. in syria the inaction -- we have seen some action over the last six or seven months, but it is not nested in this broader strategy. we can take military air strikes from the air and hit targets, but does that produce a sustainable secure environment

in syria and libya? what are these tactical strikes? >> "the new york times" reports that libyan officials traveled to washington to seek fighting the spread of isis. could we see the u.s. step in there or is the situation simply too unstable? >> it doesn't seem like the obama administration is at all interested in any type of military action in libya. they were reluctant when it came to the initial intervention in 2011 which probably had more to do with nato politics than humanitarian politics. this has been a problem over and over again. the region is looking for leadership absent washington taking that role. regional actors are taking

matters into their own hands and in the process creating more chaos. i think this intervention this egyptian intervention is contributing to the bloodshed and chaos in libya. something we're going to be living with in quite sometime. libya is breaking up. it will engage not just egypt, but tunisia with its large libyan population as well. the question we have to ask ourselves is other than military tools, what do we have at our disposal to alter this trajectory? we don't have much. >> great question. hard question. thank you very much. after the break, a winter storm is blanketing in the plains in the ohio valley with snow right now and it is headed to the northeast tonight.

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record-low temperatures and record snowfall. that's the forecast for parts of the northeast, mid atlantic and even some southern states today as yet another storm sweeps across the country. it could bring a foot and a half of snow to parts of kentucky and west virginia before heading to the northeast tonight. although snowfall may restrict travel ice and bitter cold temperatures pose the biggest threat. joining me now is weather channel meteorologist maria larosa. how are things there on the ground?

>> reporter: you can see after a full day of snow it is a winter wonderland, a whiteout. it is still snowing. officially at the airport as of last update, about 6.3 inches of snowfall. that is a daily snowfall record. what's interesting too is we're here at waterfront park. this is like champagne powder. temperatures have been in the dean teens all day. when it comes to treating the roadways, temperatures will be dropping into the single digits by tomorrow morning. that makes it really difficult for road crews to keep up but also that ice and brine solution doesn't work that well at those temperatures. >> maria, can you tell us how unusual this is for kentucky to get all this snow and these cold temperatures? >> reporter: you know, they get

snow. a city like louisville averages about a foot of snow a season. they were actually behind. they had five inches for this season prior to this event. that was about a four inch deficit if you look at just the averages. the last time they had eight inches of snowfall was back in 2008. it has been a long time since they have had an event of this scope here. it's been enough to cancel schools for today. jefferson county schools are once again cancelled tomorrow because it is just going to be too much for crews to handle to get everyone back and up and running by tomorrow morning. >> thank you. joining me now by phone is the chief for public services in louisville kentucky. thank you for joining us. >> it is a pleasure to be on. >> we know that louisville could see a foot of snow. how prepared is kentucky for

this kind of snow and cold? >> for louisville and jefferson county it is something we prepare for every year. it is unusually for us to get more than a foot for the entire season. we do not want to compete with boston for snow. relative to us it is problematic. it may be laughable in some parts that we close school at 6 inches, but we have closed public and catholic schools for the next day. our issue is the record cold that's coming. >> how are people dealing with these low temperatures in kentucky, especially in louisville and jefferson county and what concerns do you have? >> if you have an opportunity to see the traffic cameras that might be available, our traffic volume on the interstates is about 5% to 10% of its normal

volume. for the most part, everyone got the message to stay inside if they didn't need to be out. part of that is the 6 to 11 inches of snow we got in this county depending on where you live and then the record cold. >> at least 1400 people are without power in your state. how likely is it that kentucky will see more power outages? >> it is possible. the good news is it is a powdery snow. we don't have to worry about it building up on a lot of lines. we have been monitoring that here in jefferson county. only 100 of those are households. we are prepared should something like that occur for an extended period. we'll have warming centers and we'll work with the red cross to make sure they can get someplace where they can get warm quickly. >> thank you. >> thank you. let's go to new england where the storm is heading.

adam reese is in boston. adam what's it like there this afternoon and where are they putting all of that snow? >> reporter: dorian good afternoon. this is where they're putting all the snow. this is one of five snow farms in boston. you see the mound behind me 100 feet high. the excavators and the backhoes are pushing the snow back to make more room for this evening when 300 trucks are expected filled with snow because the mayor of boston wants all the snow clears as soon as possible because we're having another storm expected tomorrow. 1 to 3 inches. they're doing everything they can. then it is brought into the sewer system. it is treated and then it turns into water. in some ways they are gaining here in boston. >> are there many people out braving the storm or are most people staying at home today? >> reporter: we were in copley square this afternoon.

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senate democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position. it is up to senate democrats to get their act together. >> i'll ask it again. >> chris, one more time. the house has done its job under the constitution. it's time for the senate to do their job. >> here's a little background. the department of homeland security in addition to oversea overseeing counterterror threats also has funding. how does speaker boehner feel about it? apparently, not too bad. >> what if the department of homeland security funding runs out? >> senate democrats should be to blame. the house is active. we have done our job. >> joining me now is hunter

walker and dana millbank. thank you gentlemen for spending your presidents' day with us. hunter what is boehner's end game here? it isn't like the gop is blocking funding for counterterrorism operations. he doesn't think he'll get the blame? >> to be clear on one thing, essential employees at dhs would not be affected by a shutdown. we're not necessarily talking about something catastrophic, but i don't think we're talking about a real shutdown. i think we're watching political theater here. congress is not even coming to work next week. i think he's really making a move to appease his base as we know boehner and some of the other moderates have been challenged by the tea party right. i think he's throwing some red meat to them saying, hey, i fought. >> isn't the irony here that a shutdown of the department of homeland security wouldn't stop the president's executive

actions from going through? it would just make our counterterror security more difficult. >> he's sitting there and blaming senate democrats. the democrats don't control the senate anymore. for anybody who missed the last election. it's not clear they have 51 republican votes for this. you don't know exactly what's going to happen here. this was a time when we thought john boehner would sort of break away from his base because he has a larger majority. we thought more of the problems would be in the senate, but now john boehner is -- the far right seem to have their hooks into him and they're pulling him under. >> here's what mitch mcconnell had to say about the issue last

week. >> we can't go forward in the senate unless you all have heard something i haven't. the next move is in the house. >> boehner isn't just alienating voters. he is alienating members of his own party. >> they were trying to push forward this new american congress brand that wouldn't be dysfunctional. yet here we are again. >> john harwood writes that avoiding homeland security shutdown is rock bottom. is this right? will this hurt republicans in 2016? >> if it goes into a shutdown of course it will. we're not actually going to stop keeping terrorists out of the country. it hardly matters. it is just the symbolism of the shutdown here or cheschestrated by

ted cruz. the eventual nominee will be tarred by it. >> how is this going to play with the candidates on the campaign trail right now? will we hear from them about this issue? >> i'm confident they will try to avoid weighing in as not to antagonize the base. after this happens, if there is a shutdown, they are of course going to be smoked out. >> are we going to hear scott walker or rubio talk about this? >> i don't think they're going to get into a debate they don't have to but we have seen ted cruz want to be the face of

shutdowns this year and last year. i don't get it. it's like he hasn't learned lessons from the past. the 2013 shutdown did not go well with voters. last year he ended up apologizing for taking us to the brink. it doesn't play well. >> i want to play what speaker boehner had to say about another topic and that's his invitation to netanyahu. let's listen in. >> there's no secret here in washington about the animosity this white house has for prime minister netanyahu. i frankly didn't want them getting in the way and quashing what i thought was a real opportunity. >> dana, is boehner deliberate undermining u.s.-iran diplomacy in this case? >> yes.

he's doing it right before the israeli election to give the prime minister a boost. talk about meddling in another country's politics. >> hunter, are we going to see democrats attending prime minister netanyahu's speech? members of the congressional black caucus might not attend. any predictions here? >> we have seen democrats, including charlie wrangle, try to have an option c here where they ask netanyahu to pick another venue and another time. netanyahu has vowed to go forward with this so i do think you're going to see option c democrats jumping ship. >> dana is the new american congress any different than the previous congress? >> it is under new management, but it seems to sell its product

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"fresh off the boat" the first network sitcom to star and asian-american family in 20 years. it is based on the memoir of eddie huang. huang, a producer and narrater on the show, has mixed feelings. a lot of his memoir's complexity was tossed aside to appeal to a whiter audience. cultural culturally, we're in an ice age. we don't have fire. we don't have a wheel. if this can be the first wheel maybe there can be three more. >> eddie, it is great to see you. >> thanks for having me. it is always fun. >> i want to talk about this idea of asians being in a culture ice age. why do you think that is?

>> i feel we have been robbed of representation in america. we don't have it. we are basically invisible people going all the way back to bruce lee. you had to wear a mask. all the people going yellow faced in hollywood we have just been erased from pop culture. >> do you think there's unity in asian-american communities around certain issues? i'm asian-american. i feel like there is not enough of a dialogue intraasian, dialogue about issues that matter. >> the issue is no one would say we're european americans. french english, irish, they're not going to get along. ie tal italians. it is all divided. asian america right now is grouped as this one thing but it is very very different, especially southeast asian to east asian. it is a huge continent. i think we have to continue to

tell our stories and start knocking down the walls one by one by one. >> you have identified culturally with black music and black culture. to a lot of people that's, how is that possible. you felt like an outsider. a lot of black music and culture expresses the outsider view. >> i understood how to navigate my home easily but when i stood outside of the home, how do i navigate the american wilderness? i was left out to dry just like every other asian-american kid grow growing up. black people are probably arguably the most oppressed group in america. when i listened to it, i found a lot of solidarity and common themes.

i related to it. then it started to confuse me more. people would say you're not asian. you're black. that was extremely confusing to hear. >> i am not actually but i have much respect for black culture. to that point, we want everything to be in a certain bucket. all asians should find margaret cho funny. there's something that you wrote about on new york magazine. there are cultural references i feel like in the interest of talking about culture generally we make general reference points. they change a reference at a grave diggers concert to a beastie boys concert. you had a problem with that. >> in real life, my first concert ever was outcast at the house of blues in orlando. it was incredible. i have been to all these shows.

look, i love the beastie boys, but i know why you're choosing them. they are jewish rappers. >> more people have the beastie points as a reference point than grave diggers as a reference point. >> that really upset me. you have to bring it together. >> you have the show on abc. it is one of the first shows that has an asian-american family. it takes about that assimilation process in a nuanced way. there is some convention there, right? >> yeah. >> are we getting towards a more incisive cultural dialogue, or do we stop in first gear on it? >> we had to first get in first gear and get out of this ice age. there's a lot of sugar for the

medicine. the thing that really validates the show and makes it worthwhile is there is medicine. there is a lot of candy. there are suburban white women and really rough and not nuanced jokes against white people. for me the book is not against white people. it is about whiteness. if you go to china and ask tibetans who are the white people, they'll say the chinese. it is okay to be weird. when you force people to accept you and understand you that way it enriches them and they'll come around. >> that is a beautiful way of packaging it. you are still as idiosyncratic

as ever. >> super goofy, yeah. thanks for having me. >> thank you. coming up, it was a big night on "snl" when some familiar faces returned to the stage. >> the adventures of tom sawyer about this person's adventures. >> i don't know nothing about tom sawyer. >> then don't buzz in. >> i'd like to solve the puzzle alex. >> this isn't "wheel of fortune." >> who is andre the giant? >> is that an answer to the question? >> no, i was just wondering who is andre the giant. >> we'll look at how it has featured presidents over 40 years. that's next on "now."

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on this presidents' day we honor the life and legacy of all 44 of our nation's chief executives. for the first 37 their day-to-day exploits weren't subject to weekly ridicule on "saturday night live." it was gerald ford who opened four decades of mocking the commander-in-chief. >> live from new york -- >> gerald r. ford. hello? >> no problem. >> oh, boy. maybe i could use you up on capitol hill. well, it was nice meeting you. >> come on. >> bye bye. back to work. >> here and here and here and here. not going to do it. not going to. >> in all my years of government

service, i never once said that. >> i'm not wearing any underwear. >> i will do this. i will do this. i will do them both together. >> it is official. i'm the president. this is going to be cool. i'm thinking about being a leader. a leader has to make some very tough decisions. that's why i'm going with the which i am chimichangas. >> how much do you think lorne michaels would pay me if i was to run for president in 2016? >> i don't think there is a number too big. >> what if i was to choose donald trump as my running mate? >> sarah, quit teasing us. >> we wanted to showcase some fine moments of our colleague at the weather channel, jim cannery

cantore. when confronted with thundersnow,thundersnow thundersnow -- well, take a look. >> oh yes. oh, yes. we got it, baby. we got it. listen to that. again, again. that's a twofer. that's a twofer baby. yes. yes. again. that's a three -- you got to be kidding me? you've got to be kidding me? >> jim cantore from the weather channel, ladies and gentlemen. that's all for "now." alex is back tomorrow. "the ed show" is up next. good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show" live from new york. let's get to work. tonight international terror has the world on alert.

>> i think we should not restrain the president of the united states. >> the flexibility we need for unforeseen circumstances. >> to restrain him in our authorization of him taking military action eventually leads to 535 commanders in chief. >> it is our troops who bear the costs of our decisions. later the gulf today five years after the spill. >> over the last five years, it's been difficult. >> everything is dead. barnacles, sea grasses all dead. it is not going to come back. >> they lost money, their livelihood, their careers. >> what were you thinking when you saw those pictures on tv? >> right at the well head, i was almost in tears. that's where i lived. plus, the palin effect. >> i can see russia from my house. >> how much do you think lorne michaels would pay me if i were to run in 2016? >>