you have to tell us who you are, where you're from and why you want to play the friday night news dump. there is cheap stuff in our office with your name on it, i swear. ice historic hold sweeping across the country. details on when the deep freeze will end british police asking for help finding three teens heading to syria who may be look to go join isis. the former new york mayor sets off a firestorm. his comments about president obama obama. who is the clown at one police department news conference? no, really, who is this clown?

the siberian express is taking a deadly toll as it continues to push through the central and eastern parts of the country. hypothermia being blamed for at least 20 people. more record lows are expected in the northeast. the situation certainly making driving treacherous. watch this close call a scene of a tractor trailer crash. the truck skidding across the icy median. it almost hits the transportation worker right there. oh, my goodness. >> i couldn't go to the left of course because of the truck. so i stepped to the right. and if you look at the video real closely you'll see me approximate bounce to the right. snow will fly off the front of the truck on the left front corner. that was my pushing off the truck with my right hand. >> he thinks his reflective yellow vest helped save his

life. the driver did try to avoid him when he saw it. in north georgia, the roads were icy as well. sleet and freezing rain made roads safe. then in mississippi, a patch of ice on a highway is being blamed for this tractor trailer that killed two people. the victims were involved in an earlier crash and had come out of their cars when the 18-wheeler hit the same ice and struck them. a 9-year-old boy was injured in that accident. he's hospitalized in stable continue. for more on this freeze let's go to the weather channel's dr. greg postel. more snow is headed for the northeast including boston philly, new york. let's good to the maps and show you what this afternoon's weather is going to look like. parts of new york state and pennsylvania, even the ohio valley getting significant snows. farther to the south of the kentucky and tennessee valleys and the mid atlantic watch out for a little wintry mix. over tennessee and the deep south, rain and thunderstorms

will be the story this afternoon. overnight tonight, snowing in the northern part of new england, new york state and pennsylvania. right along the coast on the i-95 corridor, watch for it to turn over to freezing rain. it could make driving tricky early tomorrow morning. we have everything ending as rain showers. keep in mind cold air will be working its way back from the west. so things may refreeze as the cold air comes in to replace those showers. how much snow is coming in the ohio valley? several inches. the big winner west virginia up to 12 to 18 inches. 8 to 12 interior pennsylvania. right along the coast, the snow amounts will be kept down by the mix over to sleet and freezing rain overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. one to three in boston and new york city as well. perhaps five inches in d.c. alex, back to you. >> dr. greg thank you so much.

the new secretary of defense ashton carter is in afghanistan today. he was sworn in tuesday. u.s. troops withdraw. >> our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. that is why president obama is consider a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghani's security strategy including possible changes to the timeline of our drawdown of u.s. troops. >> jack jacobs joins me from someplace warm. better than we are right now. thank you so much for being here. those last comments my the secretary, how significant are they about a drawdown of u.s. troops? >> i think they're really

serious about it. they keep talking about the possibility of not pulling out everybody by the end of 2015. if they're actually going to make progress against the enemy in afghanistan, we're going to have to continue to keep people there to assist the afghans, to train them to conduct intelligent operations to the gather information. that's going to take a much much longer than the end of this year. so i think it is significant. >> and the lasting success quote by ashton carter interpret that. how does the u.s. deem something to be a lasting success? >> at the end of the day that requires a great deal of fortitude with kabul close relations with the tribes and distin areas. it could only be guaranteed by large numbers of troops. a lot of american troops there for a long period of time. that's not going to happen.

so you will have a secure kabul. but there's always going to be trouble on the outskirts, particularly next to the pakistan border. forget about lasting success. >> okay. let's switch gears to the possible offensive what many are calling an extraordinarily detailed background briefing by u.s. military officials in washington on thursday. i kept reading the "new york times" article. i said wait why am i knowing this in? the assault to mosul from the islamic state. that will require 20,000 to 25,000 iraqi and kurdish troops. they say it will begin in april or may. it is coming straight to reporters. how unusual is it to announce this type of action in advance? >> well in this administration it has become all too usual. it violates one of the major principals of war, the principal of surprise. the only thing i can think of is

it an attempt to demonstrate that something is being done in an era when it appears we can't really affect the outcome. but telegraphing exactly what you're going to do and when you're going to do it unfortunately has become a hallmark of our fight there with the president of the united states saying what the timetable is for withdrawal and so on. very very bad idea. very unprofessional. >> and is this all too politically apiece citizens here? doesn't this potentially i guess negate the ability for the military to do the job they're trying to do? >> well it's not going to keep them from doing the job they're going to do. >> but effectively? >> yes. we have all this equipment and the precision guided munitions. it's okay to tell people what we're going to do but it's unprofessional thing to do.

it makes it much more difficult to get it accomplished. unfortunately i think the principal reason for saying this is to demonstrate in fact we have a strategy. the fact of the matter is we don't have an overall strategy. we just have tactics. >> republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham were quick to criticize the disclosure in a letter to the president. never can we recall when the military knowingly briefed our military plans to our enemies. it will cost the lives of u.s. iraqi, and coalition forces. these two want to know if there was prior approval from the white house to release this information. what do you think? >> well i can't imagine there wasn't approval by the white house. one can argue and probably persuasively that the government directed the pentagon to release this to show we are planning to

do something. there is a huge were political component. it runs counter to everything anybody learned about how you are supposed to plan and conduct operations. like i said very very unprofessional. >> this is a tough question. if the u.s. were to send in ground troops how long would it take to wipe out isis? >> well you're talking about -- i'll go back to something general mcchrystal said some time ago. he said a decade. i think you could say decades. this is not all about just eliminating pockets of isis. you really actually have to control the time. so using munitions firing from the air and trying to knock out individual groups of enemy is one thing. but that won't get you long-term success. it really requires you to be on the ground a long time. >> sobering. thank you very much, colonel jack jacobs. appreciate it.

>> you're welcome. a massive fire at one of the world's tallest apartment buildings in dubai. two buildings nearby were also evacuated. so far no reports of deaths or injuries. ironically this building is called the torch. frigid temperatures are moving to the northeast adding to the misery for syria's refugees. tents collapsing in one camp from the snow. aleppo is already in clashes. the u.n. is taking a cease-fire which is entering its fifth year now a break through to get america's west coast docks back up and running after a slowdown. there are 29 ports from san diego to seattle involved in this deal. >> right now we have about 1,200 containers that are in limbo. >> sit difficult on my family life right now. >> during the slowdown

container ships were blocked from delivering cargo. so back to the dangerous cold. a combination of frigid temperatures. snow and sleet are hitting a large part of the country this weekend. we are live in nashville. i got calls from family. they are none too pleased with this because the city isn't used to dealing with this, despite. >> reporter: that's absolutely right, alex. it has been a miserable 24 hours. i woke up with a hoarse voice. we have seen snow sleet, freezing rain. temperatures are now into the 30s. as you can see, it is a rainy, slushy mess out here. around much of the country this extreme winter weather is far from over. this morning the siberian express is still barreling through much of the country leaving in its wake record-shattering cold. >> the freezing rain stresses me out. >> reporter: and deadly

crashes, including this one in mississippi. in ohio an out of control car slammed into a police cruiser. more than 100 roof collapses in massachusetts. the top of lake erie is frozen. so is the delaware river in philly. coast guard cutters are breaking the ice on the chesapeake bay, as more of it forms on the ohio river. social media catches the icy conditions in alabama. >> my windshield phrase up. >> treacherous travel conditions in tennessee where there have been 18 weather-related deaths including a dialysis patient who died before help could arrive. in a job where seconds count. >> that's what we're dealing with. >> many first responders are on ice. in friday actual temperatures not windchills, in 21 states plummeted to double digits below zero.

lexington, negative 18 degrees. cleveland, minus 17. flint, michigan 25 below. >> people are sliding everywhere. >> reporter: another round of ice, snow or freezing lane today from missouri to the mid atlantic and deep into the south. >> let's go back to summertime. i hate cold weather. not built for it. >> even in miami tied a record low of 42 degrees. here in nashville, as if all this wasn't bad enough local officials are are preparing for flooding. alex, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez, go take care of that sore throat. i can hear. it could blow $5 billion of a chill. air travelers paid out $993 million in extra costs due to cancellations. new england car sales plummeted 33%. and $2 billion on ice and snow

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down. >> does he love america? i don't know. in his open way. when i listen to his language i hear language of a man who is never talking about the greatness of america. he is not a cheerleader for america. he's a critic. it's as if he were a movie critic as opposed to the guy acting in the movie. >> kristen welker is following this story from the white house. with a good morning to you, kristen, what else did mr. giuliani say? >> reporter: he remains defiant this weekend. last night on fox news he accused the president of criticizing the country instead of touting its greatness. giuliani has been criticized himself by democrats and a number of republicans who say they are disrespectful to the president. giuliani says he has absolutely no reason to apologize. well, the white house lobbed a sharp attack of its own against

the man once known as america's mayor. take a listen. >> it is sad to see when somebody has a tanned certain stature and even admiration tarnishes the legacy so thoroughly. i don't take any joy, vindication or satisfaction from that. i think really the only thing that i feel is i feel sorry rudy giuliani today >> reporter: he feels sorry for rudy giuliani but not directlieny en engaging. he suppressed his love of country including remarks he made at the dnc on friday. alex it is worth noting that the hashtag obama loves the white house was tweeted out 54,000 times in a 24-hour period. as you can imagine, a lot of folks weighing in from the right

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but the clown in particular, kind of kept it alive. >> well police say that a phone tip led them to louie the clown's location. >> in today's three big money headlines, big boost, payback time and just for kids. the author of a new book offers a 12-step plan for getting your financial life together. let's start with this big boost in the retail world. you have walmart's minimum wage hike. >> $1.75. over 40% of its workforce. up to $10 by february of next year. this is a big trend we have been seeing across retail. ikea did it. gap did it. now walmart is doing it. this is going to have a major effect on the economy because of walmart's sheer side. they will have more money in their pockets, pumping more

money into the economy. 5,000 employees will have more money to spend. that's what we really like to see going into the economy. >> absolutely. more with walmart. toeupt get reaction from a couple of walmart employees on all of this. take a listen. >> i think it means a lot just to be noticed that they are noticing they do acknowledge the associates and how hard they are working. i think it's great. people cannot just worry about making ends meet. they can actually have a little bit of their money. >> it's a nice incentive to stay with the company and go farther with the company. >> it can actually help walmart. >> when employees are paid better they are happier. they take more care when it comes to customer service. that means great things for walmart's numbers. in the last couple of years, walmart has been struggling. this is a good shot in the arm for the company. a lot of employees who work there shop there as well.

presumably they will be spending a lot more. >> what about pay back there. >> just a refresher, back in 2008, the government bailed out fannie mae and freddie mac. now 9 the government is getting $2 billion, a nice fatty check. what was perceived for a long time as a last ditch effort to save the economy by writing this big check is now seen as quite a hand some investment with a whopping $41 billion return. however, i should note there is some weakness in fannie and freddie. they could merit another bailout. so there is a lot of pressure now overall to reform it. >> youtube, something with children is coming out. >> yeah. youtube for kids. it is coming out just for kids. we can watch it too. it is coming out with channels

like sesame street mother goose tube the, national geographic television. looks like fun. parents have long asked for something like this that was clean, easy to use, easy enough for kids who can't even read yet to use. just good, clean family fun. it's only available on android, which makes sense because they own youtube. they are keeping it in the family. >> sounds like a win-win. thank you so much, my cole. good to see you good to see you. coping with the cold in ohio ohio. i'll be in los angeles with a preview of the academy awards with a closeup look at best picture. that's tomorrow at noon eastern.

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being used to join the fight for isis. three british school girls are believed to be heading to syria to join isis officials. the girls were seen on surveillance video preparing to board a flight to turkey. joining me now is amon. >> british police are asking for the public's help to look for the three british teens they believe are on their way to syria. why did the girls disappear? more importantly, is it happening here in the u.s.? one by one they all walked through security at london's airport. without telling their families flew to turkey. the three teenage girls officials believe are heading to syria, possibly even to join isis isis. >> these three families had no idea the intentions of their daughters that they would be traveling to turkey and they intended to go to syria.

>> the girls have been missing since tuesday. just days before they disappeared, a cryptic message on the twitter account to a female isis member a known recruiter asking for a private conversation. isis is increasingly trying to lure young western teens, including right here in the u.s. and it's happening onthe line. >> the internet is a double-edged sword. it is one isis uses effectively to recruit kids. >> using slick propaganda messages in english and social media to attract young teens to syria. it's a challenge for officials here in the u.s. to track. >> every single teenager has a smartphone or has access to the internet. the parents have no idea what they're doing many times. >> last year alone, five american teens were caught as they traveled abroad to syria. isis recruiters experts say,

are preying on the youth by promising them a sense of purpose and meaning. now, officials say to counter 245 narrative one of the most important tools are parents and community leaders. they have to engage with teens, find out what they're doing online what they're watching and reading to try and prevent them from being lured by isis. alex? >> absolutely important but hard to do. thank you so much for that. well this week the white house gathered foreign ministers, law enforcement officials and muslim leaders on a summit or countering violent extremism. a debate over the true nature of isis. muslim extremists or just extremists. >> obviously there is a complicated history between the middle east the west, and none of us i think should be immune from criticism in terms of specific policies. but the notion that the west is

at war with islam is an ugly lie. and all of us regardless of our faith, have a responsibility to reject it. >> joining me now is the president of the muslim public affairs council who attended that white house conference. with a welcome to you, sir. >> thank you. >> while it is certainly correct to say the u.s. is not at war with islam as a whole, why is this note a war against islamist extremists? >> well, it's important not to give isis, boko haram, in any other group legitimacy. so we have to take islam back to the community, back to the mainstream, back to the moderates. we should describe those as islamic whereas isis al qaeda, bow he cothat ram are cults of deaths and we have to expose

them. >> here's what he writes. "the reality is the islamic state is islamic, very islamic. it was drawn from the disaffected positions of the middle east and europe. but the religion preached drives from coherency and learned interpretation office islam. muslims can reject the islamic state. but pretending it isn't a religious group has already led the united states to understatement and back foolish schemes to counter it. so is this a case of following ancient religion too much. or is this the devil citing strip sures for his purposes. >> it's the latter. you can have the kkk citing christian scripture and claiming it represents christianity or a racist settler that looks at

palestinians as cockroaches and provides a racist ideology towards palestinians and claiming they are representing true judaism. so you find that mentality in every religion. so does isis want to claim islam and cite islamic scripture? of course. we in the community have not been afforded the platform to counter them. the white house provided that platform. it is so important we went to the white house to serve america and with a purpose of saving lives. and i believe religion is really meant to denied freedom and to preserve human dignity. so that's why we have to say islam and muslims represent mercy and justice and isis represents cruelty and barbaric

behavior. >> isis is the ones who decide who is a true muslim. will that backfire for u.s. leaders to engage in that same business? >> no. the u.s. should not be in the business of ideology. this is why we have the white house summit. it is to take away the responsibility from the military and law enforcement on ideology and theology and empower the community to engage in this battle. so we're engaging as a community in the battle of ideas, the battle for the soul of islam. it is a civil war in terms of eye dee theology in the muslim world. you pointed out you have people who died who is and month is not a muslim. which by the way is outside what classical islamic law can actually allow. so this is clear to muslims.

but we have not had that platform in the past. and i think the white house summit was historic in terms of bringing more communities into this discussion, into this discourse. because if we can take away the legitimacy from isis i believe we can save lives. >> president obama's academic approach to a visceral problem. here's what he said. obamast reaching a point where he may have to ditch this almost scholastic position. he sounds like a distinguish theed professor in the ivory tower. he may have to come down to the hurley buehrly of politics. does this focus on terminology matter when the death and depravity escalates each day? ? well, again, i think that professor is correct in the conclusion but incorrect in the premise. isis al qaeda want this to be a

war between religions, between islam and the west. so if we start engaging in describe whag they are doing as islamic, we fall into the trap that this is a war against islam. and if we want to take away the legitimacy we should not use any religious labels. by the way, the bush administration adopted the same strategy. this strategy was actually brought up by the department of homeland security under the bush anyone administration. it is an obama strategy uniquely. it is something that law enforcement understands. both law enforcement and the military tell us they know they can't outwin with just miss euplseuplmissiles and recruitment. >> i know they are trying to do something in the state of minnesota. >> well also that's why we went

to the white house summit. we represent said los angeles where we have a model called safe spaces. safe spaces is about prevention and intervention for communities. in the case of tsarnaev in boston he was kicked out of the mosque. in safe spaces we should engage them. prevention is about understanding the theology of life will prevail over the cult of death. intervention means we fry to rehabilitate people who are troubled. we bring in peer counselors religious counselors rather than kicking them out of the mosque that allows them to be lured by groups like isis or al qaeda. if they engage in criminal activity we pauper with law enforcement and let them deal with that situation.

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denouncing the comments. the paper writes on two occasions in recent days he proved himself incapable of saying potential truth first that evolution is real and second that an honorable politician criticizes his polls, opponents, not his patriotism. with a welcome to you, ed. this has certainly turned into a political firestorm. they are trying to distance themselves from giuliani's comments. senator marco rubio told a florida tv station, i'll suffice it to say, i believe the president loves america. i think his ideas are bad. and then a spokeswoman for jeb bush saying he does question his disastrous policies. here's what walker told cnbc earlier this week. >> the mayor can speak for himself. i'm not going to comment on what the president thinks or not.

he can speak for himself. >> did you agree with the comments? were you offended by the comments? what was your reaction when you heard them? >> i'm in new york. i'm used to people saying things. >> look, i get it not want to go wade into waters that might be trouble. is he hurting himself by not comment something. >> comparing what walker has done or not done and what senator rubio said or not said it gives a accepts that somebody who isn't as accustomed to the national spotlight, national scrutiny to others who know they agree a little bit with what he is trying to say but publicly they are supposed to try to distance themselves from that. a lot of people have said, hold on a second. to say they don't love their country is perhaps a bridge too far. it is odd. look louisiana governor bobby jindal said don't ask me to

separate myself from his comments because i get what the mayor is trying to to say as well. walker is sitting in a room with lots of people with whom he hopes to raise money he doesn't want to upset his guests who is eager to recruit to his efforts. what senator bush and senator rubio did is you should see republicans doing this week or you think they would be doing. but rubio was smart. he added, look you don't see democrats being asked all the time whether they distance themselves from the comments of vice president biden. why are you asking us republicans that say something a little bit politically incorrect. at the same time he separated himself from what the mayor said. if you ask most americans they say that's probably a good idea. >> i'm sure you saw the piece in the "new york times" in which

they write rudy giuliani made these comments before. and on february 13 he told an iranian group in arizona that mr. obama was not a man who loves his people. in an online video mr. giuliani shouts mr. president, wake up. come off the golf course. what's in it for rudy giuliani. >> the fact that we're talk building him, frankly. it increases his bookings on television. we're writing about him. we keep his name in the news. there's a class of people in either party who live off the fact that we're talking about them. whether it's donald trump, the former mayor of new york whether it's -- all sorts of other people. their livelihood depends on the relevancy on seeing their name in the news. that's a big part of it. it's on us to decide whether or not it's worth talking about.

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so it's hard to imagine now with the cold but in a few short months we're all going to be talking about our plans for the summer maybe heading to a beach and soaking up some rays. researchers say all that sunlight can continue to hurt your skin even in the dark. joining us dr. natalie aczar with a welcome to you. you get out of the sun and that's not enough? >> it's not enough no. we've known for a long time that the sun can damage dna in the skin cells. that's how we get sun damage et cetera. but what was interesting is that they found that even after you get out of the sunlight the damage continues for a number of hours. and it was -- you know what i like about this study is that they looked at it from physiological point of view chemical point of view. they really understand the skin cells. i think that the researchers who

look into this are quite fascinated by it in the sense that we're going to recommend spf before we go in the sun. maybe there's another cream that they're suggesting we're going to apply when you get out of the sun to help reverse some of that damage that persists for a number of hours. so that's what makes it kind of unique. it's not just the idea that -- we all know you can go in the sun and three hours later you have a burn. you wonder why that happens. they're explaining it. it's kind of a neeltat study. >> it's common sense. you bake cookies, you get them out of the oven you have this get them off that hot tray. >> they were looking at a specific cell which normally melanin protects you from those damaging rays. and they found actually that was kind of the cell in question. from a basic science point of view, it was a very you know interesting outcome or interesting finding. that's why it was published in "science" magazine. >> but thinking something would actually be able to applied after the fact would it reverse the damage they think?

>> exactly. it's basically the idea here is that it's really affecting the dna structure itself. so if they can unaffect that dna problem that potentially we could prevent some of the damage. it could be groundbreaking. >> what about the study about obesity, that it's a chronic disease, that as much as you diet and exercise that may not be the fix-all. >> i know. and this isn't going to come as news to people who try so hard with diet and exercise and still can't lose weight. i think the message is that for a certain subset of people based on their biological diet and exercise might not be enough. that is, you know surgery, weight-loss surgery, lap band et cetera. certainly indicated in a lot of people. and also using the dietary medicines to help lose weight could be very effective. and again, it's not going to sound -- maybe it doesn't sound all that newsworthy but i think the important message here is that with this yo-yo dieting that we see, that people lose weight the metabolism shows

down, this is protective from an evolutionary point of view. but what happens when you start going back to regular food your body overcompensates. and that's why people are, you know, gain all the weight back and sometimes twice as much. so i think it's a message to those people who have had chronic issues with obesity. you're not alone. medicine and surgery might be indicated in more people than we think. >> okay. we touched on this a bit last weekend about this study on diets and how eggs are not the evil that they used to be. >> yes. >> and i'm just so pleased. look at all the coffee i drink. so much coffee. that's not a bad thing. >> i know. >> not necessarily. >> not necessarily. a few kauf yachtcaveats. one, this is the first year they've made a recommendation intake, which i like. there's a very large body of evidence and literature to suggest that caffeine can be healthy for you and promote cardiovascular health maybe prevent diabetes. so we know that's true. there's very little to suggest that coffee's bad for you. so the recommendation has been -- is roughly three to five

cups a day. but as we were saying before three to five cups may not mean five large cups. roughly 400 milligrams a day is the recommended amount. >> she smiles at me with my huge cup of espresso. >> it is. >> thank you very much dr. natalie azar. that's a wrap of this hour. be sure to join me for a two-hour edition of the show at noon eastern. for more, "up with steve kornacki." and help on experian.com. so how are we going to sweeten this deal? floor mats... clear coats... >>you're getting warmer... leather seats... >>and this... my wife bought me that. get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions.

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