they're going to take that vote on loretta lynch and nobody knows what is going to happen with that vote. total chaos. that does it for us tonight. good morning, right now on first look isis and america, arrests made. president obama gets tough with congress. >> instead of trying to hold hostage for the department on of homeland security which is so important for our national security fund that and let's get on with actually passing immigration reform. >> and back to winter's wrath with more southern snow, from texas to atlantic ocean and up through r.a. have a, and a massive pile up involving over 75 vehicles. and this, what could be the perfect coffee cup, one you can eat. a big warning for soda drinkers

and it's what happened after this homeless man lent a helping hand has everyone talking. >> a frightening new warning. >> i have home grown extremist investigations in every state. investigations of people in various stages of radicalizing it's not a new york thing or a w with a phenom non, it's all 50 states in ways that are very hard to see. >> now this warning comes as three suspected isis wanna-bes were arrested on u.s. soil. >> at new york's kennedy airport, a brooklyn man was arrested, as he was going to syria. he was accused of plotting with

another man to get to the syria through turkey. if the men could not get there, they talked of staging attacks here. program planting a bomb at coney island or trying to kill president obama or the police. >> it was made clear based on their own statements that if they were not ably to go that they would seek to acquire weapons here handguns and machine guns and seek to attack very specifically police officers. >> the fbi said that a the case began last august when juraboev was asking if he could strike obama to strike fear in the hearts of infadels he kept on planning after being questioned in august. he e-mailed a isis supporter overseas about his parents. saying i need to sneak out of here with extreme caution without being noticed by them.

he was under investigation and was meeting with someone he did not know was undercover. prosecutors say, a third man, habibov helped them raise money. >> those people exist in over state. >> that was justice correspondent pete williams reporting t terror arrests come in a crucial time lawmakers have just one day to figure out thousand fund homeland security. tracy pott is live in washington. the senate could vote today and this is what the house is waiting for? >> yes, and then does the house vote on the same plan that does not deal with immigration? that's the key issue. will they get it done with the same plan by midnight tomorrow night and get it on the president's desk. it's not clear they have a

solution to prevent 200,000 people from working without pay in home had land security. and it's about money to keep the country safe and that's what we heard from the police commissioner tan arrests that pete was just talking about. >> with all that is going on in washington at the moment the debate about the withholding of funding for homeland security. this is not the time to engage in activities that would threaten our counterterrorism capabilities and effectively to hold our counterterrorism agencies hostage to the political machinations. >> immigration is still a big issue and in fact, president talked about it in a telemundo forum saying that he will push for morrowe for more reforms. >> tracy, thank you so much.

as large parts of the eastern seaboard are encased in ice this morning we have massive pile up to show you. up in maine on i-95 they were shocked last year no deaths. it involved first 25 cars and that tripled as things got out of control. some approaching cars crashed in to each other and others veered off the road avoid collisions. 17 people went to the hospital and 50 vehicles had to be toewed away. president obama is defending his immigration policy. he had this message for republican leaders trying to undo his executive actions. >> if mr. mcconnell, the leader of the senate and the speaker of the house john boehner, want to have a vote on whether what i'm sdog is legal or not, they

can have that vote. i will veto that vote because i'm confident what we are doing is the right thing to do. >> at one point president obama challenged 2016 front-runner jeb bush could do more to help pass immigration reform. >> i appreciate mr. bush being concerned about immigration reform. i would suggest that what he do is talk to the speaker of the house and the members of his party because the fact of the matter is that that even after we pass bipartisan legislation in the senate i gave the republicans a year and a half a year and a half to just call the bill, we this votes. they wouldn't do it. >> now the rmc tweeted, obama was against his immigration action before he was for it and said at least 25 times he didn't have the authority. six minutes past the hour etc. let's get down business right

now, good morning. >> hey, betty, good morning to you. united airlines is warning the pilots on concentrating on safety procedures. they sited for safety events last who, including one incident have a pilot had to have a pull maneuver to avoid a crash. an edible cup for coffee. kfc is calling the new creation the scoffee cup and stock markets are searching for a new high. the nasdaq coming close to the 5,000 mark. a level it has not reached since the dotcom of 2000. betty, back to you. >> looking forward to that. the latest with the ladies on the screen this morning. from my friend, good morning to you. >> hi, betty, good morning to you. let's start with sports and fourth ranked avoids an upset in

overtime. okafor scored a career best 30 points adding four in ot to lead his team to a win over virginia tech. top ranked kentucky is 28-0 following a 74-56 run on mississippi state. it's the second longest winning streak in the school's history, trailing only a 32 game run that stretched from 1953 to 1955. so it's been a while. they are owed one. tempers flare on the ice here on division rivalry night. midway through the first period. watch this. this braks out on between the penguins and capitals that ends up in the pittsburgh bench and settles they all cool down and the penguins go on to win to avoid a season sweep. a couple of nfl veterans are getting the boot. the lions have released reggie bush and the packers cut a.j. hawk after nine years and check it out. it's the new sports illustrated cover featuring all-star slugger

stanton, that miami jersey looks great. right? but you know how he put it on a paint brush. >> really? it's paint? >> yes. even the orange sleeve is painted on as welch he is the first body painted cover for the mag who recently signed a 13 year $325 million deal that is the richest deal in u.s. sports history of course with that kind of money, you can buy all kind of sures. he can afford it. >> all right, thank you. washington, d.c. goes to pot, and it's just what people there wanted. plus facebook is doing something so bold that it may actually safe lives. a new study that anyone who drinks soda will want to hear this.

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12 minutes past the hour look at this doggy cam, you may be tired of winter but not this little fella from alabama, he is

enjoying the cold actually, this is a she, lulu. she got to play after several inches fell in her hometown and some of the students had a little fun on their snow day. a group filming themselves actually actually jumping in to a pool and posting the video on twitter. how cold is that water? >> upper 40s and low 50s. >> that all? >> it not like the polar bear plunge. you know, for the south, it's pretty good though. but the south, the snow was inhistoric event. mississippi, eight inches of snow, most you have seen. it's a generational snow storm. and hunts ville, alabama had 11 inches. thousand now the jackpot is along the north carolina virginia border richmond has quarter mile visibility and heavy snow. many kids and teachers will be off from school for washington, d.c., down through areas of rich

mopped north carolina and including the norfolk areas. as we time it out, it's moving quickly. by noon all the snow is over in the mid at lantic and as far as the forecast will go today, it's a very cold dampt only a high of 15 in chicago, betty we cannot catch a break and the nextarctic blast will be on its way. >> the washington, d.c. has officially gone pot. it is now legal to smoke, share and grow small amounts of marijuana but it's not for sale. still the battle between a top republican and d.c.'s mayor is far from over. the chairs the house oversight committee and said it's illegal. three years today, trevon martin was shot and killed by

george zimmerman on his way home from a convenience store. it comes two days after the justice department announced that it would not be filing civil rights charges against george zimmerman, citing insufficient evidence. his parents had this reaction to the decision. >> it disappointed us greatly but it did not surprise us at all. >> of course we were devastated by the decision thoughity to charge the murder of our son. i think that our push now is going to be that much more harder. we are going to go out and try to educate our communities, our young kids. the youngered a you wills s ed aed a -- younger adults. >> zimmerman was found not guilty and zimmerman said he acted in self defense. >> stop! you are hurting me! you are hurting me!

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>> 19 minutes past the hour. he is the republican infamous for his anti-abortion words on rain. but could todd akin make another run for the senate? he said that the female body could shut down after "legitimate rape," now he is considering a challenge for roy blunt in missouri. jeb bush who is considering a 2016 presidential run appeared yesterday on the radio show. he was asked if elected would he be overly cautious about using force to avoid a third bush war? here is part of his response. >> i would not be conflicted by any legacy issues of my family. i actually hugh act quite comfortable being george bush's

son and george bush's brother. >> nba star steph curry's efforts to combat malaria earned him a trip to the white house and looks like two of his fans got a meet and greet. look at this. sonny and bo obama, took aliking to him. those are the two presidential pups and donald trump is serious about a 2016 gig. he told the post he is more serious than ever about a white house run, even saying, "i'm not doing it for enjoy many i'm doing this because the country is in serious trouble." how much do you pay for rob ford's old clothes. the former toronto mayor now city council member is auctioning stuff e bay. a football jersey pants and a tie that has a bid of over $2,000 canadian dollars. and beyonce celebrated the five

year anniversary of michelle obama's let's campaign. and that is your morning dish of scramble politics. coming up on 22 minutes past the hour and i'm joined by jane tim twice in a week boy, we are lucky, aren't we? >> yeah. ha for having me. >> good to have you today, c-pac starts today, what does it mean for the gop and 2016 specifically? >> it's the largest gathering of conservatives every year. so this is where we start to see 2016 contenders pitch themselves to the base. every political heavyweight on the right is watching c-pac, so this is where we start to see the people who are, you know maybe looking good in the polls right now, starting to pull ahead and win some of the votes with these primary voters who are attending today. >> all right, so as they start to take to the mic today, which speakers should we be watching? >> we have a half dozen republicans speaking today.

everyone from scott walker to bobby jindal sarah palin and ted cruz later today we will see newt gingrich and donald trump, it runs the gammot here. i'm interesting in seeing scott walker. he looks good the on polls and i would like to see how he appeals to the base and the reception he gets and i'm interests in dr. ben carson. he is the wild card. looking good in the polls and trailing scott walker in one that i saw earlier this week and he is definitely important here. he is the only sort of black man running for office or can considering to run for office rather in this race. so, i think i'm particularly interested in him. i will head over after this and go watch him speak early this morning and we are running a to story on him later if you want to hear more about him. >> we will be watching for that. in the meantime, president obama

participated in a town hall last night and had a message for former florida governor jeb bush saying "i appreciate mr. bush being concerned about i am grigz immigration reform what i appreciate him doing is speak to the members of his party and the member of the house. that is fighting word. do you think we will see a response to that during the speeches in cpac? >> we really might, this is sort of the right environment for someone like jeb bush to appeal to the far right. he needs to proof his conservative credentials. he is seen as a more moderate candidate looking at the 2016 bid. we may see him lash out and say, you know what? this is how i see it and i maybe think we need to change the immigration system but i don't see it the way you see it. which is crucial to get in the door at cpac. >> thank you for joining us, jane, we appreciate it and good

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>> from koaa in colorado on springs. he spent three hours helping drivers push the stuck cars out of the snow. the good deed went viral, some donated food and someone offered him a job and another person created this go fund me page after she heard about his good deed $4600 has already been raised. all right. good for him. well madonna was performing when she appeared to stumble on the cape she was wearing. one of the back up dancers tried

to pull off the cape and ended up knocking her over. fortunately the pop diva recovered and finished her set like a pro. do stay tuned, because more is ahead, "way too early" starts right now. more news out of washington congress has until friday to prevent the shutdown of the department of homeland security which of course runs the tsa, it's generating a bunch of different reactions from hearns. 10% said that congress needs to work together to solve the crisis. and 7% said obama needs to step in and fix the problem. while the remaining 83% said if the shot down happens can i bring shampoo on the plane again, that is all i care about. welcome to "way too early," we begin with a troubling warning here at home as united states tries to track down members and supporters of the islamic state.

the agencies investigating suspected isis in all of the 50 states. that comes as three new york city men are in federal custody for allegedly conspireing to support the group and suggesting that they would shoot barack obama. we have the latest with pete williams. >> prosecutors say this is a part of an alarming trend, people in the u.s. that are radicalized by social media and are willing to join with isis fighters over seas or to the stay here and commit acts of jihad. at new york's kennedy airport, agents arrested a brooklyn man that was headed overseas to join isis fighters. authorities say if the henmen could not get there, they were talking about staging attacks, p