e back next week because if it's sunday it's meet the press. >> good morning right now on first lack march is in like a lion with more than 63% of the continental u.s. covered in snow. isis issued a major threat to twitter's corporate bosses. a controversial police involved shooting in los angeles is gaining attention this morning, plus benjamin netanyahu is in america for his speech and speaking of controversy, saturday night live's sketch using isis has social media buzzing. thanks for waking up with us. just keep telling yourself spring starts soon but winter doesn't seem like it wants to let go. it could be a tough commute this

morning. nearly two-thirds of the continental u.s. is blanketed by snow. this is what it's like in indianapolis. >> i've got the car stuck now. now we can't get up the driveway. >> in boston it is official. february was the city's snowiest on record. they are just 6 inches shy of the snowiest year ever. a youth hockey team and their fans are sink. the ice rink was evacuated minutes before the roof collapsed under heavy snow. >> i immediately started screaming to get off the ice. i just knew there wasn't a natural sound. >> it's not just the northeast. an albuquerque,nyny got almost more than 10 inches in three days. that's usually what they get in a year. in dallas it's ice that's wreaking havoc. more than 5,000 flights were cancelled. bill karins will have your

monday forecast coming up. heightened security in washington as benjamin netanyahu arrives. he will give a speech before a pac where he'll warn of a possible nuclear deal with iran. tomorrow he'll speak before congress. his arrival comes amid increased tension between netanyahu and the white house. part of that is because boehner invited netanyahu to speak without permission from the white house. what are you hearing now that this day as come? >> reporter: we're hearing more than two dozen of them may not attend the speech today in protest on the way this happened. john kerry is trying to down play that but also perhaps because of what he's expected to say. criticism of the u.s. trying to work with iran on its nuclear program israel has long said and netanyahu has long said

there is no negotiation here that their program needs to be dismanltsed and that we should be looking at stepping up sanctions against iran not relaxing them so a big divide between u.s. policy and what he's expected to say both to a pac today and to congress tomorrow. what do the american people think about there? >> 48 people say they have concerns about the fact he was invited without getting the white house involved. still he's got about a 30% approval rating among the public. >> thank you so much. in the meantime could isis's next target be twitter? they've allegedly threatened the co-founder for shutting down isis related accounts. that is according to buzz feed. a post addressing him on a different site says your virtually wall war on us will cause a real war on you. late last night in a statement twitter said our security team

is investigating the ver rasty of these threats with relevant law enforcement officials. >> one person is dead after a dramatic police shooting on skid row in downtown los angeles. according to the l.a. times it was captured on camera and posted to facebook. police were responding to a reported rob by at the time of the shooting. the suspect was shot after struggling to grab an officer's service weapon while they were trying to detain them. on the video they were shown trying to use a taser. shortly after a an officer can be held something to the effect of drop the gun before shots are fired. >> they wrestled him down to the ground. they took him down again. then they beat him while he was on the ground. i knew i heard one shot. and i seen three more shots getting fired at the guy who was laying on the ground. >> lapd is reviewing the video recorded by the bystander as

well as police body camera footage. in moscow the search is on for the gunman who murdered one of the fiercest opponents of putin. on saturday thousands marched near the kremlin walls just yards from where he was killed on friday. mourners held his pictures and signs saying we are not afraid. many carried flags as a gesture to show they are patriots adds well. the event had been organized by nemtsov before his death as a march for peace. they pledged to award $50,000 about his death. people are debunking theories that someone was killed by someone within the opposition to make him a martyr. >> he was skilled because of his political activities because of

his anti-corruption investigations, and he was killed because he was net solve. >> nemtsov will be laid to rest tomorrow. >> an australian man he is lucky to be alive after a scary moment during a sky diving attempt. peter alexander explains. >> reporter: everything was going according to plan until about 9,000 feet. that's when he says he suffered a seizure and lost control. take a listen to the wind whipping by. the man says he spent the next 30 seconds unconscious in free fall until his jump master noticed something was wrong. the other sky diver was able to grab hoeltd of the man and pull his rip cord. he became conscious again. at 3,000 feet. amazingly both men landed safely. >> good thing he was safe once he got to the ground. technicals overtime kicks.

the cavs rockets games had it all. a scrap after a charge called. both players received technicals. the tension continues to build. later in the quarter while going after a loose ball rockets james harden kicks james in the groin. tempers, they flair. harden is given a flagrant foul. overtime and james is fouled. he'll go to the line. down by one and a chance to give the cavs the lead and maybe even possibly the win. both shots, though are no good. the rockets hold on for the 105-104 victory. after the loss lebron posted this curious tweet saying way to trick it off today. no one really knows what it means. we've tried checking. not sure. the rocket's post game tweet. the phrase king james with the photo of james harden captioned long live the new king.

and at the staple center saturday night. a fight on the main ticket. if you blinked you would have missed the victory in just 14 seconds. that's all it took tieing for the fastest submission in ufc history and the fastest win in a ufc title fight ncht she was not messing around. february was a record month for stocks but the big focus this week is going to be on the nasdaq. it came within 11 points of touching the 5,000 mark. investors will be watching to see if levels that haven't been seen since the height of the tech bubble. futures are pointing to a positive open. it seeps warn buffett has a plan for his company. he's writing the company he found has found his successor.

he did not say the name although someone spoke of two possible people in a different letter. >> today domino's pizza rolls out consumers to order a pizza on their watch. just down load the app and watch your pizza go from your wrist to your front door. interesting technology taking place there. >> i like that. that would be pretty please. thank you. new this morning isis militants under attack in a crete from iraqi forces. plus william shatner answers the criticism for not attending leonard nimoy's funeral. >> i hope the snow and ice is done. details coming up. you're watching first lock on nsnbc.

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. >> it's march. let's start with the good news

first. yesterday was miserable enough but today is going to be a decent day and besides the scraping and shoveling, that afternoon the pavement will be clear and it'll be all melted as we're going to get into 30s into march. it's the nice day for the areas hit hard yesterday. the next storm is here and moving through arizona enutah. the mountains are going to get a lot of snow. the problems are mostly going to be into the northern plains. already blizzard watches in omaha omaha. this blue is snow on here and maybe some icing storm morning in areas of illinois and iowa. the forecast for snow nothing block buster out of this as we go through tuesday night. mostly great lakes in the northeast. as the cold air moves in a wave drops. we could see more snow possible in areas like memphis. we're talking snow possibly in

tennessee, kentucky and back up into the northeast thursday. >> not done in miami, though. still looking quite good. >> that's why people go to florida in march. >> why do you think sping break is in florida. >> a security official tells nbc isis locations have been attacked in tikrit. it's part of an offensive to take back saddam hussein's hometown from isis. texas nurse nina faum who the first person to contract ebola in the u.s. is planning to sue the hospital where she worked in the in an interview she says she was not properly trained to deal with the outbreak. her attorney alleges that texas health dallas used her her publicity pumps. >> the hospital says she served texas and we continue to support and wish the best for her and we

remain optimistic that constructive dialogue can resolve this matter. >> william shatner is fending off critics for not being able to attend leonard nimoy's funeral. he was attending a charity event and couldn't flay back on time for the event. i feel awful. here i am doing charity work and one of my deerest friends is getting buried. he was tall, len can i and sometimes a bit too serious. saturday night live has attracted tom controversy over the weekend. they did a takeoff on a toyota add. it takes a turn when we see what she's really doing. take a look. it looks like your ride's here. you be careful.

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fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? sproipz. let's start with this. could we know hillary clinton's intentions. sources tell us she has a packed public calendar for march featuring 7 appearances but they suddenly end by april 1st. and clinton and her advisories are in talks with donors already. >> kevin mccarthy says it's time to eliminate the filibuster. he talked about going nuclear on a bill that would stop the white house from carrying out the executive actions on immigration. >> i don't think going nuclear when you have 57% of the senate

voted for the colin's amendment that would take away the president's action. that's not nuclear when 37% says it's wrong. that's not in the constitution. i think they should change the rule. >> it's been a tough fight on dhs funding. on face the nation john boehner had to answer a pretty straightforward question. >> do you like your job? >> most days. friday wasn't all that fun but most days. >> why wasn't friday fun? >> it was messy and i'm not into messy. >> as for a path for citizenship, scott walker says he was for it before he was against it. he told fox news his view has changed. he now opposes a path after talking to governors and people across america. >> and from the atlantic house of cards season three pirated which china top country for down loaders. a report says it was pirated

about 6 80,000 times only a day after its release. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. i'm joined now by msnbc reporter jane tim. >> good to be here. >> a lot of talk already on netanyahu's speech but it seems like all this controversy surrounding the visit might overshadow what he has the say. >> the whole thing is about politics. it's the gop versus the white house. the gop invited netanyahu without letting the white house know. there's nothing about this visit that isn't politics here. >> do you think it's going to lead to instead of lobbying lawmakers to support his position on iraq that's what he's coming here to talk about, instead it seems a lot of lobbying is trying to get lawmakers to attend the speech. >> it's put people in a pickle. dpop gop is saying we want him to come and the white house has said this is not, it's against

protocol. it's not proper here. netanyahu is up for election so it puts them in a pickle. they're trying not to weigh into another nation's democratic process. democrats are saying where do i even show up here? >> a lot of them are saying i'm not going to show up. and john kerri cites the whole thing and he's overseas. >> president obama has refused to meet the prime minister. could all that controversy over this visit how it came to pass could that hurt netanyahu in the polls? >> i think this is crucial for his election. he's using this as a really big part of his campaign and it's the politics here actually are pale in comparison to the politics in israel. two weeks until election. he's saying i'm fighting obama. i'm taking on obama on this big

issue. his opponent is saying this trip is a mistake. it's where the voters in israel come down on this issue. it's a huge part of it. >> the u.s. is going to be a supporter of israel but if you can't get democratic lawmakers and other lawmakers to this speech, it doesn't look that great on him. and if he's using this to rally support, it doesn't seem like a good game plan. do you think? >> his opponent says you're speaking to the choir in congress. these are people who have made up their minds and they're going to vote against a deal in iran. he's trying to say that he's really taking on the president and standing up strong to him against a deal he doesn't like. it's very unpopular in many of iran's arab opponent's particularly israel of course so it's he's trying to come out strong but i think it's the optics may not be good if there are a lot of empty seats. >> thanks so much. just ahead a closer look at the

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well, it's a new week a new employment report and a key part how minorities are doing. msnbc has the story. >> reporter: attention shoppers. the face of business is changing. minority-owned businesses are grown almost five times faster than nonminority businesses says asian americans advancing justice. >> i think you're seeing many young as well as minority individuals that are being the opportunity to leave corporate america and start their own firms and grow them from within their own communities as well as outside. >> reporter: here's how the different groups stack up.

businesses owned by african americans sell 136 billion in products. latino learns more than 350. why so high? >> business ownership is often a response to challenges they face. the children don't face the same barriers. >> reporter: that first part that's the money minorities generate through the businesses they own. a second part is the money they spend as consumers. when you pile that part on top of the first the totals show each group boosts the economy almost equally. ringing up 1.2 to $1.7 trillion each. there's also the employees hired by minority businesses. almost 1 million by african american businesses. 1.9 by la tina americans and that is now showing that not only is america browning but

it's also showing that these individuals are starting and growing firm to the point where they are hire individuals. we think that's a good thing. >> and "way too early" starts now. this week isis destroyed priceless art work in mosul, recruited even more teenagers and delivered are devastating psychological attack that made us question everything we believe in. >> should i go with the back and blue tie or should i go with the gold and white tie? i apologize if i'm in a weird mood because i just lost half my friends over the color of a stupid dress.

>> it's black and white. i will fight you. >> hi everybody. good morning. it's monday march 2nd. welcome to "way too early." give me that tie. i was going to wear this tie. because i think it's funky but no? no. all right. let's get going here. we got a 3, 2, 1 because it's march second and this is my one less wail. many americans are waking up feeling spring nowhere in sight. we have a winter storm. several inches of snow in the northeast. it left sunday a wintry mess and this is a lot to contend with for the morning commute today but it's not just the typical cold weather states. as march rang in nearly two-thirds of the country was covered in snow. here's more for you. >> reporter: in indianapolis drivers were going nowhere fast. >> i got the car stuck now.