this morning a severe weather outbreak has left a trail of damage and destruction across the southeast. and forecasters say more storms could be on the way. and down to business. it's the first official work day at the trump white house. the president is already mapping out the foreign policy plan and a string of executive orders. plus, it was a weekend marched by demonstrations around the world. now the question remaining after the women's march, what comes next?

good morning, everyone. it is monday, january 23rd. i'm alex widtt alongside louis burgdorf. severe storms hit along georgia and the south after 18 are dead and 23 are injured. several counties were trying to recover after being hit by a previous round of tornadoes. in a small town called adel is where they were hit the hardest. >> i stood behind the door and the debris was just coming through the front window. and he went to her, she was screaming for him, and he was hollering for her. she was right there in the kitchen. because when he came out to get her, everything on the back of the house, all the patio doors just went through the house.

>> those powerful storms in georgia left a trail of destruction in mississippi. on saturday at least four people were killed and dozens more injured when a tornado touched down in the southern part of that state. and there were similar scenes in texas where several homes were damaged after possible tornados. powerful storm dumped rain and hail in louisiana over the weekend and forecasters say the threat of severe weather is not over yet. meteorologist bill karins is busy and will have a check on the forecast in a couple minutes for us, louis. and on the first day for the trump administration, he's going to set the record straight on how many people attended the inauguration. with photos like these making their way around social media compared to the obama inaugural in 2009. the president addressed it while speaking at the armed services inaugural ball as well as the cia headquarters. and it was the topic of sean spicer's press statement flanked by visual aids.

>> even the media said the crowd was massive. so finally, that was a big -- that was all the way back down to the washington monument. that was -- that was what was supposed to be rain turned out not to be rain. it was beautiful. it was beautiful. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. [ applause ] right? did they really like the speech? they had to laugh. we had a massive field of people, you saw it, packed. i get up this morning and i see one of the networks showing an empty field. i say, wait a minute, i made a speech and i looked out. the field looked like a million, million and a half people. they showed a field where there were practically nobody

standing. and they said, donald trump did not draw -- i said, it was almost raining. the rain should have scared them away, but god looked down and said, we're not going to let it rain on your speech. we had 250,000 people literally around in the little mall that we constructed. that was 250,000 people. the rest of the 20-block area all the way back to the washington monument was packed. so we caught them. and we caught them and i think they are going to pay a big prize. >> photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally frame in a way in one particular tweet to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the national mall. this was the first time in our nation's history that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the mall. that had the effect of highlighting any areas where people were not standing while in years past the grass eliminated this visual. this is also the first time that fencing and magnetometers went as far back on the wall preventing hundreds of thousands

of people being able to access the mall as quickly as they had in inaugurations past. inaccurate numbers involving crowd size were also tweeted. no one had numbers. because the national park service, which controls the national mall, does not put any out. >> the press secretary also claimed massive numbers of public transit ridership, but according to the authority in d.c. and "the washington post," the ridership was lower than during obama's second inaugural and lower than some weekdays. trump also tweeted about tv viewership, wow, television ratings just out. 31 million people watched the inauguration, 11 million more than the inauguration four years ago. according to viewership numbers, his numbers were better than four years ago.

kellyanne conway was on "meet the press" to address this. >> you did not answer the question. why did the press secretary come out to utter a falsehood. it undermines the press office on day one. >> no it doesn't. you're saying it's a falsehood and they are giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. but the point is that there -- >> wait a minute, alternative facts? alternative facts for the five facts he uttered. four of the five facts he uttered were just not true. alternative facts are not facts, they're falsehoods. >> the crowd at the president's inauguration stood in contrast to the thousands of men and women who filled the streets a day later to protest. in countries around the world, streets were filled with peaceful demonstrators. organizers estimate about 3 million people worldwide took part in the women's marches on

saturday. a trump administration official responded to the demonstrations yesterday condemning the alleged banning of anti-abortion groups writing in part, it's a shame that the march for life will not get anywhere near the same amount of coverage that this march got. and those pro-life members were not welcome at the women's march. the official also condemned madonna, one of the celebrities who spoke at the march, for saying she had thought about blowing up the white house writing, comments like these are absolutely unacceptable and had they been said about president obama, the mainstream media would be in an uproar. donald trump weigh in on the march sunday morning tweeting, watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! why didn't these people vote? celebs hurt cause badly. then in another later tweet a couple hours later he said, peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy. even if i don't always agree, i recognize the ability for people to express their views. hillary clinton weighed in on social media tweeting, scrolling through images of the

womensmarch is awe-inspiring. hope it brought joy to others as it did to me. thanks for standing, speaking and marching for our values @womensmarch. important as ever. i truly believe we are always standing tother. and trump visits with the intelligence nacommunity. and he said that there is a controversy created by the media. >> i want to say there is nobody that supports the cia more than me, nobody. the wall behind me is very special. and i want you to know, i am so behind you. and i know sometimes you have not gotten the backing that you've wanted, and you're going

to get so much backing and say, please don't give us so much backing. mr. president, please, we don't need that much backing. the military gave us tremendous percentages of votes. we were unbelievably successful in the election with getting the vote of the military, probably almost everybody in this room voted for me. but i will not ask you to raise your hands if you did. but i would guarantee a big portion, because we're all in the same wavelength, folks. we're all in the same wavelength. as you know, i have a running war with the media. they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. [ applause ] right? and they sort of made it sound like i had a feud with the intelligence community. and i just want to let you know, the reason you're the number one stop is exactly the opposite. exactly.

and they understand that, too. >> president trump has criticized intelligence agencies on multiple occasions, less than two weeks ago comparing leaks about his relationship with russia with the tactics of nazi germany. and the nature of the president's political tone at the memorial for fallen intelligence officers drew rebukes from former agency leaders. a spokesperson for a former cia director john brennan said, the veteran agency is deeply saddened at donald trump's despicable display of self-aggrandizement. he should be ashamed of himself. and michael harden said he was heartened that the president gave a speech at cia. this as senate democrats stole the confirmation of trump's nominee for cia director mike pom p pompeo which the administration hoped for today demanding a debate first.

pompeo accompanied trump to the headquarters where the president spoke about missed opportunities and future ones. >> the old expression "to the victor belong the spoils," you remember, they used to say keep the oil. i wasn't a fan of iraq, i didn't want to go into iraq, but i will tell you, when we were in, we got out wrong. and i always said, in addition to that, keep the oil. now, i said it for economic reasons. but if you think about it, mike, if we kept the oil, you probably wouldn't have isis because that's where they made their money in the first place. but okay, maybe we'll have another chance. >> as he begins his first workweek, president trump is flushing out foreign policy to put american first. the president spoke with canadian prime minister justin trudeau and mexico's president on the phone on saturday and plans to meet with them soon. he added that renegotiating the north american free trade agreement will be a top

priority. both leaders said they would be willing to discuss the terms of the deal. meanwhile, the president will welcome the first foreign leader to the white house on friday when prime minister teresa may arrives. she plans to talk about the u.k. relations post-brexit saying she won't be afraid to challenge him. >> i'll be talking to donald trump about the issues that we share about how we can build on the special relationship. yes, it's a special relationship, but also enables us to say, when we do find things unacceptable. >> and you will say that, too? >> whenever there is something i find up acceptable, up won't be afraid to say that to donald trump. i've already said some of the comments donald trump has made to women are unacceptable. some of them he has apologized for. when i sit down, i think the biggest statement that will be made about the role of women is the fact that i'll be there as a female prime minister, prime minister of the united kingdom.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has extended an invitation to meet at the white house next month. he said the discussions have been very warm. and the white house says that the president confirmed his unprecedented commitment to israel's security. and the peace between israel and the palestinians can only be achieved through direct negotiation. not on the agenda, trump's promise to move the embassy in tel aviv to jerusalem. the white house spokesman scene spicer says we're at the beginning stages of disdcussing this subject. mahmoud abbas says this would cross a red line. and turning to the update on the united airlines computer glitch after grounding all domestic flights around 5:30 p.m. yesterday.

flights resumed just after 9:00 p.m. last night. united said the glitch affected the airlines ability to get details that allowed planes to depart such as weight and balance information. they couldn't get that to the pilots causing 500 delays. the technology-related delay is one of several in major airlines from last summer. delta and southwest resulted in thousands of flight cancellations. still ahead, remembrances are pouring in this morning for kansas city royals pitch er deante ventura after he was killed in a plane crash. and bill karins is checking on the weather as soon as we come back. want longer lasting heartburn relief?

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they're scary, you're in bed and you hear the sirens. we woke up saturday morning in hattiesburg and had fatalities with that one. and then albany, georgia, adel, georgia, those areas were hit sunday morning. two mornings in a row devastating tornadoing. in all, 18 fatalities. we were petrified that the atmosphere was prime for more additional nasty tornadoes last night. thankfully, we only had five or six tornadoes, most of them were misses and no fatalities last night. it was good to make it through yesterday, but what a weekend in the south. that storm is still with us, but the severe part is over with. we had strong storms in miami to keep people up for two hours as we had tornado warnings for downtown miami. thankfully, no tornado reported. so now it's a big huge wind maker and rainmaker moving up the coast. this means more travel delays and wind damage on the coast from here on out. this is one to two inches of rain, so a good soaking rain late tonight and early tomorrow morning through all of new england. flood watches for boston and new

york. and again, with the windy conditions and the rain, major airport delays during the day today. d.c., philadelphia, tonight in areas of new york city, then tomorrow morning possibly around boston. so the current wind gusts, it's still very windy in the southeast, but the severe threat is over with. we won't see much additional wind damage. now we'll watch the high winds coming up to the coastal areas. already 45-mile-per-hour winds. this is a nor'easter situation blowing right into the coast. so large waves at the beaches. we'll have a little bit of a beach erosion problem at the high tide cycles. and then what we'll watch throughout the night tonight as the winds really pick up, especially in the coastal areas, 43 and 45. and late tonight, 50 in montauk by 8:00 p.m. heading to cape cod, they get wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. alex, we're not going to see more destruction from tornadoes or severe weather, but it's going to be like a raw nor'easter with a lot of rain and wind in new england. >> okay. thank you for the heads-up on that bill, appreciate it. let's get to this, one person is dead and five more injured after what authorities

are calling an absolutely senseless shooting at a mall in san antonio. police say that two bystanders confronted two robbers as they fled a jewelry store in that mall. one of the suspects then opened fire killing one of the bystanders. now the other individual who has a conceal and carry license then shot and injured that suspect in critical condition. the other suspect was able to get away but captured last night. they both face multiple charges including capital murder. that is senseless. >> definitely senseless. another tragic story out of the sports world. nearly four months after the shocking death of marlins jose fernandez, major league baseball is mourning the loss of another rising star. the news coming yesterday morning, kansas city royals pitcher yordano ventura die in a car wreck in his home country of the dominican republic. no further details surrounding the accident have been divulged. outside of an official statement from the royals confirming ventura's death. the four-year veteran spent his entire professional career in

kansas city, first appearing on an mlb mound in 2013. ventura made nine post-season starts, pitched in two world series and helped the royals to a championship title in 2015. he was just 25 years old. and former major league infielder andy marte was also kill in a separate car accident in the dominican republic early sunday morning. the 33-year-old marte appeared for the braves and the indians and the diamondbacks from 2005 to 2014. both way before their time, so tragic. our hearts go out to their families. and when we come back, we'll have much more on this news. yeah, with liberty mutual all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sigh) i wish my insurance company had that... wait! hold it... hold it boys... there's supposed to be three of you... where's your brother? where's your brother? hey, where's charlie? charlie?!

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the second quarter to put the pats up 17-6. brady threw for a team playoff best of 384 yards and tied the great joe montana's season with three td pass performances. the third throw here bringing new england out to a 33-9 lead. the patriots win 36-17. now super bowl-bound, this will be the franchise's record ninth appearance in the title game. and coach bill belichick's seventh appearance in a super bowl will be a record for a head coach. pretty incredible there. and if you thought that was a blowout, yesterday's nfc championship in atlanta was not even a contest. the magic has run out for aaron rodgers and the packers after a statement for mvp candidate matt ryan and the falcons. ryan who threw for 392 yards there and four touchdowns in the

game got the scoring start with the 2 yard pass here to set the tone after taking the ball 14 yards across the goal line in the second quarter for his first rushing score since 2012. ryan also had a lot of help from star receiver julio jones who haul in a pair of tds in the game. first a toe-dragging catch for a 5 yard score with three seconds left in the first half. and then helping finish off the packers with a 73-yard catch in the third quarter to put atlanta ahead 31-0. the falcons never looked back, the final 44-21. and a new champion will be crowned two weeks from now in super bowl li in houston, alex. they were blow-out games but very exciting. >> it's going to be fun two weeks from now. thanks a lot. still ahead, samsung finally reveals why the galaxy note 7 kept catching fire. and a group of lawyers is

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. we are starting off with the top stories. >> a severe storm is blamed for 18 deaths and now is headed up the east coast. tornadoes killed 14 people in georgia, 4 in mississippi, with dozens injured across both states.

we're also following a historic rainstorm moving through california bringing flooding and concerns of mudslides. yesterday long beach had its rainiest day ever reported. and united airlines is back in the air over the u.s. after a computer glitch grounded domestic flights yesterday. that groundstop lasted for two-and-a-half hours. officials tell nbc news that a communication system was having issues with low bandwidth. and president donald trump begins his first full weekday as commander in chief. the white house says he'll sign more executive orders this morning and hold separate meetings with business and union leaders. later this evening he's expected to meet with house speaker paul ryan at the white house. and louis, the president's cabinet got off to a slow confirmation start with only two members being confirmed. secretaries of defense and homeland security, retired general james mattis and john kelly. but yesterday the administration got a boost when senators john mccain and lindsey graham, republican skeptics of former

exxon mobil rex tillerson, they said they would vote him in as secretary of state. >> i will vote in favor rex tillerson. and again, my concern has been with the relations with russia and his past relations. he talked to me a lot about his views about russia, about the events that have taken place, about the fact of what his duties were as the head of one of the world's largest corporations. listen, this wasn't an easy call. but i also believe that when there's doubt, the president, the incoming president gets the benefit of the doubt. and that's the way i have treated every president. >> now, the foreign relations committee will vote on the nomination this afternoon. but still unknown is whether tillerson will get the support of senator marco rubio whose withering question at his confirmation hearing cast doubt on the nominee's approach to russia. "the washington post" says rubio held an unannounced meeting with tillerson last week that lasted 19 minutes including vice

president mike pence and reince priebus. the report says tillerson responded to marco rubio's additional 100 questions. and chuck chschumer says that president trump needs to get congressional approval. >> i think if they would vote on additional sanctions against russia would get over 75 votes in the senate. my hope is that president trump's team will convince vladimir putin that if you forgive putin and forget about what he did, that screams weakness to putin. beware of the teddy bear, president trump. >> and "the wall street journal" is reporting that u.s. counter intelligence agents have investigated the communications of national security adviser michael flynn, what he had with

russian officials. the report says it is unclear when the inquiry began on what it uncovered. the white house told "the journal" last night we have absolutely no knowledge of any investigation or even a basis for such an investigation. and president trump wasted no time following up on his promise to begin dismantling obamacare once in office. signing an executive order on the matter within hours of being sworn in. the president signed the one-page order on friday during a belief ceremony in the oval office that directed government agencies to scale back as many aspects of the health law as possible without giving specifics about which aspects to focus on. this could result in a weakening of one of the law's key features, the individual mandate, which requires americans have health insurance or pay a penalty. now speaking yesterday, counselor to the president, kellyanne conway said the president may no longer restrict that rule. >> he wants to get rid of the obamacare almost immediately

because that is something really strangling a lot of americans to have to pay a penalty for not -- >> so he'll stop enforcing that mandate? >> he may. >> and president trump struck a softer more measured tone in his second day in office yesterday, evidence in his remarks before the ceremony to swear in two dozen senior white house aides. the newly-elected president began by holding up a personal note left him by his predecessor, president barack obama. >> i just went to the oval office and found this beautiful letter from president obama. it was really very nice of him to do that. and we will cherish that, we will keep that. >> trump also offered his condolences to those affected by the deadly weather in the south over the weekend, announcing he had already spoken to the governor of georgia .

and he was scheduled to meet with florida's governor scott as well. trump also spoke about the work ahead for both himself and his senior staff. >> this is not about party. this is not about ideology. this is about country, our country. and it's about serving the american people. we're not here to help ourselves. we're here to devote ourselves to the national good. you will recall throughout the election president trump said he couldn't release his tax returns because of an ongoing audit. now his administration says they simply won't release them at all. >> the white house response is that he's not going to release his tax returns. we litigated this all through the election. people didn't care, they voted for him. and let me make this very clear, most americans are very focused on what their tax returns will look like while president trump is in office, not what his look like.

>> recent polling like this abc news and "washington post" poll shows overwhelmingly demand, 74% of americans believe he should hand over his taxes. and today a watchdog group and a team of well-known constitutional scholars plan to file a lawsuit alleging that the president is breaking the law by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments. at issue, the clause over whether president trump is accepting gifts from foreign governments without the necessary safeguards. the trump administration disputed the complaints saying there are no conflicts referring back to a news conference earlier this month. >> the constitution says the officials may not accept gifts, titles of nobility or emoluments from foreign governments with respect to their office. and that no benefit should be derived by holding an office. the so-called emoluments clause has never been interpreted, however, to apply to fair value exchanges that have absolutely nothing to do with an office

holder. no one would have thought when the constitution was written that paying your hotel bill was an emolument. instead, it would have been thought of as a value for value exchange, not a gift, not a title, and not an emolument. >> she went on to say that the then president-elect wants to go beyond what the constitution requires adding that he'll voluntarily donate all profits and foreign government payments made to his hotels to the united states treasury. when the u.s. intelligencecy agencies concluded that russia meddled in the election to help donald trump win, they decided to sit down with the network's chief editor. >> reporter: here in russia president trump's inauguration was cause for celebration. that's no surprise to u.s. intelligence agencies who claim

moscow put in incredible efforts to help him win the election and to allege that the chief editor of "russia today" or r.t. played a key role. >> most of that criticism makes us laugh, really. >> reporter: intelligence officials have said that r.t. worked hand and glove with hackers and the government to change the impact of u.s. elections on putin's orders. >> did you read that report? >> reporter: yes. >> it is as much sad as laughable. >> reporter: the specific 25-page report she's talking about was released by the u.s. director of national intelligence. it mentioned by name 27 times. it described rt as part of a triangle moscow set up to discredit hillary clinton and help donald trump. with hackers stealing information, wikileaks spreading it around and rt fanning the flames with negative coverage of clinton.

>> no serious person who knows anything about the world really, who knows how it works and who has real information, real data, who can use internet for god sake would ever believe that, seriously? >> reporter: although rt is not watched widely in the united states, its reports are picked up by other news agencies and spread by social media where she's taking the allegations against her as a badge of honor, starring in a tongue and cheek viral video living up to all she's accused of and more. u.s. intelligence has released no proof that russia's tactics helped the president win. but in russia, many here are celebrating the outcome. >> our thanks to richard engel for that report. the fbi is currently conducting an investigation into russia's attempts to influence the election. and now we'll turn to business where samsung released the findings into the

smartphones that erupted in fire pulling them to be pulled from the market last year. we are joined live by louisa with more on this. what are the findings in the galaxy note 7's saga continuing? >> well, they are desperate for it not to happen again and to ensure customers it won't happen again. they held this briefing at an event at their seoul office. they apologized and announced steps to avoid repeats, but it's been a real disaster for the company. they are the largest smartphone maker. keep in mind, it costs the company billions already. they also had to manage the whole media aspect of this. and a lot of people have been criticizing them on how they handle this recall as well. but again, this event, they definitely offered an apology. yahoo! is saying that the fcc is investigating recent data breaches according to "the wall

street journal." the fcc is now looking into two particular data breaches and whether or not they should have been reported to investors sooner. one was the 2014 cyber attack, approximately a half billion e-mail accounts were compromised. and the other was the attack in august 2013 which involved data of more than a billion different users. louis, back to you. >> louisa bojesen live from london. thank you so much. and former gorge h.w. bush and barbara bush remain in a houston hospital this morning. we'll have an update on their conditions. and much more on the severe weather coast to coast that killed more than a dozen in the south is now moving up the east coast. dozens are bracing for rain and snow in the mountains. plus, madonna takes a moment to clarify her remarks over the weekend about, quote, blowing up the white house, end quote. we'll have the latest. (announcer vo) when you have type 2 diabetes,

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it is unfathomable, it is unfathomable what happened out there. you literally have a trailer park that looks to have been disintegrated. you literally have smatterings of what used to be homes thrown into the woods. you have the smell of gas, you have destroyed homes, people crying, debris everywhere. >> yikes. that was painful. an official there from albany, georgia, describing the devastation from this weekend's severe weather. we'll get right to meteorologist bill karins who has the latest. that is so bad. >> georgia was hit the hardest, mississippi hit very bad on saturday. georgia was the worst saturday and sunday combined. we had over 32 tornadoes reported with confirmation, some very strong tornadoes. so that strong system, the severe threat is over with thankfully. we didn't have fatalities last night. again, those were all saturday morning and sunday morning. and the storm is still located over the south, so we're not done with it yet, but still the severe weather has cleared south florida. now it's just a rain up event. but when it gets to new england, this is the snow forecast for

today and tonight and into tomorrow morning. notice the mountains, adirondacks, one area not in the mountain, central new york from the binghamton area, that's four to eight inches late tonight. you'll wake up tomorrow morning shoveling that. i'm sure there will be school delays. most of the snow in maine is going to be in the mountainous areas, but you'll see sleet in boston. you may even get sleet outside of new york city, hartford area, too. it will be a cold, raw-type storm with windy conditions and windshields in the 20s. it will not be warm like it was over the weekend. so we'll take you through the timing, this is where we are now at 6:00 a.m. strong winds and rain into areas near the north of virginia beach. going throughout the day, by noon today, the lunch hour, heaviest rain in richmond and fredericksburg northward to washington, d.c. and baltimore. the rain notice is not that heavy at noon today, philly and new york. the winds are enough for significant delays. by 8:00 p.m., the heaviest stuff from philly to new york over southern new england. notice the pink, that's the sleet. then we get to the blue, that's where we have the heavy know breaking out in central new york. overnight tonight, the highest

winds are on the coastal areas. especially out to cape cod. then tomorrow morning at this time, we're just about done with very heavy rain in boston. but you notice most of the snow is where it should be up in the mountains of new england for this time of the year. so again, we're dealing with heavy rain and a flood watch for new york and boston. alex, we have not mentioned much about the huge storm out west. long beach had 3.25 inches of rain in the last two days. that was a record rainfall for the area. i mean, this is long beach, california. >> what? >> yeah, it was an insane amount of rain. and people in los angeles now know what seattle is like. meantime, a former spokesman for president george h.w. bush continues to imfrooprove in his health and could be moved out of intensive care today. mrs. bush was also admitted as a

precaution after experiencing fatigue and coughing. the spokesman says mrs. bush was cleared to go home yesterday but chose to stay to continue her recovery and be closer to her husband. >> glad they are both doing better. madonna is clarifying her remarks she made over the weekend at the women's march. >> yes, i am angry. yes, i am outraged. yes, i have thought an awful lot about blowing up the white house. but i know that this won't change anything. we cannot fall into despair. >> of course, the white house pushed back with trump's senior adviser kellyanne conway calling the remarks destructive. there are also reports that her comments have gotten the attention of the secret service.

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the russian federation. >> yesterday we all made donald trump the 45th president of the united states. hooray! we did it! devel donald, let's talk as friends. you're not off to a great start, man. however, i'm glad to see so many people show up to your inauguration. oh, wait, that's the women's march. here's inauguration. and today you went to the cia to say 1 million people came to see you in washington, d.c.? if you're going to lie, don't make it so obvious. say you are friends with lebron james, not that you are lebron james. >> okay. welcome back. in one of his first conversations with the foreign leaders since taking office, president trump spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. reportedly not discussed is moving the u.s. embassy from tel

aviv to jerusalem. that's where we find nbc correspondent matt bradley. talk about big implications with that move. there are potential issues there, matt. >> reporter: the embassy move was not discussed but there are signs that the netanyahu administration has been emboldened by the current president. it's a holy city, a focal point for three major religions and the declared capital for israelis and the palestinians. but the u.s. doesn't recognize jerusalem as a capital for either people. and no country has an embassy there. under president donald trump that may be about to change. >> we will move the american embassy to the eternal capital of the jewish people, jerusalem. >> reporter: moving from tel aviv would be a symbolic gesture with several real world consequences.

it's been more than 20 years since the u.s. congress passed a law relocating the u.s. embassy here to jerusalem. a few presidents have pledged to follow through, but so far each one has deferred the move. both bill clinton and george w. bush promised to move the embassy during their campaigns before backing away. mr. trump's comments have sparked protest. if he follows through, palestinian officials will withdraw their recognition of israel. palestinians say jerusalem is their capital, too. the city contains some of the most important pilgrimage sites in christianity and islam. >> my message to president trump, please don't do it. because it is not going to have nice consequences on the political track. >> reporter: but israelis say jerusalem has been the capital for thousands of years and fear of violence won't change that. >> it is a symbol to follow-up with a reality that we live in and it's history. so for me, it's just do what we need to do. >> reporter: moving the embassy

could set peace talks back decades. many fear it would enflame an already volatile situation. that's right, alex, trump and yet an ya hugh are scheduled to meet next month. and we'll hear more about the u.s. embassy issue then. >> i'm sure you're right. matt bradley, thank you for that. when we come back, we'll look at the stories in the day ahead. by simply enjoying it. boost® simply complete. it's intelligent nutrition made with only 9 ingredients, plus 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein.

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before we toss it over to "morning joe," we'll check on the stories in the day ahead. president trump set to begin his first full weekday as commander in chief. this morning he's expected to meet with business leaders. people are signing off on more executive orders. and later in the day she's scheduled for what the white house schedules a union meeting with workers and leaders before meeting with paul ryan this evening. and the senate is expected to vote on the secretary of state rex tillerson. he's expected to receive the 55 votes needed to confirm despite lawmakers from both parties raising concerns about russia and vladimir putin. >> that will make three cabinet appointments there. that does it for this monday. i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf.

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