about that bizarre and nonspecific empty threat on c-span because nobody gave them a heads-up about it. incompetence in the white house press room is sometimes nny. sometimes it's not. but that does it for us tonight. nobody gave them a heads-up about it. incompetence in the white house press room is sometimes funny. sometimes it's not. that does it for us. first look is up next. the trump white house is putting iran 0 on notice after an apparent missile launch. >> did president trump have a heated exchange with the president of mexico? the white house and mexican government are denying reports that he threatened to send in troops. >> two key senators say they will oppose betsy devos, putting

her nomination at risk. ♪ good morning, everyone. it is thursday, february 2nd. i'm alex witt alongside louis burgdorf. >> we begin with growing tensions in middle east and now the trump administration has sent a not-so-veiled threat to iran. >> instead of being thankful to the united states in these agreements, iran is now feeling emboldened as of today we're officially putting iran on notice, thank you. >> the comments come after iran, one of the seven nations included in the president's travel ban apparently test fired a missile. it is a u.n. security council violation. general flynn also blamed

president obama for recent tensions. >> the obama administration failed to respond adequately to tehr tehran's actions, including weapons transfers, support for terrorism and other violations of international norms. >> joining us live from tehran, ali aruzzi. good morning to you. we've seen iran ban american visas in response to the missile test. what's going on there? >> reporter: things are getting more tense with iran. there hasn't been any action today about iran being put on notice or the president's tweet about taking over iraq. however, he defended the right to do so. he said the test wasn't in breach of the nuclear agreement

with iran. they also took a swipe at trump, calling him a novice. powers are waiting to see if general flynn's belly coast statements are going to ring hollow. now the latest comments are going to worry rahani's government who is very stwesed in the nuclear deal. now, most people here are waiting to see what the most powerful man in the country, ayatollahco mainly has to say. >> tensions definitely escalating there. thanks so much. well, did the president threaten mexico or not and what about australia? there are disputed reports over

whether he had heated words with world leaders. in a transcript excerpt of a call between president trump and the mexican president last week president trump said he was ready to send u.s. troops to stop, quote, bad hombres down there unless the mexican military does more. he said it is absolutely false that the president of the united states threatened to send troops to mexico. the call came after the mexican president canceled a trip to washington. the reported transcript did not specify who or what the bad hombres are. he used the term in both reference to terrorism and drug.

>> how about mosul? why do they say that? now, a lot of the bad hombres in most -- mosul in isis. once the border is secure at a later day we'll make a determination as to the rest, but we have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them ouxt. >> despite the white house writing a tranquil statement on the phone call between president trump and the australian president. then 25 minutes into what was expected to be an hour long call, president trump abruptly ended it. the president spoke with

turnbull on saturday. the official read out of the call says both leaders emphasized the enduring strength and closeness of the u.s.-australia relationship, calling it critical for peace, stability and prosperity in the asia pacific region and globally. but according to the "washington post," trump informed turnbull that he had spoep to four other world leaders on saturday, including russian president vladimir putin and that this was the worst call by far. they are primarily from countries on the recent travel ban. iran, iraq, sudan, and somalia with some syrians. according to "the post" the president claimed that he was going to get politically killed. and accused australia of seek to go export the next boston bombers. >> there will be extreme vetting

applied to all of them. that's part and parcel of the deal that was made, and it was made by the obama administration with the full backing of the united states government. the president in accordance with that deal to honor what had been agreed upon by the united states government, in ensuring that that vetting will take place in the same manner that we're doing it now will go forward. >> but last night president trump pumped the brakes, tweeting around 10:00 p.m. washington time, do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. joining us now from capitol hill. can you put this in perspective for us? having strained relations with our next door neighbor mexico as well as long time staunch ally australia, two weeks into this new administration, are there any press dents for this and what are the risks? >>hose are all great ons. the risks are, you know, the

total astronomical, obviously when you are talking about foreign relations, you are talking about one of of our countries two neighbors in mexico, either a threat of sending troops, according to this a.p. report, or an offer of help, according to a cnn report, the international agreement is unpredictable, conversations like this inject further volatility into it. in terms of precedent for this, i did hear one trump supporter i spoke to last night cited i think calvin coolidge perhaps sending troops into mexican territory to thwart pancho villa, so you have to reach back at least a century. >> that's a pretty long reach.

can i ask given your position with politico, your reaction on capitol hill? are republicans going to get behind trump's diplomatic approach? >> that is something we're going to find out as early as this morning. it's likely that we're going to see some dissent on this. we know that people like john mccain and lindsey graham have been very willing to vocally criticize the president on matters of foreign relations. we saw bob corker, a staunch trump ally in the senate, split with trump on the roll-out of his travel ban, and so i think that when it comes to grading an ally like australia, when it come to ts report of a thrt to invade mexi, you will start to see republicans on capitol hill speak up. >> okay. we thank you for doing so.

appreciate that. set no begin his first day on the job amid increasing tension with u.s. allies. tillerson was sworn in by vice president pence at the white house last night. meanwhile the confirmation hearing for andrew pus -- puzder is delayed. two senate committees will once again try to advance two of president trump's cabinet picks for final approval. the votes were delayed yesterday. democrats did not show up to

pruitt's vote. democrats say they cannot support him. they cite the fact that he sued the agency he would very run over president obama's administration over climate change. senator ron johnson said yes he hopes to vote on mulvaney's nomination off the floor. betsy devos's bid to become secretary of education appears to be in jeopardy this morning. it's been announced that susan collins and another senator will vote against her. >> i know she's a good person. i know she cares deeply about

the children of this nation. for the reasons i will explain, i simply cannot support her confirmation. >> i have heard from thousands, truly thousands of aalaskanss who shared their concerns about mrs. devoss as secretary of education. they contact me by phone, email, and in person, their concerns center on her lack of experience with public education and the lack of knowledge that she portrayed in her confirmation hearing. >> after that, a wave of undecided republicans announced their support of devos. right now, her nomination faces a 50-50ed deadlock if the current vote count holds. it could set up an unprecedented tiebreaker by vice president mike pence. according to the historian's office, a vice president has

never passed a vote on a cabinet nomination. the next procedural vote for devoss's confirmation is expected to take place tomorrow. still ahead, the white house daily press briefing goes high tech with sean spicer fielding questions from d.c. outsiders. plus. >> you like my sister? >> yeah. >> don't. >> give me a second. >> look at my golden hair. >> caught that, didn't i? >> i flip for you, yeah, i flip for you. >> no. just in time for the super bowl, the nfl 2017 bad lip reading video is here. we've got that story along with weather coming up next.

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the white house has made good on their promise to expand press briefings beyond the briefing room. sean spicer fielded questions yesterday for the first time ever via skype from various media outlets around the country. he took questions from reporters in providence, rhode island, and cleveland, ohio. and when one of them called him commander spicer, asked when president trump would return lands owned by the federal government back to the people. >> one member of the parliament got quite the laugh. nigel farae, held up a handwritten sign says he's lying to you. the act was out of frustration for the former leader getting air time without being

challenged. >> that's pretty funny. let's get right to bill karins to get us out of this. >> you always tell the truth. >> i try. i don't always get it right. but we try. groundhog day is really quiet except for the west coast, that's where we're seeing this big storm moving on. in l.a., the next two days will be stormy. rain. snow at the higher elevations. this has been like the fifth or sixth storm this winter in the west and this is the rainfall projections over the next three days. that's 3, 4, 5 inches, and of course, if that's all snow, that's possibly up to five feet of snow at the highest elevations. that's agrees. today's forecast, we're feeling like winter from minneapolis to chicago. bundle the kids up. southern half of the country, you've been extremely warm.

will punctuation suetoney -- phil see his shadow or not. as far as he goes, it's 27 degrees, mostly cloudy. there could be some breaks in the cloud cover. it's the opposite of what you think. if it's cloudy, that means only four more weeks of winter. if there's clear skies and sunny, he sees his shadow, that would mean six more weeks of winter. we'll see. the other important forecast we have out there is for the super bowl and the stadium does have the retractible roof. they would like to keep it open if possible. there is a chance of thunderstorms at the start of the me and it will clear on out as we go throughout the evening. phil is only 47% accurate, so, you know, just a little bit better than me. >> i have to say that was very caddie shack like.

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the day came from four-star linebacker levi jones. >> where i'm going to go? right on. >> wow. that is bold. jones ruffling federal governmenters in florida. he settled on usc. >> turning now to college hoops, we're in lawrence, kansas, the number three jayhawks defended their home court against second-ranked baylor last night. scored a career-high 23 points for kansas, frank nathan adding

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welcome back, everyone. i'm alex witt along with louis