bloomfield, west virginia, where it is coming down there. what's the latest? obviously other than what i can see there. >> reporter: no doubt about it, tamron. you could probably have the winter games with this ice/snow mixture just beating down on us. when i say beating down, i mean beating down. this stuff hurts when it hits you in the face. this is not the kind that you're going to make good snowballs out of. if you are able to get one, it will be a pretty good one. i'm going to step away and show you there are some people still out on the highways trying to make their trek across southern west virginia and southwestern virginia. virginia has declared a state of emergency already but folks are still out and about on the roads. i went into one of the local stores here. there were about three or four people braving these conditions. this is an absolute mess. winter storm warnings all across the two virginias. the wind is picking up now. it is picking up strong. most of the warnings go into late tomorrow afternoon and

tomorrow night. so this is just an absolute mess in southern west virginia. as you can see the wind is really picking up strong here, tamron. >> you can hear it pelting off your microphone. thank you very much live from bloomfield, west virginia. thank you, greg. major news today on unemployment, the nation's unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in january to 9.7%. that is the lowest level. the economy still lost 20,000 jobs. checking on wall street to see how things are shaping up early this morning, you see the dow is down 30 points. the s&p down two. the nasdaq down two as well. we saw a significant loss yesterday. the dow was down over 200 points. a major sell-off after the overseas markets had some trouble. hampton pearson, let's talk about this. the unemployment rate 9.7%. is that because of things that are happening in washington? what's behind the numbers here?

>> reporter: that headline fell to 9.7%, psychologically below 10%, the reality inside the numbers tells a different story. we have updated revisions from the labor department. we've lost 8.4 million jobs since the start of the recession in december 2007. that's 1.3 million more than had been previously reported. and the job loss totals for 11 of the last 12 months were revised downward. the current snapshot 14.8 million americans out of work. 6.3 million for six months or longer. that's an increase over last month's total. last month construction took a big hit losing 75,000 jobs. some of that was weather related. both manufacturing and retail trade actually increased jobs. bottom line, what this means is we have a much bigger hole to dig out of once the economy finally begins to actually add jobs and turn positive. >> hampton, thank you very much. to note the president will speak

with some small business owners in maryland. we'll hear what he has to say about these jobs numbers after that meeting. well, toyota's chief executive is speaking out for the first time since the company announced global recall of nearly 4.5 million vehicles two weeks ago. we he apologized for the recalls and made promises to make improvements. phil lebeau joins us now from a toyota dealership in park ridge, illinois. so, phil, an apology from the top man at toyota. but clarify here what's going on with the prius. is it or will it be the focus of a recall? >> reporter: there's been speculation, tamron, coming out of japan that the prius could be recalled. toyota has said emphatically for the last 24 hours we're not planning on recalling. we're stopping the sale of the prius as we look into the issues surrounding the brakes. they are looking into the issues and what you're likely to see at

some point, some type of a safety alert where they say we'll see if we can modify these. that's different from a recall. they are not planning on doing a recall with the prius although they circulate out of japan. japan is where a lot of reporters were at the press conference. the ceo of toyota, the man whose grandfather started the company, came out today. he was emphatic in saying we goofed. we made a mistake. we're going to get back to figuring out quality and how to make sure that quality is in all of our vehicles and what went wrong here. >> all right. phil lebeau live for us at a toyota dealership. thank you, phil. developing now word that two american doctors have been killed in a helicopter crash in the dominican republic near the border with haiti. the two were on a humanitarian mission hoping to get into haiti. the pair left port-au-prince or headed to santiago when their helicopter went down in the water there. and breaking news involving

actor charlie sheen. these are pictures of a car or vehicle crash off the side of a cliff and we're hearing that this vehicle belongs to charlie sheen. you see it in the middle of a ravine. the car just nudged in the middle. let's get the scoop on what's happening with charlie sheen. courtney hazlett, he has a lot of personal problems, could have some legal problems as well, what's going on with this breaking news? >> it was really difficult to make that out there. there were conflicting reports. some saying that he had called his car in as stolen and that it was found but the lapd has come out saying they received one of those onstar messages saying that the car had crashed and what not and that's how they ended up finding it. no word yet from charlie sheen or his reps. it is still early on the west coast and they're bracing themselves today for a possible arrest of the actor. he's facing felony menacing and misdemeanor assault charges

based on the christmas altercation he had with his wife. so things not really going well, to say the least, for charlie sheen. >> i have to ask you, do they know if someone was in the vehicle? >> no word yet. it doesn't appear anyone is in the vehicle. they've heard no word that anyone is hurt. obviously they haven't gotten the car out to investigate further. just another chapter. >> we'll talk with you later in the hour. some live pictures i've been talk i talking about. media frenzy outside of a los angeles courthouse where michael jackson's doctor is supposed to go to turn himself in in just a few hours and for days now speculation that dr. conrad m murray will be charged with involuntary manslaughter and we're hearing he is going to surrender whether he is charged or not. stephanie stap ton is live outside the courthouse are more. stephanie, why would he turn himself in if he's not charged? that sounds strange. >> reporter: well, yeah, you

might think it sounds strange but actually we talked to a legal analyst who says it's a bold move. it could actually go in his favor. the analyst says that it could make murray look like he's cooperative, like he wants to help out, and it could bode well for his case if this case does, in fact, go before a jury. but here outside the courthouse now we are awaiting what we believe to be the surrender of dr. conrad murray. his spokesperson came out late last night saying the doctor will, in fact, surrender here at 1:30 today. whether or not those charges are actually filed, so that's what's happening here as the rain has just started to fall, tamron. >> all right, stephanie, thank you so much. perhaps the only way to keep the paparazzi and other folks away is to bring a little rain to the story. thank you, stephanie. ten americans in haiti facing trial on child abduction charges, officials could be looking at the so-called ringleader more closely than the others. and the first-ever tea party

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welcome back. this is tamron hall live. we're keeping our eye on the massive storm that will be pounding the west coast. we just took a live shot out of west virginia where our reporter was getting pelted with what sounded like snow mixed with ice. they've shut down some schools in washington, d.c. the government is expected to shut down around 2:00 p.m. in anticipation of this. we have reports of cancellations at both airports in the d.c. area as well as philadelphia. we're keeping an eye on this

major system that is really supposed to beat up the east coast over the weekend. another big story, ten american missionary are expected to stand trial in haiti on child abduction charges. they had hoped to be freed yesterday after spending a week in jail, but, instead, they were charged with kidnapping and conspiracy for trying to take a busload, 33 haitian children, to neighboring dominican republic. nbc's michelle kosinski joins us live from port-au-prince. i was just hand add note that the americans were just taken out of the jail, just left the jail. what does this mean? what's going on there? >> reporter: yeah, we saw them leave. i was able to talk to them through the window of their van. i asked them if they were okay, if anyone was ill because we've been getting reports from their family members in idaho that they were in immediate need of care. at least one person was, and that they were concerned for their personal safety at the moment. they didn't say a word to me. they just looked at me without saying anything at all as they were taken away from here.

we've been able to confirm through their attorney that they're going to offices to meet with a judge, a different judge than yesterday. this is the next step in the process after they were indicted yesterday. this is also the point in time that we believe their attorney will ask that they be released. at least nine of them is what he was looking for, but hopefully all ten of them. the outcome of that, that's what we're waiting for right now, tamron. >> and, michelle, i have a report that the american ambassador was there or at least may have commented on the situation. you have people here wondering obviously can any of our lawmakers, even bill clinton, do something to try to clarify if this truly was a misunderstanding? >> reporter: well, you know, whether it was a misunderstanding or not, what they knew and what they didn't know, that's really part of the investigation and that is a matter of haitian law because what they did happened here in

haiti. that's what the ambassador confirmed. he really didn't want to give too many details as to what's going on behind the scenes, although he did say there were talks between u.s. consular officials and the haitian government as to whether there is a possibility of this being taken to the u.s. that's something that's been talked about. it's something haitian officials were asked about. right now that's up in the air. we've been trying to get in touch with the embassy as to whether or not they might be able to get some care if they are in need of medical care if that is the case. they did get back to me and said they are looking into it and have been providing care to these americans, tamron. >> all right, michelle kosinski on the ground, still there covering the story, thank you very much, michelle. and former president bill clinton, who is a special envoy to haiti, is returning to the country today. now his trip will be the second since the earthquake hit january is 12th. the mission for this visit, the former president will meet with haitian leaders and deliver more

supplies. clinton and former president george w. bush were recruited by president obama to lead private fund-raising efforts for haiti. and those tea party activists who swept the country with those loud rallies and mass protests over president obama's health care reform, among other things, are now huddled together right now mapping out their future. they are meeting in nashville, tennessee, at their inaugural convention and sarah palin will headline the meeting tomorrow night. in the meantime, here's an example of the topics that will be covered at the convention. one of them correlations between the current administration and marxist dictators of latin america. another seminar, five easy fixes to the high cost of mass immigrations. and these are conservative activists, to say the least, riled up. here is what one had to say. >> i just couldn't sit down anymore and not do anything because it reminded me of what happened during the reign of

hitler. >> the government that governs best governs least. >> the senior congressional correspondent for the huffington post, thank you for joining me today. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about some of the topics. correlations between the current administration and marxist dictators of latin america. does that capture the tone of what they are doing in nashville? >> that's an appropriate topic for them to discuss. that's a real hobby horse of professor glenn beck who is one of the intellectual fathers of this tea party movement. he is consistently said that obama has -- obama comes from a strain of thinking that has led to genocide across the globe. he portrayed progressivism as some kind of like sneaky, slippery way of being a marxist, so it makes sense that the tea

party folks would be studying this at their national convention. what it also shows is they're not that dissimilar from the republican base, as a recent poll showed that more than 60% of republicans think that obama is a socialist. so this is not -- this is not something where they diverge much from republicans. they've claimed to be independent but if you poll them, their views are about as extreme as the republican base. >> what do we know about sarah palin's speech? we know she's getting six figures, over $100,000 to speak there. many of the tea partiers are complaining, or members of the tea party, are complaining. i think the tickets were 600 bucks so it's not affordable for a lot of these grassroots folks who are struggling to pay bills. she is there making a lot of money. what is she going to say to rally these folks up? >> it's absurd. it makes the tea party movement look like it's some sort of a front group to funnel its members money to sarah palin.

this $100,000 to speak to a movement? what kind of a leader of a movement demands $100,000? just for the privilege of the members to see her speak. >> she says she's donating that, right, ryan? >> who knows? her last expense report showed that money that people had given her for her campaign, she wound up turning around and spending on her own book. so maybe she gave some of those books away to charity and that counts as a charitable gift, i don't know. why charge your own people $100,000 if you're just going to then turn around and give it to a charity? she's got millions of dollars anyway. it seems like a slap in the face. >> it will be interesting to see what she says. we've seen the huge crowds of members of this party, tea party, in d.c. but so far the reports are only about 900, 600 folks have shown up for this convention so far. are they losing steam and we'll

explore more. thanks, ryan. >> thank you. >> greatly appreciate it. we'd like to know what you think. let me know what you think of the tea party convention. is this party a movement that will last or a flash in the pan? twitter.msnbc.com and let me know what you think of sarah palin getting that $100,000 to speak there. and a lifeguard who tried to save a south florida man who was attacked and killed by sharks is now sharing what he saw. and new information on the accused christmas day bomber. we now have more details on what he is telling fbi agents now that he's talking again. time for your business entrepreneur of the week. kim and mark benson were out of work and down to their last $18,000. she took the lessons she learned losing 200 pounds and sunk that money into kim light's bagels and a weight watcher meeting website. they sell thousands of bags of bagels a month. - ( music playing )

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book, tell-all book about john edwards, he was a former aide, a former friend, he and his wife have been found in contempt of court. the judge telling them that, quote, i have the authority to put you in jail right now and i'm stressing to you please comply so we don't have to go to the next step. the contempt will be vacated if the youngs, andrew young and his wife, comply and turn over these tapes and still photos. they have until next wednesday at 2:00 p.m. to turn over this tape that andrew young says or claims that he found in a box that was left behind in a home that he shared with rielle hunter, the woman john edwards has admitted to fathering a child with. so this tape was said to have been left, according to the youngs, in a books they stumbled upon, and now this is the focus of a court hearing. rielle hunter says it is private property and essentially was taken. no one other than the youngs to our knowledge have seen the tape but he, andrew young, has said in several interviews including

with our own chris matthews, this tape is of john edwards and what he says is a very pregnant rielle hunter at the time so right now the judge is saying turn over the tape. turn over the pictures or you will be put behind bars. we'll keep you up to date. more breaking news from our nbc affiliate kiro. they're reporting that washington state officials have ordered all state agencies to pull new 2010 prius hybrids off the road. seattle and king county will keep driving the prius models but have requested that floor mats be removed from the vehicles according to a new report. we heard from the ceo of toyota today apologizing for quality control issues with the company saying they would make great improvements but we've not seen an official recall of the prius as we've seen with other vehicles. there have been reports of brake problems with the 2010 prius but as of now there's not been an official recall from toyota but now this news, officials taking

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some breaking news on this major storm that is barreling toward the east coast. live pictures on the left side of your screen. that's richmond, virginia, where they're getting a mix of snow

and rain and the white house bracing for the snow heading to washington, d.c. already two airports in the d.c. area closed. schools closed and around 2:00 today the government is expected to shut down. folks bracing for that winter storm. as i mentioned the federal government has told workers they can take the rest of the day off. several school districts already closed and some areas expecting up to two feet of snow. let's get the details from the weather channel's paul goodloe in washington, d.c. >> reporter: well, here in the district we are seeing our first flakes fall here. they're perhaps the first 24 inches of snow that could fall in the d.c. metro area. it has been 88 years since we've seen more than 20 inches of snowfall here. we could perhaps be setting some records. in terms of traveling, they're out here treating the roads, pretreating them, and still at the dulles area, we could continue this through saturday evening. there's a winter storm warning

in effect through 10:00 p.m. on saturday. right now district schools are ending early today. virginia schools closed for the day as well as in maryland, p.g. and montgomery county schools closing early. the federal government an early dismissal of employees as they prepare for what could be the latest of several storms that affect the d.c. area. we have, according to the ground hog, six more weeks of winter. an average winter only 15 inches. so you could perhaps double our yearly total as we head over the next 24 to 36 hours. i'm the weather channel's meteorologist paul goodloe. officials are reportedly learning key details about al qaeda and gaining actionable intelligence from the so-called underwear bomber. 23-year-old nigerian suspect abdulmutallab is accused of trying to bomb a flight on

christmas day. authorities say he's turned on his former mentor, a radical cleric based in yemen and that he is cooperating with the fbi. nbc news terrorism analyst joins me now. roger, let's set aside the debate over the miranda rights. he's talking. we understand that it's in part because the fbi brought in his family to help convince him to tell authorities what he knows. what does this mean, actionable intelligence? >> it means two things. one, he's providing historical knowledge of how operations happen in yemen, what the role is. this is an increasing priority for the intelligence community. he's giving context of how does al qaeda recruit now, how do they train, how do they prepare an individual like abdulmutallab. that is current information that will help understand what future plots may look like. >> could he be giving valuable information, let assay, on something they were plotting in the near future? i know this is all based on speculation but would a lone

wolf, as he's been described, have that kind of intelligence or does this terrorist organization work giving piece meal to different people? >> he probably doesn't have specific credible information about plots per se but what he can do is provide context. he can talk about individuals he met. he can talk about how the command structure worked in yemen while he was being trained. all of that is very valuable information. and give the fbi credit here, tamron. they did a fantastic job in identifying who the individuals in abdulmutallab's familiy are that could talk to him and get him to cooperate even more. there's a real case study in how to do it right. >> this radical cleric's name came up with the ft. hood shooting with the military man who was charged in that and now, yet again, this man who used to live in the united states, this radical cleric, coming up in this case. >> the important thing is we used to think of him as putting messages on the web.

now to identify, track, and have the yemenese take him out or we do it is a priority now. >> thank you, roger. >> you bet, tamron. some breaking news regarding actor charlie sheen. his vehicle was found on a cliff, a very strange story. another story involving this troubled actor. let's go to msnbc.com's courtney hazlett. have we heard any word from charlie sheen, pr? >> in the last 20 minutes since i was just standing here i swabbed some e-mails with charlie sheen's rep who tells me the reports in the media about this vehicle accident and it being found are, quote, accurate enough. it's the first time i've ever been told something was accurate enough. so what does that mean? great question. we know there's a vehicle owned by charlie sheen reported stolen, found over a cliff. a foot patrol of the area showed

no one was near the vehicle or in the vehicle when found. i guess we can assume if -- if someone was seriously injured you would expect them to be near the vehicle. the sheen camp is not talking and to that end i pushed, well, what about the charges we might be seeing filed today? no comment whatsoever on that. >> and those charges would be related to the incident with his wife. >> with his wife on christmas. those would be felony menacing and misdemeanor assault charges, production of his show has been ongoing. there's been no interruption in charlie sheen's day-to-day life because of that. >> another troubled star, lindsay lohan, revealing she could have this problem that's widely discussed that she's a horder? >> right, hoarding, the subje subject -- >> oprah winfrey. >> exactly. she says she has the disease as well. take a look at what she talked about. >> it wasn't this bad for a while. >> how long has it been this

bad? >> i try not to come in here, that's how bad it is. i need shoes. >> okay, she's smiling and laughing about a serious condition for a lot of people. >> a serious condition and they lose their children over this condition. that looks like a messy closet. that looks like someone who has been given a lot of free clothes. >> is it attention? >> some would say, yes, she's trying to get attention. >> some would go with that. kelly clarkson, what happened with her? what's going on? >> taylor swift, do you remember the grammys? she did that duet with stevie nix. some question -- it sounded like stevie nix was singing one song and taylor swift was singing another song. taylor's camp came out and said it wasn't her fault. there was an audio problem, engineering issue, et cetera. kelly clarkson, also an "american idol" alum who understands these pressures and prot ses says, you know what, you shouldn't come out and say that you didn't hit those notes, that you should come out and

take some responsibility for it and so it's kind of this "idol" versus "idol." i like what kelly has to say because, you know what, take responsibility. the song didn't turn out the way it should have. it can't always be the audio guy's fault. >> she was intimidated next to stevie nicks. >> apparently the rehearsals were quite good. people in for the rehearsals said they sounded fantastic so why can't they replicate that, i don't know. >> hopefully they'll resolve it. >> don't lose any sleep, tamron. >> i will not. stick around. this is a great story. listen to this one. the ceo of sun micro system has announced that he's resigning. how did he tell them? twitter. jonathan schwarz is the ceo since 2006. since he's the ceo he probably makes a lot of money. what he said was, quote, ceo no more. his future had been in question after oracle had plans to acquire the company. instead of this country classic,

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and take care of what you have to take care of. on a day when the jobless rate for january dropped from 10% to 9.7% the outlook for jobs is still a bleak one. president obama is hoping to change that. he's heading to maryland right now where he will announce his latest expert at creating jobs. mike viqueira joins us now from the white house. mike, our first read on politics, the political team categorized it as good news for the president and bad news when you look at the numbers out today. >> reporter: and that's what the white house itself characterizes it as well. robert gibbs holding an offcamera session with reporters just moments ago. he called it mixed news. good news the fact the unemployment rate itself dipped

down 0.3% from 10% to 9.7% for the month of january. the bad news in the fact the economy shed another 20,000 jobs and the white house, fwibs again, has as happened several months, citing the severity of the recession when they took office according to the statistics applied by the press secretary today. if you took the recession way back in 1981, in 1990, and in 2001 combined, all of the jobless numbers, you still wouldn't have as many people out of work. 8.4 million people, tamron, have lost their jobs in this recession. of course the president has turned his attention to this after that stunning loss in the massachusetts senate race and the loss of a 60-vote super majority in the senate, now turning their attention with the full backing of democrats in congress who are growing very nervous this election year onto the jobs agenda. he's already announced programs and proposals that will have to get through congress like cut willing taxes for small businesses, a $5,000 tax credit

for small businesses that add new hiring, increasing community bank lending and, today, travel to suburban maryland and prince georges county, maryland, a program to bolster the small business administration and try to get more money to small businesses, get that flow of credit working that has been so instrumental in working up new business spending and exacerbating the recession, tamron. >> that was a great report, mike. what's coming down, snow or rain? and why don't you have something on your head? one camera looks like snow, the other rain. what's going on? >> reporter: it's snow-mageddon. we're expecting -- snow-apocalyp snow-apocalypse. robert gibbs isn't impacted by this. he doesn't have to shovel his own walk, as robert gibbs pointed out. the president has something at the dnc scheduled tomorrow. that's expected to go forward. this is the classic wintry mix and i'm going to tell you, my

camera man very kindly has put up some umbrellas. >> but you're still getting wet. >> reporter: i'll wear the fedora next time. >> you look snappy in it. you gave your shout out to your cameraman. they say that you look like you're wearing boxing gloves so they're heading over to t.j. maxx and get you real gloves. >> reporter: right in the kisser, angie. >> i'll leave that to you two. mike, thank you for the latest from the white house and the weather there. the boyfriend of a "playboy" model found murdered in miami is now speaking out. pau paula's boyfriend was kicked out of the club earlier. her burned remains were found dumped in a trash later that night. police have no suspects but they just released earlier this week a composite sketch of this man. witnesses say they saw him leave

with or behind sladuwski. a person this morning said he thinks he knows who this person is. >> he is corporated me out of the club. >> have you seen or heard any evidence of the bouncers being involved in paula's murder? >> the police have not shared any information with either kelly, myself or the private detective, david waser. >> police have questioned him in the case. 150,000 women die each year from heart disease but how much do you know or do we know about the risk factors and how to present it? chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is answering important questions about heart health. >> the first question is, coronary heart disease is something that develops very quickly in a person, true or false? >> what do you think? >> i think false because it takes a long time because it's related to diet. >> exactly right. we know another question that

relates to this in this quiz, but we know that the cholesterol buildup and the inflammation and all those things that lead to heart disease later is a gradual process which is why you can in your 40s or 50s or 60s reverse heart disease and stop it. the great research has been done in men but no reason that women can't reverse heart disease, also, and that's by going back to the basics -- exercise, watching your diet, knowing your numbers like yo numbers. and though i take aspirin every day, you should talk to your doctor whether it makes sense for you. >> we heard about weight and how it relates to heart disease. here is another question. at what age can an overweight female start to show risk factors for cardiovascular disease? is it preschool years, tween and teen years, 20s and 30s or perimenopause? >> what do you think? >> i think this is a trick question but i would think the 20s and 30s. >> you know what, interestingly, earlier, toddler years. and we know from doing youautops on children who have died in car

crashes and from other causes that you can start to see the fatty streaking in the heart blood vessels in toddlers who are on high-fat diets. so the idea that this sort of it a continuation of our first question, the heart disease we deal with by the time we are in our perry menopausal years has its root in our childhoods. >> lack of sleep leads to this question. along with the rest of your body, your heart needs a deep sleep to rest. i would say true. >> yeah, you know it is. during your sleep, that's when you regenerate and nurture your body. so if your spouse or your mate says that you snore or you stop breathing at night or you sleep poorly, you should see someone because if you're not getting deep sleep then, in fact, you're probably not resting your heart and lungs. >> so for more information check out the american heart association go red for women campaign and you don't have to just be a woman to participate. you can get our fellows into it. i have bruce with me, don, two of my favorite co-workers, even red nail polish. whatever way you choose to express yourself, show your

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new this hour, some brand new video out of haiti. you see there, former president bill clinton just arriving at the haitian national police headquarters in port-au-prince, the same jail where those ten americans have been held. they've been since charged in relation to trying to take children -- accused of trying to take children out of the country. let me be clear here. we do not know if bill clinton is there to talk about their case or meet with haitian leaders on this. our early word regarding bill clinton's visit to haiti was he was there to meet with haitian leaders and talk about getting supplies to those people who are desperately trying to get back to some type of normal life

since that quake struck. bill clinton at the haitian headquarters where those ten americans have been and are being held. we'll have more details on what mr. clinton is doing on his visit there. life guard that tried to save a man from a swarm of attacking sharks in florida is speaking out for the first time. dan lung managed to get the man back to shore after the group of sharks attacked the kiteboard surfer. despite his efforts, schafer died at the hospital. lung talked about the horrible ordeal on "today." >> i finally got to him and realized with the amount of blood in the water and he told me that he had been bit and this is what's going on. >> the rough seas, he's on the kite. you're on your board. what was it like to try to paddle back to shore? we're talking a quarter of a

mile. >> well, that day, there was a strong northeast wind with a drift that was moving from north to south. so, utilized the wind and the drift and some of the waves to kind of push us along, too. with the kite, him in the kite and basically i cradled his head in my arm and using one arm to paddle. so, i had to use as much help as i could get to kind of move in. as we got near shore, you know, to use some of the surf actually itself to try to get us closer and closer to the beach. >> the attack wednesday was the first fatal shark attack in martin county, florida, in 128 years. this just in, washington, d.c. has issued a snow emergency. a winter storm races toward the mid atlantic region, we're talking record snow, up to two feet in some areas. let's get a quick hit from nbc meteorologist bill karins. you're also telling me it's the

ohio valley not just the mid atlantic. >> that's right. our friends in ohio, columbus could end up with a foot of snow, a big deal for them, too. the worst of it is on interstate 70 through the ohio valley. the rain has turned over and we're starting to get accumulations out there. how much are we talking? white into pink is three to six with a highlighted area of six to 12. this the ohio valley. columbus and indianapolis, you'll be shoveling. st. louis, will get a surprise. other area of concern is what's going to happen here in the east. this is where we're talking historic snow, some areas up to two feet. probably take till sunday to dig out around d.c. >> bill, thank you very much. that does it for me this hour. thank you for joining me all week long and today. i'll be back here at 2:00 pm eastern time. contessa brewer picks up things at the top of the hour, with more on that snow storm threatening to make this weekend pretty bad for millions of people. (announcer) the #1 prescribed acid reducer

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tgif. welcome to msnbc. i'm contessa brewer. we are following big news here. 9:00 am on the west coast. noon on the east. on jobs, how do you want to look at it here, glass half empty or half full? a glimmer of good news with unemployment dropping but employers cut thousands more jobs than expected. we dive into the details. sarah palin's diving in to the tea party party. she's getting defensive with critics who call tea partiers prof profiteers, cashing in on american anger. >> we decided, you know, guys are going to go out one night, have one night of fun. >> okay, reggie bush. who needs no stinkin' rest before the super bowl? saints go marching in to the party. hey, guys, welcome to miami. let's kick it off with a big old winter storm barreling toward the eastern states. warning in washington, d.c. already this is a storm screwing up flights in atlanta and

charlotte. bill karins is following the situation. who is already feeling the effects? >> we're watching the snow push up into the d.c. area. the first band of what should be a 24 to 36-hour event is now going to be moving. all the white on this map is the snow. temperatures are still above freezing. it won't be sticking right way, but that will change especially after dark today. we expect snow to come down so hard in d.c., there might even be thundersnow with flashing of lightning. a thunderstorm producing snow, that's when you can get up to four inches in an hour. that is definitely possible from washington, d.c., baltimore, dover and southern jersey. that's where the bulls eye of this storm will be. it's affecting millions of people from the ohio valley all the way up even into areas of new york city. a wider view, the snow is coming down from roanoke, north of richmond, west virginia, high elevations heavy snow. pittsburgh, your snow soon will intensify. latest projections. we got these in 1 1/2 hours ago.