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i'm frances rivera. resignation. headlines across the country say it all. less than four weeks in office and president trump's national security adviser michael flynn is forced from the west wing. mounting pressure that flynn lied over calls to russia's ambassador. he reportedly discussed lifting sanctions and vice president mike pence and even president trump. flynn's resignation comes hours after the white house said it was evaluating his position. despite counselor kellyanne conway saying this to msnbc. >> general flynn does enjoy the sole confidence of the president. >> by saying he enjoys the full confidence of the president. are you saying you're satisfied that he did not have the conversations? that he did not mislead the vice president? >> you asked me and i'll repeat the question. does he have the full confidence of the president? yes, he does. >> overnight a statement from flynn, i am tendering my resignation, honored to have served our nation and the american people in such a

distinguished way. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has more on this breaking news from washington. andrea. >> reporter: good morning, frances. this is so remarkable. michael flynn resigning after only 24 days in office. and in his resignation letter it's notable by what he does not say because in his letter released by the white house he writes, unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, i inat verdict tently briefed the vice president-elect and others with incomplete information and he sincerely apologized to the president and vice president and they accepted that apology. senior officials involved in the small circle around the president who decided flynn had to go are telling me a very different story. top official saying it was unsustainable for flynn to stay because he had lied. that's a quote from the official, lied to the president and vice president when he said he had not discussed sanctions with the russian ambassador.

the official also said the white house did not reach the decision based on the fact that he had been compromised by the russians but that is precisely what the former acting attorney general sally yates and top officials did believe when they saw the transcripts of mike flynn's intercepted conversations. nbc has confirmed from officials that yates and the others wanted to tell the trump team on january 19th, the day before the inaugural when they got all their facts in order, but fbi director james comey objected. it was the following week after sean spicer said at his first briefing that flynn had repeated to him he had not discussed sanctions at all with the russians that sally yates did brief the white house counsel. what is not clear why it took so long for the white house to decide that flynn had to go. frances. >> thanks to andrea mitchell reporting. thank you. for knew lieutenant general keith kellogg will serve as the acting national security

adviser. he's being considered for david pe tray he is'ses if. bob harwood is said to be at the top of the list. the department of homeland security said its agents arrested some 680 undocumented immigrants in a week-long roundup over several states far below the totals of similar raids by the obama administration. however, that didn't stop protestors that came out in full force. thousands gathered in downtown milwaukee for what they deemed a day without immigrants march. still, the president intends to zero in on criminals and not the overall immigrant community. >> we're actually taking people that are criminals, very, very hardened criminals in some cases who have -- with a tremendous track record of abuse and problems and we're getting them out, and that's what i said i would do. >> the president's comments came on the very same day he hosted canadian prime minister justin

trudeau for the first time. the two held the customary oval office meeting before convening a joint press conference and held a women in the work force roundtable discussion. it's one celebrated by first daughter ivanka trump. in this viral tweet that has some celebrating and others protesting the use of the oval office as a prop. well, despite hosting one of the country's greatest allies, it was a social media firestorm over what happened at the president's private club after an international crisis involving north korea that stole much of the conversation. nbc's kristen welker reports. >> reporter: president trump aiming to fortify his relationship with justin trudeau. the two leaders meeting for the first time. it comes as the president faces a major foreign policy test with a foe after north korea fired a ballistic missile over the weekend the president responded in his strongest terms yet. >> north korea is a big, big problem and we will deal with

that very strongly. >> reporter: but over the weekend questions surfaced after pictures appeared on social media showing the president dining with the prime minister of japan at mar-a-lago. a dinner that started after 8:00. the dinner appeared to turn into an open air strategy session onlookers told cnn. top aides holding their flashlights illuminating documents. democrats wasted no time pouncing. house leader nancy pelosi tweeting there's no excuse for letting an international crisis play out in front of a bunch of country club members like dinner theater. president trump was fully briefed before dinner in a secure facility and their discussions at the meal focused on the logistics of an imprompt two news conference they held later that night. >> the united states of america stands behind japan. >> reporter: this raises concern. >> this is what happens when the team is inexperienced, when they

haven't had to field too many national security crises. they take short cuts and they do things that in some ways could potentially compromise national security. >> our thanks to nbc's kristen welker for that report. native american activists say they're not giving up after a federal judge refused to stop construction of the dakota access pipeline. tribe leaders say they are disappointed their restraining order wasn't granted but promise to make a people presence near the construction site. opponents have been camped out for months in cannonball, north dakota. they say it threatens the water supply on native american lands. a new hearing is set for the end of the month. good news coming from california. there were no signs of erosion on the oroville dam's main spillway after massive releases of water. according to authorities this reduces the chance of catastrophic collapse and flooding. yet, with more storms expected to hit by thursday officials are working frantically to get as

much water out of the dam's reservoir as possible. in the meantime, california's governor has requested aid for 195,000 people who evacuated areas near the dam. new england is recovering from some wicked winter weather. a few parts received up to two feet of snow. keep in mind that's on top of the foot many places got last week. that snow was blown in by fierce winds. it tore off the roof of this gas station as you can see. the winds reached new york where a tree was sent crashing into a home. and in maine the wind is complicating plow efforts leaving the state virtually shut down. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with details of a new threat. this time the threat is to the south? >> yeah, going to the south. severe storms. this is one week after tornadoes went through new orleans. severe storms in central texas with heavy rain event heading for the dallas area this morning. 10 million people are affected. enhanced risk of severe storms, isolated tornado as we go from the morning into the early

afternoon. 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 and by 1:00 houston there's danger. stronger storms in louisiana, southern mississippi and florida late tonight. the tornado threats from

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