limited and while supplies last. all the details are online. >> all right. a home run. developing overnight, accusations that house intelligence chairman devin nunes may have altered the fbi eavesdropping memo, which may not be released today after all. plus white house communications director hope hicks facing scrutiny over alleged cover-up comments. mass casualty incident level one, train versus truck. >> new details on the deadly train crash involving a garbage truck and a train filled with republican members of congress, family and staff. another sentencing hearing for disgraced former gymnastics doctor larry nassar. a deadline for michigan state amid protests. and a potential bombshell. >> i believe that if my report

would have been taken seriously in 2004 that many of these victims would have never met larry nassar. to the super bowl of advertising and the best commercials being teed up for sunday's big game. >> oh, yeah. and don't forget the puppy predictions. "early today" starts right now. good morning. i'm philip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. we begin this morning with developing news on that critical russia investigation by spoeshl counsel robert mueller. "the new york times" now reports mueller is zeroing in on that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer and the president's role in putting together a news release in response to news reports of that meeting. the president and his advisers originally claim the sit-down involving trump campaign associates and his son was about russian adoption policy rather than its real purpose, to obtain political dirt about hillary clinton. donald trump jr. wrote in an e-mail shortly before the meeting took place, "if it's what you say, i love it." that as we learn mueller plans to speak to the former spokesman for mr. trump's legal team, mark

corallo. >> it's a significant development considering news from the "times" that could bring long-time trump aide and white house communications director hope hicks into mueller's crosshairs. the "times" citing three people familiar with the situation writing mr. corallo is planning to tell mr. mueller about a previously undisclosed conference call with mr. trump and hope hicks. mr. corallo planned to tell investigators that miss hicks said during the call that e-mails written by donald trump jr. before the trump tower meeting in which the younger mr. trump said he was eager to receive political dirt about mrs. clinton from the russians will never get out. that left mr. corallo with concerns that miss hicks could be contemplating obstructing justice, the people said. while nbc has not independently verified the "times'" reporting, an attorney for hope hicks denies she ever said this, adding another layer to the investigation, cnn is reporting that the president sought to pressure the man leading the russia inquiry within the department of justice. deputy a.g. rod rosenstein. the cable company reporting mr.

rosenstein was asked by the president last month whether he was "on my team." according to an official. that comes after reports that mr. trump directly asked the fbi director christopher wray how he voted during an oval office meeting in may. falling in line with former fbi director james comey's sworn testimony last year where he said the president needed and expected loyalty. comey was fired thereafter. meantime, senior administration officials tell nbc news the classified and controversial memo compiled by republicans on the house intel committee will likely be released today. it reportedly shows how the fbi and doj abused their authority to eavesdrop on a former trump campaign adviser. that's despite both democrats and the fbi doing their best to stop the release from happening. overnight the leading democrat on house intel adam schiff claims that the committee's republican chairman devin nunes made "material, that is, substantive changes to the memo he sent to the white house. they are changes not approved by the committee." schiff continues, "the white

house, therefore, is reviewing a document the committee has not approved for release." a spokesman for chairman nunes took fault with schiff's complaint calling it "an increasingly strange attempt to thwart publication of the memo." he adds, "it was minor et cetera that were made including grammatical fixes and those requested by the fbi and the democrats. schiff's accusation comes after the fbi released a rare public rebuke against the memo's release writing, "the fbi was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it. we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo's accuracy." still the president looks to be bent on releasing that memo despite his own fbi's objections. here he was just last night on the house floor. >> you must release the memo. >> oh, don't worry. 100%. >> a new a.p. report claims the president has been "telling confidants in recent days that he believes the memo will validate his concerns that the fbi and justice department had

conspired against him." a frightening trip for several republican lawmakers and their families. their amtrak train collided with a garbage truck in virginia, killingperson. senate and house gop members were traveling together to a retreat when the accident happened. no member of congress or their staff was hurt. sadly, one passenger on the garbage truck was killed, identified as 28-year-old christopher foley. the ntsb is now on scene and says it will not speculate on a cause until their investigation is complete. >> we expect this to take several days of unseen work followed by months back at headquarters. >> nbc's dan sheneman now has more. >> reporter: the train, packed with republican lawmakers, was traveling near charlottesville, virginia around midday when it slammed into a truck. >> a working mass casualty incident is has been declared. >> reporter: members of congress who are also physicians helped treat crash victims. >> those of us who could, who

had a medical background, hopped off the train as quickly as we could and ran to these people. >> reporter: lawmakers who were not hurt were rattled. >> obviously concerned about those who were seriously injured and the deceased and then some who were pretty bruised up. >> reporter: investigators from the national transportation safety board have arrived at the scene. >> our mission is to understand not only what happened but why it happened and make recommendations to prevent it from happening again. >> reporter: lawmakers were on their way to a three-day policy retreat in west virginia. >> the members had been relocated from the train and moved onto buses for the final journey to their site. >> reporter: organizers say the retreat will go on as planned. dan sheneman, nbc news. >> and as dan mentioned, that retreat will go on as planned today, with president trump set to deliver remarks there later this afternoon. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with what's ahead

today. what can we expect? >> reporter: good morning. the idea is to set the agenda for what republicans want to get done, what the white house wants to get done this year, during this session. it started last night with vice president pence who not only began to lay out the agenda, he said they've got their work cut out for them but he also went after west virginia's democratic senator joe manchin. >> senator joe manchin has voted no time and again on the policies that west virginia needs. when the time came to repeal and replace the disaster of obamacare, joe voted no. when we empowered west virginia to defund planned parenthood, joe voted no. and when it comes to that wall that we're going to build on the southern border, joe said, "well, i'm not voting for the wall either." >> reporter: taking a page from president trump, the vice president also tweeted against manchin. take a look at manchin's response. he tweeted back, "the vice

president's comments are exactly why washington sucks." that from manchin. now, today as you mentioned, they will hear from president trump to set the agenda, to talk about what's important to them to try to get done. of course the midterm elections are a big part of that. the upcoming budget deadline to try to get that in place by the 8th. and of course the ym grace issue that has yet to be settled. philip. >> we know you'll be covering it all for us, tracie, thank you. disgraced former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar is back in court for a third and final sentencing hearing in another case of sexual abuse. while this case involved three victims, once again, many more are coming forward to make impact statements. the total number of accusers now rising to at least 265. and later today a michigan police department is expected to apologize for its role in letting nassar go unpunished for decades. nbc's rehema ellis has the details. >> larry nassar is a criminal of the worst kind. >> reporter: more emotional and

powerful statements from dozens of larry nassar's accusers. >> it takes a monster backed by ego, experience, and power fueled by multiple institutions to sexually assault a child in front of their own mother. >> reporter: and now more focus on his former employers and the police. >> as a student at michigan state i am completely heartbroken and betrayed by the school's administration. >> i'm not proud to go to this school. >> reporter: at michigan state university, where nassar was a doctor, protests despite the change to a new interim president. >> this institution has much that it can be proud of but we have to change the culture. >> the time is up for you, mr. nassar. >> reporter: rianne wendell gay is expecting a public apology from the police department which dismissed her complaints against nassar over a decade ago. >> i believe that if my report would have been taken seriously in 2004 that many of these victims would have never met larry nassar. >> reporter: now michigan attorney general investigators are demanding ms u-turn over

e-mails, texts, and other files associated with nassar. and at usa gymnastics the entire board resigned amid pressure from the u olympic committee. long overdue changes for many, including four-time olympic gold medalist simone biles, who shared her story on "today." >> so it feels like he took a part of me that i can't get back. so i'm still working on that part. >> reporter: hundreds of young women taking back their lives and holding institutions accountable. rehema ellis, nbc news. >> nbc meteorologist bill karins joining us now as we head into a new month, february. >> good morning. you knew winter was going to return after our january thaw that lasted for a while, and it has in a big way. wind chill advisories for portions of north dakota, northern minnesota. it is cold. we have wind chill values in some spots that are down there in negative 20 range. only 5 in minneapolis. the cold arriving, kansas city, chicago. eventually it will push into the ohio valley.

not too bad stlrks louisville around 48 degrees. but it will get chillier in the days ahead. by friday the cold air moves through areas of the northeast, only 17 in erie. then on saturday the cold reloads back toward international falls with a high of only 1 and for super bowl sunday and minneapolis all we can do for you is 8 degrees. luckily the game's indoors. that's a look at your big weather story. here's a closer look at the day ahead. that cold air, fargo, that's it. 1 degree. that's your high temperature. duluth will be right there with you. high of only 2 degrees. actually pretty mild up through the northeast ahead of our cold front. rain showers turning to snow showers late in the day. kentucky. and of course this weekend we have the super bowl and we also are going to be tracking a storm on the east coast. i'll have some details coming up. >> all right, bill, thank you very much. country singer carrie underwood is having quite a week with both highs and lows. she shared on twitter that she was pulled over for speeding saying that she might have cried after the brentwood, tennessee police officer let her off with a warning. this came just days before her

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breaking overnight, trapped in the flames. fire rips through a local home leaving two people dead. now neighbors say they were siblings. preparing for the patriots. the eagles trying to stay focused as the super bowl is three days away. one player is up for a big honor. staying home. philadelphia mayor jim kenney is doing everything he can to make sure he doesn't jinx the birds. he is a huge fan, and he's very superstitious. good morning, welcome to "nbc10 news today" first look at 4, i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm via sikahema. the mayor making sure that every base is covered. >> yep. >> we're here at the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota. tens of thousands are flooding to the twin cities as the super bowl inches closer.

>> we are your official eagles station. we have everything you need to know leading up to the big game. first let's talk about the weather. i checked the app, and it's 4 here in minnesota. let's find out your forecast. meteorologist bill henley has that. colder there this morning, warmer here. temperatures just above freezing in philadelphia with mostly cloudy skies. clouds over the suburbs. 29 and 29 in new jersey. it's dry this morning in the lehigh valley, but i think there's a good chance we'll see scattered showers during the day. in delaware, 34. it drops down a little bit, but then the temperatures steady out. at 8:00, 33 degrees. we will see the numbers climb. in fact, a pretty good warmup today in spite of clouds that will be more numerous this afternoon. and a chance of afternoon showers in the suburbs and lehigh valley especially. and as we go into the evening hours, showers for delaware and philadelphia. sun at the shore.

coming up, the forecast hour by hour and when the rain showers will move in. first jessica boyington has first alert traffic. thanks. we're starting on the schuylkill expressway this morning. no surprise. we received the construction on both directions. the westbound and eastbound side of the schuylkill. an ongoing project for now. these are the cameras at south street. the westbound side starting around south street, we're losing a lane approaching center city. on the eastbound side, we are closed from the vine street expressway to this point around south street. that closure and that lane restriction will be there or be here at least this morning until about 5:00. about an another. drive times look okay on 202. 11 minutes on the southbound side from the schuylkill to route 30. speeds into the high 50s. now to breaking news from overnight. heartbreak in a forth philadelphia neighborhood after flames -- in a north philadelphia neighborhood after flames tore through a home killing siblings. z