this morning on "world news now" -- legal face-off. president trump's immigration ban facing a tough challenge from federal judges. the latest on where the case stands right now. plus, fact checking the trump administration's claims of media bias. and louisiana is facing major damage as residents start to clean up from at least four tornadoes. the storms injured several people, intense winds also turned over vehicles and damaged homes as well as knocking out power. we'll have the latest. and new this half hour, high-flying fun on obama's winter vacation. >> why the former president's caribbean getaway is giving the internet plenty of meme material. and gronk gone wild. well, the shirt's -- >> there it is. >> there it is. the gun show. the patriots star crushing it at the parade yet again. and hear why he says he got to

it is wednesday february 8th. let's party like it's gronk day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." he's showing off his skills. >> he did. that's actually like the first pass he's caught in several months. i mean, he's injured. sorry. >> maybe he's celebrating mardi gras early. he's expecting some beads. >> he's like i need no excuse. the shirt's gone. all right. we'll get to that a little bit later. right now all across washington the wait is on for a major court ruling following some intense arguments over president trump's travel ban. >> those arguments were heard by a federal appeals court in san francisco. lawyers for the trump administration claim the travel ban should be restored because the president is within his legal authority to decide who can enter the u.s. but attorneys for several states oppose that, saying a restraining order against the ban should remain in place. a lawyer for washington state

unconstitutional and damaging. >> what's the irreparable harm to the state of washington? >> we had students and faculty at our state universities who were stranded overseas. we had families that were separated. we had long-time residents who could not travel overseas to visit their families without knowing that they would be able to come back. >> a decision by the appeals court is expected in the next few days. but whatever that decision says, either side will be able to appeal to the supreme court. >> while the trump administration waits for that decision, it's showing no signs of backing down on its favorite target, the news media. officials are refusing to back away from claims that some terror attacks are underreported. >> so the president and some of his surrogates had sharp words about that topic. abc's cecilia vega reports from the white house. >> reporter: president trump not backing down from his attack on the media after accusing journalists of underreporting terror attacks. >> i understand the total dishonesty of the media better than anybody. and i let people know it.

>> reporter: trump's accusation just 24 hours ago. >> you've seen what happened in paris and nice. all over europe. it's happening. it's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. and in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their reasons, and you understand that. >> reporter: pressed for examples the white house released this list of 78 terrorist attacks. included among them, many that were widely covered. >> good evening tonight from paris. >> on the scene here in california. >> right here in orlando. >> reporter: late white house senior counselor to the president kellyanne conway pressed on cnn about why the administration claims terrorist attacks are being ignored. >> cnn and other media organizations cover terrorism around the world all the time. saying that we don't cover terrorism, that's just false. >> what the president is saying there, jake, is there are attacks that don't get as much coverage. >> those ones were on the list,

you were on the list. >> absolutely. and i'm saying the ones that have high casualties like nice and brussels and certainly paris and the like, those are covered extensively by all media as well they should be. >> reporter: conway also questioned about her repeated false claim that iraqi refugees carried out a terrorist attack in kentucky. >> after two iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the bowling green massacre. it didn't get covered. >> she has said she misspoke and she apologized. >> i used the wrong word to describe something several times. i felt badly about that. and i apologize and i rectify -- >> reporter: kellyanne conway was pressed on something else. the president saying that the murder rate is the highest it's been in 47 years. that claim is false. kellyanne conway said she didn't know who gave the president that number. the reality is the murder rate has been trending downward for decades with the exception of a spike in 2015. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> just about two miles from where cecilia is standing there the white ho

second straight all-night protest. this one against attorney general nominee jeff sessions. senator elizabeth warren sparked some outrage among republicans when she first quoted a letter by the late senator ted kennedy disparaging sessions and then she read a letter from coretta scott king. now, in that 30-year-old letter king accused sessions of trying to block blacks from voting while he was a federal prosecutor. that earned warren a rare senate rebuke for breaking a rarely quoted senate rule. a vote to confirm sessions is expected later on today. the nation's new education secretary promises to be a tireless advocate for all students. betsy devos was sworn in hours after the charter school advocate's historic confirmation vote. mike pence became the first vice president to break a tie in the voting for a cabinet nominee. two republicans joined democrats in an attempt to derail devos's nomination. there's a major cleanup effort under way in new orleans and nearby areas this morning after a swarm of t

louisiana. at least four of those storms are now confirmed but as many as seven have been reported. dozens of people were injured as a result of the high winds and heavy rain. but luckily no reports of fatalities. thousands, though, are without power right now and homes and other buildings were damaged, especially in the city's 9th ward. that's the ward hardest hit by hurricane katrina almost a dozen years ago now. louisiana's governor has issued a disaster declaration for seven parishes. and the west coast is also being battered by heavy rain and winds. in parts of the bay area there's also flooding. there have been several mudslides and rock slides as well, damaging homes and closing roads. the storms have also uprooted trees and knocked down power lines. >> so the worst appears to be over, at least for the southeast. but not for the west. >> let's get the forecast now from accuweather's cam tran. cam, good morning. >> good morning, diane and kendis. the chance for severe weather will taper off across the south and southeast today but a new storm system will be developing on the east coast and this will

produce some snowfall across the mid-atlantic states by tonight and zip into new england bringing some blizzard-like conditions there by thursday. off to the west, another storm system will be moving in, bringing heavy rainfall from seattle down to sacramento and we are looking at concerns especially across central california due to the barrage of storm systems this week. diane and kendis, back to you. >> cam, thanks. we've learned the u.s. will no longer be able to hunt down suspected terrorists in yemen. according to the "new york times" the yemeni government has withdrawn permission for special ops ground missions on its soil. the move is reportedly in response to civilian casualties from last month's u.s. raid. a navy s.e.a.l. was also killed during the operation. and in georgia three fishermen can thank the coast guard for making it off a burning boat. this happened near st. catherine's island. the fishing boat burst into flames yesterday afternoon. the coast guard crew, though, managed to airlift all three men into a helicopter and no one was hurt.

>> absolutely. the weather did not cooperate. it didn't stop, however, hundreds of thousands of patriots fans from coming out to celebrate another super bowl win with their team. as usual the boston victory parade there. the pats rode world war ii era duck boats through the streets. >> i'm not sure i know more passionate fans than in the boston area. >> no. >> also, as usual, rob gronkowski made a complete spectacle. >> he didn't skip abs day. he didn't skip arms day. >> he even opened some beer cans with his mouth. >> as he should. >> and then chugged the beer. also, by the way, without a shirt on at times. everything's better with your shirt off if you're rob gronkowski. >> how awesome is rob gronkowski? >> afterward he said when it came to his behavior he didn't have a choice. >> i wasn't even planning on going that crazy but the fans were asking for it and i brought what they wanted. i partied for them. i chugged beers for them. i had to. >> he had to. >> gronk is a man of the people. the celebration then ended with a rally at boston city hall.

there. >> so brady says that his wife, gisele bundchen, wants him to retire. in response brady said, too bad, babe. i'm having too much fun right now. >> amen. would you retire? >> absolutely not. five rings? go for a sixth one. why don't you? gronkowski did the naked issue for espn, body issue. i mentioned this before. but it's hilarious because you can choose to put a robe on. they said during the entire shoot he refused to put the robe on. he was just walking around buck naked the entire time. >> what, is this weird? >> it's only weird if you make it weird. it's only awkward -- got to love rob gronkowski. well, coming up, why a pornographic past may have cost a teacher her job. >> interesting. >> transition. >> but hear what the teacher says the school district found out before she was placed on administrative leave. and if you're looking for something to get you in the mood this valentine's day, ladies, look no further. allow the smooth sultry sounds

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he was rushed to the hospital but died a day later. fraternity members told police the sophomore fell down the basement steps almost 12 hours earlier, around 11:00 p.m., during a party. an autopsy revealing multiple traumatic injuries due to a fall, alcohol in piazza's system. the coroner says the death appears accidental. >> certified by the dawn county coroner saturday morning that mr. piazza was pronounced dead. >> reporter: what's not clear is why no one called for help until the following morning. piazza's family is remembering a vibrant young man. his brother mike writing on facebook that tim's sole mission in life was to make other people smile. penn state has suspended the fraternity. the fraternity says they are cooperating with police and are hopeful that surveillance cameras inside the house will shed light on how this tragedy unfolded. eva pilgrim, abc news, state college, pennsylvania. >> our thanks to eva. and moving on now, a dallas teacher says her past with

pornography cost her job. >> resa woodward has spent several years teaching sixth-grade science. that's until last month. that's when someone sent her stage name to the school district and her past was then posted on facebook. >> woodward was placed on administrative leave, then terminated. she says she was 19 at the time in an abusive marriage and broke but turned her life around. >> the message the district is sending to me is that you can't get past your past. you're going to be punished for it over and over, there's no way to rise. and that's not okay. >> the 38-year-old is fighting back, appealing her termination with the texas education agency. the dallas school district says it cannot discuss these personnel matters. all right. when we come back, the ex-president like you've never seen him before. and a steamy special on netflix setting the mood. plus a hollywood hunk belting out tunes.

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>> the internets has taken notice seeing him enjoying himself so much has made people a little sad with many people weighing in on twitter. here's one that says, "baby come back. i can change." >> here's another saying, "his hair might just turn black again." >> here's one that hit me up on twitter. it says, "oh, you've got some color." and lastly, who are you gonna call? not obama with the caption "new phone who dis?" obama's like catch me outside. >> like a gone ex-boyfriend. to those lovebirds looking to netflix and chill before february 14th michael bolton's got you covered. >> this is some sexy stuff. the iconic singer has teamed up with netflix for a new comedy special. it's called "michael bolton's big sexy valentine's day special." >> that's really the title? >> yeah.

voice. it's special. >> hey there. i'm michael bolton. ♪ when a man loves a woman >> i've been waiting for you. >> i believe in two things. one, ghosts. and two, that there's somebody out there for everyone. ♪ he'd trade the world for the good thing he's found ♪ >> can every day be valentine's day? ♪ yes, when a man loves >> tonight we're going to get all of you out there love making. so if you're not making love already, you will be soon. >> with an orgy? of celebrity guests. ah. that was key. speaking of the celebrity guests, they included fred armisen, maya rudolph, michael sheen, and even andy samberg as rival kenny g. the list goes on and on and on. and there's singing, there's dancing, there's baby making telethons. >> throwing down the gauntlet. >> yes. everything. >> on to another g man, by the way. jake g. that's how we know each other. >> oh.

he's obviously a talented actor. he's been nominated for academy awards, golden globes, you name it. but you know the man can sing too? he is returning to broadway in a production of "sunday in the park with george." and listen to this. ♪ the kind of room ♪ that's willing to wait ♪ not the kind you want to find waiting ♪ ♪ to return you to the night ♪ dizzy from the height ♪ coming from the hat ♪ studying the hat >> not bad at all. >> pretty good. forget michael bolton. i know what i'm doing for valentine's now. >> and he can sing and walk down the stairs at the same time. >> yes, he can. >> wow. >> he can do it all. gyllenhaal posted this video to facebook ahead of the show opening in late february. >> the song's called "finishing the hat." >> he's finish

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only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. ♪ ♪ there's an emoji for catch me outside? >> what's catch me outside? >> it's this chick who had some problems or this woman, young woman who had some problems from dr. phil and she got into an argument with somebody in the audience and she's like "catch me outside." >> and that's it? >> now there's an app -- >> that's one of the top five apps? >> yeah. and there's a song. catch me outside. >> got to shake your head. >> mm-hmm. >> but we could be in for another round of the rosie o'donnell versus president trump feud but this time on "saturday night live." >> she's saying catch me outside? no. >> something like that. >> you know melissa mccarthy did se

so what staffer does rosie want to play? david wright tells us. >> it's "saturday night live"! >> reporter: "snl" is clearly enjoying a banner year. they have alec baldwin as the president. >> oh, my god. it's the ghost of christmas past. >> reporter: kate mckinnon as kellyanne conway. >> i'm not a ghost. this is just my face and hair. >> reporter: and now -- >> and our president will not be deterred. >> reporter: melissa mccarthy as the irascible press secretary sean spicer. >> and his fight against radical moose lambs. >> it's cute. it's funny. >> that's enough fun for tonight. can i have my desk back? >> reporter: but who do you get to play the great manipulator, as steve bannon is portrayed in this week's cover of "time"? after politico reported the white house was rattled by the spicer spoof, not least because "snl" had a woman play one of the president's men, twitter exploded with casting ideas for

bannon. the overwhelming favorite -- >> donald trump is in the news again. >> reporter: -- a certain female comedian who used to blast donald trump regularly on "the view." >> everyone deserves a second chance. >> reporter: apparently the feeling's mutual. trump's dislike of rosie o'donnell is well documented. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. your twitter account -- >> only rosie o'donnell. >> reporter: o'donnell seems to like the idea of playing the president's alt right-hand man. "available," she tweeted, "if called i will serve." >> "wall street journal." are you okay? >> reporter: no comment from "snl." or, interestingly enough, from the tweeter in chief. but stay tuned. i'm david wright for "nightline" in new york. >> i think that would be great. >> i would like to see sarah palin somehow be involved in all of this so we can bring back tina fey. that's my vote. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> catch me outside.

making news in america this morning, recovery is under way after several tornadoes tore through neighborhoods in the south. nasa is releasing new video overnight showing the damage to one of the buildings, plus flooding on the west coast and a mud slide splits a home in half. the immigration battle heating up as lawyers make their case, plus, the republican blocking senator elizabeth warren from debating president trump's attorney general nomination and why she was reprimanded. and the president telling another false claim, this time on crime in america. the major health alert revealing a surprising number of young americans are suffering from hearing loss. so, what's the cause? and a hammer, a body slam and a lot of effort. two burglars and unsuccessful attempt to get i