this morning on "world news now," the president's next move in the fight to reinstate his travel ban. the administration arguing our safety is at risk right now. >> so what's next? plus, another late night session in congress. details ahead. the northeast is digging out after that major storm blew in more than a foot of snow in some areas and with roads icing over as temperatures dip even further, we're seeing plenty of crashes like this one. we'll tell what you to look out for. >> wow. and new this half hour, a grim assessment for america's longest war. >> the top u.s. commander in afghanistan calls it a stalemate. with the war on terror shifting ity focus to isis, will the president grant the request to send in more troops to fight the taliban? >> the historic announcement from aretha franklin.

what the queen of soul says she's about to do after 57 years. the complete story ahead in "the skinny." it's friday, february 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it's great seeing all those old videos of an reit that is franklin. >> i could watch "respect" a thousand times and not get board. >> i could listen to her read the phone book. >> "natural woman." >> we'll be here forever if we keep talking about aretha. we'll have more on that coming up. >> let's start with the legal battle. and the stinging legal blow for president trump. an appeals court rejecting a bid to reinstate his travel ban. >> the president is not backing down. he reacted immediately on twitter saying see you in court. the security of our nation is at stake. but the bipartisan panel of three judges said the argument that the ban targets muslims raised "significant constitutional questions." abc's jonathan karl has the details. >>

the white house. that three-judge appeals panel deciding not to reinstate the president's travel ban. a big setback for president trump. the ban set off chaos at airports hours after it went into effect. families detained. makeshift legal clinics set up. an iraqi translator for the u.s. government turned away and only allowed back into the country once the washington state court put the travel ban on hold. >> i fought for my rights and i succeeded. >> reporter: president trump started attacking the judges of the 9th circuit court even before they issued their ruling. > i was a good student. i understand things. i comprehend very well. okay? better than i think almost anybody. and i want to tell you, i listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. >> reporter: but lawyers for washington state argued the president's executive order violated the constitution and

travelers from the affected countries but also to the state of washington. >> what's the irreparable harm to the state of washington? >> we had students and faculty at our state universities that were stranded overseas. we had families that were separated. >> reporter: the white house argued that the president clearly has the authority to impose the ban and that putting it on hold is downright dangerous. >> believe me, i've learned a lot in the last two weeks and terrorism is a far greater threat than the people of our country understand. >> jonathan karl, abc news. and president trump is pushing back against reports his supreme court nominee criticized his attacks on the judiciary as demoralizing. the president said the comments made by judge neil gorsuch were misrepresented. but that comes after the remarks were corroborated by a spokesperson for gorsuch and at least three senators including richard blumenthal of connecticut.

>> judge gorsuch told me and there were white house staff in the room that he is disheartened and he finds these attacks on the judiciary to be demoralizing and disheartening. >> the meeting was private but blumalthal says gorsuch told him it was fine to repeat what he said. enthal is now calling on gorsuch to go public with his criticism of the president. >> democrats spent hours on the senate floor detailing their opposition to congressman tom price. they painted him as the architect of the plan to dismantle obamacare. but republicans championed his fitness for that job citing his extensive knowledge of the health care system. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is requesting more assistance in fighting america's longest war. general john nicholson told a senate committee that a few thousand more troops are needed to help train and advise afghan soldiers. nicholson also noted russian

meddling is complicating the counter-terrorism fight. the taliban expanded its territory as the number of u.s. troops have declined. >> in your overall assessment, are we winning or losing? >> mr. chairman, i believe we're in a stalemate. >> the white house is reviewing u.s. military strategy all around the world. so it's unclear if the trump administration would approve an increase of u.s. forces in afghanistan. meanwhile, the president bashed john mccain for questioning the success of the yemen raid. the president tweeted that mccain's talking about the mission's success or failure only emboldens the enemy. he also said mccain doesn't know how to win anymore. a navy seal died in the january 20th raid along with dozens of civilians. >> an well, since city schools are closed again today after a blizzard dumped as much as 19 inches of snow on parts of the northeast. with temperatures in the teens and single digits overnight, slush on the roads is refreezing and commuters this morning could be in for another long day of traffic accidents. and polic

those slippery conditions resulted in this crash. that vehicle slamming into a home. three residents were upstairs at the time. they were not injured but the crash knocked the house off its foundation and utilities had to be shut off. wow. so the house is no longer habitable. can you believe that? the residents were allowed to retrieve some of their belongings. the driver had only minor injuries and was not ticketed. temperatures by the way there in new hampshire in the single digits overnight. and it's going to get colder in some areas. let's get the complete forecast from accuweather's justin povick. good morning. >> kendis and diane, thanks and good morning to you. it's the wake of the storm now that we're going to be looking at on this friday. winds are subsiding. the snow is over. but we're still digging out and it's still cold. temperatures running below normal. you again need the heavy coats all along the interstate 95 corridor. some clouds out there, as well. we stayed busy in the southwest. now the rain spreading toward

the l.a. basin. potentially some ponding on the roads and major travel delays. kendis, diane, back to you. >> justin, thanks. don't be fooled by the long lines you saw at the post office during the holidays. the postal service says it lost $200 million in that quarter. that's despite a big uptick in delivering packages from online shopping and more election related mail. the big problem apparently is required advanced funding of health benefits for retirees. so mcdonald's is trying something new testing a crab sandwich at four restaurants in northern california. if it is successful, it will then get a tryout at 250 mcdonalds in the region. the snow crab is dressed with seasoned mayo and celery to try to make it seem like it's healthy i guess, but it costs $4 more than a big mac. >> i'll stick with the big mac. you can try the crab sandwich if you want. residents near a pond 25 miles north of charleston, south carolina, have a unique neighbor these days.

you see why. it's about five feet long. the gator's color, it's getting the attention as you can see, the attention. another theory about its color is that it used to -- it used too much self-tanner. >> scientists actually say the coloring is probably the result of the gator laying in some similarly colored mud or maybe hanging out in a rusty pipe. that's kind of gross. they say its normal skin color will return eventually. kind of like when you use too much self-tanner. >> tell me about it. >> scrub, scrub. >> or maybe he ate the crab sandwich at mcdonald's and of hollywood's most sought after leading men is about to land the role of his life. the big announcement from george and amal clooney that has them all smiles. >> and that other big announcement from the queen of soul. what aretha franklin says she's going to do after she relations her 93rd album in september. we'll have both stories ahea

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of arrests or any arrests. >> but there's a development that is adding fuel to that fire. an arizona mother who has been deported to mexico had been living in the u.s. for several decades until an immigration check days ago. >> protesters voicing outrage after she was forced to leave her children behind. abc's clayton sandell has the latest. >> reporter: for years, the government left guadalupe de rayos alone. not anymore. [ chanting ] protesters gathered in phoenix overnight, even holding the wheels on a government immigration van in a desperate move to stop it from taking her back to mexico. [ chanting ] garcia came to the u.s. from mexico illegally as a teenager. and like many undocumented workers she used a fake social security number to get a job. that resulted in a felony conviction. she was ordered back to mexico, but with no history of violence or other criminal record was allowed to stay pending appeal. >> last week, they weren't

bothering anybody. they weren't causing any harm to anybody. they were just living their normal life. >> reporter: she and her husband have two children born in the u.s. who say their family is shattered. >> seeing my mom in that van, it was really heart-dropping. my mom's a really kind person. >> we want her back. back in our arms. >> reporter: the white house wasn't commenting. >> that's an ice matter. >> reporter: referring questions to immigration officials who say her case underwent review at multiple levels and the judges held she did not have a legal basis to remain in the u.s. and now immigration lawyers we talked to tell us that it could be as many as ten years before garcia de rayos is eligible to reapply for entry back into the u.s. clayton sandell, abc news. >> immigration officials did not address claims that garcia de rayos was taken into custody because of a change in policy under the trump administration. >> when we come back, some respect for the queen of soul herself.

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♪ ♪ what you want, baby i got it >> that's all i know. >> you were aretha in that scenario, and i was the backup singer. we didn't even rehearse that just automatically. >> all of a sudden. time to start things off with the "skinny." as you probably guessed we're starting with aretha franklin. >> bow down, queen of soul has announced she will retire later this year after the release of her 93rd album. franklin says that album will feature a production by stevie wonder and will be an ode to detroit. >> 93 albums.

>> amazing. >> also, aretha franklin and stevie wonder? >> mind blown. >> so the 18-time grammy winner says she will continue recording. > good. >> just this will be her last year in concert because she wants to devote more time to her grandchildren. >> that's good. she is still touring. she has a tour date in poughkeepsie coming up. franklin starred her career 57 years ago. and, of course, her numbers are phenomenal. 112 charted singles, 17 top tens and 75 million records sold worldwide. so a few things you may not have known about her. in 1985, she had her voice declared a michigan natural resource. >> she also became the first black woman inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame back in 1987. >> she holds honorary degrees from harvard, yale and princeton. >> she has ranked number one first on the rolling stone list of greatest singers of all time. nbd. no big deal. >> no big deal.

>> also, i'm pretty sure she set a record for the longest national anthem rendition on thanksgiving. >> in fact, it's still going. >> still singing. the star spangled banner. >> exactly. okay. so next to a sneak peek at rosie o'donnell like you've probably never seen her before. >> that's right. the actress and talk show host took her social media driven campaign to play steve bannon on "saturday night live" to a whole new level. >> the twitterverse has been on fire ever since a follower asked her if she was game for playing president trump's chief strategist. >> she responded, if called, i will serve. >> now she's giving us a little preview what that might look like by altering her twitter avatar to morph her own face into steve bannon's head. >> for good reference, by the way. this is how rosie and steve look normally. >> well, that's the before and the after. wow, that's pretty good. the ball's in your court, "snl

>> i'm kind of curious to see the other half of that face swap, too. next to that other big celebrity announcement about george and amal clooney. >> so george is about to embark on the greatest role of his life, a dad. the two-time academy award winner and i think two-time people's sexiest man alive is reportedly having twins, he and his wife. >> george isn't pregnant with the twins. >> no. if he was pregnant with twins -- >> that would have been maybe our top story today. a source is telling in touch that the coup is expecting fraternal twins, a boy and a girl and she is due sometime in june. not, however, how this particular celebrity couple made their twins' announcement but a prankster couldn't resist showing us how george might look if he wanted to copy beyonce and make the same pregnancy announcement that she did in lingerie and a green veil. than

from that blizzard. wear getting a glimpse how the other half made it through the storm. >> gisele bund shin shared this video of the blizzard during the height of the storm presumably from her own backyard. in some ways it seems like she's maybe never seen snow before. >> she's from brazil. >> martha stewart got stuck. she shared this photo on instagram trying to plow four miles of roads on her farm in upstate new york and getting herself into a jam i guess a little bit. >> couldn't she just call snoop dogg for help? >> i guess she could. she got to do a little bit of that work in the pokey i assume so -- >> had to go there. i had some fun in the snow, too. i like a good snowstorm as long as no one gets hurt. >> you're cute. >> thank you. i was having fun. >> i think we should do -- oh. >> you were really having fun, too. >> i was enjoying -- >> did you forget that was coming? >> i didn't know that was coming up. we forgot the orange juice for the mimosas.

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get the digestive advantage. okay. so we're ending the week the way we started it with a whole lot of politics. it has been a very, very busy week. >> there was also this really big football game, which might be hard to remember because it feels like it happened more than a month ago now. let's take a look at our weekly friday rewind. >> ucla? >> it's day one for me but it's simply the next day in this department's history to pursue its mission. >> impugn the motives and conduct of our colleague from alabama. >> i am surprised that the words of coretta scott king are not suitable for debate. >> senator, any response to elizabeth warren's comments on the floor? >> i don't have any response.

>> do you respect putin? >> i do respect him. >> do you? why? >> well, i respect a lot of people. >> putin is a killer. >> a lot of killers. we've got a lot of killers. you think our country's so innocent? 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. >> it's offensive given the fact that cnn and other media organizations have reporters in danger right now in war zones covering isis. >> i was a good student. i understand things. i comprehend very well. okay? better than i think almost anybody. i listened to a bunch of stuff last night on television that was disgraceful. >> i'll be honest, i don't understand language like that. we don't have so-called judges, we don't have so-called senators, we don't have so-called presidents. >> i said to judge gorsuch that i find these attacks on

he did say that he found them to be disheartening and demoralizing. > donald trump, as you know, has said she has divorced herself, separated herself from the business. how is she being treated unfairly? >> i think there's clearly a targeting of her brand. this is a direct attack on his policies and her name. >> i'd like to begin today by apologizing on behalf of you to me. and that apology is not accepted. >> the patriots win the super bowl! >> we're bringing this sucker home. ♪ i want to hold them like they do in texas, please ♪ >> i'm designing my halloween costume as we speak. >> already. true story. every time we see sean spicer all week long -- >> it's so hard not to see melissa mccarthy. >> by the way, monday, national tortellini day. i'll be celebrating. > who is that? >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two

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making news in america this morning, an appeals court ruled against president trump blocking his immigration ban in a unanimous decision. but the president is promising a fight now taking to twitter. we're live in washington. the president's adviser kellyanne conway is sparking an ethics controversy after using a tv appearance to promote ivanka trump's brand. how the white house is now responding this morning. a plane preparing for takeoff overnight until flames shoot from the engine. new pictures and video coming in from passengers. >> also caught on camera an out-of-control car, wait for it, there it is, into a house. the dramatic video and damage left behind. you will not believe next.