you tomorrow! right now a nor'easter is packing a wallop with winds and heavy rain. turning into dangerous projectiles. >> president trump makes good on his promises while his secretary tries to right on alternative facts. >> delivering a major speech, but that's not all. >> hope in the midst of a tragic avalanche. these puppies were found alive. >> new images from space that will blow you away. early today starts now. a good tuesday morning. >> what a pounding we are getting from the east to the west coast to places in between. hurricane force wins

battering multiple states. storm surges and large waves are assaulting the shores while there is extensive flooding in new jersey and jersey city. it's blowing scaffolding around wildly. in philadelphia, flying debris killed a 60-year-old man. >> this is the same deadly system that cut a wide swath of destruction across southern states where the death toll has risen to 20. thousands of homes were damaged by the storms and tornados. >> it looked like a bomb had exploded back here. >> georgia's governor extended the state of emergency to next week and mississippi's governor sent a letter begging for federal assistance. >> california's governor requested federal help. his state is getting drenched by powerful storms. the record rainfall led to flooding, mudslides and debris

residents. >> minnesota governor mark dayton had a scary moment last night. he collapsed after delivering his state of the state speech. >> [inaudible]. >> scary moment there. according to the chief of staff, the governor age 69 was not injured. his aides were able to catch him while he was falling. plfs already concern as the governor stumbled while making his way to the podium getting ready to make his speech. he previously fainted at a campaign event last year. he had overheating and dehydration. he was plowing ahead despite the collapnd

the ideas on how to handle the $1.4 billion surplus as planned. >> we are learning president trump resigned from his namesake company and more than 400 affiliate entitieentities. the spokesperson said the companies will be ounder the management of eric and don jr. part of the 19-page letter reads i donald j. trump resign from each and every office i hold. he made controversial headlines like this one from the "new york times." trump repeats lie about popular vote in lawmakers. he said it was illegal vote that cost him the popular vote against hillary clinton. nbc's halle jackson has more. >> reporter: at the white house, a reset after a

his first full white house work day, president trump most notably backing out of the transpacific partnership that would have made it easier to trade with allies to counter china. >> we have been talking about this for a long time. >> the move winning praise from bernie sanders and a labor leader in west virginia. >> i'm 100% behind donald trump for the renegotiation of the treaty. that's not the only one. >> an aide said the tpp move is the first step in renegotiating big trade deals including nafta with canada and mexico. >> at the appropriate time. >> also implementing a hiring freeze for federal workers and reinstating a tell us to ban recipients of foreigned a from suggesting o

abortions. business ledders from places like dow, lockheed martin and ford. >> the president was engaged was an under statement. >> a stark contrast to the petty over the first 72 hours with the president harping on the size of his inaugural crowd and pressed about his own inaccurate claim. >> it's demoralizing to turn on the tv and say can't do this. this guy will not get confirmed. >> president trump called reporters back into the roosevelt warm to witness praise about his inauguration speech. >> that was a great move for working men and women. >> this morning they paik up with a new director as mike pompeo takes the oath of office

party lines to lead the state department with rex tillerson. up next, the choice for ambassador to the united nations and nicky haily is expected to be voted on to the senate floor. they have indefinitely postponed votes to lead both the energy and interior department. the explanation for the postponement was not given. intel officials told nbc news despite the official report there has never been calls for michael flint and the russian ambassador. they said nothing proper was found as the calls were picked up in routine eavesdropping. >> sued over business interest, he had new reaction. the liberal watch dog group claims the

accepting gifts from foreign gifts. >> without merit. totally without merit. >> the group suing the president would have to get standing for them to proceed. they would have to show they are directly harmed by a constitutional violation. >> it was a chaotic moment after the brother of a murder victim lunged towards the man on your screen accused of killing his sister. officers rushed to subdue them while they screamed obscenities. the arraignment reconvened an hour later. tony ventura is charged with murdering his fiance and mother of their two children. her body was found in their apartment. ventura turned himself in and admitted to strangling her. he is being held without bond. >> in italy a ray of hope after an

three white sheep dog puppies were found alive under all that snow after five days. so far nine people have been rescued and seven have been killed. 22 people are still missing and are feared dead. >> what an incredible story. for all of "star wars" fans out there, big announcement. disney announced the title for the next installment in the series. episode eight will be entitled the last jedi and expected to pick up after the effects after the force awakened. this will feature "star wars" originals with carrie fisher who had wrapped shooting prior to her death last month. "star wars" the last jedi comes out december 15th and i bet people are already talking about it. can't wait for that movie. i wouldn't be decided if people wanted to start lining up. >> it takes on a new meaning.

full-size guitar. he put it in his pants. police are looking for him. but first, this morning 29 million americans are in the path of threatening weather. what can we expect? >> the nor'easter will affect new england. on the jersey shore, they are very high from montock to southern new england. interior sections have been dealing with a lot of sleet and slippery roads and snow. in areas of central new york and upstate new york and vermont and new hampshire, a big rain storm from providence to boston. here's the forecast with the pink and the purple. additional snow and a lot of areas with high elevations. that's a look at the weather stories of the day. temperatures in the big cities

so far it's a rain issue. also watch the snowstorm out of the rockies and the central plain. >> thank you. with all the storms out there, two are on vacation. we will find out where. it's not palm springs. we will tell you when we come back.

>> check out this unbelievable demolition in central china. 12 stories each reduced to rubble in 10 seconds. >> look at that. the explosives were distributed for more than 120 locations across the buildings. they were brought down to make way for the business and residential er

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the so-called 14 of the top jobs in america out of the top 60 according to the latest survey. they are massive on the computer programming and that appears to be where the money is and job satisfaction. they have $56 million and sell it. it's easy and certainly for jay z as well because he sold his title to the music streaming company and made that profit as well. they are concerned about the revenues and mainly getting to profit as well. back to you. >> just ahead, your weekend weather forecast and techniques in firefighting. early today is am can be back. why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"?

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now, at 4:26. president trump tries to fill out his cabinet. the search is on for a man trying to steal a car in northern virginia. why minimum wage workers in montgomery county will not get a raise. "news4 today." 4:26. i'm aaron gilcrest. >> i'm lynn yang. first, chuck bell and sheena poor sheen here with our weather

headlines. >> what a day yesterday turned out to be. raindrops all day long. you even lost an umbrella is my understanding. quite a bit of rain yesterday. you may want to grab the umbrella to play it on the safe side. no road-related problems. that's the good news. by later on this afternoon, breezy, staying on the cool side. i think we will get breaks of sunshine. the later on in the day you go, the more sunshine. mostly sunny. tomorrow is going to be the nicest day of the week. sheena is talking about windchills and raindrops still. >> it is cold this morning, colder than yesterday. you will want a warmer jacket this morning. good news, you are not going to need the umbrella all day long.

take a look at the freezing district. leesburg feels like 29 and fredericksburg feels like 30 degrees. we do have a few sprinkles around the area, a couple snow flurries. it looks like a few rain sprinkles around the heights and the district. you will want the jacket as we go through the day today. we will talk more about this. a problem on the beltway. good morning, melissa. outer loop at 66. i have a crash on the right shoulde shoulders, hard to see. the sheen on the roadway this morning. outer loop at 66 right now. westbound 50 after eaton place. we do also have some work happening there. the right lane there is getting by here this morning. 270 northbound. southbound, you can see everything there is rolling along just fine. taking a look at 95 and maryland, from 32 to the beltway, you are going to

there on time. same thing, outbound, no worries right now. see you in a couple of minutes. >> thank you. >> 4:29 and now to president trump's first 100 days. take a live look at capitol hill where it is sure to be a busy day. >> dozens of lawmakers are expected to take a hard look at several of president trump's cabinet picks. they are expected to vote on elaine chao and wilbur ross. they will also vote on jeff sessions nomination for attorney general and dr. ben carson for secretary of housing and urban development. >> you can expect these cabinet nominees to be in the hot seat. congressman mick mel vain any, health and human services nominee, congressman, tom price and linda mcmahon begins her confirmation hearing to headed small business administration.

organizing a rally calling on lawmakers to vote on the president's cabinet, vote no. it is the first event of what they are calling "resist trump" tuesdays. more than 40,000 joined an emergency call to learn how to take action against the president. mike mpompeo starts his first day. >> he was sworn in last night by vice-president, mike pence. the senate confirmed his nomination as the democrats forced a three-day delay. he now becomes the third member of president trump's cabinet. former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson. >> our area's biggest employer won't be filling newsi