breaking news. president donald trump does a complete about face with china that's being felt around the globe. as the president is right now planning his next move in court after all three appeals court justices refused to reinstate his immigration order. even a winter nor'easter couldn't keep some brave souls from a frigid polar plunge. and it's a battle of trump versus trump as alec baldwin and jimmy fallon go head to head. >> it's not a juicy burrito from china, is it? >> no, no. i myself would not ever eat a burrito from china. and the honduran that delivered this burrito to the studio, we had him deported. >> "early today" starts

now. happy friday to you. major development when it comes to the president and foreign policy. breaking overnight, president trump has agreed to honor the u.s.'s one-china policy. the white house says the president made this commitment while speaking with chinese president xi jinping last night. president trump previously said that he did not feel bound by the policy, which requires the u.s. to maintain only unofficial ties with taiwan. this major development comes just a day after chinese aircraft and a u.s. navy patrol plane had a dangerous encounter in the south china sea. nbc's janice is live in beijing. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: the call certainly does ease some of the tension. from china's perspective, it had to happen. the key point, it was at xi's request that trump would honor the one-china policy, which recognizes beijing's sovereignty over

recognized or was being told to recognize that the risks of not doing so were far too high. now the two sides can make some more meaningful moves toward real issues like trade, south china sea, and north korea. still, it is quite a leap from trump's position just a couple of months ago to this. on that close encounter over the south china sea, the u.s. navy is saying that one of its surveillance aircraft came within a thousand feet of a chinese military surveillance aircraft. they say that it was unsafe but they don't consider that there was any malicious intent. chinese officials were saying that both sides need to proceed with caution but both add as well that the aircraft were on a routine mission. back to you. >> all right. thank you for that report. barely 48 hours after a federal appeals court heard oral arguments over president trump's temporary immigrationr

the justices voting 3-0, refusing to reinstate mr. trump's restriction on travelers from seven predominantly muslim nations, rejecting the administration's claim of broad authority over the nation's borders. the president's response, see you in court. and here's what he said at the white house shortly after learning of the decision. >> we'll see them in court. it's a political decision, and we're going to see them in court and i look forward to doing it. >> do you believe the judges made -- >> we have a situation where the security of our country is at stake, and it's a very, very serious situation. so we look forward, as i just said, to seeing them in court. >> nbc's edward lawrence joins us from washington for more. it looks as though the legal fight here is÷ really just the beginning. >> reporter: it is, and it could be just the beginning. what's interesting about this case is that it was a unanimous decision. one of the judges is republican. now, the three-judge panel d

case, but they did say that the government provided insufficient evidence to overturn the travel ban stay issued by a lower court. that means that the predominantly seven muslim countries involved in this, people can still come into the united states legally from them. washington state attorney bob ferguson brought this case. he said he recognizes the president's authority to do an executive order, but he must follow the constitution. ferguson adding that he's seen the president in court twice now, and he's two for two. ferguson recommending the president rip up the executive order and start over. president donald trump has a couple options. he can appeal this to the u.s. supreme court, or he can ask all of the judges in the ninth circuit court of appeals to make a ruling. >> all right. we'll see how far this fight goes. edward, thank you. breaking overnight, a ninth trump cabinet pick has been confirmed. tom price will be the next health and human services

to be in jeopardy after medical stock trades triggered conflict of interest calls from dems. however, price was successfully voted in by his republican colleagues. a formal swearing many in is exd later today. now to a fire storm engulfing kellyanne conway after she went on national television and promoted ivanka trump's fashion product, encouraging viewers to buy them, which could be a violation of federal law. well, it set off an ethical dust-up that brought down the office of government ethics website, and it now has the top democrat and republican members of a congressional oversight committee calling for an investigation. nbc's peter alexander has the report. >> reporter: from one of the president's top advisers, a high-profile plug for ivanka trump's fashion line. >> go buy ivanka's stuff is what i was telling you. free commercial. go buy it today. you can find it online. >> reporter: those comments on fox news made from the white house not just a pitch but a potential violation ofe

ethics law that bars government employees from using their public office for private gain, including the endorsement of any product. it comes less than 24 hours after president trump attacked nordstrom for announcing it would no longer carry his daughter's products. the company saying it wasn't political but based on poor sales performance. both episodes raising red flags for ethics experts. the independent office of government ethics flooded with calls and e-mail, its website crashing. the white house says senior staffers received an ethics briefing after being sworn in, but few details about possible consequences for conway. >> kellyanne has been counseled. that's all we're going to go with. she's been counseled on that subject, and that's it. >> reporter: a source familiar with the discussion tells nbc news the white house legal team spoke to conway about where the line is, adding she knew immediately she may have crossed it. still, criticism from congress. the house oversight committee, headed by republican jason

chaffetz, firing off a scathing bipartisan letter to the white house, demanding answers. >> look, it was out of bounds. there's no if, ands, or buts about it. of course we're going to call it out. it needs to be dealt with. >> thanks to peter alexander for that report. officials in louisiana are still searching for one person listed as missing following an explosion at a phillips 66 pipeline. the local sheriff says a 20-inch pipeline exploded. officials evacuated 60 homes in the region as a precaution. authorities are investigating. the northeast is digging out this morning after a powerful winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas. plows in the new york area dug out about ten inches of the white stuff. the storm being blamed for at least one death in manhattan. a doorman died when he slipped and fell through a glass window as he was shoving snow. in massachusetts, the massive storm hit blizzard status, burying the bost

coast blinding winds caused nearly white out conditions. that didn't stop a few brave souls from taking a dip in the ocean after a planned polar plunging event was canceled. they went in anyway. if you're traveling, you definitely want to double check your flight information. airlines have canceled more than 4300 flights since wednesday. >> as we wake up this morning with the kids boo-hooing because they're back to school, we're like, yes. >> it's a great day. could another blizzard hit on monday? bill karins is following it all for us. >> it's possible. new england is a washout, but it's mostly northern new england that had to deal with that on monday. first, we have to deal with the cold. the nor'easter is gone and the cleanup is very frigid this morning. negative windchills from burlington to bangor to boston. single digits around new york city. washington, d.c., is not much better. a minor snow event on saturday, just a few inches. on monday, we have to watch out. more details on that coming

story of the day. here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can see we're going to struggle today. areas that got the snow are going to struggle to go up to the freezing mark today. you want to talk about warmth, look what's going on in the middle of the country. 70 today in wichita. 72 in denver. 43 in minneapolis. another set of celebrity twins on the way. this time for george and amal clooney. the osca winner and his attorney wife are expecting two little bundles of joy later this year. the twins seem to be trending in 2017. just yesterday, madonna announced she adopted twin girls. and beyonce all but broke the internet last week when she announced she's also pregnant with twins. >> got to love it. >> the end of an era for bachelors with george clooney off the market and now a daddy. >> there you go. still ahead, another country is proposing to build a wall. this one is surrounded by the world's m

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in studio this weekend, he's going to host "saturday night live" for a record-breaking 17th time. baldwin promises it'll be huge. >> this was my home. this was my heartbeat. it feels like so many lifetimes ago. i thought i had said good-bye, but the pull of fate is undeniable. so i must return. i must find the strength to -- >> alec, you were just here like yesterday. it's not that big of a deal. >> oh, it's a big deal. >> it's going to be so good. part of me wants to go upstair right now, hide in a closet until saturday so i can at least see something like that. going to be so good. when it comes to all that glitters really is gold when it comes to oprah winfrey. the billionaire sold this is tth the -- 19th century painting for a cool $150 mill.

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following news overnight from capitol hill, who lawmakers just approved to president trump's cabinet and how that person could carry out on one of the biggest campaign promises. >> and we are monitoring the latest developments after a u.s. district court upheld a temporary restraining order on the president's travel ban, what could happen next. >> and metro is back, where riders are about to notice a big change. and good morning, everyone. welcome to friday. it's the end of the week. happy friday. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we're dealing with a 50 degree drop in temperatures in just 30 -- >> so the question is, is this rock bottom?

to get because it is cold out there. >> yes, it certainly is. and as aaron was saying there, yeah, some places 50 degrees lower than we were on wednesday afternoon. >> yeah, to answer eun's question, yes, this is the coldest we're going to get for a while, so yes, there you go. >> it's always good to know when you've officially hit rock bottom. so milder weather, unbelievably milder weather coming in time for the weekend. don't plan on getting a lot of sunshine. after this morning clouds are going to be the rule, not the exception, but even with the cloud cover, temperatures this weekend back above average again. but this morning you'll never know the warmup is coming because it is cold and dry. windchills back in the teens. later this afternoon increasing numbers of clouds staying on the chilly side for today. the weekend, cloudy and milder. we are tracking the chance for sunday rain drops coming in. we'll let you know about how much you might be needing to expect on your

here is sheena, good morning. >> so the actual temperatures are in the 20s. the feels like temperature which is really the only thing that matters when you step outside, that is 12 degrees in the district. actual temperature 24, feels like 12. that's more than 10 degrees colder with the wind out. so it's not incredibly windy but it is windy enough to make a very big difference. here is what it looks like across the rest of the area. feels like 8 degrees right now. gaithersburg feels like 7 degrees so we have single digit windchills on the map this morning. feels like 9 in frederick. quantico feels like 18 degrees. yes, it is very cold out this morning. make sure you bundle up the kids and through the afternoon you'll want the warm jacket. and believe it or not, another warmup for the weekend. we'll show you that coming up in just a bit. >> i like the weekend warmup idea.

here with the crash blocking the right side of that ramp. they are trying to send a tow out there right now. 66, that's fine. southbound 95 at stafford, work zone there blocking the right lane this morning. rest of the beltway looks okay here right now. just talking about that problem we're talking about inner loop kenil worth avenue. and then bottom of the beltway, all of those routes into and out of town are just fine. the nomination is confirmed. >> breaking overnight the senate confirms tom price as the new secretary of health and human services. with the latest cabinet confirmation, focus could quickly return to republicans' plans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. president trump has said his administration's plan for health care would come shortly after price was confirmed. on the heels of that victory president trump is vowing

immigration order. in a new ruling the ninth circuit court of appeals has refused to reinstate his travel ban. the three judge panel ruled the u.s. government presented no evidence to explain its case. >> so for now here's what the court's ruling means. people with valid visas from the seven predominantly muslim countries are allowed to travel in and out of the u.s. as if the order never existed. it's far from over though. trump tweeted see you in court, the security of our nation is at stake. reporte repo >> we'll seem them in court. it's a political decision and we'll see them in court. we have a situation where the security of our country is at stake and it's a very, very serious situation, so we look forward, as i just said, to seeing them in court.