. good morning. winter wallop. that massive storm sweeping across the country targeting every ste east of the mississippi today. major cities along the busy i-95 corridor bracing for snow. the southea facing rain and serious flooding concerns. school closings and flight delays piling up. doubling down. overnight former fbi director andrew mccabe snding by his claim that president trump could possibly be a russian asset. >> i think that's why we started our investigation. >> this morning reaction from e white house and capitol hill to the exp allegation and the new lawsuit facing the president or his border wall emergency.

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hey, everybody. welcome to "today." thank yos for joining on this wednesday morning. look who is here. craig melvin sitting in early. savannah not feeling so hot this morning. we wish her well. >> feelttbe. >> check this out. this is pittsburgh. >> messy commute in the morning. >> a lot of schools closing along the east coast already this >> messy commute this morning, going to be a messy commute this afternoon as well. we start with that major winter m, a dangerous mix of snow, sleet, ice and rain spreading across the entire eastern part of this country. >> we'll get to dylan's forecast in just a second. nbc's garrett haik is in warrenton. ming down a couple hours getting heavier as it goes.

all this headed your way. the entire storm heading up the east coast leaving this cold, wet, snowy mess behind it. a powerful winter storm system roorg across the country. more than 200 million people facing heavy snow, torrential rain and crippling ice through thursday. bernnning its j in california several days ag the winter weather wallop aiming its fury at the southern rocky mountain, dumping as much as a foot o snow in new mexico and ra colodo, then giving las vegas its worst snow fall in more than a cade. in the midwest, strong winds and snow spreading across ksas while in the southeastain wreaking havoc in par of tennessee and georgia causing potentially catastrophic . flooding many airlines canceling flights in the washington, d.c. area where this morni the fire department is closed in anticipation of heavy snowfall. in nearby virginia as the snow begins to fall, officials working to try to get ahe the storm.

>> the tricky part is always going to be when it comes during a commute. we have wednesday a.m. and p.m. wish that we're concerned. >> reporter: in the northeast preps are under way in philadelphia and new york ci. new jersey already declaring a state of emergency. idents toes warning r stay off the roads. >> as of noon, it's going to start coming down. it's going to affect the afternoon rush hour without a doubt. we'restressing, use mass transit as much as possible. >> reporter: here in the greater d.c. area, this storm is causing the kind of government shutdown that folks here actually like. the federal workers have been told to stay home today. let those plows do their job as we get into theessy morning commute. >> kids home from school, too. garrett haake, thank you. dylan is in for al with the latest of what we can expect. >> it's the timing of the massive storm system, affecting th mid atlantic and also back through chicago. we have winter storm warnings and winter weath advisories.

we'll see the northeast will impacted later on for this evening's commute. here is the snow heaviest through minnealis, st. paul, chicago, spall. in the maryland, washington, d.c. area, also across northeastern virginia. as we go through this morning.re that's whe snow will be falling. but by the time we get to about, 2::00 this afternoon, we'll transition to a quick period of ice and over to rain basically everywhere. in new york the snow will start early this afrnoon. it cou remain heavy through the evening's commute, enough to accumulate a fews inc before it changes over to ice and eventually to rain by the time we get to 7:00, 8:00 tonight. in boston, just a couple of inches before the changeover.t signific delays across philadelphia, d.c., back into cleveland, detroit. chicago will likely see delays as well. same goes for minneapolis spall. most of those delays this we could see four to six inches of additional snow on top of

what already is on the ground across the upperes mi in the mid atlantic, looking at about an additional three to fourinches. and then in the northeast, a quick two to three inches befor thatchangeover. hoda? >> dylan, thank you. the bombshell new book by former fbi director andrew mcbe, overnight he made new claims about president trump, russia and the mueller investigation after sitting down with savannar yey. we'll start with nbc white house correspondent peter alexander. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the president and top aides trying to discredit andrew mccabe as a liar and a leaker. the firedrbi direc is not backing away from his account and the concerns he says that led the fbi to launch an investigatio to determine if president trump was secretly working to helpga russiast u.s. interests after the firing of james comey. overnight fired acting fbi director andrew mccabe detailing why he raised f redlags about

president trump and russia. >> do you still believe the president could be a russian asset? >> i thinks possible. i think that's why we started our investigation, and i'm really anxious to seere w director mueller concludes that. >> reporter: it follows his appearance with savannah here on "today." he briefed lawmakers after the fbi opened an investigation into president trump in 2017, adding no one pushed back. >> did you?ell congre >> i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone object?s >> tha the important part here savannah. no one objected. >> reporter: that an apparent rebuttal that top justice department and fbi officials were plotting aniv administr coup against the president. mccabe was fired from fbi last year accused of lying under oath about his interactions with the media. the president preetdly attacking him on twitter. >> i don't think really anybody takes those tweets by the president verseriously. i certainly don't at this point. >> reporter: this morning the president is facin n scrutiny.

an explosive "new york times" report that says late last year he tried to place his own appointee in charge of the investigation into hush money payments during the 2016 campaign which the president denies. >> i don't know who gave you that. more fake news. there's a lot of fake news out there. no, i didn't. reporter: "the times"or r president trump called whitaker to ask if jeffrey berman could be put in charge of the widening investigation into michael cohen. according to sources berman had already been recused from the case. the president, the times reports, soon soured on mr. whitaker and complained about his inability to pull levers at the justice department tet could mhe president's many legal problems go away. testifying before congress earlier this month, k whitr addressed the idea of presidentialinterference. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have iid

pr any promises or commitments concerning the special counsel's investigation or any other investigation. >> reporter: that testimony adding fuel to house democrats claims that whitaker may have perjured himlf and their efforts to bring him back before congress to face questionsrd reg what they call inconsistencies the president nominated the current deputy transportation secretary, jeffrey rosen, to replace rod rosenstein as deputy attorney general. rosenstein, jtice department officials tell nbc news, will remain in his post until the middle o next month, another signal that special counsel robert mueller wil soon submit his report on the russia investigation. ex>> peter der, in front of a beautiful snowy white house. protests and legal challenges are mounting over

president trump's national emergency declaration to secure funding for a border wall. nbc's kristen welker has been llowing that story. good morning. >>eporter: hi, craig, good morning to you. the battle over the border is en intensifying as the trump administration faced yetnother lawsuit overnight. overnight the opposition mounting to president trump's emergency declaration to get hio er wall built. the american civil liberties unionin bec the latest to sue the administration over his move joinedth by several advocacy groups writing in documents, ths ent's declaration was made solely over a disagreement over the proper funding, location and timetable for constructing a border wall. president trump defiant in the face of another lawsuit filed by 16 states. >> i think in the end we're going to be very successful with the lawsuit. it's an open and closed case.

>> reporter: mr. trump predicting victory over the legal battle to stop him from directing $3.6 mibillion over t wall. doubling down saying he has an absote right. >> we have to stop drugs and crimes and criminal and human trafficking. >> the lawsuit filed in the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals in san francisco ar queues that the president has used the pretext of act manued crisis of unlawful immigration to declare a national emerncy. all o the attorneys general in the 16 states are democrats, but they deny politics is at play. new mexico's attorney general sp king outovernight. >> actually he has to follow the rule of law. we don't have kings in this country. this is not about the king's funding. >> reporter: a new twist this morning. a day after california filed a lawsuit against the emergency t declaratio trump administration announcing it

plans to pull some $900 million in federal funding from a high-speed railroject for the state. it's also poised to try to take back billions of dollarsore that have already been spent. california's governor calling that political retribution. allegations the white house denies. craig, hoda? >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you. the high school student at the center of the viral confrontation at the lincoln memorial is suing "the washington post" for defamation claiming the newspaper accused him of racist act. the lawsuit filed by the parents of nicholas sandman seeks $250 million damage. the suit claims "the washington post" waged malicious attacks on intatement "the washington asandmann. post" saide are reviewing a copy of the lawsuit and we plan to mount a vigorous defense. also this morning,ti

addional charges have now been filed against patrick frazee, the colorado man accused of murdering his fiancee. a judge has ruled he will trial following a day-long hearing that t revealedubling new details. steve patterson joins us with details. >> forhrhours,e zee remained mostly stoic in court as the gruesome details about his fiancee's murder were rattled off, shedding light on what prosecutors say happen. before weue contin just a warning, some of the details you're about to hear are disturbing. >> reporter: this morning real life details that sound more like grim fiction. >> patrick kills kelsey withn bat ihe back of the head as kelsey is sniffing candles with a blindfold. >> reporter: for the first time prosutors laid out their case revealing graphic testimony, centering on the day that kelsey

ber regt was allegedly killed. th story from a key witness, crystal kenny, a nurse from hide oh and former girlfriend of frazee who agreed to testify ainst him as part of a plea deal for tampering with evidence. >> reporter: based on herstory, an investigator said kenny was asked by frazee to kibaerreth three tep rat times. a month later he gave her a metal pipe and told her she had another chance to get rid of bereth. after kenny didn't go through th a third plot involving a baseball bat, prosecutors say frazee decided to take matters into his own hands, allegedly blindfolding her with aweater before beating her with a baseball bat on thanksgiving

yey. their -old daughter believed to be in the next room. after the alleged murder keney says frazee said get out here now, you have a mess to clean up. >> there was blood everywhere. there are bloody footprints everywhere. crystal cleans up blood but leaves behind some telltale evidence for our investigators to find. >> reporter: prosecutors say ee fr burned the body along with bags of evidence. sicky is painted as love unstable and unwilling to let go. again, afterearing the evidence, the judge ruled there is enough for frazee to stand trial. the district attorney stressing this is an ongoing criminal case. meanwhile the couple owes 1-year-old daughteremains in e custody of berreth's parents.

>> a gruesome case. steve, thank you. now t heart stopping video out of utah when a skier getsht in an avalanches. check this out. a group of friends were skiing togethern the back country south of park city. onoe skier gs off on a jump. the cascade of snow carries him down through trees and rocks. when it stopped, he screamed for help. >> i'm here! he here! >> moments later his friends spotted a tip of the ski. andhey started skiing frantically. they managed to free his head so he could breathe. in all he was buried for about 75 seconds. the young man says it is a reminder that life is quite >> so glad that had a happy end. dylan is back with our. foreca >> good morning, guys. we do have this big storm system affecting the eastern half of

the country. we also have another making its way into the west coast. that is going to bring some snow even toas a like las vegas where we could see a wintery mix and just outside vegas we see about three inches of snow. sn the meantime strong storms filling in acr the southeast. snowy through the upper midwest nd beginning to push into the great lakes and the mid atlantic. that's a look at the weather across the country. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. good morning everybody. it is a snowy start to the morning here in washington. temperatures below freezing now.

so everything that's falling as snow is sticking very effectively. temperatures below freezing prettyuc areawide at this point in time. periods of moderate snow will continue from now unt about lunchtime before there's a gradual change over i rain late the day. all rain late tonight. total accumulion between three and six inches of snow. all of it is gone tomorrow. >> that's your latest forecast. dylan, thank you. coming up, overnight developmen in the jussie ollett case. the growing pressure for the "'em tire" star to talk to police asi pe criminal charges. are great white sharks the secret to curing cancer. discoveries e new that could save lives. first this is "today" on nbc.

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7:26 is your time on this wednesday, february 20th 20rks 19. good morning. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. it's a storm team 4 weaaler t day. the federal government is closed. emergency employees andtelework employees should continue to work. every major school district is closs morning. >> that complete list is scrolling in the bottom of your screen. e have team cover of the storm. let's begin with news 4's meghan mcgrath in prince william county. >> we're en route 1 in the triangle area. take a look at the roads here. this is a live picture. you can see we have sloppy conditions out here.

all the roads, the major roads were pretreated. we've seen a lot of crews out there this morning. you can see nonetheless we're seeing thehe accumulation on t roads this morning. a little slippery out there, lots of slush. the snow is still coming down. take it easy out there and just give yourself a little extra time. fortunately not all that many morning.t there this that's good news. a lot of folks, the schools are closed and many offices are closed, safely at home. dioppy cons now. my colleague justin is in centrevil centrevill how it's looking out there? >> improvi on 66 eastbound looking ahead of me. plow trucks have been outhere. but still work to do. the signs are warning for icy and slushy conditions on the roadway. looking out here you can see why. thes snow i still falling and that slush is on theroads. these plow trucks doing seyral laps to o clear as much as

possible. luckily, not many cars on the road this morning. back to you. >> we continueur team coverage with a check on the roads with melissa mollet in your first 4 traffic. melissa. >> good morning guys. a big change in the past hour or so. 66 prince william parkway eastbound, you can just see that snow fallingds and the r starting to get messy. southbound 28 after owl ox road, cars blocking the left lane in sterling. northbound 270 atmontreaux, might have a crash just off the road there. beltway overall, east side looks okay, west sigh not so hot. a lot of slowdowns through no vhernginia and northbound 7th street at independence, all lanes blocked,d overtur tractor-trailer. >> melissa, thank you. this storm is very far from over. your storm team 4 forecast right stay with us.reak.

we continue our team coverage now of the snowstorm with a check on your forecast.er chuck is now with more on what we can expect. the snow is coming>> down. t sure is it. it moved from across the area nd between 4:00 6:00 this morning. just about everybody getting snow now. we've had reports of covered ground across much of southern maryland and northern virginia moving into the d.c. area. all snow across the region for now. there will be adu g changeover to ice and rain later today. snowll totals certainly not a crippling blizzard. three to six-inch average for most o the d.c. area. closer to three in the southern suburbs, closer to five or six in the northern suburbs. the real ncern is ice. >> you're right about that. on top of the snow accumulation, we'll get what you're seeing come down right now, icy accumulations north and west d.c.

could be about a quarter of an inch. west of 95orridor a coating and south and east we are looking at se light glazes. it if you want to get out with the kids and pla the snow, do it before noon. after that it becomes a wintery mix. sleet changing from a freezing rain, changing the a slushy rain later tonight. it will be tough travel out there all day. wednesday afternoon, about wlunchtime, that's whenre looking at that wintery mix. again, by tonightng it's g to be a slushy mess. by tomorrow, temperatures in50 e . this is going to be all gone with melting taking place. so again, be careful, but i would just stay put i you can. >> definitely good advice for us, lauryn. liv pictures from prince county and let you know the fire department is closed, school districts closed as well. the closures will stay right there at the bottom of your screen and also in the nbc

washington app. >> the snow stick challenge just issued in honor of this weekend's oscars. we want you to act out a scene from your favorite movie. use #snotick challenge stay with news 4 to find out who wins. >> going to be good uff. stay with us on this weather alert days. if you have to head out o the house, download the nbc washington app. jussie smollett hasn't spoken to investirators in se days. while he may not be ready to talk, the two brothers wli say are involved in the case are speaking to authorities. >> reporter: the two men in this surveillance photo who jussie smollett identified as his attackers met withrosecutors late tuesday. ola and abi osuairo say the actor hired him and they could be asked to testify in front of a grand jury. the new developments come as law

enforcement officials tell nbc news smollett is no victim and could face criminal charges. >> i'm an advocate. you do such a disservice wn you lie about things like this. >> repor br: thethers who know smollett from the hit set "empire" were arrested and released without criminal charges. at he investigators seized a magazi and threat. smollett says he received this death threat in the mailreays bee reported the attack. the local cbs station in chicago says smollett paid the brothers to help ork state the assault after the alleged hate mail failed to grab headlines. >> they called me a bleeb bleeb. nohich way y cut it. >> reporter: in his only television interview before the brother were arrested. smollett testified he was targeted because he's bla and

gay and perhaps an outspoken critic of president trump. >> who says [ bleep ] empire, this is ga country, ties a noose around your neck and pours bleach on you, and this is just a friendly fight? >> reporter: after repeated requests tomo questionett again, police are still waiting. his attorneys say they'll work with investigators. this morning the actor continues to stand by his story while police and the public wait to hear from the outspoken activist who has gone silent. in another twist in this story. the top loc prosecutor in this case has recused herself. her office saying the decision was made to address, quote,st potential qns of impartiality with witnesses in the case. >> let's bring in nbc legal analyst ari melber.yo

ev calling it a hate crime nd police are wondering if jussie smollett orchestrated the whole thing. we said people rushed to judgment in the beginnin police are gathering evidence, right? what are they trying to find? >> they're ultimately looking at whether the original allegation which they were investigating is now itselfal poten the infraction. in other words, was there a crime and a victim ofhat crime or was the person who said they were a victim actually dsong thing that itself may be illegal, which is faking a ime. >> he hasn't spoken again to investigators since these developments. can these investigators compel smollett to talk to them? >> they certainly can. i spoca with c police officials yesterday in preparation for this segment. they are still trying to put on pressure privately and publicly to say if you are the, victou should be able to come back and update your testimony as we get more information. >> we talk about charges. if, in fact, he did fake this, what kind ofld charges c he face? >> the kind of charge you're

looking at here is b obstruction or lying to authorities. in illinois that would typically there'sdemeanor, but nothing typical about this case. while in a lot of situations you could have a false call. people have heardbf false b threats called in and there's no actual crime, those aren't usually charged. there's a national interest in how you resolve this. >> there was supposedly a threatening letter that came to jussie smollett through the mail. there was a question as to whether or not that was true. if that winds up being a what kind of charges could he face? >> i think the more authorities can put together evidence they're investigating, they haven't announcedt yet, the worse it looks for whoever's involv in thatakery because it's not a one-off, it's not one false statement, which anyone might make accidentally to the police. rts to potentially look much bigger. >> i want to go back to the fact

that smollt hasn't talke to investigators again. from a legal standpoint, if you are accusin others of a crime, why would you not talk to investigators again? would there be a legal reason for him not to sit down with investigators thave subsequent conversation? >> look, craig, the short answer is no, that doesn't look good and i think you're putting a finger on why the suspicions are rising, but technically, yes, say are lawyers who might if we think the direction of the authorities has shifted whether they're right onot, we are now trying to protect our client from a new theory in the case, whicur isd on the client ask that may not ultimately mean the client did anythingu . ave the right not to talk to police in most circumstances. certainly you have the right to ur lawyer present and your counsel. those are the kind of arguments th would help some people. from what we know publicly, i'm not sure they help this individual that much at this po tt. >> thisng is still unfolding. ari melber, thank you. >> should we plug his show? >> 6:00 "the beat" on msnbc. >> thank you.

let's turn back to dylan dreyer with another checkf the weather. >> good morning, everyone. let's focus on the rain with this big storm system. we have heavy rain falling through central tennessee, central kentucky, also stretching down into northern mississippi, too. lots of cloud-to-crowd lightning aswell. we are seeing the threat of the flooding potential because we've already had thr to five inches of rainfall. we could see an additional two to three inchesf rain with what's moving through right now. that's why we do have that floodi potential. again, to the northern side of this storm system, it is all snow. snow through the upper west, wisconsin, from indiana into eventually it's going to move into the northeast later today. we also have wtery weather moving in out west. that's a look at the weather across the country. here is a peek out your >>windo he snow is falling out our window. we may hit a little break at times especially to the south and west moving north and east. again, expretpitation throughout the day.

four to seven inches north and west of d.c. i know there's some on the ground. once this snow stops midday, that's when we get if sleet and freezing ra. we'll have icing impacts. sledding, go before noon in you want to tplay. >>t's your latest forecast. dylan, thank you. still ahead, a brand newatch of "steals &eals" on innovative beauty products that may change your life. >> the new tributes overnight to acclaimed fashion designerl kar lagerfeld and his most unforgettable creation. are "frazier" fans about to get the reboot they've been pussing for for years. you'll get the update from kelsey grammar. a remarkable new discovery about sharks why great whites could help unlock the secrets to fighting cancer. that's right after this. [ meowing ] mittens! make it rain.

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7:56 is your time on this eb wednesday,ary 20th, 2019. good morning, i'm eun yang. it'sea storm team 4er alert day. the fire department is closed and every d major schooltrict in our area also closed. that complete list is scrolling on the bottom of your screen and posted in the nbc washington app. we are working for you with complete coverage of this snowstorm. molette grn is live at reagan gotional airport tracking flight delays. morning. >> reporter: we've been seeing lots of canceled flights i out of all three major airports. the best bet is for you to check with youirline before leaving the house this morning. here at reagan national, we've seen the deicing start just before 7:00 a.m. airpt officialsay they have snow and deicing plans in place. of course, as you can see, the conditions are worsening. now we want to dmek with first 4

traffic's melissa mollet. >> good morning, molette. fairfax crash blocking the left side, all the white showing you where the snow is falling. 66 west of oxroad. roads are pretty slick. northbound 95 in laurel, southbound bwy, parkwa accident reported there. beltway, not ceterrible. ight volume. as we zoom in northbound 7th street at independence, lanes blocke overturned tractor-trailer reported there. >> we'll take a break and check your forecast when w wcome back. sth us.

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ricketts snow streaming into the area. could hit a lull at times through the mid morning. two to fou inches along i-95. one to three through southern stafford county and points to the south and east. we already have a lot on the roadways right now. be careful. midday on top of the snow accumulation, we get ice accumulation. if you want to go sledding, get the kids out between now and noon before it changes over to sleet and a wintery mix. we'll f haveezing rain in the forecast throughout the early afternoon. the warm air starts to move i ound lunchtime. the warm air finally wins out. changing this to byrain. tonight, it's going to be a slushy mess. we'llave rai showers through thursday morning. temperatures by tomorrow morning will be right around 40degrees. 30s today. staying steady overnight and ri ng. mid 50s tomorrow. this will be long gone tomorrow. 49 for friday. by sunday, rain in the morning but 60s. >> lauryn, tnk you. you have to head out, be sure

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use that hashtag on twitter, instagram, all the cool kids are doing it. we're going get right to your news at 8:00. a dangerous winter storm sweeping across the country, a mix of snow, sleet, ice, and rain. we've got dylan on this story. hey, dylan. >> good morning, hoe darda, we have several winter weatherad sories and winter storm warnings, 132 million people at risk for this wintery weather. we're not just seeing the snow, but we've got the potential for icing and then some rain. while we are starting off with snow, it will eventually change over. for this morning's commute from pittsburgh over t d.c. through maryland, through northeastern virginia and stretching back through the great lakes intopo minneas, that's where we do have the snow right now. so if you're traveling this mornoig, we are to see those impacts through the mid-atlantic states and back through the upperdw t, but as we go into this afternoon, we'll see that transition over to ice and eventually rain. this evening's commute in areas like d.c. andphiladelphia, it looks like it will just be rain at that point. the opposite, though, in new york. the snow doesn't arrive until this afternoon, aou then

might have an icing situation right after the snow starts to change over't and the rain won kick in until about 8:00 or so this evening. so we are going to see the potential of aut a tenth of an inch up to a quarter of an inch of ice. most of the icing will take place back through the appalachians. as for snow,apolis cou as for snow, minneapolis could see an additional four inches om snow, thing for northern wisconsin. across the mid atlantic, an additional two tohree inches possible. same for philadelphia and new york, a fewboinches. on a few inches before the change over to rain. >> fvernightmer fbi acting director andrew mccabe made new claims about presicont trump's ections to russia and the mueller investigation. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house with the latest on this. peter, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. andrew mccabe said it is possible that president trump is a russian asset. he said that's why the fbi started its counterintelligence investigation into the president after the firin of james comey in 2017. haveresident and his aides

tried to discredit mccabe as a liar and leaker, arguing the top justice department and fbi officials were effective tryi to push the president out of office. also president trump is denying a "new york times" report that he asked the acting attorney general lat last year if mattit nver could replace the prosecutorestigating michael cohen's hush money payments to stormy daniels i 20 with a trump appointee, someone they thought would be more sympathetic. that raising new questions about possible obstructionf justice and today is adding fuel to house dtsocrats eff to bring whitaker back before congress for more questions. craig? >> peter alexander at a postcard pretty white house, thank you. the oppositio is mounting to president trump's emergency declaration to buildis border wall. the american civil liberties union is the latest gro to sue the administration over that move. the lawsuit stating the president made the declaration solely because he disagreed with

congress's decision on wall funding. this after 16 states filed a suit to stop mr. trump from redirecting $3.6 billion of litary funds towards that wall. in response, the president said he's got an absolute right to declare a national emergency. a new study h found that heart attacks are on the rise in younger women. researchers followed heart attack trends between the ages of 35 and 54 and discovered hospitalizations for the younger women increased 5% from 27 to r 32% o a 15-year span. the study also found that compared to menheir age, these women were less likely to be prescrib heartttack prevention drugs like blood hinners, medication to lower cholesterol. now to a dramatic water rescue in northern california. emergency crews were called to help five men stranded trying to cross a swollen river east of san jose. the men were heading to work along the road they drive daily. this time their suv got stuck

thanks to the recent heavy rain and melting snow. no one was hurt but the car is a total loss. you got a little boost for us? >> a good one. yoll like this. a hawaii mom told her adorable little gir was getting a big surprise. before giving it to her, she made her guess what it was. take a look at what happens next. >> what kind of surprise are you going to get? >>s. cook >> how many? >> two. >> two cookies?re >> t it is. that's a b box for cookies. can you get the wrapping paper off? >> say cookies. >> cookies. >> hello. >> daddy, daddy. >> yeah, you got it. that girl's dads in the box.

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meghan markle's tour of new york. she's been everywhere. >> the duchess flew here in secret to join famous friends r her baby shower. but she packed much more into her trip >> hey, meghan. >> the glowing duchess heading to the poshar polo for dinner with friends, earn joying precious off duty time. joining a star-studded entourage including serena williams, close friend jessica mulroney and marcusde anon, said to have helped set up the first meeting between meghan and prince harry. she's said to havettended an intimate baby shower earlier, a chance to catch up with people closest to her. >> reassertinger own independence. she wants to see her friends in new york. what's to stop he >> reporter: the american royal was escorted by protection officers all day, but not letting heavy security stop her from enjoying this surprise visit. seven months pregnant, she has a

hecticschedule, 11 days, three continents, 10,000 miles. the duchess is not letting pregnancy slow her down r shurns to london in new york today and on saturday off to morocco for a round of official engagements. she's been busy in london, too, attending fashionwards and naming her own charities to champion. she said she wanted to hit tnd r running, and she certainly has >> an incredibly busy time for harry and meghan, putting the final touches on a lot ofhe details that they're adding to that house. >> moving to a new home, expecting a baby, traveling the world. a wwind time for the american duchess. t this new yorrip a chance to relax ack kic with friends before baby sussex arrives. >> w should y, as you can imagine, she's under physician's care. s okay. still has time to fly, travel.

>> can you imagine if you're eating at the polo bar having a s to. hichever one g >> you don't go to the polo bar if you don't want to be en. >> i think she's feeling the love. >> we're giving it to her. we love seeing it. he >> we know watches the "today" show. if she's watching this mornin -- >> welcome home. >> swing by 1a. >> she's out on the plaza right now. >> there's a girl that just waved. >> what you got, carson? >> i'm a little upset that sheinelle's meghan markle is outside of "pop start." ariana grande is making music historyhank you to her latest album, not only is it currently number one on the billboard's hot 100 charts, she holds to top thre number three on the chart "is thank you next." number two is "bre up with

your girlfriend, i'm bored" and this one "seven only the second artist in the history of music to ever do that. rst being the beatles 55 years ago. because they were a grouch cally she's the first solo artist. >> wow. >> huge congrats to her. that's amazing. in other music news, off the s of queen's bio pick success, a film giving another rock band the same treatment. called "the dirt." it dives into the complicated group motley crew. >> is going to be something nobody has ever seen before. >> oh, my god,hose are my pants. >> they look so much better on me. we've got t run away. >> a drummer, an old man. a cover band -- >> i managed the scorpians.

>> i've never been through what motley crew put me through. >> everything is upside down. >> motley crew, no strangers to controversy. >> charged with vehicular manslaughter. tommy lee and heather locklear have separated. >> it's a degenerative bon disease. >> nickie sticks has overdosed. >> i know it's noto going tbe easy. >> and that's when things are going well for the band. i'm telling you, this group formed in '81, o this is of not only the greatest classic rock groups of all time. the film is going to be amazing. it's out march 22nd on netflix. go back and read the book, there's a book thatss neil str wrote called "the dirt," "new york times" best-selling book that paintsn incredible

picture of debauchery on motley crue. >> these bio pics. kelse grammar is opening up the possible of a frasier reboot. t off the air in '04. eelot of fans are speaking out, they'd like to s this one get rebooted. speaking to "people" yesterday, kelsey gave an update on whether it would be likely. >> i've been listening to a few pitche of which i like. there's a couple other writers i respect that i want to hear. we're going to probably make a move in the nextonth or two. there'sif a lot ofrent destinies that people have hatched for frederick. he needs to be t part of show. i like this sort of -- i like the one whererederick actually ends up being more like martin instead of frasier. i'm drawn to that instead of a pitched -- we've had the

where he was tortured and didn't know his identity. i think his grand dad is who he that. we'll see what happens. >> sounds like a yes. >> we'll have to see exactly what happens with "frasier." chris pratt and katherine schwarzenegger have been spending a lot of time together, particularly on hisfa sheep . his fiancee took a sinp of him ho a baby lamb. he works the farm. he's aea man. >> that doesn't exactly sound like something katherine would write. the caption continues. ka merine asked what to write. i wrote the above even though it's not true. full disclosure, i have sof hands. i literally cut my hands today on a lamb. i'm from hood. >> that's your "popstart" today. >> hard to follow that boost.

we've got a daly click. most of us can't help but dance when aeyce song comes on. that's definitely the case f t thdler. ♪ is tha a corn dog? >> yes. >> to add to thejoy. >> yes that, is a corn dog. downs baylor breaking it to "crazy in love" showing off her moves. half-eaten corn dog. got the beyonce fan. thr mom asked if she wanted a song. 've got the hair blowing and all the moves to go along with it. >> i haven't had a corn dog in forever. >> you like mustard or >> i like ketchup. >> double dip? >> spicy mustard, too, not the yellow. >> let's go to dylan for a check of the weher.

>> we do have that snow moving through the upper midwest. it's a very snowy morning commute and all theer areas including northern ohio, pennsylvania, washington, d.c. there is rain to thi storm and we've had some stronger storms move through the southeast. flooding rain is a possibility. eventually all this moves north. wherever it snows, it will evotually change over rain. this next storm is going to dive down through the middle of the unto country that could be a rain maker. here is a peek out your window. a> good morning. i'm storm team unt chuck bell. all snow across the d.c. region this morning. there is a little mix of sleet and perhaps some raindrops now just to the south side of riff mond. that changeover will begin over the next three to four hours. all snow for now. if youant to get outside and enjoy the snow, this is your best opportunity, between and noon. total accumulations generally inches. three and six changing to rain later today and

tonight, ending as rain tomorrow. l melted down by tomorrow afternoon. >> that's your latest forecast. >> dylan, thank you. the tributes areouring in for karl lagerfeld, the designer who defined luxury nfashion. alie joins us from los angeles with that story. good morning. >> good ysmorning, the passing of karl lagerfeld at the age of 85 leaves a hole in the world of fashion. simply put, he was the most prolific and influentialis designer of time. tributes are pouring in internationally for fashion icon and trail blazer karl lagerfeld. he's being memorialize by the generations of models who walked the runway in his clothes inhiuding claudiar saying what war hall was to arte was to fashion. model gigi had deed thank you forgiving me thef honor knowing the magic behind the myth. rihanna calling him simply the godfather. he said i would like to be a one-man fashion fem none none.

born in germanyhen t early '30s, his careert sta when he won a design competition in 1954 taking first prize in the coa catego category. he got his start before oving to some of high fashion's biggestabels including becoming the creative director of fendi in 1965, a role which he held until his death tuesday. it was his prolific time at chanel in 1983 that began his career. >> he transformed the housef chanel by making it extremely relevant. if you own ballet flats, a quilted purse, you were affected by his designs. reporter: his fashion shows grand yoes visions, closer to epic films than merely fashion displays. >> getting an invite was like getting the golden ticket. it was absolute theater.

>> reporter: the massi productions highlighted in the episode of the new knelt flicks series "seven days out." >> no second option. i know instantly what i want and what i don't rnt. orter: he was at times a controversial figure. body shaming women who didn't have a preferred highon fashi body type like heidi klum and aele. he also complainebout the me too movement and refugees in europe. others remember his softer side including the love for his cat. black suit and tie, black sunglasses and silver ponytail. his prodigious career pveting out a dozen collections per year even into his '80s made hie a gend of the industry and credence to one of his most iconic quotes, i'm very much down to earth, just not this earth. he once saidev i'm pleased

with myself. i always think i'm lazy and could do better. he was honored with france's highest civilian awa contributions to fashion. no funeral plans have been announced. >> you brought up a good quote in the makeup room today. >> ion't do it justice but something akin to, sweat pants. it's like when you wear sweat pants, y've given up on life. >> that's my favorite article of clothing. >> anks, nat. dr. oz has surprising suggestions for t what eat if you want to live aeahier and longer life. >> lots of sweat pants. jill's steals and deals on beauty products to make your life a little bit easier. she'll have that and a whole lot more aft local news and weather as well.

good morning everybody. 8:26 on thisebwednesday,ary 20th. i'm aaron gilchrist. the snow is coming down on this day.m team 4 weather alert we'll give you a live look outside. this is the scene along sudle ad in manassas, virginia. it's going to be slick out there. let's get a check on thefo cast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here. >> temperatures are below freezing. it's stillll snowcross the region and it's going to stay that way for at least the next three tr hours, eventually slightly warmer air, that pink down to the south. i thats the beginning of the change from all snow over to re of an uglymix. snow, sleet, freezing raing turnto all rain. snowfall amounts remain between

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he meantime, hf i have rain in the southeast and snow working into the upper midwest and mid atlantic right w. we'll see that move into the northeast. that's a look at the weather across thecountry. re is a peek out your window. it's snowing out our window and it has bn for quite some time. we already have accumulation out there. it's only going to continup to pilerough the middle part of the morning and into the afternoon. you can see we get a little dry spot back there. so we could have some dryness here and there as we continue through the morning. we'll have a chancw for s through noon. watch out, tough travel o there. by lunchtime, sleet moves in that will eventually turn into a slushy rain later this evening.d temperatures0s today, tomorrow. y daybreak >> dylan, thanks so much. i'm here with our pal dr. oz who here tohange the way you eat so you can live longer. you'll be surprise $at some of yourti suggons. arally? >> stick ound. >> first this is "today" on nbc. this is not a bed.

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and we're back with we're back withf more our year long series living longer today. >> we've been floored feel relative to our actual ages. this morning we'll take a look at how workingith our internal clocks may lead to a longer life. >> from srise to sundown, our body's clock is always taking. >> our circadian rhythm is set by the sun. we want to eat in line with that. eat when the sun is shini and fast when it's not. that's what your body expects. > dr. michael crew pane is the author of what to eat when. giving the body a fasting period lps it repair, reset and work more efficiently. >> most importa factors longevity are what you eat, when you eat, sleeping well and your ress levels. >> being out of sync can lead to

various chronic health diabetes and depression.ty >> when you livif your l in line with your sir kiddian rhythm, that's better for your health, weight loss, energy, sleep. >> what can you do to keep your circadian rhythm on track? >> the sun rises every day.y every ou have a chance to get back in rhythm. >> joining us to talk about how to live longer, dr. mehmet oz. good strning. integ topic. you don't think about only eating when the sun is up. but this is something that really works? >> circadian rhythm, the nobel prize in medicine was given 18 circadian for work on rigt hem. we overlook the similarest ideas. when you give hechempy. your metabolism is different as your body is ake. >> exercise, food and sleep are important to being healthy. how do you d that and get in

sync with your body clock. >> number one problem we're facing is electronics. i'm talking about the actual light itself. turn off the blue light onour phone. if you can hear my voice, go to settings, set it right now so at 9:00 or 10:00 you turn off the ue light part of the phone. >> why? >> when you go su camping, the sets and everyone is tired. the sun has orange rays. melatonin is not a sleeping pill. it's a hormone for sir kiddian e rhythm it's lnd time to go to bed. you're telling your brain wake . an hour before your bedtime, distance yourself from the phone, which is hard to do or change the settings. >> the tv give off the same life? >>e yourself half an hour, read a book. it doesn't take long for your brain to realize it's nighttime. >> you don'tlize your brain is picking up those little

things. coffee is something we have around here a lot. >> you don't drink coffee, do you, carson? >> of course i do. not much though. >> we actually have collected 4 million nights of data. if you have four cups of coffee or less early inou the day get away with sleep. you can sleep just fine. when you sleep later at night, it disrupts your r.e.m. masleep. people like me, one in seven of us don't metabolizee cowell. if i have coffee in the evening, i don'tep s well. >> when should we be done with coffee? i'd say six hours before bed. >> i h later in the day. >> you sleep good? >> maybe it's not good. >> it's good for, soot for others. why take the risk. what is the right thing to do? w eah the sun. the average american eats 15

16, sometimes 17 hours a day. our intestine go to sleep. the food sits there. there's shocking data of how you might want to change your data. not just how much calories but wh wh. >> what did you have f breakfast today? >> chicken wings. >> i had greek yogurt with raspberries. >> that's a show offy breakfast. i'm proud of you. >> if you're going to have h carbe them in the morning. >> i recommend things like pasta. here is why. if you have pasta, especially if it's cold pasta, it getsce resist starch in it. it behaves more like a fiber than a starch. >> if it's cold? >> the temperature makes a difference. more importotly, you want start your day off by eating calories because your lunch isl prob going to be your biggest meal. >> i love that meal right there.

>> i think salmon for lunch is unrealistic for a lot of people. where am i go into getn that my hour off? >> i always cart my food with me. the big meshege is not salmon. you want three-quarters of your calori before 3:00 p.m. that's your cutoff time. this hstudy has been done in spain. >> we're americans. wh theell rings at 5:00, 6:00, talking about happy hour, celebrating with a big dinner. >> big dinner is met pollic suicide. >> then so be it >> have your salad. you can eat your dinner when the sun has gone dow -- prefer it before the sun goes down. but you've got to eat it early. >> doc, i'd rather die at 80 2457b live to 90 with this. >> this is the situation to be in. this is a lot of food. you'll be happy. won't be like a rodent looking for calories and food. >> try it for a week and see how

you feel. >> carbs early in the day, biggest meal in the afternoon. >> you can have the same number of calories and you'll lose weight. you're play being the >> try it for a week. >> i won't. what about red wine? we hear, it's good for you. >> red wine is definitely good for you. it should replace dessert. the biggest mistake we make in america is desserts. we weren't designed to eat it >> dr. oz. thank you. >> more weekdays on "the "dr. oz show."" for more on at, a quizo help figure out your body's real age, head to today.com. jillrartin makes y life easier with the special steals and deals.

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8:56 is your time now on this wednesday, february 20th, 2019. good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. snow is coming down on this storm team 4 weather alert day. let's get t forecast with uryn ricketts. snow coming across the area, will continue to fall through mid morning. four to seven inches north and

west. two to four along the i-95co idor. iclittle less to the south and east. accumulation on top of that. then rain coming afterwards later on tonight and through thursday. by sunday in the 60s. t >>nk you, lauryn. we'll take a break and check our commute coming up.

these roads are looking nasty. 270 at father hurley boulevard in germantown, almost a wh eout. can hardly see the roadway. east-westwe highway b bethesda and silver spring, multiple spinouts and crashes.

>> announcer: from nbc news, i th"today" live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morng, everyone on this wednesday morning, i am dylan here with sheinelle, craig, al is of but jacob soboroff is >> thank you very much. >> every time i come there is a winter storm, so i don't know whathat says about me. >> yes, could you stop bringing cold? >> i don't know. >> your home is los angeles, right? >> that's true. >> the weather hasn't been great out there either. >> thas all right. i like chilly. >> did you bring boots? >> this is all i've got. >> what shoes doou got? they've not going to hold up that well in the snow. it is messy outside, especially down through washington, d.c. i feel likth