joining me are allen porter mendenhall and gabe ross, executive director of fix court, who advocates for change and trups in the operation o be transportcy. transparency. >> if you accept this concept that there's a 4-4 split with kennedy in the middle as a swing vote then you know the court's twg to be tipped one way or the other. only four presidents in history have not nominated a candidate to the supreme court. two of those died and their immediate successors nominated somebody. jimmy carter is the most recent president not to. you can be pretty certain that the next president will get to nominate somebody and given that four justices will be in their 80s during the next administration's four year term i think the likelihood is even high are. and the opportunity to nominate 4, with a 54% majority in the senate, we are looking for a 7-2 majority for republicans, and on the other hand the democrats have a chance to get a 6 -3 majorities, given scalia's conservative voting record. >> do you believe that justices gain their requirements, unless they have to leave they keep an eye on

and then... >> gabe: and then he comes to us. us and says, "i want to buy a townhouse." >> kroft: attorney marc koplik also suggested that the minister could move his money out of west africa to europe, where it could be "scrubbed" in an anonymous corporate entity that his firm would be happy to set up. >> koplik: the money as it sits now, is it in his name? >> kayser: it's in different names. >> koplik: okay. so it will come as those different names? >> kayser: including his name, yes? >> koplik: so we have to scrub it at the beginning, if we can, or scrub it at the intermediary location that i mentioned. >> kayser: so how to do this, intermediary? that means a bank in? >> koplik: we'll say luxembourg. >> kayser: luxembourg. >> koplik: we will set up an appropriate entity call it clientoverseas.com or whatever, into the united states. >> kroft: if that was a banker talking instead of a lawyer, he could be in serious trouble. that's because under u.s. law, bankers are required to report suspicious financial activity to lawyers ar

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, los mochis, mexico. tonight: stray showers before 10pm...maybe a northern neck. otherwise, cold! lows fall into the upper 20s. wind: nw 10- 20mph wednesday: cold with sunshine. highs only in the mid-upper 30s. wind: wnw 10-15mph. thursday: mainly sunny. very cold am (20s), but warms into the low 50s by the afternoon. wind: sw 10-15mph. a strong cold front will cross our area tonight. as it moves by, it could create isolated showers...but even a flurry or two for areas around the northern neck. otherwise, very cold air will filter into our area tonight. lows will fall below freezing, and it'll be a struggle for highs to reach the upper 30s tomorrow (wed). to no surprise, temps will rebound back to around 50 degrees by thursday with 60s on deck for the kick-off to the weekend. there will be an area of low pressure that rolls into our area along with a warm front friday night into saturday. this will bring some rain our way during that time frame. then, the next chance for rain looks to be sunday, and it ge

gabe, how are the roads? >> hi there, bill, good morning. well we're here in jersey city where as you mentioned people are dealing with a lot of cleanup today. schools here in jersey city are closed, and it was -- we drive around, you can see that some of these side streets, while they have been plowed, they are very treacherous to get through. the main streets are doing just fine. but what has become a major problem as often happens in these storms is that while there was a little bit of melting yesterday, temperatures dropped below freezing overnight, and this has turned into a problem now with refreezing and also black ice. so people throughout the day will be here on the streets trying to dig out their cars. now as you mentioned, bill, about 30 deaths because of this cinder weather throughout the country. ten deaths in the tristate area including a tragic story in passaic, new jersey, where one woman, a 23-year-old woman, and her 1-year-old daughter both died while they were stuck in their car. they died from carbon monoxide poisoning, a

>> gabe: for the first time in a decade apples forecast dropped a quarter of ahead. it appears the new iphone 6 + then not create the same amount of hype as its predecessors. and cook is blaming it on the u.s. dollar in the week in this spirit brought a conference call he says this grant extreme conditions we have it is seen anything we have ever experienced before. >> gabe: do not count these new products out they have come back before and they always seem to find a way to surpassed their it >> gabe: many analysts, says they will see at 8 blockbuster of performance and sales possibly in september. rejuvenating new revenue. will future products and even self driving cars. as long as the keeper mauled-chest as long as to keep innovating they will be ok. >> pam: that we are learning how than just the three inmates that think present really are. >> pam: picking cause birth defects and a medication to treat its carrot more countries are reporting cases of this vigo virus. -- zika [♪] ♪ take the time ♪ in your life ♪ just before ♪ it passes by ♪ then you'll know ♪ to keep

it was gabe this time. they took him to the emergency room. >> they said, he's in complete heart block. we need to admit him. >> we had doctors checking him more than they were checking lindsey that night. >> how did you feel? >> unbelievable. >> now gabe, the years old, was rushed into surgery to have a pace maker implanted. by the end of that awful day the bingham's had two children in post-operative icu. children, within two weeks, gabe with his new pace maker was up and about and lindsey who had been near death was proudly showing off her mechanical heart. it all connects to my heart and this pump is to there. this helps me so what are you going to do now? >> have a heart transplant, right? >> naturally, understandably one who is still quite afraid. >> a nancy little heart there. what is that like to wear? >> when i stand up, you can kind of feel it pumpling. >> yeah. >> you feel your heart beat, it's beating on the outside of your body? >> this allowed her to fool healthy enough like regular little gir

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, los mochis, mexico." the mother of the "affluenza" teenager is out of jail this afternoon/ a judge lowered tonya couch's bond from one- million dollars to just 75- thousand dollars. she will be required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and undergo a mental evaluation. prosecutors accuse couch of helping her son flee the country to avoid a probation hearing. ethan couch's case became notorious when he was sentenced to probation., not jail time, after killing four people in a drunk driving crash in 2013. couch's lawyers successfully argued that he was too rich and spoiled to know the difference between right and wrong. time now for an update on your weather. for that we turn to meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. we do more games, and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why we switched to time warner cable. you can too. call now. now we can connect more devices, at the same time. the wifi in this house is amazing. so is my guacamol

gabe, can you hear me? >> reporter: hi, yes. >> okay. gabe, i'll repeat the question to you.id you hear me? >> reporter: yes, i can hear you. sorry about that. >> no problems at all. so the question to you here, gabe, is how do you think the candidates will discuss iran? for instance, hillary clinton being the former secretary of state, how might she leverage these developments to her benefit? >> reporter: well, absolutely. she's going to rely very heavily on the fact that she has a lot of experience in the foreign policy realm, and senator sanders does not. there are big differences between them on foreign policy. sanders often points out that secretary clinton voted to authorize the iraq war. what you will see tonight is likely secretary clinton making the case that she was involved in the early negotiations on the iran deal and basically saying to the voters, i know this stuff. i have been there from day one. >> how might bernie sanders turn this to his advantage, some of those who are in the sanders camp might say, look, in the short amount of time that the new secretary

erica. >> gabe, thank you. gabe gutierrez tonight. >>> the suspect in the shooting of a philadelphia police officer was arraigned today on attempted murder and other charges. as authorities try to learn whether any ties to isis go beyond an alleged pledge of allegiance to the terror group. steve patterson has more tonight from philadelphia. >> reporter: inside this white van at philadelphia police headquarters just after he was formally charged, the man accused of opening fire on a philadelphia police officer thursday night. >> shots fired. >> reporter: the stunning images captured on surveillance video. today, 30-year-old edward archer was arraigned on eight charges including attempted murder, assaulting a law enforcement officer, and illegally possessing a firearm. was a stolen 9 millimeter police service weapon and that archer shot at 33-year-old officer jesse hartnett in an unprovoked attack at point-blank range at least 11 times. hartnett was struck three times in the arm before somehow staggering out of h

4-k t-vs, and drones. 2016 is expected to be a huge year in consumer technology our tech reporter gabete breaks down what to expect this year. >> vicki: new apple gadgets, virtual reality, 4-k t-vs, and drones. 2016 is expected to be a huge year in consumer technology our tech reporter gabe slate breaks down what to expect this year. >> reporter: expectancy apple watch to into people to insert a some carted to a. ever but it will have a drone ever will love them over want to shoot them from the sky >> vicki: and if you'd like to connect with gabe slate. you can add him on facebook, follow him on twitter. or email - slate-at-kron4-dot- >> j.r. : "star wars: the force awakens" has topped the box office for the third week since it's release. the movie ranked in an additional 88.3-million-dollars over the new year's weekend. the film blew past earnings from both "jurassic world" and "titanic" it is the second-highest earner of all-time with $740.3-million in just 19 days of release. the top domestic film is still "avatar" with a $760.5 million lifetime domestic gross. the mark wahlberg and

. >> lawrence gabe: so it's ralph? >> ralph kayser: ralph kayser. >> kroft: " ralph kayser" is not his real name. he's an investigator for global witness posing here as the representative of a government official from a poor west african country who wants to move millions of dollars in suspicious funds into the united states, and he needs the lawyers' help. >> ross: are you gonna tell me what country and what minister this is? >> kayser: i can't tell you. it's one of those mineral rich countries in west africa. there are not so many. >> kroft: attorney gerald ross and the other lawyers were told secrecy was essential, because the african minister had amassed his fortune collecting special payments from foreign companies that he'd helped obtain valuable mineral rights. >> kayser: so companies are or other minerals. and so they pay some special money for it. i wouldn't name it bribe. i would say "facilitation money." >> kroft: kayser said it was all legal. he told attorney james silkenat and the other lawyers that the mi

with 5-year-old gabe kennedy and you would know why a community came together to help them. unable to speak his home like, we brought you a story when the tablet he used was no longer covered by insurance. his going -- voice was going to be taken from him. his mother said donations from our viewers became flooding in. >> thank you doesn't seem like enough to say. i am truly thankful that people wanted to help and get. it means -- give. it means a lot to us. >> reporter: the $3000 app was paid for in full. >> every day i see he is getting better.>> reporter: gabe 's 8-year-old sister hannah says she is grateful too. >> it talks for him. know what he wants without it.>> reporter: now they will. little gabe who can now go to kindergarten will keep fighting . >> he has taught me a lot about perseverance and determination. he has increase my faith in god . >> reporter: savannah levins, news 19 , wltx . >> we have some grade viewers. -- great viewers. >> when there is a call to action, you guys reach t to anybody who need to. >>> still ahead, graduation is a day to celebrate with

he said, god said, okay, gabe. >> mark: is that not the cutest thing? gabe's parents decided to make it a proper wedding complete with a cake and skirt for butter ball. >>> a reminder about our abc-13 good eats contest. today and monday log on to wset.com for your chance to win. if you scroll down the home page, the link is under trending. you can also get the information on our facebook fan page. today we're giving away a $50 gift card to charlies. look for different prizes each >> george: l >> mark: it got much cooler tonight when i was outside. i was like, wow, what happened? >> george: you can really feel the temperature dropping off. and we're really going to welcome the warmer weather in the next few days. tonight, temperatures dropping into the 20s. saturday afternoon looks good. we will have lots of sunshine. it will be cool and dry, not as breezy. and saturday morning you'll barely notice any wind. highs in the mid-50s for most of us tomorrow. we're below freezing right now. so some of those parking lots where that snow has been melting during

>>gabe slate:. the figure how much money should pay almost to the decline in the vehicle's value facebook are telling private gun sellers to take their business elsewhere if the sow to networks of been the policy to ban private gun sales on both platforms and a new statement the executive said licensed firearm retailers will still be able to post about the concern services but the sale of guns by one person to another is not allow. >>marty gonzales: it is described as white men 20 to 35 years of age warrant a great jacket with a large part to the to see on a in the back. >>marty gonzales: alive but outside the golden gate bridge this time around and for the weekend is the civil war days in the presidio you can check out live reactors. >>reporter: to suspected to them at the weekend debut with $40 million or more as 50 shades of black the latest big screen perry starred marlon the difference because about 5 million to make the finest hours cost 70 million. >>marty gonzales: campbell police looking fo

guys, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez this morning. gabe, thank you. >> it is not just massive amounts of snow, ice and high winds that have people worried. for many along the coast, the could cause problems this weekend. we have nbc's rehema ellis along the coast with more on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jose. it is a tough morning out here. we had winds gusts above 50 miles an hour. i'm holding on so i can stay on the air. there is a real concern about what could happen here. during hurricane sandy in 2012, this building where i am right now, was torn apart during the storm. the city around the coastal area, they spent the last couple days with bulldozers pushing as much sand as they could up against to protect the areas and water coming from the atlantic ocean. they are not so worried about the inches of snow they will get. they are worried about the water from the atlantic ocean. it is to my left right now and it is brutal. barely hold my position here because the wind is that strong coming off the ocean. no one i

the freezing rain is set to begin in just a few hours, lester. >> gabe, thank you. let's turn to the battle for the white house. hillary clinton firing off her most direct attacks yet at bernie tight. on the gop side, donald trump remains the front-runner with fellow outsider ted cruz now being targeted by many within his own party. we are covering both races beginning with nbc's andrea mitchell in des moines. >> reporter: good with that race getting tighter on the democratic side. hillary clinton went after bernie sanders with her toughest a small private college in iowa, clinton hammered claiming he can't deliver on his promises. >> i'll tell you, i'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world. >> reporter: sanders responded to nbc's kasie hunt. >> virtually every plan we have brought forth is supported by the american people. >> reporter: clinton delivering sharp jabs from a teleprompter, unusual for the setting, betrayed sanders as naive on foreign policy, especially iran. >> he suggested we that is like asking the

i think that's a good point that gabe is making.r any other republican candidate to take on fox news would be political suicide. it's to the for trump. it's not for a guy who can command the sort of ratings that donald trump can. and look, i think he is going the bring out everything he has got, his support he is, the guys who endorsed him, jerry fallwell recently, i think he is going to create his own media event. and as gabe said it will be a test between two media stars roger ails and donald trump over who can command the biggest audience. >> thank you gentlemen, appreciate it. >>> ahead, they are loud and they are loyal, and showing up at his rallies by the thousands. cnn goes one on one with some of trump's most loyal supporters to find out what is behind the trump phenomenon. when heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums type 2 diabetes doesn't care who you are. man woman or where yo

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, durham, north carolina. >> it's true. you can't look away. for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good >>> it's friday, january 8th, and coming up on "early today," breaking news. an officer ambushed shot multiple times while in his police cruiser. >>> president obama makes his strongest case yet for increased gun reform. >>> while donald trump faces some hostiles in bernie sanders backyard. >>> plus, a dangerous moment for a driver facing rushing flash flooding. >>> a really bad day. >> one airline passenger. >>> the bridge that's claimed more trucks than officials can "early today" starts right now. >>> and good morning everyone. thanks for being with us. we start with that breaking news overnight. a philadelphia police officer ambushed and shot at least three times inside his cruiser. police commissioner says jesse hartnett is lucky to be alive after a suspect tried to quote execute the officer. he was driving through a philly intersection, the suspect fi

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, mexico city." meanwhile: the f- a-a is called in to investigate the crash of a small plane near pender, nebraska. the pilot died. night after being diverted from landing at sioux gateway airport. the wreckage was found early this morning ouuide pender. the single-engine plane--like this one had left columbia, missouri, bound for sioux city... but authorities at sioux gateway airport diverted the flight to wayne because of bad wwather. it was cloudy and foggy at the time. the plane should have arrived in wayne about seven last night. crews searched for the missing plane overnight. the pilot was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. now to decision 2016 coverage: with the presidential primaries in full swing, donald trump and hillary clinton maintain a sizable leaaover their competitors. according to the latest nbc news poll -- trump is maintaining 35 percent support among republicans. snator ted cruz is 17 points behind at 18 percent... followed by senator marco rubio with 13 percent. the same

nbc's gabe guiterrez on how police are trying to catch her before she strikes again. >> reporter: if there is such a thing as a typical jewelry thief, she isn't it. >> they have a lone female go in is area. >> this is the woman who has stumped the fbi and police. brazen jewelry heist, mostly at outlet malls in full view of surveillance cameras. the latest, this week at a jareds in mebane, north carolina. conceal fingerprints but no mask. >> her face is exposed. and so that is very unusual to be that bold and to think that you're going to keep getting away with it. >> reporter: police the describe the woman as 5'8", 130 pounds and in the late 20s or early 30s. investigators say she hit up jashlg, florida, tennessee, and north carolina. so far a crime spree totaling more than $4 million. >> i believe this is a part of a larger organization. they are taking items and sending them to -- whether it be new york city or one of the largest cities in the united states. >> reporter: the fbi said she holds up employees using a gun from her handbag and forcing them into a back room and zip tiein

> they could be presented as evidence but they are just they are not legal documents >>> that was gabe's late reporting. we've made a list of the luckiest stores in our area who have had the most winners. go to our website wspa.com. >>> a new look tonight at a druglords dramatic capture. we are learning more about the have helped cops to his door. >>> our weather is quiet. still breezy and spots. tonight looking for another cold one back into the deep freeze. take a live look at downtown the clouds are tonight.. we're getting a look at..how the world's most wanted dru >>> tonight we are getting a look at how the world's most wanted man escaped by tunnel. the tunnel started behind a mirror in a room in the house where he had been hiding. his gang enabled him to buy time by shooting officers while he could sneak out. five officers died. >>> they're is new evidence followed for his meeting with guzman. >> reporter: is this sean penn arriving in mexico back in october on his way to meet the world's most infamous druglords? mexican newspaper claims this is indeed the two-time oscar winner. he

here in texas early next week as her son spends the start of the new year in mexican custody. >>> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> still ahead, nbc news uncovered a medical device associated with over 2 dozen deaths. now we learned a supposedly improved version has potentially fatal flaws of its own. incredible spectacles from parts of the already 2016. >>> now a follow-up on an exclusive nbc news investigation into a medical device designed to prevent blood clots from reaching the heart and lungs, but was associated with at least 27 deaths. the company modified the device and a new version was supposed to solve its problems. as stephanie gosk reports, the new device has similar problems and is associated with at least a dozen more deaths. >> reporter: when chris' doctor told him five years ago he needed a blood clot filter to help treat a genetic disorder, he didn't think twice. your life so i said, okay, let's do it. filter is a small wire trap inserted in the largest vein in the body to prevent deadly blood clots from traveling to the heart and lungs. more than a a quarter million are

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in mexico where el hours of freedom. >> reporter: in an interview with rolling stone, joaquin el chapo guzman described himself as a god-fearing family man who loves his mother and wants to die of natural causes and hasn't done drugs in years. he said freedom is beautiful. on friday it ended after a fierce gun battle at this safehouse. in his home state of sinaloa. >> as we walk up the stairs, we could see many bullet holes. this is one of the bedrooms inside of the home. and an interesting detail here is what is laying on the bed. several dvd copies of a movie starring kate del castillo. >> she is the soap opera star who sean penn said facilitated an oct meet between him and the drug lord. now there are conflicting reports on how much of a role that played in his capture. mexico's attorney general said it was revealed guzman's location. penn and del castillo were seen in these surveillance videos. mexican marines were preparing to move in. but to ensure the two actors would not be harmed, the raid was called off. it is unclear who made that call. days later whe

the see >> gabe: the 50 in. model as low as 500 model that, big box retailers that flex amazon and plenty to watch the also come down so low that they're very untenable making. the concern also easy to use the the 16 federal level complete ban of overboard is coming. filagree date the new report of a wood pigeon on fire subsidies have been them from public airlines have been them from the on planes the gadget is a neat idea of a field doomed cannot pack and that many lithium batteries safely less leverage for reality will be a big deal and-out of vr headset talk live thrift owned by face but will be available to the public before next summer. >> marty: died in los angeles hospital late thursday night call. struggled with the various health problems including a kidney transplant. after she is diagnosed with hepatitis c and when under aggressive therapy the fight the virus. he talks about her struggles with cocaine and heroin-. in her body never fully recover. her hits include this will be unforgivable and insepar

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, california. >>> when ke come back here tonight, many complained that plows weren't out in force after the blizzard of 2016. parking police were. >>> a potential cloud hanging over the super bowl. the nfl says it is conducting a comprehensive review of allegations in a report by al jazeera that broncos quarterback peyton manning had human growth hormones shipped to his home. the league says it will not have results before the big game. manning has denied using performance-enhancing substances. >>> here in washington, d.c., hit with a huge tab after the blizzard of 2016 shut the city down. the district which struggled mightily to clear the streets of snow turned out to be pretty efficient when it came to handing out more than $1 million in parking tickets. more than 65,000 in fines since the storm hit on friday. more than 600 cars were towed. this evening the snow emergency here has finally expired. >>> you think $1 million is cool? how about $5.8 billion. that's how much facebook gained in revenue in the last three months of 2015. rapid growth as the social n

gabe gutierrez reports tonight from mexico. >> reporter: dramatic video just released by the mexican government showing friday's raid of el chapo's safe-house. mexican marines closing in on the most-wanted drug lord in the world as he makes one last-ditch effort to escape from the house with a top lieutenant through an underground tunnel. >> they emerged in this sewer line a half mile away and then police say they stole a car and that driver called it in and authorities were able to track them down. >> after his dramatic escape from a maximum security prison last july, guzman was on the run. but in early october, took a secret meeting in mexico with oscar-winning actor sean penn, brokered by soap opera star del castillo. who once played a drug lord on mexican tv. castillo tweeted about out discussing the idea of making a movie about his life. she connected with penn and they traveled in october to meet with guzman under surveillance by mexican authorities in these photos not verified by nbc news. penn would arrange this video interview and write a article for rolling stone describing

but first to nbc's gabe gutierrez on the double punch. >> reporter: today on the ice, interstates shut down and morning commutes snarled in louisville and nashville. irst one of the season zplfrnlt the fast-moving weather system known as a clipper turned deadly many morning in knox county, one driver killed in treacherous road conditions. but the bigger storm is yet to come. 50 million people in its path along the entire eastern seaboard. tonight blizzard watches already issued for baltimore and washington, d.c. on friday. some areas bracing for of snow. >> we are preparing nonetheless for the worst case scenario. been a mild winter. snowfalls in albany, boston, new york and others well below a far cry from last year's january. but tonight the rush is on for supplies from new york, store shelves are already e..y. >> foot, toilet paper. chips for my kids. >> reporter: airlines are warning this weekend will be a mess. some carriers anticipating major change fees.hound has canceled several bus routes to and from the northeast. a mild weather no here in kentucky, many folks are hunkering d

n-b-c's gabe gutierrez reports from the prison where el chapo is being held. << (gutierrez on camera :00 - :20) a mexican official tells nbc news that mexican authorities now want to talk to sean penn and kate del castillo following their secret meeting with joaquin "el chapo" guzman several months ago. the official also confirms that investigators were able to learn details of el chapo's whereabouts by intercepting phone calls from the two actors. the stunning interview...with the world's most wanted drug lord... posted online overnight...by rolling stone magazine. responding to questions submitted by sean pean...and mexican soap opera star kate del castillo... after the actors say they secretly met with the drug kingpin... following his daring escape from a maximum security prison last july. "i supply more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world," "el chapo" is quoted as telling penn. meantime, a trusted source tells nbc news that authorities were aware that penn and del castillo were in mexico to meet with guzman. that raised concerns, because

gabe gutierrez is in mexico city with the latest.t the extradition, and the request and what is next for it? >> well, hello, richard. good afternoon. a source within the mexican attorney general's office confirms that the office is working to fulfill that request. however, the source stresses that this could take quite a while. it will likely depend upon how many injunctions that el chapo's lawyers file, and many of the legal experts that we filed, and experts in the extradition law say that it could take month, and some sources said mid-year, but it is going to depend on the mexican judicial system, and how long it takes the court system to go over these, these delays in the extradition process. we are here at the prison where e el chapo woke up this morning, and once again, this is the same prison that he escaped from six months ago, and he escaped through the incredibly sophisticated tunnels. something about the story that is getting a lot of attention today is that the attorney general's details that she revealed last night at th

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, durham, north carolina. >> it's true. you can't look away. that's going to do it for us on a thursday night. i'm lester holt. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> right now on news 3 at 6:00, and man accused of we will hear exclusively from the woman he is accused of shooting in the face. >> a former pastor accused of sexually assaulting girls in his congregation. today, victims testify that sex was a central theme of the sunday sermon. >> and your health and the next generation of technology. they are coming together at the consumers electronic show. news 3 at six starts right now. >> live from las vegas, this is news 3. >> metro police foil a suspected murder for hire plot. now the person accused in the scheme is sitting in jail. the mastermind is accused of shooting a subway restaurant employee in the face at point-blank range. good evening, thank you for joining us tonight. i'm just more. >> and i am jim snyder. >> executors say 25-year-old erin ware said that he wanted the only witness kill. we are l

nbc's gabe gutierrez takes us to one of the many communities that will struggle to find fresh food after walmart leaves. >> reporter: in tiny oriental, north carolina, population changed when the giant came to town. >> it was bad. i mean, immediately it affected us. >> can tills peter mehegan. >> reporter: for 44 years renee smith's family ran a grocery store here and then a walmart express came along and 17 months later she closed her doors. >> and i feel it was very malicious of them to leave this town in the shape that it's it. >> reporter: now walmart is closing more than 150 stores in the u.s., turning oriental into a food desert without a single grocery store. >> anybody here that wants to buy an onion now has to drive about a 40-mile round trip. >> reporter: this location in california is set to close tomorrow. around the country many communities are worried about what this will mean for their economies. walmart's ceo points out the company plans to open 300 new locations around the world. closing stars is never an easy decision, he says, but it is necessary to keep the positioned

>>gabe slate: 50 when the market for the big screen tv state- owned. a standstill just west of the toll plaza there on the way to get it cleared the is bumping of the drive times 25 menace to get from 80 to 1 01, after it will definitely slow will let you know when they're having it out of the way. >>darya: happening now 14 stones are suspended in space and disciplined for after attending are resisting party as the principle of the college prep school cause of the head and acceptable it does not represent the san francisco catholic school some concern about what happened they said times have changed and they don't believe there is an average problems on campus. >>darya: kids from several of the close schools of this party right now it is the only school that is taken action. >>james: we're tracking what weather in southern california will show you the satellite view and have a more look coming up in just a minute. >>darya: 40 to tell you how you can get your hands on a >>james: because the moisture is so low were getting a lot of the cliffs and not all

gabe gutierrez is there tonight and has our report. stretched for more than 20 miles. trucks and cars paralyzed on i-75. north of london, kentucky. >> even walmart closed. walmart only closes at christmas and walmart closed last night. so if that's tells you anything. >> reporter: tractor trailers unable to climb snowy hills blocked the highway, leaving hundreds trapped in their cars. the national guard moved in. >> they kept telling us a couple hours, a couple hours. at some point, a trucker said we're going to be here all night. >> just taking cat naps. my girlfriend's calling me pretty regular making sure i'm still awake and still alive and safe. >> reporter: dani garner and her three kids started their trip in muncey, indiana. heading home to tennessee. this time a screeching halt in kentucky. her toddlers enduring more than 16 hours in their frigid car with nothing to drink until this >> i was like my heart kind of jumped. they probably just tapped their brakes. don't get excited yet. i seen it moving. i was like, oh, god, i think it's moving. it's moving. it's mo

kate. >> gabe, in mexico, thank you. and nbc news legalalyst joins me now. karen, a lot of people online are wondering could sean penn be in trouble? >> first of all kate, have a lot of the specific facts to this case. but, yes, kate he could be in very serious legal trouble. re a number of state and federal statutes having to do with the duty to report and also aiding and abetting. ld come into play. i think that the key element that people that is, that sean penn even by justagues himself in el chapo's presence makes him a witness to ongoing felonies. and therefore, he made himself a witness. it is not just an interview. this is an ongoing investigation and he is a witness now. >> thank you. >>> tens of millions of americans will be going back to work tomorrow hoping that work will become a thing of the past if you haven't guessed. we are talking about powerball. and the next record breaking drawing that may determine who will become a billionaire. tonight the numbers and the odds. >> reporter: the moment that dashed millions of dreams. >> lucky 13. >> rep

gabe gutierrez, nbc news, charlotte. >>> news about the largest recall of all bigger. millions of vehicles being driven on roads could potentially explode violently. there is word of another death linked to these japanese made takata airbags found in vehicles of more than a dozen automakers. anne thompson with new details every driver should know. >> reporter: tonight's recall affected domestic and foreign automakers. 5 million more vehicles with the potentially defective takata airbags. the manufacturers impacted, audi, bmw, daimler, ford, honda, mazda, mercedes, saab and volkswagen. what we don't know is what models are recalled. the action by nhtsa, the national highway traffic safety administration comes after joel knight's death last month. the 52-year-old father died when the driver's side airbag in his 2006 ford ranger exploded in a crash. a death one safety advocate said was preventible. >> this inflater had been recalled in 61 other manufacturers. ford, nhtsa and takata knew this had problems. >> reporter: the government said thousands of tests were run on tha

gabe gutierrez has more on that from charlotte, north carolina, in the region that took the first punch from this massive storm. >> reporter: in the south tonight, a slippery slope. from tennessee to the carolinas. a triple-threat, devastating snow, sleet and freezing rain. >> the brakes locked up and i slid into the back of their car. >> this car even catching fire. the driver revving the engine after caught in a snowdrift. here in charlotte, the storm started after midnight. the morning commute treacherous. at this emergency command center, all hands on deck after at least six weather-related deaths in north carolina alone. statewide, more than a thousand crashes. >> anything over a quarter of an inch could be devastating not only to our interstates or roadways, but also to our power grid as >> reporter: ron far is among those rushing to respond to the mounting accidents. >> how has today been? >> nonstop. >> reporter: throughout the day the wintry mix piled up. take a look through the air. this is sleet right now. but the ice is most dangerous. not just on the roads but toppling tree

lester. >> remarkable scene, gabe. thank you. >>> on the east coast, many are still digging out from the blizzard of 2016 in the nation's capital, the federal government remains shut down again today as did many school districts in several states. nbc news national correspondent miguel almaguer tells us progress is being made, but for many it is not coming soon >> reporter: in washington, d.c., the snow emergency will be lifted tomorrow as many here are still knee deep in >> it's like all of winter in one weekend. >> reporter: today in the bitter cold, a spending three days trapped in her car. it's been nearly 70 hours since the last snowfall, and look like this. >> we've had the winter snow already. we're finished. >> reporter: in new jersey, snow brought skating rink. at the shore, the flood waters have receded but not the anger. governor christie criticized last night after returning to the campaign trail. >> i don't know what you expect me to do. you want me to go down there with a mop? >> i think it takes a little

now gabe know it is better than anybody else does.e, don't you think something is a little amiss here? >> without question. you know, when i wrote my biography of roger ales, he ran the network with an iron fist. now the network is adrift. anchors are saying they're now allowed to say what they want to say. >> they couldn't do that before? >> no money. >> -- no. >> come work over here. >> we shouldn't understate this. we have war from the gop front-runner. this is a civil war in the gop and fox in the middle of it. >> brian, do you think he'll end up on that stage thursday night? >> two hours ago i thought so and now i changed my mind. i don't think he'll show up. there are rules and agreements made between the campaigns and networks. the rnc has confirm ld to ed tot they cannot show an empty podium. >> you said you thought he would be there and now you don't? >> i think he's dug his feet in so deeply, i don't think he'll be there. >> you don't think he'll be there? >> i think the fact he said he's going to do an event with the vets,