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nbc's jennifer johnson has more from a speech that could what to expect during tomorrow night's state of the union. >> because we' doing great job. >> reporter: president trump in a new super bowl sunday cbn interview agreatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get funding for his border wall. >> we're going to have to see what happens on february 15th. >> you're not taking it off the table? don't take anything off the table. i don't like to take things off table. it's that alternative. it's national emergency. >> reporter: the president says the country is being invaded by criminals and repeated his threat toeclare a national emergency if he doesn't get his unding. democrats firinback. >> fbi stats will show that the national murder rate is 5.3 murders per 100,000. ine border cities are lower than that. fact, washington, d.c. is about three or four times more dangerous than laredo, my hometown. >> reporter: ahead of tuesday's state of the union address, the esident blasted house speaker nancy pelosi. >> when you have people dying all over t country because of people like na

jennifer johnson, nbc news washington. >>> and this breaking news just in. the "new york times" is reporting tonight that president trump ordered his chief of staff to grant hison-in-law and seen senior adviser jared kushner a top secret security clearance last year. e move overruled concerns of top officials, retired general john kelly was the chief of staff then. he wrote a memo about being ordered to give jared kushner that cleance. nbc news just reached out to the white house for comment and they press secreaid they do not comment on security clearances. >>> tonight north kor disputing president trump's explanation for the collapse of th nucle summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> right now president trump is on his way home from vietnam before he left hanoi, he told porters that north korea had demanded a full removal of sanctions in exchangeor closing its main nuclear facility. but north korea's foreign minister said the north demanded only paral sanctions relief in exchange for closing the facility and the talks collapsed after the u.s.ur de

jennifer johnson, washington. >>> the pope asked for all catholics to pray for the success of the upcomingexual abuse conference. he spoke live thursday. senior bishops from around the world will meet at the vatican to discuss the global abuse crisis. i comes one day after former cardinal the dor mccarrick was expelled from the priesthood. once a leading figure in the u.s. catholic church was found guilty of minors and adults. he was the highest profile figure to be dismissed in modern times. >>> stunning new turn of events, police are looking into whether the "empire" actor paid two men to fake an attack against him. new information shifted the trajectory of the investigation. the two men are brothers and at least one worked on the "empire" show. they found a ski mask and bottle of bleach at the home and smollett's claim they poured a chemical on him, the actors released a statement denying the allegations. >>> a special honor for a special couple, having the u.s. mint one dollar coincidence of u.s. president bush and his buy, barbara and pay tribute to him for courage, honor and compassi

jennifer johnson has our wrap up from washington. >> reporter: president trump leaving a headline generated week in washington heading to vietnam monday to meet with north korean leader kim jong un. on tuesday the house a bill for a emergency declaration of the border wall. and monday, michael cohen testifies publicly before a house committee. >> what other light can he shed now that he's cooperating on issues of the obstruction of justice or collusion. what more can he tell us about the trump tower new york meeting or any er other issues relevant to our investigation. we any he has a lot to offer. >> the president tweeting his campaign didn't conspire with the russia. tweeting the only collusion with the russian was hillary clinton and the democratic committee. >> if that truth indicates that president trump committed no crime impeachable or otherwise. so be it. if it indicates he did that is a much more complicated world. >> the mueller report will be sent to attorney general william barr but democrats are vowing to subpoena it and release it publicly. the white house focusing on t t chai

jennifer johnson reports, the president hopes to use tuesday's speech to reset his agenda. >> because we're doing a great job. >> reporter: president trump in a new super bowl sunday cbs interview again threatening to shut down the government if he doesn't get funding for his border wall. >> we're going to have to see what happens on february 15th. >> you're -- >> well i don't take anything off the table. i don't like to take things off the table. it is that alternative. it is national emergency. >> reporter: the president says the country is being invaded by criminals and repeated his threat to declare a national emergency if he doesn't get his funding. democrats firing back. >> fbi stats will show that the national murder rate is 5.3 murders per a hundred thousand. the border cities are lowrie th lower than that. washington d.c. is about three or four times more dangerous than the rate of my hometown. >> reporter: the president blasted house speaker pelosi. >> when you have people dying all over the country because of people like nancy pelosi who county want to give proper border se

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> protests outside the supreme court yesterday ass justi thbated the future of the peace cross. cross is dedicated in 1925 to dozens of prince georges county men who died in world war i. a some people argue it's religious symbol on government land a dollars.ned with tax >> take down the cross. i and so pray that the supreme cour will rule anday don't take the cross down. let it stay. >> a cross war memorial is a holy appropriate symbol to place at a religious venue. not on public property. >> reporter: the justices are expected tssue their ruling in june. >>> this morning we have new details about amazon's arrival in northern virginia. the company took a huge step forward. designs and predevelopment are now underway. the ce o jgb smith properties. had aetr that said construction could began within the next year. th are finalizing entitlements and zoning for the three properties amazon will move into. ♪ >>> so we know the story of peter dn. but h it come to be? audiences can find out this t wk national theater in "finding neverlan" tar josiah smothe

jennifer johnson, nbc news. >>> turning now to the forecast.a we take a live look outside. doug says friday morning y should watch. most of us could be dealing with some snow, so doug, we can't put the snow boots and the shovels away yet? >> no, and if you put the coats away thinking yesterday waser yey, beautiful day, sunshine, temperature around 53, get them back out. not only are we t talking sno next couple of days we're talking big timeold end of next week. as the sun goes down, temperatures get colder and moves into our region we areex cting snow. aire wide this is 1:00 a.m., and by 5:00 a.m. snow everywhere across our region, and we will see accumulated snowfall in most locations. youaw my snowfall map, and if you didn't see it i'll showt to you in about ten minutes. impacts for the morning rush that could mean school delays or even coisures. amelia me in just about ten minutes. she's going to have the latesth on impacts this storm will bring on your friday. i will show you how cold it will be next week. i don't think we're very popular

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i am jennifer francis a scientist at the center in massachusetts and i study the connection between climate change and extreme weather. thank you chairwoman johnson and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify today. it isn't your imagination extreme weather has become more frequent in late recent decades. according to this analysis , one of the foremost reassurance companies in the world the occurrence of extreme weather events has tripled since the 1980s shown by the bars in the figure recent extreme weather events are etched into our memory like neighborhoods flooded unleashed by hurricanes harvey and florence. in sitting high and dry in reservoirs and in the wake of super storm sandy. yes extreme weather has happened but no question it is more vicious now and it's getting worse as it continues to warm under a thick blanket of greenhouse gases let's clear up a few definitions that sometimes cause confusion climate change versus global warming climate change means all the waves of the climate while global warming is just one of those. . . . . heavy precipitation events. the warmer oceans are also fueling rapid in its evocation of

johnson here with a great valentine's day "deals & steals." right now time for "pop news." >> yes, george. it is. good morning to you all and to you. jennifer.it notigng wthnghe gngn a. tour aptly named "it's my party." j. lo planning 25 to 28 shows roughly in june and july, her actual birthday, july 24th. lopez telling ellen degeneres she doesn't feel like she's 50 saying she feels more like 26. i agree. that's the number i always say. lopez also revealing she felt like she was in an alternate universe during her recent ten-day no sugar, no-carb challenge but in the end she says she plans to do it again. whatever you're doing, keep doing it. >> she doesn't just feel 26, she looks 26. >> yes. >> she really does. let's all celebrate with jennifer. my sister in the 50 club. i turn in june, she turns in july. >>> wolfgang puck also in the news. did you know he's celebrating 25 years of feeding the fabulous folks at the governors ball, the official post-oscars bash. 25 years he's been doing it. so what will hollywood's biggest stars be dining on? wolfie, he's giving us our first look. he's sticking with classics like his -- the smoked salmon os

is jennifer francis, i'm an atmospheric scientist at the woods hole research senter in massachusetts and i study the connections between climate change and extreme weather. thank you chairwoman johnson and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify here today. it's not your imagination. extreme weather events have become more frequent in recent decades. if we could have figure one. according to this analysis by munich re, one of the mortformo reinsurance companies in the world, the occurrence of extreme weather events has tripled since the 1980s. they're shown by the green, blue, and orange bars in this figure. images of recent extreme weather events are etched into our memories, neighborhoods flooded by feet of rain unleashed by hurricanes harvey and florence, docks sitting high and dry in california's reservoirs and a sunken new jersey roller coaster in the wake of superstorm sandy to name only a few. yes, extreme weather has always happened, but there's no question that it's more vicious now and all the signs point to it getting worse as the globe continues to warm under a thickening blanket of greenhouse gases. before i go further, let's go over a few definitions th