many people in the community, poppy poppy, do not believe. that including the victim's father what says this was not a hate crime. >> my daughter yes, sir. honest to god, told us on more than two occasions that this man came knocking on their door and fighting about everything with a gun on his belt more than twice. she told us daddy, i think he hates us for who we are and how we look. >> reporter: hicks' wife is cooperating with police. she says she does not believe this was a crime motivated by hate. she says this was not motivated by religion or faith. she is cooperating with police. hicks turned himself in tuesday night. he is now facing three counts of first-degree murder. poppy. >> absolute tragedy. jason carolkarcarroll, thank you. >>> thousands of people in yemen demonstrating over a takeover by a shi'ite militant group. hundreds targeted houthi fighters and put the nation's president under house arrest. this comes as u.s. and britain and france shutdown the embassies in the capital over security fears. >>> the third time was the char

poppy. >> we will watch closely. it is a tragedy. jason, thank you. >>> the american civil liberties union calling it a great day for the state of alabama. the federal judge has ordered to issue same-sex marriage licenses. most alabama counties are still complying with roy moore's issue. >>> breaking news overnight. david carr has died. times editor says carr collapsed in the newsroom on thursday night. bill carter tweeted his tribute. saying david carr was funny and generous. my heart breaks for his family and legion of friends. he is proud to be one of those friends. david carr was 58 years old. >>> more alleged exaggeration coming to light as nbc news investigates now suspended nightly news anchor brian williams. new questions about williams claimings about flying to baghdad with s.e.a.l. team six. among them a knife. sources tell us here at cnn it would be impossible for williams to have traveled with s.e.a.l. team six. questions surfacing about the brush with pope john paul ii as a university student. more on that later in the s

>> good morning, poppy. little league office vacated all of jackie robinson west's wins because they used kids outside the geographical area. the manager has been removed from his position. the ceo of little league international said it was a heart breaking decision but had to make it to maintain the inn integrity of the program. the president said he was proud of the kids. members of the team and parents speaking out saying they did nothing wrong. >> what were you rather happen little league, for them to be killed on the streets of chicago? the boys had no inside dealings or willings or borders or boundaries. >> we know we are champions and the team knows we are champions. >> as a result of jackie robin robinson west being stripped the team in mountain west has been given the title. >>> the tiger woods web site says he will return when he thinks he is ready to compete at a high level. so far, tiger missed the cut at the phoenix open after 82 in the second round. tiger is ranked 62nd in the world, which is t

poppy. >> matthew, thank you.the live report. >>> we are following breaking news from pakistan. ten people have been killed and more than 60 people injured in an explosion near a shi'ite mosque in peshmerga. police report heavy gunfire at the scene. they say armed militants barged into the mosque hurtling hand graenade grenades. so far, there has been no claim of responsibility. we will bring you more on that as soon as we have it. >>> also isis launching new attacks across iraq hitting kurdish and iraqi forces in northern and western iraq. they seized control of a town near an air base where u.s. marines are training. also isis has now succeeded in spreading to libya, yemen, lebanon and pakistan. some taliban members are rebranding as isis hoping to attract recruits. >>> two journalists are freed this morning after spending more than 400 days in prison in egypt. mohamed fahmy and mohamed are released on bail. they will face retrial on february 23rd. >>> the fbi is opening an investigation on the fatal shooting of

>> no no i'm not, poppy.ould point out there's a reason that major newspapers in america, colleague your own network, have not reprinted the cartoons that appeared in denmark nine years ago or that lars vilks drew five years ago in sweden. the reason we haven't is we've learned in america to balance the protection and love the free speech with respect for the beliefs and the background and ethnicities and race and creeds of others. there are in americas you know words we don't say, racial expressions we don't use. there's the concept of hate speech in america. that balance that we have struck in america, for reasons of civility and peace and harmony is really what's at stake now in this -- in what we see around the world in these muss lipidor muhammad cartoons. we have to stand up for the fundamental belief in free speech but we have to be vigilant. we know in the muslim faith whether we print cartoons we're not just angering you know 5,000 extremists ben on jihad, we're angering a billion people around the w

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i'm poppy harlow in new york. a lot to get to this hour. there are growing signs today of growing military conflicts on two fronts one a showdown from a former cold war foe accused of meddling in ukraine and the other in the middle east. peace talks with vladimir putin appear to be crumbing and crumbing fast as russian backed force unleash a fresh round of shelling in ukraine. our correspondent on the ground heard this gunfire. >> reporter: if you can potentially hear on the other microphone we have set up the sound of shells slamming into the area i was woken by this morning and now as dusk falls, we're hearing again. >> that is our nick paton. we'll bring you a live report from him in just a moment. first i want to show you this. just today, force unleashed two dozen air strikes on isis and syria but apparently not enough to push isis out of iraq's second largest city. there may be a recommendation to send ground force into mosul to help in the target there. joining me lieutenant colonel james reece. thanks for joining me. when we talk ab

i'm poppy harlow. it's 5:00 eastern. there are major developments today in the war on terror. right now more world leaders lining up in their fight against isis not just in theory not just against the terror group's ideology but also militarily. here's what may change the landscape. the president of egypt on television today describing his vision for a united military force with the singular goal of destroying isis. forces from his own country also bahrain, saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. that's how he sees it. he says the need is there and it is growing every single day. this is a significant development. i want to talk about it with object bob baher, our security analysis and also with me james reese, global affairs analyst. thank you, gentlemen, for business here. al sissi says this on today. he didn't outright demand it or say we've had a conference and we're going to begin this offensive tomorrow but he did talk about his vision for this. do you think that that changes the game? >> i th

." >>> here in the cnn "newsroom," i'm poppy harlow. a handful of people living right here in the united states accused of sending money and supplies to active terrorists inside of iraq and syria. i'm talking about supplies like u.s. military uniforms boots, tactical gear. the u.s. justice department saying six suspects in moat tal were arrested across different states. all six immigrated from bosnia. three are nationalized u.s. citizens. two suspects planned to join terrorists in battle on the ground. five suspects arrested in the u.s. one athemof them arrested overseas. >>> meanwhile, the u.s. is trying to stop isis from recruiting teenagers right here on our u.s. soil. pamela brown spoke with the head of the fbi's counterterrorism division. >> have you seen people in the u.s. coordinating to launch an attack? >> we have seen individuals collaborative course. >> in the u.s.? >> yes. >> so are there isis cells in the u.s.? >> there are individuals who have been in communication with groups like isil yes. >> reporter: that are living in

i'm poppy harlow in new york. cnn has learned the fbi is assisting denmark as it tries to piece together a pair of deadly terror attacks in its capital. a body language -- a body lays rather in copenhagen in the streets there. you are looking at the aftermath of the shootout with police. this is the body of the terror suspect believed to be behind the attacks. it all started here inside of this now bullet-ridden cafe. a crowd had gathered here for a free speech forum with an artist an artist on al qaeda's hit-list. this is when the gunman opened fire. >> why do we still say but when we -- [ shots fired ] >> well one person was killed in the attack three officers were wounded. it seems the deadly rampage had just begun. ten hours later it is believed that the same gunman made his way possibly by taxi to a nearby jewish synagogue approaching two officers there spraying them with bullets and their lives were spared but a bystander was killed. danish police say this gunman may have been inspired by last month's terror

i agree on that with you, poppy.hey also try to do, they swing 180 degrees with this ruling with the asyrian christians by again trying to show their followers that they are a state, that they are a nation state, and thatey are going to set up the caliphate. they go from left to right. it can be confusion sometimes for most people watching this. at end of the day this i not a holy war. the muslims out there do not believe they represent islam in any way. and they're just crazy. >> thank you, colonel reese, father beck good to have you on the program. >> thanks poppy. >>> an american and an outspoken critic of extremism met a violent end overseas. radicals in bangladesh swore they would kill him if he ever set foot back in bangladesh. he did, and he was brutally attacked and murdered. the latest on that next. for many prescription nexium helps heal acid-related erosions in the lining of the esophagus. it's my prescription. there is risk of bone fracture low magnesium, and vitamin b12 deficiency. side effects include h

poppy? >> we hope she's doing as well as can be expected.or that. >>> meantime a battle is under way for the key city in the fight against isis. we're talking about kirit cook. it is critical in this fighting huge source of oil. we're going to take you there next with someone who has been on the front lines and seen the battle playing out first hand. that's next after a quick break. it's time to find someplace new. book the hotel you want with the flight you want and we'll find the savings to get you there. i love... listening to intriguing sounds when i drift off into my dreams. others might? ♪ ♪ you only know in a fire to get out, to escape and now ok you are outside and you are safe but what do you do now and that's where the red cross came in... . we ran out of the house just wearing our pajamas. at that point just to even have a toothbrush that i could call my own was so important... . ...you know it just makes you feel like a person again. every 8 minutes the american red cross responds to a home fire or other emergency. you can help.

>> well poppy, we've been here on the ground almost a year now. we have 400 monitors here but even here in kiev what you hear from colleagues and friends, kind of prevailing sense of doom. what had happen in the past 48 hours or so the local currency has collapsed a lot. in a country where many people for example, have their car loans and housing loan denominate indeed u.s. dollars or euros, that falling in the local currency makes things very, very difficult. you also notice a slowdown in commerce fewer people going out at night. the news is full of reports from the front line. also don't forget poppy, the so-called mobilization that the ukrainian government announced is you know hitting home to a lot of families. they're having to send their sons to the front lines. >> michael, thank you for the work you and your team on the ground do there monitoring this bringing it to us. congressman, we appreciate your time as well. stay with us. you'll join us later for a discussion on isis. >>> to the middle east now, and the latest on isis's claims that a

>> that's right, poppy.re had been huge concern on capitol hill, many lawmakers being very vocal in their concern that millions of people face this fine. of course, we know in the last few weeks, there have been problems, technical difficulties, long wait times for people who are trying to make sunday's deadline to enroll. so now we have word from a white house official that the move is being considered, that they might move this deadline. white house official tells us that they will decide some time in the next two weeks whether or not they will move that deadline. but in the meantime, the department of health and human services says that people can continue to sign up for obamacare. of course, they face that impending fine. and it's exactly why a lot of lawmakers on capitol hill were angry about. they wanted to make sure people who wanted to get enrolled could do so. >> it seems pretty confusing if the deadline was yesterday and the white house is going to take at least two more weeks to determine whether

everything matters in the middle east poppy. but again, hamas has been looked at as a terrorist group but also as trying to be diplomatic and trying to use the other elements of national power to try to bring some type of peace to the middle east. >> right. >> again, we swing left and right which is so difficult. at the end of the day, if we're sitting around around a table here it doesn't really matter what that egyptian court says. but it will be interesting to see what president sisi comes out with especially what happened to the egyptian christians in libya. maybe this is a new turn to really start clamping down on some of this extremism. >> i wonder if you think as you said hamas has been viewed by some as having an ability unlike others to act as a negotiator if you will in the region. do you think as our ian lease said last hour from cairo this could be something that actually back fires on egypt? >> yeah it could. unfortunately a lot of these different diplomatic elements have a militant arm to them. and these militant a

you can hear the excitement behind me poppy. people are very excited in the background here. >> i think, chris, it's really interesting we've seen this momentum behind scott walker recently. but when you look at the reality of how this plays out in predicting the next president, what's the history there? >> reporter: well it doesn't always have a history of predicting the next president. the poll is very good as a snapshot for where this particular conservative group is right now. this is a very conservative face very libertarian. you start to see who has momentum going into the election season. certainly scott walker has that momentum. he is up in the polls in iowa. and he's coming out of this looking very strong. rand paul held on. he needed to make sure that he held his crown for a third year in a row. he did that. and another thing to mention here poppy, jeb bush came in fifth place with 8%. that's not surprising. he came, in had a very strong showing. kind of walked into the lion's den here. and had a strong respectable sho

that's correct, poppy. what we do know is this was a four-car accident.ween one car and that white lexus. they had an accident and from what we understand from the sheriff's department is that bruce jenner's suv rear-ended that white lexus which then sent it out into oncoming traffic and it was hit by an oncoming hummer. the woman in that car did die. that much we do know. the investigation is ongoing. there were reports out there that this is a manslaughter investigation and what the sheriff's department is saying is that at this point it is an investigation into a traffic collision where there was a fatality. it has not escalated beyond that. they're still continuing their investigation to look for any more clues if there was more wrongdoing and at this point that's where things stand, poppy. >> and do we know if they are investigating everyone who was in the other vehicles? because i know there were four cars involved and obviously the attention gets paid to bruce jenner he is the celebrity, but police are saying no paparazzi. so do we know if they're

i'm poppy harlow in today for my friend ashleigh banfield. we begin with a pivotal moment in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the former nfl star is charged in the shooting death of odin lloyd in an industrial park on june 17th, 2013, just a half mile from hernandez's home in northled abo led led attleboro,. you see him taking his cell phone apart outside of a police station and using a different cell phone to call ernest wallace, another defendant in this murder trial who also happens to be charged in this case. i want to get straight to our alexandra field who's in fall river, massachusetts. she's been inside the courtroom all day. also with me here in new york, danny cevallos and paul callan. alex, how significant is this video? >> reporter: poppy, the prosecution was dead set on making sure the jury saw this video. they had to fight for it for some months now. today is the first time that any of us have seen this. it wasn't shown during opening statements or any previous hearings. this is also the first time the jury saw it. what you see

two of them worked on foreign policy issues for his father, poppy bush. and four of them worked on foreign policy for both his brother and his dad in their administrations. and then one of them is george schultz, who's now 94. he was secretary of state when his -- jeb bush's father was vice president. so of the 21 names that jeb bush released to the press as his foreign policy advisers, as he was trying to make the case that his his own man and he should not be conflated with his dad or his brother, of those 21 names, 20 of them worked for his dad or his brother. "the washington post" put it together in this handy venn diagram, showing the overlap between the poppy bush names and the george w. bush names. the other circle in the upper right is the reagan administration, to encompass george schultz. and whatever you think of the prospect of continuing the foreign policy of the other bush presidencies, mostly the george w. bush presidency, whatever young of that substantively, and whether that's a good idea for the nation to go back to the george w. bush fo

poppy responds, taser drawn. >> stop, now! on the ground, now!bs for it. poppy fires at givens with a tase of up to 50,000 volts. but givens isn't done. poppy goes for his firearm. as givens rises, his weapon in hand. >> drop it! >> poppy fires twice and givens goes down. incredibly, he's only wounded. givens is convicted of attempted aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and sentenced to 11 months, 29 days. >> get out! on the ground! [ sirens ] >> more and more, police are relying on tasers. >> it's an excellent tool. it keeps us from having to fight somebody hands on. >> detective jared mathern should know. he along with two other officers are with the homer, louisiana, police force. they were uninvited guests who brought tasers to a wedding that went very, very wrong. instead of a toast, the groom got a tase, and the bridal party got a shower of mace. >> what is going through my mind, is oh, my god, i'm just got married, it's supposed to be the happiest day in my life, and i'm getting tased and the best man's his way to jail, too, so

hear what else goldman sach's chairman and ceo lloyd blankfein told cnn's poppy harlow. >>> over the years, we increased the amount of technology in our homes, and that's meant increased demands on the electric grid. so we turned to solar and wind power as renewables became all the rage. being energy efficient is just the start. imagine if your home provided all its own energy for instance the heat from your television powers your coffee maker. this house can do just that. on the outside, it looks like any other home in suburban washington, d.c. on the inside it's not. >> we take over 500 readings of data every minute. >> the national institute of standard and technology or nist for short, built this house to prove that net 0 is possible. >> so net zero energy home is a home over the course of the year produces as much energy as it consumed. we have a virtual family that lives here and they perform all the same functions you would with your own family. we have the vices, for example, that emulate a toaster, a blender, a hand mixer, and all of these devices operate at a precise time a

not dancy or poppy. he's british. (?) he's sort of just the nice guy. has the demeanor. press likes him. he's sort of more like -- he's relatable to a lot of people. he's perceived as having more real music whereas taylor swift is so poppy. >> john legend is another romantic guy. slow. >> he may do well. he's a fan favorite. you look at the oscars. not the big blockbusters. the grammys aren't about super big poppy produced songs, but the ballads the ones a little more produced. >> there's someone named sia? >> yes. also another big new artist in the past year. (?) even though taylor swift is big huge commercial viability, huge fan favorite doesn't always translate to the grammys. >> let's talk about celebrity feuds. who is fighting? >> taylor swift and katy perry. this is documented. it's not rumor. they both confirmed it. gerri: this is real? this is real as anything else -- >> this is real. if you bring it down to a more corporate level they're competing for talent. essentially, katy perry was saying that taylor swift was trying to steal her back up artists while going

>> this is the hard part poppy, because you've got to imagine that he was. you've got to imagine that he was advised or urged to step aside and yet nbc on the record is officially saying that this was his doing, a decision that he reached earlier today and that it was not a result of any pushing or prodding by the network. being realistic here you know maybe he hears the call before it's about to happen. i've got to imagine that there were deliberations involving his boss about this. they were in a day-long meeting yesterday his bosses trying to do damage control. they said this is one of the most smart things that nbc has done in three days. >> proactive. >> that's right. it gives nbc a bit of a breathing room to deal with this. >> so all right there was some media pundits, other journalists writing about this. you have one excerpt that you'd like to read. >> yes. this is a column in "the new york times" for tomorrow morning. she said this was a bomb that had been ticking for a while. nbc executives were warned a year ago that he was talking about this and

. >> this is all the television news industry is talking about right now, as you can imagine, poppy. one thing i keep getting pointed to is that quote, several days. now a clock has started and now people like me and people like the executives at other networks are going to be asking how many more days how many more weeks until brian williams is back? it will create more pressure on nbc to get to this quickly because frankly every day brian williams is on the air is a better day. every day he's off the air is a worse day. >> what do you think we might see in terms of an external investigation? it's one thing to investigate it internally but will we see an external body come in here? >> doesn't seem like nbc has plans for that although there's a lot of external investigation going on by other news divisions. it's not just cnn that's interested in covering this story. it's "the new york times," it's local media in new orleans, where he did famous reporting about hurricane katrina that's now somewhat being questioned. it's also military newspapers and beat reporters across the country l

poppy harlow reports. >> reporter: ellen brodie a beloved wife and mother of three girls. >> her girlshusband and her. a beautiful family. it is a tragedy. >> reporter: friends and loved ones grappling with how her life could have been cut so short. >> this was a tragic accident. you wonder why it happened. certainly, it was not her, she was not a careless person. she would not do anything to put anybody at risk. >> reporter: just 49 years old, brody driving the suv struck on the tracks in the deadliest train crash in metro-north history. she is one of the six people who perished. rick hope was in the car directly behind brody and recounted the fatal moment to the journal news. >> as we're waiting to cross the tracks, the gate comes down in front of me and it comes down and hits the top of her car. i'm able to back up and waiting for her to back up, but instead, she gets out of the car, she gets out, walks around the back, looks at the arm that's on the back of the car, she me, i gesture to come back, i back up again further to indicate that there's plenty of room to back up and she tu

poppy harlow back in new york, with much more. \s . >>> hi everyone you're in the cnn newsroom.ning us in new york. >>> this hour major developments in the war against terror police investigating yesterday's terror attack in copenhagen new details about why the gunman may have targeted a cartoonist for assassination. >>> and

. >> reporter: poppy is nearly 4 and has mi toe condreyal disease. she can't walk and struggles with her speech. her sister lily is unaffected. they are asking to approve a technique that enables couples at risk to have a healthy baby to use a tiny amount of donor dna from a second woman. >> the proceed your to take place. it will give our girls an important option in the future and hope that we can stop the disease from spreading. it's inherited, it will pass down the female line. >> reporter: the reality is any baby born as a result of this technique will have all the key material from the mother and father affecting appearance and personal traits. the donation is treated like an organ transplant and anonymous. this dna will be passed from generation to generation, a permanent change to the human genetic code. it's been opposed by church critics. others saying a slippery slope of designing a baby. >> the families want this. the question is why would we allow these families to still suffer when we have it in our hands to do otherwise? >> reporter: i

i'm poppy harlow in new york. super bowl sunday could be one for the report books, for the game and another dangerous winter storm that's already within hours will affect as many as 100 million people. here is what it looks like in four cities in the path of this storm, chicago, cleveland, boston and new york. it's chicago that's feeling the brunt of it today. blizzard conditions that could rival some of the city's biggest snowfalls. we have full coverage. our national correspondent ryan young is in chicago. martin savidge in cleveland and tom joins us from the severe weather center. ryan i always say this. it's best when you're first assignment at cnn is in a blizzard because then you really know what you're in for.cn. how cnn. how is it looking? >> reporter: i've never felt a blizzard before. we've been up since 3:45 amtraking the storm. the conditions have gotten worse. i want to point down this direction. you can see some of the guys trying to clean the side streets here. they done a good job keeping the roads

poppy bush picked suitor and clarence thomas ann as his nominees to the supreme court. he got to two. since then ever president has gotten two. clinton chose ruth bader ginsburg and -- president obama so far has chosen sonya sotomayor and kagen. supreme court nominations are the most important things that a president does ever. not every it ration of the supreme court hears brown versus board of education, or bush v. gore or row v. wade. not every it ration of the court hears cases that become household names and change the world drastically and forever. but the supreme court of the united states has breathtaking power on myriad issues. nothing else in government is like it. even right now we're awaiting oral arguments on cases that may eliminate the whole of obamacare in one fail swoop. millions of people losing their health insurance all at once. they could do that. they will hear the oral arguments and rule in the next few months. another case could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide or not. we're waiting another case that could ban the way that states kill their

but not to poppy's family. it means the girls, poppy and lily who doesn't have disease could. >> it's an option of having a healthy child. >> reporter: science won the moral argument in britain but in the u.s. the discussion gets political. >> it's very very difficult to have these kinds of conversations in the united states because we have the big divide between the right -- so-called right to choice and the so-called right to life that we very very quickly get caught up in national politics that are exact bigger than the issue of mitochondrial transfer. >> reporter: it's important to say that the dna of the so-called third parent in the egg would not affect the chark ter characteristics of the child. it would, however, allow the child to have a normal and healthy life. >> thank you so much. >>> straight ahead, the unexpected sequel of the author of "to kill a >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. every kiss begins wiayth k. >>> the measles outbreak forces some kids with the vac

i'm poppy harlow in today for my friend ashleigh banfield.otal moment in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the former nfl star is charged in the shooting death of odin lloyd in an industrial park on june 17th 2013 just a half mile from hernandez's home in northled aboro

i'm poppy harlow in today for ashleigh banfield.two very different, very deadly expressions of hate one in a european capital, and captured in breathtaking audio. >> why do we still say bus when we -- [ gunfire ] >> absolutel

faye did not get nominated by poppy bush to the supreme court despite his son's request to the can tear. since then every president has two. president clinton chose ruth bader ginsburg. president obama so far has chosen sonia sotomayor and alaina kagan. supreme court nominations are among the most important things that any president does ever. and not every iteration of the supreme court hears brown versus board of education or bush v. gore for that matter or roev. wade. not every iteration of the court hears cases that become household names and that change the world drastically and forever. but the scattered showers of the united states has breath taking power. on a mereadeyrad of issues. we're awaiting cases that might elimination the whole of obamacare in one fell swoop. millions of people losing their health insurance at once they could do that. we're awaiting another case that could legalize same-sex marriage nationwide or not. we're waiting another case that could ban the way that states kill their prisoners now by lethal injection. that's all in the next few months. the supreme

i'm poppy harlow in new york. a lot to get to this hour. signs today of growing military conflicts on two fronts one a showdown from a former cold war foe accused of meddling in ukraine and the other in the middle east. peace talks with vladimir putin appear to be crumbing and crumbing fast as russian backed force unleash a fresh round of shelling in ukraine. our correspondent on the ground heard this gunfire. >> reporter: if you can potentially hear on the other microphone we have set up the sound of shells slamming into the area i was woken by this morning and now as

the tunnel contains a generator, lights and a rosary and poppy nailed to the wall. police say they don't think the upcoming pan am games are at risk but as a precaution they have circulated the pictures to security agencies around the world. >>> and 5:45 now. a school board hearing continues tonight on the fate of two montgomery county elementary schools. during monday night's session, the superintendent recommended keeping arrowhead elementary open but closing audubon elementary. the district is trying to offset declining enrollment. >>> and today pennsylvania governor tom wolf will be speaking to business leaders in bethlehem. the governor is working on a budget to call for higher taxes and more state health for public schools. the governor spoke to the chamber of commerce and bank association groups near harris yesterday. wolf said he understands the hardships of making payroll and now the government can affect business. he said children and the economy have suffered enough from the underfunding of schools. wolf will unveil his first budget proposal next tuesday.

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a rosary with a remembrance day poppy, a red poppy attached to it that was pinned inside the tunnel. still, they have no idea why it was built. you mentioned the size of it. it actually doesn't go anywhere. it's 30 feet in length and then it stops. if they continued going, it would poke out the side of a hill and just basically end there. they say there's no terror threat from it. they've collapsed it in now and covered it back over. it's now frozen up with snow. but at this point, they have no clue. they've got to the public and said, if you built this please let us know. we'd like to know why you built it. >> big mystery there. thanks peter. >>> up next frozen. president obama thwarted by a federal court and stymied by congressional republicans. his executive order on immigration frozen in place. congressman joaquin castro of texas joins me next. there's only one egg that just tastes better. with 10 times more vitamin e. and twice the omega 3s. because why have ordinary when you can have the best. only eggland's best. better taste. better nutrition. better eggs. sometimes the prese

i'm poppy harlow in new york. smerconish will continue in just a moment.rst nbc's brian williams taking a short break from the anchor chair that he has occupied for more than ten years. this comes amid a growing controversy over his trustworthiness. days ago, williams made an on-air apology for telling a false war story about his time in iraq in which he claimed to be on a military helicopter that was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. later he backtracked saying he was actually on a different helicopter trailing behind that chopper that actually did get hit. nbc renewed williams' contract just about two months ago. reportedly a very large multimillion-dollar contract. i want to read you williams' note sent to his staff today, making this announcement. it says "in the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news it has become painfully apparent to me that i am presently too much a part of the news to do my actions. as managing editor of nbc news i've decided to take myself off my daily broadcast for the next several days, and lester holt has kindly

>> poppy. >> he is handsome. >> he is. he's had one owner his entire life. we can tell he was well taken care of. a family circumstance caused him to have to turn him into rescue but they did the responsible thing. they brought him to us. we're looking to find him a home. >> he is potty trained. >> he is. he's got -- he's potty trained g with other dogs and cats. and he loves children. and loves to chase the ball. so there would be nothing better. it's -- a child to throw something for him, he loves to play fetch. >> he has a lot of energy. >> very alert. he's watching the cameras. he's doing very well considering i just met him today. i picked him up from his foster mom. he will be at the petsmart in springfield this saturday so you can meet him there. we'll be there from 11:00 to 1:00 for our adoption show. you can find out a lot about him on our website which is cockerspanielrescue.com. if you're not in a position to adopt a dog but you want to help us out, we have a bow-wow bowl-a-thon march 29. >> we'll send them out there and have more information on o

not to poppy's family.'s almost four and suffers from a disease. she can't walk and can barely speak. her cells don't produce the energy they need for her to develop. her sister does not suffer from the disease but may carry the genetic defect. the procedure would help mothers whose eggs have a healthy nucleus but are surrounded by defective batteries that power cells. that nucleus is transferred to a donor egg and embryo produced with that hybrid egg would contain dna from the mother and father plus a tiny amount from the egg donor. it's this three-parent child that poses the ethical dilemma. not to poppy's family. it means the girls lillie certainly and poppy if she lives to reproductive age, could have children that don't have the disease. >> it will pass down the female line so to give them a choice when they come to the age of thinking about children and an option of having a healthy child. >> reporter: science won the moral argument in britain but in the u.s., the discussion gets political. >> it's ve

but not to poppy's family. she's almost 4 and suffers from mitochondrial disease. she can't walk and can barely speak. her cells don't produce the energy they need for her to develop. lily her sister does not suffer from the deceaseisease but may carry the genetic defect. they're surrounded by might toe condrial the patrys that power cells. that nucleus is trafred to healthy mitochondria and that would contain dna from the mother and father plus a tiny amount from the egg donor. it's this three-parent child that poses the ethical dilemma. but not to poppy's family. it means the girls, lily certainly, and poppy, if she lives to reproductive age, could have children who don't have the disease. >> it's inherent it will pass down the female line. to give them a kwhois they come to the age of thinking about children and an option of having a healthy child. >> reporter: science won the moral argument in britain but in the u.s. the discussion gets political. >> it's very very difficult to have these kinds of conversat

it has a rosary and poppy nailed to the wall. police are looking for whoever built the bunker but don't think the upcoming pan am games are at any risk. >>> millions of smartphones are about to get an upgrade in diversity. a change many of you will see soon. >>> and this is not an early st. patrick's day celebration, but a problem of another sort to turn this water bright green. >>> new this morning, cumberland county officials are close to designing if they need to redevelop a jail study in new jersey. they will join atlantic burlington and gloucester counties. the study will determine which area will hold the facility and how everyone will benefit from the regional jail. it will cost each county $160,000 for the study. >>> you have to see this. new this morning, a leak at a university of delaware building turns some nearby waterways bright green. look at this photo here. university officials tell the news journal 500 gallons of chilled water containing a fluorescent green dye leaked from a school building that is used for leak

. >> for as long as he can remember, these fields have been used to grow poppies. opium has long been a major source of income for armors in this part of myanmar. now it is often the only one. >> almost no one here grows mangoes or avocados anymore. it has become too expensive to bring the fruits to the nearest market. at the end of the day, there is often no profit left over. >> opium cultivation is illegal and myanmar, but little is done to stop it. the police and army also get a cut. the drug is of enormous importance here, not just for farmers. >> the heroin produced from these little droplets is one of the main sources of income for the many ethnic rebel groups in this area. for decades, they've been fighting a bloody civil war against myanmar's army. the major bone of contention is who gets to cash in on the vast riches this land has to offer. drugs are not the only way to make money here. under these mountains are gold, silver, coal, precious stones, and metals. valuable types of wood grow in the forest. since 2011, myanmar's government has been negotiating

i'm jim acosta in washington in for poppy harlow tonight. we're learning new information about a deadly terrorist attack in denmark. authorities now believe there was only one gunman in that rampage. witnesses say they heard 30 to 40 bullets fired during a free-speech event in copenhagen. a 40-year-old man was struck and killed three police officers wounded. the possible target of today's attack cartoonist lars bilks. he's faced death threats before for his portrayals of the prophet muhammad. this is the man police are looking for, and this is the car they believe was used in hi getaway. moments ago we heard from ashford sonburg, a reporter in copenhagen. police are searching a nearby lake hoping to find a weapon. we'll hear from an eyewitness in just a moment. >>> first we are tracking a dangerous blizzard tonight. it's barreling toward the northeast fueled by hurricane-force winds and it will ham ter massachusetts coast all night long. this makes four count them four massive snow-dumping storms to cover new england in just a month. it's a

poppy was there at the scene and reports on what could have gone wrong. >> a beloved wife and mother of three girls. >> the girls really aer todore her. >> friends and loved ones grappling with how her life could have been cut so short. >> you wonder why it happened. certainly it was not -- she was not a careless person. she would not ever do anything to put anyone at risk. >> just 49 years old, she was driving the suv that caused the deadliest crashes. she was among the six who perished. >> one possibly trapped in the train. >> rick hope was in the car directly behind brody. >> as we are waiting to cross the tracks the gate comes down in front of me and it comes down and hits the top of her car. i am able to back up and i'm waiting to back up. she walks around the back and looks at the arm that's on the back of the car, she looks at me i gesture for her to come back and indicate that there is plenty of room to back up and she turns, walks and gets back in the car, slight hesitation and then moves forward and at that instant the train came. >> why brody's suv was on the tracks is cen