this is tamron hall live.eping our eye on the massive storm that will be pounding the west coast. we just took a live shot out of west virginia where our reporter was getting pelted with what sounded like snow mixed with ice. they've shut down some schools in washington, d.c. the government is expected to shut down around 2:00 p.m. in anticipation of this. we have reports of cancellations at both airports in the d.c. area as well as philadelphia. we're keeping an eye on this major system that is really supposed to beat up the east coast over the weekend. another big story, ten american missionary are expected to stand trial in haiti on child abduction charges. they had hoped to be freed yesterday after spending a week in jail, but, instead, they were charged with kidnapping and conspiracy for trying to take a busload, 33 haitian children, to neighboring dominican republic. nbc's michelle kosinski joins us live from port-au-prince. i was just hand add note that the americans were just taken out of the jail, jus

tamron, they are going back to jail. i said in haiti, typically how long would it take for there to be a trial. typically three months. in a country in disarray, nobody can say for sure. there's a possibility something will be worked out behind bars. the prime minister said this is a serious crime, one they take seriously in this country, one if a crime was committed should go through the full legal system in haiti. >> kerry, back to the possibilities here. you said they are going back to the jail. the trial could not start for three months. that's probably the best case scenario given the situation still on the ground with the recovery and the situation of getting people back to normalcy in haiti. with that said, might the state department or any u.s. official get involved in this? >> well, just to probably check on their conditions in the jail. that would probably fall to something like the red cross. the embassy here, u.s. embassy is fully aware. the state department back in washington has been monitoring this. but th

. >>> i'm tamron hall on msnbc, questioning toyota any minute now. the president of toyota will try and explain his company's actions before and after the massive global recall. can the grandson of the man who started toyota repair its image? live coverage of day two of that congressional hearing on the company's safety record. >>> and bonus here, bonus there, before you know it another great year for wall street and record bonuses. new numbers, billions of dollars, handed out again to wall street. rolling stones' matt taibbi and the bailout hustle. a math teacher being called a hero after two students are shot. the incident happened in the same community left devastated after the deadliest school shooting in our country's history. he hear what teachers and witnesses are saying today. >>> the star witness to testify on day two of the congressional hearing on toyota's massive recalls. toyota's president, akio toyoda, is here from japan, a leading japanese newspaper says his performance will be a crucial test for his company. this follows yesterday's e

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. >>> this is "msnbc live" with tamron hall.icans arrested for trying to smuggle haitian children out of the country could be coming home. they left for court moments ago. >>> big breaking news in the death of michael jackson. just today the attorney for jackson's doctor, conrad murray, confirmed he's negotiating for his client to surrender to police. >>> beaches are open but concern is high after a deadly shark attack in florida, the first in five years. >>> new video of more large groups of sharks near the coast. and it is one thing for a company to shell out an insane amount of money for a super bowl ad, but should millions of dollars and taxpayer money really be used to remind americans to stand up and be counted? it's our crossing the line today. >>> it may be hard to believe at this point, considering how many toyota vehicles have already been recalled, but just in the past hour, listen to this. toyota recalling more cars. this time it is recalling 2010 prius to fix a problem, a brake problem with the world's best-selling

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