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From under nearly 15 feet of snow which has fallen for 24 days. the national weather service is forecasting more snow to fall through the weekend. cordovas mayor has made an emergency request to the state for heavy snow removal equipment. more snow shovels are expected to arrive on saturday. now back to greta. on huntsman. he wanted to win and he came in third. his wife and daughters were behind him every step of the way. we spoke with them earlier tonight. nice to see all of you. i see youre dr...

Denied. troy davis is still alive. his execution on a temporary hold while the united states supreme court decides whether or not to consider the request for a stay of execution. joining us now is nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. pete, thanks very much for joining us tonight. what can you tell us about what is expected from the supreme court? >> well, whats expected is an answer to the question, will you grant the stay or not? its a simple question and it will get a very simple resp...

About these assault rifles that are being bought in the united states along the border and smuggled south, ending up in the hands of the mexican drug cartels, fueling the violence there. last december the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, an arm of the justice department, made this emergency request for a proposal to at least alert federal agencies themselves when two or more guns are bought within a five-day period. the same rule that already applies to handguns, make it apply to long guns, assau...

>> they filed an emergency request to put a hold on the judges decision. theres a number of grounds they are appealing the case. in your view, do they have a case in the conflict of interest? is this specifically the kind of thing that helps the governments case? >> i think it is. its often said many of the judges down there own oil stocks. i think its rilgt. 50% to 60%. so many cases come up about oil down there, the courts have to have a list of judges that dont have oil stocks. in this case, ...

Your pants on. >> reporter: keep barney out of this. ♪ i love you ♪ you love me >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. ♪ ♪ were a happy family >> reporter: new york. >> happening now, president obama and democrats put on their game faces and make their final big play for health care reform. this hour, the arm twisting, the promises going on behind closed doors, and the risks for the president if he comes up short. plus, toyota now is fighting back against one mans claim about his runaway prius...

But get this. just talk about a news day today. that confirmation hearing for gina haskell to run the cia, charlie savage is reporting at "the new york times" that supposed 9/11 mastermind guy, he has now filed an emergency request with the military commission that is trying him at guantanamo. he is asking for emergency permission from the judge in his case -- he wants the judge to allow him to provide information to the senate committee in time for the confirmation hearing tomorrow. he wants to...

Request to immediately stop a judges suspension of the ban. that means the trump travel ban will remain on hold for now. the court has asked for both sides to file legal briefs before the court makes additional decisions. >> cnn u.s. justice reporter laura jarrett is on the phone with us now from washington. you have been watching the twists and turns of this legal drama. what do you make of whats just happened? >> reporter: this is pretty incredible, robin. just shortly after midnight on sunday...

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>> no, i havent, we just heard of the decision we just thought just like you did. the other news, the media. but its a decision that well win in my opinion very easily. by the way, we won that decision in boston. >> the new attorney general jeff sessions to decide to file a emergency request to the supreme court or take it back to seattle, it could tie up the executive order for months, the supreme court doesnt have a tiebreaker and if the eight current justices vote 4-4, the ninth circuit court...