hello, and thank you for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in court for the second day in the defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll. this time with carroll herself expected to take the stand as the first witness. carroll is seeking $10 million in damages arguing trump ruined her reputation with the comments he made during and after his presidency. now, today s proceedings follow an intense jury selection process where trump and carroll came face to face for the first time in more than 25 years. nbc s garrett haake is covering the trump campaign, joining us from new hampshire this morning. also with us nbc s rehema ellis who s following developments in the courtroom along with our legal analyst former assistant manhattan district attorney catherine christian. so rehema, carroll did testify in her first defamation trial, but not with trump sitting right there in the courtroom. set the st
wicked cold. temperatures in the teens and nerves have been high. you can see from the ground shots from wbbm, folks from the atf, sort of milling about, people talking on phones. much more relaxed situation now for those that protect and serve. now those that treat the wounded, it s their moment to jump in to action. we don t know the number of victims. we don t know from authorities how they took the suspect down, where they found the suspect, was there some sort of had he been holding anyone or had he been threatening in any way. you can imagine the tension from these police officers. if the reports are accurate. that a number of officers were injured, certainly extremely high tensions until they get the suspect neutralized in one way or another. fox news chicago still breaking into afternoon programming to bring their viewers in chicago live coverage. we appreciate being able to
neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of light staves these couriers from their swift completion of their realms. negative dozens of degrees plus the wind chill, midwest tonight is bracing for double digit temperatures tomorrow as an arctic air mass brings really really frigid weather. and it is so cold they are calling off the u.s. mail. the st. paul pioneer press saying that postal operations are being suspended in the ducoaties, iowa, western wisconsin and portion of illinois, nebraska and missouri. that never happens. if you weren t already taking this seriously already take this seriously. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. wicked cold, rachel. that is wicked cold. and let s remember these are postal workers who have braved
bad weather wreaking havoc on the slopes. we have coy wire in pyeongchang. you need a hat. you will get me in trouble with me mom. you pointed that out. these winds are crazy. it is freezing. it is negative 9 with the windchill. wicked cold. american figure skaters. another medal for team usa. redemption for two after missing the cut in of sochi games. adam rippon putting on a show. he and gus kenworthy the first two openly gay men to compete in the olympics. and mirai nagasu. landing the daunting triple axel. becoming the first american woman to ever do that at the olympics. the stellar performance helped get usa the bronze in the team competition for the second straight winter games. the dangerous 45-mile-an-hour gusts delayed the start of the
public transportation. and take care of one another. our team is ready. we ve been through this again and we ll get through the storm and public works is ready to do their work. as long as the public cooperates with them. one other thing, public schools in boston have called friday off. it s a snow day for all of those kids. brooke. wicked cold, as my boss and friends say. let s talk flights because the number of flight cancellations will probably rise as the storm is moving in. s sunlin indd, good for you, inside regan international airport. talk to me about traffic at regan international so far. right now, there aren t many major cancellations right here at regan international, but we have seen people come and check the board behind me. what they ll see is the red that we all dread seeing up on the screen, saying your flight is