Good morning, ginger. Good morning, george. So many frightening images like this. Huge hailstones in kansas and this morning the Severe Weather is not done with us. Thunderstorms waking everyone up from parts of indiana, south through arkansas and thats where we find that severe thunderstorm watch. You could still see severe winds blowing through, even large hail so were watching that cold front as it goes through the day. Alabama, makes night that slight risk, louisiana and much of mississippi as were watching the next couple of hours really. All of these severe storm reports now more than 370, several tornadoes reported including one in missouri where we find our alex perez this morning. Reporter hey, good morning, ginger. That storm rolled through here very quickly. Many are now just getting a look at the damage. Those powerful winds snapped this tree and even ripped the roof right off of this home. Overnight, Severe Weather threatening 22 million across the heartland. Some of those are big. Reporter 29 reported tornadoes striking down from kansas to illinois. Just outside of kansas city, missouri, homes destroyed and this airport leveled. Watch the moment the nearly 70 Miles Per Hour winds ripped this roof off. Vehicles pelted by baseballsize hail, the conditions so treacherous drivers forced to pull over. Now more than 100,000 residents left in the dark but before the storm rolled in, the winds were already packing a punch, semis overturned from wyoming to kansas. In minnesota, wind gusts and the rare early season tornado toppled trees taking down power lines. It was looking pretty black there for a while. We have a couple of big trees down. We have some debris from someones shed in our garden. Reporter and Officials Say at least 12 people were treated for minor injuries, but luckily, no one was killed. Robin. All right, alex, thank you. Thinking of all those who are affected by those storms. Now to the new Health Care Bill. Republicans are unveiling their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act that could affect 20 Million People. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has more and joins us from capitol hill this morning. Good morning, mary. Reporter robin, good morning. Republicans have been waiting years for this very moment. Upending obamacare finally in their sights but before this new legislation was even released members of their own party were threatening to hit the brakes. This morning that central republican pledge tonight i am also calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. We will help americans crying out for relief from obamacare. Obamacare has failed and obamacare must go. Reporter finally revealed. House republicans outlining their plan to overhaul obamacare. Their legislation phases out obamacare subsidies in favor of tax credits to help americans buy insurance. Ends penalties over time for americans without insurance and gradually ends the expansion of medicaid which has provided coverage to more than 10 million americans in 31 states. The republican plan would freeze that expansion starting in three years. What we want to do is restore power to the states, put medicaid on a budget. Reporter the plan also cuts funds for planned parenthood. The white house has proposed preserving federal funding for the group but only if they stop providing abortions. What doesnt change, coverage still cannot be denied based on preexisting conditions and young adults can stay on their parents plan until theyre 26. Let me make clear a couple of things were going to make sure. Were not pulling the rug out from under people. Reporter even some republicans are voicing concerns. Four key gop senators balking at the plan to limit medicaid funding, warning it does not protect people in the expansion. For others the plan doesnt go far enough. G. O. P. Senator rand paul tweeting that it sure looks like obamacare light. The white house welcomed the plan but didnt take sides saying it marks an important step towards restoring Health Care Choices and affordability back to the american people. Now, this morning, Big Questions still remain. How much will this new plan cost and how Many Americans will gain or lose coverage . Those answers wont come until the Budget Office releases its findings on the impacts of this new legislation. George. Okay, mary, thanks. Lets atalk to our chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl who is right here with us this morning. The president talked about introducing his own Health Care Bill but this is it now. This is it. The president s staff worked with paul ryans staff and this is the White House Bill although if you looked at it sean spicer put out a statement, it wasnt exactly a fullthroated endorsement of this plan. He called it a good first step. But, look, the only way this passes is full blown support by the president and active involvement in getting those who dont have reservations we have to see if he follows h ugrot. Ion three threats mary pointed out. Planned parenthood, the cut in planned parenthood funding on the one hand, the failure to expand medicaid or the limits on medicaid and then for those conservatives who say that this is basically obamacare lite which one do you think is the most serious right now . First of all, george, if you add those up, by my count you have at least eight senators who have serious reservations with this plan. They can only afford to lose two of them. I would say the biggest threat is probably the conservatives. Theyre the ones that have dug in. Rand paul called it obamacare lite and ted cruz is digging in. But check this out. Donald trump is having dinner at the white house tomorrow night with ted and heidi cruz. Starts the lobbying right there. As mary pointed out the congressional Budget Office hasnt said how many will lose coverage under this, how much it will cost. Thats key because the president said several times he wants everybody to be covered. Yes, so this assessment will come out next week. Well learn that price tag. We will learn how many people will be covered compared to how many people are now covered under obamacare. Theres no question that there is going to be a significantly smaller number and also a pretty steep price tag. The house is hoping to move quickly, at least in committees this week, before that scoring comes out. Absolutely. Jon karl, thanks very much. George, white house announcing their new travel ban and President Trump signing a revised version of that executive order on monday to replace the one blocked by the courts. Abcs cecilia vega is at the white house with more on that and what it does and does not include. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter good morning. Critics like the aclu are already promising to fight this new one even with all these changes. They are still calling this a de facto muslim ban but the white house says it is confident this one will stand up to any legal challenges. That revised travel ban overnight met with protests outside the white house. [ chanting no hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here ] reporter it happened without fanfare. The president not even in the room. Three of his top cabinet members doing the talking. To our allies and partners around the world please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities that radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. Reporter and not taking questions. The white house instead releasing this photo of the president signing the new executive order in the oval office. The revision coming after a series of delays, but now the administration addressing many of the red flags raised by the courts and critics including removing iraq from the list of banned majority muslim countries. Iraq is an important ally in the fight to defeat isis. Reporter other changes, there is no longer an indefinite ban on refugees from syria and no protections for religious minorities like christians. The white house now rescinding the original order stalled in the courts but counselor to the president , kellyanne conway, says that doesnt mean the first one was blundered. Is the fact youre rescinding the first one an admission it didnt go as well as it could have . What were saying we wont wait for the year plus labyrinth process of the legal system to vindicate on the merits of this particular executive order. Why wait when the countrys safety is at hand is the calculation. Reporter now, one other big difference with this new travel ban, the president said the first one had to be implemented immediately because the nations security was at risk but this new order doesnt take effect for ten days. The white house says that is to give agencies the time to implement this, robin. That comes after that botched rollout of the first one. Yes, it does. And cecilia, lets talk about dr. Ben carson and what he said when addressing hud employees yesterday. He made this reference to slavery and immigration. There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less but they too had a dream. That one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great grandsons, great granddaughters might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land. Come on. Outrageous. Such backlash to that and dr. Carson responded today. Reporter he did, robin. This, of course, comes in his new role as hud secretary. This was his first time addressing the staff there, so he gets on facebook and this is what he said. Quote, the slave narrative and immigrant narrative are two entirely different experiences. The two experiences should never be intertwined. Trying to clarify, robin, but maybe not doing much. All right, cecilia, thank you very much. Its mind boggling. It is. You know, when i heard this about yesterday i was like, let me go on and see for myself. When you see him addressing these employees for the first time, he made quite an impression. The idea that slaves were brought here to pursue a dream. Outrageous. Lets bring in dan abrams right now. I dont know if you want to comment on that or move on to the travel ban. Lets move on. To the basics, number one the old travel ban completely over now. Thats right. Effectively moot and a new one in place and the people who hated the first travel ban are going to hate this one too. But as a legal matter, theyve addressed many of the concerns that were raised by the courts. The fact that its now clear it wont apply to green card holders, wont agree to people with a valid visa. Doesnt give preference to christians. Theres some reasoning offered for why they picked these six countries. That stuff really matters as a legal matter. And so i think that theyve probably overcome most of the legal hurdles. Thats the question. The white house seems to think right now this is bulletproof legally. I wouldnsay bulletproof but its certainly a lot better and i think they have a very good chance of it passing constitutional muster but there will be challenges. And the opponents still believe the president s original call for a muslim ban during the Campaign Colors this whole effort. Right, and theres going to be an interesting legal question about now with this new order, can they use the president s old statements about what the intent of this was or his surrogates old statements against him in court when challenging this. Theyll still say this is a muslim ban. They could have added countries like north korea, lets say, which is not a majority muslim. And then you really would have eliminated, i think, as a legal matter, the argument that this is just a muslim ban. They didnt do that. And so now they are going to face this question again in court, is this a muslim ban but i said it previously when it first passed. The president has enormous autonomy on this issue and i think that it probably will pass constitutional muster. Two separate questions legal from policy. Okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. George and dan, also new fallout over President Trumps wiretapping accusations on twitter. The white house says trump has likely not spoken with fbi director james comey who asked the Justice Department to knock down trumps claims. Our senior justice correspondent pierre thunderstorms thunderstorms is in washington with more. Pierre, has the fbi director received any word from the Justice Department . Reporter good morning, robin. I was on the phone through the night with sources and as of rp then the Justice Department did not tell comey whether they would honor his request to refute President Trumps claims about wiretapping his campaign. Its unclear whether comey will get what he wants. Heres the dilemma. On the one hand the Justice Department does not like to comment about anything in regards to an investigation. But comey believes trumps tweet gives the impression the fbi did not improper. With a. G. Sessions recused, its now up to career justice attorneys and an acting Deputy Attorney general appointed by obama to sort this out. Comey is trying to follow the chain of command and is trying to be patient. Publicly contradicting the president could poison the relationship with the white house, high stakes, robin. Indeed. All right, pierre, thank you. A big confirmation hearing for the Deputy Attorney general and questions could come up there as well. Were going to move on now to new breaking details about that north korea missile launch. North korea was practicing to hit u. S. Military bases in japan and comes as the u. S. Begins to deploy an antiMissile System in south korea. Our chief Global Affairs anchor Martha Raddatz in washington with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. The rhetoric this morning is extremely heated on all sides. Kim jongun, norths leader seemed positively gleeful about his latest tests with state media saying he was feasting his eyes on the trails of ballistic rockets and now saying the four launches were practiced for hitting u. S. Bases in the region and threatening a Nuclear Strike if the u. S. Or south korea fires on north korea, that is largely bluster at this point, but the threat from north korea grows every day. And this morning, the u. S. Is deploying an advanced defensive Missile System called f. A. D. To take out enemy missiles, this as the white house is warning of dire consequences for north koreas provocative and threatening actions, george. Martha, the u. S. Wants china to help control that north Korean Nuclear program but china not happy about the Missile System. Not happy at all. China has always firmly opposed the u. S. Deploying that f. A. D. Missile system and this morning is saying they will take necessary measures to safeguard their security interests and that the u. S. And china will bear the consequences. Chinas concern has always been that the radars on the f. A. D. System will be used to monitor chinese airspace despite u. S. Assurances. Martha raddatz, thanks very much. Amy has the other top stories. An avalanche in europe. Very tense moments at the famed ski resort in france. A massive rescue operation was launched to search for any skiers buried by the wall of snow. Helicopters could not be used because of low visibility and an avalanche just last month in the same area killed four people. We have just learned, thankfully, all the skiers are accounted for. In new orleans the court has cleared the way of three confederate monuments. The statues of general robert e. Lee will be put in storage. In mississippi an Appeals Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the fight over the confederate emblem on the state flag. Police in los angeles are looking into this motocross stunt. That biker jumped over four lanes of travel on a busy freeway. No one was injured. Investigators have traced it to a social media media account owned by a motocross enthusiast. A big donation to city schools is no problem for chance the rapper. He won the grammy for best new artist and is donating 1 million and its a call of action for others to give for after School Enrichment programs. And proud chicago native Michelle Obama even tweeted her thanks, saying, you are an example of the power of arts education. And that 1 million isnt just it. For every 100,000 raised his charity will give another 10,000 so hopefully it will inspire other. What a great, young man. We profiled him for Game Changers and spent a lot of time with him on tour. He is the real deal. Happy with that 1 million. Lets go to ginger. Lets talk about that cold to warm to cold to warm. Look at this as the Cherry Blossoms in washington, d. C. And after the freeze not looking so healthy. Now were warming up again but just in time to have freezing numbers. Places west of boston this morning might see some slick roads and a big change for the weekend. Well talk about that. I had the opportunity to do school talks in chicago. 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