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MSNBCW NewsNation February 16, 2015

He was known by the police for several criminal acts including severe violence and he was also known to be linked to a criminal gang in copenhagen. But i want to also make very clear that we have no indication at this stage that he was part of a cell that took him to where he was now. Msnbc reporter peter keldorff joins us from copenhagen. A couple hours ago, two men suspected of aiding the gunman appeared in court, despite belief from the Prime Minister and others that this individual acted alone as a lone wolf. Reporter yeah. The two men remain in custody for ten days the prosecutor wanted four weeks but ended up with ten days. They have been charged with helping out the gunman after, not planning not for terror but helping the gunman, and then for attempt to murder assisting to murder. We heard details of the suspected gunman a 22yearold man who had a criminal past but authorities still at this point do not believe he was trained in syria or anywhere else to carry out this act. What else do we know about him. Reporter he grew up in denmark. He was born raised in denmark, grew up in greater copenhagen area has a history of violence civil sentences, and was released only two weeks before the attack. One of the sentences was for a knife attack toward civilian and then released two weeks before as the Prime Minister said in your sound bite. He was known by the police in events. And because he was known by authorities, obviously the question is what kind of surveillance was there any surveillance of this individual leading up. And i would like to know since you are live at the scene, what are you hearing regarding if they feel safe or further worries of potential copy cat. Reporter there has been different reports on whether or not the Danish Intelligence Agency knew about this man, whether or not they had him under surveillance. Yesterday it was out that our agencies had him under the radar, now today the media reports say maybe he wasnt that much on the radar as believed, but for sure. Police knew about him. So the question is how much did the intelligence know about him, how much did the police know about him. Thats going to be investigated the coming hours and days to come. Peter, thank you very much. Greatly appreciate that live report from copenhagen. Also developing egypt launches waves of air strikes against isis targets in libya after isis released a chilling video showing beheadings of 21 egyptian christians who had gone to libya in search of work in a televised address late last night, the egypt president vowed his country would take action to avenge the killings all of this marking dramatic escalation of egypts role in the battle against isis. Also major expansion of the isis threat beyond syria and iraq. Joining me now, nbc news Foreign Correspondent ayman mohyeldin. Thank you for joining us as well. Lets talk about the air strikes, and now reminiscent of what we saw from jordan after that pilot was burned. Egypt has been struggling with terrorism in the northern sinai. There is in that part of the country an isis cell that declared itself they have been battling the Egyptian Military for several months carrying out killings against egyptian soldiers. Egypt was contained to that fight in its own country, it wasnt part of the direct coalition to other arab countries. Now it is involved in direct operations against isis in libya, and marks a sharpest ka ladies and gentlemen not only for the Egyptian Government but the fact that isis is openly declaring itself in libya. Isis expanded in other countries, but to different degrees and different capabilities. When we saw video of 21 egyptians being murdered it marked a turning point for how much organizational foot print yis has in libya. We got this information in Senior Defense and military official tells nbc news the u. S. Did not provide targeting information to egyptian war planes that attacked isis Training Camps in libya. Why is that significant . Egypt has a Robust Partnership with the American Military certainly a lot of intelligence sharing but the targeting of these particular camps and weapons depot, it seemed the egyptians have for some time been monitoring it. Theyre certainly watching that situation in libya closely, it is next door. Egypt has hundreds of thousands of nationals working there. They are certainly following the chaotic situation inside that country, but now seems they carried out strikes based on their own intelligence on the ground. Back to the men and their backgrounds, why they were there, looking for work what more can you tell us about that. These are basic, ordinary egyptians trying to earn a living in libya. Theyre people that came from various parts of egypt, the countryside and what have you. Libya has been for years a great place for egyptians to go and work. Obviously the economy in egypt is not doing well. These are just laborers many working in the oil sector in libya and other industries and seems they were kidnapped over the course of the last several weeks at different stages. Some muslims were let go these christians were held and murdered in a chilling video. Obviously egypts air strikes following the conversation last week with the president s proposal on what to do about isis, and many questioning the language of boots on the ground a number of democrats and republicans questioning that despite the u. N. Ambassador the president saying the u. S. Would not have a major combat boots on the ground role that boots on the ground are necessary to defeat isis but it would have to come from other countries. Now we are seeing egypt, jordan whats your take on this . It is going to be critical to see how these countries behave the next several weeks in terms of commitment to the fight. One thing to have a day of strikes to pacify some of the domestic constituents who are angry in egypt and jordan. It is also going to depend on the long he have tee of commitments. It is time for these countries to commit not just with air strikes behind americas lead but to find their partners on the ground and really get those areas where theres fighting under the control of an ally. Thank you so much for joining us on that developing story. Turning now to the dangerous winter conditions effecting a major portion of the country, much of the northeast has woken up to historic low temperatures as the arctic blast settles in. Many cities seeing Single Digits temperatures, but factoring in the wind chill, could feel as low as negative 30 in some areas, while further south about 50 Million People are bracing for a winter storm thats expected to get stronger throughout the day. From oklahoma to North Carolina multiple southern and Midatlantic States are under winter storm warnings with some areas expected to be covered in over an inch of ice, making for some pretty dangerous driving conditions. The weather is believed to have caused a 35 car pile up in chicago yesterday morning. It follows this weekend storm that brought high winds and even more heavy snow to new england, with boston getting another 16 inches, bringing their total this winter to over 97 inches. In maine, the snow total is well over 100 inches. That is incredible. Adam reiss, i thought you would be driving youre standing in boston with an incredible amount of snow behind you. I know you had a chance to talk to some people and theyre over this. But what can you do . Reporter tamron this is some of that 97 inches you were talking about, it is not the snow as much today as the bitter bitter cold. It is very cold. 9 degrees, with a wind chill 9 below. We had a 20 car pile up in waltham not far from here icy roads causing those problems. Roof collapses. Judy and dan came from l. A. What do you make of this . The snow and bitter cold weather . Left thursday 90 degrees, breaking record heat to this. What do you make of it . I think the snow got to the microphone, the cold temperatures got to adams mike. Lets go to dominica davis, our meteorologist standing by. Youve seen the video. Talking about the cold temperatures and al roker, our colleague at the today show made the point that out west theyre seeing above average temperatures. Yeah. So weve had this pattern where it is spring like temperatures to the west. For us no signs of spring any time soon. I want to start with the wind chills. This is something you dont see often. Look at this. Pretty much every city here on this map has a wind chill below zero. It is a significant wind chill. It feels like minus 8 in boston. Syracuse minus 13. Minus 19 in buffalo. This has eased up. Earlier this morning, boston was minus 28 for the wind chill. They havent seen cold temperatures like that since 2004. So for many places along the great lakes and northeast, this is the coldest temperatures we have seen in close to a decade in some places. Here is a look at the brand new storm. Cold air is making it to the south. Tennessee, paris, tennessee, dont get snow often, bowling green, theyre getting in on the snow. Picking up in louisville area over three inches. They could see 8 inches by the time it is done. We have ice to the south. This is tracking through southern and central tennessee. Icing is a concern. I would say i70 through the ohio valley today is going to be a mess. Very brutal for travel. Here is a look at future cast. This storm system moves through the ohio valley by tonight at 5 00, starts to push into the beltway. Thats going to be problems for the evening commute, through baltimore as well. Here in new york it arrives after midnight. Then we will see that push to boston for the morning commute. New york boston youll see snow coming in first thing tomorrow morning. Then it exits out fast. The good thing now is with the models models, theyre not showing significant snow for new england area. Could pick up two to four inches. Looks like higher amounts are down through the midatlantic. Baltimore could see five plus inches as well as d. C. Thats something we have to watch. But this shouldnt be a major snowstorm now for new england and hopefully the track will keep it that way. Dominica thank you very much. Today the chief investigator is set to take the stand in the american sniper trial. This as prosecutors share new details of what routh allegedly said after the shooting. 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The officer quoted routh as saying i shotd them because they would not talk to me they were just taking me to the range, so i shot them. I feel bad about it but they wouldnt talk to me. Joining me now is legal analyst lisa green, following this case from the very beginning. Lisa, good to see you. This officer says he overheard routh say this four months after the killings. Number one a lot of people wonder is this testimony relevant, how is it admissible . It sounds like hearsay, there are many exceptions to the rule that may allow it in. The prosecution is trying to say it wasnt the work of someone insane, it was the work of someone who was angry, who had a motive. What we are hearing is addition additional evidence about whether he was intoxicated, whether he was stoned. The prosecution wants you to think this was someone under the influence who was angry and shot in anger. No insanity defense there. And his uncle, rouths uncle testified also on friday he was asked if routh knows right from wrong, he said yes. He testified routh has smoked marijuana before he left to the gun range, possibly had whiskey as well. To your point, this is painting a picture, was this a person who knew right from wrong or was this a person that may have been under the influence of marijuana and anger. Right, and the defense would say is this a man under the influence of his demons it is an evidence we heard from routh and his family that suggest if he was insane. He said i dont know if i am going insane. His relatives said after they heard from him we think he is psychotic. Same uncle and the sister. We are seeing a kaleidoscope of views that leave you wondering will it take the experts to help the jury decide one way or the other about this. The uncle talks about knowing right from wrong, saying that he smoked marijuana and drank, also said routh talked weird, his description, since he got out of the marine. Also said he seemed to be more traumatized after serving in the post earthquake haiti after his tour in iraq. And with that said for so many you have great insight on this this case for some does boil down to prison or institution as you explain that the prosecution is seeking. At the end of this case this is not a case where routh walks out the door a free man. He either is incarcerated for life if found guilty if he is acquitted, texas is entitled to have him put away in an institution for the length of time of the sentence thats a life sentence either way. All right. We will see what happens today in the testimony. Lisa thank you very much for following this trial for us. Greatly appreciate it. Up next, the faa unveils strict rules for personal and commercial drones. 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The federal government is proposing new guidelines for businesses to use them for deliveries, aerial photos monitoring crops and other commercial purposes while Police Departments could use them to chase suspects as well. Nbcs tom costello covers aviation for us and has more on what we may have in store. Reporter hi tamron, the faa revealed proposed rules to govern, how, when where unmanned commercial drones are allowed to fly. While commercial drones are still banned that could change with the faa laying out new flight rules. If you havent yet heard that overhead buz, you may soon from realtors showing off prime properties to forest fire surveys, tv tower inspections, and movie chase scenes. The faa is taking first steps in approving commercial Unmanned Aircraft systems or drones, 55 pounds and lighter. It is also proposing strict rules. Drones would only be permitted to fly during daylight hours, under 500 feet at 100 Miles Per Hour or less. Pilots would be required to hold a new faa flight certificate, and maintain constant visual contact with the drones. That could make it difficult for amazons hopes of delivering packages by drone. The faa goal. Ensuring that these aircraft dont come into conflict with other aircraft that they dont endanger people on the ground. Reporter but the faa has serious concerns. Last month, a drone crash landed on the white house lawn and private and commercial pilots report multiple cases a week of close calls with unmanned drones. American 190, use caution, a drone was reported i am not picking up anything on radar. Reporter the rules are the same. Stay at least five miles away from all airports and for now under 400 feet. I think we can be much mo

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