Copycats . Accusing robin thicke of blurring lines with marvin gaye classic. They go to court. Thats this tuesday, february 24th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a tuesday morning. I bet you miss that california weather. Not even that blurred lines video. It is 7 degrees here in new york city . La guardia set a record and they had all kinds of records. Talk about a broken record. The weather has got covered on land and water beginning with Kerry Sanders in kentucky by what appears to be a not so warm fire. Do you see that near you . Good morning to you. Its 7 degrees below zero and that makes for a record five days of lows just in the past week. For those who are hoping for a little warmth sadly the forecasters say there is another blast heading into the south. In Texas American Airlines slit off the runway during a landing. No one was injured. Investigators are looking at mondays sleet and ice as a possible cause of the accident. Today more snow in the forecast. It caused more than 100 accidents including this pile up new the texas, new mexico border involved in 29 vehicles. Another disaster where a trucker lost control and the trailer dangling off of a bridge. Its like snow and freezing rain. Like ball bearings under the feet. It made dallas seem like a ghost town. In new england, heavy snow continues to cause roof top cave ins. With no snow today in massachusetts, many dealing with delays saying that frigid temperatures alone are actually a warm welcome. In florida, more than a dozen manatees escaped the cold waters by swimming into municipal drainage pipes where its warmer but they are not good at getting out. We have to go in and get them. Rescue workers have to work to extract the mammal and some weigh several hundred pounds. Early this morning in all, 19 manatees were rescued. They should all be just fine. Meantime interestingly, this month, florida and hawaii are the only two states that have not seen any snow at all. Oddly, in alaska they had to cancel a sled race because they didnt have enough snow. Folks are wonder figure their living rooms are caught in an ice age. Back to you. There is that fire we were talking about. Thanks so much. Lets go to dylan dwyer on the icy hudson river. Dylan, good morning to you. Its hard to hear. No surprise that water freezes at 32 degrees. We are so far below freezing for a period of time that ice is becoming a major issue on the hudson river. Take a look at how much ice has developed along this major waterway. We are surrounded by it. They use it to transport 70 of the northeast Home Heating Oil. Two to three cutters are out on the water every day, breaking through this ice. That is why we are on the u. S. Coast guard cutter willow doing just that. Its a delicate balance. The river tends to freeze and if you break up too much it flows downstream. This is one of the worst winters they had seen. We are breaking more record lows this morning and with this cold not expected to stop any time soon cutters like this wont be stopping either. Thanks very much. They made their way out. Its crazy cold and going to continue. Right now where it feels like its 19 below, as you get to the north, we are looking at altoona, pennsylvania 6 below and 8 above in philadelphia. Thats right now. You head out west and chicago is warmer. Its minus 1 in ft. Wayne. We are looking at minus 7. They are anywhere from 10 to 30 degrees below normal. You get down into the south and temperatures are into the 40s in texas where they had icing. Atlanta, we have seen a ground stop at hartsfield airport. Here comes more cold air. 10 degrees milder than behind the front and as we get into wednesday, temperatures start dropping. Minneapolis 4 below and temperatures during the day into friday. Really plummet and take a big nose dive. We have got another storm system making its way from the south along the eastern seaboard. Boston may break the 100 inch mark on the way to an all time snowy record. All right, al. Thank you so much. Now to the big story, secretary of Veterans Affairs for claiming he served in the military special forces when he never did. Jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon for us. Robert mcdonald was hired to clean up Veterans Affairs, but he talked his way into a mess of his. Veterans Affairs Secretary was apologizeing for falsely claiming he was in the u. S. Special forces. Special forces . What year . I was in special forces. The comment last month when he was speaking with a homeless man in los angeles. He offered his apology after being contacted by the huffington post. I have no excuse, he said. I was not in the special force. He was hired to fix an ailing va following reports of scandals at va hospitals across the country. He i is an army veteran having served with the 82nd airborne. The white house is standing behind him, issuing a statement. We take him at his word and expect that will not impact the important work he is doing to promote the health and well being. This is the second time in two weeks that he had been forced to correct his own record. On meet the press february 15th he discussed his efforts to repair the va. 900 people have been fired. 60 people will be fired for manipulating. Turns out only 20 were dismissed. Any public statements about military service or battlefield sbex ploits are coming under scrutiny about claims of their own battlefield coverage. From Brian Williams and fox news bill oreilly. In a statement just released secretary mcdonald said in talking to this homeless vet, he said i incorrectly stated i had been in special forces. That was inaccurate and i apologize to anyone who was offended by my misstatement. Savannah . Jim miklaszewski at the pentagon thank you so much. There is a fight over funding for Homeland Security. This comes amid terror threats aimed at malls in the u. S. Peter alexander is at the white house. Good morning to you. A possible shut down. It sounds familiar. This is the latest between president obama and republicans. The president s critics insist the white house is overstating the threat to try to put pressure on congress for something the white house denies. Either way the knock is ticking. With federal Law Enforcement calling for increased vigilance, the department of Homeland Security that controls tsa to fema to the skeet service is on the verge of a partial shut down set to run out of money at the end of the day on friday. This is no way to run a government. How did we get here . Blame a stalemate. They are refusing to pass a spending bill unless it rolls back executive actions on immigration that would attack about 4 million undocumented immigrants from being deported. Democrats want it passed without delay and republicans may get blamed for a shut down. The president warned about the potential consequences on monday. It will have a direct impact on your economy and on Americas National security. What would a shut down look like . Homeland officials estimate 30,000 employees would be forced to stay home. Nearly 200,000 others would keep working without getting paid. That includes agents controlling the borders and officers at the airport checking your bags and crews assigned to respond to natural disasters. That is not good for the Homeland Security of this nation and Public Safety and not in publics best interest. Federal Law Enforcement insists there is no specific Credible Threats from al shabaab for attacks on several western shopping malls, including minnesotas mall of america. Senate leaders are, wooing to find a solution to end this standoff and the majority leader is pushing for separate ropes on funding Homeland Security and dismantling the actions. Less than 90 hours to go. Peter alexander at the white house. Natalie is following a strange case out of connecticut. Police in connecticut still trying to put together the pieces of a bizarre bank robbery after the banks manager was found with a fake bomb strapped to his body. Good morning. No one is in custody and no one has been injuried in a bizarre robbery. Tense moments on monday where Police Say Two men Wearing Masks and gloves force them into a Bank Managers home strapping a fake bomb on him and hearded him to drive to the credit union and empty the vault. The manager who was the chief Financial Officer of the credit union was taken away from the scene in an license after they removed the explosive device he was wearing. Heavily armed state and local authorities responded using trucks as shields. We witnessed ourselves with a suspicious device. Those vehicles are large enough to sustain a blast. His mother was tied to her bed with what the suspects claim was an explosive underneath it. After an investigation, both devices were determined to be fake. Authorities say they are searching for more than one suspect and determining if the bank manager was involved. Certainly we are considering all possibilities. Whether or not he was coerced doing something against his will or a suspect. There is an active investigation. Police say there have been no arrests yet. They have not disclosed whether the suspects fled the scene with any money. Very bizarre. Sure is. Thanks so much. Alaska becomes the third state where it is legal to grow own, and smoke marijuana. Alaska voters passed a measure legalizing pot in november. Daals 21 and older will be able to have up to one ounce and grow up to six plants at home. Buying and selling is still illegal is so is smoking it in public. Witnesses were shocked that no one was killed when a boat veered off course and slammed into a busy restaurant late monday in florida. Seven people were on board and two were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and i dont know in the restaurant was hurt. Heavy fog in the area may be to blame. The Traffic Camera out of boston. He slams into that snow covered barrier and gets airborne and flies off of the highway and crashing down on the road below. He survived the crash and the driver is facing drunk driving charges. Incredible video out of south korea. Two pedestrians falling into a sinkhole. The ground opens right up. Both are okay and were eventually rescued by firefighters. That is crazy stuff. Natalie, thank you so much. Mr. Roker, what else can you tell us about the deep freeze . As we look to the southeast, we have an icy mix. We will detail that in the next half hour. Beautiful weather and good morning, ill meteorologist bill henley. Record cold this morning, but bright sunshine all day long. Well see temperatures climb into the 20s this afternoon. Clouds come in tonight. Not as cold tomorrow morning. But still cold. 18 degrees to start with. And sunshine and 37 on wednesday afternoon. Cold returns on thursday. But especially cold friday morning and then again saturday morning down into the single digits. Sunday afternoon 40 degrees. Then a mix terrain monday. Have a great day. Thats your latest weather. New research could be a game changer when it comes to children and peanut allergies. Exposing children before the age of 1 can help prevent the lifethreatening condition. A medical contributor, good to see you. A lot of parents stopped to listen to this. There were a lot of kids with peanut allergies. Why expose the infants so early . The longterm impact can be significant. Children tend to not outgrow them and there is no cure and there is a burden to the drug cost and the psychological impact. We are not talking about exposing them to peanuts, but products that contain a peanut derivative. Its important to take home the point. The study looked at infants between 4 and 11 months. We would never recommend to give a whole peanut to those kids because of the hazard. Peanut butter to banana is what what they used in the study. You dont want certain children exposed. Who is highest at risk. Children with eczema and cows milk and egg allergy and a Strong Family history. Remind parents of what the symptoms are. Correct. What we typically see is an itchy ratch, hives, some of them may have nasal congestion and nausea and thingy ytingling around the mouth or shortness of breath would warrant intervention much sooner. They expose them in infancy to the peanut products. Yes. America on ice again. Tamron the internet is a hot place to be. It is the only warm place in the country. The bitter cold continue to blanket much of the country. Social media, you guys have found fun images for us to share. It warmed up long enough. This cool time lapse of the snow melting in boston. Of course the cold would reenter the equation. This is pretty cool. The cold would come back. This is out of indiana. It says it all. Brrr. Keeping track. Look at this. The stop of winter. A special request that is a good request. Stop winter now, please. This is perhaps the cutest thing on the internet. 150 views of this. You ask why, heres why. Look at that. All of the names to have elsa is the dogs name. Keeping things in change. Wrangler come on out. Want to come out . I love this. Come on. Look at his new toy. This is my favorite. Look at this. For when there is whining. His pacifier. How cute is that. Thats not the orange room card. See you guys later. We will be back. Doesnt like you calling him a whiner. That was a lick, thank you. Coming up the battle over blurred lines heading to trial. Millions of dollars at stake. Did williams and thicke copy from a marvin gay classic. Rossen reports, an eyeopener in the controversial policeinvolved shooting. Exploring when and why officers open fire. But first on a tuesday morning, this is today on nbc. 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The first is out of pennsylvania where Police BelieveMichael Trotta is driving a redcolored suv as he kidnapped his 3yearold daughter elinor. And we have a massive fire in kensington at a payless store. Well get our first alert forecast now from bill henley. Record cold records tied and broken this morning. Look at the icy buildup on the schuylkill in front of boathouse row. Well see lots of sunshine today, but it will be a slow climb this afternoon into the 20s. Right now 8 degrees in philadelphia. Wilmington has tied the record at 6 degrees. And new records for reading and allentown. A very cold start. Sunshine and 13 degrees at 10 00. By lunchtime, well be close to 20 degrees. Thank you, bill. Jill, youre dealing with the aftermath of the tanker fire near the betsy ross bridge. Thats right. The eastbound ramp to 90 is closed. You can take the tacony sheriff palmyra bridge to get around that. And well have the latest news and weather with the nbc 10 a, p. Back to the today show. 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