Allow transgender boys to join. What caused the long time conservative group to change its policy. And blanket of snow, 23 million americans facing a fast moving storm from the midwest to new england and it could make your travel plans tricky today, tuesday, january 31st, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Hoda is here while savannah continues on maternity leave. Well get a little of the snow here. When is it getting here . 10 00 or 11 00 a. M. All right. Nothing too serious. Tell you about that in awhile. Very public clash over President Trumps order on immigration. Late last attorney general for refusing to implemented the travel ban. Former president obama is expressing support for the on going protest against trumps orders saying they are exactly what he expects to see when American Values are at stake. All of this as President Trump gets set to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court today looking to fill the seat of the late Justice Anthony scalia. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. This is quite the drama overnight and this morning theres a new top Law Enforcement officer at the department. It is a move that legal experts say the president had a right to make but one that critics for maximum effect are trying to draw comparisons to the saturday night massacre where president nixon used his power we had a monday night massacre. That massacre referring to President Trumps firing overnight of acting attorney general sally yates an obama hold over. Coming hours after yates ordered Justice Department lawyers not to defend trumps controversial travel ban. The white house saying yates betrayed the department naming a new acting attorney general until Jeff Sessions can be confirmed. Meanwhile on the steps of the Supreme Court democrats vowed to stand their ground. We must overcome this little man in the white house disgracing our history and disgracing our traditions. This morning theyve got big back up. Former president obama days removed from office weighing in. Rejecting trumps ban in the motion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. More rallies in the street including in Columbus Ohio where police used pepper spray to disperse this cr saying he is heartened by their engagement. Dozens of officers circulating a memo slamming the immigration action. We are better than this it reads. The white house responding with this warning. These career bureaucrats have a problem with it. They should either get to the problem or they should go. The partisan few becoming bitter. Chuck schumers emotions. It was mean spirited and unamerican. Openly mocked by the president. Im going to ask him who is his acting coach. The next flashpoint, the Supreme Court. President trump said to announce his pick tonight in a primetime address. The president s decision narrowed down to two Appeals Court judges. Both white men and both appointed by george w. Bush. A harvard law grad from colorado and Thomas Hardeman a former trial judge from pennsylvania. Also sits on the bench. As for the new acting attorney generals first action in office again telling the Justice Department lawyers to defend President Trumps executive order and new this morning an unusual move the white house responding to concerns about what more actions the president might take vowing not to touch an obama executive order that protects lgbt employees from discrimination in the work place when working for federal contractors. Peter, thank you. Why dont we bring in pete williams. He is taking a closer look. Good morning. Good morning, mr. Trumps move to fire sally yates came less than three hours after she said that Justice Department lawyers would not defend the immigration lawyers in court. But her statement was symbolic. She was a hold over from the Obama Administration intended to be on the job just until her successor senator Jeff Sessions can be confirmed. Thats a Justice Department employees saying she had a so let me obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right. Defending the immigration order would not be consistent with that duty adding nor am icon vinced that the executive order is lawful. At her confirmation hearing to be Deputy Attorney general two years ago senator sessions asked her about that duty. Do you think the attorney general has a responsibility to say no to the president if he asks for something that is improper . The views the president wants to execute are unlawful, should the attorney general, the Deputy Attorney general say no. Senator, i believe the attorney general or Deputy Attorney general has an obligation to follow the law and the constitution and to give their independent legal advice to the president. Justice Department Lawyers did, in fact, defend the executive order over the weekend when the first round of challenges was filed and the heavy lifting in federal court wont when the legal briefs are due on whether the order violates the constitution and federal laws. By then the white house hopes its choice will be on the job. The Senate JudiciaryCommittee Votes on his nomination later today. All right. Thanks so much. Now to more on the president s announcement later today of the Supreme Court nominee and whats at stake with the much anticipated pick. For that lets turnover to steve. Good morning to you so this is going to fill the seat left vacant. Any time you deal with the court it is legally politically and emotionally changed. What kinds of issues will this court face. Some of the most culturally devicive issues we talk about in american life. Obviously start with abortion. It was the Supreme Court more than 30 years ago with the ruling made it legal nationwide and still a contested issue every time one of these nominations comes up thats trump violate that in anyway . Ultimately the Supreme Court decides that issue. Just last week the court said theyre not going to look at a big case out of texas right now but with a new member coming on that may change. They left that option open and may be revisiting it. All the new regulations put in place he wants to get rid of them. Not necessarily that easy. May end up in front of the court. The Supreme Court has brought down a lot of decisions. Is that saying they are a dee logically split just like that . Conservatives would say no. This is the backdrop for whats been happening the last year. Take a look right now. We have a real solid conservative block here of three he is a reagan appointee more on the conservative side so conservatives looked at this and nominee through. Garland probably would have fallen right around here. He is to the left so a conservative and youre going to have five liberals here thats why they fought to leave it open. Chuck schumer said he and other democrats were emotions ploering the president to choose a mainstream justice. Does the democrats version or definition of mainstream at all coincide with the republicans definition . No, i think we probably just saw the ultimate test that i mentioned. Garland was the choice of Barrack Obama last year. Republicans refused to hold hearings and consider this. This was from the democratic standpoint a concession to republicans. They said we would probably go with somebody more to the left. The Obama Administration said this is more a moderate pick and republicans said no First Military raid carried out under President Trump. Keir simmons has that story. Good morning. The first strike targeting an al qaeda camp targeting a super secret joint operations command. The member of seal team 6 killed during the operation named as William Ryan Owens gave his full measure for our nation the defense secretary said in a statement. Another killed in the raid an 8yearold girl. The daughter of al qaeda leader who himself was killed in the u. S. Strike five years ago. Yemen in a continuing war as an al qaeda strong hold. The aim had been to capture valuable intelligence, specifically equipment but the seals aircraft experienced a hard landing injuring several a fire fight ensued. Some of the women themselves one official telling nbc news almost everything went wrong. Thank you so much. I want to give you the latest on sundays deadly mosque attack. A french Canadian College student has been charged with the shooting that rampaged in quebec city. Six were killed and several others were wounded in what the Prime Minister considered a despicable act of terrorism. The 26yearold was charged with six counts of firstdegree murder and five counts of attempted murder. He is described as a loaner with antiimmigrant views. Police say theyre confident there was only one shooter. A second man who is detained is considered a witness and not a suspect. Now to that historic announcement to the boy scouts we mentioned at the top of the show. Breaking from a century old policy the organization said it will now allow transgender children who identify enroll. Good morning, the boy scouts is one of the largest youth organizations in the country. For many its a right of passage and now times are change again for a group founded way back in 1910. With nearly 2. 3 million member across the country the boy scouts of america is deeply rooted in tradition but this morning a big change for this historic institution. Reversing a more than century old stance the group is clearing the way for transgender boys to become scouts. I hope i get a lot of badges. Fun activities. You know, eat smores, go camping. Born jodi in 2008, two years ago joe selfidentified as a boy. His mother, christie, always supportive enrolled him in the cub scouts last year. But one month after joining, christie says joe was born a girl. It hurt him. He just wanted to be accepted and just feel normal and just to play with his friends. He didnt understand why he got kicked out. Christie says the boy scouts change of heart only came after she filed this lawsuit claiming discrimination. The organization declined our interview request referring us instead to this video statement. After weeks of significant conversations at all levels of our organization we realize that referring to birth certificates as the Reference Point is no longer sufficient. Communities and state laws are now intereting gender identity differently. This is not the first time public pressure has forced change in the boy scouts. Two years ago the group lifted its ban on gay adults serving as scout leaders and in 2013 amid more backlash, the scouts participate. For children like joe, the new transgender policy is ground breaking. A historic institution built on values now reevaluating their own to be more inclusive than ever. I think i want transgenders to be accepted. People should respect them and give them compassion and love. The new policy goes into effect immediately. Some advocacy groups say this decision has been a Long Time Coming while others are criticizing the move. It is a major step for an organization thats long been a fabric of our society. But its come under tense scrutiny in recent years. Back to you guys. Miguel, thank you for that. Happy to report really good news this morning. Former president george h. W. Bush is back home after being released from a houston hospital on monday. 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