Widows. The words of Correta Scott king are not suitable for debate in the unite senate . With sessions set to be confirmed as attorney general today, was it another wasted night on capitol hill and are democrats once again just spinning the wheels . The decision the fate of the president s travel ban now in the hands of Appeals Court judges after a contentious hearing. S e ve pointed to any evidence connecting these countries with terrorism. Concern for terrorism with those connected with radical islamic sects is kind of hard to deny. A ruling expected this week, but the Supreme Court will likely have the final say. And let the countdown begin. The next Winter Olympics exactly a year away. Were live in south korea to check on preparations there. Some of americas hopefuls join us for an olympic sized celebration live on Mount Rockefeller, today and good morning, everyone, welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Youre looking at the team out in rockefeller plaza, we call it Mount Rockefeller. I cannot wait to see the twist over that jump out there. You were saying if i did it my hair wouldnt move. Youre a pretty good skier. I cant do that. Well have party for olympic hopefuls out on the plaza as we get set one year out from the next winter olympic. Thats going to be lake recfeller beus of the weather were dealing with. First let us get to our top story. We had tornados causing of the sou overnight, while new englands getting ready for a powerful snowstorm after a day of record high temperatures. Als going to have the forecast in just a moment. Lets start with gabe gutierrez. Hes down in new orleans, good morning to u. Good morning. The damage here is sporadic, but extensive iso areas. Thankfully no one was inside this home when the tornado struck. The powerfu winds picked up the entire strucre tossed it across the yard. Residents he are doing what they can to salvage whats left. Its a devastation. This morng parts of the south are in shock after fast moving storms pounded several states. Its all gone. The ferocious winds tossing this truck down the road. Oh, my god, look at that. Tornados slice through at least seven parishes in ravaged by katrina more than a decade ago. The wall collapsed. She remembers it well. She was out of her home for nearly a year after the hurricane destroyed it. Now this. This is overwhelming. With the hurricane you have the opportunity leave with this theres no opportunity. Also damaged nasa facility that builds rockets. Thousands of people are left without power. We shouldnt be here. Edward and his 83yearold mother barely survived when a tornado orippeof off their home. I saw the tornado coming towards us through the window. Roger was walking his dog when the storm roared through. It knocked me down and took my dog away. I dont know where he at. The twisters part of a fierce storm system that path of destruction through the south. Bringing hail. It coming down right now. And relentless winds. In new orlea east, the national gud been called in to help with the clean up. The National Weather service says the tornado that blew through new orleans was at least an ef 2 packing winds up to 135 miles per hr. 40 people were injured, but thankfully no deaths have been reported. Thanyo v much. Al has his hands full with those tornados. Good mornin it al is, kind of crazy going on right now. In fact, we still have the risk of severe w do to the south. You are watching that line that caused all e problems last night move through florida. However, we currently have a risk of Severe Weather starting to push its way through into the southeast. You cee the showers and storms making their way through. The thim pacts weve got 32 marginally reweather. Isolated large hail, gusty winds, dangoulightning. Now into the noreaster, we have temperatures wl be getting int the 50s and 60s up and down the eastern seaboard. Snow will develop tomorrow morning arod 6 00 a. M. From washingtond. C philadelphia, new york. You can seeheink there. This is where the warmer air stays in longer. So washington, you wont see that much snow. But its going to be falling at a rate of one to two inches per hour by philadelphia, new york city, boston. Boston may see thunder snow as it pushes out we look for the airports to be a mess. Major airpo delays up and down the eastern seaboard. That is going to be a big ripple effect, falling temperatures, gusting winds. Look at the sll were looking at right now. Down through washington and four to six inches in philadelph new yo cy,o inches. That might be a conservative estimate. Boston, and providence, upwards of a foot. It will be a heavy wet snow. Power lines may come down because of tree limbs, this is going to be a real mess. The good ne is its a fast moving system. Tale of two days, unbelievabl thankouer much. Lets turn to politics now. Three federal Appeals Court judges are weighing the fate of president trus travel ban after heari arguments for and against it last night. While on capitol hill, democrats pulled the second straight all nighter agains another cabinet nominee. We have complete coverage starting with per exder at the white house, hi, peter . Good moris was a stunning confirmation in the middle of a heated debate. Senate demoat were arguing against senar Jeff Sessions, the nominee for attorney general. Its that rebuke of senator Elizabeth Warren that stole the formally b her from speaking on the sena floor. Fireworks on the senate floor. Elizabeth warn protesting the nomination o sessions, President Trumps pick for attorney general mr. Sessions has used the awesome pow oofce to chill the free exercise of the vote by black citizens. Those words from a 1986 letter from the late Correta Scott king, dr. Martin luther king jr. s widow. Opposing h nomination for a federal judgeship. The snaps Top Republican interrupted e sor impugned the motives of our colleague from alabama. I k lee of the senate to continue my remark. Is there objection . Object. Warren tweeting Senate Majority leader silenced mrs. Kings voice o before speaking out on msnbc. Im out of the game on the senate floor. I dont get to speak at all. Sworn in hours earlier, education seri betsy devos after an unprecedented tie breaking vote by Vice President mike pence. It was the easiest vote i ever cast. This morning President Trumps controversial immigration order remains in limbo. For the gon they asked how is the existing screening process inefficient . Is there a reason for us to think that theres a real risk or that circumstances have changed the be a real risk. The president determined there was a real risk. The judges want to know what proof did i discriminate against muslims . We do not need to prove that this order harms only muslims or every harm muslims. Government arguing the ban is well within the president s power. The states insisting reinstating it would throw the country back into chao earlier the psint promised his order wl te upheu upheld. Tngare commonsense, this is commonsense. John kelly concedes the temporary ban was rushed. I should have delayed it just a bit, so that i could talk to members of congress to prepare them for what was coming. Mr. Trump is touting himself as the law and order president , on tuesday meeting with county is sheriffs. He repeat a false crime about violent cri i america. The murder rate is the highest its been in 48 years, do you know that . The president raising eye brows with his light hearted comment during the same meeting targeting a texas state senator who wanted to make it tougher for Law Enforcement to who is the state senator . Do i get his name . Well destroy his career. As for that showdown on the senate floor, it largely would have gone unnoticed if they didnt silence Elizabeth Warren. After being banned from speaking on the senate floor, senator warren went to a nearby room and read the ei letter live on facebook live. Four Million People have watched. Ter y very much. Lets go to todays fact check focusing on the president s claim about e National Murder rate being at a 47 year high. Ari melber looked into that. Thats right. We looked at President Trumps claim about the murder rate. The fbi statistics show the murder rate per capita nationally is a 45 year low. There p you look at cities like new orleans, baor detroit and st. Louis. Murder remains a problem there. A jump from 20 to 2015, we see in the nation murder rate, although its still about half what it was in the 1990s. Interesting. Is that where if were going to give President Trump a benefit of the doubt, can you say that maybe he conflated these two things, it was a decades high jump between 2014 and 15 and he may have said were at decades high numbers. Certainly. There haveee claims by this president a o politicians that are totally made up. This isnt one of them. Theres an issue with one jump in the rate and there are cities, som big cities where the murder rate remains intractable nationally its declining. Me ov here, join the conversation. Nicole wallace is with us as well. This isne first example weve heard the president say shi things that are similar. It feels to a lot of people like this president is still speaking to his base and not the entire country. That works during a campaign, whats the danger of it when youre president . As you all know, from covering september 11th, when you need to speak to the whole country about something as dire and tragic as a terrorist attack, or about something logistical, mean, for months after 9 11, anthrax had shown up in the mail. The governments accountability was so hard you need the credibility. Heres th other thing about donald trump. He wants to be liked by more people thani hes a mao is a television personality, is obsessed with ratings. As a politician is obsessed with that approval number. Obsessed wi growing his base of support. Do you think theres anything he could do that would actually grow the base, h out and people from the other side who seem so divided could hear him and say, whoa, wait a second i actually like the guy. Theres a big chunk of the opposition th will never get behind him. There are a lot of voters in the middle who could be softened if he softened some of his rhetoric. If he toned down some of his statements at are easily picked apart as lies. If he were to moderate on some positions. The republ primary had nice things to s about planned parenthood. The is always room. Voters are incredibly forgiving. One of the most decisive thing he did was signing the executive order on immigration. Based on the comments those judges made yesterday, where is this likely to go . Several of their questions left the impression that they are comfortable with a temporary blockage whe this moves through the courts. That is normal if the plaintiff, if the challengers have likelihood sss on the merits. Ultimatel mentioning athe top of the show, this is likely the first of a big clash that could make it to the Supreme Court under president tru the numbers we just talked about there on crerfr the fbi. He didnt seem to consult the fbi. The numbers on immigration we rely on dhs. Were hearing he didnt consult them either. Thank youot mh. More news from capitol hill. Chuck schumer says he has serious conrn about Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch after meeting with him. He stopped short of saying he would oppose the nomination. The new york decrass he asked gorsuch several questions, including whether a muslim ban could in concept be constitutiona schumer said gorsuch avoided answers like the plague. Senator Dianne Feinstein also met with gorsuch this week, californiaoc called the nominee caring and told you about on tuesday. A days long manhunt is over. 44yearold William Boyette was wanted for the killing of three people. He and a suspected female accomplice, mary rice were found hiding in a road side motel in western georgia. Rice surrendered to police but he died to a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Actor richard hatch, best known for starring in Battlestar Galactica has died. He died tuesd afternoon. The actor appeared in dynasty, the love boat and baywatch. Richard hatch was 71 years old. And the controversial Dakota Access pipeline project is moving forward. The u. S. Army corp of announced wl grant an easement to allow for the completion he 1,100 mile long pipeline. Its one of the final steps necessary to begin construction on the last section of the project. Seate s become the first major city to cut financial ties with wells fargo over the banks involvement. 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