The country. Runway scare. A passenger jet catches fire at jfk airport just moments before taking off. Fire crews scrambling to the scene. This morning, the investigation into what went wong. And double feature. George and amal clooney expecting twins. Their friend, matt damon, tells natalie he was among the first to know. He didnt know the 12week rule. The thoughts pouring in from friends and fans today, friday, february 10th, 2017. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Plea. Good morning. Marias last after the news about George Clooney and amal clooney. He didnt know the 12week rule. Well have more on that later. Lets start on a friday morning with our top story. President trump vowing to keep fighting for the controversial travel ban, after a panel of judges ruled unanimously against reinstating it. Our team has it all covered, beginning with peter alexander. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you. Another busy night in washington. The health secretary, tom price, was also confirmed. And President Trump is digging in, vowing he is going to prevail before the Supreme Court, after the federal Appeals Court unanimously refused to reinstate the president s order, halting visitors and immigrants from seven countries. First the ruling, then the reaction. President trump blasting the courts finding as political. This is just a decision that came town. But were gonna win the case. Twitter. You see in court. The response from washington governor inslee, who instated the ban. We saw him in court. He lost. Reporter Hillary Clinton tweeting simply, 30. The travel pan fails to give people a chance for a hearing, as well as the rights of people who traveled overseas and want to come back. Addressing the governments claim of president ial authority over the borders that cant be secondguessed by judges, the court said, there is no precedent to support this claimed unreviewability. But it did not rule on the states claim that the basis it singled out muslims. First in his first interview since leaving the cia, the ban could be damaging. I worry this creating a recruiting tool for the extremists. They will first there is proof there is a war on all muslims. Reporter hours after being sworn in, Jeff Sessions said its reviewing the decision and considering its options. Meanwhile, Kellyanne Conway is facing ethics laws. After conways highprofile pitch plugging ivanka trumps fashion line on trump news. Im going to give a free commercial here. The overnight committee is going to call it wrong when we see it. And this was wrong. Reporter federal rules bar Government Employees from using Public Office for private gain. Conway acknowledging the letter on thursday. Insisting her boss has her back. At some point in your life you shoul treats you the way the president treated me. Reporter nordstrom said they wouldnt carry ivankas products. Sean spicer did not say what consequences that conway would face. Kellyanne has been counsels. He disagreed with that word, counsel. Today, the president will hold a News Conference with Prime Minister abe. And President Trump said the u. S. Would honor one china policy that says that taiwan is a part of china. Thats significant. Thats a reversal of the earlier suggestion, that it should be on the negotiating table. Thank you very much. Lets bring in pete williams. Good morning to you. The president says see you in court. This is the first full day for Jeff Sessions as attorney general. How quickly are we going to see action on this . Probably very quickly. The Justice Department is saying its revowing the decision. But its a virtually certainty, the government will try again. Could file something with the Supreme Court as early as today. You read the decision of the ninth circuit court. Are there areas in that decision that are left open for the administration to revamp them and go to the Supreme Court . I think its a matter of emphasis. The probably will probably stress with the Supreme Court that the president has very Broad Authority to control the borders and that the courts cant secondguess him. And i think eats possible the Supreme Court might be more open to that argument than the Appeals Court was. Theres another option for the administration. They can resend this order, cause a legal foyer firestorm. That would admit some form of defeat. How likely would that avenue be . I think one of the messages of this ruling is if the white house had limited the executive order to just people in those seven countries who want to come here for the first time, that would have been much harder to challenge in court. Its because the orlando was so broad, covering people with green cards, people who have been here before, and want to come back, like the students and the faculties and the universities, the court said it harmed the state. Pete williams, thank you very much. This marks the president s biggest defeat during the first 100 days of his administration. Steve kornacki is here. Good to see you. Pete is taking us through this. Whats the political fallout of this decision . Its not uncommon for a president to be shot down by the Supreme Court. That happens to every president. Whats uncommon is donald trump decided to make this the central fit presidency. Going after the judiciary weve never seen. Taking to twitter. This is a fundamental test of his clout as president. To suffer a defeat, thats a bigger blow to him. Obviously, the fact he set the fight up this way. He believes theres some cover hoare. He can tell his supporters, i tried. Hes probably also not admitting defeat. Three look weeks in. Lets lock at a report card we have. He talked about after being sworn in, voter fraud, 3 Million People, launching an investigation. Where does that stand . We had words from the white house at one point he was going to sipp an executive order on this. I think weve got this up here. I wasnt sure if it was going to be loaded. Miracles happen. So, donald trump claimed 3 million to 5 million votes were illegally cast. He said there would be an executive order. That executive order, it now, were hearing it may be delayed. Whats going on here . Congressional republicans, Donald Trumps party, do not want to stand with him on this. Donald trump may appoint a commission. His Vice President may be in charge of that. Right now, thats no longer a top item. Another progress report. We heard about repeal and replace obama care. They took some early stems in that process. Where do we stand . A central promise for the campaign for donald trump. He said i will get rid of it. And guess what . There we go. He said he will immediately repeal and replace obamacare. It is a little more complicated than that, just in terms of the benefits people have. For instance, preexisting season. Youre covered no matter what right now. Theres a lot of issues to work out. Were getting signals from republicans in congress. And policies are written for the year. This my take a year to go through. Another thing we heard so much about, in addition to where does that stand . He did sign the executive order. Thats what youre seeing right here. January 25th, signed an executive order. A dramatic moment. The question of how to pay for it. He said mexico would pay for it. Congress has to come up with some money. No progress there, either. Really quickly, the Kellyanne Conway story about the ivanka trump clothing line. Is this more serious . You have members of congress, saying they want the ethics to lock at it and recommend a punishment. Ultimately, its up to donald trump. Does he reach a point where he says enough is enough with the distractions. Glad that came in for you. Well done to our graphics department, as well. Now, lets look at the problems left behind by thursdays massive winter storm. Temperatures were dipping even lower overnight. Were seeing conditions on the roads. And thousands of flights leading to chaos at armts across the country. We have two reports, starting with blake mccoy in boston. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Folks across the northeast, digging out after the fast and powerful noreaster. You can see, 11 inches of snow here. School has been canceled here for a second day. This morning, the northeast is digging out, after the biggest snowfall of the season. 50 Million People impacted by the fastmoving noreaster. In new york city, snow fell at a rate of three inches per hour. In virginia, a trucker died after his truck was swept off the bay bridge tunnel. In connecticut whoa. That was thundersnow. Reporter a rare burst of thundersnow. This is something else. Reporter blizzard conditions made roads tough to navigate. Cant see the lines. People are driving fast. Reporter bostons train system was able to run through the night. We are applying fluid. And that enables the subways to run through the tough weather. Reporter with the morning commute here, some will be trading wheels for sleds. Schools are closed for a second day in a row today. Welcome news for kids bundled up and ready to play. Having fun in the snow . Yes. Reporter kids are getting another snow day, school is back in session for new york city and philadelphia this morning. The big story is the cold. It feels like Single Digits with windchill. Matt and maria . Blake, thank you. The airlines have a backlog of canceled flights to deal with. Morgan radford is at La Guardia Airport here in new york. Reporter good morning. Chaos across the country, where weve seen 4,000 Flights Canceled since wednesday. That was when the storm was first approaching. Now, 300 cancellations. We saw 71 yesterday. And thats all of the flights coming in and out. This morning, boston is feeling the pinch. They have seen 62 cancellations and thats just so far. Theyre warning people to budget some extra time and extra caution. Weve seen cities like new york, put out thousands of tons of salt across the airport area roads and parking lots to make sure people can get here safely. If you are planning to fly today, call your carrier because they will know if youre flight is take off. Now, an update on a story we told you about thursday. An undocumented woman in deported. She was taken into custody on wednesday. That prompted a raucous demonstration in phoenix. Protesters blocked vans from believing a u. S. Immigration office. Back in 2008, garcia was found using a fake Social Security number to work in this country. The mother of two u. S. Born children had no legal basis to remain in this country. Back to the scary incident at jfk we told you about at the top of the show. A flight for buenos aires never got off the ground. Inside the argentina plane, other pilots reported seeing fire coming from the engine. The plane was checked out and taxied back to the gate and taken out of service. Want to tell you a story about a ucla cheerleader whoad you see the cheerleader fall from a human pyramid. She lands on her back and head. But things get worse. Watch what happens when someone tries to carry her off the court. That person slips on a towel or a bag and then falls, dropping her to the ground. Theres good news here. The cheerleader was able to stand and walk around under her own power. That is insult to injury there. The cheerleaders are so athletic and so much going on. A dangerous sport. And it is that is your latest weather. Al, thank you so much. Just ahead, twin fever. First, beyonce and jay z. Then, george and we talk to matt damon. 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The fire you were talking about, maryland avenue, we still have all lanes blocked because of that investigation there. Still out ther on the scene. Outer loop on kennelworth avenue, beltway looks nice and light. Crash athe sing lane getting by. Inbound 4, crash in the left lane. K yo well take a quick baa then ccf sunny and outside. Temperatures i20 wind chills back in the upper teens in many neighborhoods this morning. So it will be a cold day to be outside today. Afternoon highs, upper 30s and low 40s. It will turn noticeably milder for the weekend. Saturday, a mix of clouds and sunshine. Back into the 60s. Then on sunday there is a risk of a few light rain showers windy d olmo. Thanks, chuck. Well have another local news update in 25 minutes. For now, back to the today show after is bak. Its 7 30 on a friday morning. Well go out and say hello to our friends in just a little while. Im matt lauer, alongside Maria Shriver, who has been helping us out this week while savannah has been on maternity leave. I loved it. Its been great. Lets look at this mornings headlines. President trump is vowing the travel ban will head to the Supreme Court. He tweeted see you in moments after the Appeals Court refused to reinstate his order. The judges said that there was no evidence that anyone committed terror attacks in the u. S. Tom price was confirmed as the secretary of health and human services. Democrats pushed to prolong the vote. Eventually it was held at 2 00 in the morning. Price will play a key role in the efforts to dismantle president obamas health care low. And penn state has suspended social events for all 46 of the greek chapters until further notice. The decision comes less than a week after a student who was reported reported reportedly intoxicated fell down steps at a Fraternity House and died. Let us begin this hour with biew stars. George clooney and his wife, amal, are expecting wins. Natalie is out in los angeles, where they declared it a national holiday, i think. Natalie, good morning. Im one of those who is breathless this morning. Good morning. The news broke right before i was supposed to interview matt damon about his movie the