Oscar winner tom hanks playing the iconic role of mr. Rogers. Early today starts right now. Good tuesday morning. Im frances rivera. And im phillip mena. We are just hours away from President Trump delivering his first state of the Union Address. Mr. Trump will layout his vision for the future this evening, but its safe to say this wont be your run of the mill president ial address. No president has entered the House Chamber to give his first state of the Union Address with his presidency in this much peril. There are reports saying the president s lawyers are actively negotiating over what form mr. Trumps interview with russia probe prosecutors will take. As the president looks to move beyond that headline generating investigation, towards what the white house says will be a future of unity. Thats in spite of a number of democrats now saying they will boycott his speech altogether. For more we go to nbcs edward lawrence. Edward, good morning. Reporter good morning, frances. The president himself says the speech will cover a lot of territory. Hes expected to use this speech to try and push past the russia probe and turn the page on year two of his presidency. The president expected to tout his, what he calls Great Successes and ignore the controversies. We worked on it hard, covered a lot of territory including our Great Success with the markets and with the tax cut and its a big speech, important speech. We cover immigration. For many years for many, many years theyve been talking immigration and never got anything done. Were going to get something done, we hope. Its going to be bipartisan because the republicans really dont have the votes to get it done in any other way so it has to be bipartisan. Reporter and that immigration would also include protecting undocumented workers brought here as children. Now, eight democrats, at least eight democrats say theyre going to boycott the speech because of what the president says and his politics. The president with his own moves, hell have several guests in the arena there. Hes expecting to have parents of children who were killed by ms13 gang members. Also military members, Law Enforcement officers, and workers who are benefiting from his tax cuts will be seated near the first lady in this. The president spoke to joint session of Congress Last year. That lasted an hour. There was not a state of the Union Address. Frances, phillip . Edward, thank you. And even before the president has even had a chance to speak, some notable democrats and celebrities took to the stage here in new york to counter his remarks in what was dubbed a peoples state of the union. Take a listen. This has been a dark year for america. For those of us who value quaint concepts like equal rights for all. Embrace each other in this fight to protect the rights of all americans, including the dreamers. The state of the union is people are fired up. People are awake and alive and organized and activated all over this country. In case youre one of the few who got a ticket for tonights event, the ticket itself has become something of a collectors item after a typo was found on the ticket. A point illustrated by senator marco rubio when he tweeted, look forward to tonights state of the uniom, thats right, uniom with an m. The sergeant at arms office is now reprinting the tickets for the invited guests. Nbc news will have live coverage of President Trumps state of the Union Address at 9 eastern, 6 pacific on nbc. Breaking developments in the russia investigation could overshadow the president s speech tonight. Republicans on the House Intel Committee voted along party lines to do what the Justice Department warned would be extraordinarily reckless. They released a classified memo that gop lawmakers say shows the fbi and the Justice Department improperly used its Surveillance Authority in the russia investigation. Democrats blasted republicans for the move after they tried to make public their own competing memo. It describes the gops report as an attack on the Mueller Investigation risking National Security to protect the president. Chairman nunes has acted like a state of the Union Address a stooge . A stooge of the white house at the acwhich sesence or maybe the guidance of the speaker of the house. They have crossed from dangerously and recklessly dealing with intelligence to a cover up of an investigation that they dont want the American People to cecum to fruition. This morning the white house says it is reviewing the gop memo and will decide whether to release it in the coming days. We get more from nbcs Peter Alexander. Reporter the mystery over a secret republican memo, the latest partisan flash point. So, whats in the memo . Only a few lawmakers know for sure. Transparency is a good thing. Sunlight is a good thing. Lets let the American People see. Reporter republicans say the memo compiled by House Intelligence Committee head devin nunes and his staff details alleged abuses by the fbi and Justice Department. That the agencies acted inappropriately when requesting surveillance warrants for members of the president s campaign team. Evidence republicans say the russia investigation was tainted from the start. But democrats are dismissing the document. One calling it a Brain Washing memo that picks and chooses its facts. This document they put together is false, misleading, misrepresenting. Reporter why does the memo matter . Its another effort to discredit the russia inquiry just as special Counsel Robert Mueller is eyeing an interview with President Trump. The New York Times reports the document shows Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein, the man overseeing muellers investigation, approved an application last year to extend surveillance of a former Trump Campaign aide. According to three people familiar with the memo. Mr. Rosenstein reporter rosenstein ignoring questions, asked whether the president has confidence in rosenstein, the white house deflecting. When the president no longer has confidence in someone, youll know. Reporter fbi agents fear the mysterious memos already damaging the publics trust. What were seeing here is politicization, weaponization of a classified memo that our own department of justice has said would be extraordinarily reckless to release. Thanks to Peter Alexander for that report. Another development that could hang over the president s speech, the sudden resignation of fbi Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe. The number two at the bureau surprising washington with his abrupt announcement after months of public attacks on him by the president. Former fbi director james comey took to twitter overnight to laud mccabe saying, he stood tall when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. Seemingly a veiled swipe at Congressional Republicans and President Trump. And nbc news exclusively reports new details this morning about a phone call between mr. Trump and mccabe in which the president berated the now former fbi Deputy Director and took a personal swipe at his wife. Nbcs Pete Williams has more on how all of this beltway drama played out. Reporter friends and coworkers tell nbc news two factors are behind Andrew Mccabes abrupt move to step down as Deputy Director. First, wariness of steady criticism from President Trump. Nbc news has learned those tensions flaired the night the president fired james comey who was out of town. He watched comey return to washington on a government plane. The president called fuming that comey would be allowed to take this plane home after being fired. Then he suggested to mccabe that he ask his wife how it feels to be a loser, and hung up. Reporter he was talking about mccabes wife jill who ran for Virginia State senate as a democrat and accepted a nearly 500,000 contribution from a pac run by virginias governor a close friend of hillary clintons. After his wife lost, mccabe became deputy fbi director and played a role in the clinton email investigation. No wonder they found nothing wrong. How does that look . How does that look . So dishonest. Reporter that was followed by frequent attacks on twitter from the president as recently as december. But friends say perhaps the biggest reason for mccabes leaving now is that the Justice Departments Inspector General will soon issue a report expected to strongly criticize how the fbi handled the clinton email investigation, including his role. A mccabe Legal Advisor and an fbi agent working on the email case exchanged hundreds of Text Messages often harshly critical of trump, calling him loath some and an idiot. Mccabe became acting fbi director after the firing of james comey and was widely praised for saying the russia investigation would not be derailed. Quite simply put, sir, you cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing. Reporter mccabes departure means Christopher Wray now has his own team in place, but several officials insist Andrew Mccabe left on his own. Pete williams, nbc news, washington. All right. Lets take a turn now and check on our weather to see whats in store for us. Bill, good morning. An over achieving snow event this morning. Good morning. Some people will be a little surprised in southern new england, cape cod, long island, new jersey already reports of one up to 3 inches of snow on the ground in long island. And its snowing pretty good right now across that area. Also southern new england has filled in pretty quickly, too. Snow covered secondary roads treated roads are probably okay. Ground temperatures right around freezing in most cases. In this little coating of snow is heading through pennsylvania. Lets time this out for you as we go throughout our morning commute. By 7 00 a. M. , done. New york city to just about the philadelphia, boston, rhode island, all the wait through cape cod where the steadier snows will be. By noon today, only boston then nantucket. Philadelphia will have some snow showers on and off during the day. Secondary roads a coating or so, but the rest of the area should be fine. Everyone by this evening is ars to build and cost 4 billion. Otta say, i love the new place. Oh thanks. Yeah, i took your advice and had geico help with renters insurance it was really easy. Easy. Thatd be nice. Phone for help with chairs, say chair. Phone for help with bookcases, say bookcase. Bookcase. I thought this was the dresser . Isnt that the bed . Phone im sorry, i didnt understand. Phone for help with chairs, say chair. Does this mean were not going out . Bookcase. See how easy renters insurance can be at geico. 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He chose the patriots as this years winner. And nick has a pretty good record, too. Hes gone six for seven in his predictions so far. And im 6 for 7 picking the wrong team in the last seven years. There you go. Patriots were the first team i picked correctly in seven years. This dolphin seems to me whats up. I think there is an octopus out there that can predict games as well. It has been 50 years since fred rogers first welcomed us to his neighborhood as beloved fred rogers. People will be able to visit with tard began in toe. Tom hanks paz been cast to play him. He will be in the feature film, you are my friend, based on the friend ship between rogers and Award Winning journalist. The tri star pictures biopic will be directed by mario heller with production set to begin in september. So, a lot of us remember that song so tom hanks im sure will be a scene there. Hell like Beautiful Day in your neighborhood. I dont think they can go wrong here. Tom hanks and mr. 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