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As we mentioned, tonight the president will address a joint session of congress. as our latest polling shows a very dwighted nation. the battleground state of north carolina is kind of a micro chasm of the divide. president trump beat hillary clinton by less than four points there. but the new democratic governor won by less than a percentage point there. nbc's rahima ellis is in burlington north carolina where she has been talking to voters. what are they telling you about bridging that divide and bringing people together tonight? >> reporter: here in downtown burlington, about an hour's driv...

Who live here and if not for the connection of having a girlfriend here, it would be a very wide area for authorities to search. that is what led us here. again, a connection with a girlfriend. someone apparently who knows him and now police are questioning her. authorities say she is not under arrest but is just someone they hope to get information from that could lead them to the suspect. >> nbc's rahima ellis from brooklyn. thank you. let's turn to karen desoto, professor of political science at new jersey city university. dna, pizza crust. put it together. >> this is amazing. touch dna, a ...

Patrick murphy spoke to rahima ellis earlier today. >> it was a normal train ride. from washington up to new york. i was trying to rush home to be home in time to see my two little kids. everything was fine until just heard some very violent shaking. like vibrations. next thing you know we went left and then finally just went over to the right. i was on the left side of the train cab, and everyone on the left side just flew the other side. and i went head-first to the other end. and a lot of debris a lot of blood, a lot of people crying for help. i made sure i helped people get out. at first i...

Dorner. we will, of course, keep you posted on any developments there in california as it happens. meanwhile, back east, people are still digging out of the storm that's absolutely slammed the northeastern part of this country. in the air, ripple effects of this blizzard are being felt across the world. more than 5,000 flights in and out of the northeast have been canceled or delayed. nbc's rahima ellis in laguardia airport. has it gotten any better there? >> yeah, craig, it has gotten better. there are people here getting through the security checkpoints and there are reports of flights havin...

It's been very cold and we're not used to the snow and texas weather sounds nice right about now. >> reporter: they're trying to get back to texas. in fact, there is a flight scheduled to leave texas in 15 minutes and it says it's on time, so we are keeping our fingers crossed for that passenger that they make it to their destination. we've got a lot of work going on out here. 200 pieces of snow and removal equipment have been pushing that snow off the runways trying to make certain they get these planes up and running again, craig. >> rahima ellis on this saturday from laguardia. thank you. ...