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Buffalo news perhaps says it all. A wall of snow. A reminder of how dangerous this type snow event can be. The Womens Basketball team from Niagara University stranded on a bus for 26 hours on i90 and rationing food. They were rescued this morning. Watching it all for us. Hi jose yeah were talking in that snowbelt just southeast of buffalo. Believe it or not, they have already picked up a years worth of snow. What the average would be for a years worth of snow. So 60 inches has already come down and typically during the year they get about 54 inches. So that is impressive. The snow continues. The lakeeffect snow continues for today for minneapolis all the way through chicago. And up through upstate new york as well. So thats where the snow will be concentrated before it winds down on thursday. We are still looking at the cold though for much of the nation. Still experiencing the cold all the way down to the south. 47 degrees for the high in atlanta today. Were looking at biting windchills up the i95 corridor. 35 for the high in washington, d. C. 33 in new york. So still a lot of places from the midwest off to the east youre going to be looking at temperatures struggling just to make it to the freezing mark. You can see there, a picture of buffalo and those whiteout conditions that they have been experiencing for the past 48 hours. Theres still a lot more to go about 2 to 3 inches per hour when some of the heavier bands move through this afternoon and then again tomorrow morning. Explain what this lakeeffect snow is and why its driving these incredible snowfall totals. Believe it or not, the band of lakeeffect snow that is moving over is about ten miles wide. That is really nothing. So actually buffalo airport, theyve only picked up 5 inches so far. But its just the places that are southeast that have really seen this walloping of snow over six feet in some cases. And this is all caused by the air coming over the lakes. So this is typical. This is the snowbelt. Theyre used to seeing this. Just not this soon. But of course because of this arctic air, coming in whats whats driving this lakeeffect snow. Its not something that they dont typically see. They just dont typically see it in november. This is more like january snowfall. Its really extraordinary. Thank you very much. I want to take you right now to live pictures from buffalo, new york. Just to get an idea. Look at this. It looks like just a beautiful day. But take a look at the sky there. What are we expecting there . What were expecting there is more cold. The winds are pretty biting this morning. The feel like temperatures in the Single Digits and the teens. Again, theyll see some squalls of snow moving through. Theyll likely see that through the afternoon. It will wind down some tonight and pick up tomorrow. The snow machine really starts to shut off for that area by thursday by thursday morning, we should really see that wind down. And then temperatures will start to rebound. But remember, you have fresh packed snow on the ground, which means temperatures are still going to stay cold. So through the weekend. But well start to get back to that more normal feel by the time we get to the holiday. Yeah normal feel. Thanks so much. Its so good to see you. Coming up we check in with nbcs dylan dreyer whos stationed just outside of marred hit buffalo. Now to washington and the political Storm Brewing over executive plan on immigration. What may be a Silver Lining for the white house, the possible veto showdown between the president and congress averted for now. The Keystone Pipeline bill defeated by one vote. Republicans planning to bring it back on their terms when they take control of the senate in january. This will be an early item on the agenda in august. Im confident the bill will succeed succeed. Weve got both ends of pennsylvania avenue covered. Chris jansing it at the white house. Kelly odonnell is at capitol hill. Chris, i want to start with you. This vote spares the president from breaking out his veto pen. You heard mcconnell keystone coming back early next year. Whats the white house going to do . The white house knows that. They realize its a new ball game with the Senate Majority being republican next year. But they also know its not completely a veto proof majority. So they see this as potentially an opportunity and although they wont say this explicitly it could be a little bit of deal making going on. So the president will threat been to veto. He has implicitly said that and josh earnest and others of the administration have said that as well. If they can come to a deal on some things that are very important to the president , thats one possibility. At least in the short term it saves the president from that confrontation and moves it off into january, jose. And come january, kelly, Republican Controlled Senate does that mean this bill is pretty much a done deal . And the other question is what are the implications of this vote for Mary Landrieu who all it seems was revolving around her . A shortterm defeat for republicans gives them that opportunity in january to get this passed. Theyll have bigger numbers. There are some democrats who support this. Even with some of those democrats who voted yes last night being out of the Senate Senate republicans are pretty confident this can pass. Will it have enough to override a president ial veto . They cant go too far just yet. I was in the Senate Chamber when the vote was coming down. I watched mary lawn droe really standing alone for much of that voting time. She approached some of her colleagues trying to make the final appeal and she was one vote short. She is the person with the most to lose in this. They just couldnt vote for it at this time. What chris mentioned about the potential for deal making will be sort of renewed in january where there might be some other related kinds of bills that have been talked about but not acted on. Maybe putting those together could sweeten the deal to attract other votes. The deal making will begin in january. For Mary Landrieu the implications are stark. If she had gotten this through, it would have been something she could argue to voters shows her strength. It just didnt happen. Jose. Yeah it would have been vetoed probably anyways. Lets ask about immigration. I want to start with you. The president has told me a number of time also that he couldnt issue executive orders on immigration. We can expect an announcement any day now on immigration. I think theres been a lot of pressure. We heard it most recently from harry reid. At least for now. The Senate Majority leader. Get it done now. The white house has been very clear. They dont think theres any advantage to putting it off. There had been a scenario floated out there that maybe it would get in the way of budget issues and other lame duck session bills that need to go through. The white house doesnt necessarily believe that. They know that this is going to be a confrontation no matter what. Really, this is a battle now for their legal teams getting up to speed. We know the republicans have been getting their arguments together. Theyve been using the president s past statements including the ones he made to you, as one example of how they think this goes too far. But what senior white house aides tell me is the president wants to put this as far as he believes he possibly can with the Legal Authority and the advice hes getting from eric holder jose. Chris jansing and kelly odonnell, great to see you both. Thank you. And in just a few minutes, were going to have more on the i grags showdown and the republicans threat theyre threatening a lawsuit or even more to stop executive orders on immigration. But now i want to take to the middle east. Worshipers return to a scene of a brutal attack you saw yesterday right here on this show, in jerusalem, today. People went about their morning prayers inside the synagogue where four people were killed just 24 hours ago. Overnight, a Police Officer caught in the shootout died of his wounds raising the death toll to five. Israeli Prime Minister netanyahu said israel is now fighting a battle for jerusalem, those are his words. Nbcs bill neely has our report from jerusalem. Reporter mr. Netanyahu has promised a harsh response to yesterdays mass killing. The big question is what exactly can he do because Israeli Police say that two palestinian cousins who were responsible for this massacre had no criminal record. And appeared to be acting alone. Very much the pattern, lone wolves, lone attacks, not necessarily connected or coordinated or ordered, although usually they have been praised by the Islamist Group hamas so a real problem for the israeli authorities here not just the intelligence agencies trying to predict who might attack next. But also what do you actually physically do. There are more helicopters in the air. There are more concrete barriers. More police on the ground. But as i say, this city has braced for another attack. Certainly is jose a city on edge. Back to you. Bill thank you so very much. I want to bring in ayman mohadin, an expert on that part of the world. What a pleasure to see you again. Bill was just saying what can israel physically do to react . Good morning, jose. The Israeli Government has a few options. Theyre going to operate on two fronts. One, on a political front. The other on the ground from a security perspective. We saw that late last night. Israel destroyed the home of a palestinian man who was involved in a previous attack that killed israelis. This is a controversial policy that israel has adopted. Which is to destroy the homes of palestinian families belonging to the relatives of those who may have carried out those attacks. The problem is israel does not do that when it comes to israelis who may have committed similar crimes against palestinians and its the example palestinians say is a form of discrimination. But it also fuels tensions. It also raises the stakes for palestinians who live in parts of East Jerusalem and elsewhere. Thats what leads to the types of clashes weve been seeing. They said they were going to do with the two palestinian attackers. On the political front, you can expect israel perhaps to announce the construction of new settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and that would certainly anger palestinians and raise the tensions. Thank you very much. Well have much more on where this violence fits in in the overall mideast picture when we talk to the former ambassador in our next hour. Still ahead, the waiting game in ferguson missouri. Residents, Business Owners law enforcement, theyre all sitting on edge for the grand jury decision on whether to charge the officer in the shooting of michael brown. Also, ebola in america. The president says were not out of the woods yet. Later, ill speak with the nephew of Thomas Eric Duncan. The first person to succumb to the virus on american soil. First, the rundown planner. At the top of the hour the head of the secret service goes before the house Judiciary Committee. Well be watching that closely. This afternoon, governor christie highlights the rga conference. A live report as we launch into todays rundown. We need to sell it. Hi. Need an appraisal . Yeah. We do. Vo when selling your car, start with a written offer no strings attached. Carmax. Start here. Ring ring . 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Hurry in and get zero due at signing zero down, zero deposit now to ferguson where the wait continues. The tension is mounting as the city braces for a decision from the grand jury in the michael broup case. Some stores are boarding up. Gun sales are spiking. Some caution the threat of chaos is overblown. Even as the fbi cautions that extremist groups are just waiting to incite violence. Nbcs craig melvin is in ferguson. Craig, good morning. Another day to prepare or another day to well see the anxiety grow . Probably a little bit of both. You hit the nail on the head. Weve been waiting now for a couple of weeks. No indication at this point when that grand jury decision is going to come. We also dont know precisely how much notice this community is going to get that a decision is going to be announced. Weve heard local schools will be given some notice. But thats about all we know at this point. I mean yesterday, it was reported that the grand jury continues to hear evidence related to the case. Were still acting on the announcement that was given out several months ago that a decision will be announced some time between mid to late november. But thats about all we have to go on right now. Spent some time yesterday talking to Business Owners, folks would live in this community, some local protesters as well. Just a handful of protesters have been out, i should know. One did say he has not boarded up his particular business and hes just one in this strip. Everyone else has boarded up. He says hes not going to board up because he still very much believes in this community, he still very much believes in ferguson. Thats a guy named charles davis. He runs my favorite hamburger joint. About a quarter mile up the road. Bravo for mr. Davis. There are other people taking all kinds of preparations. Tell me about that though. Yesterday, School District announced they were going to be sending home some homework packets, you know, when the violentvile violence erupted shortly after the august shooting, some students in the area missed six days of school. This time around to prepare for that, teachers and administrators say theyre sending home these homework packets so students dont get too far behind. Talked to a parent yesterday who said shes stocking up on blankets and other things. The temperature here has dropped considerably, just like it has over a large swath of this country. Although i can tell you today its a balmy 35 degrees. So folks are stocking up with supplies in anticipation of unrest. Lots of folks continue to do that. Again, at this point, no indication that the unrest is going to happen. But also no indication that an announcement is going to be made any time here in the near future as well jose. Everyone continues to wait. And, craig, you know you kind of mentioned a little bit about the weather. Is there any sense that the cold weather in ferguson right now might minimize some of the protests . Funny you should mention it. Thats something weve talked about on the ground. Ive had that conversation with producers, as well with mr. Davis yesterday. I dont know. I do know that the last time i was here a couple months ago, you know, when the weather was nice, yes, you saw a slew of protesters out there. It was one particular day where it rained pretty hard and the streets were a lot emptier. So one could assume perhaps the weather is having an effect. Youve also got to think once a decision is announced, youll probably see a lot of folks on these streets as well jose. Craig, thank you very much. Well have more from ferguson later in the rundown. An expanded air bag recall more trouble for bill cosby and another healthcare. Gov glitch. Lets exemption aess zoom through some of todays top stories. Calling on japanese auto parts maker takata to expand a recall of potentially affected air bags nationwide to all 50 states. Currently the recall by takata and several other automakers currently only cover states with high humidity conditions. Some include honda, cries leshgs ford mazda, and bmw vehicles with model years 2008 and before. Officials say motorists should wear seat belts and continue to drive until their cars can be repaired. Were learning more about comedian Tracy Morgans long road to recovery. In addition to physical wounds and broken bones requiring months of physical therapy, his Attorney Says morgan suffered a traumatic deep brain injury in the june accident that killed one passenger and injured three others. More trouble for bill cosby. Netflix postponeing the launch of his new standup special. Bean meanwhile, nbc entertainment says theyre not commenting with their plans on his show on nbc. Hours after model and tv host Janice Dickinson added her name to the list of women accusing him of sexual assault. In a statement the Attorney Says the story is a complete lie. The only story she gave 12 years ago in her autobiography, as well as her interviews with the media, was that she refused to sleep with mr. Cosby and he blew her off. Another lapse in the Governments Health insurance website. This time affecting some u. S. Immigrants. It appears theres no way to actually upload a copy of a green card which is the government i. D. That shows a person is a legal u. S. Resident and entitled to benefits under the health care law. The Obama Administration says a fix is in the works. Coming up the market rundown as we get ready for the opening bell. What will wall street be watching . Well check in with matthew grurry after the break. And we are showing you incredible pictures coming in. The historic snow event and snow warnings. Its very dangerous. 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You might recall the october statement was a little more hawkish but really only compared to previous dovishness so were looking for any more detail on when they might start raising rates. Labor market, you know, if theres any tightness theyre seeing there. Thats the kind of thing were looking for. Back over to you. Deep freeze on a record high. You know what i mean. Yeah absolutely. Ill take it. Cnbcs mandy drury, thank you so much. On this program, weve featured the dreamer at the forefront of the immigration debate fighting to keep her family together. Up next, were going to introduce you to her mother who could be deported within weeks. Plus, its been 24 hours and were still talking about the snow falling around buffalo new york. As you can see in this incredible time lapse. Well take you there live for a report. You cant talk about snow without showing you this just absolutely adorable video a panda having a little fun with the Winter Weather at the toronto zoo. Check him out. 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We are actually going to see more snow here believe it or not. For right now, though its crystal clear. We are dealing with about a foot or so of snow on the ground here. Its really hard to measure though because its been so windy. Windchills now below zero. It tossed a lot of this snow around. You dont have to go far to see totals like five six feet of snow. Were measuring the snow and p in feet here. And its really just right up the road. Were seeing these thin bands lakeeffect snow. They moved out of this area. Theyve even moved out of the area like hamburg, new york where they have about 76 inches of snow on the ground. Its now moved north of bouf lowuffalo up near niagara falls. Now, we are seeing cars buried. Weve had vehicles just stuck in the middle of the road with nowhere to go. The niagara Womens Basketball team was stuck for 20 hours on their bus. And now roofs are an issue. When you have six feet of snow on top, roof collapses will be a concern as we go through today. We will see another round of lakeeffect snow thursday and friday. A possibility this same area could pick up another 1 to 2 feet of snow. Incredible stuff. Jose. It really is. Were just at the end of november. Dylan dreyer what a pleasure to see you out there in dunkirk, appreciate your time. Driving d. C. Today, could the house sue president obama if and when he uses his executive authority on Immigration Reform . A group of House Republicans is already introducing a bill to make that possible. Being, this would not be the first lawsuit against the president. Speaker boehner has left the door open to expanding his lawsuit other the Affordable Care act to include imcombination. Talk about retainer. The gop has just hired a highprofile belt way lawyer to litigate that suit. Does the house have legal standing to sue the president over either aca or immigration . Who better to answer that question than nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams. Pete, good morning. Well, good morning. Standing is the key to this. Standing is what the courts call does someone have the right to bring an action. Anybody can sue. The question is will the courts entertain it. What the federal courts have said in recent years, theyve been picky about who gets to make a claim. You have to show some particularized concrete injury. You might well say the house is defending itself as an institution. But the problem, some legal scholars say, is the house doesnt exist after two years. So the house, in theory could only defend the laws that it passed itself. Thats one way of looking at it. In any event, the courts sometimes say when one branch of government sues another, these are political disputes and the courts like to stay out of it. As one legal scholar says whenever this happens, if you want to take a bet, always bet on the presidency, not the congress, when these lawsuits get filed. Pete williams, thank you very much for that report. Well check in with you in the next hour. Theres a lot more to talk about. Thanks, my friend. You bet. Politics and promises. You know we often speak about the politics of immigration on this show as we continue to keep a close eye on news from the white house. But its important to remember the real people impacted by all of it. Its something the president addressed in june. Maybe more families who have been living here for years, whose children are often u. S. Citizen citizens, for our neighbors and our friends. And whose children are kids friends and go to school with then and play on ball teams with them. Maybe those families would get to Stay Together. And all signs point to the president doing something that could help those families Stay Together. But probably not this family. That would be this family. Her undocumented mother is facing a hearing to decide whether she will stay or be deported. Yesterday, her daughter wrote, president obama, dont leave my mother behind in any of your executive actions. The codirector of dream Action Coalition and her mother both join me now. Erica, i want to start with you. What is your message to the president , ahead of any announcement that very well might not include your mother and maybe not keep your family together . Thank you for having us jose. You know its it keeps me in the same message of him really going bold on this. I think that he has been getting a lot of heat from republicans. Just like you were mentioning earlier. Hes going to continue getting a lot of heat. Might as well, you know go big and the dreerms, its a little bit of hard moment to take because we are hearing a lot that dreamer parents who dont have u. S. Citizen children and other folks who dont have children at all might not be included. Its tough because well been in the middle of this fight, in the forefront of this fight for so long, and not having our parents be helped by this its definitely hard to take. Were hoping we can push into the end. Were going to continue to pushing until the end. I want to talk to you mother who does not speak english yet and ill be translating it. Thanks for being with me. Your message to the president. [ speaking Foreign Language ] my message is that please thank that he if he were separated by his family it would be a suffering that would be very large, thats how i am now. In threats of being deported. And for me it would be terrible to be separated from my daughters and kids or my grandchildren that all live in the United States. What do you face if you are deported back to mexico . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i dont know. In mexico i dont have a house, i dont have anything in mexico. There are many years ive been here in the United States. In mexico i dont have my mother, i dont have a house, i dont have anywhere to live. Maria, what rubs through sruns through your mind as you face a possibility of being exported . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i dont know. Without my family i dont know what we could do. For me my family is the most important thing in the world. And im nothing. It would be suffering to be away from them. Erica, whatever executive action the president takes on immigration would not be a solution. That is in the hands of the congress. The republicans in the house have not wanted to tackle immigration. Isnt that where all of the focus should be on . Yeah. I think weve put so much of our focus already on trying to, you know, get a permanent solution a legislative solution. Unfortunately, weve seen a broken congress and they havent gone, you know, what theyre supposed to get done. At this point, weve told republicans to do this, weve pushed them so hard for a matter of 1 to 2 years and they didnt do it. For now, were asking the president to get it done. Were hoping republicans really want to fight for 2016 in terms of the latino and immigrant community, that theyre going to have to show theyre better than that and can face legislation. For now, we cant wait for legislation anymore. The president needs to do it. If the president does act, erica it will be maybe four or six months before any executive action would start taking effect. That would mean that regardless of how the president acts theres a very good chance maria, your mother, could be deported. Youve dealt with that issue. Yeah. I mean its like i said its a tough situation, right. Ive been getting a little emotional lately because i have been reading a lot. That theres a possibility that parents of dreamers or that dont have any kids in the u. S. Might not be included. Its a bit hard just to think of that because my entire i guess everything ive done within this movement has been for my mom. She sort of has been that sorry. Shes been that inspiration for me and just thinking that, you know, im not going to stop fighting for her. I think, you know, were not going to stop fighting one by one those cases that are not going to be included in this just to make sure theyre not deported, but its going to be a struggle having to deal with it every single year and her having to be in the hands of i. C. E. Is really scary. Again, its not regardless of what happens, its not over. Were going to continue having to fight for a permanent solution. And for those who are not inside of this executive action. Folks, when you see erica and maria on your screen there are literally tens of thousands of erica and marias in this country that live in a mixed status household. Mixed status meaning immigration. Some are legal, some are not. That situation youre seeing here is occurring in tens of thousands of households in the United States right now. Erica, maria. 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Tofomenting fear stifles serious debate. This nation should not allow our liberties to be set aside by passing fears. Our guest is professor of Security Studies at the university of massachusetts. Pleasure to see you. Thanks for having me. How big a role do you think the nsa plays in the fight with isis . I mean the nsa plays an Important Role on one aspect which is according to john hill theyre looking at the social media. Theyre analyzing locations. Theyre getting gis coded and tagged information for people who are, lets say, in syria. But i have to agree with senator leahy, hes right, the majority of people that are going off to join isis are what terrorists groups call clean skins. They have no background in terrorism. Were going monitor everybodys phone calls in the United States, were not going to capture those kinds of people that are going off to syria and that or might be lone actor terrorists. I think Patrick Leahy is correct. There are two westerners being held by isis and president obama is calling for review of u. S. Hostage policy. What does it mean and how might it change . Well, i understand why, for example, in the case of james foleys family they would have probably wanted to pay the ransom. But the ransom is a source of funding for isis. And so it has a perverse outcome where if they are getting money for people they kidnap theyre only going to kidnap for people. They have access to other resources like oil. They have luted the banks. I dont know if the issue of paying ransom or not paying ransom degrades isis to the extend it would have two years ago. But the question is and, you know, when the rest of the world seems very willing to pay ransom when the United States decides and so does Great Britain theyre not going to pay raysomes, they say, its so that the other organizations wouldnt feel the need to go and get americans because theyre getting money off them. Its not necessarily just about isis but the broader picture of paying ransom. I think its the broader picture. I think there are ethical dimensions. If i was ever kidnapped my family is under instruct instructions not to ransom. I agree with the fact it creates perverse incentives that i would worry about the longterm ramifications are if we started paying. They would have an incentive to kidnap a lot more americans. And you have written so much about the role of social media and propaganda in getting new isis recruits. How does it work . Why does it work . You know, we have to take into account at some level there is something that is very attractive about living in the caliphate. So just by using that kind of terminology, theyre going to attract people who think, wow, it would be great to live, you know, like the people who follow the prophet at the time of the believers and the first few rightfully guided caliphates. Its not at all like that. Its really, a beat and switch, i talk abouted with you theyre using the same kind of tactics to lure young people young women in particular as pedophiles use to entrapt children. I think to me its like catch a predator that nbc runs we have to be aware that theyre using a accommodation of tricks and treats. We should treat, also the people who get involved as victims and not necessarily as perpetrators. Because theyre being victimized. Theyre being lured and tricked to go to syria. Because once they get there pretty much theyre going to be cannoned toer. Yeah, mia, i listen to what youre saying and youre so, you know, clear on what youre saying. Its hard to believe that, you know, if youre a thinker, a woman, person who has diverse opinions you would be attracted by this caliphate living in this caliphate dream. Yeah it wouldnt attract me personally. But its the same in which you have 14 and 15yearold girls who are online and in many ways when, you know, the sexual predators go after them theyre pretending to be something theyre not. Theyre offering them, you know some sort of special unique kind of affection. In this case weve seen they have offered them everything from well take care of everything. Well pay your way. Well furnish erg you need. You wont have to think about it. Well give you a great adventure adventure. A lot of 14 and 15yearold kids say that sounds exciting when, in fact for the girls they get there, theyll be married off and pregnant right away. The men that go there, theyre not going to be skilled warriors as much call of duty they may play or halo. Theyll get there and killed probably within just a few beaks of arrival. They use them as suicide bombers or targets that the Syrian Army Goes after. Yeah. Mia bloom, always a pleasure to see you. Thank you for your insight. Thank you for having me. Were following several new headlines on ebola. Here at home and overseas. Dr. From cuba treating patients in sierra leone has been diagnosed with ebola and will be sent to geneva for treatment. Here in the u. S. Two new ebola scares. Thats what they are. In houston, a woman who said she recently visited west africa has tested negative for ebola after being admitted to a local hospital last night. In brooklyn new york,felt Officials Say a woman who died of an apparent heart attack is also tested negative for ebola. These developments come a week after hospital officials in dallas reached an undisclosed settlement with a family of the late Thomas Eric Duncan the first person to ever be diagnosed with ebola in the United States. Im joined by his nephew. Thank you for being with me. Thank you, sir. How are you . Good sir. Its been a month since the memorial for your uncle. How is your family doing . The family is coping well. We still are stressed out. We still miss eric. We hope this didnt happen but unfortunately these things happen. Its call theed called life. Yeah. Let me read part of the statement from texas health resources. How will the settlement help . Well, the settlement will help because its no reason to go to war with somebody for a long period of time. We have been at each others throat for a long time. This is going to put together. We can work as a partnership to accomplish a whole lot of good in africa. And thats what were trying to do. That is our goal for the settlement process. The most important thing is make sure we get a healthy africa and do good work with the Thomas Eric Duncan foundation we set up with the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. Making a difrs. Thank you so much. Its a pleasure to see you. Same here sir. Thank you very much. Its another busy morning here on the rundown. 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As you know there was talk in that report of a certain agent making a personal phone call while this Security Breach happened. They want to figure out how the specific individual was able to get through the white house doors. Able to push aside one agent. One agent was grabbing for their weapon but ended up getting their flashlight. There will be a lot of questions on the front. Expect to hear questions about whether or not the secret service suffers from a systemic leadership failure that has been continuing for a bunch of years. Thats what one theory is. They want to know does the secret service need more money to get better . Does it need more oversight to get better . What can congress do to make it work more efficiently. There seems to be, from the dhs report, this idea that when the president is out of town, and the secret service is just guarding the house or perhaps not as high level protect i cants are there they sort of check out. Thats something one member told me they want to push today. Does the secret Service Check out when the president is not front and center. Is it something that is a problem and how can they correct it . Thank you. And well continue to closely follow this mornings house Judiciary Committee hearing and pass along any developments. We got word within the last hour that pope francis is condemning the attack on the synagogue in jerusalem. He was concerned about the rising tension there. And things could get worse. In the wake of tuesdays deadly attack inside synagogue Benjamin Netanyahu said hoe would settle the score with terrorists. What does that mean . With me now nbc Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin and mark ginsburg, a deputy Senior Adviser to president carter. Mark, i want to start with you. What do you expect israel to do . Jose i just got off the phone with israel before coming on the air with my team in vale and my organization. Jerusalem is a city under siege. Im not sure how much the rest of israel feels as much under siege as jerusalem. The escalation of terrorism and violence, which some people may preclude as a has to be arrested. The fact of the matter is that ever since the hamas israeli conflict the situation has been extremely, extremely dangerous throughout israel and throughout the west bank. And the fact of the matter is that extremist on both sides, their voices seem to be drowning out the voices of moderates and what this needs right now is a Prime Minister in israel and a president in palestinian who are going to stop the incitement and top calling each other names and stop blaming each other and try to arrest the cycle of violence. Thats what it needs now is leadership from the top. Ayman, the Prime Minister of israel called this a battle. Is there a military component . Not necessarily in the conventional sense. Theres no doubt the Israeli Security forces the domestic Security Forces are going to be stepping up their efforts to make sure that similar attacks dont take place. I think the challenge for Israeli Security services is theyve done a good job over the course of several years to isolate the west bank. So organizations or paramilitary organizations in their military wings have had a hard time carrying out attacks inside vale proper. But the risk and the challenge is going to be coming from the palestinian population within israel. Particularly those from East Jerusalem. Over the alast several months the attacks have been from res dentds of East Jerusalem. Thats harder for the Israeli Government to tackle. Thats why were seeing the punitive measures in against the families in the wake attacks. Does the u. S. Have a role in trying to ease tensions there . Secretary kerry has met with both israeli Prime Minister netanyahu as well as president hamas. In jordan few days ago because the jordan has the custodial control over what became the initial flash point that is known as the nobel sanctuary. The area above the western wall. Where the dome of the rock is located where there was an attempted assassination of an israeli activist who wants to open up that sanctuary that two nonmuslim jewish prayer. Thats been prohibited by the Israeli Government. That was the initial flash point. Lets understand jose that the secretary needs to lean more heavily on the palestinians to reign in those who are using this as a pretext to engage in terrorism. The cycle violence was start bid the palestinians in terms of terrorism. Random acts of terrorism. It has to be stopped by the palestinians. Theyre calling for peace. Is anyone listening . Theres a proverb that says judge people based on their actions not on their words. In the middle east everybody does talk about peace but very few do anything about it. When you take a look this government here in washington the u. S. Administration has expressed grave concern over the past several months over israeli settlement Construction Activity in east jers lum and elsewhere. Theyve been critical. And israel will be critical of the National Unity government that was form the with hamas. If you take a look at hamas has been calling for more attacks. Everybody says they want peace but everybody is acting against the interest of peace. Its hard to say if anyone at this stage, is committed to that. Mark i want to ask you quickly about iron with tensions in israel so high. Is it a good time or a bad time to push a deal through . As you know jose next week november 24th is the deadline to determine whether or not there will be an agreement between iran and the p5 1 countries. So far is reigning in the Nuclear Weapons program. The fact of the matter is, one of two things will happen. Most likely there will not be an agreement. Number two, there may be an extension beyond the november 24th in terms of trying to reach an negotiation. I think highly unlikely the talks will completely collapse. The fact of the matter is israel feels under siege right now. The agreement will only make things worse. Just remember jose a few days ago the ayatollah called for the destruction of israel. Thank you gentlemen, so much for being with me. Well be keeping an eye on israel and iran and bring you all the developments that may come up right here on this broadcast. Here in the u. S. Its a biting cold and brutal winter storm that is leading headlines. Take a look at east aurora new york this morning. This is what it looks like from behind the wheel. Snow piled up there overnight. Up to 5 feet in some places. Snow stranding some and turning deadly. At least six people are now confirmed dead in the storm. The weather channels mike bettes is in the town of hamburg, new york. Just south of buffalo. Mike, good morning. Reporter hey jose. Good morning. I have to tell you an impressive storm even by western new york standards. Theyre used to a lot of snow. Here we picked up about 40 inches of snow in 24 hours. This is the result. Its left people strand at this hotel. Then that got a huge task of digging these vehicles out. They have to plow the driveway out of the hotel and they have to get out to a plowed street if they can. Imagine waking up this morning and seeing this. I know, what this vehicle is because i saw it yesterday. Its a mercedesbenz under there. Its going to take forever to get it out. Theres a lot of road closure. The i 90 new york throughway is officially closed. They tell us vehicles on it about 60 semis, once they get the semis unstuck and moving they might be able to open up the highway. Its been plowed. Weve actually seen a few vehicles a few semis, at least upanddown the freeway. At least those vehicles are getting unstuck. I want to show you one more thing, jose. Two things that are impressive. Im going to show you this little neon stick right here. Can you see that . Thats 4 feet tall that is to indicate where the curve is so you dont run over the curb. Theres only about 8 inches left. See the semi . Those are production trucks if are the patriots lions game. Theyre trying to get to foxborough, massachusetts. Theyre stuck. If they cant get out by friday jose, the nfl is going to have to make alternate arrangement for the broadcast. Without the truck, theres no patriots game. Oh my and its going to be pretty intense. Youre saying at least for the next 24 hours, right, mike . Reporter well, its nice now, which is good. The snow band is toward buffalo, but the snow could return were anticipating more snow to come in later tonight and tomorrow. If it sets up just right we can be standing in another foot of snow on top of this. It could be brutal. Oh my mike bettis thank you so much. Its good to see you. Coming up party planning. 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We think our country, our movement and most americans today want to make progress on some of the issues confronting our country. Climate, income inequality the whole issue of how we address infrastructure more effectively. How we create more opportunities for better jobs. Those are the kind of things that i think are on the minds of just about everybody attending the conference today. And senator, the conference as you know is getting underway after some losses by democrats in the midterm. The loss in the senate the house, they lost in governors offices. How do you turn things around . First of all, these are midterm elections that are historically ones that act those currently in power. We expected some of this to begin with. I think what we have to do is ensure people understand were fighting for them. That we recognize the importance of the messages that the American People are so hopeful to hear. Messages about improving their economic status. Messages about better housing. Messages about dealing with immigration, finally. And finally ways to with climate. These are the kinds of things that American People want to hear and i think the big lesson from the last election was that the turn out was low in part because they werent getting the messages loudly and clearly as repetitively as we needed to make it. In places like colorado as you know the issue on immigration may have played a role in the low turn out by lets say some latinos in that race. Lets talk about the immigration issue. As we expect the president any minute now, any day now could announce executive orders on immigration. Is that the right way to go . Well, i think that it doesnt have to be either or. Theres absolutely no doubt that having statute is better than having an executive order. If we can find a way to ensure that through statute we improve the lives of millions of people that are living in this country, then i think we ought to do that. The president has clearly articulated his vision for what we ought to do with regard to immigration. And so i think laying out his objectives, his plan through an executive order that could later become statute is exactly the right approach. Senator, what happened to bipartisanship . Well, i think the polarization today is reflected, really, across the country, jose. Weve had a lot of people very deeply divided between conservatives and liberals. Those who believe that there is a role for people coming together. To work on issues together. And those who believe it ought to be done independently. Largely the debate is about the role of government. And its as e visive debate as in generations. We have to find ways through our leader and the effort to find Common Ground to restore the bipartisanship. So critical to a democratic republic. Senator tom daschle, a particular to see you. Thank you for being with me. 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If congress doesnt act, well just have the president sign something and that will take care of it. We wont have to worry about it. Yeah i was specifically asking him why not include for deferred action for the parents of kids that have already received deferred action. For the first time yesterday, White House Press secretary ernst indicated some things have changed since then. Obviously there have some things that have changed. We have been in a situation where the president ordered a broader indepth review of existing law to determine what sort of executive authority does rest with the presidency to determine what kind of steps he could take on his own. Joining me now is msnbc Amanda Sakuma who has done so much reporting around the issue. What a pleasure to see you. Good morning, jose. Based on your reporting, what do we expect out of the white house . Things have changed but how much since last year or the year before when i asked him the same question or the year before that . Reporter now president obama is expected to shield from deportation any type of undocumented immigrants who have americanborn children here or anyone with hightech skills. But now notably, there are reports that they will not be eligible for health care subsidizes under the Affordable Care act. Now white house Officials Say theyre still nailing down the details of what exactly will be in the actions, but it is expected that it will be model modelled after daca which was largely successful in shielding hundreds of thousands of young dreamers from deportation offering the work permits but notably without health care. Yeah and just its important to point out that dack kids are not eligible for bachobamacare, theyre not eligible for any kind of federal assistance programs. Youve been covering the activism angle. Weve heard so many numbers. What are you hearing from them . What are the numbers that the president is considering . Young dreamer groups and advocates groups on capitol hill to press lawmakers who are threatening to put the executive action in jeopardy. As many as 4 to 5 million undocumented immigrants could be shielded. To many of the dreamers these are deeply parent. These are their parents. Theyre taking it to saying this is my mom or dad. I want them to stay in the u. S. With me. Yeah. We just heard from maria,er can erika andiolas mother who could be deported next month. I want to bring your attention to something youve been reporting on. Theres closure of a Controversial Center for immigration families. Exactly. It seems that the Obama Administration is doubling down on Family Detention Centers is coming off as deeply problematic to human rights advocates. Basically theyre shutting this temporary facilitying that is holding mostly immigrant women and children. Theyre transferring them to a far larger facility in texas that could hold as many as 2400 individuals. The federal Officials Say its the best way to ensure their Immigration Court cases are making their way through the court in an expeditionus fashions. Many dont want these to exist at all. Amanda sakuma, thank you so much for your time. And since the legal aspect of all of this is key, let me bring in a lawyer immigration attorney with deep knowledge about the issue alma rosa. What a pleasure to see you. Pleasure to see you as well. What impact legally would the president s pending actions have on the way the system currently works . It would be huge. It would be first, it would be a message to congress that they have to do something. Our system is obviously broken. It is archaic, its not functional. This is a message were going to do something because congress hasnt. But for the families that it would affect of course it i think it would boost the economy. It will allow people to start businesses. To go back to school. It would be a great plus for the nation. Alma rosa. We have talked so much about this over the last ten years. But one of the things that folks say is if you give legalization to 4, 5, 6million people that may cause a waive of people from central america, from mexico to come over here because they here theres something of legalization going on in the United States. Is that a possibility . It could. I doubt it. These new executive actions that the president ments to take of course, will require a certain amount of time to be in the United States. Five to ten years. Anyone coming across now would not benefit from the changes. So i dont see this as happening. Also another reason why we should fix immigration system so we dont have pore us borders. You have your finger on the pulse of so many people in the Hispanic Community that live in mixed status families. Tell me about what it means to be in a mixed status family. And how important this issue is for them. Greatly. I can talk about one particular case. A young woman admitted to harvard. Undocumented mother and undocumented father. Other children undocumented. She went through harvard crossing her fingers every day that she wouldnt be deported. Now thanks to daca was able to obtain some legalization. Because it means someone is legal in some way. She has at least a permit. Now is working at a topnotch job because she had this opportunity. So this is obviously, allowing families not only to Stay Together but to explore and use their brilliance in this country. Anna rosa, i want you back, if you would be kind very shortly. We talked about the fact that when something is announced to give people the opportunity to come out from the shadows there are a lot of those in the community that try to exploit that. I want to talk about that in the future. We need to a warning about what is going to happen and what is not going to happen. Very true. I would love to do that. Thank you so much. See you soon. Imagine being stuck in this. 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Since wove been stuck about 28 hours, were just like sitting ducks. Were just stuck. We have about 4 feet surrounding the car. You know, front to back. Nobody is getting out of their cars. Nobody really can. So were pretty much just sitting here and waiting for something to happen. One of the folks strand by the snowstorm in western new york. 29 of the purple eagles ss plus their coaches and family members were coming back from a game in pittsburgh when their bus got stuck on the new york throughway. A limited amount of food and water but enough electricity to keep their phone charged and tweets flying. They were rescued around 4 00 a. M. This morning. Joining me now is the head coach of the team. Kendra, thank you for being where me. Thank you for having me. Take us inside the bus. What was it like when you realized you were trap . Caller well, you know it was step by step. First we were slow then we were stopped, then we were stopped and we continued to be stopped. And, you know, with every sort of passing hour, you know we had to keep ourselves focussed on you know what we could control and making sure that we had a plan if we were there for an extended period of time. Our bus driver was great. Our Coaching Staff did a great job that making 0 sure our players were focussed on what we could control. Social media really helped us actually. As we it really gave us something to do. And focus on and have some fun with. Overall we were stranded for a long time. We had a good time with each other i think which was the best possible thing we could have in the situation. When i see the pictures you tweeted out and you have been putting on different social media. It looks like theyre smiling. I would imagine 26 hours is a long time for people to be in a small space. How did you keep the smiles going . Yeah. Social media helped. We did, you know, we played some games. We watched movies. We were fortunate enough, unlike the caller that i caught the end of before me we were fortunate enough we were in a motor coach. We had power and we had movies. We had 15 players entertain my sons so they didnt go crazy as well. We played games. They made up songs. We made videos. Anything we could do to keep ourselves busy. As it started to get dark you could tell there was a little bit of tension. Were trying to keep close contact with the authorities and First Responders and time lines. Theres a lot going on. And so those kept getting pushed back which was unnerving. But probably more unnerving for First Responders that are trying to help the people that are stuck. Kendra the head of the Niagara University Womens Basketball team. Thank you very much so much for being with me. Thank you, i appreciate it. Within the past hour a South Carolina judge has started issuing the first samesex marriage licenses in that state. The move came ahead of the state attorney general intervening to block such unions. Nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams is in washington. Pete, good morning what can you tell us about this . These are the first marriage licenses to be issued in the deep south. So it has some symbolic significance significance. The question is whether it will hold. There were Court Decisions in South Carolina last week. Court decisions one last week. One just this week saying the states ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional. The first is the key one. It said that those marriage licenses can go ahead. The state has now challenged and gone to the Fourth Circuit court of appeals. It turned the state down. Now the state has gone to the u. S. Supreme court and said we need to stop. We want to challenge it. Please put a hold on granting any licenses. Thats sitting before john roberts, not only the chief justice but the circuit justice for that part of the country and the state is waiting for him to respond. In the normal course what would happen here is that the chief justice would ask the other side for a response and then and only then would he issue any kind of an answer to that. So were waiting to see what the Supreme Court is going to do here in the meantime the marriage licenses are going ahead. It should be noted that South Carolina is part of the Fourth Circuit court of appeals. Its no surprise that the Fourth Circuit said no and already upheld lower decisions that is unconstitutional. The samesex marriage ban in virginia. Its part of the Fourth Circuit. Thank you very much. Also making political waves throughout today power players and potential president ial front runners from the left and the right meeting today. The center for American Progress holding the Second Annual conference in washington, d. C. Hud secretary spoke this morning. Elizabeth warren is expected later today. Republican governors are meeting in florida. The first meeting since the midterm vingt i ares. Its giving a look at the top gop candidates for the white house. Many top gop candidates for 2016 are there including new jerseys Chris Christie wisconsins scott walker and rick perry of texas. Joining me now senior political reporter perry bacon in d. C. And at the rga is msnbc Political Correspondent kasie hunt. Good morning to both of you. Perry, i want to start with you. On the left you have some new reporting on Hillary Clinton and the timing of a possible president ial announcement. What can you tell us . Thank you for having me jose. Our understanding is Hillary Clinton is likely to announce her decision in january. We of course expect shell end up deciding to run. Im told theres some small chance she wouldnt. Shes still thinking about it but likely to run another important detail is Hillary Clintons 08 was based in the washington, d. C. , area while was obamas based in chicago. It was a mistake they had the campaign in d. C. Too many reporters around. So theyre talking about having the Campaign Based in the suburban new york. Probably the town of white plains. Somewhere away a little bit away from the big cities and all of us reporters. Interesting. Kasie hunt, you have governors kristy kristychristina brown christie. What else is on the agenda besides Chris Christie . Dont forget walker. Im sorry this is primary a chance for Chris Christie to take a little bit of a victory lap. The Republicans Governor Association did very well this cycle. Theyll have more republican governors next year than theyve had since 1998. But as you noted, this really is sort of at gng is all here kind of constitute. With republicans saying they think their president ial nominee should be somebody out of washington should come from the state. Should have the experience of being governor this is article chance for all of them to kick the tires a little bit and get a read on what it might look like. Ly say theres a pretty big shadow here being cast by somebody who is not in attendance. And thats former Florida Governor jeb bush. And with all of the discussion about whether or not hes running his open consideration of running, if he were to decide to step in 2016 that would have Significant Impact on the hopes of many of the currently serving governors. Yeah. Its funny. The ones say it should be chief executive from a state are governors, you know. The ones that are saying that. Funny how that works. Yeah, i know its a coincidence. Perry, republicans are taking this victory lap. How are democrats getting the Party Parties act together after the losses. They lost in the house the senate, and the governors race. Theyre being blunt here. Neera tandem the think tank head of the event was open saying we lost a lot of races, you know, on election day. We need to think about what are the new ideas if our party so we dont lose again in 12016. The big focus im hearing so far a lot of talk about wage stagnation. Wage stagnation. The idea being that most people in the country feel like theyre not gaining economically. And president obama has not solved that the republicans whichever party can figure out how to make sure people in the middle class are moving forward is the thing that democrats have been talking about. You hear a lot of talk about ideas about it whether its increasing the minimum wage, trying to help unions. The focus is on how do we talk better and communicate better with the middle class. Perry bacon and kasie hunt thank you so much for being with me this morning. Thank you. Up next on the rundown ferguson Business Owners. 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And your point is. So you can download music, games, and directions for the road when you need them. Whos this guy . Oh thats charlie. You ever put pepper spray on your burrito . I like it spicy but not like uggggh spicy. He always like this . You have no idea. At t. The nations most reliable 4g lte network. I firmly believe the secret service is better in this incident, i openly acknowledge that a failure of this magnitude, especially in light of other recent incidents requires immediate action and longer term reform. That was the acting director of the Psychiatry Service Joseph Clancey at the congressional hearing minutes ago admitting his agency dropped the ball during the white house Security Breach in september. Well be keeping an eye on that for you this morning. I wanted to go back to ferguson. The city in the mirsz of a nervewracking waiting game. Any day now the grand jury will decide if officer Darren Wilson will stand trial for the death of michael brown. Joining me now from the ground in ferguson National Reporter for usa today and reverend of the First Baptist church. Thank you so much. Tell us about how the decision plays out on the legal side. What happens if Darren Wilson is indicted or if hes not well from the legal side, if hes indicted well see him go through a legal process. Hell be arraigned, hell be arrested, and well see motions. If he doesnt plea to something well see a trial and hell be convicted or acquitted. If hes not indicted theres still a federal investigation. He could be charged federally. Of course he could also be charged he could also face civil action. He could be sued by Michael Browns family. Those options are still open if he is not indicted. If he is indicted. If hes indicted well see a trial before we see the feds move in and the family suing him. Yeah, rechbd youre training people on how to interact with the police in protesting. What are you expecting from the decision. How are you preparing . Well, we are engaging a rich tradition of nonviolence civil disobedience predicated upon our Constitutional Rights and our inailble rights. Through nonviolence civil obedience we have provided people the kind of resources necessary. Theres been legal training. Unfortunately weve had to do medic training. How do you deal with tear gas, how do you deal with pepper spray, what to do if someone is hurt. While this process has gone on for several 100 days the summer of tear gas turned into a winter of waiting. City is on edge. Were doing all we can to keep our organizers, our community, and our democracy safe. And a question to both of you. Yesterday Governor Nixon a 16person panel. A message to send on the day he called in the National Guard, right reverend . Yes. At the same time he issued a state of emergency which mobilizes the National Guard as well as the policing officials of this area have acquired some quarter Million Dollars in militarized weaponry. Which seems the case theyre preparing for war. While call for peace. Were struggling to preserve and save our democracy. And tell me what struck you in this covering. What sticks in your minds . How calm it is right now. I think a lot of people are somewhat offended by the fact that the governor has called in the state of emergency. It doesnt look like an mrjt emergency now. The governor put in before when there was snow damage. Theres some precedent. People are saying ferguson is getting the reputation its a war zone. That people are violent here. There are riots. As someone that covered it for a month and a half. There were days of violence but for the most part 90 of the time people have been peaceful. I think a lot of people are somewhat offended by this and some are frustrated. For over 100 days these protests have been mostly nonviolent. People have been disciplined. On august 9th a child was unarmed, shot and left in the street for four and a half hours. A Police Officer i have spent more days in jail and more time in jail than Darren Wilson as a nonviolent protester. And the Police Responded with an unconstitutional level of violence against peaceful protesters. And so let us never lose track of Michael Browns body and all of the Michael Browns of america. Thank you so much for being with me this morning. Appreciate your time. Coming up. The weather. Its frightful. Weve been showing you the time lapse video of the snow wall over buffalo, new york. And that got us to thinking about how cool time lapse video really is. Check out this one from new york city. Last years tree going up. Eventually it got lit. Our five things weather lapse is next. [singing to himself] here she comes now sayin mony mony. 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So they showed us who does what, when, and where. Then we hit them with the important question why . Why put the tools over there . Do you really need those five steps . What if you can do it in two . Whoo, thats an interesting question. Ideas for improvement started pouring out. With a little help from us, they actually doubled their output speed. A hundred percent bump in efficiency. If you just need a loan, just call a bank. But at ge capital, were builders. I want to take you to the east room live right now. The east room of the white house where president obama will be speaking at an event about getting more high Speed Internet across the nations schools. Hell be join bied secretary are knee dun arne duncan. Its expected to start at the top of the hour. Well be watching. Well keep a close eye on the white house for the next couple of days. And every day. And if you couldnt tell though, weather is driving the rundown this morning. Snow and snow and more snow in upstate new york. More than 5 feet. Thats almost as big as my production assistant. And check this out. My staff and i have been obsessed with time lapse of snow covering lake erie and buffalo. Here are five things weather lapse. Number one, lava. This comes from hawaii. Lava sped up luckily for residents in the 50th state lava doesnt flow this fast. The view from space. Lightning, an aurora and a sunrise all in one bead. Thanks to the magic of time lapse. Its dark but its there. Number three back to the west coast. Look at San Francisco skies. Someones heart definitely left in there. Rain and wind flying across the San Francisco bay earlier there year. Number four, a twister. This twomile wide tornado ripping through southern Oklahoma City last year. The footage has been sped up by ten times. Number five im sorry to tell you this. I want to leave you with this. Miami sunset. Even though its kind of cold in here. Its almost 60 degrees. Well, it was this morning. Its getting warmer now. 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Nobody really can. Were pretty much just sitting here waiting for something to happen. The Womens Basketball team from Niagara University were rescued early this morning after their bus got trapped for 26 hours about an hour away from their buffalo campus. They rationed