divided we stand. president trump set to deliver his state of the union address, to a bitterly split congress and country. just ahead, what to watch before tonight. cross-country mess. a winter storm that s about to spread snow, ice and rain from the midwest to new england. al is tracking it all. those stories plus, inside the outbreak. the race to get americans out of china, as cases of the coronavirus triple in the last week. fight of his life. i have to tell you something today that i wish i didn t have to tell you. conservative radio host rush limbaugh reveals his lung cancer diagnosis. what it means for the future of his show. and hometown heroes. the super bowl-winning chiefs arrive in kansas city, with the trophy in hand. their plans for a massive victory parade. as j. lo pulls back the curtain on what led up to that unforgettable halftime performance. today, tuesday, february 4th, 2020. from nbc news, this is today, with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb,
not commit any crime. he used the words of the president s defenders that they said during the clinton impeachment trial. it certainly doesn t have to be a crime if you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you don t need a technical crime. what s a high crime? how about itf an important persn hurts somebody of low means. it s not very scholarly, but i think it s the truth. i think that s what they meant by high crimes. doesn t have to be a crime. house manager adam schiff em employed the use of a powerpoint to draw a comparison between donald trump s infamous ukraine phone call and calls made by previous commanders in chief. he used images of recent presidents from both parties wielding the oval office phone at historic moments in u.s. history. president trump isn t using just twitter to get his message out during this trial, politico says legal staffers have set up a communicat
argument in the senate. the senators as you may have heard are basically prisoners, they re not allowed to leave the chamber. and they are only permitted to drink water or milk. [ laughter ] which i have to say i find disgusting. to me there are few things more revolting than an adult drinking milk. it s gross, i don t like it. these are long days for the senators. many of them are reported to be restless. they were standing at their desks, walking around. rand paul had a crossword puzzles. a few of them had fidget spinners. i don t know where they got fidget spinners, maybe from 2017. the senators are required to stay in their seats the whole eight hours. they re allowed limited beverages, limited snacks. it s like a flight to new zealand in there. for the most part they appear to be paying attention. i mentioned this last night because the senate is in control of the cameras, not the news media, so we have to rely on courtroom sketches to show us what s going on on the side
right now at live desk i m staying on top of breaking news in houston. a gas explosion at an industrial business has rocked several homes. this is a live picture now coming in from our sister station there. you can see the aftermath, leveled properties there. smoke coming from the area. i want to swipe to this video. this is video from someone s porch. you can see that explosion out in the distance. our sister station there is staying on top of this story. i want to go to courtney fisher s tweets. this video, she s inside someone s home. you can see this camera move around. look at this. this is one of the people living in the home. all of the items on the floor. things coming down from the ceiling. looks like everything has just been leveled from the top there. that s unfortunate to see this morning. we do know there have been some injuries reported. moving down to some other tweets. she had pictures from inside a home. this one here, you can see the dishes are broken. thing
new details in the case of the pillowcase rapist. how police tracked down the suspect after nearly 40 years. what they say he was building beneath his house and what he was allegedly hiding in his safe. plus, the unusual accident in california wine country. nearly 100,000 gallons of red wine spilling. the concern this morng. the stunner down under. a surprise for serena williams on the court just before coco gauff takes center stage. and they re trying to stay awake. what some senators are doing now to make it through the opening statements of the impeachment trial. good friday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. i m kenneth moton. and i m kaylee hartung in for janai norman. we begin with that mystery virus from china and several breaking developments overnight. the u.s. state department has issued a new travel warning as we get word of a third possible case here in the united states. a college student in tennessee and another in texas are now being t