necessary in order to trigger a nuclear weapon. this is a june 7th image. we ll switch now to the june 21st image where according to a u.s. watchdog group shows earth-moving equipment covered up a lot of evidence and water tanks were used to clean out buildings. if history repeats itself we ll see the iranians to suddenly decide to allow inspectors into the facility to buy themselves a little more time. martha? martha: leland, thank you so much. leland vittert in jerusalem. gregg: the united states apparently doing its own show of force. new reports that the pentagon has ordered more american warships into the persian gulf, this after iran threatened to disrupt traffic in the strait of hormuz. more u.s. fighter jets will also be available in case the standoff over iran s nuclear weapons program escalates. the deployments also reportedly part of an effort to reassure israel that the united states is doing everything it can to deal with tehran. martha: just to give you an idea
pressure tehran to make different decisions about pursuing nuclear weapons. leland vittert joins us live in jerusalem. how serious is this military drill, leland? reporter: very serious considering the missiles being launched. you threaten us economically, we will threaten you with missiles. the video they put out is of the shahab-3 missile that has range of 1250 miles. it would hit israel and 100,000 u.s. troops are in harm s way. iranians made it clear whoer this shooting at. they built mockups what they call enemy military bases for them to launch the missiles out. the it also comes as the iranians are sabre rattling potentially closing the straits of hormuz where 20% of the world s oil flows every single day. partly in response to this the united states reportedly has amassed a lot of fire power in the region right now in case things get a little frisky. perhaps, martha, to try to send a message to the iranians that we will not tolerate this kind of stuff anymore. marth
25 past. with a live look at the satellite image there. there you can see the graphics as to why things look the way they do. to the left of your screen with the white house, really buried in snow right now. and we re keeping abreast of everything going on there in this mid-atlantic nightmare. road conditions are extremely hazardous right now in several areas. this fierce storm is already blamed for hundreds of accidents, at least two deaths reported in virginia as a result as well. joining me live on the phone is the spokesperson with the virginia department of emergency management. good morning, laura. good morning, how are you? great, thanks. i m probably doing a little better than you and people viewing us from the virginia area. i know you re very busy. what s top on your priority list right now? well, we want to keep people safe, obviously, and the best thing we can do is encourage people in the strongest way possible to stay off the roads. you said that there are two
are working sort of a limited schedule. those are mostly in the central and southern portions of the state. i don t have any information right now about the airports in northern virginia. the best advice is call your airline, and really, don t even plan to travel. you don t need to be on the roads. yeah, okay. well, laura southard, thank you for that update from the virginia department of emergency management. thank you. and we re keeping a very close eye on the capitol hilton right now. that s because the president is there speaking to the democrats at the democratic national committee convention, a gathering there. it s an annual event. so, the president made his way to the capitol hilton just a few blocks away from the white house. probably climbed in an suv there to get to the capitol hilton, given that snow. let s listen to what the president is saying. ray buckley, our dnc vice chair from new hampshire, alex germond, secretary tobias, treasurer, thank you for the
new this hour on msnbc saturday, a blizzard buries the washington, d.c., area, paralyzing the nation s capital. we re live as the snow keeps on coming. airport travelers stranded in whiteout conditions. the latest flight cancellations and what this means for those traveling by train as well. plus, as the storm heads north, how bad will it get? we ll get the very latest from the weather channel. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt. 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. we ll have all those stories, plus, security at the super bowl is getting stepped up. we have a live report from miami. meantime, widespread power outages are affecting over 250,000 people in southern new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania and the d.c. area. meantime, airports have canceled flights. amtrak has suspended services and churches have called off weekend worship as officials advise people to just stay home. we re also seeing hundreds of accidents out there on the roads and at least