Good evening to our viewers on the west coast. With pen to paper, President Trump sent a strong signal to americas trading partners there will be a new playing field. Making good on his promise to withdraw from the Transpacific Partnership agreement while putting u. S. Businesses on notice that there will be a price to pay for moving jobs offshore. On the First Business day of his presidency, mr. Trump moved quickly to begin dismantling obamaera policies, refocusing on the job ahead after seizing on a headshaking distraction over the weekend. Our White House CorrespondentHallie Jackson starts us off tonight. Reporter at the white house, a reset already after a rocky start. On his first full white house workday, President Trump most notably backing out of the Transpacific Partnership, a major deal that would have made it easier to trade with allies around the pacific to counter china. Weve been talking about this for a long time. Reporter the move winning praise from people like senator bernie sanders, and from mark gliptus, a labor leader in west virginia. 100 behind trump as far as the renegotiation of that specific treaty. Thats not the only one. Reporter an Administration Aide tells nbc the tpp move fulfilling a Campaign Pledge is the first step in renegotiating big trade deals including nafta with canada and mexico. When will you begin to renegotiate nafta . At the appropriate time. In theory well be keeping higherwage jobs by pulling out of trade deals, but we might see the cost of goods increase. Reporter President Trump also today implementing a hiring freeze for federal workers, except military members, and reinstating a reaganera policy to ban recipients of u. S. Foreign aid from suggesting or providing abortions. All of it amid a flurry of photo ops from west wing meetings with Business Leaders from places like dow, lockheed martin, and ford. The president promising to cut regulations and taxes. To say the president was engaged was an understatement. Reporter todays push on policy a stark contrast to what critics called the petty over the first 72 hours of the Trump Administration with the president harping on the size of his inaugural crowd. His press secretary today pressed about his own inaccurate claims. Our intention is never to lie to you. Reporter at points sean spicer on defense clearly frustrated. Its a little demoralizing to turn on the tv day after day and hear, cant do this, this guys not going to get confirmed no way theyre going to go through. Reporter to that point President Trump today calling reporters back into the roosevelt room wheres miss jackson . Reporter why . To witness praise from Union Leaders about his inauguration speech. That was a great moment for working men and women of the country. Thank you. You may never hear that on television. Reporter the president s holding a reception here tonight for leaders of both parties, including a one on one with House Speaker paul ryan as his cabinet comes closer to reality. Cia chief mike pompeo is expected to be confirmed tonight. Rex tillerson just cleared his Biggest Senate hurdle, looking all but certain to be installed as the next secretary of state next week. Hallie jackson at the white house, thank you. Meantime the new president is already being taken to court being sued over his business interests. A liberal Watchdog Group claims President Trump is violating a constitutional ban on accepting gifts from foreign governments. We get details from our justice correspondent pete williams. Reporter first lawsuit of its kind against the wealthiest president in modern times. Over a clause in the constitution that bans Public Officials from receiving any present or payment, what the framers called emolument, of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state. A liberal ethics Watchdog Group says mr. Trump is kneedeep in violations. Weve never had a president whos had such vast financial interests that are so entangled with those of foreign governments and that are as secret as donald trumps. Reporter the suit lists a dozen trump business interests worldwide it says now violate that ban or will soon. Among them, each time a foreign diplomat pays to stay or puts on an event in the president s washington hotel. Services provided by the government of dubai for the Trump International golf club opening next month. Permits sought from china for the Trump Organization to build Luxury Hotels there. Mr. Trump today brushed off the lawsuit. Without merit. Totally without merit. Reporter he has said hell give the u. S. Treasury the profits from any foreign payments at the hotel, which his lawyer says dont count anyway. Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present, and it has nothing to do with an office. Reporter mr. Trump has said hell have his two sons run the business, but the suit says that wont solve the problem. To win the ethics group must also show that its directly harmed by any constitutional violation. The legal experts say its claim of harm that its having to spend time and money suing mr. Trump isnt enough. This is a pretty out of the box idea. The notion that because theyve had to work harder, that somehow they are injured enough to be able to be successful in a lawsuit on this subject. Reporter one of the goals of the lawsuit is getting access to mr. Trumps tax return. But even if this case doesnt get to first base, legal sources say other lawsuits are in the pipeline, perhaps even from a competing hotel. So this issue is not going away, lester. Pete williams in washington, thank you. Now to the wicked weather. All across the country this evening, a ferocious tornado outbreak causing a deadly path of destruction across the south. And tonight two huge storms are lashing the east and west coast, including a noreaster with Tropical Storm force winds. Miguel, whats the news there . Cleanup could take days, if not weeks. The river is partially washed away. As for the folks that live just on the other side of this street, they could be trapped for another day. In Southern California, the strongest storm to pummel this region in years brought record rainfall, mudslides and a flood of water rescues. Men, women and children caught in rushing rapids, this car swept away half a mile. It went by in probably, i dont know, 30 seconds. Reporter here a firefighter clutched a toddler. The two swept down stream before being plucked to safety. Three days of relentless rain caused hills to crumble, mud to flow into homes as hundreds were ordered to evacuate. Eduarte, ground scorched by fire last summer, is washing away today, a neighborhood on the edge. We decided we wanted to stay and protect our house. Reporter with travel treacherous, two major freeways in Southern California were flooded by four feet of water. At least three are dead, one woman killed in bed by a falling tree. In the sierra nevada, seven feet of snow in five days, and now the threat of avalanches. California is on pace for its wettest year on record, now one of the most destructive. Miguel almaguer, nbc news, santa clarita, california. This is blake mccoy in long island, new york. High winds tonight are battering the east coast as a fastmoving noreaster whips gusts up to 60 miles per hour, toppling streetlights in new jersey, flinging trees into homes. I heard the crack and knew something was wrong. Reporter in philadelphia, a 60yearold man was killed by flying debris. Police say he was struck by a sign that flew off a car dealership. A piece of this downtown mural fell onto two parked cars. On new yorks long island, crews spent the day shoring up sand dunes to protect against coastal flooding. The regions airports are reporting hundreds of delays and cancellations. The storm is impacting 23 million americans, but unlike most january noreasters, this one wont bring much snow. Temperatures are too warm. Instead, wind and rain with Power Outages being the biggest concern. Tonight thousands of people are already in the dark. As you can see, the damage from this storm is already widespread. These heavy winds and rain are expected to continue overnight and into the morning. Lester . Blake mccoy, thanks. Across the country, some 50 Million People are under weather threats, and the violent tornado outbreak in the south have left massive devastation in its wake. It gave rise to the deaths of 20 people, most of them in georgia. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is there with more. Reporter the destruction stretches for miles from mobile home parks to twostory houses. In georgia alone, at least 15 people are dead, several are missing. We were helping look for a twoyearold child that had been swept away in the tornado. Reporter an agonizing path of devastation leading right to a driveway in albany. This is the moment Linda Freeman first sees her childhood home in pieces, the place where the tornado took her father. Wow. Reporter his roof collapsed on him. Today her world came crashing down. Our house has a basement, and if he had known it was coming, i know he would have got in that basement. Reporter paul freeman was 81 years old, a retired air force pilot who loved to hunt. His friends called him major. He had a huge heart, and im going to really miss him. Reporter he was among the 20 People Killed across the south. 41yearold amanda rowe died in cook county, georgia. 72yearold simone cox and three others died saturday in mississippi. In all, 44 reports of tornado damage across six states in just 48 hours. Overnight, howling winds pounded parts of florida, tossing boats and ripping through homes. I mean, this whole park here was covered with nothing but pine trees. You can see whats left. Reporter but it is georgia that felt the brunt of this latest system as daugherty county Police Captain tom jackson showed us. It looked like a bomb had just exploded back here. Reporter an emotional battle Linda Freeman hoped she would never have to endure, going through her fathers memories. Theres his uniform. Im going to bury him in that. Reporter there are some things these storms could not kick. Reporter this area barely had time to recover from another set of severe storms just three weeks ago. Lester . Gabe gutierrez there for us tonight, thank you. Al roker is tracking it all for us tonight. Al, a very busy night on the radar across the country. What are you watching first . Lester, thanks so much. The remnants of this storm out west, its going to have a bit of a legacy as it dumps snow into the rockies, but as we continue east, heavy snow upwards of eight inches in minnesota all the way into wisconsin. Here in the east, weve got a big mess along the interstates as this noreaster makes its way up the coast. The low pressure system deep enough to be a category 1 hurricane, and look at the airport delays. Boston nothing, but thats going to change as the night wears on. As we push into the evening, look at these wind gusts. Were talking 35 to 45 to 55 miles per hour, but as we get into tomorrow, a little bit less but still problems for the airports as you make your way up into boston. This system pushes up, got a lot of heavy rain with it. One to three inches on the coast. Look for a mix of snow and sleet and freezing rain, and look at this by tuesday. Upwards of eight inches into central new york, but the good news, lester, things calm down in the middle of the week. Al roker, thanks very much. Encouraging news this evening about a former first couple. Officials say president h. W. Bush is being removed from the intensive care unit at a hospital in houston where hes being treated for kom complications from pneumonia. The couple tweeted out a thanks for all the prayers and good wishes. Mrs. Bush has been released for her hospitalization for bronchitis. Still ahead, the tax season and scams. Why scamming your tax refund is on the rise. A warning for women more ghastly than doctors previously thought. Believe it or not, today is believe it or not, today is the first day that americans can file their tax returns for the tax year 2016. An important day for millions who file early in order to receive their tax refunds early. But this year, millions of refunds are being delayed as the irs tries to crack down on scammers who steal taxpayers identities, making off with the money you are owed. Heres the warning from nbcs tom costello. Reporter its big business stealing taxpayer identities then applying for and stealing refunds. Scammers made off with more than 3 billion in 2014. Last year, a 400 surge in phishing and malware tax scams. In ohio, jim found someone had applied for a 25,000 refund in his name. They had my Social Security number, they had my wifes Social Security number. Reporter it happened to lisa in washington state. They had entered in deductions in order to create a substantial refund, a little over 5,000, that was being sent to a routing number and account number that i had never seen before. Reporter the refund, wired to a mysterious prepaid credit card. Aaron stocks owns a Jackson Hewitt tax preparation franchise in los angeles. Ive had over 20 in my local offices. 20 cases of people having their identities stolen . Yes. Its very, very common. Reporter to weed out tax fraud the irs is delaying refunds for 40 million americans to make sure the refunds are legit. Most filing today wont get refunds until late february. These people arent people making a lot of money. This is their biggest check. They need to pay off credit card bills from christmas, to get the car repaired. To wait 30 days really could hurt them. Reporter to avoid becoming a tax fraud victim, file your taxes early before a criminal can. Avoid ever giving out your Social Security number. The irs wont call or email asking for it. And pay for Credit Monitoring Service to watch for fraud. The scammer who targeted lisas family still hasnt been caught. And proving anyone can be a victim watch your Social Security number. That is the key. Reporter jim is an ohio congressman, introducing a bill to fight taxrelated identity theft. Tom costello, nbc news, los angeles. We are back in a moment with rescue workers rejoicing when they find some of the smallest survivors of a deadly avalanche. Oooh when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. [ sighs sadly ] try this. 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