Its tuesday, january 8th. We begin with new data that proves the Trump Administration has t been given false informatn toiv make its case that theres crisis on the border and that a wall is needed so badly that its worth shutting down the government for. The claim is that thousands of parents are trying to come in to the country. We have terrorists coming through thero southern border e because thats the easiest place come to through. Weve stopped special intereste aliens coming into t country. We know that roughly nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists come in to our countrye illegally and we know that our most vulnerable point of entry is at our southern ur border. We apprehended more than ten terrorist or suspected terrorists per day at our southern border. All right. The governments data, those that actually d disputes that. Nbc news obtained customs and borderd protection data provid to congress back in may of 2018. It only found six nonu. S. Residents or citizens in the terror database that were stopped byor the cbp at the southern border in the first half of the year. In hafact, the number was great on the northern border, with canada, where the data shows that 41 people were stopped. Again, the Trump Administration heard has been saying thousands when the number t according to the governments own data is actually six. Democratic congressional leaders are demanding equal time to address the nation tonight. After the Major TelevisionNetworks Plan to air an address from President Trump to explain why he believes theres a National Security crisis at the border. Theis president announced his speech in a tweet on monday afternoon and sources tells nbc news as early as monday evening, cbs, abc, fox and nbc had decided to air the address, msnbc, cnn and fox news are planning to air the speech. There have been instance, however, where president s request w were rejected as bein sufficiently news worthy like president obamas in 2014. Tomorrow night ill be announcing some steps i can taka to fix our broken immigration system. What illmi be laying out are things iay can do with my lawfu authority as president to make the system work better, even ast i continue to work with congress. So, tune in tomorrow night at 8 00. Butht the networks did not broadcast that speech. A Network Insider said at the time there wasin agreements amo the broadcast networks that this was overtly political. The white house has tried to make aha comparison to a time tt all the networks carried president bush in primetime also related toso immigration but th wasmm a bipartisan announcement and this is an overtly political move by the white house. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer put outer a statement yesterday that read in part, unfortunately President Trump keeps rejecting the bipartisan house passed bills which have already received support. If his past statements will be full ofst malice and misinformation. Democrats must be given equal air time. John cornyn replied to the statement with sarcasm. Sweating. Coming up on morning joe, Democratic Senators will weigh s in on the status of the Government Shutdowne and the n efforts to find a resolution. President trumps primetime address tonight will be followed by all trip to the southern border. They will be highlighting his demand for a wall. Trump will meet with those on front lines of the National Security and humanitarian crisis. With the H White House and Congressional Democrats continuing to fight over border wallo funding. The wall street journal reports that during a private meeting with aides at camp david, President Trump said he t wanted to come up with a resolution to the end shutdown without him appearing to have capitulated to democrats. White house officials disputed that account. Said the president did not make such a statement. So amid the Government Shutdown hundreds of thousands ofwn federal workers are bracin forre a paycheck that wont be the mail this week. Tom costello has more. Reporter in ogden, utah the bickering sisters cafe was nearlyfe empty at lunch time. The 4,000 federal employees working across the street are furloughed. They are my regular customers. The r biggest population in downtown ogden as far as the lunch and breakfast crowd. Reporter 800,000 federal workers are00 impacted. Washington, d. C. , maryland, virginia, california and texas. In Colorado Forest Service workers are furloughed. No paycheck. The uncertainty is hard. Because you have to be strong for your kids. Yo its tough to wake up and have your wife reassure you that everything is y going to be all right. Reporter if the government remains shut down 51,000 tsa employees will not get paid on n friday. Already some have called out sick in protest. But brian turner is still showing up for work. It shouldnt be allowed to happen because we work for our money just like everybody else. We shouldyb get paid for our services. That was tom costello reporting. The sttsa say the number of workers callinge out has had a minimal impact so far but the agency is warning travellers may have to wait longer in security lines. Joining us now from washington, d. C. , neil. Lets discuss the nbc news piece which shatters President Trumps reasoningmp behind the need for border wall. They were using terrorism, National Security as a driving force behind that crisis citing thousands of people being arrested at the southern border. Only six have been arrested according to the governments own data. What can we expect from the president s speech tonight given this new reporting. . What could he make as his sales speech if this has been debunked . It wouldnt surprise me if the president s sales pitch is that there are thousands of terrorists being apprehended at the southern border. The pattern weve seen here is the facts dont necessarily come in toce play when were talking about the rhetoric coming out of the president or the white house when it comes to immigration. This is probably the most obvious example weve seen yet of where sort of the Government Data doesnt necessarily line up with what the president is saying or tweeting. So, really, it wouldnt surprise me if what the president says tonight needs to be sort of fact checked in realtime. So talking about being fact checked, the president that is, we know that democrats are pushing back for equal time to state their imcase. Dor networks have a responsibility, an obligation to do tyso, especially if it means Fact Checking the president and what he has to say . Well, you know, that response to the state of the Union Address that the minority leader always does every year, sometimes feels like something of a sjoke, so i think that it important that there are voices on the democratic side and certainly even republicans who areai not necessarily with trum onss the immigration issue certainly i would hope that the networks would give them an opportunity to express their position asre well. But weve all seen those responses to the state of the unionsp address, at least where none of us necessarily are paying quite as much attention. Really the president is the one everyone will Pay Attention to even if democrats get the air time thatge they seek. Be hard to fact check him in realtime when you dont know what hes going to say. Yougo can only anticipate wh hell cisay. Neil, thank you very much. Ha so President Trump has tweeted some thoughts late last night writing quote endless wars especially those which are fought out of judgment, mistakes that were made many years ago and those where were getting littlee financial or military help from the rich countries that so greatly benefit from what were doing will eventually come to aev glorious end. That cameor several hours after the president attempted one again to alter his original statements o regarding his immediate troop withdrawalng fr syria tweeting out, quote, the failing New York Times has knowingly writtenk a very inaccurate story on my intentions on o syria. No different from my original statements. Well be leaving at a proper pace while at the same time t continue to fight isis and doing all a else thats prudent and necessary. Thats the president s position thiss week is far different from what he stated lasthe month when he claimed isc was defeated and u. S. Troops will be coming back immediately. Take a listen. We have won against isis. Weve beaten them and weve beaten them badly. We wont be finally pulled out until isis isll gone. So our boys, our young women, our men, they are all coming back. And they are comingal back now. Were going to be removing our troops. Ie never said were doing it tt quickly. How long . Its going quickly. Meanwhile u. S. And congressional officials says the administration ishe seeking plas to imprison 900,000 isis members and00 their family. They warned they may have to let those terrorists free in order to fight what is expecteds to be an onslaught by Turkish Forces once u. S. Troops are not there. T secretary of state mike pompeo is set for a week long trip through the middle east which will include a major policy speechde in cairo. Two people drafted on the speech said one o of the may it please goals is to lay heavy criticism on president obama telling his audience that obama misled the people of themi middle east abo the future or about the true source of terrorism, including what contributed to the rise of the t islamic state. In addition the speech highly praises saudi arabia for its handling of the investigation into the murder of u. S. Resident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed byi saudi officials in the sau cu consulate. Iran could learn about human rights and rule ofir law from saudi ofarabia. I wow. Just lastab week a Senior State Department official told reportersde saudis have not don enough to hold khashoggis killers k responsible and the ch has assessed Saudi Crown Prince was responsible for that murder. The president , however, has dismissed and rejected that and has agreed with saudis that ha khashoggi was killed in a rogue operation. Im not sure what to say about that. 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Reporter she says her son told her and his sister that night. But didnt report it until more than a year later. He was afraid. Who is going to believe an 18yearold kid . Reporter in a new court filing spaceys son did not object to the alleged touching. He did not ask mr. Fowler to stop. No witnesses from the crowded bar came forward. He sent a snapchat video to his girlfriend from the bar that night. All im asking is put a bubble around that data. The judge ordered the prosecutors to preserve the messages. The next hearing march 4th, the judge said spacey does not need to appear. Kate snow, nbc news. Our thanks to kate snow for that report. Justice Ruth Baden Ginsburg was absent from the bench for the first time in her career as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments. A Court Spokesperson said Ruth Baden Ginsburg was working from home and miss her first session in 25 years as she recovers from cancer surgery. On december 21st doctors removed two nodules from the justices left lung. Chief Justice Roberts noted her absence and she will participate in two cases scheduled for a hearing. Last months surgery marked the associate justices third bout with cancer. Ruth baden ginsburg returned to the court promptly after having surgery for cancer in 1999 as well as in 2009. The longest serving liberal justice on the kourkts begin begins said she intends to do her job full steam and has hired law clerks through the 2020 term. Lets switch gears and get a check on your weather with bill karins. Watching light snow through areas of new england. Not a huge ordeal especially for anything thats been treated. A coating out there especially north of new york city. South of new york city warm. That was pretty much a little quick batch of sleet and little bit of rain. We have Winter Weather advisories out there because of slippery conditions. Mostly northern new jersey, pennsylvania and 23 Million People. We have some winter storm watches out. A second storm will hit northern portions of New Hampshire and western new york and appalachians. Heres the mess as we go throughout 8 00 a. M. Blue shows you where the snow is. Vermont, New Hampshire, up here in maine. Done in connecticut. Heres storm number two right behind it with showers popping up in the ohio valley. Its going to turn out to be pretty mild day today throughout the midatlantic, ohio valley and northeast. Some rain around tuesday afternoon as we go throughout areas of pennsylvania from pittsburgh to west virginia. This storm intensifies tonight. A big old wind maker on the back side that will quickly get a lot colder. Lakeeffect snows are flying and decent a snowstorm in northern portions of new england. I95, no worries whatsoever. Red up to eight inches of snow. Lakeeffect snow, syracuse, rochester, south of buffalo. Rest of the country is looking good. D. C. Warmest day youll have for a long time, 59 degrees this afternoon. 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