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. Well keep you u