Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. Good evening. Much of the middle section of this country has been struggling with ice and freezing rain all weekend long. That storm now blamed for six deaths across three states. Its far from over. 13 states are under Winter Weather alerts tonight as the system shifts north. We begin with blake mccoy in kansas city. Reporter up to an inch of ice blanketing parts of oklahoma, trees cracking under the weight, power out for thousands as this threeday ice storm deposits a trail of frozen danger across several states. In nebraska today, a fiery scene when two semitrucks crashed on i80 near kearney. One jack knifed, the other erupted in flames. Those in kansas showing an outof control ice. Now state troopers are asking people to stay home as hundreds more remain without power. Reporter two kansas state troopers were hit while in their car on the side of a highway this morning. They escaped injury. Power lines sparked in st. Louis as a second wave of ice hit there. We had an entire truck coming in. Reporter across the region, Hardware Stores have seen a run on salt and deicer. 16 million americans remain under some sort of Winter Weather alert as this ice from freeze marches further into nebraska and iowa. Right now in kansas city, an army of salt trucks treating the road ahead of tonights nfl playoff game. The chiefs take on the steelers. Kickoff pushed back seven hours to give the storm time to pass. What do you think of the weather today . Harsh. This is arrowhead, man. Wed be out here if its negative 10, we dont care. Reporter the nfl says they pushed back the game tonight, not just for the game but for the fans traveling to it. The temperature has hovered around 33 degrees, keeping these roads from freezing. For more on where that dangerous Winter Weather is headed next, nbc meteorologist , good evening. Its hard to believe were still talking about this storm. The big difference as we go through the evening hours, the storm has shifted to the north. Now were seeing it effect places like nebraska and into iowa. Well focus on as the system warms up, well see more rain into the south and icy for chicagos commute. As the ice moves to the north, whats happening in the south . I understand thats affected now. We have a threat for severe weather. Big cities like dallas and austin will have to watch this squall line as this makes its way through the overnight hour. The time is while youre asleep, that squall line will push through the east. Youll have a threat for strong winds and hail and even an isolated tornado. Thanks so much. Now to the trump transition. The war of words between the mrblgt and civil rights icon, congressman john lewis continued today after lewis says he does not view trump as a legitimate president. Vice president elect mike pence and other Republican Leaders pushing back. Kelly odonnell has the latest. Reporter practicing the pomp. Hail to the dress rehearsal standin chi standin, inauguration runthrough. Military band on view as out of service men played, while the Vice President elect defended donald trump, after john lewis said russian hacking undermines the validity of trumps win. I was disappointed to see someone of his stature question the legitimacy of trumps election. Reporter trump with a series of tweets where he knocked conditions in Lewis Atlanta district and being all talk and no action. Today trump adjusted his approach tweeting, our country has been divide, angry and untrusting. It will change, with exclamation points. Late today, new video of trump was released as part of an interview he did with britain times of london. My mother had a flair. She loved the queen. Reporter his fathers photo and memorabilia. He riffed on a range of International Issues and said his own plan for president ial tweeting and social media has changed. When you think that 46 million are there, id rather just let that build up and just keep it realdonaldtrump. The tweeting, i thought i would do less of it but im covered so dishonestly by the press. Reporter when he becomes president hell get the official president ial twitter accou account potus. Donald trump says hell use his own twitter feeds and not adopting the government twitter account. Hes made trips back and forth between new york and washington before he takes the oath of Office Friday at noon. Russia hoping the Incoming Trump administration will work to improve relations between the two countries and ease economic sanctions in place because of russias actions in ukraine. At this point many questions remain about what happens next, including when the president elect will meet with vladimir putin. Bill neily has our report from moscow. Reporter in frozen moscow, relations with the u. S. Are as icy as theyve ever been. But theyre hoping here for a trump thaw. His team denying today, iceland would host a trump putin summit. The kremlin claimed there have been no talks with the trump team about that first president ial meeting with putin, but they are welcoming donald trump, hence, that sanctions could end if russia is helpful to the u. S. Theyre preparing for a deal. Done is a businessman. He wants concessions. He wants to get the best deal out of everyone. So putin will have to be on his guard with trump. Reporter the obama era is ending with thousands of u. S. Troops arriving this weekend in poland to deter russia. With moscow claiming, thats a threat. What does america gain out of sending 250 tanks to poland and to the Baltic States . We fail to understand this. This is the logic of a confrontation with russia. Reporter like many heeshre, wants cooperation with trump against isis. We need to fight these radical islamic groups. We need to fight them together. Reporter from the krem lirngs a preinauguration message to america. Were not bad guys. The things being blamed on us, and our president. Theyre false and theyre fake. Think twice before saying russians are bad guys. Reporter two nations at odds. Now just days away from an unpredictable future. Bill ne. Ly, moscow. After republicans tookt first step to repeal obamacare this week, battles are heating up. Today ral l today ralliesal over the country, one in warren, michigan, with a renewed push by senator sanders to reach out to voters. I had a chance to speak with Bernie Sanders in his hometown in vermont about the future of obamacare. Reporter president obama says he wants to repeal it and replace it simultaneously, speaker ryan has said the same thing. Can they do that, do you think . Well, the devil is going to be in the details. Right now as it stands f you repeal the Affordable Care act Affordable Care act, youre throwing 20 Million People off Health Insurance. What do you do as democrats . Do you oppose whatever replacement plan they come up with . No. Reporter can you see a scenario this is not a difficult proposition. People sit together and say, are there problems with the Affordable Care act . Yes. How do we address those problems . How do we Work Together . What you dont do is say were going to repeal the entire Affordable Care act and we have nothing to replace it, but i think there are some republicans who are getting a little nervous, understand you cant throw 20 Million People off Health Insurance without having some kind of replacement plan. Reporter do you essentially think donald trump is overpromising here . I dont know. Look, lets be honest and say donald trump is a very unusual man. What he talks about, were going to have a terrific Health Care Plan or great Health Care Plan. Thats wonderful. What does it mean . Reporter its those Big Questions that brought thousands to rally today. He will be our president on friday. What do you think of him . He makes me very nervous. I think he told the American People one thing and he was going to stand up for working families and the elderly, but since the election, i havent heard too much talk about him from the Campaign Promises he made that he will not cut social security, not cut medicare, medicaid. Reporter as we he continued our conversation in downtown burlington, it was clear sanders still has a fan base. Hi. Night to meet you. Nice to see you. Reporter hes uncomfortable when people ask if hell run for president again. He wants to focus on the issue, not the fame he garnered running for the nations top office. What media does is focus on personalities. You look at politicians as celebrities. Theyre not. What serious politicians are supposed to be doing is adjusting the problems facing the American People. Im not an entertainer. I dont sing very well. I dont dance very well. I try to represent my state as best i can. You can watch more of my interview tomorrow at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on msnbc. Friday will mark a major moment for donald trump, of course, as he prepares to deliver his inaugural address. Will the avid twitter user be able to use this address to unite a deeply divided country. Peter alexander has that. I look very forward to the inauguration. Its going to be a beautiful event. Reporter for donald trump who mastered delivering a message in 140 characters or less, just five days until the first true test of his presidency, his inauguration. Its massive crowds. Its a Movement Like the world has never seen before. Reporter today trump will speak to a nation bitly divided by history an election. Inaugural address is about unification. He doesnt have much credibility in being a unifying leader. Reporter speechwriter Michael Gerson helped address both of president bushs speeches. He says a successful speech would inaugurate a period of National Healing and national purpose. Make America Great again make America Great again could be a theme that could be made more aspirational, show his team at its best. Reporter for generations, inauguration addresses have inspired us for generations. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. Reporter and offered a president ial vision of america. Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem. We have chosen hope over fear. Unity of purpose over conflict and discord. Reporter now its trumps turn to take center stage in American Public life where his words and actions will help set this nations course. Coming up, saying goodbye to the ringling hi, im frank. I take movantik for oic, opioidinduced constipation. Had a bad back injury, my doctor prescribed opioids which helped with the chronic pain, but backed me up bigtime. Tried prunes, laxatives, still constipated. 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Talk to your doctor about opioidinduced constipation. After 146 years in show business, the ringling brothers and Barnum Bailey circuit is set to close following a steep decline in ticket sales. The final performance will take place this may. Tonight we take a look back at the greatest show on earth. Reporter before there were tvs and even before there were 50 states, the rin gling brothers and Barnum Bailey occur sis was entertaining millions. The greatest show on earth reporter Eric Gillette was a. It was magical every day you performed. Reporter the circus has been struggling. Last year they retired their elephants to a Conservation Center in florida after a long, public battle with Animal Rights groups. Since then circus producers say they have seen a dramatic drop in ticket sales and high operating costs are. M it unsustainable. In florida today, families in line for the circus reacted to the news. Its very disappointing. In is something i grew up on and my parents are here. We have three generations. Reporter meanwhile, Animal Rights activists claim victory. This is a landmark moment. Were seeing things like seaworld with the orca breeding banned there. I think people will no tolerate animals being amused for their entertainment. Reporter nik wallenda, the news is painful. Last night i was in tears when i heard about it because theyre the only reason im ali alive, to be honest. John ringling saw my family perform in cuba in 1927. Reporter he says its more than just the animal acts and theres a failure to adapt. So see an iconic circus go away is heartbreaking. Reporter now the greatest show on earth, set to become an american memory. Still ahead, now a changing Real Estate Market could impact the decision to rent or buy a home. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. To me, that was normal. Until i talked to my doctor. 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I thought, this is the logical next step in your life. You get married. You buy a house. This is the way its supposed to be. Reporter the newlyweds saved up to buy a place of their own. The down payment ready to upgrade from their rented apartment in a suburb of atlanta. Yeah. Back to 1 . Reporter as they crunched the numbers, they realized that now, at least, buying just didnt add up. We thought our numbers must be wrong because everybody says, buying a home is the a better deal than renting, but our numbers were showing, well, thats not necessarily true. Reporter after the down payment, taxes, a budget for maintenance, plus rising Mortgage Rates in an uncertain economy, they started rethinking their search. Heres why according to trulia, starter Home Inventory is down a whopping 40 to 45 . Home prices are rising, requiring larger down payments. The average 30year Mortgage Rate is now at 4. 3 , up threequartz of a point since Donald Trumps election. Its become a sellers market. Certainly 2017 is going to be more difficult to buy a home than 2016. Reporter what did you ultimately decide to do . We decided to keep renting. Reporter why . It made a little more financial sense. Reporter now theyre packing up their current place for a better rental deal nearby, while keeping an eye on the housing market. For those who really do want to buy right now, experts say they should take a long view. If you can stay put for seven years, buying is a better deal than renting no matter where you are in the country. Reporter for others, renting may be the way to go in a changing market thats shaking things up for potential home buyers. I think were redefining the american dream. Now for an update on a story weve been following for the past two years. Yesterday teenager met her biological parents in South Carolina for t