This morning. Another threefeet expected where people are already trapped in their homes a. State of emergency now in effect. And the retail robot. Hi. She could change the way you shop. She is live in our studio today. Thursday, november 20th, 2014 good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. We have sad news, mike nichols the famed director has passed. A many classic films a. Guy that won an emmy, an oscar, a tony, a grammy, a husband of dinosaur, our colleague at abc news passing away a short time ago. Word now confirmed. We have much more on this story. He did wonderful standup samberg the nicholsonmay samberg troop, they were ground breaking. You think of the last few films in the last decades, mike nichols was often behind them. We will have much more on that story coming up. Meanwhile, we have breaking news overnight. A frightening shooting on the university of florida campus. The campus had to be locked down for hours overnight. Garin, good morning to you. Reporter 2k3w50r78, savannah. Tam has see police are trying to figure out why the gunman started shooting in the lie year, a popular multistory building here on the combus of Florida State university t. Gunman was killed by police him we know two victims were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown. We have a shooting in the library. Reporter a quiet campus turned into chaos this morning after a gunman opened fire in the library at Florida State university tallahassee, injuring three people. Authorities say they responded to a call around 3 30 a. M. As you can imagine the library was filled with students studying for final exams. Our estimate is three to 400 students. I went to the water fountain, someone runs up the stairs and says, there is a guy with a guntial everyone get out. Reporter pence the library, some scrambled to fire exits, anothers used furniture for barricades. Tehran out the library, to the 2nd floor. So we barricaded the back stairwell, which is where we were all sitting hiding. Reporter students also used social media to share information and asked for prayers. One student said, please say a prayer for us, we are stuck in the library with a shooter in the building. Officers say the shooter was confronted on the steps of the library and told to drop his weapon. Instead, he fired back at police, and they killed him. At least two of the victims were taken to the hospital. Class are cancelled today while students on campus are stunned. I think garin is having trouble hearing us down in florida. But again, that is a story we will be following throughout the morning. Absolutely. Lets turn now to the snow and the misery. Its piling up across the Great Lakes Region. Sixfeet of snow already on the ground. Another threefeet possible today, people lucky enough to be able to get out of their homes are facing a very slippery commute this morning. Nbcs lester holt made it to cheektowaga new york, east of buff la, good morning to you. Reporter take a look. It is pretty to look at, but it is dangerous. There are neighborhoods here virtually cut off, house you sim him ply cant get in the front door. They are buried with snow. At least seven people have died as a result of there storm so far. The fork throughway remains closed. A lot of street closures, driving bans in effect. Crews are doing all they can to work between these persistent bans of snow. In the brief calm before this second storm, two sounds echoed across the buffalo area. The hum of snow blowers and the crunch of shovels. We missed a lot of work. Reporter comparisons made to storms past. From 77, we didnt have as much snow. Reporter some in blizzardwary buffalo are embracing this early winter. This snow event was more like an invasion for chris hazard and their family, tear back door now barricaded against the elements. So that is how we are hopefully going to keep the snow out. Reporter better hope where you parked, otherwise the car you dick out may not be your own. We have the National Guard that has been called out. Reporter new yorks governor says people were rescued from herely 100 vehicles. At least one snowedin resident used a drone to record images of his neighborhood, transformed by the storm. The Buffalo Bills have until sunday to transform this back into a football stadium. Theyre offering 10 an hour and game tickets to volunteers. Its incredible how this snow has fallen. A place like this you will see sixfeet a. Few miles away you may see a few inches. One of the big concerns here, with with the snow piling up day three, there is the risk of roof collapses. There are no reports of anyone injured, but certainly a big danger here him how much more will we get . Lets put that question to al roker. Good morning. I know what its like out there. Believe me, i used to live in that area. Our friends have been tweeting out. Look out this back door. There is from megan taylor, opening my door to try to go outside in buffalo. Bone4891 driveway clear, lets go for round two. You see the bands of snow setting up. Nothing in buffalo. But if hamburg, we have snow and blowing and drifting snow. That will be the case today, winter storm warnings in the western great lakes. Lake effect snows and watches for the eastern great lakes. Can you see that pattern the wind pattern shifting across and we watch as the band of lake effect snow dissipates. We are talking six to nine inches of snow. Here it is. This is the 36 to 48 inches of snow. 100 by 150 foot flat snow we could be talking 90 pounds of snow. Storm drains are clocked, you add that snow on top, there will be a lot of roof collapses over the weekend and flooding. Thank you so much to the politics, now, president obama will address the nation tonight on the hot button issue of Immigration Reform, a promise to sidestep congress and take executive action. Instead, its a move thats causing a lot of criticism for him. Nbc National CorrespondentPeter Alexander is at the white house for us. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. As for that criticism, one put it for president obama its not the audacity of hope. Its the audacity of a power grab. The president is exited. Tonight in prime time, he will announce his action for congresss failure to approve an Immigration Reform bill. Frustration that washington has let immigration to falter for decades. He will be fixing it himself. The things i will layout what can i do to make the system work better. Reporter the most controversial president s plan action is likely to allow as many as 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the u. S. Including the undocumented parents of children born here. It would proeblth protect socalled dreerms, brought illegally to the u. S. , but not their parents. The order is to extend the stay of foreign students in colleges with hightech stils skills. He hosted a dinner at the white house to explain his decision. He announces by acting alone, he is betraying his own words. Im the president of the united states, im not the emperor of the united states. I believe his unify lateral action, which is unconstitutional and illegal will deeply harm our prospects for Immigration Reform. Reporter senator john mccain pressed the president to wait for the few congress. Give them some time. Not a deadline, but some time. Reporter a new wall street journal poll Shows Americans arent on board either. Nearly half opposing immigration. 38 approve. The president picks a major fight over a hotly debated yes or no. After tonights prime time speech, the president will travel to the same Las Vegas High School where he addressed Immigration Reform almost two years ago to make his case to an American Public that supports a path to citizenship. They disagree this is the right approach. Nbc will bring you the president s address live on msnbc. We got some few video this morning of bill cosby being asked on camera about the Sexual Assault allegations swirling around him. Its a part of a conversation he clearly didnt want released. Gabe gutierrez has more. Good morning to you. Reporter a sfaul fallout over the scandal keeps growing. Today, there are more questions about whether or not cosby can survive. No, no, we dont answer that. Reporter in this newly released video from the associated press, the tv dad that seals to have all the answers on the cosby show. I am your father. I brought you in this world, i will lead you out. I want to ask if you wanted to respond at all about whether any of that was true . There is no response. Reporter the interview with cosby and his wife about art he was lending to the smithsonian. At the end he asked about a video that had gone viral about the video calling koz by a rapist. There is no comment about tha that. And ill tell you, i think you were told. I dont want to compromise your integrity. But we dont, i dont talk about it. Reporter he ten asked the reporter not to use that part of the interview. And i would appreciate it if it was scuttled. I hear you. I will tell that to my editors and i think that they will understand. I think if you want to consider yourself to be serious that it will not appear anywhere. Reporter six women have now publicly accused cosby of Sexual Assault. Over the last sen years, its been coming and going and coming and going and sliding under the rug quite lot. Now its time. People are listening. Reporter a civil suit settled show ten more women made anonymous claims. Cosby has never been charged with any crime a. Former prosecutor tells nbc news there wasnt enough proof. I to the cosby was guilty and had done something wrong, but that, i mean, i cant stand up in court and tell the judge and the jury, ply gut tells me hes guilty. Reporter cosbys Attorney Says their client would not dignify decade old claims. They call the most recent Rape Allegation from former super model janice dick interest inson a complete lie. What i suffered and these women out there suffer is why im sitting here today and i dont care about what cosby networks or anybody said, i am, you will hear me. Reporter nbc pulled the plug on a planned sitkcom and tv land has scrapped reruns of the cosby show. At 77 with all of these allegation swirling around him, its going very difficult for him to launch another tv show or film. Reporter cosbys next performance in the bahamas is scheduled to go on. So is another one in florida. His Management Team saying we are only in a position to judge him based on his career as an entertainer and humanitarian. Matt. Gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. The sad news out of hollywood as we are learning this morning famed writer and director mike nichols and husband of dinosaur died sun suddenly wednesday fight. He created american film, television and film classics, including annie the graduate and he was one of the few tal toents win an emmy, a grammy, an os sar and a tony award. Pike nichols was 83yearsold, we are certainly passing along our condolences to our good friend dinosaur. Takata is facing tough questions on capitol hill. Representatives from honda and chrysler will face lawmakers. The hearing will talk about how they became installed in so many cars and what can be done to fix the safety defect. This latest recall affects ten automobile manufacturers and almost 8 million cars in the u. S. Another security scare near the white house on wednesday, where a man was arrested after the secret service says it found weapons in his car. 41yearold r. J. Capheim reportedly approached a secret Service Officer an said someone in iowa told him to drive to the white house. They searched his car. They found a hunting rifle, dozens of rounds of am 96 and a sixinch knife. Charges are pending. Anxiety is growing in ferguson, missouri as the grand jury decides whether the officer will face charges in the shooting of michael brown. Yesterday protesters faced off with police in riot gear. Six people were arrested. That bicycle accident that injured u2 lead man bono. They say he was trying to avoid another cyclist when he krashtd in central park on sunday. He suffered fractures to an eye socket, a shoulder blade and elbow. He underwent a surgery sunday night. He had a second surgery the next day and bono will need physical therapy. Se expected, doctors say, he will make a number recovery. Our best wishes to him as well. Incredible, two high speed bicycles going that fast. We all ride bikes if central park. It can be a dicey situation. All right, natalie, thank you, mr. Roker. A quick look at our forecast. 23 are watching heavy wind make its way from california up to the pacific northwest. They need that, rain in east texas. We are watching a Severe Weather system that may be out breaking later this weeken earning unlimited cash back on purchases. Thats a win. But imagine earning it twice. Introducing the citi® double cash card. It lets you earn cash back twice, once when you buy and again as you pay. Its cash back. Then cash back again. And thats a cash back winwin. The citi double cash card. The only card that lets you earn cash back twice on every purchase with 1 when you buy and 1 as you pay. With two ways to earn, it makes a lot of other cards seem onesided. This morning, clouds will clear out and well see lots of sunshine. But the winds pick up this afternoon. So after we peak in the lower 40s this afternoon, the colder air starts moving in. Youll really feel it tonight. And by tomorrow morning, 25 degrees. Just 36 tomorrow afternoon. A cold start saturday. 43 saturday afternoon. Then warmer weather ahead for sunday and monday. Still on the mild side tuesday. Gets colder wednesday. Have a great day. We are going to mention mike nichols passing today, the emmy, grammy, oscar, tony. Very sad news. We are starting to get a lot of condolences, terry writes in, so sorry for your loss. Mike nichols a true icon. Chris hayes, one of the all time greats. We are getting all of. This i believe we have one more we put in there. This one says, all right, mike nichols, a prolific director. You have seen a lot of this today. Sad news. We will keep it going. Guys, back to you. Carson, thank you very much. Coming up, an accident waiting to happen. This weeks alarming near misses between planes and drones at one of the nations Busiest Airports. 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The clouds will thin out as the day goes on but the wind kicks in so this afternoon, the temperatures will be falling. Thank you, bill,ly get a check on traffic from jillian mele. How 95 and cottman . 95 and cottman we still have volume. But a new accident 30th street, at girard. Drive type from the blue route to the vine, 33 minutes. The vine to 95 is about 24 minutes so big problems there. Also a vehicle fire approaching the northeast extension as you approach lehigh valley. Happening now, dozens baggage handlers are on strike at Philadelphia International airport. Nbc10 shot this video of picketters. Airline Officials Say the employees will take up the slack. Im vie sai sikahema, well hav another update in 2590s. Back to the today show. Well see you in a half hour. This portion is sponsored by del chevy. I thought itd be bigger. dad theres nothing i cant reach in my subaru. vo introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru,a subaru. 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