Making her the winningest in the open era. Will she ever slow down . Moment of impact. Caught on camera. Look at this. A pickup truck smashing into a bus in upstate new york. Riders scrambling to safety in the nick of time. Amazingly no one killed. And saying goodbye. Award winning actor john hurt dead at 77. The british knight known for elephant man to harry potter. We will look at his career today, saturday, january 28th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on saturday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Im craig melvin. About two hours ago, down under, the williams sisters went at it one more time. A match to watch. And once again, little sister got the better of big sister. We are so proud of these ladies. We are rooting for them. It is one. Things, to me, 40 is the new 30. You say that. Of course. You know what i mean. We are rooting for them. We want her to go as long as she can. Lets get to the top story. President trump now in office for a week shaking up washington with executive order temporarily halting immigration and taking aim at muslim immigrants in particular. This as he sets to speak with Vladimir Putin today. Nbcs kaci hunt is live at the white house. Good morning. Reporter sheinelle, good morning. New backlash after President Trump signed that executive order banning immigrants with the focus on certain countries. He calls it extreme vetting. Some say it is amounting to a ban on muslims. Fallout this morning from President Trumps move to make good on a campaign promise. New vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the United States of america. Reporter at the pentagon yesterday, trump signing an executive order to ban immigrants from the muslim countries. For the next 90 days. The order stops short of an allout ban of muslims. Donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. Reporter but it sparked outrage. The aclu calling the order quote a euphemism for discriminating against muslims. The dean at princeton said quote to defer travel from outside the United States. Trump signed the order after the meeting with british Prime Minister theresa may. The two trying to focus on what they have in common instead of differences like whether russia should continue to face sanctions. We will see what happens. It is early to talk about. That. Reporter trump expected to speak by phone with russian president Vladimir Putin. Accused by u. S. Intelligence of conducting a Hacking Campaign to help trump win the election. As far as putin and russia, i dont say good, bad or indent. I hope we have a fantastic relationship. It is possible. Reporter he is also expected to speak with angela merkel. Now trying to build ties across the world as commander in chief. If not with the press, but here at the home. I think the media is the Opposition Party in many ways. The Opposition Party is losing badly. The media is on the Opposition Partys side. Reporter trump is scheduled to speak today to the leaders of japan and france. We are also told he will sign more executive orders. Not clear what those orders will focus on. More in store as the new president starts his second week in office. Sheinelle. Kacie hunt, thank you. Lets bring in ari melber and elise jordan. Good morning. Trump signs this executive order on friday. 85,000 Syrian Refugees who came here on the Program Last Year ending that. In addition to that, seven muslim countries for the next 90 days. No immigrants from the countries. First of all, ari, is this legal . Is this something that could be challenged in court . Is there any evidence that these refugees from syria pose a risk . No, in fact, this order focuses on countries that have not been the source of the 9 11 attackers or subsequent terror attacks. That makes everyone wonder where they got the list of countries. It will be challenged in court. Monday will be the first challenge. All right . Yes. They have 20 individual plaintiffs who are going to argue it. Is it likely to be upheld . Probably. We can say there is great executive authority in the area of immigration. Is it written as religious ban the way trump campaigned on . No. It doesnt touch on the large muslim countries in the world or saudi arabia who sent hijackers over here. It takes a list of countries flagged under other programs as dangerous and says we will suspend immigration from them. Elise, how does this play . In is controversial when over the summer, trump raised the stations and he wanted to have a muslim ban. You have leaders like paul ryan saying this is against america and what america stands for. We will see a ton of outcry continue over this over making this about religion. And less about and it is unclear how it will improve national security. Ari pointed out no refugee or immigrant from any of the countries affected under the ban have committed an act of terrorism in the u. S. Since 1975. Lets talk about the fact that President Trump will talk to russian president Vladimir Putin today. He said friday it is too early to lift the sanctions put in place because of meddling in the u. S. Elections. They me this, will the president face political backlash at home from congress if he lifts sanctions . This is another issue where if trump decides to lift the sanctions without having any results or without having russia making any progress toward the sanctions that were put in place because of the territorial annexation of crimea. This is trump doing nothing. This is theresa mays Sticking Point when she met with trump. She want to ss to say we will n lift anything. We heard from kacie hunt at the white house. President trump is considering more executive order. With the immigration, that was the 14th executive order in seven days. Tpp, obamacare, the wall, now immigration. One of the complaints against president obama was he was a guy that liked to legislate using the pen and work around congress. How is that different this time . Not different. And republicans who are upset when obama did that should be upset right now. There is no consistency. I missed it. You could get whiplash on that. I will say what we have seen from donald trump is a mix. Executive orders that do a lot. Reverse mexico city policy. On abortion is one example. This is real and suspends the immigration. We have seen others that have symbolic. He likes gathering reporters in to sign things. The obama executive order is doing nothing. In the sense it just says i dont like obamacare. You notice today after the executive order today, obamacare still exists. He is working on laws. He cannot change by signature. Steve bannon was talking to the new york times. He is calling the media the Opposition Party and we should quote shut up and listen. There is so much talk and the fact that this is a campaign to sow doubts with anything the media says. Are we the new media . Whether you are a journalist or american citizen, you root for the president. You want the economy and america to be strong. What steve bannon is saying who risk their lives who do reporting are an enemy of the state or political opponent of the government. Anytime you hear something you dont agree with, you say it is fake news. That may be part of the motivation. I want to be clear. It is false. It will not change how i do my job. I will not be harder or softer on the administration because of it. It is obviously concerning when you have members of the government who have all of the powers of the government saying that a free plearess is the political opposition. That is not now we see ourselves. That is not the work we do. When you look at the history of the country. It is not a great sign when you have government officials saying. That mr. Bannon may have political reasons. He may want to discredit the work out there for whatever reason. He may like a good fight. They decide it may be in the political interest to have fights with tv hosts than chuck schumer. It is conservatives to say lets keep free government out of the press. The Trump Administration is taking a stand in the fight against abortion. Vice president mike pence made headlines friday as the first ever sitting Vice President to attend the march for life event in washington. Nbcs Kristen Dahlgren was there. Reporter on the national mall, one of the issues that divides the nation taking center stage. I am prolife. Reporter the Antiabortion Movement finding new life in the new administration. This is a new day. A new dawn for life. Reporter promises from one of the president s top advisors and for the First Time Ever at the march for life. A Vice President. We will not rest until we restore a culture of life in america. Reporter for those marching since the roe v. Wade decision. Many in the crowd were newer. Kristen hawkins organized student marchers. This is the first generation of young people that reject abortion. Reporter americans are deeply divided on abortion. 59 say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. 37 oppose it. But in his first week, President Trump signed executive order that bans foreign aid to groups that discuss or give counselling for abortion. For many here, a sign their days of protest may soon give way to celebration. We hope this is the last martch we will have to make. Reporter Kristen Dahlgren, nbc news, washington. Lets look at the head license pla lines this morning. Serious allegations obn baylor football team. They committed 52 acts of rape over a fouryear period. The lawsuit filed friday by a baylor graduate who said she was raped in 2013. Baylor has already fired its president , Athletic Director and football coach. Investors thinking they would get rich on hamilton tickets got taken. Two men in new york accused of a upponzi scheme. The men raised 81 million claiming they had big blocks of tickets to the show and a plan to resell them for a profit. The feds say there was never any deal. The money went to personal expenses like jewelry and tuition. A frightening moment caught on camera. A pickup truck in syracuse, new york, slams into a bus. Six were treated at hospitals. The 82yearold pickup truck driver swerved to avoid traffic. It happened earlier this month, the video emerged friday after a freedom of information request. The comeback of tiger woods seems like a case of two steps forward and one step back. Woods missed the cut friday in the first pga event in a year and a half. After shooting a 76 followed by a 72, tiger said he needs to get more rounds under his belt. Hollywood is mourning the death of john hurt. He was known for the roles in harry potter films. He was knighted by queen elizabeth. Nbcs Steve Patterson looks back at his life. Reporter to a generation that grew up on harry potter he is known as the wand merchant. John hurt had a career spanning six decades and so many roles. Twice nominated for oscar. Both role as the addict in midnight express and john merrick in the elephant man. Iconic role which his famous face was never seen. He was a force. He was a presence. Every film in Television Show he did. Reporter he was known for unforgettable scenes like this one in the 1979 Science Fiction classic alien. Playing the crew member who had an alien burst out of his chest. Reprizing that for laughs in the space spoof space balls. Oh, no, not again. Reporter he was celebrated for his role in a man for all seasons and 1984. Despite early success as an actor, he transitioned into a wide variety of roles through 77 years. Most recently playing a priest who consoles the recently widowed first lady in jackie. This morning, celebrities flooding twitter. It was terribly sad to learn of john hurts passing mel brooks wrote. He was a magnificent talent. An honor and privilege. Reporter this morning, so many celebrating the long and prolific career of the man who made the smallest roles seem big. For today, Steve Patterson, nbc news, los angeles. This morning, Serena Williams is officially the greatest tennis player in open history. She knocked off her sister in the australia open hours ago. Now serena has won more majors than any tennis player in the open era. Lucy cavanaugh has who armore. Reporter this was a sister showdown and a broken tennis racket. Serena is back as world number one. A victory for the record books. It was serena knocking off venus in straight sets this morning. Serena and venus embracing when the match was over. Now the grand slam champion in the open era with 23 titles. Putting her one ahead of steffi graf. Both of us in the final is the biggest dream come true for us. Reporter both have been the face of american tennis since they were teenagers. First going headtohead on the very same court at the 1998 australia open. Venus won that match. A year later, it was serenas turn winning the u. S. Open at 17. Telling the today show then. I want to be in the history books. Reporter that mission now accomplished with 30 grand slam titles between them. They shattered records and defied the odds. It is hers. Reporter the last time they faced off in the grand slam final. Wimbledon in 2009. Serena beat her sister then and then again today regaining the world number one ranking. It is a sibling rivalry like no other. She is my toughest opponent. Reporter they may be each others toughest opponents, but there are no losers. It is a williams victory. Another one for the history books. Craig, it is crazy to think serena has been winning grand slams since 1999. Both women are legends in their own right. Venus saying it is an awesome thing. Your wins always my wine. Lucy, thank you. Thats nice. Serena williams, since she turned 30, she won 10. Previously 3. That was the record before that. There were three opens won by someone older than 30. I love the fact. Before it was shes getting older. Better with age. We like it. Well take it. Speaking of things that are calm right now, lets talk weather. Nothing going on. We are watching those in the lakes. You are looking at some winter storm warnings or lakeeffect snow through the weekend. Look at the bullseyes here. Winds gusting up to 40 Miles Per Hour in the region. We will look at this and we know cold air is moving through the region. We know the lakes are warm. It is a mild this winter. We are looking at that with heavy amounts of snow. Down wind there. A few feet good morning. Im first alert meteorologist krystal klei. Look at our neighborhood forecast for today. 33 degrees the temperature in center city. 40 in lansdale. Dont be fooled these are the actual high temperatures it will feel cooler than this because were still breezy. At times windy. Gusts 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Voorhees at 43. Ocean city the same, 43 degrees. A high of 44 degrees in wilmington. Have a good day. Actually nice to to have a weekend without crazy weather everywhere. It will get colder. Ill talk about that in a bit. Thank you. Up next, the dog who is a mailmans best friend. I had to think about that. But first this is today on nbc. Who let the dogs out thats appropriate. You know the saying dog is mans best friend. Not always true. The u. S. Postal service say mail carriers suffered 6,000 pet bites last year. Because of that, workers can get skittish. A worker in colorado, a postman and dog are not rivals, but best friends. Here is janet shamlian. Reporter after 16 years of delivering mail, jeff kreimer knows how to handle hazards. You let it check you out. Reporter when he first met tashie, little cause for concern. I was coming down the street to deliver the mail. This old dog waddles out toward my with the tail wagging. Reporter he started greeting kramer every day. How is my boy today . Reporter every week, he watched him further slow down. He is the friendlyest boy ever. Reporter karen and her family were not surprised her dog hit it off with jeff. Tashie quickly befriends everyone. At 14 years old, tashie has had a tough time. Even getting in and out of the house. I did not realize how much trouble he was having until they carried him up the stairs. Reporter it was familiar heartache. His dog odie died of old age. My dog had the same problem. Reporter on his day off, he showed up unannounced and installing odies ramp for tashie. We came home on sunday and we opened the door to take tash out and he was here putting the ramp up. Reporter they use it every day. Simply a bit of plywood and a lot of heart. It turned out it prolonged his life. Reporter word of his kindness spread along his route. I could use a ramp and they dont have a dog. Reporter a best friend for mans best friend and a gift of compassion. For today, janet shamlian, nbc news, boulder, colorado. Sweet. Still to come, the mistysteriou place where mold will make a home in your home. Jeff will tell us how to protect your families. And the bag of Tortilla Chips that can tell if you are drinking. We will check it out. But first these messages. Now to an inspiring story about a medical student using a touch of magic to bring a muchneeded smile to the faces of young children. A true match adams. Amazing patients with spreading the love and teaching others the tricks of the trade. Here is nbcs Kevin Tibbles with the story. Reporter doctors and nurses are often hailed as miracle workers, but for young patients and long island stony brook hospital, they are magicians. He carries a bag of tricks along with the stethoscope. Making the anxiety of being in the hospital disappear. It is a unique art form to law you to suspend disbelief. Reporter he started magicaid to bring the healing powers of a smile to a sick kids world. He has this 11yearold under his spell. Its magic, but medicine. It is absolutely medicine. Good mo