"nightly news" begins right now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. the nude photo scandal involving the sharing of compromising photos of u.s. servicewomen online has expanded beyond the marine corps tonight. investigators discovering more postings and a virtual market for the photos. top officials, including tonight the defense secretary strongly condemning the behavior. as the army and air force open their own inquiries, into just how far this scandal may reach. we get the latest from our pentagon correspondent, hans nichols. >> tonight defense secretary jim mattis weighing in on the scandal for the first time. we will not excuse or tolerate such behavior if we are able to uphold our values and maintain our ability to defeat the enemy on the battlefield. with the marine corps' investigation accera female service members emerge. new pictures on the website anon-ib showing photos of women in uniform. the website's users encourage participants to find at post naked photos of service women without their consent. the new investigation is forcing the armed services to look deep near the inappropriate behavior. >> to what extent is this a cultural problem in a marine corps. >> i'm not going to lay it on anybody else. this is our problem and i own it. >> general miller said some marines are behind the times. male marines not giving their female counterparts their due. >> come on, guys, they just want to do their job. let them do their job. and you do yours. >> but the general's comments unlikely to quell the controversy. >> where was this task force over the last four years over what he allowed this issue to metastasize into the cancer that is now corroding the unit from within? >> the number of victims still unknown. some like former marine erica buttner who left last june telling nbc news that the the marine commander should meet with female marine who is were victims. turning to the weather whiplash many of us have been feeling after a warm spell, winter's last gasp may be a doozy. forecasters are watching the ingredients come together for a major snowstorm. from washington, d.c. to maine. the potential travel impact likely to be felt around the country. al roker will have the forecast for us, but first, to nbc's kristen dahlgren with the latest. >> in new york's central park today, weather whiplash. for the second time this season, spring-like to snowy in the span of 24 hours. >> i could do without it. >> up and down the east coast, temperatures plummeting. from a high of 74 in wa this morning. pittsburgh's swing of 25 degrees and philly dropped 35. more than 2,000 flights delayed nationwide. accidents in pennsylvania shutting the interstate in both directions. in connecticut, rescue crews pulled a great dane from an icy river after it slipped down a snowy bank. it's the latest hit in a week of wild weather. on mount washington, gusts topped 100 miles per hour. and this 4-year-old got more than she bargained for when the front door caught in a gust. this weekend parts of the northeast could see record low temperatures. while millions are now bracing for another blow. a nor'easter forecast to hit monday night. >> supposed to snow and we're all going to stress out about it. >> it's too soon to say what next week will bring. some early models predicting accumulation measured in feet. either way, winter's last blast leaving its mark. so with the snow now on the wind warnings now across the region and temperatures continuing to plummet, officials are warning about some very dangerous driving conditions overnight. lester? >> kristen, thank you. we're tracking the new threat that kristen mentioned, the storm taking aim next week. al roker is watching it for us. al, what have you got? >> lester, the snow is just about gone, but cold, cold air coming in. it's going to feel like 4 below in rochester. 12 in d.c., minus 3 in boston. highs tomorrow are going to beer be anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees below average from minneapolis to raleigh. overnight lows tomorrow night on sunday we're looking 14 below in bar harbor. 9 above in new york. 18 in baltimore. cold air in place and with that, very interesting situation developing monday. a low pressure system developing along the southeastern atlantic coast. as the day wears on tuesday, snow from portland, new york, philly, d.c., and as we get into the evening hours, the snow we are looking for anywhere from portland, down to washington, heavy snow. still too early to give you accumulations, lester. but it looks very interesting for a major snowstorm on tuesday. >> all right. al roker, thanks very much. the new jobs report is out. for the first full month of the trump administration. and it's stronger than expected. the economy adding 235,000 jobs last month. and the unemployment rate ticking down to 4.7%. the white house touted the numbers today, though during the campaign mr. trump called the jobs reports phony. he also campaigned on a promise to bring back manufacturing. across the country many companies have a new concern. nbc's tom costello has more. >> in avon, massachusetts, the help wanted sign is out. high-paying jobs for those with the right skills. nearly 80 workers at accurounds design and cut precision military, semiconductor and medical components. part. >> manufacturing today is more about high-precision and it's about speed. the environments are more clean. >> they're called middle-skilled jobs. requiring some vocational training and computer skills. but not a college degree. according to a recent study, more than half of all jobs require middle skills. yet only about 40% of the country's workers are trained properly. the pay at accurounds starts at $18 an hour and can climb well past 30 an hour. but the ceo says they can't find enough qualified employees to grow. >> we'd love to hire people with experience, but there are no people with experience walking the streets. anybody that's talented, that has that technical experience already has a job. >> today's unemployment rate of 4.7% is considered near full employment. the white house tweeted out, great news, even though before taking office president trump questioned strong jobs numbers under president obama. >> the statistic that's full of take. >> they may have been phony in the past. but it's very real now. >> this economy is a fast-moving economy. whether or not donald trump were president, we would probably see similar numbers. >> back in massachusetts, accurounds is hosting field trips for high schoolers, even fourth graders, hoping to foster the workforce of the future. tom costello, nbc news, avon, massachusetts. now to president trump today. repeatedly brushing off questions about his wiretapping claims against former president obama. as the feds face a bipartisan call to produce any evidence, if it exists, to back that up. also today, the white house on defense again over former national security adviser michael flynn. we get more from nbc's peter alexander. >> today nearly a full week after his explosive accusation that president obama tapped his phones, president trump still ignoring calls to provide any proof. >> the house intelligence committee, republicans and democrats, asking the department of justice and fbi if they have any evidence to back up the president's claim. >> we're going to put to rest this bogus claim from the president that he was illegally wiretapped by his predecessor. >> it comes as the entire senate intelligence committee has been granted access to the most sensitive materials from the investigation into russian interference in the election. an unprecedented move. tonight the white house is also in damage control trying to explain why former national security adviser michael flynn was attending secret intelligence briefings with then-candidate trump while he was being paid as a foreign agent. lobbying to benefit the turkish government. federal records obtained by nbc news show flynn received more than $500,000 for three months of work that ended the day after the election. but he failed to register as a foreign agent as required by law until just a few days ago. the white house defended its man. >> i think we trust people to fill out the appropriate forms. that they need to. and in this case -- and the president acted accordingly back in the thing and he made the right call then. >> flynn was fired not for failing to file the paperwork but for misleading the president about his contacts with the russian ambassador. even some republicans are raising flags. >> it makes you wonder if there's been an adequate background check that might have been done and how thorough it's been. i think that's something we should take a look at. >> today a top white house official dismissed the flynn story telling me it's quote a ridiculous narrative and said their focus remains on replacing obamacare with the president scheduled to travel next week to make the case to americans himself. lester? >> peter alexander at the white house. there were protests in south korea today after the president was forced out following a stunning corruption scandal. the shake-up is happening now as north korean dictator, kim jong-un is threatening the region and secretary of state rex tillerson is set first trip to asia. here's nbc's richard engel. >> tonight in south korea, protests taking to the streets. jostling buses, some injured in violent demonstrations. after a stunning fall from grace, south korea's first woman president forced out of office by the country's constitutional court following a bizarre corruption scandal. prosecutors have claimed that this woman, a long-time friend of president park geun-hye, used that connection to shake down companies and top executives for millions of dollars. including the head of samsung. even paying for a horse for her daughter. all of that happening in a region that is already moving in dangerous directions. with north korea launching repeated missile tests. violation of u.n. resolutions and the u.s. responding by initiating the deployment of a missile defense system in south korea. >> certainly we live in very difficult times. militarily to some of these moves, well we could be in a whole new world. >> and in that new world, the u.s. may very well miss park. who may have been corrupt, but was a staunch ally to the u.s. secretary of state tillerson heads into this storm on his first trip to asia next week. facing a south korea that could become closer to china and more accommodating to north korea. a potential realignment of one of the u.s.'s closest allies in asia. lester? >> richard engel, thank you. >> back at home police are looking for a group of bikers who savagely beat a driver in a terrifying incident of road rage. the attack caught on camera along a busy stretch of california freeway. and this incident is hardly isolated. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest. >> the highway patrol 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[ cheers and applause ] >> we get to dancer in, any time we want to. >> it's going to be a lot of fun and good for the community. >> some folks got "footloose" right then and there. >> it makes you feel young. >> after years of being on the wrong side of the law, henryetta has finally put its right foot forward and said -- >> let's dance! >> we're going to cut loose. >> as the big night arrived, indeed elvis was in the house. getting joanie and her husband up on their feet. a little late in coming, but after all these years, hitting the dance floor. without worrying about hearing "jailhouse rock" at the end of the night. kevin tibbles, nbc news, henryetta, oklahoma. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. we spring ahead an hour this weekend. don't forget to turn your clocks saturday night before you go to bed. for all of us at nbc news, thank you for watching, and good night, have a good weekend. because you guys share everything, the good, the bad and the ugly. >> if the elevator does not open in time -- >> what about when it gets very real? >> a robbery, a breakdown is a different kind of reality as the new season begins. i'm liz hernandez. is it worth it?