scandal and its crackdown on liberal nuns. we will speak with barbara blaine of the survivors network of those abused by priests and sister simone campbell of the catholic social justice group network, which was heavily criticized the vatican s report last year. in a black history month special, we remember the lives of the legendary civil rights activist, singer and actor paul robeson and his wife eslanda. i have never separated by work as an artist from my work as a human being. i have always believed more strongly to me my art is always a weapon. we will speak with historian barbara ransby, author of the new book, eslanda: the large and unconventional life of mrs. paul robeson. both paul and essie refused to renounce their radical friends and refused to renounce their own radical views. again, they paid a price for it. paul was blacklisted, they lost their house, had extensive fbi files and so forth. but first, north korea has just carried out its largest ever nu
headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. here s one example of how bad it s getting tonight across the east coast tonight. in massachusetts, all vehicles were ordered off the roads at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. that s across the entire state of massachusetts. genuine blizzard warnings are posted across a big area. this is the northern shore of massachusetts, just outside of boston, revere beach, where the winds have already picked up. we could see some history-making snowfall out of this storm. we ve already seen a colossal stoppage of transportation, affecting 50 million americans before it s all over. while all this has been going on, on the other coast, we have a huge story, of course, that we ve been following. more on that in a moment. but first, what could be a 30-inch snow event here on the east coast. our team is out in it, and in place tonight, we want to begin with nbc s ron mott. he s in providence, rhode island. ron,
no precipitation. showing up right now we have nothing more than just sunshine out there. the leading edge of the precipitation associated with our upcoming storm system now coming through northeastern tennessee into western north carolina as rain. through areas of georgia and, in fact, that area of low pressure that s producing all of this precipitation, is still in texas. we have just a little bit of snow showing up on the western side of all of that in western oklahoma. it is this leading edge of rain that will start falling around our area tomorrow. so not a lot changed since yesterday. still looking like nothing more than a nuisance storm. still mostly rain for us which is light snowfall to no accumulation at all. all depends on where you are. i do not think that we are going to have big-time problems with any wintry precipitation but do i think that our evening rush tomorrow could be slow with rain that will be falling across the area. our temperatures today under that
in new york city and all across the nation to make sure that our new york city neighbors have access to good nutritious food they need. leslie gofrdon, thank you. that really underscores that we re just at the beginning of this. thanks so much. sure, yeah. this is cnn breaking news. hello again. thank you for being with me. i m fredricka whitfield. a federal judge ruling today that former national security adviser john bolton s book can hit store shelves, blocking a trump administration push to stop its release. bolton and the president now reacting to the news. this as another legal standoff is unfolding. u.s. attorney general bill barr making a late-night announcement that southern district of new york prosecutor geoffrey berman would be stepping down. but berman is disputing that saying he has no intention of leaving. berman s office has been in charge of prosecuting several of president trump s allies. let s get started at the white house. kristen holmes is there. d
await the calls of duty from as far away as ohio. i m asking the general public to make decisions that are wise. reporter: officials again repeated warnings for people to stay home and out of the mounting mess. i guess mother nature is making up for last year. reporter: yielding to fleets of snowplows, making room for emergencies. in rhode island, a slow start for accumulations quickened by afternoon. massachusetts and connecticut governors each order roadways clear at 4:00, a ban on traffic. for those still needing to travel, rail service ground to a halt, triggering a midday evening rush at new york s penn station. airports, including laguardia, were at all but a standstill. i m from minnesota. i know snow. but just don t want to be stuck here for a few days. reporter: the exodus turned hustle and bustle in providence and boston into what looked like movie sets, minus the action. this is coming right off the ocean here. and this is what has emergency managemen