it s monday, february 18th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. happy monday. we have got devin dwyer with us. it s not devin who is in that calvin klein men s underwear we have a bit of a surprise. devin s been here before. he s not a new face to the world news now family. look at this. oh, my gosh, talk about flashbook. august, 2014. oh, the ice bucket challenge. boy, is that old. wet t-shirt contest? how about that, devin? kept the shirt on for that one. they didn t drag out, although, they probably will now, the day we pretended to be on the beach here on the set. you have had all types of fun. yeah, yeah. look at that. welcome back. glad to have you here. good to see you, old friend. a lot to get to. we will start this half hour with president trump showing no signs of backing away from the controversial emergency declaration about the southern border. white house senior adviser, steven miller, says the president is prepared
deepening mystery, actor jussie smollett hires a high-powered attorney in the wake of that bombshell claim about an alleged attack in chicago. did the empire star orchestrate a massive hoax and will he now talk to police about it? we re live with the very latest. all that, plus time to heal. united, that s how we feel. an emotional tribute honoring the victims of a tragic workplace shooting. clock s ticking with just two weeks to go, why hasn t anyone come forward to claim that nearly $2 billion lottery jackpot, inside the desperate search to find the lucky winner. and what a wreck. are you kidding me? nascar, super bowl, the daytona 500 marred by a series of fiery crashes. they wrecked again! one of the last drivers standing taking the checkered flag, why that win meant so much to him and his team s owner, today, monday, february 18th, 2019. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller
you heard lauren say it there. a messy week ahead. we want to begin with the weather and the threat of the midweek snow today. looking outside live, conditions improving for presidents day. we started with rain and things starting the dryut a bit. that s good. the chance of rain returns later this week wit the four-letter word snow. let s get caught upn it with meteorologist lauryn ricketts. what can we veexpect? you een all over this. i have been. looking at everything i can early this mony morning. listen. for your presidents day, looking good. the winds picking up a little tot. that s the main out there today but the rain is gone. starting to see clearing skies. turning into a beautiful monday out there. so any of the rain we hadye erday, long gone. moved out early this morning and then again clearing from theo west the east. looking good as we head this day and pretty quiet tomorrow and temperatures today into the mid to upper 40s and warming up quite a bit. but r
describing the chaos this morning. lifesaver caught on camera. the moment this man suffers a heart attack, found lying in the snow. the hero who stepped in to save his life. and slam-dunk. the nba s top talent showcasing their skills. how do you like this shaq attack? battling it out ahead of the all-star game to see who is king of the court with the curry brothers raising the stakes. and good morning, everybody. we re going to start here with the major new developments overnight in the alleged attack reported by jussie smollett. police say they urgently want to speak with the empire star. sources telling abc news police are investigating if the actor made up the whole story. all of this as officials say new information from the brothers who were interrogated in the case shifted the trajectory of their investigation. abc s erielle reshef joins us with smollett s reaction to all of this. erielle, good morning. reporter: good morning. smollett is doubling down o
attack on him. new information ability tout gunman who opened fire at work killing five people. police now say he should never been able to own the gun in the first place. later willie sat down with liams hemsworth. what it is like t live with his wife miley cyrus and how he felt when he los a big role to his brother. it has not m been th of things but thor was the biggest thing. i was too young about . mine was crumbling. that sunday sit down with liam hemsworth. let segin this morning with jussie smollett, police are turning the focus back on the actor this mornin morgan radford is here with us this morning. this is a stunning new development. chicago police now tryingo figure out if smollett was involved in staging the whole thing. over night smollett said it was not true. the chicago police confirming a statement that new information has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation. smollett s attorney furious saying he s further victimizeda pe perpr