ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> meteorologist, bill kari here with your friday recast. >> slippery morning for the morning commut we have winter storm rningsn new england and wter weaer advisory from i 95 to the coast. itas rainnd now turning over snow in many areas. what makes this forecast interesting and difficu is the temperatures are ave freezing. in some cases, ssiifantly ove freezing. and weet the accumulationut right now e roads are just wet. mo of the accumulatnsill be on t grassy rfac. e heavier aas o snow in areas along i 95 south from bostonown along the coas rtford t n york city, lks like the grass areas could pick up tee to four inches. it's a little chilly in minneapolid chicago. we will be watching a weak storm on the west coas seasably coolromklahoma down to the southeast. we cleared out in new engld, and super bowl suny los fine at8 and sunny. weill see snow showers ithe great lakes. there's a big storm o t soutast coast. w a closer look at ur d ahea so, in a ofew engnd and e datlantic coast, mperates in the cities will be above freezing. watch out for the bdges a

anne thompson, nbc news, mexico. >>> 48 people had to be rescued from a frigid new england ski slope after their tram cars got stuck 40 feet above the ground. look at this. rescuers actually had to use rope to help stranded schoolers propel through a hatch in the bottom of the car to the ground about 40 feet from the mountain. they say a breaking sis is to blame and it could take a few days to fix the problem. >>> marvel's latest movie "flick" has started. "dead pool" earn $135 million. "dead pool" had been the biggest. also for the biggest february weekend and biggest president's four-day weekend. meanwhile it debuted in third while ben stiller's much hyped "zoolander 2" took in a disappointed $16.7 million. >>> an accusation of a woman choking spitzer. >>> and get rt rd for a triple threat with three separate covers. you're watching "early today." ay." heart isn't pumping well. (water filling room) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering) within 5 years of getting diagnosed. but there's something you can do. talk to your doctor about heart failure treatment options. because

he preached his message of equality and hope to more than 300,000 attending mass.c's anne thompson has more. >> reporter: pope francis went to the city notorious for crime. francis rode through the graffiti covered streets given a makeover by criminalsappropriate for the occasion, the pope portrayed in all kinds of was even as a graffiti it has one of the highest murder and disappearance rates in mexico. it's such a dangerous place this woman tells me today's masse rare times she can bring her children to a public event. more than 300,000 people filled wealth, vanity, and pride, emphatically telling them there can be no dialogue with the your evil can fear like a daily reality. francis is asking these people,m poor and powerless to join the front lines of making mexico a land of opportunity. for a moment one of its most a better place. anne thompson, nbc news, mexico. >>> 48 people had to be rescued frigid new england ski slope after their tram cars got stuck 40 feet above the ground. look at this. rescuers actually had to usep stranded schoolers propel through a hatch in the bottom of

as nbc's anne thompson explains the pope is seizing this moment to make an emotional plea on the issue of immigration. >> reporter: a simple gesture and powerful message. at the u.s. border fence pope francis builds a symbolic bridge from mexico on immigration. francis himself the son of immigrants seeking to put a what he calls grave injustices, poverty, exploitation and violence. among the hundreds of thousands here to see him, 21-year-old jasmine flores who crosses the border every day to go to school. >> for him just to cam to juarez, means everything to us. >> reporter: no longer the murder capital of the world juarez is still a dangerous place. father half jer kovalio runs a shelter for immigrants. he says he hopes francis can make americans see the people he helps every day should be treated with dignity. as he does on nearly every foreign trip, francis visited a prison. one of the inmate musicians overwhelmed. this evening's mass broadcast on both sides of the border. >> religion reaches over walls, over mountains. >> reporter: the joy on the pope's face marred only by a overze

anne thompson has the details. >> reporter: appearing to smirk -- >> are you listening? >> reporter: and often inattentive. >> yeah. >> reporter: former pharmaceutical ceo martin shkreli lived up to his bad-boy reputation appearing before congress. >> i intend to use the advice of my counsel, not yours. >> reporter: posing for pictures instead of listening. >> it's not funny, mr. shkreli, people are dying, and they're getting sicker and sicker. >> reporter: he declined to answer why he raised their life-saving drugs 5,000%. >> do you think you did anything wrong? >> on advice of counsel, i invoke my fifth amendment >> reporter: the 32-year-old usually loves to talk. >> i'm from the streets. >> reporter: but today he let his attorney speak for him. >> what you saw was nervous energy by an individual who very much would like to explain what happened. >> reporter: leaving the other drug company executives to face furious questioners. >> i find it repulsive what you've done. >> reporter: valiant under fire for jacking up prices on two heart medicines and other well-establish

this despite the catholic church's ban on contraceptives, we get more from nbc's anne thompson in rome. >> reporter: returning from mexico, pope francis surprised many by opening the door to the use of artificial contraception to prevent the sexual transmission of zika, the vi rugs rampant in his native latin america, linked to babies born with unusually small heads. it's similar, he said, granted to the nuns in the belgian congo when they were routinely raped in the 1960s. francis continues to shock, as he did in 2013 when he said the church has been historically too obsessed with things like birth control, abortion and gay marriage. loosening up church teaching is a misreading of what he's doing. this is a pastor, and a pastor responds to people in their situation. >> reporter: it was revealed in letters this week, francis said a friendship with a woman is not a sin. the pope needs the input of women. he said a man who doesn't have a friendship with a woman is missing something. as with donald trump and immigration, pope francis is proving once again that he is not afraid of taking o

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ann thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> meteorologist, bill karins here with your friday forecast. >> a slippery morning for the morning commute. we have winter storm warnings in new england and winter weather advisory from i 95 to the coast. to snow in many areas. and right down along the coast. what makes this forecast interesting and difficult is the temperatures are above freezing. in some cases, ssignificantly above freezing. and we get the accumulation but wet. most of the accumulations will be on the grassy surfaces. the heavier areas of snow in areas along i 95 south from boston down along the coast. hartford to new york city, looks like the grass areas could pick up three to four inches. it's a little chilly in minneapolis and chicago. we will be watching a weak storm on the west coast. seasonably cool from oklahoma down to the southeast. so saturday is going to be fine and super bowl sunday looks fine at 68 and sunny. we will see snow showers in the great lakes. there's a big storm off the southeast coast. now a closer look at your day ahead. so, in areas of new england and th

anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with the race to rescue dozen from >>> the clock is ticking to rescue the more than 100 people to still be believed to be trapped after the powerful four more were pulled from the rubble today including an 8-year-old girl who was trapped for more than 60 hours. more than 30 people are confirmed dead, but officials warn that total could top 100. >>> 112 million people watched the denver broncos beat the carolina panthers last night in super bowl 50. peyton manning celebrated today with his kids and a parade at disneyland. on the "today" show manning side stepped questions over whether last night's win marked his retirement retirement. carolina's cam newton is being criticized widely for his play on the field and behavior afterward, walking in a post-game news conference. at halftime many agreed beyonce stole the show from headliner coldplay and as usual some of the most talked about moments were the ads from the funny to the bizarre to the controversial. >>> when we come back here tonight, is lighter side of the 2016 race.

anne thompson was there for toy's highlyymlic visit. >> reporter: today pope francis went to the city notorious for porty and crim francis drohrou the grfiovered reet giv keover by reformed crinals. more appropr for theoccasion, the pe portrayed in kinds of ways evens a graffiti arti homeo 1. million ople, the are has onethe highest murder and disappeance ras of women in me. police have solved few of t cases. "it's such a dangerous place," sh tells me, "today's mass is one the rare times i bring my children to a puic event." morehan00,000 peop fillea sty fielo hear the pope wa of temptatns of wealth, nity, and prid emphaticall tellg them there can be no diague with here evil can feel li a daily reality. for this nation which polls shos little confidence iits government, francis is asking these people, ny of them poor and powerless, to join the front lines ofaking mexi ld o portunity. urgi them to crte country where no one s to leave to find better lif a challenge this colle stent i ready toccept. >> mow sew micoo mico can be aetter coy. >>eporr: today f a moment one of i most dangerou

ann thompson was there. >> reporter: today, pope francis went to mexico city. francis drove through the graffiti covered streets given a makeover by reformed criminals. home to 1.6 million people, it has one of the highest murder and disappearance rates of women in mexico, but police have solved few of the cases. it's such a dangerous place ms. vasquez tells me today's mass is one of the rare times she can bring her children to a public event. more than 300,000 people filled the dusty field to hear the pope warn of the temptations of wealth, vani vanity, and crime, emphatically telling them there could be no dialogue with the devil. for this nation, francis is asking these people, many of them poor and powerless, to join the front lines of making mexico a land of opportunity. urging them to create a country where no one has to leave to find a better life. a challenge a college student is ready to accept. >> mexico can be a better country. >> reporter: today, for a moment, one of its most dangerous cities was a better place. ann thompson, nbc news. >>> when "nig

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ann thompson is traveling with the pope and has the report. >> reporter: toda mexico city opened its arms to pope francis. the sight of the son of latin america beaming in the city tears. >> i'm going to cry. that's for sure. hope. >> life changing pope. he is reforming the church. think he's wonderful. >> reporter: drawing the faithful from all over the americas. describing himself as missionary of mercy he challenged them to focus on the common good and eliminate economic inequality that is fertile ground for corruption and drugs. mexico is the second largest catholic country in the world. claim the faith. of the shrine, a must on francis' itinerary today. mexico is also a country bloodied by the violence of drug cartel cartels. speaking to the local bishop, he said the drug trade devours like a spreading cancer, threatening society. more than 164,000 people murdered since 2007. including at least 36 priests killed in the last ten years. thousands more missing. 13 every day. this man's only son is one of 43 students kidnapped and believed dead. he says he wants to meet the pope bec

>> anne thompson outside the vatican tonight, thanks > apple isetng some backup from several fellow tech companies today, as it battles an fbi requt to help unlo an iphone used by one of the san bernardino terrorists. but as nbc's pete williams reports, apple's resistance is oving highly controversial. >> reporter: the ttle is waginging a stl active investigation. the fbi searchinthe homes two relatives s bernardino gunman farouk. the o ofooglis now backing pl requiring mpanies to enable deviced data, he says, could troubling precedent. other te giants, including microsoft, facook and itter added their pport. so did apple's co-founder, steve wozniak, on cnbc. >> i think youhould feel this is my product d what i have is what i thi i have. i n'have compaes playing tricks behind me in e backound. >> rorter: but police are pushing back. prosecuts in new york ty have 1 apple des they cann open for idce, in crim rangirom ti to mder. this s become, dies and gelemen, the wd west in technology. apple and google are their over sheriffs the are no rules. >> reporter: and mandy, whose ficeas kild sa