Tracy Mumford

Paul after they went there to demand that one of the pastors resign, believing he works for ICE.

It's a rare instance of the federal government directing the arrests of nonviolent protesters.

President Trump wrote online that he'd seen footage of them interrupting the church service, saying, quote, "...they are troublemakers who should be thrown in jail or thrown out of the country."

The Justice Department also tried to charge former CNN journalist Don Lemon, who was at the scene reporting on it.

But sources tell The Times a federal magistrate judge refused to approve that criminal complaint.

Meanwhile, a new Times-Siena poll shows that while roughly half of voters support President Trump's deportations, 61 percent said ICE had gone, quote, too far in their tactics.

That includes nearly one in five Republicans.

Winter storm watches now up for a large portion of North Texas.

People are bracing for a major winter storm.

Road crews in Missouri are out preparing for these storms.

It could hit almost half the country's population with a mix of snow and sleet.

The storm is expected to get going this afternoon in the Rockies before moving east across the country over the weekend.

Meteorologists say some regions could get a foot or more of snow.

And after that, an intense freeze.

The wind chill in North Dakota, for example, could drop as low as minus 50 degrees.

One meteorologist told The Times, it's going to be hazardous for humans to step outside.

Further south, the big concern is freezing rain.

State and local officials are preparing for the possibility of trees, power lines and roads being covered in heavy ice, causing travel delays.

There's also concern about the power grid.

Experts are drawing comparisons to another massive winter storm in Texas five years ago that led to extensive blackouts and left around 200 people dead.