bowl or an ice bowl? the latest info ahead. >> searching for a motive. police identify the man who opened fire at that maryland mall, as we learn more about the explosives he brought with him. the big question, why did he do it? >> music's biggest night, paul and ringo, beyonce, and if that's not enough, madonna helping to marry 33 couples live. and guests dressed as robots. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning. it's "new day," 6:00 in the east. are you doing a lot of this this morning? it is so cold, we could be setting records for decades.

for the next few days, every state in this system's past will experience temperatures up to 40 below. schools are shut down in minneapolis, milwaukee and chicago, where hundreds of flights have been cancelled. today's high will be 4 below. for more on the perspective, indoctor peterson-- indra peter. >> high in shchicago expected t be 1 below. this is expected to spread into the northeast tomorrow. another round of frigid arctic air is moving to through the

west. this morning schools in chicago, milwaukee and parts of minnesota and iowa closing their doors and asking parents to keep their kids home. wind chills of 30 below in chicago are causing action. >> there's too much of a threat of hypothermia. >> it was in the 70s on sunday and 24 hours later temperatures are expected to plummet around 30 degrees. these cities saw subzero temperatures way below average this month and the worst is yet to come, a mounting concern to families in the midwest who rely on propane to heat their homes, making it hard for 12 million americans to heat their homes. >> there are places down to 5%, 10% and may be out. >> officials need to decide by the end of the week whether to move up the date of the super

bowl or change its time. as of today, chance of snow for the weekend but cloudy at this time. >> we took the lows and compared them to the record for this day and we're not even close. but let's get perspective here. anchorage, alaska's high today is 40 degrees, chicago's 1 below. all of this is spreading into the northeast tomorrow. we're going to be talking about a threat for winter weather all the way down to the deep south. this is something so atypical, they haven't seen in this about three years. >> dangerous cold we're looking at, my god. >> freezing rain in the south, they're not used to that. >> we now know we are ten days away from the olympics and this

morning limb peacekeepolympic a starting to arrive in sochi just as new terrorist threats surface. senior international correspondent ivan watson is in sochi for us this morning with the very latest. how are things looking from the ground now, ivan? >> reporter: well, good morning from sochi where the weather is in the high 50s in the future home of the 2014 olympics. they have flooded the area with security forces, of course on j after deadly twin bombings in the nearby city of volgograd killed more than 30 people and a

fresh threat over the weekend justifying that deadly bomb attack and threatening more bombing over what the wb site claims infidel's crimes. take a look. a new warning from terrorists in dagestan, promising more attacks like this recent bombing in russia. they're not specifically mentioning the sochi games. as olympic athletes begin to arrive, the u.s. state department issued another warning last week, urging american athletes not to wear their uniforms outside the game's ring of steel. >> if we need to extract our citizens, we will have appropriate arrangements with the russians to do that. >> reporter: in the event of an

attack, u.s. officials say they have contingency plans on the ready and could be on the scene in two hours. but russian officials hope these emergency plans wouldn't be needed, assuring their security forces will be vigilant. >> we are doing everything that is needed in order to make sure it is going to be safe and it will be as safe as any other olympics that can be held currently in the world. >> reporter: but others, like u.s. congressman peter king said on abc's "this week" he can't give that same promise. >> i can't give them 100% guarantee. these are going to be very much threatened olympics, probably more than any we've had in our past. >> reporter: the u.s. continues to offer counterterrorism expertise to russia with i.e.d. detection software. all russia needs is to give the

green light. >> whatever we can do to help but right now there has been no request from the russian government. >> reporter: locals tell me one of the security measures here is they've basically banned since january 7th any cars not registered here from sochi, you're not allowed to bring them in, not allowed to take them out which means some cars have been stranded since the sabbath. >> as we well know, an estimated 15,000 americans are expected to go to sochi to watch the games, but many are still struggling to make the trip amid these security concerns. next up, we'll talk to olympic families about their real concerns this morning. >> maryland police deal with an all-too familiar question these days, why did a young man decide to become a killer. the shopping mall shooter there left three dead this weekend,

including the suspected gun man, identified as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar. they're digging into his background as to whether he knew the victims. erin mcpike has more. >> reporter: howard county police identified 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar as the shooter in the latest outbreak of gun violence to shock the country. armed with a shotgun and what police say was a lot of ammunition, he terrorized maryland's columbia mall, taking two other young lives before his own. 27-year-old chris came face to face with the gunman and described the scene but did not want to be identified. >> he shot her. then maybe not even ten seconds later i heard the second

gunshot. i basically scrambled out of the store on my hands and knees right by the male employee who was down on the ground, still alive. >> reporter: those two victims are 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. aguilar fired six to eight shots, investigators said, killing them both. police still haven't pinned down a possible motive, though they say aguilar lived in the same neighborhood as benlolo. they raided aguilar's home. >> he does express general unhappiness with his life. we have no known relationship between the victims and our shooters. >> reporter: aguilar was carrying a back pack with two home made explosive devices, which caused extraordinary caution to examine the crime scene. aguilar arrived by taxi around

10:15 saturday morning, walking by a children's carousel. over the next hour, they say he went downstairs and then back up into the store zumiez where the two employees worked. >> you just ran. >> reporter: as witnesses tried to escape in the chaos, authorities say they then killed himself with a shotgun police say he bought legally. now, the mall reopens today at 1:00. when it does, there will be two memorial sites established for the victims, along with an increased security presence. kate? >> erin live for us, thank you so much. >> in washington, lawmakers are back this morning as we learn new details of the president's state of the union address, expected to launch a reboot

following a rough 2013. now the president's advisers say he's ready to side step congress in the coming year. good morning, brianna. >> reporter: good morning to you, kate. this speech that will center around reducing income inequality has been months in the making. cnn learned that top aides got started on this before thanksgiving on what's really a monumental task for president obama trying to salvage his second term. it's crunch time for president obama, making final edits on a speech he hopes will be the start of a turn around. his approval rating is slow live recovering but he's still more unpopular than at any of his past state of the union addresses, due in part to the botched rollout of his health care law. on tuesday he'll tout a new plan to narrow the gap between rich and poor, even if he has to go it alone. >> he's not going to tell the american people he's going to

wait for congress. he's going to move forward in job training, manufacturing, education to try to restore opportunities for american families. >> reporter: that means executive actions and public/private partnerships trying to get something done in a key mid-term election year. >> it's supposed to be a year of action. >> it sounds vaguely like a threat. >> the congress plan already rejected by republicans, saying the president is abusing his power. the one major legislative item obama has his eye on is immigration reform despite opposition to the plan. it was one of the biggest items in last year's state of the union, but it stalled. >> presidential power is

something that is fought out every day and one speech isn't going to fundamentally change his position, but what he can do potentially is begin to lay out some themes and define the 2013 legislative and electoral battle. >> reporter: and that push will continue after the state of the union with a road trip. kate, president obama will be going to maryland, pennsylvania, as well as wisconsin and tennessee. >> thank you so much for that preview this morning. be sure to tune in for the president's state of the union address. >> let's look at some of your headlines. new details on u.s. air strike in southern somalia targeting a suspected militant leader. officials say it was a senior leader affiliated with al qaeda. it hasn't been determined if he was actually killed in the strike, which involved missiles and no u.s. troops on the ground. it comes after a raid last october.

>> the bridgegate investigation in new jersey kicking in to high gear today. both houses of the state legislature are voting to create a joint committee to look into last september's george washington bridge lane closing scandal. up until now both the senate and assembly have been conducting separate investigations. 20 subpoenas served by the committee will remain in force. >> rand paul slamming bill clinton for what he calls predatory behavior. the kentucky senator says if hillary clinton decides to run for president in 2016, her husband's behavior should be investigated. >> the faa ordering new safety checks on hundreds of boeing 767s. the checks concern a problem with the tail section that could cause pilots to lose control of the aircraft.

no planes have been grounded so far. the faa is ordering new tests and replacement parts to minimize the risk. >> justin bieber has been spotted on the beach in panama, this as prosecutors in los angeles decide whether to charge him with felony vandalism over an egging incident. and enough tests in miami to see whether bieber was driving high on marijuana in the incident last week. >> that's a little surprising. based on the allegations from the police, it seemed one way, results of the breathalyzer, we'll have to see what develops. all deserve fairness, celebrity or not. >> coming up, we know people can get sick on cruises, right, so many people in one confined space. but what is this mystery illness

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welcome back to "new day." new developments on a mystery illness that has sickened more than 600 people on a royal caribbean cruise. cdc inspectors are on board as the ship heads home two days early. they're lookin for clues as to what caused the outbreak and why it spread so quickly. elizabeth cohen has been looking into these very serious questions. it's quite a mystery, elizabeth. >> reporter: it is a mystery but

many suspect it will be solved pretty soon and it's something called noro virus. another cruise ship cutting short its planned caribbean island hopping and a maritime version of the walk of shame. "explorer of the saves" heading home early after guests fell ill. one passenger said her gastrointestinal symptoms came on suddenly. >> it was vomiting and diarrhea. it almost had no warning, high fever, chills, aches, dehydration. >> reporter: by the next morning she said the infirmary was packed with sick passenger. >> as soon as i walked down there the nurse said if you're

not sick, you have to leave right now because this is spreading faster than we can contain it. >> reporter: the cdc is investigating why people got sick. >> you have all those people in a confined space over a long period of time and this is an easily transmissible virus person to person hp. >> reporter: unfortunately this scenario has happened before. >> woorp with them -- we were with them two years ago, same thing. ship was overrun with this illness. >> reporter: royal caribbean said in a statement that once do docked, the ship underwent a thorough sanitizing. >> they sanitized ceiling to floor nonstop for about 24 hours. >> reporter: and infected passengers and crew were advised to stay in their cabins until

they were well for at least 24 hours. can you go on the cdc web site and see the ratings, the scores for various health inspections that are done regularly on cruise ships and "explorer of the seas" did very, very well. it just goes to show you no matter how clean the ship is, if a sick passenger or crew member walks on, there's not much that can be done. >> thank you, elizabeth. >> super bowl week is here finally, the broncos and seahawks have arrived in new jersey. what will the week hold other than the cold? >> i see what it takes you get you here. >> the big headlines, the cold. the other big one that everyone is talking about it peyton manning's quest for a second super bowl. peyton let them off the plane

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welcome back to "new day." let's bring you up to date on the latest news. historic, dangerously low temperatures in the midwest and as far south as kentucky, forcing many schools to shut down in minneapolis, milwaukee and chicago. hundreds of flights have already been cancelled. best to check with your carrier if you're planning on flying today. >> olympic athletes starting to arrive in sochi just as new terrorist threats surface. the torch just made its way

safely through the dagestan republic. american coaches and athletes are being told not to wear their uniforms outside the olympic ring of steel. >> attorneys for officer kerik has filed a motion to stop them. last week a grand jury declined to indict kerik on voltaire manslaughter charges. >> meanwhile jury selection begins today in the corruption trial of former new orleans mayor ray nagin, alleging he accepted free trips and more than $200,000 in bribes for contractors. if convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison. nagin, you'll recall, became the public face of new orleans in the tragic aftermath of hurricane katrina.

got to show you a heart pounding horse rescue in hamilton, massachusetts. that's 1,800 pound moonshine stuck in the mud and ice, stuck up to her mud. it took firefighters two hours to pull her out with ropes, chains, even a crane. we are very happy to report after warming ivs were used and a few hours in a heated barn, moonshine is expected to make a full recovery. no telling whether moonshine was used to warm her up. get it? if i have to overexplain it -- >> sold me. >> it was a star studded night for the 56th grammy awards. it was a big night for the helmeted duo of daft punk and rappers macklemore and ryan lewis. and it was also a night to remember for beatles fans.

nishelle turner was there. quite a night for music fans. >> reporter: i hope you can hear me this morning because right next door diddy is having this big grammy party that's still going on and it's really loud out there. i'm going to talk a little built louder than i normally do so you can hear me. indeed there were some awards given out last night but undoubtedly the grammys are all about the performances. they're about those out of the box collaborations and those music moments. of course last night's show had ail bit of it all. the 56th grammy awards kicked off with music's power couple, beyonce and jay-z. and ended with the marriage of 33 couples, including same-sex couples in a star-studded wedding seen around the world. >> it's a moment. >> officiated by queen latifah

and madonna. >> i think that this is a very unique opportunity to sing our song about tolerance and acceptance and equal rights to the masses. >> reporter: the best new artist winners had competition. newcomer 17-year-old lorde stepped into the spotlight with the performance of "royal" and then took home best song. pink soared above the crowd in a high flying act showing off her flexibility and and vocals in an over-the-top performance. >> actually, the grammys approached us and they said kendrick had asked to perform with us. so we were already -- >> blown away. >> reporter: it wasn't all about new artists. paul mccartney and ringo starr rocked the night with their anticipated reunion, but it was truly a lucky night for daft

punk, who gave an all-star performance of their winning hit "get lucky," alongside pharrell williams. and the robots cleaned up last night. twitterverse was all a flutter talking about the performances. and clint tweeted an f.u. for cutting their performance short and macklemore said kendrick should have won best album. he said he believed kendrick lemor was robbed and he was going to say it during his searches and speech but the music started playing and he

froze. i had my favorites. i did think there were interesting moments as well. so we can talk about that. >> there always are interesting moments when it comes to the grammys. pink, my god is she in good shape. i want to talk about that. >> reporter: and she was singing live and doing all that. >> she was impressive. >> you got to give it to mclemomac macklemore. the cold is going to change everything, right, indra? >> down into the deep south, places like new orleans will be talking about several inches of snow by tomorrow morning. in is so atypical. they don't get a lot of snow or ice. very tricky when you talk about that cold air moving that far south. i want to take you back and

explain why. we have all that cold air, trying to go as far south as it can. depending how far south it goes, the type of weather changes. you have warm air across the gulf. when you have cold air that overrides it. the warmer it is you'll get rain, the colder it is you'll get snow, somewhere in between, you'll get freezing rain or sleet. half an inch of rain is 5 inches of snow. that means power lines are coming down, that means they'll be shut out for the next several days. five inches of snow in the southeast, they don't know what to do with that, they don't have the equipment for that. they have no way to prepare. they have to prepare for both. either way this is coming overnight tonight. hasn't happened in three years. >> stay inside as much as you can. coming up next on "new day",

it's 4,000 years old. why is it in the news then? it's putting an old spin on noah's arc. the ancient discovery ahead. >> plus, bad fact hair is in. wait until you hear how bad.

. let's go around the world now. it's a critical day for tense peace talks on syria. nick roberts is in geneva with much more. >> reporter: the two sides were supposed to build confidence offer the weekend, possibility

of prisoner releases and aid to cities. none of that has been delivered upon the opposition, saying the government is not acting in good faith. even over the weekend, the two sides that had been meeting face to face, well, by sunday afternoon they were meeting in separate rooms through the u.n. mediator. tough issues, transitional government, a very bumpy road ahead. >> thank you, nic, for the update. and protests are spreading in ukraine after opposition leaders turn down concessions from the president over the weekend. we have the very latest from kiev. >> reporter: violence across many parts of ukraine last night, police retaking two of 12 regional headquarters seized by anti-government protesters. in kiev, the justice minister will ask for a state of emergency to be declared unless

they clear out soon. that will give police extra powers of detention, curfew power and the possible intervention of the army and all of that would need parliamentary approval and the army repeatedly said it does not want to be involv involved. >> thank you for that. >> and doves released in a gesture of peace were immediately attacked by other birds. >> reporter: when doves were released on sunday, birds were attacked by a large black crow and a hungry seagull. the pope had released the doves after asking those in the square to pray for peace in the ukraine and for a 3-year-old boy killed in a mafia vendetta attack last week. it was certainly not a good omen for peace. back to you, kate.

>> reporter: thank you for that. >> new developments this morning in a story we followed closely here on new day. marlies nunoz has been taken off a ventilator. for many this was a debate about reproductive rights. now they are left to bury a mother, a wife and a baby. nick valencia has more. >> reporter: more than two months after the legal battle began, it came to an end when march lease munoz was removed from the ventilator sunday morning. her family didn't speak publicly but her attorney released this statement: at approximately 11:30 a.m. central time, marlies munoz's body was disconnected

from life support. her husband, eric, found her unconscious on the kitchen floor. she was rushed to the hospital but two days later was pronounced brain dead. the family, citing her wishes machines not keep her alive, requested to remove her from the ventilator. the hospital's interpretation of the law led to a court battle that was finally resolved on friday when a state district judge ruled that the law was only applicable to a living patient and ordered john peter smith hospital to remove munoz from the ventilator. >> this was a sad situation all the way around. we are relieved that eric munoz can now move forward with the process of burying his wife. ♪ i once was lost >> on sunday afternoon protesters held an impromptu

memorial service for the fetus. >> we can empathize but we disagree with their decision to let the baby die needlessly. the plug was not only pulled on his wife but the plug was pulled on this innocent, unborn child. >> reporter: even if the munoz family had waited two more weeks, there was no guarantee the fetus would have survived according to the hospital. in a swak liituation like this, and prayer are all that are left. >> nick, thank you. let's take a break. remember movember? it wasn't fun for everyone. new razor maker gillette says the new trend of wild fact hair is killing their bottom line. so how bad is it? >> plus, they bonded on the set of "wolf of wall street."

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♪ long beautiful hair, shining, streaming ♪ >> i like the song. welcome back to "new day." there was fear in the beard in boston. remember that fear of the beard? it was a great rallying cry for the red sox players, they didn't shave leading up to the world series, then came movember, not

shaving beards. but that trend hitting razor sales. can it really be affecting sales? >> the cfo of procter & gamble said on the call that, yeah, it was this movement that flat razor sales, meaning they aren't seeing much growth in razors. we've known for several years men are shaving fewer times a week. you have these hipsters who have the three-day growth, which is normal. gen-y, huge generation, they don't shave every day. >> that is not generation y. >> there's the big beard or three-day stubble. it's in whether you're a hipster or hollywood star. that is a trend changing some of the big razor companies. >> and changing cultures at work probably allow that. previously a lot of people are going more business casual in the office, which allows for more stubble. >> you have tattoos, lots of

fact hair. >> are women not using them as much because of all the depilltory treatments? >> this is specifically talking about men. in the month of november it was the nationwide movement to not shave to raise awareness for prostate cancer. >> i don't agree. i think that think about the fact these razor blades, you know at home when you buy them, i think people are getting hip to the fact they have to economize on their razor blades. >> the blades are very expensive. >> something interesting that's a little bit of a business trend within a trend. overall razor sales flat, people, men shaving their faces less. but the big growth market that procter & gamble are not saying are manscaping. >> manscaping is on the rise is what you're saying? >> it's on the rise.

apparently -- >> that's the big chesticle area. >> it turns out some 80% of men use a different razor for above the neck and below the neck. that's a big growth market. >> i was surprised by that. we did a little survey. there aren't a lot of men in front of you, there a lot on the actual set itself. >> what was the consensus? >> only a couple of guys use separate razors. pety says he has two, one for his beard and one for his head. i got a big kick out of that. that was good. >> where are you on the multiple razors? >> i don't do that. i'm an insult to italians because i'm basically hairless. i could shave with a credit card. i was surprised about the multiple razor thing. i'm not surprised about the manscaping thing. i was surprised about which areas of manscaping -- >> we told the executive producers it's too early to talk

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fear factor. overseas markets plunging this morning. reaction to the u.s. dumping more than 300 points friday or is there a new factor, a new normal? wall street bracing this

morning. we'll tell all you 401(k) watchers why. >> games of fear. the olympic torch passing through the most dangerous part of russia this morning, as more american families and fans grapple with the question, to go or not? we speak with some of them this morning. >> the stars were out in full force last night. the grammys did not disappoint. we have all the highlights but where was justin bieber? we have new details on the investigation. was he not as drunk or going as fast as previously thought? >> your "new day" starts right now. >> what you need to know -- >> he does express some general unhappiness with his life. >> what you just have to see. >> and the grammy goes to -- >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morning. welcome back to "new day." it is monday, january 27th, 7:00

in the east. you better get ready for it because it's coming whether you like or not. a jolt of bitter cold will not only be dangerous, could make history. let's take a look at the map here at the midwest, plains already in the grip. much of the southeast, including the gulf coast will be feeling the arctic blast. schools shut down in chicago with wind chills well below zero. in dakotas, wind chills with visibility near zero, blowing snow making travel difficult if not impossible. and air travel could be a nightmare. more than 600 cancellations so far today. let's bring in indra petersons watching it all. >> we're talking about wind chills this morning that are deadly. look how dangerous these are. if you're in chicago today, it feels like 40 below. and it's expected to make its

way to the deep south and by tomorrow to the northeast. >> arctic air is gripping the midwest. by tuesday it flows into the deep south, bringing another round of subzero temperatures. this morning schools in chicago, milwaukee and parts of minnesota and iowa closing their doors and asking parents to keep their kids home. wind chills of 30 below in chicago are forcing officials to action. >> there's too much of a danger of them getting frostbite or hypothermia. >> reporter: in northern texas, it was in the 70s on sunday and 24 hours later, temperatures are expected to plummet 30 degrees. the worst has yet to come. a mounting concern for families in the midwest who rely on propane to heat their homes, shortages and price increases

making it hard for 12 million americans to heat their home. in new jersey, the broncos and seahawks are arriving for sunday's super bowl game. the menacing weather has officials anxiously monitoring the forecast. they need to decide by the end of the week whether to move up the date or change its time. >> is this the coldest it has ever been? no. i actually put the comparison this morning of what these current temperatures are in comparison to the record. there's a big difference, 14 below in minneapolis, the record still 23 below. we have a long way to go but there's still a lot of perspective here. anchorage, alaska, their high today expected to be 40 degrees. meanwhile, chicago, your high supposed to be just around 1 degree. that's a big difference there, definitely not comfortable for any of us. the colder air expected to drop even farther to the south, so

tomorrow winter weather in places like new orleans or georgia. they have not seen snow or freezing rain in some of these places in over three years. >> thank you so much. >> investors are nervously watching the markets this morning after a banner year for stocks. last week was the worst on wall street in more than a year. and this morning overseas markets are already seem to be plunging, particularly in asia and europe. let's bring in christine romans for more. today is a very touchy day. >> it is. i'm looking for stability right now. i see dow futures are up. but the selloff has circled the globe. tokyo, hong kong, 2% losses. futures up a bit. i want to see stability this morning after a horrific last week. look at the far right of that chart, 2014 seems to be the year

of unease. weak economic data from china. an economy that's been growing at a good pace in china showing trouble. this is a five-year-long bull market. it has tripled and we haven't had a meaningful pullback. now the dow is down 2.5%, this could be the beginning of that pullback. >> we haven't had a pullback in a very long time. do you think this could be the start of a bigger trend? >> it really is about time. you got the fed that's going to be pulling off on the accelerator, all these earnings coming in, state of the union this week, a fed meeting this week, i mean, what could go wrong? there's so many things out there. companies reporting earnings reports and they're saying they're worried about emerging markets, they're saying sales are moving slightly higher but they're not hiring to do that. i think there's a lot of risk this year for investors. last year was a straight up year for investors. it's almost been straight up for five years. it's time for a little bit of a

pullback. does that pullback refresh the trend or is it the start of something new. we just don't know. >> today is an important day for. >> to be watching. >> i'm seeing stability right now but this whole thing went around the globe. we'll see if the u.s. can stop it today. >> chris? >> this morning the president and his team are putting the finishing touches on tuesday's state of the union address the focus will be income inequality. the president also signaling if congress doesn't get behind his agenda, he's got a, quote, phone and a pen, unquote, to go it alone. let's break down what will happen tomorrow with ron brownstein, cnn political analyst and editorial director of "the national journal." great to have you here. >> thank you. >> we start win consistency. we want to talk about income inequality but, by the way, if you don't work with me, i'll go it alone. what message does that seasonnd? >> arctic blast is a description

for washington as well. after coming off a resounding victory in 2013, he was unable to get congress to move on his priorities. i think piling up another set of legislative proposals on top of the ones that didn't move last year seems to be of limited use. they have very limited expeacekeepe expectations what they can do. they're trying to frame themes for the 2014 elections. >> let's dig down into the game as it stands. the democrats are saying let's talk income inequality, that's a shot at the rich. the republicans are saying let's talk about how to cure poverty, that's what we hear from paul ryan, that's called let's leave alone the rich. both parties fixated on taxes as some kind of magical fix in this situation. are they avoiding the real issues of how you get americans

working in better jobs with more pay again? >> that's a very good question. the phenomenon that both sides are talking about are global. we're seeing inequality widen in almost every industrialized economy and we are looking at a long-term stagnation in living standard in average american families that has persisted from the bush presidency into the obama presidency. the median income is lower now than it was in 2000, which is unprecedented. there's a question whether either side's agenda can make a dent in these fundamental trends, which are seeding a lot of the uneasement that we're seeing. it's not surprising a lot of people are feeling unhappy with the way their government is being governed. >> they're going to be more unhappy, aren't they? because this is a game, raise the taxes, lower the taxes. we have to know there is a level

of b.s. in that. when you look at the convergence in the 70s, you had jobs here, education was a priority, technological advancement without our own society was a priority. that's all gone and they don't want to touch it. they think we'll forget. >> you're talking about big trends driving these income difficulties. most people look at globalization and technology as the key ones, but i would say there is still a fundamental difference between the parties about how you respond that does have meaning. i mean, the question really is are you most likely to combat these by cutting taxes, cutting spending and cutting regulation, which is the republican agenda pretty much since the reagan administration, or as the president would argue, do you need public investments and things like education and health care to move more people into the middle class? there is a fundamental difference you see play out on issue after issue. the reality is we are stuck right now. we have a republican majority in

the house and have very different visions and little incentive to come together. as a country we're having trouble moving very far in either direction as the trends consist and doubt about the political leadership mounts. >> the person, party that wins the next election will be the one that uses the word "jobs" in the most effective way. do you know anything that we'll hear in the state of the union tomorrow night and we'll hear in the rebuttal that will satisfy the need that people have to hear about jobs in the future? >> the answer is no. all you can talk about it relatively modest moves in either direction. we're not moving dramatically in a republican or democratic direction.

we're living with standards that are stagnant. >> these guys are avoiding the tough issues. ron brownstein, you did not avoid anything. thank you for the good perspective this morning. >> thank you. >> cnn, you'll see a little bit from where we're coming, i'll be there to cover it tomorrow. the state of the union is tomorrow night beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >> u.s. missile strike in somalia may or may not have killed the senior leader affiliated with al qaeda. military officials confirm he was the target of an air strike sunday but they are still trying to determine if he was actually killed. officials say the attacks involved missiles and no americans troops were on the ground. this comes after a raid last october. >> back here at home, new details emerging on that

maryland mall shooting that left three dead, including the suspect. 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar was carrying explosives and a shotgun when he walked into the mall. he killed brianna benlolo and tyler johnson. police say there is no connection between the suspect and victims. >> a pregnant brain dead texas woman has been taken off a ventilator after a bitter and emotional battle. that's how long a fort worth hospital has been defying the wishes of marlies munoz's family. over the weekend a judge disagreed and ordered the ventilator disconnected. now the family says they're focused on her funeral and on their grieving. >> this morning thousands are without power following a spectacular natural gas pipeline explosion in canada.

officials say about 4,000 manitoba residents served by the pipeline are reportedly now without heat, this as temperatures dip down to minus 18. schools in the area are closed. officials say it could take days before this is fixed. >> a congressman who hasn't been seen on capitol hill in weeks, will he resurface today? he's missed 17 votes in a row. now a bizarre tweet. it reads "where am i? find out monday." there are other reports surfacing he is currently in london after a trip to russia. bit of a mystery. chris, over to you. >> let's take a break here. coming up on "new day," unfounded fears or looming disaster? you've heard the reports about the sochi olympics and how dangerous it could be. we're going to get the real story with the people you see around me right now, security experts, athletes and their

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welcome back. another day, another warning about the sochi olympics, and they're beginning to take their toll. some olympic athletes are telling their family members to stay home, while others are braving the trip to support their loved ones. we want to bring together a panel of guest who have family members preparing to compete in sochi and discuss some of the real concerns facing athletes and fans. >> let's bring in all of our guests. roberto will join us via skype a little later in the next -- in a

few minutes. and we also have elsie granderson and our cnn national security analyst. thank you all for being here. first let's set the stage of where things stand. let's bring in cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson, who is live on the ground in sochi for us this morning. what is the latest on the security situation? >> reporter: good morning, kate. the russian security force is sending in tens of thousands of security personnel. we've seen coast guard ships right off the coast here, all after a series of bombings a few weeks ago in a city north of here killed more than 30 people and have really put people on edge about possible terrorist threats. over the weekend a new warning from terrorists in dagestan. a region plagued by islamist insurgents, promising more attacks like this recent bombing

in russia, they're not specifically mentioning the sochi games. as olympic atlehletes begin to arrive, the american state department urged atlehletes noto wear their uniforms outside the ring of steel. >> if we need to extract our citizens, we'll have appropriate arrangement does this. >> reporter: officials say they have contingency plans at the ready, helicopters on standby on two warships in the black sea and c-17 transport aircraft in germany could be on the scene in two hours. but russian officials hope these emergency plans won't be needed, assuring their security forces will be vigilant. >> i'm absolutely certain because we are doing everything that is needed in order to make sure it is going to be safe, and it will be as safe as any other

olympics that can be held currently in the world. >> reporter: but others, like u.s. congressman peter king said earlier this week he cannot give that promise. >> i cannot give them 100% guarantee. these are going to be very much threatened olympics, probably more than any we've had in our past. >> reporter: the u.s. continues to offer counterterrorism to russia with i.e.d. jamming software and war ships at the ready. all russia needs is to give the green light. >> whatever we can do we want to do to help, but right now there has been no request from the russian government. >> now, chris and kate, the russians have also brought in 400 cossacks wearing fur hats and swords to help protect the games. and right off the coast here, we've been watching coast guard ships patrolling on the waters of the black sea, right next to

the olympic park, another sign of the security lockdown being carried out here in sochi. chris and kate? >> thank you very much. it's interesting. the more we talk about the threat, the more that keeps getting added to the preparations, the more the u.s. is getting involved, is that supposed to make you feel more safe or less safe? it doesn't matter to anyone as much as it does to you two because you have families involved here, you're making decisions for yourself. your daughter is on the bobsled team, they had a big win, beat canada, looking good going into the games in this last set of races. but when you think about where she, is what's she's dealing with, where is your head on this? >> certainly i would hope for asia that she can focus on her competition and performance. she is doing fine as far as feeling assured that she's going to be okay and safe and that we will be okay and safe. she knows that my family is planning to go. we certainly don't portray any type of fear.

i'm not afraid to go. i'm excited about going and i'm certainly encouraged that the united states has offered to lend a hand to russia and that russia has really made this a top priority, their security concerns and preparation. >> i know you said you wouldn't send your daughter anywhere that you wouldn't go, and that's one of the reasons behind your decision that you're still going. was there ever a moment after you saw threat after threat and the attacks recently that this was not the right time for you to be traveling there? >> certainly i want to adhere to any type of protocol that the united states sets because i don't want to go and put myself and my family's self in harm's way. but at that point the united states began to release information about their security plan and, you know, i felt reassured that it was okay to go. so it was only a minor after thought.

>> you got a lot of variable, though, as you start looking into going over there. you have your ring of steel, but what about charter buses and nonring of steel areas. these are things your husband is thinking about. he's a competitor, it's very important. where is he on this, where are you on this? >> i really wanted to go, i wanted to bring my daughter, she's 6 so it would be a really great experience for her, but the more we talked about it about to months ago, we were all on board and but then we continued to talk about what our plans were, where we were going to stay and i could just tell by the look on his face and just his reaction and i finally just asked him, look, is this going to stress you out for us being there? and he just immediately said yes. >> not because of him racing and that pressure but all these other issues, right? >> yeah, yeah. there's a little bit of focus he'd like to have rather than wondering where we are, but really i think primarily it is

just what is happening in the region and the events that are going on there and threat of the black widow and a lot of things that have come out in the news since. >> what are your big questions as your husband is going to be there. what are your big questions for him. you traveled with him to the 2010 winter games in vancouver. this is a very different situation obviously. what are your big questions and concerns? >> it would be interesting to me to understand -- having been at 2010, i know how security and protocol was done for the athletes and the events. and it was quite good, very amazing. but it would be interesting for me to understand what will really be the difference in russia, like what additionally are they doing. my concern probably is outside of the athletes' village, what's happening there? >> gets complicated, right? fran, we've been on this from jump. people are saying this is a little bit media hysteria, you're creating hype. has there been another olympics

that was sited in a place that has this kind of regional conflict that has this kind of concern for security that we're seeing here? >> not in recent memory. i worked all these olympics, athens and china. we've not seen specific threats like we've seen here. that said, some of the plans that the security plans that the government's talking about we did for every olympics, so an extraction plan to get the athletes and americans out in an emergency. that's kind of standard planning, emergency planning. you hope you never have to use it but it's good to know that the government is thinking about it. security measures related to the athletes and the families and sort of those spectators are really quite different. there's a level of planning and sort of the ring of steel that you put around the athletes so that they can focus. this is their moment they've been training for. you want them not to have to think about anything else. but it's a very individual decision, as you can see just here on the panel, how the athlete feels about having their family there, how the family

feels, how confident they are. and there are measures if you are going. there's the registered traveler program. let the u.s. government know that you're going to be there. have a communications plan. understand your environment and be cognizant of your environment. every country, every security service has a tip line. understand when you check into your hotel what that is so that if you see something, you can report it to authorities. you want to have some sense of your own responsibility and control for your environment and so if you're going, you just want to be smart about it. >> some very important tips. much more to discuss on the security situations. let's take just a quick moment and get over to michaela. >> we're going to talk about the social media aspect in a minute or two. what's really interesting is to take people's temperature, your temperature at home. we've heard what the families and the athletes' families are saying and that's what's really important.

let's look at this quinnipiac poll that has been released. this poll found that half of those questions, believe a terrorist attack in the winters games is very likely or somewhat likely? those are pretty alarming numbers. we wanted to reach out to our viewers to get your take and we posed an informal question on twitter and facebook. would you cancel your trip at this point if you were planning to go? and what's very interesting, the numbers speak for themselves, 53% say they would cancel. kate and chris. >> we're going to take a break and continue this discussion in just a second. but coming up next on "new day" much more on the concerns about traveling to russia. we're going to talk to kate's husband. he's going to be joining us. he's an olympic cross country skier. he's heading to sochi. is he concerned about the terror threat there and what security measures are in place?

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welcome back to "new day." once again we're continuing our discussion with family members of olympic athletes who have some very serious and real concerns about safety in sochi leading up to the games, just 11 days away now. >> let's bring in roberto, the cross country skier competing in sochi. he's in luxembourg getting in some final prep. roberto, can you hear us? >> perfectly, chris. hello. >> give us the perspective of somebody who has to go there and compete, what assurances you've been given, the level of anxiety

from the athletes' perspective and what it means in terms of your family. >> the thing is the threat is real. the olympics are built on the foundation of peace and freedom values. so this is kind of the perfect environment for terrorist groups to let their voices hear. so we feel like it's a little bit stressful, it was a really hard decision for us as a family just not to come. i'm going to be up training in the mountains while the family will be down in the city outside the olympic rink. so that puts a lot of pressure on me as an athlete personally. >> do you have any specific concerns that you -- that are lingering? obviously there's a lot of communication with the olympic organizing committee, but do you have any specific concerns still because you're about to head to sochi. >> well, as an athlete, yes.

you don't have much information coming on what to expect. it's a little bit of unknown land. i've never been in russia. i know mr. putin is doing their best but it's concerning. we don't know what to expect in advance. >> part of that is the host country, part of that is just the logistic problems that you have with the olympics in general, so many different countries and athletes to coordinate. when we're talking about the threat there in this, you had to make a decision about whether or not to go. you're monitoring the coverage as well. do you see this as a hype-spun situation or do you believe there are legitimate concerns that are and are not being addressed. >> i think there are definitely legitimate concerns. i was planning on going with a an individual journalist, i wanted to do some pieces for cnn

about it. i was concerned about putting my danger about doing that. what i wasn't willing to do was put myself in the middle of a civil war. i believe the athletes and families will be safe but i'm concerned about spectators. i've been to these large scale events before. it's very difficult to guarantee the safety of tens of thousands of tourists. i was in the superdome when the lights went out. there was a little bit of a hush. we weren't sure if it was just a power outage or something else. i don't feel comfortable being in a foreign country, not knowing the country, not knowing the landscape, being a tourist, being a gay tourist and not knowing if security is going throb for us or not. >> and that uncertainty has to be something that you and your family weighed in your decision to attend the games but i also know you have some specific concerns and questions still before you head over. what are those specific concerns? >> i just would like to know that there's information out there for us if we need to

access it, maybe a fact sheet or a list of phone numbers and locations in case there's trouble or problems or we have questions. of course we've streamlined our activities, and hopefully there's a better partnership with the charter tour companies because now we were supposed to go on a tour of the surrounding area. so i'm a little concerned about even doing that. >> transportation and the safety of it? >> transportation, you know, the train system to get to where my daughter's participating is supposed to be a 20-minute train ride, and i'm a little concerned about the rail system, even though i know it's elaborate and beautiful, but i want to make sure that it's not a target for the terrorists. and just knowing all the different transportation systems so that we can pick and choose a little more carefully. and then making sure that

there's security at the airport in moscow before we even get to sochi. >> ivan, are you still with us, ivan watson? he's in sochi. >> reporter: yeah. >> the question here from one of the mothers of an olympic athlete is the logistics. who's on the ground to help us know where to get and when using all these attendant services like the transit. what do you know? is that part of the olympic planning? is that part of the security planning? is there a dovetail? are those kind of resources in place for the families and visitors as they get there? >> chris, i have to say i've been coming to russia for 15 years, and until my arrival last night i've never seen russian bureaucracy so polite and hospitable, two words you rarely use in association with russian bureaucracy. i was escorted very nicely, there was a very good system from coming through the main airport from an international flight at moscow airport

connecting me to a transit flight down here to sochi. a number of english-speaking young people on the ground who are meeting you, and even the hoards of russian security forces, many of them dressed up in basically purple snow suits and much friendlier than they are typically, especially with journalists walking around with cameras. so there is a real effort here to try to put a friendly face on what is seen as a flagship project for the prestige of the russian president, vladimir putin, to make guests welcome and feel comfortable here, which is not, again, something that russia is typically known for. as far as other logistics, the trains and so on, there is a lot of controversy swirling around these olympics, the enormous cost, estimated to be the most expensive olympics in history with allegations of corruption that the russian government has denied but it does seem they put

a state of the art high-speed rail system in place. we weren't allowed to film it again because of russian security measures. >> and what i've been saying is very interesting, it kind of makes you smirk when "friendly" "kind," those are not generally words you describe when you come across russian security forces. do you think that is something visitors can take comfort in, the fact that russia understands, vladimir putin understands that the eyes of the world are on him and he does not want this to be a pr embarrassment for him. >> that's right. there should be extraordinary measures to be helpful and welcoming. visitors will find that reassuring. the smirk when i hear about them being all friendly, that's not the case in terms of the bilateral relationship between the united states and russia. >> another aggravating factor here. >> that's right. and it's been an aggravating

factor in terms of sharing of information on the threat. we hear from officials they're very frustrated. they want more information. they want russia to accept some of the help that we've offered and russian pride is sort of to your point, kate, we can do this on our own. the other thing to smile about, every country i've worked with claims this is the most expensive olympics. athens, greece was complaining, everybody complains about it. but that's part of now kipart o the cost of hosting. >> two big global things, what you just pointed out there, fran, because of the bilateral relationship with the u.s., will they allow the u.s. access in any type of exigent circumstances, any kind of emergency, that will be an issue. and these olympics are where they are because putin wanted to send a message he's in control of his environment there. how is that message received may be a major part of the outcome of what happens here. before we wrap up this segment, we do have roberto there.

are you still with us? >> yes, i'm here. >> opportunities to talk with your family are very rare. anything you want to say to your husband? >> i mean, of course, love you baby. we're on skype every day. >> old news. >> old news. good luck, sweetie and i'll see you on skype later probably. >> yeah, thank you. thank you, everyone. >> determined and focused, that's what we like to see in our olympic athletes. thank you all very much. lz and fran, thank you as always. >> great to let us know what these guys are thinking or weighing as they head or don't head to sochi. >> the latest deep freeze is heading to the deep south, bitter cold blanketing the plains now. it will move to the gulf coast,

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that's all i see there. welcome back. definitely a lucky night at the grammy awards for the french electronic music duo daft punk in their signature helmets. they won two of the top awards, record and album of the year. and a big night for macklemore and ryan lewis. they won four grammys, including best honors. nischelle, tell me about it. >> reporter: you know how we do it. you could barely get those words out earlier. i saw you taking a peek at mrs. sean carter there. l.l. cool jay all week said don't miss the opening of the show. he could have just said beyonce thong unitard. i'd have tuned in.

the 56th grammy award kicked off with music's power couple, beyonce and jay-z and ended with the marriage of 33 couples, including same-sex couples in a star-studded wedding seen around the world. >> it's a moment, it's a moment. >> we are gathered here -- >> officiated by queen latifah and madonna acting as maid of honor. macklemore lewis provided the back drop for the ceremony. ♪ a certificate on paper, is it going to solve it all ♪ >> i think this is a very unique opportunity to sing our song about tolerance and acceptance and equal rights to the masses. >> reporter: the best new artist winners had some competition. newcomer 17-year-old lorde stepped into the spotlight with the performance of "royal" and then took home an award. and pink showed off her flexibility and powerful vocals

in what was once again an over-the-top performance. imagine dragons' electrifying act had taylor swift out of her chair and the twitterverse buzzing. >> actually, the grammys approached us and said that kendrick had asked to perform with us. so we were already -- >> blown away. >> it wasn't all about new artists. paul mccartney and ringo starr rocked the night with their anticipated reunion. but it was truly a lucky night for daft punk, who gave an all-star performance of their winning hit "get lucky" alongside pharrell williams and stevie wonder. the electronic duo took home five grammys, including the biggest trophy of the night, album of the year. not everyone, though, was pleased with all aspects of the sh

show. trent rezner tweeted an f.u. to the grammys for cutting their performance short. you wanted to know about the big diddy party. i thought what is all this music? cnn los angeles is right in the middle of it and diddy is having a big grammy party. the music is so loud and it so packed. but you know how diddy does it. he doesn't do anything small and reserved. >> that's another way i would describe somebody else i know, nischelle turner. >> listen, i got to bring you everything, so a time or two i have to head over to diddy's. >> she's so much fun. >> she's the best. >> coming up next on "new day," could things go from bad to

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all right. kind of a cool discovery to tell you about. noah's arc, a new discovery could change what you know about it. a british researcher says he has the actual instructions that noah was given to build his arc.

he said he got a hold of an an can't tablet that dates back as far as back as 1700 b.c.. that's older than the book of genesis. according to this tablet, noah's arc was round, the blueprint calls for the ship to be a doughnut shape about the size of one and a half football fields with a tall skyscraper like cabin to hold the animals. the arc was made out of coil ropes, made out of palm fiber. it's one of the most important human documents ever discovered. i know you were lost after i said doughnuts. isn't that cool? round. fascinating stuff. >> fascinating. absolutely. so you probably noticed this or maybe you didn't, did you notice who was not at last night's grammy awards. troubled pop star justin bieber who was spotted on the beach with r and b singer usher. but new developments on justin

bieber's drunk driving arrests as prosecutors consider a felony charge for egging his neighbor's home. pamela brown is here with the latest. where do thing stand? >> so much for him laying low. instead of going to the grammys he was seen in panama on the beach. he was there with usher, one of his mentors and so at this point, you know, there's speculation perhaps an intervention is going on or he just wanted to get away and wanted some r and r after his high-profile arrest. at this point no court date has been set. we're finding out more details that he blew a .014 on his breathalyzer test. >> it is lower than initially thought. >> but he's still not 21. >> it's lower than the legal limit for drivers under the age of 21. that's a factor. also we're learning that maybe perhaps he wasn't going as fast as initially thought as well but he was in a zone where the speed

limit was 30 mile-per-hour and police said he was going double that. the owner of the lamborghini, looked at the car's gps and said he was going 55 miles per hour. so that's also not as bad as we initially thought. it looks at this point he faces perhaps misdeamnor, could be convicted of some misdeamnors but not as bad. then we have telegraphing incident. >> the egging incident that's back in california and that's still lingering. >> the consequences of that could be much more severe, he could be charged with felony vandalism which impacts his status here in the u.s. he's canadian and here on a visa. foreigners here with a visa could be deported if charged with a felony. in some ways that is a bigger deal. >> oddly enough. >> for that reason for him. >> not laying, low which might be the best advice for him at this very moment.

thanks very much. chris? when we come back what a story. an amazing survival. you're going to hear from a teenager who was injured. do you remember this? this horrifying parasailing accident. what is life like now? we'll talk to her live. also, even more people have been sickened on a royal caribbean cruise ship. what caused this outbreak that has more than 600 people ill? cdc investigators are on board trying to determine. they say it's a mystery illness. is it? we'll get to the bottom of it for you.

>> pure ice. all fluffy and light snow it will meltdown, it will be a mess. >> subzero nation. will we make history as the coldest winter ever. another round of brutal cold. the air hitting the eastern half of the country today. temps dropping 50 degrees in the south. what it will mean for school, commutes and the super bowl ahead. >> mystery at sea. a fast spreading illness rips through a cruise ship. hundreds sick. the trip ending. cdc investigating and no one knows what's behind it. >> true survivor. a parasailing trip that nearly turned deadly. one of those teenage girls is speaking out about that moment and her amazing recovery. she joins us live this morning. >> your "new day" continues right now. good morning and welcome back to "new day". it's 8:00 in the east and this

morning you know it if you're experiencing it. millions of americans are going for another ride on the polar express the severe cold has a firm grip on the midwest and it's extending across the country in the coming days. dangerous conditions in minneapolis and chicago are closing schools in both cities. so far more than 700 flights have been cancelled nationwide. let's get straight over to our meteorologist indra petersons on the very latest what to expect. >> i feel the danger has returned. temperatures this morning that feel like they are almost 40 below. of course that's minnesota, once again minneapolis almost 38 below, fargo 36 below but not just in the upper midwest. this cold air is spreading into the ohio valley. today down to the southeast, even the deep south and by tomorrow into the northeast. another round of frigid arctic air is gripping the midwest. today it moves down the east coast and by tuesday it flows into the deep south. another round of subzero

temperatures. this morning schools in chicago, milwaukee and parts of minnesota and iowa closing their doors and asking parents to keep their kids home. wind chills of 30 below in chicago are forcing officials to action. >> too much of a danger of them getting frostbite or hypothermia. >> in texas mother nature is leaving many with weather whiplash. it was 70 and then hours later temperatures plummeted 40 degrees. the worse is yet to come. shortages in propane and price increases making it hard for 12 million americans to stay warm. >> there are people down to 5%, 10% and with this cold weather coming up they are out. >> denver broncos and seattle seahawks are arriving for the super bowl game.

they need to decide by the end of the week whether to move up the game or change the time. a lot of people have been asking is this the coldest it has ever been? i'll put up a comparison. minneapolis, 15 below but the record for today 23 below. not the coldest it has ever been but still a lot of perspective. we keep talking about what does it feel like. in alaska a comparison to the midwest, 40. how unusual. chicago today their high being just 1. definitely huge drastic comparisons when we talk about temperatures across the country. today the highs in chicago expected to be 1 below and we know this cold air is spreading down into the deep south where tomorrow morning we could be waking up with even snow in places like new orleans. definitely unusual winter for many of us. >> boy oh, boy just getting worse and worse. everybody has to prepare so we'll keep you informed. this morning we have new information.

deadly shooting at a maryland mall is raising familiar and terrible questions. police say they have identified the shooter but not what drove him to become a killer. the shooting left three dead including the gunman. he's been identified as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar. this morning police are digging into his background investigating whether he even knew the people he gunned down. we go to columbia, maryland for more. >> reporter: chris, police said last night they found a journal in aguilar's home and he was generally unhappy with his life but they still have a lot of investigating to do to determine what led him to go this far. howard county police identified 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar as the shooter in the latest outbreak of gun violence to shock the country. armed with a shotgun and a lot of ammunition he terrorized maryland's columbia mall taking two other young lives before his own.

27-year-old chris came face to face with the gunman and described the scene but didn't don't identified. >> he shot her. then 10, 15, maybe not 10 seconds later i heard the second gunshot. basically just like scrambled out of the store on my hands and knees right by the male employee was down on the ground. still alive. >> those two victims are 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. aguilar fired six to eight shots investigators said killing them both. police still haven't pinned down a possible motive though they say aguilar lived in the same college park, maryland neighborhood as benlolo. investigators raided aguilar's home taking away more ammunition, computers, documents and a journal. >> he does express general unhappiness with his life. we have no known relationship between the victims and our shooter. >> adding to the rift i aguilar was carrying a back with two

home made explosive devices. surveillance videos place revealed aguilar arrived by taxi at this upper level mall entrance around 10:15 saturday morning walking by a children's carousel. then he went into skateboard shop zumiez where the two victims worked. >> kids were running. you just ran. run to the nearest place you could find. >> reporter: as witnesses tried to escape in the chaos, authorities say he then killed himself with the monthsberg 12 gauge shotgun, a shotgun he bought legally. now, the mall re-opens at 1:00 today. officials have been encouraging people to come and show their support but they say they realize this community may never be quite back to normal. >> we can all understand that. let's go to washington now,

following all of the new deechlts on the state of the union address. the focus of the president's speech tomorrow is expected to move past his rocky 2013 and introduce a new plan to work around congress and make use of his presidential authority. we go the white house for the very latest to get a preview. what more are we learning about tomorrow's address? >> reporter: we expect a lot of this speech to be about reducing income in equality and this is an address that has been months in the making. cnn learned it was before thanksgiving when aides first started working on this speech and this is a monumental task for president obama trying to salvage his second term. it's crunch time for president obama. making final edits on a speech he hopes will be the start of a turn around. >> i think the public ended 2013 very frustrated. >> reporter: obama's approval rating is starting to recover.

due in part to the botched roll out of his hearth law. on tuesday he'll tout a new plan to bridge the gap between rich and poor. designee won't tell american people he won't wait for congress. he'll move forward in areas like job training, education, manufacturing on his own to restore punt for american families. >> reporter: that means executive actions and public remember private partnerships trying to get something done in a key mid-collection year. >> this is supposed to be a year of action. >> reporter: the go around congress plan rejected by republicans who say obama is aabusing his executive power. >> i think it also has a certain amount of arrogance in the sense that one of the fundamental principles of our country where the checks and balances. >> reporter: one major legislative item obama has his eye on is immigration reform. despite house republican opposition to a comprehensive plan. it was one of obama's big agenda items in last year's state of

the union but it stalled along with expanding background checks on gun sales. and increasing the minimum wage which he'll push for again tuesday night. >> presidential power is something that's fought out every day and one speech isn't going to fundamentally change his position. but what he can do potentially is begin to lay out some themes to define the 2014 legislative and electoral battle. >> reporter: that push will continue after the state of the union, kate, on a road trip that will take president obama to maryland, pennsylvania, wisconsin and tennessee. >> take the show on the road. thank you so much. we'll talk to you soon. also, of course, be sure to tune into cnn's coverage of the state of the union address beginning tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. eastern. 600 people on a royal caribbean cruise are sick. that much is known. but exactly what is it and why it's spreading so fast is not known and that is scary. cdc inspectors are on board trying to figure out the malady

as the ship heads home two days early. there's clues what might have caused the outbreak and why it's spreading so quickly. elizabeth cohen is at the cdc center. we hear people getting sick on cruise ships. what makes this different? >> reporter: what seems to make this one different is the involve people and how quickly it spread. these illnesses happened. it's pretty unusual for a cruise to be cut short. another cruise ship cutting short its planned caribbean island hopping, a maritime version of the walk of shame. this one royal caribbean's explorer of the seas heading back to home port after hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill due to a fast spreading virus whose origins remain a mystery. one passenger said her gastrointestinal symptoms came on suddenly. >> vomiting and diarrhea.

almost had no warning. high fever, chills, aches. >> reporter: by the next morning she says the infirmary was packed with sick passengers. >> as soon as i got down there the nurse walked out and looked at much and said if you're not sick you have to leave right now because this is spreading faster than we can contain it. >> reporter: the centers for disease control and prevention is investigating why so many passengers got sick but the typical cause is norovirus. >> you have those people in a confined space over a long period of time and this is an easily transmissable virus. >> reporter: this cruise ship scenario has happened before, unfortunately. >> we were here with them two years ago. same thing. ship was overrun with this sickness. >> reporter: last year according to the cdc nine cruise ships reported illnesses among passengers. the year before that 16. royal caribbean said in a statement that once stopped the

ship under went a thorough sanitizing. >> they were sanitizing the hallways. i mean they did it ceiling to floor nonstop for about 24 hours. >> reporter: infected passengers and crew were advised to stay in their cabins until they were well for at least 24 hours. now you can go the cdc website to look at how each ship does on its health inspections. explorer of the seas gets high marks. it goes to show you when a sick person whether it's a passenger or crew member gets on board a ship it doesn't necessarily matter how clean the ship was to start with. >> sobering thought especially if you have a cruise booked in the next little while. thank you for that, i think. let's take a look at the rest of your headlines. this morning new details on a u.s. air strike in southern somalia. the target was a senior leader, affiliated with al qaeda and a l

shaba shabaab. this follows an aborted raid back in october when a navy s.e.a.l. team tried to capture another al shabaab leader in somalia. slow progress in the syrian peace talks. the assad regime agreeing to let hundreds of women and children to flee immediately. armed guards preventing them from escaping. talks between the government and opposition have been progressing slowly with today's session in geneva to discussion on a transitional government for syria. new safety checks on hundreds of boeings 767. there are concerns about a movable tail section jamming an issue that could cause pilots to lose control of the aircraft. no planes have been grounded. faa is ordering new tests and replacements of parts.

>> rand paul slamming president bill clinton what he called his predatory sexual behavior. he made those comments in claims that democrats were waging a war on women. the kentucky senator said if hillary clinton decides to run for president in 2016 her husband's behavior should be investigated. got to show you this. check him out. this 10-year-old boy was born with no arms but it has not stopped him from realizing his dream to play the trumpet. jamir wallace said his older sister played the piano and he wanted to play an instrument too. his fifth grade music teacher ordered to build a stand for the horn so he can use his toes to play. how about that? >> fancy feet. >> he sure does. nothing stopping him. >> no obstacles. >> makes the music a little bit sweeter. >> going to take a break. coming up next a billionaire's letter making some people's

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welcome back. this morning a billionaire venture capitalist wrote a letter to the "wall street journal" over the weekend. a big reason it got published because in it he says persecution of the rich is the same as what the jews faced in

nazi germany. let's break it down. yes, i know, i'm breaking the rule of television to, you know, ride this horse until it dies. but it is just too much b.s. for me, fellows, the idea of comparing to it the holocaust is wrong and leave it alone. tissue itself very important. plenty of urgency. will, i start with you. income in equality. real as an issue and if so why or why not? >> it's real as an issue the question is it a good or bad thing? is it a sign of unhealth or health. i know we accept it as a cliche income in equality and i reject that as a premise. >> people don't say income in equality is a problem. people are saying because there's a warren buffett and

will kane there's a problem both of you are fine. it's mass inequalities and some people can't eat every day. >> why is that wrong that people can't eat every day? >> that's wrong. but what is the relationship between that and the people who have a ton of money. how are they responsible for that? >> it's a great question. comes down to structural inequality a tax system that allows people who make billions get off the hook and having an educational system where people get a quality education directly related to how much their property tax is. >> do you believe that taxes are the reason for poverty in this country? >> absolutely not. that's a good thing. we have to distinguish between inequality and poverty. they are not one and the same thing. inequality is a relative concept. it asks how am i doing compared to something, you, a rich

person. i use this illustration often. chris paul is six foot. dwight howard is seven foot. that's an inequality. it ignores the fact both men are tall. can you have a society and we do to a large extent where most people in this country are rich but unequal. inequality is a worthless metric. the only metric that is worthwhile is poverty. >> the reason we use inequality is not because we want everybody to have the same thing but we point out we have mass poverty because we have mass wealth. >> there's a core difference in our philosophies. the reason we have mass poverty because we have mass wealth. that presumes economics, economics is a zero sum game. wealth and economics does not work that way. >> so let's go down the road. unchecked, if you were to check

it what would happen. how do we change it for the better? >> responsible tax policy. >> they pay over half the taxes now. >> they make 85% of the money. >> should they pay 85%. >> it's not a fixed sum of money. you have this idea that money is a fixed concept. >> i agree. the reason you have to pay more taxes for those people because of the things we know that are engines to social prosperity, education, housing, hearth can only be funded through taxation and other forms of social investment. if i live in my bad neighborhood my school will be crap because we don't pay enough property tax. poor people get a poor school because they are poor. >> yet every time we look at the education numbers we see per students even in poor places we spend way more than is necessary according to the experts for quality education. i spent a lot of time on this this weekend getting ready for the state of the union. i feel taxes are a red herring. it's making it easy for both of

your parties to escape how you make higher paying jobs. it's easy to say if you lower taxes for the rich everything will be okay. you can't find an economist to put their arms around that. you guys are saying if you tax the hell out of the wealthy people we'll have a bigger base. money doesn't solve the problem. >> you're right. it's an escape valve from having a discussion about real reform. we tripled education spending to flat test scores. can we put more money in education one guy says yes, one guy says no we're escaping the real conversation. education is one thing. we can use that same debate on most problems. money surveyly the issue. >> let's go to tactics. president will come out we believe and say income in equality is a big deal. he said it before. big part of him running for

office. promises have been made. he's going to said again. we believe. he's then going to say by the way i have a pen and a phone and i'll take care of this myself. is he basically saying i'm not cooperating with you tomorrow night to the republicans. >> absolutely. >> how is that good? >> i'm not saying that's good or bad but he has to take the popular strand ever his jends and that's economic inequality. >> up don't think it's more so you better learn how to work with these people? >> your point is if he takes up the pen and says i'm not going with you. it says a lot about this form of government. disagreement and having it stuck in the mud is how it was designed. you're not supposed to pick up the pen and push things. >> when will tell me fortunate or the rebuttal this is how i'm bringing businesses back, that the minimum wage keeps you below the poverty line. where your minimum standard of living puts you below poverty.

look you got to fix it. you got to find ways where people can have jobs. that allows us to have the gap come down. who will say that? >> not the republicans. you'll hear it from the president. oftentimes in the republican party -- >> he's going to say here's how i'm bringing business back. >> yes. >> by extending unemployment benefits? >> raising minimum wages. you don't have a living wage but a minimum wage would be better than where people are. you have to move the minimum wage forward. >> the bottom line is answer to your question is economic growth. mark and i, for example, bill gates and president obama, bill gates addressed minimum wage how you accomplish economic growth. some believe swaelt a fixed concept. others believe you have to make

economic growth from the bottom up. >> we need a tide. we have to leave it here. the idea if we do this to the rich it will be good or if we do this to the rich will be bad. we're missing the point. there's so much more to it. very good to have you both. we're going to take a break. coming up next on "new day" you'll remember this terrifying video of this very tough to watch two teens who were critically injured in a parasailing accident. now one of them is speaking out. how is her road to recovery? we'll talk to her.

. welcome back. time for the five things you need know. number one no relief from the polar vortex. temperatures dangerously below zero in the midwest and it will extend east and into the deep south. with 11 days to go before the sochi games begin the state department is warning americans to take extra precautions if they go. athletes, coaches and staff are being told not to wear their uniforms outside russia's security ring of steel at the games. maryland police are searching for a motive in that mall shooting that left three dead including the suspect. he's been identified as 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar. north carolina officials are taking a second crack at inditing police officer randall kerik who shot and killed a

former college football player last fall. breaking news. there are reports trey radel may resigning today after being caught with cocaine last year. now to a truly amazing story of survival. we first showed you this footage over the summer and it is very difficult to watch. just a warning. back in july alexes fairchild and her friend were parasailing in florida. their tow line snapped and slammed them into a parked car. incredibly both girls survived. but survived traumatic injuries in the meantime. joining us to talk about the road to recovery is alexes fairchild along with her mother and father and her attorney.

a long road ahead, i guess, that's kind of the understatement of the year, alexes but how are you today? >> i'm doing really good. i have had set backs but for the most part i'm on the road to recovery because all my surgeries are done. >> many surgery? >> oh, yeah. i just have to get my chin fixed and i'm done. >> just have to get my chin fixed and i'm done. >> talk me through where you were and where you're headed in terms of your physical recovery right now? >> i mean i went from not even being able to like do every day things from, you know, being able to go hang out with my friends and, you know, get back to life. so, i mean i'm getting really close. >> and the main physical problem that you're dealing with right now is your back, your back injury was very severe? >> yeah. >> but you're working towards that? >> yeah. i don't have a lot of mobility with my back, but it's getting

there. like it just takes a lot of exercises. >> i know we're being very careful here in the studio for very good reason. this happened in july. that might seem like a long time ago for some of us, but that is basically no time at all when you're talking about what you went through and for that reason you've never seen the video, you never want to see the video and we've been very careful about that. >> yeah. thank you. >> how much of that day, though, do you remember? >> i remember a lot of it. like a lot. like most of it. >> it's just too painful to recall? >> i don't like to think about it. i have really bad nightmares and the doctor doesn't think it's good for me physically or mentally to bring it up. >> for good reason as we said. >> yeah. >> when we sit here i'm in awe of alexis. you're smiling. you have an amazing outlook and

perspective. where did she get this? >> we get it from her. she's helped us through everything. she's a strong girl. >> where you were, july, would you ever believe you would be here today in january? >> no. not at all. >> how dark were those moments for you as a family? >> we thought we were going to lose her. >> there was a real possibility. i mean these were injuries that people don't survive, right? >> right. >> how has this changed your family? >> in a sense it's brought us closer, you know. and we've learned to deal with a lot of stuff. i mean, the day you walk in, trying to hold back tears, let her know you're there for her. until now. it's amazing. >> all it was an innocent day,

parasailing is something that many of us would say we've done at one point or another. on vacation. it started as such a happy day. why then, because it's so difficult for your guys to speak about and i'm trying to be very careful myself in talking about it, why then do you want to speak out. where does this come from? >> we don't want another family sitting here talking about their incident, their child. you know, what we went through is horrific. i mean from day one to where we are now is a nightmare. and to watch our child struggle every single day and knowing that there are things that we could actually do to make children safe is what we want for sue. >> you're so strong and you put on such a good face but i don't think people understand.

we were learning to read again, we were learning to walk again, these are things people take for granted and something no one should have to be relearning again especially at 17 years old. where your finding the strength within yourself? >> i don't cho. i feel like every place i've been -- i've had a really good group of doctors, great doctors. team of therapists. then i went from there to rhr where i had a great group of therapist there's and doctors and i had mark. then i come to lutheran and i have amazing doctors and amazing therapists. >> it has something to do with you too. >> yeah. but when you see other people when they get down they don't get back up and you see it when you're in rehab and stuff. but i knew right away if i didn't get up and walk or if i didn't get up and just push myself i wasn't going to tomorrow and i wasn't going to do it in a week so i just had to do it. >> what does the road ahead look

like for you? >> i don't really know. taking it one day at a time. >> probably the best way to take it. >> debbie, as angie was saying the family speaking out as painful this is they don't want this to happen and there's a lawsuit against this parasailing company. after the incident, we haven't heard anything from the parasailing company at all but they did release a statement. in part of it they said that the company practiced -- will adhere to best practices to minimize the risk associated with wear sport activities. sudden weather conditions can and do occur. talk to me about the lawsuit. >> we filed a lawsuit as you know against the parasailing company as well as the hotel that off terrified parasailing services right in their backyard. it was a few feet away from the property where alexis was staying. we're bringing in the rope company as well, the company that manufactured that tow line. so we're alleging negligence

against all three companies, basically as far as the parasailing company goes they exercised poor judgment, first of all, in taking the girls out in horrible weather conditions and it wasn't sudden as they said in their statement. if you look at the weather report from that day, the national weather report shows there was heavy rain in the area on and off throughout the day. the girls were actually taken out earlier that day and the operator at that point said we can't go out let's take you back in. they waited about an hour or so. then took the girls back out and the video footage shows those skies were so dark -- >> you can see those ominous skies. >> that doesn't happen in a split second. there was nothing sudden about it. it was not right day to be operating. and interestingly they were the only company operating that day, parasailing. >> angie, it's not about the money. >> no. >> what is it about?

>> we don't want another family to go through what we did. you know, if it stops one more person, you know, then it's well worth. you know, there's a positive at the end of this. her accident not count for anything. you know, i mean there's a positive there. >> if they do get regulations and it stops one person from being hurt or injured, you know, or killed because that's happened also. >> could very easily happened here. one thing we're thankful here is you can sit here today. you're an inspiration with your strength. >> thank you. >> thank you, alexis. angie, mike, thank you. chris? >> wow, what a story. continued good health and healing to that entire family. coming up on "new day" france's first lady saying au revoir. she's in india after parting with the president. was his alleged affair too much

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♪ welcome back. france's first lady bidding adieu. here's the situation. she's in india this morning two days after the french president announced the couple was calling it quits.

the breakup comes after president's alleged affair with a french actress and now finally speaking out. we go to london following this saga. horrible to have your personal business in the news. such is politics at home and abroad. >> reporter: that's right. after weeks of speculation and gossip, including a pretty uncomfortable presidential press conference and a rather awkward trip to see pope francis at the vatican, french president francois hollande has confirmed his bachelor status. after more than two weeks of wondering are they on or off, now we know. president francois hollande has broken off his nearly seven year relationship with france's first lady. francois hollande 's love triangle made global headlines. his alleged infidelity with a new paramour.

>> he believes president or no president each person has the right to a private life. >> reporter: now she's in india on a humanitarian trip after a wild week that include ad trip to the hospital for exhaustion. she gave a press conference in mumbai saying she's doing well. for people not to worry. this weekend she said good-bye to her staff at the palace tweeting all of my gratitude goes to the extraordinary people at the elyse. i will never forget the devotion or emotion at the time of leaving. hold gave an exclusive interview to "time" magazine reporter. >> there was no one around except for this one, you know, rather small physically president walking around the palace. >> reporter: but suing the tabloid for invasion of privacy

after they made public details of her relationship with francois hollande . questions surrounding the affair clouded his trips to the netherlands and the vatican. this week he travels to turkey and his first visit to the white house is days away. >> when he arrives in washington, you kind of have to have your personal life sorted out or you will run the risk of getting eaten alive by the american media. >> reporter: francois hollande is expected to arrive at the white house for the state dinner on february 11th. he has not said if he intends to bring a date but most palace analysts say he'll go alone. >> just what the white house needs, more attention like that. thank you so much. we'll talk to you soon. coming up next on "new day," much more on music's biggest night of the year including a grammy moment that taylor swift may rather forget.

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how about that? that was music's newest star. the ceremony is called music's biggest night but indict live up to the name?

here to walk us through the highs and loss is our nischelle turner. good to have you both here, here where i can see you and nischelle where i can almost feel you. let's talk about this last night. there were highs and loss. one of the biggest complaints resounding is that it was a long show. >> it's always a long show but really was a story about partners. you have jay-z and beyonce kicking things off. daft punk the robot duo winning the award of the night with album of the near. macklemore & ryan lewis. queen latifa presiding over this marriage of various partners. it was all about partners not to mention that hat. the weirdest partnership of the whole night. >> nischelle you can attest

being there it's like almost like the awards are an after thought. it's about those live performances. >> reporter: there were some awards given out last night. we don't remember them. it's about the performances, out of the box collaboration, duos that christopher was talking about. i have to tell you, he spoke to that, macklemore & ryan lewis and everyone was taking about madonna and queen latifa. my favorite was trombone shorty. he's so fantastic. >> i love trombone shorty. >> reporter: they had a new orleans second line. that was pretty good. >> then, this is the thing there's always this discussion about are the grammys relevant, do they get what people are listening to on their ipads and pandora and the radio and they talk about that generational kind of gap that can happen. let's bring in the beatles. >> people are complaining the beatles, they were hot for a long time.

50% of the beatles and ringo starr and paul mccartney is better than 100% of anybody. >> nischelle? >> reporter: i agree. i was talking to dave grohl on the red carpet. you were work with paul mccartney. he said you never get over the hype of paul mccartney. he and ringo starr anything they together is a moment. >> that argument about people saying i'm do young to understand that it's music and music at its finest that's the thing you have to recognize and it really should be about music's greatest night. >> it should be about music. people on the show these days are trying get social buzz, social media buzz, trying to get hash tag. madonna swhoups a cane and a grill and i don't know about the cane. all the jokes with madonna she should avoid canes and walkers. not a good idea.

>> let's speak about the social media buzz. what's interesting there were some snubs. i want to get to that. in terms of social media one of the biggest things we saw some people were surprised, i know chris was stoked that macklemore won and some thought lamar was snubbed. macklemore themselves they felt as though kendrick lamar was snubbed? >> kendrick lamar didn't go home with anything. macklemore, he did break new ground with "same love" a sound that challenged some conventions of pop radio by talking about same sex marriage and championing it. when you put yourself out there you'll get rewarded by grammy. it's funny, the rep committee for the grammys didn't want to have macklemore & ryan lewis in those coordination. they wanted to push him out. he got himself in there. you have this artist talking

about materialism with his song. getting some rewards for putting himself out there and challenging southeast conventions. >> we can't talk about the award show without talking about taylor swift the face. what was the face about? some people feel she was snubbed. she's not very good at not emoting. this face flight. >> reporter: taylor swift has definitely had her fair share of grammy moments. casey musgraves is new on the scene. i think she deserved a grammy. taylor swift was surprised she didn't win. she thought her album was pretty darn good. she had a good performance. she had a good time. every time i looked she was up dancing to somebody. >> here's the thing. sure she lost she will win more but maybe she should get a helmet, daft punk helmet. >> we still haven't seen their

faces. >> these award shows should be daft punk helmets. >> reporter: i think last night was, as much as it was about daft punk winning, this was about terrell williams. and the mark he's making on the music industry because if you think about what he's done this year, he was producer of the year. he worked on jay-z, daft punk, roin this thicke. thinks own song is nominated for an oscar. >> he can wear the hat. >> reporter: yes. >> producer of the year that's great. i think you're right a lot of it is undone r and b tweeted they want his hat back. smokey the bear wants his hat back. >> nischelle come home soon. that's a wrap of the grammy fun. i know you have your opinions. >> coming up, surprise

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. all right. let's get you to the "newsroom" with carol costello down in washington. carol? >> thanks, guys. have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> good morning thank you so much for joining me, i'm carol costello in washington this morning and we do have breaking news. republican congressman trey radel of florida is quitting. back in october he was arrested for drug possession in a sting operation when he purchased over three grams of cocaine from an undercover federal agent. radel took some time off from congress to go into rehab. he apologized to constituents, trying to explain that alcoholism led to the cocaine