up without an alarm clock today. it is sunday, i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. just ease into sunday. let's start this half with five things you need to know for your new day. up fifrrst, going to new jersey not for the super bowl just yet but for chris christie's fight over the scandal over lane closures at the george washington bridge. his office sent a memo to supporters. five things you need to know about the bombshell that is not a bombshell. slams his former appointee david wildstein. wildstein's attorney says evidence exists that he knew about the lane closures when it happened. irt's being released now as part of that interim deal that saw iran cut back on its nuclear program. iranian media reports that the

funds made available to the country amounted to $550 million. number three, an arrest has been made in a grisly case that shocked a small michigan community. police say 59-year-old woman has been taken into custody after a garbage bags full of human body parts were found along a snowy rural road. the remains belong to the woman's son. he disappeared about a week ago. number four, actor maxami maxamillian schell has died. he died yesterday at a hospital there was a long illness. his wife was by his side. he was 83 years old. and number five now, we're going back to new jersey and this time for the food, the commercials and the football. in just about 11 hours, super bowl xlviii kicks off. broncos the top rated offense go

head-to-head with seahawks number one defense. good news for the players and the fans of the big game. we just heard from meteorologist chad myers who was there on super bowl boulevard. despite earlier reports of snow and freezing temperatures, expected to be low to mid-40s, maybe even 50 in new jersey. this next story is really sensitive. i want to warn you that the details are graphic and not appropriate if you have a child in the room, but we wanted you to be prepared for this thing. for the first time, the adopted daughter of woody allen is speaking publicly about allegations that she was sexually abused by the filmmaker as a child. open letter posted to "new york time" and she recounts the alleged abuse and writes this, "when i was 7 years old woody allen took me by the hand and led me into a dim-closet-like attic on the second floor of our

house. he told me to lay on my stomach and play with my brother's electric train set and then he sexually assaulted me." allen denied the accusations and ther never charged with anything. brian stelter joining me now from new york. brian, you know, farrow talked about she's married now and doing well. but something stood out to us in this quote where she writes, but others are still scared, vulnerable and struggling for the courage to tell the truth. the message that hollywood sends matters for them. so, you know, we're trying to figure out what message does hollywood send? again, he was never convict of anything. but he's acclaimed. he just won the lifetime achievement award at the golden globes and up for three oscars in his latest movie "blue jasmine." hollywood loves him. is this letter, in your opinion,

is it going to change anything? >> what she and her brother have suggested in the last few weeks first with tweets and now from this letter is that you cannot separate the two. you cannot separate woody allen's remarkable work on screen and his private life. no matter how hard people might try. i do think this is going to matter because all of the actors and actresses that were mentioned by name in this letter are going to have to figure out how they're going to address this. they're going to have to say something. you know, these are names like kate blanchet, meemma stone. she ends by saying what is your favorite woody allen movie? so far none of those celebrities i named have commented. cnn reached out to all the representatives last night and haven't heard back yet. maybe that will change today because i think they will have to say something about this. >> do you think there could be,

if people read this letter, which is, it seems really profound. almost as though she's writing, at times, in that 7-year-old voice. so, if you believe any of it, do you think that the actors that she does call out by name are at risk for some sort of public backlash? >> i think that's always a risk, but i think for the most part this will be about woody allen. the key line to me in the piece says that woody allen is a living testament to the way our society fails as survivors of sexual assault and abuse. as you mentioned at the top, everyone is innocent until proven guilty. but that kind of statement is where i think she's trying to start a conversation. not just about her own experience, but about people who come forward and say that they are victims of sexual assault. sometimes in this society, those claims are not taken seriously enough. she seems to feel that's what

happened to her and i think for days to come we'll be talking more about what happened to those people when they come forward. >> you're absolutely right. i mean, we talk a lot about how the voices of victims get so muddied and especially as children. it's such a sensitive topic. but would a child lie about something like that? there are so many questions around it. so many questions to compare these two. when we talk about hollywood and embracing their own. filmmaker roman polanski. he pled guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl and then left the country, he's a fugitive. nominated for several oscars and won in 2003 and couldn't even come back to the u.s. to accept the award because if he did, he'd be arrested. is there a culture of "turning a blind eye." as dylan farrow asserts. >> this is happening in the midst of award season.

we're a few weeks away from the oscars, which means this is coming up again and again in the weeks to come. if a blind eye was ever turned in the past, it can't be now, can't be in the past few weeks. nick crist off "new york times" columnist wrote on twitter last night that he heard from dylan farrow and the outpouring of support has been monumental and i'm grateful. interesting that she is paying attention to all the reaction from this and i'm sure will be today, as well. >> thank you for sharing your perspectives with us and how this is resonating in the media world. be sure to watch "reliable sources" 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on cnn. up next, we're going to go back to new jersey to look ahead to the big game tonight. as everybody gets ready for some football. i asked my husband to pay our bill, and he forgot. you have the it card and it's your first time missing a payment, so there's no late fee. really?

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today is the day at metlife stadium. >> i know. we're in the wrong seats. andy schulls has the seat to be had today. live there at metlife. i know we have been talking about the weather, how is it going to be and all that good stuff. give us a good sense of what it is like there right now, would you, andy. >> for all the talk of having a super bowl in new york in february would be a complete disaster, it would be miserable. not going to be that bad. only about 35 degrees at metlife stadium right now and around kickoff expected to be around 45 degrees with a slight chance of rain. so, the nfl really did luck out in this situation. now, as i just said, weather is not going to be a factor for this ball game. both teams made their way over to metlife stadium for one final walkthrough on the field. this game is shaping up to be a good one. the best offense in the denver broncos and on the other side, the league's best defense and seattle seahawks.

now, vegas has made the broncos a two-point favorite in this one and a lot of people are expecting them to win this game. now, the broncos fearless leader, peyton manning, as expected was named this year's mvp and the offensive player of the year. this is peyton's record fifth mvp award and look to cap off this record-setting season with a super bowl ring tonight. a win would be great for his legacy. he'd love to get a win for quarterback champ bailey who never played in a super bowl. >> being in my 16th season but for champ to play as long as he has and have a chance to play in his first one speaks to how difficult it is to get there and also speaks to his commitment to staying on top of his game and keeping himself in great shape to be playing corner at his age is extremely difficult.

so, i'm happy for him that he's playing in this game. i know it means a lot to him. i know a lot of the players want to win this game for him and i certainly do, as well. >> one seahawks fan could become a legend, if they do, in fact, win the super bowl tonight. meet tim connors. he's already got a seahawks tattoo with the words super bowl xlviii champs. he did this back in august. tim will be at the game tonight and he say he may be a stupid fan, but he doesn't see them losing and for tim's sake, i kind of hope the seahawks win so he doesn't have to get that tattoo removed or in someway fixed to be correct. you wouldn't want to walk around the rest of your life with a tattoo saying super bowl xlviii champs. >> andy, thank you so much. >> thanks, andy, have fun.

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12 minutes to the top of the hour. let's go to texas. a wintry mix headed to the dallas area. >> so much so that we're being told 280 flights are being canceled. live look at dallas right there at the molment. jennifer gray, are we talking snow. >> snow and sleet. and then the snow/sleet combo, we're not even looking at an inch. a little bit in dallas. it's not there yet. basically all of this is in oklahoma, the texas panhandle pushing into the dallas area. those warnings are in effect. you can see snow across the texas panhandle. the worst of it will stay to the

north of dallas in oklahoma and then pushing to the east. but you can see, sleet trying to push into portions of dallas on the west side of the city right there over the metroplex and oklahoma city going to see that snow, as well. some of the heavier snow also well to the north in cleveland and ohio valley with cincinnati getting a little bit of mixture this morning. temperatures still at 35 degrees. still a little cooler snow but we are going to see those temperatures fall throughout the day. this is going to push on out early this afternoon as we head into tonight and tomorrow. could see snow showers left on the east coast and then all be pushing out by monday afternoon. so, yep, dallas could get a little bit of snow today. we're also looking at some patchy fog across portions of the southeast very dense, less than a quarter mile visibility, guys. >> let's hope it burns off pretty soon. jennifer, thank you. still to come on "new day" a preview of this year's super bowl half-time r

what is he going to do to compete with beyonce? madonna and michael jackson? we're going to talk about it after this. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie.

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♪ >> let's hope the halftime show is nothing like that. >> why not? it was entertaining! >> yeah, but it is not what people are looking for. that's from last night's "saturday night live" opening monologue, what they think would happen if the halftime show is canceled. >> you love it or hate it. halftime shows are a big deal. more than 110.5 million people watching this show last year worldwide. and in a few hours everybody is going to be looking at bruno mars. ♪ you make me feel like >> this song and "treasure," my

favorites. bruno mars has really high bar to clear with the red hot chili peppers. last year beyonce killed it. she also killed half the lights in the stadium. but it was a great performance. joining us now, jimmy alexander from star 94 who's actually still dressed from the club last night. complete with whistle. >> you know, it's not actually from the super bowl. i have a part-time job at footlocker. >> noon to 6:00. >> by the way, 10%. great thing about bruno mars, a lot of artists, paul mccartney, i love paul, a lot of people are like, he's a little older, like the who. so doesn't really relate to the mule tie generations. where somebody like bruno mars. my aunt in connecticut was like, you better be nice to bruno. i think he really is able to bridge young and old together. >> which is a problem the

black-eyed peas didn't know who they were. >> you're scaring me. >> the interesting thing about the red hot chili peppers, what are they going to wear? take their shirts off? but it's one of those times when you look at america -- i think the halftime show represents what's popular in culture at this time. >> but what do you think they have to do? because victor said, there is a high bar after beyonce. what do they have to do to be the top tomorrow morning? >> well, i think if they just keep the lights on, that's good. we don't have all night to watch this football game tonight but i think bruno mars is one of those artists -- you remember him on "saturday night live," he can mimic other artists. you know he's dancing like michael jackson tonight. put your money down on it. and he'll wear hats. lots and lots of hats. >> michael jackson had one of the iconic super bowl shows where impersonators popped up on

monitors. he came on the stage so strong. >> number one classic -- ratings equals money. madonna came out. thank god she didn't wear the girl from the grammys but she was number one. you look at bruce springsteen had a great show. that was really all about america. but if you really look at some of the weird things about the super bowl halftime show, if you look at the first artist who performed -- it was carol channing. could you imagine being at the super bowl, all those guys like, hey, lou, i'm glad carol channing's here. she's much better than barbara. she was so good, two years later they had her back. but the first time they had an artist that really did the whole show was new kids on the block in 1991. they were the first one where it was a real halftime show, not just marching bands. >> let's talk about what happened ten years ago with 90

million people watching the whole janet jackson/justin timberlake debacle. it was 9/16 of a second that sparked years of debate and outrage. when you look back at that, if something like that would happen again, would it be the same reaction? >> well, they wouldn't let it happen after that. even in radio, we had 115 meetings every single day about what you can and can't say on the air. but the interesting thing about that was we really saw what kind of guy i think justin timberlake is. because as soon as it happened and he rips the thing off, he's like it is a wardrobe malfunction. in the song it says "i'm going to have your clothes off by the end of the song." i don't think it surprised everybody. what justin did afterwards, janet, hey, boo, i got to go. i'm sliding away. i don't have janet's back. >> for weeks he wouldn't say anything. >> he still won't talk about it now. let janet take all the pressure about that.

>> hey, jimmy -- we're so glad you were here. thank you very much. star 94 mornings with cindy and jimmy. >> i got to go. i'll see you. it's the end of an era for "snl's" with the weekend update." seth meyers said good-bye to the anchor desk on last night's show. you needed a couple of surprise people to give the sendoff properly. >> it is my last show and i just want to say being on here with my co-anchors and my dear friend, my husband is the perfect way to end. this is the job i always wanted and i had the best time and i met the best people and i just want to thank the crew and the cast especially the writers and loren. take us out. i'm seth meyers.

goodnight. >> big sendoff. so he's leaving because he's going to take over for jimmy fallon. then fallon is going to replace jay leno. >> we are so glad that you are with us in the mornings. >> next hour of your "new day" starts right now. all right. happy sunday! that was quick, wasn't it? we said we'll be right back, we are right back. i hope this sunday is being good to you so far. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. this is "new day sunday." today, super bowl xlviii, denver broncos versus the seattle seahawks. here's a look at metlife stadium in east rutherford, new jersey. >> peyton manning, quarterback for denver, and russell wilson for seahawks. we were just talking about bruno