address. if it's sunday, it's "meet the address. if it's sunday, it's "meet the press." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good monday morning. here's what's coming up on "early today," mall shooting. new details over a deadly shooting spree at a popular mall. grammy whammy. a huge night for the music industry with incredible acts, memorable moments and even a chance to say i do. gas explosion. one of thr natural gas pipelines erupt in flames amid frigid temperatures. the cold weather going from bad to worse and chicago is closing schools. a new nightmare for cruise ship passengers. and a 5k where eating a dozen krispy kremes is part of the race to the finish line. it is monday, january 27th. "early today" starts right now.

good morning, it is nice to see you. i'm veronica de la cruz. a shotgun, plenty of ammunition and a backpack filled with homemade explosives. that's what officials say a gunman who opened fire at a maryland mall brought with him. police say 19-year-old derian aguilar took a taxi to the mall in columbia in suburban baltimore. he had no criminal record. they say aguilar entered near the skateboard shop zumiez and went downstairs to a food court. returned less than an hour later, dumped his backpack in a dressing room and started shooting. shoppers fled in panic or barricaded themselves inside the mall. police say aguilar shot and killed two employees before taking his own life. those victims identified as 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 25-year-old tyler johnson. >> right now we don't have any type of known relationship between the shooter and our victims, nothing -- not one. we have a couple -- and that's what our investigators were working hard at right now to try

to uncover. >> police say they received a missing persons report from aguilar's mother two hours after the shooting. they found a journal at his home which they say expressed general unhappiness, but left no real clues as to the motive. the mall is expected to reopen this afternoon. brutal and record blasting temperatures are slamming parts of the country. for the next two days or so, they'll range from the teens to below zero. windchills even worse. minneapolis, 43 below. minus 23 in milwaukee. and chicago's public schools are closed today. hundreds of flights already canceled. that brings us to nbc's wendy woolfolk who is live fours r us chicago at the navy pier. good morning. >> reporter:en have c en havenv morning to you. this is supposed to be the coldest blast yet. this part of the country hasn't thawed from the first round of the polar vortex and now we're bracing for another.

as you mentioned, the public schools are canceled here in chicago and surrounding suburbs. public transportation schedules and train schedules modified because it is too dangerous to stay outside for long periods of time in these conditions. there is also a propane shortage across the midwest, so many people are looking for heating alternatives. this relentless weather pattern has really started to wear on people and it is only january. temps here are supposed to remain below zero for the next two and a half days. the wintry mix is going to reach the deep south tomorrow. it is brutal, even for winter's standards. live in chicago, wendy woolfolk. veronica, back to you. >> we appreciate it, thank you. a natural gas pipeline in canada that exploded saturday is expected to be operating at full capacity this afternoon. the blast sent flames hundreds of feet into the air, despite temperature business low zero, evacuated residents says they

could feel the heat from the blaze. >> like being at a barbecue, at a bonfire but we're a quarter a mile away and it is as hot as that. >> no injuries reported but more than 5,000 customers lost their gas ply because of the explosion. the family of a brain dead pregnant woman in texas is preparing for her funeral. the court battle over keeping marlise munoz on life support for the sake of her unborn fetus ended sunday. john peter smith hospital owe bade a judge's order to stop life sustaining treatment. the munoz family attorney issued a statement saying, the munoz and machado families will now proceed with the somber task of laying marlise munoz's body to rest and grieving over the great loss that has been suffered. music's biggest stars got together for the 56th annual grammy awards. french electronic duo daft punk won the night's biggest awards. macklemore and ryan lewis helped marry 33 couples. ringo and paul got together for a song and that's just a tiny

part of the almost four hour long show. rafael has more. >> random access memories, daft punk. >> reporter: daft punk got lucky at the grammys sunday night with five awards including album of the year. >> generosity, they're generous of spirit. >> reporter: the helmeted french men who don't speak in public performed their hit sonk get lucky with stevie wonder. then minutes later claimed record of the year with collaborator pharrell doing the talking the. >> the robots would like to thank -- you know, honestly i bet france is really proud of these guys right now. >> royals. >> reporter: song of the year to new zealand teen lorde who also took home best pop solo performance. >> this is the one thing that i did not expect the most about tonight. >> reporter: macklemore and ryan lewis scored four grammys, including best rap album and best new artist.

>> i want to thank our fans, the people that got us on this stage. >> reporter: they got on the stage again to perform their gay rights song "same love" joined by queen latifah, madonna and several couples for an emotional in-show wedding. that was one of many memorable performances on the night. husband and wife jay-z and beyonce opened the show with drunken love and surviving beatles paul mccartney and ringo star shared the stage. rafael seth, nbc news. bill karins joins us now with a very rainy monday forecast. >> we like that. we want rainy. >> we do, right? it has been way too long. >> not yet, but it is coming. looks like for sure rain in california finally. first time since like december. and it looks like it will be more of a wednesday and thursday event. over the weekend, we were still warm but not as hot. temperatures in the 60s. we didn't set as many record highs. two weeks straight now with record high each and every day

out there. and as far as like the temperatures, we talked about how bitterly cold it is, especially in areas like the northern plains and stuff, all of this cold air will stay to the east. the best chance of rain appears to be as we go through wednesday and thursday, northern california, especially, and that will move further to the south. not a soaking rain, not a end of the drought buster but it is a change in the weather pattern, which is what we have been so needing. it is just -- the pictures are just incredible and we need to start filling up the reservoirs before the dry season begins. >> people will be confused. what is this? >> it will be pretty crazy. that's a look at the so, again, looks like half inch to inch of rain headed to california. it is a start and that's wednesday and thursday.

>> that's good news. all right, thanks, bill. what is making over 600 passengers and crew so sick at sea? nsa leaker edward snowden on assassination fears. and senator rand paul on bill clinton, monica lewinsky and hillary 2016? it is all next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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sunday where he called former president bill clinton predatory, regarding his affair with former white house intern monica lewinsky. he argued democrats had to, quote, had the republican war on women all wrong and clinton is proof. >> someone who takes advantage of a young girl in their office, i mean, really and then have the gall to stand up and say republicans are having a war on women? so, yes, i think it is a factor and not hillary's fault, and -- >> but should it be an issue -- >> it is a factor in judging bill clinton in history. in an interview with a german tv network, edward snowden said he felt our significant threat to his life and that government officials would love to see him assassinated for leaking classified documents. authorities in central italy are searching for a relic stolen from a church that contains blood of the late pope john paul ii. police say it is thought the thieves may plan to use it for

satanic rituals since the blood would be difficult to sell. the only road leading to valdez, alaska, has been blocked by a pair of avalanches. locals speculate the ice and snow are close to 40 feet deep, leaving residents with no way of driving out of town. no injuries were reported and authorities hope to have the road open sometime tomorrow. and check this out, more than 500 hungry runners took part in the krispy kreme doughnut dash 5k on saturday. it is exactly what it sounds like. participants had to run the race while eating a dozen doughnuts in one hour or less. all for a good cause, of course, a children's charity. where do i sign up. time to get down to business and we turn to bertha coombs. good morning, bertha. >> good morning, veronica. more big retailer layoffs. this time at walmart. the company's sams club division is laying off about 2300 workers. as for the markets, u.s. stocks futures are pointing to a lower

open right now. earnings season continues with about a quarter of the s&p 500 companies reporting this week. all eyes on the federal reserve midweek when it could announce further tapering of its quantitative easing stimulus program where it had been buying $85 billion worth of bonds a month. another possible data breach at michael's craft stores. the biggest arts and crafts retailer in the u.s. no word yet on how many customers' data may have been stolen. but payment card info is at risk. back to you. >> bertha, thank you. sports is just ahead including nba highlights and yankees stadium transforms. and terrifying moments at the race in daytona. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. ent or more on car insurance. yeah. everybody knows that. did you know there is an oldest trick in the book? what? trick number one.

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this morning on "today," jay leno and jimmy fallon for an exclusive joint interview as the two comedians prepare for the "tonight show" handover. sports and a bitter return for kevin garnett and paul pierce back to boston for first time since being traded to brooklyn. in the game, garnett tried his best to get under ronaldo's skin. check out the taunting. there you go. and paul pierce nailed a jumper to keep the nets in the lead 78-70. garnett fields the ball from rondo, takes it to the hole and

nets get their fifth straight win. 85-89 in boston. knicks continue to roll. carmelo anthony 35 points after scoring a record-breaking 62 points on friday at madison square garden. charges in for the layup. the knicks beat the lakers 110-103. college hoops, arizona unbeaten but wasn't easy. utah kept it close trailing by five at the half, 31-26. the wildcats pulled away in the second half to get a school record 20th win. 65-56. to first ever unconferenced pro bowl or better yet fantasy bowl. team deon sanders gets on the board first. he gives the ball to this lucky lady, his mama. less than a minute left, team rice trailed. the pass to demarco murray who takes it in for the score.

team rice wins it 22-21. and what's been shapie inin as a snow bowl, the coaches are concerned that practices for the super bowl might be held indoors. why? why? well, frozen fields, of course. the real test will be how well they're going to play on sunday in those elements. yikes. at the first nhl game ever played at yankee stadium, a windchill of 7, the rangers took on the devils in the high scoring battle that was delayed an hour because of too much sun, believe it or not. earlier in the game, tied 1-1. jaromir jagr sets up patrik elias with this beautiful assist. the rangers rallied to pull off the big win 7-3. a terrifying moment in the third hour of the rolex 24 in daytona. a driver slows down and then he broke his back. both sent to the hospital. they are said to be awake and communicating.

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welcome back. slowly the weather pattern is changing in the west and that's a great thing. big storm headed to the north and for alaska. it is dragging some moisture up here to the pacific northwest. not going to be a ton of rain, a lot of clouds with this. as far as the forecast goes in the future here, we are going to be watching, again, this moisture, the southerly jet stream here, coming into northern california for first time in literally a month by the time we get to wednesday and thursday. and that's where we're finally going to get a little bit of rain and just in time to save some records. because a lot of areas haven't seen any rain this january at all. you know, and hasn't happened often, especially northern california. >> amazing. all right, thanks, bill. who hit the right tune when it came to dressing to the nines at the grammys? well, taylor swift dazzled glittering gucci, chrissie teaguen opted for this glitzy number of her own. beyonce's sheer white michael

costello dress was -- >> a-plus. >> this was tame compared to what she was wearing on stage, the other costume, if you will, was a little bit too revealing, i think. >> tight. >> exactly. the tights, we'll call them. as far as worst dressed, no one was being kind to kathy griffin's mermaid-like gown and paula patton looks like she took down a couple of zebras for this dress. pharrell in this giant hat. i think it might be -- >> could have put madonna on this list. >> i think it might be rubbing off on me. i think it is growing on me, this hat. pharrell. >> he has a lot of style, too. people are surprised he did that. >> he's making a statement. there you go. if you want to call it that. at the box office this weekend, "ride along" nuld pul $21 million, making it the number one movie two weeks in a row. "i, frankenstein" groaned making it a certified bomb. jonah hill hosted "snl"

where his wolf of wall street co-star leonardo dicaprio helped him calm his nerves. >> is it going to help you be less nervous? >> yeah. >> yeah, sure, we can do it. >> all right. >> thanks. ♪ >> and i'm veronica de la cruz. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. [ grunts softly ]

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leading the news from the bbc, ukraine justice minister and state of emergency warning, this after dozens of protesters stormed the ministry building in kiev on sunday adding another government building to the several already occupied by the opposition. in usa today, italy's mt. etna erupts. europe's most active volcano erupted over the weekend with smoke and spectacular lava streams. the eruption temporarily closed a local airport. and some stories you may have missed, a penn state altoona student is charged with possessing weapons of mass destruction and risking catastrophe. police say there is no indication the 18-year-old russian student had anything nuclear or radioactive, but they found homemade bombs and bomb-making materials in his

room. police were investigating a possible marijuana growing operation. tragedy in toledo, ohio, two firefighters are killed as they battle ed inferno on sunday. the fire department plans a formal and detailed investigation. pope francis says women should have a bigger presence in the catholic church. the pontiff lauded women on saturday for their sensitivity to the weak and what he called their gifts, like intuition. he gave no sign the vatican would ordain women to become priests. and check this out, real life angry birds. the pope and some children released two white doves at the end of the holy see on sunday. but they were quickly attacked by a seagull and a crow. >> random. >> the doves flew off. we have no word on their condition. and it is like look at that photo. >> odd. maybe get maybe one would get attacked. but two at the same time by like a seagull and a crow. what is at work here? >> the battle between good and

evil. >> is it? >> right? you saw it. >> i saw the photo. can't make that up. >> you're the absolutely right. it is time for a look ahead and a look back on this day in 1967, a tragic accident at cape kennedy, florida, as reported by nbc news. >> good evening. astronauts virgil grissom, roger white and roger chaffey have been killed in a flash fire during a rehearsal and countdown of the launch of the apolo flight. >> the trial of the former mayor of new orleans starts today, ray nagin accused of accepting bribes in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city. happy birthday to one of tom cruise's former wives, actress mimi rogers, 58. dance legend mikail baryshnikov, 66 today. and actor james cromwell who stars with a pig in babe is 74. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today." have a great monday.

>> the search is on for a suspect who stabbed a college student to death in san jose. what witnesses say led to the murder. plus, a warning on the campus of san jose state. what university police are urging students to do following two sexual assaults this weekend. and a vacation cut short. what health officials are saying after 600 passengers suddenly get sick on board a caribbean cruise. we have a live look outside looking to the west and off to the bay bridge there. it's monday, january 27th, this is "today in the bay." >> good morning to you. it's .