the super bowl, it will be "meet the press." we'll see you next week. coming up on "early today," a super stunner, a comeback for the patriots. catching heat for giving up a late game winning touchdown. the northeast bracing for another winter wallop. the same storm in chicago with a cancellation of 2,000 flights nationwide. a gun wielding toddler. winners an losers from last night's game. it is monday, february 2nd. "early today" starts right now. good morning, everybody. they beat seahawks in 28-24 victory to capture their first

title in ten years. glendale, arizona, sarah, an exciting ending to an exciting game. >> good morning. a huge night for patriots fans and, of course tom brady, the first quarterback to lead his team to six super bowls, a fourth championship and mvp added to that resume. after all the build up, all the excitement -- >> super bowl xlix under way. >> reporter: super bowl xlix kicked off in glendale, arizona, under a sunny sky. 64,000 fans cheering from the stands, more than 100 million watching on tv. and the game didn't disappoint, coming down to the final seconds. >> still not on the ground. still not on the ground. well, look at that. >> reporter: with an amazing catch. >> play clock at five.

pass and intercepted at the goal line! >> reporter: and a goal line play call that will be talked about for years to come. >> i can't believe the call. >> i mean, you would think, you know, they would try to punch it in with marshawn lynch. we made them pay. >> we gave ourselves a chance to win the ball game. they made a play to win at the end. credit to them. >> reporter: final score, 38-24. >> are you ready? >> reporter: it wasn't all about football, however. halftime is traditionally the most viewed event of the year. katy perry didn't disappoint, roaring her way through the 12-minute set. joined by surprise guest missy elliott and rocker lenny kravitz. a game that set new records and sent patriots fans home happy. >> reporter: for fans making the trip home today is not going to be easy. airport officials advising people to arrive at least three

hours early, be sure to check delays and cancellations with that nasty weather in the east. back to you, dara. >> a wicked snowstorm slamming parts of the west. this is live from boston facing snow sleet and rain millions brace forego a messy monday commute. in the midwest, what a mess chicago buried under snow. midway airport, 18.5 inches of it. the weather is forcing schools to cancel classes and leaving more than 8,000 without power. in toledo a snow emergency, visibility down to a few feet. officials issued a travel ban for parts of ohio. in nebraska roads were treacherous. over seven inches of icy snow and wind causing this two tractor-trailers slamming into each other. at airports travel is up in the air. more than 2,000 flights canceled across the country. the hardest hit airport o'hare

with over 1300. bill karins with more on the storm's impact in just a few minutes. a major showdown looming in the nation's capital. today the president is expected to reveal his ten-year budget plan that will give a bump to poor and middle class but also balance the debt challenging gop-led congress. tracie potts live in washington this morning. tracie, how bitter could this get and is there any common ground? >>? >> reporter: there are going to be disagreements. budget chair paul ryan says he wants to look for common ground with president obama particularly on taxes. what they would really like to see is a balanced budget. president obama's $4 trillion budget. federal workers would get a bigger raise than before. plus he wants to spend half a trillion on infrastructure roads, bridges, and public transit, 10 billion plus on clean emergency and millions eventually billions for free

community college. >> we can afford to make these investments. since i took office we cut our deficits by about two-thirds. >> reporter: the deficit, how upside down the budget is, and the debt, the total amount we owe, would remain relatively stable, experts say, but still unbalanced. that's likely to cause a rift here, plus a 14% corporate tax on overseas profits. and an even bigger tax on future foreign earnings. but republicans are talking compromise. >> we want to go and see if there's common ground. so we want to work with this administration to see if we can find common ground on certain aspects of tax reform, and we want to exhaust that possibility. >> reporter: this budget gives the middle class a break, a second tax credit for two-parent working families, expanding tax breaks to adults with no children, and expanding the child care tax credit. republican leaders say they're open to that. but what they're not open to, getting rid of the trust fund loophole. even though it seems that applies to super rich families who have trust funds for their

kids republican leaders argue it also applies to small businesses like farmers trying to pass those businesses onto their children. >> looks like an interesting day ahead. tracie thank you so much. keep it here on nbc, savannah guthrie will have an exclusive interview with president obama this morning on the "today" show. still no word on the medical condition of kristina brown, daughter of late singer whitney houston. she was found unresponsive in the bathtub. she was taken to the hospital. an unnamed source is reporting she's on a ventilator. so far hospital officials are not confirming that. bobbi kristina's father singer bobby brown has been at her bedside. through his attorney is asking that everyone respect her privacy. meanwhile officials have released this audio recording of the emergency responders called to dispatch. >> engine 7, rescue 4 responder. echo level response. possible cardiac arrest. 21-year-old female in a bathtub,

face down. >> the timing of this incident is drawing sharp comparisons to that of her mother, whitney houston, who was found unresponsive in a hotel bathtub and died nearly three years ago. police tell nbc news no drugs were found in the initial search of bobbi kristina's home. nbc meteorologist bill karins is here with more on this winter storm that is affecting travel all over the country. >> chicago historic storm, sixth largest snowfall in chicago history. they had 18 inches of snow detroit had 14 inches of snow in one day. that's the most they have had in one day going back 40 years. already an historic storm. monday morning commute is a nightmare throughout areas of new england right now. heavy snow in most areas and freezing rain and sleet north of new york city. new york city is 31 and raining. that's freezing rain even for the big apple. it's going to last a while. some power outages are even possible especially southern connecticut. jackpot for snow already talked about chicago and detroit,

syracuse albany all of you have a chance of a foot of snow. in maine another foot on top of that two to three feet they got last week. in the west we are watching a little bit of rain. we did officially finish january with no rain in san francisco. first time that's ever happened that they had nary a drop in the month of january in san francisco. we have our fingers crossed the weather pattern may be changing. just bringing light rain to the northwest as we go through the morning. that should improve as we go through the afternoon. the forecast looks like this today. again, call a half inch at most. towards the end of this week we'll try to add another chance of some rain. today still dry low from any, maybe a chance of a rumble of thunder or two."

a closer look at that extended forecast coming up. we're going through february now and it's time to get going with this rain in california. >> right. it doesn't look too bad for travelers heading back to salts. it's the east coast more of a problem there. >> at least they can have one thing go well in seattle. >> thank you very much bill. still ahead, did you see it? the super bowl ad that left viewers depressed? plus target isis the country now vowing revenge against the terror group. you're watching "early today." why do i cook? because i make the

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stories making news this morning. the japanese government is vowing to pursue and punish the isis terrorist behind apparent beheading of a japanese national kenji goto. japan has since evacuated its syrian embassy. still no word on the fate of the jordanian pilot held captive but the jordanian government renewed its offer to swap a suicide

female bomber for his safe return. a couple returning this morning after being shot by their three-year-old son. the father is ow of the hospital but the pregnant mother is still under observation. the father said the three-year-old took a handgun out of his mother's purse and fired one shot. here is how he described the terrifying incident. >> like get up shake your hand sit back down. that's how fast. i heard a gun go off. next thing i realized my girlfriend was bleeding. i sat down and realized i was shot too. i was more worried about my girlfriend than myself or anything else that was doing on and my son, because i didn't know if he had shot himself or not. after that he was like shocked himself. he was crying. i don't know. it was all traumatizing. >> the bullet hit justin reynolds in the rear, then exited his hip and struck the boy's mother in the right shoulder. police are investigating the incident as an accident. and we couldn't talk about the super bowl without bringing up those ads.

they made us laugh, they made us cry. but some of them like this one from nationwide just made us scratch our heads. >> i never learned to fly or travel the world with my best friend, and i won't ever get married. i couldn't grow up because i died from an accident. >> well, nationwide released this statement saying "the sole purpose of this message was to start a conversation, not sell insurance. while some did not care for the ad, we hope it served to begin a dialogue to make safe happen for children everywhere." boy, did it. there were over 22,000 tweets about the ad. most people calling it a debbie downer. so much so that someone started this twitter handle #nationwidekills. an espn reporter tweeted "no one in the nationwide advertising meeting put up their hand and went, let's steep on

this!" ,000 time to get down to business cnbc's landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. stocks starting february hopefully on a new slate. markets coming off their second straight down month amid their worst week on disappointing earnings report and oil prices although crude rose sharply last week. recalling 2 million older cars because airbags could deploy while driving. no deaths or injuries reported. the recall includes honda odyssey, dodge viper and toyota corolla. mcdonald's employees want you to show them some love. next two weeks random customers will be asked to pay for food with nothing but affection, just hugging their kids or calling their mom. mcdonald's launched the promotion with a super bowl ad. back to you. >> i'll send you a virtual hug there landon. still ahead, another team another investigation.

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all right. the big moment coming here. punxsutawney phil is out. they haven't announced it yet, but is he going to see his shadow? >> so cute. >> do we want six more weeks of winter or four. pretty cool. >> you want to bring on spring? >> absolutely. >> it's always the opposite. >> february 2, 2015. punxsutawney groundhog club punxsutawney p pennsylvania united states of america. punxsutawney phil, prognosticator of all prognosticators was awakened from his burrow at 7:25. by cheers steadfast faithful

followers, wave to his fans face to the sky, the inner circle. so proud, looked for his shadow majestically he tracked the precise goal which reads, forecast found on the internet i, punxsutawney phil yes, a shadow i see. you can start to twitter #six more weeks of winter. >> i think they said he saw his shadow. >> he saw his shadow. >> #six more weeks of winter. interesting. >> i'll take it. keeps me busy. >> we'll see how that plays out. entertainment news box office juggernaut "american sniper" has broken yet another record. it earned almost $32 million giving it the highest super bowl weekend box office ever.

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boston bombing trial. this shows a shoveled street in the snowstorm. it opened wounds from the attack. smokers promised free diapers for kicking the habit. they will get a $25 monthly voucher for a year. there is more. the women have to attend four support group segs plus prove they are smoke-free passing monthly carbon monoxide tests after their babies are born. streets left soaked and submerged. in some spots you can't tell where canals end and sidewalks begin. the flooding comes as carnival season starts. on saturday the town of snohomish, washington held its 10th annual groundfrog day. snohomish made his prediction about the arrival of spring, a tradition that organizers say is

a better representation for the northwest region. as for the prediction well spring is just around the corner. so we have the frog say spring is coming and punxsutawney phil saying six more weeks of winter. >> punxsutawney is like the king and has little regional reps. >> this might be an east coast/west coast battle. >> there's ground hogs all over the place. >> time for a look ahead and look back. suge knight expected to post $2 million bail. the rap mogul turned himself in friday. he was arrested on suspicion of murder after he allegedly plowed his pickup truck into a group of people in compton killing one man and injuring others. in today's birthdays, her hips don't lie, shakira 38 christie brinkley 61. now keep it here for more news and weather and sports. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching today. we hope you have a great day.