obamacare showdown, today they head to capitol hill for the future on the affordable care act. and donald trump takes a jab for the alleged briefing deal over the russia hacking. and family poisoned. four children died, and four hospitalized, and an accident and fatal mistakes that led to tragedy. plus, severe storms on the way and a bad day for one skier. "early today" starts right now. later this morning, president

obama mounts a counter attack making a last-ditch effort to save the affordable care act, and he wants to chart out a path, and the republicans made an abrupt about-face on opening day and armed with a large majority, the first list of the congress quickly went off the rails. and gop leaders followed their attempt to gut the office of congressional office, and donald trump called out some of the fellow republicans for what he says was a badly timed move. the debacle intended to showcase the gop's new agenda and paul ryan took the gavel once again, and high on the agenda, replacing what president obama is looking to defend.

we have the president and vice president-elect duelling. >> some are skeptical about how it's working with the rising premiums. they have not figured out what to replace it with. >> a debate behind closed doors this morning, and president obama and democrats trying to save the affordable care act and mike pence -- >> will focus on repealing and replacing obamacare. >> reporter: meeting with republicans determined to get rid of it. >> we hear you and we will do right by you and we will deliver. >> reporter: but with no replacement, the game plan could be repeal and delay. >> it's not acceptable to repeal the law and throw our health

care system into chaos and then leave the hard work for another day. >> some republicans are under pressure for constituents back home that could lose their ability to see a doctor. >> it's not surprising me to that that does leave republicans queazy. >> president obama wants to keep protections like covering pre-existing conditions. at risk, government subsidies for low income americans that cannot afford rising premiums. here is the concern, if you get rid of the subsidies, insurers could leave altogether if they don't have millions of all of the people the government is helping to pay for in the system, they could leave altogether and millions much others won't have insurance either. >> a lot to watch on the hill today. tracie potts for us, and thank you. president-elect donald trump

announced he will hold his first formal press conference since july 27th. it's set for january 11th, just hours after president-elect's planned farewell address in chicago, and he announced the news via twitter and also announced a delay to discuss russian hacking, and perhaps more time needed to build a case. very strange. that reiterating his skepticism of the u.s. intelligence community. chuck schumer had tough words for trump regarding that tweet. >> you take on the intelligence community. they have six ways from sunday at getting back at you, so even for a practical supposedly hard-nosed businessman he is being really dumb to do this. what i am told, they are upset with how he has treated them and talked about them. >> an official is firing back saying there has been no delay

whatsoever, and trump will name wall street lawyer, jay clayton, to head the exchanges commission early today. and we now have word that trump's election rival, hillary clinton will be on hand for his inauguration attending the ceremony alongside husband and former president, bill clinton. it will make their first face-to-face meeting with trump since the last debate. and george h.w. bush and barbara will not be able to make the event. now to the video triggering chaos on social media. there are questions leading up to the incident and an investigation is under way. kerry sanders has the details. >> reporter: posted by a high

school student to twitter with the title this is not okay, a uniformed resource officer new mexico north carolina tosses a student to the ground. that video lasts only nine seconds, and just as that video is going viral a longer video is posted on line, and it was before the officer body slammed the student to the floor. the mayor of roseville saying the school resource officer involved in thes in tkepblt is on paid administrative leave, and the officer who worked at the school for four years was wearing a body camera. whatever was recorded will not be released until an investigation into the incident is completed. more than a year ago, somebody claiming to be a teacher at the school posted a complaint on the web, the vast majority of students at rhs are

disrespectful to teachers and do not come to school to learn. a disturbing snippet of a chaotic event asking if force like this in a school could be justified. and then the deadly new year's night khrab attack has been established. they made the announcement but did not release the attacker's name, and five suspect ed isis militants were involved in the attack. isis claimed responsibility for the attack that left 39 dead and others injured, including one american. more and more video is emerging of the suspected killer as the international manhunt continued. and charles manson has been hospitalized. he was taken from prison to a hospital. one of the sources claim that

manson was seriously ill. corrections officials decline to comment on whether he was hospitalized siting laws protecting inmate's information. a baby boy is wake up in the arms of janet jackson this morning. a rep confirmed she gave birth to her first child yesterday. the 50-year-old jackson has been married since 2012, and he's a billionaire and businessman, and in april of 2016, jackson stopped her unbreakable world tour explaining the couple was planning on a family. and then a funeral will be held for the 34mother and daughr duo died, and her sister said

she knew if carrie was not going to survive, she wouldn't either. speaker paul ryan gets caught off guard, and then look at this boy dangling, and the boy's backpack got caught as he was unloading and within minutes you see the lift operators there, and they used a ladder to hoist the boy back in the chair. and then a major storm in the west coast. are we talking feet? >> we have already been talking feet, two to three feet in the mountains, and 52-mile-per-hour wind gusts in san francisco yesterday, and numerous rain reports, and a four to five inches where it's cold enough for snow and that's where the feet of snow has been falling and as we go throughout the day today we will shift the rain a little to the south and it falls a little bit as it goes to the south, and the snow will continue as the mountains lift the air and ring it out.

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♪ ♪ >> ma your travel forecast, chilly but dry, and all the stormy weather from southern oregon to central california, and the mountains, it's unlikely you can get past some of the higher passes, and then thursday we get a break in the san francisco and sacramento area, and the next batch will come on saturday, and that looks like a big deal, too. now to the disturbing dating site story. federal agents say jay taylor scammed 15 women out of thousands much dollars, and he claimed he was a oil tycoon, and he threatened them to pay up. he launched a fake dating

website, and investigators say it was a rouse to steal women's information, and he would leave them with the tab. taylor is being charged on several counts including bank and wire fraud. inauguration day is going to get lit at least if pot advocates have their way, and they have plans to distribute thousands of joints on january 20th. the group says the free joints are to send a message it's high time to legalize marijuana on a federal level, and while pot may be legal in d.c., the activist may run into a little snag since smoke something still prohibited on federal property. in case you were not on hand to see joe biden perform his final duties, we have you covered. watch. >> hey, guys.

>> hi. what's your name? >> it's like my daughter. >> thank you. why don't you kiss me. >> mom, i want to know what you are drinking? look at your sister. >> can you give the vice president a kiss. >> awesome. i am thinking his post veep days, string it altogether and make a show out of it. >> we will miss that. and the background music. >> we thank you for so much for being with us for "early today." we will see you back here tomorrow, and in the meantime,

have a great one today.

we start today with another microclimate weather alert, as we're seeing nasty conditions outside with whipping wind and steady rains in spots. the east bay seeing the most activity right now. >> and the winds creating hazards in san francisco with this tree down. more storm damage still coming to life. >> plus a new chief. the announcement we're expecting today that would set an historic new course for the city. "today in the bay" starts right now. >> a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam